Antóin Ó Floinn

Take a few minutes to watch this if you can. Former MAGA diehard comes face-to-face with Epstein survivor www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zT...

I think one reason it’s good to have a liberal arts education in the classic sense is that you don’t then spend time trying to invent the concept of “intellectual pursuits” from first principles

Unreal.

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about. They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports. Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.

Before the NCAA capitulated to this nonsense and banned trans women from competing on women's sports teams, the head of the NCAA told a Senate panel that he knew of less than 10 athletes competing in sports in the NCAA. What are we fucking doing here, people. It's a non-issue.

Well, here’s the big reveal of the ‘October Surprise’ to tilt the election dynamics.

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

11. In essence, Trump asked a majority of voters to trade democracy and the rule of law for an IOU, and to the shock and horror of the civilized world, a majority of voters accepted.

'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org

Oh, Viz.

Thoughts on the Nations league game that's apparently not teams representing their Nations but just teams of different Nations wearing their Nations jerseys and singing their Nations anthems and then saying afterwards how proud they are to represent their respective Nations.

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 

… thus providing a pathway for Melania to join the FBI.

“It’s a book, Donald. People write things in it for others to read later. Surely you’ve heard of this?”

IYKYK

@conormckn.bsky.social Unsure if you check this, but reading your article about Rory’s diplomacy towards Trump, how about asking him a golf-related question on the subject? From what he has seen, how does Trump’s game compare to other amateurs who have continued to be club champions into their 70s?

This is really excellent. Very touching insights from Floyd on growing up Mennonite, his genuine struggle to understand what his parents and siblings seemed to innately accept (being born a sinner), and a real grace and lack of judgment from him about their differences. He’s such a great interview.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

Hi, Seth Moulton Bye, Seth Moulton

Fox News contributor mad that the cycle of poverty is being threatened by not enough 15-year olds getting pregnant. I mean, …

We watched 9 to 5 last night and played the album. A lot of my thoughts reflected here 🧵

I bumped into my Hungarian buddy on Friday, fresh back from a visit home. He said it's hard now to find anyone who'll cop to having been an Orban supporter. The regime is very rapidly disappearing into history. This how quickly things can turn. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Olivia Rodrigo is a talented, wonderful young woman. I sense a torch being passed from Dolly his week. #daisychainfields www.tiktok.com/t/ZTD3BDpsC/

Iconic.

I found this screenshot I took from somewhere last year in my Downloads and I think it sums up why I get angsty about "AI" - in my head it defaults to meaning LLMs/GenAI and not all the things I think are probably useful 😅

This is pretty much all you will need for this evening.

A reminder that Jolene slowed down to 33rpm is absolute genius. RIP, Dolly 💔 youtube.com/watch?v=doz1...

English town names aren’t real.

In rural Hampshire, they aren’t messing around when they say they’re going to sit on the throne.

Live pictures of the presidential limo.

“Blessed are the cheesemakers.”

This is a complete distraction. Ireland cannot build a nuclear power plant fast enough to matter. Making a decision to do so would excuse punting on all the wind and solar things it can and must do. This is a lobby project of the tech industry to have something to say when building data centres.

MNÁSOME 🥈

Jeanine Pirro. Moving day?

Haters focusing on Liddle's violence toward his pregnant partner, his galloping racism, or his repeated defences of paedophilia, should remember to mention he was also one of the worst writers to ever do it. A calorie-free hack of the first water. Just absolute dogshit, back to front.

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.

Saw a sign that said "Mitch McConnell is on Eternity Leave."

Elaine Chao: Senator McConnell is a very strong supporter of ICE. He’s been on it for almost two months.

Just canceled my DashPass and sent this email to DoorDash. I encourage you to do the same if you support D.C. home rule. press@doordash.com and ir@doordash.com

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Another one was back in 1990 (pre email) exchanging information with Aer Lingus head office back in Dublin about project issues with Kuwait Airways. As the replies came out on a teletype printer that the KU staff would see, we communicated sensitive stuff in (very basic) Irish. Pre Google Translate!

Working for British Airways in Heathrow in 1994 on their cargo system. One of the users of that system was the Ministry of Defense. When the Whitehall brass visited for project meetings, I (with my Irish accent) was sent to a different floor. Mind you, the IRA were mortar bombing LHR at the time.