matt
@therockisdead.bsky.social
Budding historian intetested in global revolutions at the turn of the 20th century. Dublin via Offaly and Berlin. Sometimes post about football. Do a podcast also @casementsleftovers.bsky.social
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So the younger shooter, in a video submitted to the court, claims the shooting was aimed at the Zionist policies of Israel as a state. This is distinct from being an attack against Jewish people as a group. Once again the pro-Zionist coalition and right wing media jumped the gun and got it wrong.
December 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
Neutrality and pacifism are fantastic but i feel like the primary reason for Ireland to never join NATO is rarely mentioned: why on Earth would we enter a military alliance with Britain?
Micheál Martin says there has been too much "squeamish debate" around Ireland working with NATO other countries' military forces.
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'Squeamish debate' misses the point of working with NATO and EU states on defence, Martin says
Ireland should not be afraid of mutually beneficial co-operation with other nations amid the heightened Russian threat, the Taoiseach said.
jrnl.ie
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Neutrality and pacifism are fantastic but i feel like the primary reason for Ireland to never join NATO is rarely mentioned: why on Earth would we enter a military alliance with Britain?
Iontach
In 1992, the prisoners in Long Kesh put on a Christmas panto and variety show. Have a gander at some of the programme here:
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Iontach
I will never have imposter syndrome ever again
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I will never have imposter syndrome ever again
As someone who only observes British politics occasionally and with interest only insofar as it affects people in the north: surely you’d expect the Lib Dems to take the current opportunity far more vociferously than this?
🚨 #GE2029 | Reform lead by 15pts
➡️ REF: 33% (+3)
🔵 CON: 18% (=)
🟢 GRN: 17% (-1)
🔴 LAB: 14% (=)
🟠 LD: 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 18 Dec (+/- vs 10 Dec)
➡️ REF: 33% (+3)
🔵 CON: 18% (=)
🟢 GRN: 17% (-1)
🔴 LAB: 14% (=)
🟠 LD: 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 18 Dec (+/- vs 10 Dec)
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As someone who only observes British politics occasionally and with interest only insofar as it affects people in the north: surely you’d expect the Lib Dems to take the current opportunity far more vociferously than this?
Is “watching right-wing YouTubers” equivalent to gambling addiction, though? There are certainly similarities and overlaps but it would seem the dynamic is fundamentally different.
Like there is also a huge media-based pipeline of content designed to get men to gamble on sports but no one is postulating that this was a demand-driven phenomenon of men with "having excess money" problems.
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Is “watching right-wing YouTubers” equivalent to gambling addiction, though? There are certainly similarities and overlaps but it would seem the dynamic is fundamentally different.
Not to go all Bluesky on this person but “time to live with the consequences!“ is such classic American arrogance! There are consequences to Venezuelans too!
The Venezuela shit doesn’t even feel real because they’ve made zero effort to actually gin up public support and make any kind of justification for it.
This is what the American people voted for though whether they realized it or not.
Time to live with the consequences!
This is what the American people voted for though whether they realized it or not.
Time to live with the consequences!
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Not to go all Bluesky on this person but “time to live with the consequences!“ is such classic American arrogance! There are consequences to Venezuelans too!
It’s far from the biggest problem here but why oh why has he feminised chatGPT
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s far from the biggest problem here but why oh why has he feminised chatGPT
Precisely
'trump & global rising fascism is a random inexplicable aberration from politics as usual' is what you need to believe to defend the political neoliberal mainstream to yourself & others.
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Precisely
Sure, but ask yourself this: if we reached a point where AI art was actually really really good, would you be ok with it then?
In other words: the fear with AI isn’t that it’s bad, it’s that it’s good!
In other words: the fear with AI isn’t that it’s bad, it’s that it’s good!
I see a lot of arguments against AI art isn't about the end product, but more importantly it's about the creative process. This is true, but also we shouldn't ignore that the AI end product is 99.999 times out of 100 lousy.
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sure, but ask yourself this: if we reached a point where AI art was actually really really good, would you be ok with it then?
In other words: the fear with AI isn’t that it’s bad, it’s that it’s good!
In other words: the fear with AI isn’t that it’s bad, it’s that it’s good!
No. There IS an empirical and historical materialist explanation for why the world is the way it is. It‘s our job to uncover that explanation, not to simply give up.
Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
No. There IS an empirical and historical materialist explanation for why the world is the way it is. It‘s our job to uncover that explanation, not to simply give up.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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FWIW, I think sentiments like “Israel's actions have stirred the antisemitic cauldron very thoroughly” are part of the problem.
Israel's actions have stirred the antisemitic cauldron very thoroughly which is a tragedy for the vast majority of Jews worldwide who do not support Zionism or Netanyahu's actions.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
FWIW, I think sentiments like “Israel's actions have stirred the antisemitic cauldron very thoroughly” are part of the problem.
Actually really shocked at the amount of Irish pro-Palestine activists I know expressing pretty blatantly anti-semitic views the last two days. Are ye well
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Actually really shocked at the amount of Irish pro-Palestine activists I know expressing pretty blatantly anti-semitic views the last two days. Are ye well
counterpoint: you don’t actually need to spend all of your time arguing with people you disagree with on the Internet
People are losing their minds on Twitter and becoming more trick lazy, sloppy and radicalised because the libs are not there to argue against and challenge. Come back.
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
counterpoint: you don’t actually need to spend all of your time arguing with people you disagree with on the Internet
Bruno Fernandes was the only player to start in United’s FA Cup Final victory vs Man City in May 2024 AND their 3-0 league defeat to City in September 2025.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Bruno Fernandes was the only player to start in United’s FA Cup Final victory vs Man City in May 2024 AND their 3-0 league defeat to City in September 2025.
Great thread about Irish “democracy” really works. Worth a read.
Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Great thread about Irish “democracy” really works. Worth a read.
I obviously support a ban on fox hunting but by this metric almost our entire culture is ”not traditionally Irish”.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I obviously support a ban on fox hunting but by this metric almost our entire culture is ”not traditionally Irish”.
I never really got into metal but every now and then I‘ll throw on an album if it’s getting some hype and will be blown away, and left thinking “I should get into metal”. Currently happening with Agriculture’s album from this year. It’s mega
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I never really got into metal but every now and then I‘ll throw on an album if it’s getting some hype and will be blown away, and left thinking “I should get into metal”. Currently happening with Agriculture’s album from this year. It’s mega
Caroline play Christmas music I can’t explain it but they do
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Caroline play Christmas music I can’t explain it but they do
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i don't agree with tarantino that paul dano is bad in there will be blood, but i *really* disagree with the idea that artists shouldn't criticize other artists. i wanna know what they think! it's interesting! it's okay not to like stuff!
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
i don't agree with tarantino that paul dano is bad in there will be blood, but i *really* disagree with the idea that artists shouldn't criticize other artists. i wanna know what they think! it's interesting! it's okay not to like stuff!
It should be completely unacceptable to include 2024 music in 2025 year-end lists, and the fact it’s not is such an indictment on our society
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It should be completely unacceptable to include 2024 music in 2025 year-end lists, and the fact it’s not is such an indictment on our society
This is how I learned that Phil from The Thick of It wrote Slow Horses
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This is how I learned that Phil from The Thick of It wrote Slow Horses
If I may give one brief note of pessimism for those celebrating this as the inevitable death of AI: organisations are notoriously slow to adopt new working methods. There’s no reason to believe this is simply because businesses don’t want to use AI
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If I may give one brief note of pessimism for those celebrating this as the inevitable death of AI: organisations are notoriously slow to adopt new working methods. There’s no reason to believe this is simply because businesses don’t want to use AI