Carl Kinsella

41% of people supporting a war for oil started by a rapist and probable paedophile who is enacting fascism domestically, hastening climate destruction, and abetting a separate genocide, is actually catastrophic, and not at all heartening.

hey. i made a little money

Surrealing in the Years: Is it the biblical End of Days? Yeah, sure, why not? What’s the difference, at this point.

'Patchflow was obviously visited overnight by the three ghosts of Everyone Finds Your Behaviour Despicable, had a change of heart and withdrew the eviction notices on Friday evening.'

This week's column is on Iran, oil prices, evictions, the St Paddy's Day visit, and the end of days.

hoping that they don’t take out our entire Cabinet in one airstrike due to some kind of AI-driven alphabetisation mix-up at the Pentagon?

Surrealing in the Years: Is it the biblical End of Days? Yeah, sure, why not? What’s the difference, at this point.

'Patchflow was obviously visited overnight by the three ghosts of Everyone Finds Your Behaviour Despicable, had a change of heart and withdrew the eviction notices on Friday evening.'

This week's column is on Iran, oil prices, evictions, the St Paddy's Day visit, and the end of days.

i love the bit in the Prancing Pony where Frodo is asking the innkeeper if he's seen Gandalf and he like... takes a minute to remember who Gandalf is. yeah man, enormous, pointy hat, grey beard man, robes, staff, you know, the wizard who is active in this area

right on

do the books say how long he got to chill there? movie makes it seem about a week, maybe less. he'd probably barely have gotten in gear. god that sucks

can you imagine how much sex, drugs and partying Frodo got up to between inheriting Bag End and finding out he had to save Middle Earth. goddamn

Haha, this is PERFECT (and the kids laughed nearly as much as I did), @carlkinsella.bsky.social has it spot on!

Surrealing in the Years: There was never any chance that we wouldn't draw Israel Also this week: the government has finally solved the tourism crisis.

"In case you haven’t noticed, Micheál Martin has been doing this thing lately where he’ll wash his hands of just about anything he can, like Pontius Pilate after he’s just had a bulk delivery of Jo Browne."

This week's column is on Ireland vs Israel, Dáil debates and housing.

Brilliant piece by Carl, as always.

I do wonder if Micheál (probably distracted by sneering) has even momentarily considered what will happen when the fans (most of whom will be current or former IDF soldiers) descend on Dublin? Previous matches show they're violent & disrespectful of local laws.

Brilliant column

Surrealing in the Years: There was never any chance that we wouldn't draw Israel Also this week: the government has finally solved the tourism crisis.

"In case you haven’t noticed, Micheál Martin has been doing this thing lately where he’ll wash his hands of just about anything he can, like Pontius Pilate after he’s just had a bulk delivery of Jo Browne."

This week's column is on Ireland vs Israel, Dáil debates and housing.

man united: on their first good run of form in five years
man united owner: i have something to say

'You couldn't care less': Taoiseach gets defensive as rent reforms face criticism His outburst prompted the Ceann Comhairle to warn TDs to be "respectful". 1.40pm, 11 Feb 2026 M2.5k 23 Comments ป้า Share TAOISEACH MICHÉAL MARTIN was on the defensive today in the Dáil as his Government's incoming reforms to the rental market came in for sharp criticism from the opposition. "You couldn't care less about whether we provide more houses for the young people in this country, he shot back at Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald after she accused him of being on the side of large landlords rather than renters. "You're full of sound bites," the Taoiseach claimed, to protest from the Sinn Féin benches. The exchange between the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leader prompted Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy to appeal for a "respectful" debate "with a mindfulness for our [visitors'] gallery being full".

In response, the Taoiseach said that the six-year tenancies that are being introduced under the reforms will give tenants greater security. Under the reforms, landlords will only be able to reset rents every six years, but they can do it sooner than this if a tenant leaves voluntarily. McDonald pointed to this and said that because average tenancies are less than six years, landlords will still have significant freedom to increase rents. "You see, 25% of tenancies in any given year are new tenancies, because people move in and move on all the time. And Taoiseach, most tenancies here last three and a half years, not six. "So the majority of renters will be hit quickly and hit again and again. In truth, very few renters will escape these hikes," McDonald said. Similarly, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns also criticised the incoming rental reforms, again prompting anger from the Taoiseach, who told her: "You just hate the private sector. Social Democrats hate the private sector! You don't believe it has any role in housing."

As @carlkinsella.bsky.social and others have pointed out, this is becoming a habit for our Taoiseach. When challenged by the opposition in the Dáil about government policy, his comebacks are increasingly spiteful, personalised and utterly lacking in substance.

"At Least it looks good from space" by Carl Kinsella

Finally had enough time and brainwidth to finish @carlkinsella.bsky.social 's excellent book.
It is, of course, hilarious andincludes:
- A genuinely nostalgic recollection of peak Irish Twitter
- One of the better discussions of OCD and Intrusive Thoughts that I've ever read.

you know how some jokes never get old? what's the opposite of that

It is actually unbelievable that this guy still has a job.

Covid bringing back QR codes and AI bringing back Mozilla. What's it going to take to bring back vBulletin messageboards?

We are all lying face down in that puddle
#speirghorm

Surrealing in the Years: Oh good, something else that Magic Wand Micheál is powerless to solve We’re not talking about orcs here, man.

'Granted, if our problem were orcs or the Dark Lord Sauron or something, then it would be easier to sympathise with Martin’s insistence that he is not Gandalf. Until then, it seems fair enough to ask for some semblance of a real, timely solution.'

This week's column is about Magic Wand Micheál.

the sun’s brief reappearance is worth a hundred northern lights

The fact that the prompt even begins with ‘Everybody play along 🤣😬!!’ like how is that alone not the most offputting thing in the world

"housing cannot be solved ‘overnight’ even though Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have now been in government together for 3,567 nights in a row..."

Great article. No one is expecting magic wand solutions, but they do expect some sort of preparedness from the powers that be. A lot of the problems we face - as a society, as employees, as renters, as victims of disease - are entirely predictable.

If Carl could make “the Luas is free” stick, surely he can also make “magic wand Micheál” stick aswell. For the greater good, like.

"Still, irrational as the electorate can be, the mention of a magic wand only ever seems to come from those who do actually control the non-magical resources by which non-magical problems such as flooding might be addressed, either preemptively or after the fact."

Sadly I am a shadow of the man I once was.

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m confident in saying that nobody has ever actually asked Micheál Martin to solve anything using the magic wand method.