Rothaí
@rothaiocht.bsky.social
I am an emigrant who writes love letters. Ireland :: California
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Hahaha well there it is. I knew it. Former Coinbase comms and Crypto Huckster makes it clear this was a paid ad for dolts
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Hahaha well there it is. I knew it. Former Coinbase comms and Crypto Huckster makes it clear this was a paid ad for dolts
30 years and one month before January 6th 2020.
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
30 years and one month before January 6th 2020.
I’m so sorry. That manipulation was hard to watch from outside, and the consequences must be far worse to live with.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I’m so sorry. That manipulation was hard to watch from outside, and the consequences must be far worse to live with.
Feels like grounds for family asylum.
Here in the US, many parents of trans kids have been forced to move to states where their kids will be safe, welcomed in school, and treated—which is getting harder and harder to guarantee.
Here in the US, many parents of trans kids have been forced to move to states where their kids will be safe, welcomed in school, and treated—which is getting harder and harder to guarantee.
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Feels like grounds for family asylum.
Here in the US, many parents of trans kids have been forced to move to states where their kids will be safe, welcomed in school, and treated—which is getting harder and harder to guarantee.
Here in the US, many parents of trans kids have been forced to move to states where their kids will be safe, welcomed in school, and treated—which is getting harder and harder to guarantee.
It‘s great to have drive. But not if you don‘t have the map.
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It‘s great to have drive. But not if you don‘t have the map.
The qualities of obedience, head-down focus, and self-punishment that can make you an Olympian are singularly bad preparation for a work world where no one pretends to give a shit about developing talent any more.
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The qualities of obedience, head-down focus, and self-punishment that can make you an Olympian are singularly bad preparation for a work world where no one pretends to give a shit about developing talent any more.
Team athetes seemed better prepared for life beyond than the individual competitors.
Best-placed seemed to be the ones coming out of sports with class signals for corporate job connections—the rowing coxes, the sailors.
For the less-lucky mass of American athletes: I think of human racehorses.
Best-placed seemed to be the ones coming out of sports with class signals for corporate job connections—the rowing coxes, the sailors.
For the less-lucky mass of American athletes: I think of human racehorses.
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Team athetes seemed better prepared for life beyond than the individual competitors.
Best-placed seemed to be the ones coming out of sports with class signals for corporate job connections—the rowing coxes, the sailors.
For the less-lucky mass of American athletes: I think of human racehorses.
Best-placed seemed to be the ones coming out of sports with class signals for corporate job connections—the rowing coxes, the sailors.
For the less-lucky mass of American athletes: I think of human racehorses.
Coaches had every incentive to insist they focus only on the sport, not on plans beyond.
For every Simone Biles, hundreds more emerge in their 20s/30s, maybe with a bronze in some obscure sport, maybe nothing.
Some seemed like Victorian child sweeps who could no longer fit up the chimneys.
For every Simone Biles, hundreds more emerge in their 20s/30s, maybe with a bronze in some obscure sport, maybe nothing.
Some seemed like Victorian child sweeps who could no longer fit up the chimneys.
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Coaches had every incentive to insist they focus only on the sport, not on plans beyond.
For every Simone Biles, hundreds more emerge in their 20s/30s, maybe with a bronze in some obscure sport, maybe nothing.
Some seemed like Victorian child sweeps who could no longer fit up the chimneys.
For every Simone Biles, hundreds more emerge in their 20s/30s, maybe with a bronze in some obscure sport, maybe nothing.
Some seemed like Victorian child sweeps who could no longer fit up the chimneys.
Terrible idea. The more people use bikes, the safer cyclists are. This will keep people off bikes, and make drivers even less careful.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Terrible idea. The more people use bikes, the safer cyclists are. This will keep people off bikes, and make drivers even less careful.
This is the US recipe. You didn’t even need Citizens United to buy influence in Ireland. Irish government is paying to be told what to do.
February 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This is the US recipe. You didn’t even need Citizens United to buy influence in Ireland. Irish government is paying to be told what to do.
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And I’ve seen a lot of these posts distinguishing between protest and what’s happening in Minneapolis. The subtext feels to me that they're distinguishing the protests and uprisings of 2020 with what's happening now. "We're not protesting, it's something more noble!"
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
And I’ve seen a lot of these posts distinguishing between protest and what’s happening in Minneapolis. The subtext feels to me that they're distinguishing the protests and uprisings of 2020 with what's happening now. "We're not protesting, it's something more noble!"
(I probably won’t be able to resist a monthly scroll through my two vital feeds on the state of nonsense: @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and @solomonmissouri.bsky.social.)
February 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
(I probably won’t be able to resist a monthly scroll through my two vital feeds on the state of nonsense: @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and @solomonmissouri.bsky.social.)