Eamonn Moran
@eamonnmoran.bsky.social
Interested in Politics, Tennis, Football, Ecology, Democracy, Population, Beer 🍻 etc. Im a Social Democrat. If you are under 40 and vote FG/FF, who hurt you?
Spoiler. It’s cos they are both in round 3
Why a Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic US Open showdown is now more likely ⚔️⬇️
#Tennis #USOpen #NovakDjokovic #CarlosAlcaraz
#Tennis #USOpen #NovakDjokovic #CarlosAlcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are the big winners from two surprise US Open results
American hopes at the 2025 US Open suffered a hammer blow on Friday as Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe, who have both shone at Flushing Meadows in recent years, exited the tournament in the third round...
www.tennis365.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Spoiler. It’s cos they are both in round 3
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Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal is once again publishing propaganda on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, this time by printing pseudoscience.
The @wsj.com is pushing climate denialism in its newsletter today
August 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal is once again publishing propaganda on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, this time by printing pseudoscience.
Every instinct in me says this is some Young FG member trying to impress his neoliberal mates.
August 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Every instinct in me says this is some Young FG member trying to impress his neoliberal mates.
@irishrainforest.bsky.social Dereliction is awful but 7 years ago my neighbour bought their house and never moved in and never rented it out. The whole urban back garden is now a forest and is home to hundreds of small birds. I’m constantly fighting it back but I love the noise the birds make.
August 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@irishrainforest.bsky.social Dereliction is awful but 7 years ago my neighbour bought their house and never moved in and never rented it out. The whole urban back garden is now a forest and is home to hundreds of small birds. I’m constantly fighting it back but I love the noise the birds make.
Not one of my 1 article published in the Irish times was included. Your loss AI. Jokes on you.
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not one of my 1 article published in the Irish times was included. Your loss AI. Jokes on you.
@kneecapceol.bsky.social to Keir starmer
March 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@kneecapceol.bsky.social to Keir starmer
Of all the posts in social media the ones I enjoy least are the “I swear, I’m going to post less” posts.
Shit or get off the pot.
Shit or get off the pot.
I'm going to try to cut down on my social media. It's not good for me to be constantly bombarded with awful news I can do nothing about.
So apologies if I respond more slowly in future.
So apologies if I respond more slowly in future.
March 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Of all the posts in social media the ones I enjoy least are the “I swear, I’m going to post less” posts.
Shit or get off the pot.
Shit or get off the pot.
Trump doesn’t just need to implement his policies. He needs for people to believe they have gained more from his dictatorial leadership than they miss their lack of personal freedoms. Otherwise what he does can be reversed in 3.5 years. I’m not sure how he can do that.
March 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Trump doesn’t just need to implement his policies. He needs for people to believe they have gained more from his dictatorial leadership than they miss their lack of personal freedoms. Otherwise what he does can be reversed in 3.5 years. I’m not sure how he can do that.
@kenfoxe.bsky.social intresting
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@kenfoxe.bsky.social intresting
The move from x to BSky seems to have slowed to a trickle. Maybe it's just me but I am seeing fewer interesting posts here than on X. I don't use social media to find community. I'm lucky. I have that. I use it to perk my interest. When someone says something that makes me think. BSky doesn't.
January 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The move from x to BSky seems to have slowed to a trickle. Maybe it's just me but I am seeing fewer interesting posts here than on X. I don't use social media to find community. I'm lucky. I have that. I use it to perk my interest. When someone says something that makes me think. BSky doesn't.
This is Robbie Keane all over again. You don't miss the water till the well runs dry.
January 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is Robbie Keane all over again. You don't miss the water till the well runs dry.
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Reminder that for the US welfare state, the point is not to relieve poverty but to best manage the specter of destitution as a means of disciplining the bottom rung of labor. Countless academics point out it's cheaper to simply house people but for the super rich, in the long run, it absolutely isnt
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reminder that for the US welfare state, the point is not to relieve poverty but to best manage the specter of destitution as a means of disciplining the bottom rung of labor. Countless academics point out it's cheaper to simply house people but for the super rich, in the long run, it absolutely isnt
125 kmph is not high speed but anyway. The first 3 hours should be a dance train then the last 5 should be for sleeping it off. 🎹 From Paris to Berlin in every disco I go in...
It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.
www.euronews.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
125 kmph is not high speed but anyway. The first 3 hours should be a dance train then the last 5 should be for sleeping it off. 🎹 From Paris to Berlin in every disco I go in...
The weight of mammals bread for human consumption v wild mammals is 15 to 1. Yet we see this policy from one of the most environmentally thoughtful nations on the planet. Are we incapable of doing what is required to make our species get back into equilibrium and save the planet?
As we usher in 2025 + look to the future, we're reminded many states + countries are still stuck in the past.
Sweden's wolf hunt begins today + they'rey aiming to kill 5 packs (30 wolves). The govt announced in 2024 that they want to decrease the population from 375 to 170.
