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Dr Neutopia

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 20d

The secret to a long marriage is to be as horny for your partner every day as the Irish Times is for John Boyne.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

these people are actually out of their fucking minds and im so sick of being told we need to pretend otherwise

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Don O'DNA ("🦖🧬") @badfengshui.bsky.social · 17h

I've heard pushback like "Plato supported slavery & Lovecraft was racist: are you boycotting *their* books?"

Those dudes are dead; unless you're buying from shitty publishers, their ideals aren't being funded. Rowling explicitly says this is where her profits go, and her funding is effective.

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social · 16h

Crazy that the Bar Council had to explain the "cab rank rule" in the context of Connolly. But the no discrimination part is also a strong message to those demonising immigration barristers.

Statement from the Council of The Bar of Ireland: The fundamental importance of an independent referral Bar

It is the duty of barristers to be independent and free from any influence, especially such as may arise from their personal interests or external pressure, in the discharge of their professional duties as barristers.

Barristers cannot discriminate in favour of or against any person availing, or seeking to avail, of the services of the barrister on the grounds of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language, politics, religion, nationality, national or social origin, national minority, birth or other status.

It is also the duty of barristers to accept instructions in any case in their area of practice. As a result, barristers should not be identified with their clients or their clients’ causes or suffer adverse consequences as a result of being so identified. This fundamental principle arises from the Code of Conduct of The Bar of Ireland and is recognised in the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and in the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer.

The duty of barristers to accept instructions, sometimes referred to as the “cab-rank rule”, ensures that everyone is entitled to access to justice and is central to trust in the Irish legal system and the rule of law.

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 16h

Fionnan Sheehan asking Catherine Connolly would she go back in time to kill Baby Hitler even if she wasn't 100% sure the baby on the cot was actually Hitler.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 1d

“An endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness.”

Nailed it.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, and it turns out the guy with the umbrella is definitely a new breed of activist

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · 20h

Fascinating story about a “ghost” concept car that was designed in 1939 but possibly/maybe/probably not actually built at the time, and only discovered when the sketches were found in a barn decades later.

“The Dusenberg Coupe Simone”

www.hagerty.com/media/automo...

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 21h

This has been an ongoing problem which is courtesy of a Luxembourg investment fund that owns thousands of houses in Ireland. These are rented out through one of the dozens of subsidiary companies that the fund uses to obscure its ownership.

www.dublininquirer.com/why-is-one-o...

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21h

Understandable. The soulless, unblinking algorithm-determined community was always at most risk from AI.

Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 21h

#MrBeast says #AI could threaten creators’ livelihoods, calling it ‘scary times’ for the industry - techcrunch.com/2025/10/06/m...

MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry | TechCrunch

If MrBeast is openly questioning whether AI is an existential threat to his business and others like it, then it's fair to say that smaller creators are likely even more worried.

techcrunch.com

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Conor @tiduslaughing.bsky.social · 21h

When it comes to the Irish media going after Catherine Connolly because she is the lefter of two candidates, it's not that I don't expect it; I'm just kinda surprised they do it so openly

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 22h

Irish TDs ”remembers” Margaret Thatcher Spitting Image sketch as anecdote about Charlie Haughey is something

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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 21h

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years"

The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

It’s fun to recall that the entire point of this exercise was to create a crushing, rock-solid electoral bloc of Sensible Moderates, bullied libs and Reasonable Tories, and that everyone agreed this was obviously the best thing to do because you win from the centre. And

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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 1d

So is it the position of the 'paper of record'?

That the cab-rank rule is bad?

And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?

And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1d

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Malcolm Wilson (they/them) @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social · 2d

Keith Urban before and after:

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 1d

"In America you get a choice between two presidents: one with articulate dementia and one with non-articulate dementia."

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 1d

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 1d

Keith Urban could have said he broke up with Nicole Kidman over his Warhammer 40K addiction and the public reaction would be less withering.

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly for #aras25, we're not putting a TERF in the park please and thank you.

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 2d

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 1d

“Mr Donald said his work with the Sunday World involves him working alongside colleagues from the Irish Independent and that he regularly told the story in the newsroom of how he was owed money by Mr Gavin.”

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Hugo Brady Brown @aodhbc.bsky.social · 1d

Some reputable if unelected members of the judiciary acted as barristers for notorious criminals who were known to the guards.

#aras25

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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