Mike McHugh
@jymian.bsky.social
Pixel-stained technopeasant wretch. Also, ideologically opposed to closing browser tabs.
Time and kebabs.
he/him
Time and kebabs.
he/him
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This piece is about the UK, but seeing as Ireland is in the same region, it applies to us too. It is the best summary I've seen of what is already starting to happen, delivered by experts. A simple and stark warning about our changing climate.
#SpéirGhorm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
#SpéirGhorm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This piece is about the UK, but seeing as Ireland is in the same region, it applies to us too. It is the best summary I've seen of what is already starting to happen, delivered by experts. A simple and stark warning about our changing climate.
#SpéirGhorm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
#SpéirGhorm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
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So there I was, running the random book picker, and I dismissed one 'cause I just bought the set, and another 'cause it was book 2 in a series, and then SMALL GODS by Terry Pratchett popped up, so here are 10 US Kindle copies of it!
#KindleBookGiveaway #GNUTerryPratchett
#KindleBookGiveaway #GNUTerryPratchett
Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So there I was, running the random book picker, and I dismissed one 'cause I just bought the set, and another 'cause it was book 2 in a series, and then SMALL GODS by Terry Pratchett popped up, so here are 10 US Kindle copies of it!
#KindleBookGiveaway #GNUTerryPratchett
#KindleBookGiveaway #GNUTerryPratchett
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Not because I had a small part to play but because now more than ever we need to amplify kindness and human connection, let me share with you the Tale of Kathleen & John
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
A woman steps into the shop: Where do I vote?
Me: Are you looking for Carysfort National School?
Her: Yes, I feel it's my duty, I turned 97 yesterday!
#Áras25
Me: Are you looking for Carysfort National School?
Her: Yes, I feel it's my duty, I turned 97 yesterday!
#Áras25
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Not because I had a small part to play but because now more than ever we need to amplify kindness and human connection, let me share with you the Tale of Kathleen & John
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
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A message for our government in Ireland – but every other government too.
#SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
I am part of the greatest political movement there has ever been, and we are desperate for ambitious leadership. Instead of political leaders who offer a vision of a better future, we have bland defenders of the status quo. We must act with military unity, but this is a war we win by doing good. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A message for our government in Ireland – but every other government too.
#SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
I went digging for what I said almost 10 years ago, and I stand by it: "Inhaled it". So good then, equally good now.
So it’s the tenth birthday of Midnight, a book that was nearly but not quite a lot of things. Happy birthday, little book. Still looking good.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I went digging for what I said almost 10 years ago, and I stand by it: "Inhaled it". So good then, equally good now.
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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“If this was, as Harris framed it, a referendum on Ireland’s proud history of better-things-aren’t-possible centrism, then surely he must accept that his conceptualisation of Ireland is actually… wrong.”
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
Surrealing in the Years: Sorry Simon, maybe Ireland doesn't want to be a 'centrist' country
Hey, I didn’t make the rules.
jrnl.ie
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“If this was, as Harris framed it, a referendum on Ireland’s proud history of better-things-aren’t-possible centrism, then surely he must accept that his conceptualisation of Ireland is actually… wrong.”
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
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i think terry pratchett should be recognized as one of our top modern worldly philosophers and i am not even a little bit joking
Sir Terry had a working knowledge of pretty much EVERYTHING humans interact with better than most of the so called experts.
The Vimes theory of “bootstrap” economics is the best thing ever written on the subject.
The Vimes theory of “bootstrap” economics is the best thing ever written on the subject.
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
i think terry pratchett should be recognized as one of our top modern worldly philosophers and i am not even a little bit joking
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I'm actually sort of excited to see all the different ways in which the people who are paid enormous money to analyse the landscape of Irish politics are about to get this all wrong.
October 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I'm actually sort of excited to see all the different ways in which the people who are paid enormous money to analyse the landscape of Irish politics are about to get this all wrong.
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This article is full of digs against horseshoe bats, planners & says “environmental goals have created stasis”. The @dublininquirer.com have already looked into the Collison backed Progress Ireland & identified links with US libertarian & Peter Thiel backed groups. We need independent journalism!
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This article is full of digs against horseshoe bats, planners & says “environmental goals have created stasis”. The @dublininquirer.com have already looked into the Collison backed Progress Ireland & identified links with US libertarian & Peter Thiel backed groups. We need independent journalism!
