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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 5h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 14h

Blanchardstown had a dreadful turnout of 32.5% in last June's locals and elected a far-right councillor. I went along to a Catherine Connolly campaign event in the area last Wednesday to see how she plans to win over those disillusioned voters
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Connolly campaign tries to woo disillusioned Dublin 15 voters

Blanchardstown saw a pitiful turnout of 32.5% in last June's local elections; now presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly is hoping to reach those disaffected voters with her united left approach and ...

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 14h

Blanchardstown had a dreadful turnout of 32.5% in last June's locals and elected a far-right councillor. I went along to a Catherine Connolly campaign event in the area last Wednesday to see how she plans to win over those disillusioned voters
#Áras25 dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...

Connolly campaign tries to woo disillusioned Dublin 15 voters

Blanchardstown saw a pitiful turnout of 32.5% in last June's local elections; now presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly is hoping to reach those disaffected voters with her united left approach and ...

dublinpeople.com

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 14h

Spoke to Dublin man Diarmuid Mac Dubhglais, one of the Irish activists who was captured and later deported by Israeli authorities after he tried to bring aid into Gaza. He said the flotilla aid effort was "something that was bigger than me, bigger than all of us" dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...

"I know I'm on the right side of history" says Dublin man who was part of Gaza flotilla

“This is something that’s bigger than me, bigger than all of us" - we spoke to Dublin man Diarmuid Mac Dubhglais, one of the Irish activists who was captured and later deported by Israeli authorities ...

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 1d

BOLLOCKS

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 1d

Predicrably, Soc Dems not happy with the Budget. Cian O'Callaghan has dubbed it the "McBudget," noting that McDonald's is getting a VAT cut this year but the cost of living crisis hasn't been meaningfully addressed dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...

O'Callaghan criticises giveaway "McBudget"

Soc Dems TD and finance spokesperson has dubbed this year's Budget as the "McBudget" - a giveaway for property developers and the owners of fast-food chains

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting tidbit from the Journal's liveblog about the Budget. Sinn Féin continuing to show absolutely no interest in winning over the Green/environmentally-minded progressives they need to win 60 Dáil seats. Good to see they haven't learned their lessons from last year and are doubling down

7 mins ago
1:59PM
Christina Finn reports from the Dáil gallery:

Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy could be heard heckling Donohoe during the closing moments of his speech, as the minister confirmed the carbon tax increase.

“Surely Healy-Rae didn’t agree to that,” Carthy called.

The carbon tax increase is not a surprise, it’s worth noting – this is part of a scheduled annual increase.

The rise kicks in from midnight tonight, adding about 2.5 cents to the cost of a litre of petrol or diesel.

Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 1d

The Irish shitposting left versus American liberals

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Near FM @nearfm.ie · 2d

Quo Vadis Fianna Fáil?
@mikecjf.bsky.social of the Northside People discusses the fallout for the Taoiseach following the withdrawal of Jim Gavin from the Presidential campaign #Áras25 listenagain.org?p=57482

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 2d

Just filed my review for A House Of Dynamite, and I'm really flaunting the fact I studied film and international relations in college (I mention Andrei Tarkovsky and Robert McNamara in the review)

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 2d

Billy Kelleher this morning #Áras25

"I mean I'm smiling - but I am really fucking furious" from The Death Of Stalin

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 3d

Humphreys promising to learn Irish if she becomes President. Just like how she promised to learn Irish when she became Minister for the Gaeltacht, let's see if we can make it a hat-trick #Áras25

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 4d

Genuinely think it will come down to how much will voters want the next President to be able to speak Irish. FF voters from the country (think Ò Cúiv, Pat The Cope Gallagher, the Cowen voters) would be willing to hold their nose and give their 2nd preference to Connolly over Humphreys

Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 4d

That's tight.... if the don't knows, don't vote...

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 4d

Nearly a tenner for an issue of FourFourTwo at Eason's

Some politican I forget holding a "its too extreme. No" sign during Repeal

9.52 price tag sticker on an issue of FourFourTwo. Alexander Isak is staring at me

Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 5d

Just out of House Of Dynamite, a movie that literally gave me an anxiety attack. 5/5, should be the Oscar frontrunner instead of OBAA, Bigelow never left exactly but she is BACK

Letterboxd review that says "if you like movies where someone looks at a computer screen and says "you should take a look at this" then this is basically our moon landing"

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Rufus jones @rufeydoof.bsky.social · 5d

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 6d

When are we going to apologise to Razorlight for making fun of them for America, because history has vindicated them

Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 6d

Unnamed former Tánaiste writing his next Times column:

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 7d

Covering the Catherine Connolly event in Blanchardstown. The only room that unites Sockies, Labour, Greens, Sinn Féin, independents and socialists in D15.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Renato Casaro, an Italian artist known for his film posters.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October, the only month of the year where it's acceptable to listen to John Carpenter, Goblin and Danny Elfman scores on the way to work

a man with a pumpkin on his head walks down a street

Alt: a man with a pumpkin on his head walks down a street

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 8d

Watching Suspiria on the BFI Player it asks, "Are you over 18?" No, I'm a ten-year-old with a subscription to the BFI Player.

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 8d

It might be because I have to use Facebook for work and I cover politics, but it sure thinks I want to see far-right, anti-immigrant content on my newsfeed. You don't know me at all, Zuck babe. Have noticed a definitive uptick since Trump got back in, too.

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 8d

Facebook pushing right-wing, anti-immigrant stuff into my home feed, is it

Facebook screenshot
One reel is talking about asylum seekers in Prague
The other is talking about "illegal migrants at boarder (yes, they spelt it that way) between Northern France and Britain"

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 9d

THE MEME IS REAL

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