New one from me, 2nd of my regular Irish updates including stuff about the by-elections, Bertie Ahern’s comments,and the recent deaths in Dublin amongst other things.
Isn’t it insane to think that every single thing that’s happening, every part of the news cycle, is downstream of the fact that a lot of voters want immigration greatly reduced and governments simply won’t do it under any circumstances
I noticed Netflix show Adolescence is being pitched at me as this incredibly hot and vital cultural commodity organically seizing the internet, and I wanted- just for kicks- to apply a post USAID lens, and see how quickly I could link it to UK government funding
This is exactly how the Iraq war unfolded btw. I’m talking about the emotional tone rather than the facts. Those of us old enough to remember know the vibe is identical
My parents always did the thing of putting a newspaper on the fire guard to create a draft up the chimney and make the fire get bigger, just explained this to my wife who’d never heard of it- that’s common right?
In fairness even a 23 min walk is fairly miserable if it’s along the verge of dual carriageway in the searing heat or whatever but I suspect that’s often not the case here
Occasional reminder that it’s not an accident that Elon musk bought twitter and filled it with this stuff - this is his taste, he thinks it’s good content, funny and interesting, doesn’t see anything wrong with it