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Belfast - musing on tech, politics and other minutia. Centrist Dad.

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Post image 07.08.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a fireplace is sitting in front of a window with a view of a forest . ALT: a fireplace is sitting in front of a window with a view of a forest .

Is it too early to light the fire? #spΓ©irgorm

07.08.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Un-fucking-forgivable.

06.08.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NI Housing: Homes in 'religiously mixed' areas cost more Economists gathered data from the PropertyPal website, property title deeds and archival sources.

It's almost like people don't want to live in areas plastered with flags, who knew?

bbc.co.uk/news/article...

06.08.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SAME!

06.08.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So waste water can sieve through the flag? Seems appropriate.

04.08.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you can't see the immense similarities between these two images already by simply squinting, I can't help you.

04.08.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible example of useful AI to get such a high fidelity image decades later.

04.08.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli forces kill at least 27 at food site while minister’s al-Aqsa visit causes outrage Six more people die from malnutrition, while Itamar Ben-Gvir is first minister to publicly pray at sensitive site

Ahh - another day of routine banalities. Wake up, make bed, brush teeth, brew coffee, open the laptop and once again read that Israel has indiscriminately slaughtered over two dozen starving people queuing for food.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

04.08.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Britain looks like after Brexit You’re reading Reaction.

The day before the Brexit vote.. arch-Brexitier Daniel Hannan wrote a think-piece predicting what today, 24 June 2025, would look like if Brexit happened.. hilarious read:

www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...

24.06.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

United States of North Korea

23.06.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's strange how little we talk about Brexit now, isn't it?

The word has vanished from the headlines. But the issue hasn't.

It's just showing up in different places, disguised as other problems.

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23.06.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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The five year old princess to me earlier:

β€œDaddy, get me off this gravy jug”

* stray loo paper already there

15.06.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Colin McCrae Rally?

15.06.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also - subconscious signals sent every year by allowing all types of public furniture to be illegally bedecked in loyalist flags, while those tasked with enforcing law look away. When loyalists are openly allowed to demarcate large areas as their own, why are we surprised when they chase outsiders?

14.06.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to hear more analysis into the downstream effects of PUL leaders spending decades preaching to their electorate the doctrine of 'We are the people', 'We are what we hold', 'Not an inch', etc. All slogans still seen today scrawled on gable walls today - the nods & winks in plain sight.

14.06.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘ŠπŸ»

13.06.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I filed out of a BBC Building during a fire drill behind Louis Theroux.

13.06.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People in Ballymena are so concerned about attacks on women and children that they attacked a house with women and children in it and torched the family car while her husband was at work in Wrightbus.

10.06.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Democracy Ends, Step by Stepβ€Šβ€”β€ŠAnd Why April 20 Might Be Our Last Real Warning It won’t look like what we think of when we say, β€œcoup.”

Catching up on developments in LA where US Marines are preparing to deploy against US civilians, I'm found wondering where I've already read about his... ah, yes - step 8 of 10 in the Classic Coup Playbook

medium.com/@aletheisthe...

10.06.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.thejournal.ie/ciaran-mullo...

29.05.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

29.05.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotted: Toronto, Canada

26.05.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your backup is not a backup if it's not tested regularly when not needed.

22.05.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours UN’s humanitarian chief said five trucks of aid allowed in by Israeli government was a 'drop in the ocean' and totally inadequate for the population's needs

Stop the world and let me off. 😭

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

20.05.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you ever doubt yourself in work, think of this Russian guy who kicked off a project in Feb 2022 with a 3 day scope that's now overrun by 3 years and killed nearly 1million of his own side in the interim 🫠

20.05.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now you sound like a HGV driver

14.05.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Slight bridge problem.

14.05.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, WTF.. Ms. Rachel showed empathy for... children being carpet bombed? Honestly, what is the world coming to?

13.05.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course he did. πŸ˜…

13.05.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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