The most relatable part of The Hobbit for me is “What have I got in my pocket?”
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The most relatable part of The Hobbit for me is “What have I got in my pocket?”
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I wrote about the Presidential campaign and the test is has posed to our collective credulity:
medium.com/@ben_fraser/...
#Áras25
#SpeirGorm
medium.com/@ben_fraser/...
#Áras25
#SpeirGorm
A Presidential Show
The campaigns testing the limits of our credulity
medium.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wrote about the Presidential campaign and the test is has posed to our collective credulity:
medium.com/@ben_fraser/...
#Áras25
#SpeirGorm
medium.com/@ben_fraser/...
#Áras25
#SpeirGorm
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In practical terms, if you live in Dublin and have any interest in what is going on in the city, get a subscription to the @dublininquirer.com and support real independent journalism.
Seeing complaints about the dominant right-wing media and its increasingly naked racism and fascism, and folks wondering where the alternative is.
Newsflash - you have to pay for it. There's a LOT of progressive journalism and journalists out there, but if no-one pays for it, it can't cut through.
Newsflash - you have to pay for it. There's a LOT of progressive journalism and journalists out there, but if no-one pays for it, it can't cut through.
October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In practical terms, if you live in Dublin and have any interest in what is going on in the city, get a subscription to the @dublininquirer.com and support real independent journalism.
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The refusal to accept the tie as a legitimate outcome has led to a winner takes all psychological framework that has proven deeply harmful to American society
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The refusal to accept the tie as a legitimate outcome has led to a winner takes all psychological framework that has proven deeply harmful to American society
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Go give blood
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has made an urgent appeal for blood donations as current supplies for most groups have fallen to under three days of stock.
Ahead of the upcoming bank holiday, the IBTS said it is struggling to stay on top of demand.jrnl.ie/6844970
Ahead of the upcoming bank holiday, the IBTS said it is struggling to stay on top of demand.jrnl.ie/6844970
Urgent appeal for blood donations as supplies for most groups run 'critically low'
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service said it needs 12,000 donations over the next four weeks to respond to patient need and meet hospital demand.
jrnl.ie
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Go give blood
This looks like good news: hope tomorrow confirms it!
Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent
Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations
www.irishtimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This looks like good news: hope tomorrow confirms it!
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Yes.
Which why countries like Britain NEED immigration.
Being anti-immigrant is effectively declaring you don't want a decent pension in future.
Which why countries like Britain NEED immigration.
Being anti-immigrant is effectively declaring you don't want a decent pension in future.
October 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Yes.
Which why countries like Britain NEED immigration.
Being anti-immigrant is effectively declaring you don't want a decent pension in future.
Which why countries like Britain NEED immigration.
Being anti-immigrant is effectively declaring you don't want a decent pension in future.
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Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
“And now the whole machine, which whirred away so quietly that people had forgotten it was a machine at all and thought that it was just the way the world worked, had given a lurch.”
- Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (1996)
- Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (1996)
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“And now the whole machine, which whirred away so quietly that people had forgotten it was a machine at all and thought that it was just the way the world worked, had given a lurch.”
- Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (1996)
- Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (1996)
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T'is the season! Remember in Ireland you can get both your COVID and Flu vaccines from the pharmacy instead of the doctor if ya want. Have booked in for me booster 🙇♀️
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
T'is the season! Remember in Ireland you can get both your COVID and Flu vaccines from the pharmacy instead of the doctor if ya want. Have booked in for me booster 🙇♀️
Globally applicable these days.
houses are our solutions to everything, except homelessness
Ha! Love it. By my measure, over half of ad revenues for newspapers now come from real estate activity (agents, banks, builders, retirement villages) or is from those selling to movers and renovators (Harvey Norman, Bunnings etc). A captured society.
September 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Globally applicable these days.
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Strong argument that government housing policy will lead to less room for kids in new homes, and fewer childcare spaces.
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Strong argument that government housing policy will lead to less room for kids in new homes, and fewer childcare spaces.
@halftongue.bsky.social Happy birthday!
September 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@halftongue.bsky.social Happy birthday!
Daniel Craig, best known for starring in the mid-90s comedy ‘Drop The Dead Donkey’.
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Daniel Craig, best known for starring in the mid-90s comedy ‘Drop The Dead Donkey’.