Ruairí
@ruairim95.bsky.social
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Ruairí
@ruairim95.bsky.social
· Nov 13
First post, let's see how this goes; libraries, socialism & film photography (hence the pics), that's what you're mostly going to see here!
#filmphotography #35mmfilm
#filmphotography #35mmfilm
Does seem to be the case that you’ve an increasing numbers of shooters etc just driven by a desire for pure violence and destruction.
Zero ideological coherence, maximum nihilism (and even then, half the time I wonder if they’re doing it just because)
Zero ideological coherence, maximum nihilism (and even then, half the time I wonder if they’re doing it just because)
i agree. there's something very dostoyevskian about how the modern sources of terror don't seem to be formally ideological but just seem to be purely postmodern terror, causing terror for the sake of terror
Hot take but apolitical internet brainrot terrorism feels more disturbing than strictly political.
September 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Does seem to be the case that you’ve an increasing numbers of shooters etc just driven by a desire for pure violence and destruction.
Zero ideological coherence, maximum nihilism (and even then, half the time I wonder if they’re doing it just because)
Zero ideological coherence, maximum nihilism (and even then, half the time I wonder if they’re doing it just because)
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Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
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Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
Suppose people can stop equivocating over whether Trump is a fascist sympathiser now right?
Like this is blatant sympathy for the far right here.
Like this is blatant sympathy for the far right here.
EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Suppose people can stop equivocating over whether Trump is a fascist sympathiser now right?
Like this is blatant sympathy for the far right here.
Like this is blatant sympathy for the far right here.
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dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers
June 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers
Is Newsom just adept at rising to the moment rn or are other Dems genuinely so thick as to not realise that this is what their base (and probanly a lot of the country at large) want to hear?
Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
June 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Is Newsom just adept at rising to the moment rn or are other Dems genuinely so thick as to not realise that this is what their base (and probanly a lot of the country at large) want to hear?
Know it has been said before but still: for some time now, it has been patently obvious that most conservative/libertarian/right-wingers, no matter where they are in the world, don't care about constitutionalism, liberty & the rule of law.
It's all now about trying to maintain ideological hegemony
It's all now about trying to maintain ideological hegemony
June 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Know it has been said before but still: for some time now, it has been patently obvious that most conservative/libertarian/right-wingers, no matter where they are in the world, don't care about constitutionalism, liberty & the rule of law.
It's all now about trying to maintain ideological hegemony
It's all now about trying to maintain ideological hegemony
In non-political posting, here’s some recent #35mmfilm shots; all taken on a Minolta X300 & shot on #KodakProImage
June 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In non-political posting, here’s some recent #35mmfilm shots; all taken on a Minolta X300 & shot on #KodakProImage
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He must be protected at all costs.
June 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
He must be protected at all costs.
It is the duty of US lawmakers and policymakers to just flat out state that what’s happening in LA is exactly what “mass deportations” will look like - honestly baffling how many Americans seemingly think it will be surgically precise or somehow won’t affect their neighbours & loved ones.
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It is the duty of US lawmakers and policymakers to just flat out state that what’s happening in LA is exactly what “mass deportations” will look like - honestly baffling how many Americans seemingly think it will be surgically precise or somehow won’t affect their neighbours & loved ones.
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valid every day but especially today: love & strength to trans pals, you don't deserve all this shit being flung in your direction, here's to hoping these freaks find a new obsession soon and you can live your lives peacefully and happily x
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
valid every day but especially today: love & strength to trans pals, you don't deserve all this shit being flung in your direction, here's to hoping these freaks find a new obsession soon and you can live your lives peacefully and happily x
Cowardly decision by the Scottish government to accept this ruling, totally weak & one I suspect will be looked back on with scorn in the future.
The Scottish Government accepts today’s Supreme Court judgement. The ruling gives clarity between two relevant pieces of legislation passed at Westminster.
We will now engage on the implications of the ruling. Protecting the rights of all will underpin our actions.
We will now engage on the implications of the ruling. Protecting the rights of all will underpin our actions.
April 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Cowardly decision by the Scottish government to accept this ruling, totally weak & one I suspect will be looked back on with scorn in the future.
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“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
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If universities don’t start meaningfully defending their students against Donald Trump, they will be complicit in the political persecution of Mahmoud Khalil and the many others being targeted for their dissent.
Mahmoud Khalil's Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities
Schools across America have a choice: defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes.
www.thenation.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If universities don’t start meaningfully defending their students against Donald Trump, they will be complicit in the political persecution of Mahmoud Khalil and the many others being targeted for their dissent.
‘A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS
"dysfunctional," said John Koskinen, a former
IRS commissioner’
I believe that’s the point; another tax dodged = another giveaway to the rich
"dysfunctional," said John Koskinen, a former
IRS commissioner’
I believe that’s the point; another tax dodged = another giveaway to the rich
BREAKING: The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
‘A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS
"dysfunctional," said John Koskinen, a former
IRS commissioner’
I believe that’s the point; another tax dodged = another giveaway to the rich
"dysfunctional," said John Koskinen, a former
IRS commissioner’
I believe that’s the point; another tax dodged = another giveaway to the rich
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ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs
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i think "an effective altruist is personally denying twenty million people their HIV medications despite a court order telling him to send the money" is a pretty good summary of effective altruism as a real world philosophy
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
i think "an effective altruist is personally denying twenty million people their HIV medications despite a court order telling him to send the money" is a pretty good summary of effective altruism as a real world philosophy
Look, idk if Doug Ford can actually cut the power to northern US states, but I think he should, and do so quickly.
Trump on Canada: "I spoke to Governor Trudeau ... they don't have military protection, and you take a look at what's going on out there ... people are in danger ... they need our protection."
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Look, idk if Doug Ford can actually cut the power to northern US states, but I think he should, and do so quickly.
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Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
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These Tariffs Will Destabilize The Entire North American Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
February 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
These Tariffs Will Destabilize The Entire North American Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
Would accept this argument in 2016; alas, it’s 2025, and Trump has very much shown what he’s about.
Let them reap what they’ve sown etc
Let them reap what they’ve sown etc
i do really think that it's true that *no one* voted for what we've seen in the last two weeks. i mean, everyone that voted for him absolutely should have known better, but this is a level of chaos and dysfunction and own-dick-shooting that no one predicted this quickly.
Aside from the idiocy and depravity of it all who even is the constituency for this shit?????
February 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Would accept this argument in 2016; alas, it’s 2025, and Trump has very much shown what he’s about.
Let them reap what they’ve sown etc
Let them reap what they’ve sown etc
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All the people who were shrugging and equivocating over Elon and whether he was aligning with Nazi, far-right forces should be launched into the sun.
May they never be taken seriously again.
May they never be taken seriously again.
Musk joins German far right's opening rally remotely, instructs Germans to stop feeling guilty and reminds them how impressed Caesar had been with German tribes' ability to fight.
Could not make this up.
Could not make this up.
Elon Musk bei AfD-Wahlkampfauftakt in Halle (Saale) zugeschaltet
»Seid stolz, Deutsche zu sein«: Von einer Videoleinwand sprach der Techmilliardär Elon Musk zu AfD-Anhängern. Der Trump-Berater verbreitete seine Erkenntnisse über die »deutsche Kultur«, in der Messeh...
www.spiegel.de
January 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
All the people who were shrugging and equivocating over Elon and whether he was aligning with Nazi, far-right forces should be launched into the sun.
May they never be taken seriously again.
May they never be taken seriously again.