People who create images using AI should be required to give all the created people six fingers, just so we know it’s AI.
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
People who create images using AI should be required to give all the created people six fingers, just so we know it’s AI.
Frank McNally writing about Richard Ellmann writing about James Joyce. Excess with prudence - way to go.
July 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Frank McNally writing about Richard Ellmann writing about James Joyce. Excess with prudence - way to go.
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It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
The Irish government’s inaction on building critical infrastructure, despite having more than enough resources to do so, reminds me of the story about a donkey placed equidistant from two bundles of hay. The donkey can’t decide which bundle of hay to eat, and so dies of hunger.
June 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The Irish government’s inaction on building critical infrastructure, despite having more than enough resources to do so, reminds me of the story about a donkey placed equidistant from two bundles of hay. The donkey can’t decide which bundle of hay to eat, and so dies of hunger.
“Gleichschaltung”. By the time the Trump presidency ends, I think that all of us, not just historians, will know the meaning of this useful German word.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichs...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichs...
Gleichschaltung - Wikipedia
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May 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Gleichschaltung”. By the time the Trump presidency ends, I think that all of us, not just historians, will know the meaning of this useful German word.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichs...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichs...
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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On this basis, Putin can help himself to some of Estonia or Finland next, knowing that once enough people have died Trump & Vance will require the Estonians and Fins to make peace with him, whilst helping themselves to some of their natural resources.
This is total insanity.
This is total insanity.
March 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On this basis, Putin can help himself to some of Estonia or Finland next, knowing that once enough people have died Trump & Vance will require the Estonians and Fins to make peace with him, whilst helping themselves to some of their natural resources.
This is total insanity.
This is total insanity.
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Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters:
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%
🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%
🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.
February 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters:
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%
🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%
🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.
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Of all the made-up terms in the English language, the one i despise most is 'passed' ⚰️
February 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Of all the made-up terms in the English language, the one i despise most is 'passed' ⚰️
It should be a criminal offence for a person to threaten a publication or journalist with a lawsuit for defamation in circumstances where that person knows that the material complained about is substantially true.
January 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It should be a criminal offence for a person to threaten a publication or journalist with a lawsuit for defamation in circumstances where that person knows that the material complained about is substantially true.
I suspect that Ireland is showing the symptoms of Elite Overproduction. Too many graduates, too few technical and trades people. A source of discontent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_o...
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Elite overproduction - Wikipedia
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December 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
I suspect that Ireland is showing the symptoms of Elite Overproduction. Too many graduates, too few technical and trades people. A source of discontent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_o...
Barry Keoghan and Eric Burdon: surely they’re related?
December 1, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Barry Keoghan and Eric Burdon: surely they’re related?
Of course, Trump is hoping that the ceasefire in Lebanon doesn’t hold, so that Biden doesn’t get a result. And Netanyahu wants to please Trump.
November 27, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Of course, Trump is hoping that the ceasefire in Lebanon doesn’t hold, so that Biden doesn’t get a result. And Netanyahu wants to please Trump.
Still relevant today.
puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/m...
puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/m...
Moriarty, the DPP and the Gardaí
Sherlock Holmes famously spotted the significance of the “curious incident of the dog in the night-time”: the fact that it didn’t bark was of great importance. But this has nothi…
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November 25, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Still relevant today.
puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/m...
puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/m...
It’s just bonkers that the Gardaí and/or the DPP cannot get their act together and decide whether prosecutions are warranted as a result of the Moriarty Tribunal. After THIRTEEN years! Unfair to everyone involved…..
November 25, 2024 at 1:09 PM
It’s just bonkers that the Gardaí and/or the DPP cannot get their act together and decide whether prosecutions are warranted as a result of the Moriarty Tribunal. After THIRTEEN years! Unfair to everyone involved…..
The age of consent is 17 in the Republic of Ireland and 16 in Northern Ireland. Another barrier to a United Ireland?!
November 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM
The age of consent is 17 in the Republic of Ireland and 16 in Northern Ireland. Another barrier to a United Ireland?!
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If you’re shameless can you be blackmailed?
November 21, 2024 at 5:50 PM
If you’re shameless can you be blackmailed?
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"A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...
What The Fuck Is A "Vaccine Skeptic"? | Defector
At darker moments, contesting this kind of stuff in the wake of the 2024 election—and all the shameless, shameful, unforgivable work the American media did to produce that election’s outcome—feels as ...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
"A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...
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These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.
November 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.