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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 13h

Marginalia Biro drawing in book.
B Netanyahu

Biro drawings
Warren Christopher
Madeleine Albright
Rafiq Hariri

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 2d

Simpsons meme: “stop stop he’s already dead”—-crossed out

“Keep going” added in

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 2d

A future Jim Gavin episode of Laochra Gael will have to mention all this, and it’ll be almost as painful to watch as the bit in Joe Quaid’s where his testicle exploded on impact with a sliotar.

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Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social · 2d

In 2023 Heather Humphreys owned 2 empty homes
in Cootehill, Co Cavan

4 Qs for @hhumphreysfg.bsky.social

1. Are these homes still empty?

2. Did u tell Revenue & pay Vacant Homes Tax?

3. Do you pay LPT?

4. How long were homes kept empty?

#DerelictIreland
#VacantIreland
#Speirgorm
#Aras25

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 3d

lol…I never would have remembered to post it so work away

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Pintbaby @pintbaby.bsky.social · 3d

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Gerard Shannon @gerardshannon.bsky.social · 3d

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?

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Rico Charges @nochorus.bsky.social · 3d

I don't drink caffeine and I can tell this is what I sound like, even when I'm trying to explain that the tiniest bit makes me so aggressive I may as well be deathly allergic. Meanwhile, glorious water pumping from the tear ducts of mother earth herself and deep into our bellies to quench the nee...

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 3d

Now wait, I never said what he said wasn’t cool

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 3d

Haha!…No, thank god

J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 3d

I offered him tea one time and he said, very earnestly:
“I only drink water. I saw a painting once, in the Prado I think, of a boy drinking water. And the obvious refreshment, the coolness and purity of the water were captured so well. That’s what water is to me”

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes when he’d knock in he’d pick up my guitar and noodle badly until the air would swim with cringe

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 3d

Playing the long game by persuading my old landlord to run for the Áras in 2032 so I’ll get the €450 he owes me from 2016

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Bust Fahy 2 @bahfiddle.bsky.social · 3d

Is Gavin genuinely as thick as he seems or are FF malcontents/FG and media class really digging the boot in? Humphries also has property skeletons in the closet on the public record but it has not come up at all for whatever reason www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

That’s a new one on me, Hugo
I’m learning all the time

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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 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."

she was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy."

when you're definitely the good guys

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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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

An acceptable bigotry

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · Jan 4

Caught the last bus

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

Same friend was talked into ordering a Bitburger and on being told the keg needed to be changed mid-pour said “top it up with Carlsberg”

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

I generally look like a Fine Gael functionary so it’s particularly hurtful

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

Friend:
“Jeez, see that guy over there, he looks like clean you”

This is an insult, “friend”

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

so I rephrased it and tried again but it still didn’t go, and I did this ~20 more times and then the network sent her all the texts together.

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 4d

Going to run for the presidency next time so that it’ll be reported in the national media that when I was 18 and a girl asked me to text her and I did, but the network was down and the text didn’t go…

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Peigín Leitirboxd @joeyp.bsky.social · 6d

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