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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 2h

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 4h

Our Man in Havana – Frank McNally on a forgotten Irishman honoured in Cuba

James Joseph O’Kelly was also, for a brief period, a man of two wives

www.irishtimes.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 4h

‘The six counties is a s**thole’: Michelle Gildernew and Ian Paisley jnr go toe to toe on united Ireland

The former Sinn Féin and DUP MPs have made a BBC Northern Ireland podcast on the thorny subject

www.irishtimes.com

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 1d

Eight years ago in Palestine.

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 2d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 1d

Yea, I don’t know. I’m biased against big tech so quick to share doom stories.

But I was totally wrong about bitcoin and again and again the world has shown that just because something doesn’t make sense to me doesn’t mean it won’t succeed.

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 1d

Lot of interesting bits in this on the US economy exposure to A.I.

www.ft.com/content/6cc8...

In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI. Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade, and now that gap is starting to spread. So far in 2025, every major sector from utilities and industrials to healthcare and banks has fared better in the rest of the world than in the US.
What that suggests is that AI better deliver for the US, or its economy and markets will lose the one leg they are now standing on.

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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel,
after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
She said:
“I could talk for a very,very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment.
Trust me, but that is not the story.”
#Athens airport

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 2d

Really awful news. The best bookshop in dublin. Website still up - booksupstairs.ie

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 2d

Good irish times podcast on the FF presidential disaster

pca.st/episode/8c1c...

Calamity for Fianna Fáil as Jim Gavin drops out of the presidential race

pca.st

Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 2d

Very interesting story on Georgia’s elections, billionaires, crypto and kidnapping (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | Someone Tipped Me Off About a Crypto Story. What I Found Was Crazy.

www.nytimes.com

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d

Asked Jim Gavin today how he anticipated turning his campaign around given the questions about whether it was wise to run.

His answer: “It’s not even halftime.” ⬇️

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 3d

With a 2+% margin of error.

50:50 race

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 3d

Per the Sunday Independent poll earlier: Humphreys would have taken 60% of Gavin’s first preferences, Connolly 24%, the remainder non-transferrable.

Reworking the poll accordingly:

Catherine Connolly 36
Heather Humphreys 32
Undecided 33

#aras25

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election.

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 3d

Adam Curtis intro video to the Dior show in Paris.

I think he’s an interesting editor

www.reddit.com/r/AdamCurtis...

From the AdamCurtis community on Reddit: Adam Curtis Dior Spring-Summer 2026 show

Explore this post and more from the AdamCurtis community

www.reddit.com

Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 3d

The divergence between China & UK’s economy over the last 25 years is stark

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 3d

Gavan Reilly has interesting analysis on the presidential poll

open.substack.com/pub/gavreill...

Today's opinion poll merely shows how close this Áras race actually is

Giving the Google Sheets treatment to the Sunday Times/Ireland Thinks poll

open.substack.com

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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 3d

The report on Greta’s treatment chimes with Peter Theils quotes on her earlier in the year.

These people seemed consumed and driven paranoid by a 22 year old activist.

It’s kind of feels reminiscent of Nixons final years.

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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.bsky.social · 3d

In case you need another data point concerning the AI bubble:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

#RUNEUAI

The AI Money Vortex

OpenAI is worth $500 billion now. What are its investors getting back?

www.theatlantic.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Next month, Sam Bankman-Fried will appeal his conviction.

We interviewed him in prison about the rise and ruin of FTX and what has become one the biggest bankruptcies in US history.

Sam Bankman-Fried and the multibillion-dollar drama over FTX’s ruins

In exclusive prison interviews, the convicted crypto king is still fighting to control the narrative ahead of a high-stakes appeal.

www.motherjones.com

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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