Ah thank you sir

Brilliant piece, something I’d never heard of but which Dean links to more modern spectacles.

Dance Marathons Were the Forerunners of Today’s Reality TV The dance marathons of the Great Depression have gone down in legend as a way of turning desperate people into fodder for exploitative entertainment. The spirit of the marathons is alive and well in t...

For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about a long-time interest of mine: dance marathons

Some nice shots from Granard

Dance Marathons Were the Forerunners of Today’s Reality TV The dance marathons of the Great Depression have gone down in legend as a way of turning desperate people into fodder for exploitative entertainment. The spirit of the marathons is alive and well in t...

For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about a long-time interest of mine: dance marathons

Rosenthal 1993
McAllister 2001
Kuyt 2007
Mané 2016
Origi 2018
van Dijk 2026

Last minute winners against Everton.

There’s those two “finished” players Salah and van Dijk, winning us the derby

2SEATER YouTube video by Tyler, The Creator - Topic

He really is one of the greats, is Tyler

A politician delivering a left-wing policy they got elected on? I THOUGHT THAT WAS ILLEGAL

FOOTBALL

Dean Van Nguyen on Instagram: "A photo of me from 2018, taking part in an action that stopped traffic on O'Connell Street in protest of brutal, Gardaí-assisted evictions. I love these tactics; they're... 72 likes, 3 comments - deanvannguyen on April 14, 2026: "A photo of me from 2018, taking part in an action that stopped traffic on O'Connell Street in protest of brutal, Gardaí-assisted evictions. I l...

Final note on the O’Connell St mess

"I am an awful writer. Just terrible"
*changes font and line-spacing*
"I deserve a Pulitzer"

Politician tries to distract woman with transphobia and finds she couldn’t care less. It’s almost too on-the-button

The way they picked the most “Hit Em Up” photograph

I remember when fascists weren’t tolerated on O’Connell Street

Article Link: The Blockade Is the Message, How a fuel price spike became a fascist audition

I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼
#Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism

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Dean Van Nguyen: Why I’m now using the term 'fascism' for what's happening in Ireland The writer and commentator says he can no longer hold off from using the term ‘fascist’ to describe the treatment of new asylum seekers to Ireland.

Don’t forget, you’re allowed call fascists fascists

When I hear that the Irish Left and Right must unite…

We need to retire this disdainful use or the term “friend zone”. Maybe I’m just a beta or whatever but going into dating with the mindset that a good friendship is a nice result seems healthy to me. And, ironically, might actually make romance more likely…

They attacked the Muslim Sisters of Éire, one of the kindest and mostly welcoming groups out on the streets of Dublin providing meals to the unhoused.

Fuck every single one of these rat fucks.

The Left cannot insert itself into protests that are this comfortable with racists and transphobes and expect to suck the poison out from the inside. I love rebellion but only built on a charter of anti-bigotry. Nothing worthwhile will grow from poisoned seeds

Down having a look at the blockade on O'Connell street and what strikes me most is that this is in reality a very small protest that looks big because of the size of the vehicles involved.

There's a few dozen people standing around at most.

When these protests end up expediting the introduction of 15-minute cities

If the protestors don’t root out the fascists then I’m very comfortable with them being tarred with the same brush

“I believe I’m arguably…” is an odd turn of phrase

Good new jazz alert

This juice

One of the ways protests work is by sheer numbers. It takes a lot of people to block a city, ergo a lot of people feel strongly about an issue.

When 11 fascists with massive vehicles block a motorway it presents a disproportionate picture of the level of support.

When I wrote piece about this kinda thing I didn’t foresee someone posting a eulogy 11 years late for a person they actually met

Jake said "Think 32" ✊