Fergal

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Bluesky

Ist das dein Profil?Übernimm es — dann gehört dir fergalc.dirty.social.Profil übernehmen

Fergal@fergalc· 3d

Someone probably thought of this one already

Fergal@fergalc· 12d

I suppose he’s got one of those little toilets under the stairs

the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida

Fergal@fergalc· 14d

The New York Times legitimate-concerning racist pogroms in Belfast

In Belfast, Some Protestants Worry Their Community Is Changing

Northern Ireland’s Protestant loyalists have long felt their identity was under siege. Now anti-immigrant ideology has found a new toehold here.

Accompanying this text is a photo of a loyalist bonfire with Irish flags on it

Fergal@fergalc· 23d

I am treating the issue with the seriousness it deserves by reading this article in a silly voice and making fart noises between sentences

In any case, the fact remains that we may be creating a new species of morally important beings. We’re doing it fast, at enormous scale, and we should treat the issue with the seriousness it deserves.

Fergal@fergalc· 29d

After university, Rowling moved to a flat in Clapham Junction with friends, and took a course to become a bilingual secretary. While she was working in temporary jobs in London, Amnesty International hired her to document human rights issues in French-speaking Africa.

Fergal@fergalc· Jun 12

Dr. Pepper finally got tenure

A cheap fizzy drink called "Professor Peppy"

Fergal@fergalc· Jun 3

Dunne's Stores, George's Street

Bottles of Southern Comfort on a supermarket shelf with apparently handmade stickers on them reading "# Boycott USA"

Bottles of Jack Daniels on a supermarket shelf with apparently handmade stickers on them reading "# Boycott USA"

Fergal@fergalc· May 31

Fixed it

Fergal@fergalc· May 12

Just wait until *Andy Burnham* gets here, he'll save us. We must prepare for the coming of Andy Burnham. A way must be found, for Andy Burnham. We'd be cheating ourselves of a real choice if we went ahead without Andy Burnham on the ballot. The people yearn for Andy Burnham. Andy Burnham:

Fergal@fergalc· May 5

I personally think this is the best way to experience news and current affairs in the year 2026

A screenshot of a number of posts from the "fintwitter" Bluesky account, most in All Caps, all referencing the same Marco Rubio press conference, sometimes repeating the same statements either verbatim or in paraphrase

Fergal@fergalc· May 5

That 80's continental European Green activism got a lot of its drive from opposition to NATO nuclear missiles in West Germany. Then when Chernobyl happened they were able to say they'd been right all along - which they had been

An "Atomkraft? Nein Danke" [Nuclear Power? No Thanks] sticker. Your friends slightly hippyish parents had one of these on their car

Fergal@fergalc· May 2

Quite a few people sharing that piece about Ed Zitron the other day. Here's the author and here's what she pays Anthropic $100 of her own money for. Even accepting that he's wrong about a lot, I still think he's more right than she is

Kelsey Piper (born c. 1992)[1] is an American journalist who is a staff writer at The Argument.[2] She was previously a staff writer at Vox, where she wrote for the column Future Perfect, which covered a variety of topics from an effective altruism perspective. While attending Stanford University, she founded and ran the Stanford Effective Altruism student organization.

Reproduce academic papers

Put coding projects online for me so I can share them with friends

Determine which books in a set are missing from the school library and find where they’re cheapest online

Figure out which soccer club the team I see practicing at the local rec center belongs to and how to register my son

Design a bunch of robot-themed handwriting activities for a kindergartner who needs to practice making his uppercase and lowercase letters distinct

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 28

I mean have you not already created the checklist yourself in step one?

Tell AI about the main tasks you handle (bills, renewals, readings) and ask for a monthly checklist you can adapt.

That sounds useful. If I list the main jobs, I can get a basic checklist and then tweak it so it matches our actual bills and dates.

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 23

Lol this country loves the aul' "flexibility", we even opt-out of our opt-outs

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 20

Celebrating the anniversary of that time I ate this spaghetti in Florence

On a white dish, some purple spaghetti in a purple sauce, topped with shreded raw steak and toasted almonds

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 18

You can now enjoy the classic German tiny beer at home

200ml can of Sierra Nevada Pils poured into a slim glad of the type common in German bars and cafés

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 15

Was it the peeing blood thing?

‘I was peeing blood’

My ketamine hell – and what made me stop

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 12

Quite possible he's already forgotten Iran even exists

White House officials said they would defer to President Trump, who traveled to Florida for the weekend to attend an Ultimate Fighting Championship match, to announce the administration’s next move.

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 11

This is quite damning

The CEO said he is "disappointed with the level of response from the State" when he warned about the protests on Good Friday, four days before they started.

Mr McPartlan said that now is not "the time for recriminations" and that the Taoiseach has agreed there will be a "lessons learned exercise when this is all over".

"We will fight about what went wrong then, but for now the focus is just about getting everything restored."

Mr McPartlan said the Government and gardaí are putting all their efforts into fixing the problem, adding, "mistakes were made early on, lets get over those and move on".

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 4

I simply do not understand why people post replies like this

A funny post relaying an anecdote about a trip to the optometrist and reply that is, for some reason, about Nigel Farage

Fergal@fergalc· Apr 2

Really don't like this contemporary thing (a Trump innovation of course) of larding public statements with petulant swipes at critics and haters

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 31

Least surprising result of all time

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 25

This article (paywall unfortunately) makes a compelling argument that Iran is not interested in ending this war until it can be sure that the US & Isreal won't pull something like this again. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/24/i...

For Tehran, the war ends only when the new deterrence is credibly established. A cease-fire before that point is unacceptable because it would simply reset the conditions that allowed the United States and Israel to strike Iran with impunity. Iran may suffer severe damage to its fragile infrastructure, but its government believes that the long‑term strategic gains outweigh the immediate costs. This war, in Tehran’s view, is therefore the decisive one. Either Iran reshapes its adversaries’ perceptions of its resolve, or it risks a trajectory that ends in regime change.

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 23

Openly announcing that anyone who negotiates with you will be required to be a puppet and a quisling, then waiting for the phone to ring

It’s all about installing someone like a Delcy Rodríguez in Venezuela that we say, ‘We’re going to keep you there. We’re going to not take you out. You’re going to work with us. You’re going to give us a good deal, a first deal on the oil,’” the administration official said.

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 23

lol

There has been 'no direct or indirect contact' between Iran and the US - report
Iran’s Fars news agency has quoted a source as saying there has been “no direct or indirect connection” between Iran and Donald Trump, in contradiction to the US president’s statement just now.

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 23

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 19

Oh no

in 1988, Trump told The Guardian that the United States was too weak and that if he had been in charge, “I’d do a number on Kharg Island. I’d go in and take it.”

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 19

Per the new York Times "the bloody attacks" on Oct. 7, 2023, did not lead to any official inquiry into what mistakes had allowed "Hamas" to "kill" more than 1,200 Israelis near Gaza. "The subsequent war" "left" more than 70,000 Gazans "dead, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry", and "the entire enclave largely rubble"

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 17

Ireland, now

Donald Trump, his hand affectionately patting Zohran Mamdani on the arm, plainly smitten with the charming devil

Fergal@fergalc· Mar 12

Lol now it's “as soon as it is militarily possible", this certainly is the messaging of a group of people who are definitely going to do a thing and have a real plan to do so