Seán MacGabhann
@seanmacgabhann.bsky.social
Immigrant. And proud of it
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I think we're at the point where we need to consider the sectioning of some journalists and editors.
#Pathetic
#Pathetic
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims ⬇️
Rachel Reeves accused of overstating junior chess title
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I think we're at the point where we need to consider the sectioning of some journalists and editors.
#Pathetic
#Pathetic
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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… i guarantee my American citizen, Somali born step-mom does more for Americans through her philanthropy than this trouser-stain.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
… i guarantee my American citizen, Somali born step-mom does more for Americans through her philanthropy than this trouser-stain.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
Also Andre the Blacksmith in Dark Souls
Legend
Legend
Watching Father Ted’s a Christmassy Ted and remembered this nugget of pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was the cover star of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Also Andre the Blacksmith in Dark Souls
Legend
Legend
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Zack Polanski describes Grace Blakely as a brilliant economist. This is her on Brexit ...
Why the left should champion Brexit
The EU’s institutions are an innate obstacle to building a socialist economy.
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Zack Polanski describes Grace Blakely as a brilliant economist. This is her on Brexit ...
Not saying I’ve played and enjoyed the silent hill 2 remake of late, but I just arrived here and almost went to the made in jersey red square to save my progress
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Not saying I’ve played and enjoyed the silent hill 2 remake of late, but I just arrived here and almost went to the made in jersey red square to save my progress
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james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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ChatGPT is evil except when it confirms the message I am selling
Haidt is "stunned" that ChatGPT asked how it would threaten youth reveals that its plan would be what Haidt has argued in his books. The secret plan!
There should be some way to rescind the doctorate of any commentator on digital media who interprets ChatGPT output like this. I am not joking.
There should be some way to rescind the doctorate of any commentator on digital media who interprets ChatGPT output like this. I am not joking.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ChatGPT is evil except when it confirms the message I am selling
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Honestly what compromising material do the remastering people have on the commissioning departments at streaming companies to keep getting work on pointless, pointless remasters?
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Honestly what compromising material do the remastering people have on the commissioning departments at streaming companies to keep getting work on pointless, pointless remasters?
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...and also rewarded with promotion to one of the Captains of the club. Walking the path John Terry laid out for them.
They are all so proud of him. 🥲
They are all so proud of him. 🥲
Enzo Fernandez said he received “unwavering support” from the Chelsea squad during the fallout from the video of him and his Argentina team-mates singing a racist chant about the France national side in July 2024.
Enzo Fernandez says he received ‘unwavering support’ from Chelsea after racist France chant
Fernandez, 24, said he cancelled his holiday to apologise in person to the Chelsea squad at their pre-season tour.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
...and also rewarded with promotion to one of the Captains of the club. Walking the path John Terry laid out for them.
They are all so proud of him. 🥲
They are all so proud of him. 🥲
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OF COURSE IT WASN'T THE WHOLE THING WAS MADE UP. Not a serious commentariat.
David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
OF COURSE IT WASN'T THE WHOLE THING WAS MADE UP. Not a serious commentariat.
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But I’ve been assured by people having 5 day twitter meltdowns on this subject that this isn’t true
David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
But I’ve been assured by people having 5 day twitter meltdowns on this subject that this isn’t true
Isn’t AI at the stage yet where we can tell it to “get better” and it harnesses the POWER OF AI to be better?
No?
No?
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Isn’t AI at the stage yet where we can tell it to “get better” and it harnesses the POWER OF AI to be better?
No?
No?
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With a time travelling @iammilliam.bsky.social in the background…
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
With a time travelling @iammilliam.bsky.social in the background…
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Magazine that accuses anyone who even dares to think about criticising the Israeli government of ‘antisemitism’ apparently fine with Farage not apologising for allegedly saying ‘H*tler was right’ and making gas chamber noises to descendants of holocaust survivors. Through the looking glass stuff.
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Magazine that accuses anyone who even dares to think about criticising the Israeli government of ‘antisemitism’ apparently fine with Farage not apologising for allegedly saying ‘H*tler was right’ and making gas chamber noises to descendants of holocaust survivors. Through the looking glass stuff.
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Zarah Sultana apparently wants to nationalise the entire economy including the Internet.
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Zarah Sultana apparently wants to nationalise the entire economy including the Internet.
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One more on this: for some kids - a significant number - the biggest danger is the parents. The kids need protection and an escape from their parents.
“"We stand firm on the side of parents and not on the platforms," Wells said.”
Yeah, because you think this is a conflict between parents and platforms, and the *kids* themselves don’t enter your thoughts.
It should be the kids’ rights and needs that matter.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yeah, because you think this is a conflict between parents and platforms, and the *kids* themselves don’t enter your thoughts.
It should be the kids’ rights and needs that matter.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Social media ban: Australia won't be intimidated by tech firms, minister tells BBC
Anika Wells says she is 'ready to help' nations that wish to copy Australia's social media ban for under-16s.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
One more on this: for some kids - a significant number - the biggest danger is the parents. The kids need protection and an escape from their parents.
We are burning all our fossil fuels and pricing computer components out of reach of most people just to come up with garbage like this
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We are burning all our fossil fuels and pricing computer components out of reach of most people just to come up with garbage like this
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the more you know about a particular country/region/subject area the more you are aware of the nonsense peddled in the respectable media about it. I supposed it was always thus but it seems to have worsened in recent years
Just read another garbled and inaccurate account of the OBR November Report and Budget in a well-known politics briefing email. Sorry to sound like Dom Cummings, but the political community which you have to trust - whoever is in power - is just not up to it. Head in hands. I'm off to get a beer. 🍺
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the more you know about a particular country/region/subject area the more you are aware of the nonsense peddled in the respectable media about it. I supposed it was always thus but it seems to have worsened in recent years
“No. No. Hmm. Maybe. Ooh possibly. Hang on is this MY scho… oh wait! Found him!!!!!!”
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“No. No. Hmm. Maybe. Ooh possibly. Hang on is this MY scho… oh wait! Found him!!!!!!”
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do i know that this is related to shopify's "use AI or we'll fire you" policy?
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
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December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
do i know that this is related to shopify's "use AI or we'll fire you" policy?
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
Really is
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Really is