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Josef O'Shea

@josefoshea.bsky.social

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News, views and stuff - in a giant marsh on the south coast of Ireland

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · Nov 10

A little about me since I've joined the #migration over from the shouty/angry place - I live in Cork city on the south coast of Ireland, worked in various/all forms of journalism/media for a long time, I like old cars/bikes, old music, old buildings. A while back, I wrote a best-seller, so hello!

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Pamela Weaver @pamelaweaver.bsky.social · 11h

Screen shot of a typo in a post reading: Patient has an insulin pimp.
Some has shared this, saying: Pretty sure that's the opposite of a sugar daddy.
I have no idea who came up with this, but how could you not share.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 11h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 16h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 13h

TESLA SELLS 61 CARS IN INDIA IN SEPTEMBER 2025

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 13h

Niall Donald talking about how Jim Gavin ripped him off included the truest, most Irish statement I’ve ever heard in my life, like this absolutely would be what your friends would say to you in these circumstances

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 10h

World Cup is gonna be fun.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico was moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown, AP source says.

Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida because of unrest linked to the immigration crackdown in the city, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11h

Somewhere off the coast of California there's a tuna going: "What THE F**K was his problem?"

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11h

A British long-distance swimmer has described how he fought off a shark off the coast of Los Angeles in the middle of the night

British swimmer survives early hours run-in with great white shark

www.thetimes.com

Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11h

EU 'veggie burger' rule change will impact the following foods:

• Buffalo Wings
• Toad In The Hole
• Fish Fingers
• Deviled Eggs
• Caeser Salad (unless it contains at least 33% ancient Roman dictator)

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 14h

Very much the dead internet. All those comics marvel did with ugly great big AR symbols on top of gorgeous art, evey qr code on the back of every book. All now filled with the equivalent of digital landfill.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 14h

Yikes. Just got a message from my child’s school: some children’s books by Andrew Cope (inc. Spy Dogs, Spy Cats, and Spy Pups series) have a printed URL at the back. This used to go to the author’s website, but now goes to an “adult content” site.

So, yeah… be careful with that URL 😳

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 11h

This also 💯 has the vibes of those Facebook ad t-shirts that say stuff like

“MY WIFE IS A MAMA BEAR WITH A HUSBAND (WHO IS ME) AND SHE MIGHT BE A LITTLE CRAZY BUT SO AM I AND IF SHE EATS YOU THEY WILL NEVER FIND YOUR BONES I LOVE THAT B-WORD AND GOD IN THAT ORDER IT’S A DOUG THING TRY TO KEEP UP.”

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 13h

One source told us: "you'd see here there all of the time, mixing with all sorts, criminals, men in wigs, the Gardai knew all about it because they were there too - so what are they trying to hide?"

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 13h

Lawyer Represents Different Types of Clients Shocker

Lead; IRELAND WAS REELING LAST NIGHT AS IT EMERGED CATHERINE SO CALLED "CONNOLLLY" WAS ONCE A 'LAWYER' WHO 'REPRESENTED CLIENTS' AT SINISTER GATHERINGS KNOWN AS 'COURT CASES' - PAGES 1,2,3,4 etc etc

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 13h

How many unemployable weirdos do they think are out there?

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 13h

The shouting at airplanes crowd

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Brian @bwianair.bsky.social · 13h

Somebody's not dealing well with Sharon taking the kids.

Stone Cold 𓅃 @bisexualmorpheus.bsky.social · 14h

Yer da’s been decorating the zafira

POV: you are stuck in London traffic behind a 2008 Vauxhall minivan adorned with various right wing slogans including “RIP LONDON KHAN AND STARMER GAVE FCUKED YOU! HONK IF YOU HATE EM!” & “Starmer stop the boats”. The license place is “RIP BE” and there are pictures of a demonic looking Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan adorning the bumper and rear window. England and Union Jack flags fly from the rear windows

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 14h

I had no idea - how fascinating.

Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 17h

Day 8 of #31DaysOfGraves - Glass

When visiting a graveyard, have you ever wondered what these flat marble plates, reminiscent of chopping boards, are?

They're the bases of Victorian/Edwardian "Immortelles" that once held fragile memorial ornaments under a glass dome. Not many now survive intact...

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 14h

Nick Clegg - professional lapdog.

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.

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 15h

Don't go chasing waterfalls or....

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 19h

Perhaps not the main point but I always hate it when people view it as a sign of failure when poorer countries grow faster. There is absolutely no intrinsic reason why Poland should have lower income than the UK or any other EU country forever, and that means it will have to grow faster sometimes

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 17h

One of the guys putting up Union Jack flags in Manchester - to protest immigrants - has a conviction for people smuggling immigrants into the UK in the back of his van.

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him

Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

manchestermill.co.uk

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 18h

Well, here we go - if only this could have been predicted...

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 19h

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

USAAF B-24 pilot Worth Everett Ober, Jr. in 1943.
He survived the war.
Photo by Dimitri Kessel.

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