Paddy O’Loughlin

I was one of the leaders of Scrap The Green Paper because I & my friends were suicidal after learning proposals for ~84% of disabled to be pushed into work

I've not recovered from pushing myself to fight it, nor my friends

I'm so broken & Humphreys wants a house in the park on our backs

#áras25

People don't realise how malicious the 'reforms' proposed by Heather Humphreys to disability supports were. Very few people appreciate the work put in by disabled activists to resist those reforms or the lasting damage caused. No apology or even acknowledgement, HH is not a President for all #Áras25

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Now that the novelty has worn off, Euro Country is a cracking album isn't it gang

Me moments before I read aloud from the Necronomicon:

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

Connolly: “In voting ‘no’ we had to vote a second time on Nice and on Lisbon and we were given absolute, solemn promises in relation to our neutrality that seem to mean nothing at the moment.

Because we are now going down a road of saying that the Triple Lock is not a core part of our neutrality.”

I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."

things bullets say

Evidence from Bloody Sunday soldiers and civilians is contradictory, court told Evidence against a former paratrooper who is accused of the murder of two civilians on Bloody Sunday is “fundamentally inconsistent”, his defence has argued. The veteran, referred to as Soldier F for legal reasons, is charged with the murder of James Wray and William McKinney during disorder followi ---

Evidence from Bloody Sunday soldiers and civilians is contradictory, court told

Posted without comment.

Reminder that this ceasefire and hostage exchange offer was on the table from the very beginning, so what excuse could possibly be given for the two years of horrors before it was accepted?

every day that Heather Humphreys is not asked why she refused to meet with disability activists during the Scrap the Green Paper campaign is another day of ignominy for the Irish press. she's running on her record, yet she's not questioned on it any substantive way

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Does thinking of how a pirate would pronounce “shorn” help?

It's pretty bonkers that the British press would bring up Jeremy Corbyn appearing on Russia Today a couple of times in the early 2000s at every opportunity, yet the Welsh leader of Reform literally pled guilty to taking money directly from the Kremlin and... Farage gets to shrug it away.

The new trailer for THE RUNNING MAN is up. My IT guy will post it. I don't "get" posting on Bluesky. That's okay. I've seen the movie, and it's a balls-to-the-wall thrill ride. The feel is like a modern-day DIE HARD.

Quite the punchline

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

TIL Nebula is bigger than The Free Press. If anyone wants to put me in charge of facts at a global media corporation hmu

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead" The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Tipp FM Facebook post reading Kelly: I'm not sure what Catherine Connolly did to deserve our support Over headline that reads Labour TD Alan Kelly says he won't vote for Catherine Connolly for President

Tipp FM Facebook post reading Tipperary TD Alan Kelly says a number of recent comments from Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly are not acceptable Over headline that reads Kelly: Connolly comments not very becoming a Presidential candidate

Tipp FM Facebook post reading Deputy Alan Kelly has reiterated his opposition to the Labour Party backing Catherine Connolly for President Over headline that reads Kelly says by default he will be voting for Heather Humphreys

it's the 27th of August 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Connolly

it's the 26th of September 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Connolly

it's the 13th of October 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Con

Cartoon with a person waving and another person waving with a mitten. Next panel shows that inside the mitten the person has their middle finger up.

Winter almost here.

and it looks phenomenal. they have basically outlawed this amount of color in movies these days.

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

All the kudos for this episode during Brexit burned in one headline

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

I ❤️ Viz

Probably the actual advice that most young men need is that no one finds self pity appealing.

The horrible moment when you realize you're finally running out of that great pen you bought in bulk 8 years ago. Because you are Normal About Pens.