Great subject, great speaker and dead sound!!

Greta. ❤️ youtube.com/shorts/0diMS...

I'm getting a sense of a generational divide (as well as an obvious class one) on the Jim Gavin story. Older people I've spoken to seem quite sorry for him but everyone my age and younger seems to see this as a kind of vicarious revenge fantasy for all the bad landlords they've had over the years!

When you see the summary of what Gavin did, it's egregious. I know it's been a tough campaign with scurrilous and unfounded allegations spread on social media that have been very upsetting for his family and hard not to feel for him on that front but his behaviour as a landlord was disgraceful.

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
― Oscar Wilde

Jim Gavin’s tenant must feel incredible right now

This still going ahead?

We used to be a real country

Jim Gavin quits Irish presidential race.
Irish media tomorrow:
"CATHERINE CONNOLLY ONCE BORROWED A LIBRARY BOOK ABOUT TROTSKY!!"

If you're in Dublin tomorrow evening grab your ticket for this free event as part of Dublin Festival of History in Pearse Street Library #Oralhistory #Dublin

Oh wow does this mean we're getting Bob Geldof
#Aras25

Apparently it's too late to take Him Gavin's name off the ballot? Total chaos #Áras25

Also, legally, he can't be removed from the ballot paper.

God the craic over here right now is likely the glory days of the other place.

Tomorrow's Irish Times:
"If Steen had been allowed to run, Good Guy Jim would still be in the race ..."

On the ball this man. #aras25

Joking apart, has anyone got any Jim Gavin leaflets as I don't have any yet? #speirgorm

I immediately checked to see did you tweet something to this effect and you didn't disappoint!

Better grab a Jim Gavin poster before they're down.

Fucking outrageous the Irish members - and all remaining imrpisoned members - of the Gaza Flotilla are still detained. How is this not headline news on RTÉ and every broadsheet going? Imagine if it was China or Russia holding them?

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

Just a heads up everyone. Due to unforseen circumstances, this talk for Wednesday, 1pm in City Hall is now cancelled. There will be plenty of chances to hear me speak about Rory next year, especially as a certain book is coming.

This from the Ta-Nehisi Coates applies well beyond the US.
"I’m all for unifying, I’m all for bridging gaps, but not at the expense of my neighbour’s humanity. I just can’t."
We dodged a bullet with the Iona candidate because our friends and neighbour's humanity would have been up for debate.

This day last week it was an extraordinary honor to MC the commemoration marking 174 years since the passing of Anne Devlin and her extraordinary contribution to the cause of Irish freedom. Full report here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1B4R...