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Michael Carley
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If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property. Lefty migrant
It's amazing how many people are talking about the limiting of trial by jury without once mentioning Diplock Courts.
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I love this poem,
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Miss Piggy FTW
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Actor Olwen Fouéré has become the second person to turn down an honorary doctorate from the University of Galway, in protest of the links it has with an Israeli institution
Actor refuses University of Galway award over Israel ties
Actor Olwen Fouéré has become the second person to turn down an honorary doctorate from the University of Galway, in protest of the links it has with an Israeli institution.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Accidentally giving a speech in French on a Belgian picket line was not how I expected today to go! Brilliant afternoon learning about the connected demands of the strike, talking with new friends about the challenges & lessons of organising + creative thinking across our international movement.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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If you live in Ireland, remember that in recent memory a single rugby-loving bank CEO cost the taxpayer more than every single welfare recipient in the state COMBINED. #SpeirGorm
I would rather 50 people got benefits they didn't need than 1 went without food or shelter.
Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.

I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The far right flag-ification of England - as seen from the top deck of a bus near Bristol
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Acoustics Lay Language Paper

When was the last time you tried to whistle and wondered how do we make music with our mouth? Learn more at https://acoustics.org/how-do-humans-whistle/

#ASA189 #ASA_ASJ2025
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November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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If Thiel had actual courage, he'd just name himself the pope and start building a replica of Avignon. But, no, all we get is this anti-christ shite lecture series.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.

He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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the entire budget has been leaked but not in the sense that all the main bits have been in the newspaper headlines for weeks but in a bad way this time
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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This was happening under Obama the Deporter-in-Chief. And because we didn't stop it then, the problem has gotten worse
I went to immigration court in Seattle to observe the kids docket. These children, some as young as three years old, are expected to understand complex legal processes and represent themselves in court.

That’s not due process.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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I don't need an 'interactive game' to tell me I am not a plagiarist or CV-falsifier, I have not taken money and clothes from 'Lord' Alli, I do not tell lies about Jeremy Corbyn, I have not killed the elderly or impoverished children, I would immediately rejoin the Customs Union and Single Market...
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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In college, Chevy Chase played drums in a jazz-rock trio called Leather Canary. Seeing no future in it, he quit to go off and become a globally successful comic actor. The remaining members decided to keep going as a duo, but changed their name to Steely Dan.
September 1, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Every VC of the last 15 years, the current 'Minister for Science Research, and Innovation' and all equivalent post-holders in that period, UCEA, etc... did/do you pay attention?
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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We might as well enjoy the SpyCops inquiry while it lasts because the way things are right now, it looks like it’ll be the last sip of transparency we’ll get for the next two decades at least.
It's worth noting this in the context of the "An assault on our ancient liberties" discourse around the plan to curtail jury trials. The UK justice system has always been anti-democratic and indulgent of the security state. Authoritarianism is built-in.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Proud of a property lawyer friend who, asked by students at a university society talk, whether London property was ‘still a good investment’ replied no, because to regard houses and flats as an investment rather than somewhere to live is immoral. Not the answer they expected, she said.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Just imagine an announcement like ‘We’re going to issue bonds and buy every hospital out of its PFI which will stop the NHS having to cut essential staff and save the country billions in the longer term’.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”

A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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on your first day in prison, go up to the biggest inmate in there and ask them for the syllabus- it's actually more helpful than you think
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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for Americans this is like explaining drafting to Dale Earnhardt
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A beautiful winter sunset on Dublin’s River Liffey.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM