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Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’
Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’
The director, who made a name for himself with the video for Hozier’s mega-hit Take Me to Church in 2013, on joining forces with the BBC for his feature film debut
www.irishtimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’
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"South Korea must... formally [acknowledge] that this incident posed a direct threat to its constitutional democracy. It must prosecute those responsible and install independent oversight mechanisms to prevent it from happening again." - JongWon Lee
Not Too Unrealistic a Future of Liberal Democracy: A Reflection on the Self-Coup Attempt in South Korea
The South Korean insurrection serves as a disturbing reminder of the challenges that liberal democracies face.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"South Korea must... formally [acknowledge] that this incident posed a direct threat to its constitutional democracy. It must prosecute those responsible and install independent oversight mechanisms to prevent it from happening again." - JongWon Lee
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i think the mamdani campaign also vindicates @polphilpod.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1953...
Why the Democratic Tea Party Failed (and How It Could Succeed)
For the left to win, it must blame fascism on the actual fascists.
newrepublic.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
i think the mamdani campaign also vindicates @polphilpod.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1953...
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Camogie players given short shrift and forced to change to skorts before game reut.rs/43e406L
Camogie players given short shrift and forced to change to skorts before game
An ongoing battle by Irish camogie players over the right to wear shorts came to a head on Saturday when two teams were forced to change into skorts before their match could go ahead.
reut.rs
May 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Camogie players given short shrift and forced to change to skorts before game reut.rs/43e406L
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Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
April 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
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Orson Welles Narrates Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner in an Experimental Film Featuring the Art of Gustave Doré
Orson Welles Narrates Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner in an Experimental Film Featuring the Art of Gustave Doré
Around here we subscribe to the theory that there's no such thing as too much Orson Welles. In years past, we gave you Welles narrating Plato's Cave Allegory and Kafka’s “Before the Law,” and, before...
www.openculture.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Orson Welles Narrates Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner in an Experimental Film Featuring the Art of Gustave Doré
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Watch "Tom Waits For No One," the Pioneering Animated Music Video from 1979
Watch Tom Waits For No One, the Pioneering Animated Music Video from 1979
Tom Waits For No One, above, is surely the only film in history to have won an Oscar for Scientific and Technical Achievement for its creator and a first place award at the Hollywood Erotic Film and V...
www.openculture.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Watch "Tom Waits For No One," the Pioneering Animated Music Video from 1979
Eyeball to eyeball and he blinked
a group of people are standing in a forest with the words `` bravely ran away away '' written on the screen .
ALT: a group of people are standing in a forest with the words `` bravely ran away away '' written on the screen .
media.tenor.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Eyeball to eyeball and he blinked
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Really sad that one of the Observer's finest columnists is bowing out, but what a brilliant piece to do it with.
(What future does the Observer have, I wonder?)
Really sad that one of the Observer's finest columnists is bowing out, but what a brilliant piece to do it with.
(What future does the Observer have, I wonder?)
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe | Simon Tisdall | Simon Tisdall
In his final column, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Really sad that one of the Observer's finest columnists is bowing out, but what a brilliant piece to do it with.
(What future does the Observer have, I wonder?)
Really sad that one of the Observer's finest columnists is bowing out, but what a brilliant piece to do it with.
(What future does the Observer have, I wonder?)
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
Keep mum, they’re pretty dumb, careless talk costs lives
Analysis by Aaron Blake: Administration officials suggested that a Signal chat didn’t actually include “war plans” and that it wasn’t a big deal. Let’s evaluate their defenses.
Analysis | The Trump team’s strained spin on its war plan leak, broken down
They’ve suggested that it wasn’t actually “war plans” and that it’s not a big deal. Let’s evaluate their defenses.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Keep mum, they’re pretty dumb, careless talk costs lives
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Analysis by Aaron Blake: Administration officials suggested that a Signal chat didn’t actually include “war plans” and that it wasn’t a big deal. Let’s evaluate their defenses.
Analysis | The Trump team’s strained spin on its war plan leak, broken down
They’ve suggested that it wasn’t actually “war plans” and that it’s not a big deal. Let’s evaluate their defenses.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Analysis by Aaron Blake: Administration officials suggested that a Signal chat didn’t actually include “war plans” and that it wasn’t a big deal. Let’s evaluate their defenses.
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So disappointing that the alleged rapist acknowledged by his colleagues & family to be a belligerent drunk, whose own mother begged him to get help & stop cheating on his wife & mistreating women, didn't live up to his promise as the US Secretary of Defense in charge of all our military secrets.
March 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So disappointing that the alleged rapist acknowledged by his colleagues & family to be a belligerent drunk, whose own mother begged him to get help & stop cheating on his wife & mistreating women, didn't live up to his promise as the US Secretary of Defense in charge of all our military secrets.
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Further Dáil clashes loom over Government plan to facilitate Lowry group
Further Dáil clashes loom over Government plan to facilitate Lowry group
Opposition leaders meet over latest offer of speaking time for Government-supporting Independents
www.irishtimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Further Dáil clashes loom over Government plan to facilitate Lowry group
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Like the Epstein files, Trump releases the exact same JFK files Biden released in 2023. The fucking grift and con against the American people never ends. This was all just a diversion from the insidious shit the serial lying psychopath is actually doing, which is the ongoing Nazification of America.
March 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Like the Epstein files, Trump releases the exact same JFK files Biden released in 2023. The fucking grift and con against the American people never ends. This was all just a diversion from the insidious shit the serial lying psychopath is actually doing, which is the ongoing Nazification of America.
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Keeping the True North strong and free.
March 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Keeping the True North strong and free.
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Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia
inews.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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‘Much darker than Pride and Prejudice!’: authors pick their favourite Jane Austen novel
‘Much darker than Pride and Prejudice!’: authors pick their favourite Jane Austen novel
Colm Tóibín, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Kuang and other leading novelists celebrate the author in her 250th year
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
‘Much darker than Pride and Prejudice!’: authors pick their favourite Jane Austen novel
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I'm delighted to hear that Tesla is failing. Musk is the tool of his own undoing. Oh yeah, and he's a real prick too.
March 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'm delighted to hear that Tesla is failing. Musk is the tool of his own undoing. Oh yeah, and he's a real prick too.
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The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now | Will Hutton
The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now | Will Hutton
Donald Trump’s actions go against the Enlightenment values that gave rise to the constitution. His might-is-right politics have nothing to offer Britain
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now | Will Hutton