Sweden's wolf hunt begins today + they'rey aiming to kill 5 packs (30 wolves). The govt announced in 2024 that they want to decrease the population from 375 to 170.
Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population
Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU law
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The weight of mammals bread for human consumption v wild mammals is 15 to 1. Yet we see this policy from one of the most environmentally thoughtful nations on the planet. Are we incapable of doing what is required to make our species get back into equilibrium and save the planet?
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There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records.
In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in Variety.
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In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in Variety.
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January 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records.
In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in Variety.
1/11
In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in Variety.
1/11
Thanks to the boffins in FBD insurance I can confirm in the future the people of Bray will get that planning permission for a pyramid down the cove sorted out once and for all. Also Gino's will still be open.
January 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks to the boffins in FBD insurance I can confirm in the future the people of Bray will get that planning permission for a pyramid down the cove sorted out once and for all. Also Gino's will still be open.
A few American eejits don't get joke and a ton of Irish people feel like they need to come to the rescue demanding that Bluesky be cleansed of all eejits because their online pal has to read some stupid replies. Would you all grow up. FFS.
Really hoped we’d left behind the people who think every tweet they see is directed at them and also have never encountered a joke before but here they are.
I was in Tesco last week and asked the child working if they sold buckfast and he asked me what it was. I said tonic wine and he said it might be beside the tonic water. What are they teaching in schools?
January 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A few American eejits don't get joke and a ton of Irish people feel like they need to come to the rescue demanding that Bluesky be cleansed of all eejits because their online pal has to read some stupid replies. Would you all grow up. FFS.
Tradition is never, of itself, enough of a reason to continue doing something.
If people find what you are doing repugnant and the only defence you have is that you have always done it. Sorry but you need to stop. Seems obvious but people get away with it all the time.
If people find what you are doing repugnant and the only defence you have is that you have always done it. Sorry but you need to stop. Seems obvious but people get away with it all the time.
January 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Tradition is never, of itself, enough of a reason to continue doing something.
If people find what you are doing repugnant and the only defence you have is that you have always done it. Sorry but you need to stop. Seems obvious but people get away with it all the time.
If people find what you are doing repugnant and the only defence you have is that you have always done it. Sorry but you need to stop. Seems obvious but people get away with it all the time.
Can see this becoming extreme with mass laxative purchases made the morning of Dec 31st. But given the consistency I can't see it catching on. #notoiletbrushneeded
My friend just told me "remember to take a poop just before midnight so you don't carry the same shit with you into 2025" and it's the best thing I've heard today! 😂😂😂
January 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Can see this becoming extreme with mass laxative purchases made the morning of Dec 31st. But given the consistency I can't see it catching on. #notoiletbrushneeded
You know the way you can see when someone is typing on Whattsapp and some other social media sites? We shouldn't be. That shit is 'non yo business'
December 31, 2024 at 7:20 PM
You know the way you can see when someone is typing on Whattsapp and some other social media sites? We shouldn't be. That shit is 'non yo business'
Novak is right about this. There needs to be consistency.
Novak Djokovic expressed frustration over being ‘kept in the dark’ about Jannik Sinner’s doping case, calling it a bad look for tennis. He questioned the inconsistency and transparency in the way cases are handled reut.rs/4fTt1aN
Frustrated Djokovic says players kept in dark over high-profile doping cases
Novak Djokovic expressed his frustration at being "kept in the dark" about world number one Jannik Sinner's doping case, saying in Brisbane on Sunday that it was not a good look for tennis.
reut.rs
December 30, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Novak is right about this. There needs to be consistency.
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New Bobby Fingers, a joy as always youtu.be/NF4VJJKTjy8?...
Joe Rogan and The Black Keys Diorama
YouTube video by Bobby Fingers
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December 29, 2024 at 10:08 PM
New Bobby Fingers, a joy as always youtu.be/NF4VJJKTjy8?...
Is there a reason pop tarts aren't big in Ireland? I think I only ever had them twice. Dougal did mention them on Fr. Ted once. I mean they don't seem very healthy but we eat coco pops.
December 29, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Is there a reason pop tarts aren't big in Ireland? I think I only ever had them twice. Dougal did mention them on Fr. Ted once. I mean they don't seem very healthy but we eat coco pops.
I think this is almost certainly true.
Rest in Piece Jimmy Carter.
May not have been the best US president, but certainly the best human to ever be US president.
May not have been the best US president, but certainly the best human to ever be US president.
December 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
I think this is almost certainly true.
You live and learn. Knew there was a chocolate factory near Finglas but didn't know the Oompa Lumpa's ran it.
"As a boy growing up in Finglas, I was beaten up every day by the local Orangemen, Your Majesty."
December 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
You live and learn. Knew there was a chocolate factory near Finglas but didn't know the Oompa Lumpa's ran it.