Nick Daly
@nickdaly.bsky.social
Cat valet, etc. Awaiting the sixth extinction in Dublin. Here for the witty aperçus and cat photos.
For vintage crime fans my Oxford World's Classics edition of E.W. Hornung's _Raffles_ :
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tv5pf
For vintage crime fans my Oxford World's Classics edition of E.W. Hornung's _Raffles_ :
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tv5pf
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Well, happy 13th birthday to this immaculately timed headline
February 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Well, happy 13th birthday to this immaculately timed headline
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Some more tribes of Ireland
February 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Some more tribes of Ireland
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty" [Hannah Arendt, once a New School faculty member]
While Columbia and other Ivy League schools got a lot of attention for caving to the Trump administration and rolling back humanities and courses on race
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The Dismantling of the New School
The New School was founded as an institution dedicated to critical inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. The current austerity measures at the university are dismantling the radical democratic aspir...
jacobin.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty" [Hannah Arendt, once a New School faculty member]
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty" [Hannah Arendt, once a New School faculty member]
While Columbia and other Ivy League schools got a lot of attention for caving to the Trump administration and rolling back humanities and courses on race
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The Dismantling of the New School
The New School was founded as an institution dedicated to critical inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. The current austerity measures at the university are dismantling the radical democratic aspir...
jacobin.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty" [Hannah Arendt, once a New School faculty member]
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While Columbia and other Ivy League schools got a lot of attention for caving to the Trump administration and rolling back humanities and courses on race
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The Dismantling of the New School
The New School was founded as an institution dedicated to critical inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. The current austerity measures at the university are dismantling the radical democratic aspir...
jacobin.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
While Columbia and other Ivy League schools got a lot of attention for caving to the Trump administration and rolling back humanities and courses on race
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
The New School in New York has quietly been dismantling its humanities programs, a betrayal of its values.
jacobin.com/2025/12/new-...
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With St Valentine’s Day tomorrow, we’re dipping into some of the courtship rituals and games explored in Pious and Promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social
Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
With St Valentine’s Day tomorrow, we’re dipping into some of the courtship rituals and games explored in Pious and Promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social
Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
Head down to your local panoptician
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Head down to your local panoptician
Nothing says mental clarity more than a shirtless bloke in shorts walking around in the snow
🇷🇸 Over the past 15 years, Vladimir Stevanovic has been hiking icy slopes, meditating in deep snow and plunging into frozen lakes as part of a routine he believes offers health benefits and mental clarity
➡️ u.afp.com/S6JE
➡️ u.afp.com/S6JE
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Nothing says mental clarity more than a shirtless bloke in shorts walking around in the snow
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Reut Yamen, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Paragon, the Israeli spyware company, posted on LinkedIn an image of what appears to be Graphite, the surveillance software which Paragon licensed to ICE. Shows the information it picks up from a phone.
(H/t @peterallison.net)
(H/t @peterallison.net)
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Reut Yamen, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Paragon, the Israeli spyware company, posted on LinkedIn an image of what appears to be Graphite, the surveillance software which Paragon licensed to ICE. Shows the information it picks up from a phone.
(H/t @peterallison.net)
(H/t @peterallison.net)
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
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"The right have nudged up to the electric fence, in other words, and discovered that it’s not electrified." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics
Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"The right have nudged up to the electric fence, in other words, and discovered that it’s not electrified." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Definitely not full of grace
I was just tempting fate when I complained the NFL games in Dublin were attracting the worst kind of Americans, clearly.
Florida university founded by Domino’s Pizza mogul eyes Waterford abbey for new 'outreach campus'
According to their website, Ave Maria University students will soon be studying at the former Mount Melleray abbey.
jrnl.ie
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Definitely not full of grace
🤣 this could be quite difficult with a technology built on plagiarism
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
🤣 this could be quite difficult with a technology built on plagiarism
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But if you've been involved in genocide, that's fine. I see Netanyahu is visiting Washington tomorrow.
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US embassy in London denies visas to executives over minor offences
Immigration lawyers say top-level corporate figures and tech leaders among those barred from visiting America
giftarticle.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
But if you've been involved in genocide, that's fine. I see Netanyahu is visiting Washington tomorrow.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
But if you've been involved in genocide, that's fine. I see Netanyahu is visiting Washington tomorrow.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
US embassy in London denies visas to executives over minor offences
Immigration lawyers say top-level corporate figures and tech leaders among those barred from visiting America
giftarticle.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
But if you've been involved in genocide, that's fine. I see Netanyahu is visiting Washington tomorrow.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
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Turning Point Northern Ireland.
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
American conservative Erika Kirk is expected to visit Northern Ireland as part of a tour to recruit young people to Turning Point, the organisation founded by her murdered husband.
Widow of murdered US activist Charlie Kirk to recruit students on NI visit
Ex-DUP MP Ian Paisley backing plan to launch branch of Christian-right group Turning Point here
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Turning Point Northern Ireland.
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Two completely unrelated headlines…
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Two completely unrelated headlines…
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I’d have been tempted to reply enthusiastically, explaining - in Welsh - that the debate would of course be held yn y Gymraeg.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I’d have been tempted to reply enthusiastically, explaining - in Welsh - that the debate would of course be held yn y Gymraeg.
Hey, you want good surgery or you want cheap surgery?
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Hey, you want good surgery or you want cheap surgery?
Perhaps they should also warn them about the danger of interference from a well-known English-speaking country
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Perhaps they should also warn them about the danger of interference from a well-known English-speaking country
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Why is this one of the funniest things I've ever read? 😭
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Why is this one of the funniest things I've ever read? 😭
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This is a version of Elif's Public Humanities lecture given last week at Senate House. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Jules Verne’s dystopia was a world without humanities. Do...
When arts education is dismissed as a waste of time it damages us as a society. The focus of learning is not just to enrich our economy but also to enrich our souls
observer.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This is a version of Elif's Public Humanities lecture given last week at Senate House. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
I don’t like to use stigmatizing language about mental illness, but this man is barking mad
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I don’t like to use stigmatizing language about mental illness, but this man is barking mad
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.