Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8hEight years ago 20626228
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 9hWatching a movie at home trying to make the dialogue audible while not being deafened during the action scenes has me feeling like: 1422
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 17hthe -first- serious attempt to make investment more appealing to the Irish public the first -serious- attempt to make investment more appealing to the Irish public 3154
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialGareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 10hHard to avoid the feeling this weekend that the conflicts in Europe and the Middle East are starting to spiral in unpredictable directions. 081
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 10hI just used tourHQ and it was cheaper than gyg. Direct to the tour guide. 100
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick 6336411015
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026its just weird how theyre never gaming out scenarios for curing cancer or anything like that, i couldve sworn they said that was one of their big goals 341828340
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I just think it's kind of tiresome how, in a country with incredibly weak unions and industrial relations legislation, the government are trying to act wounded and outraged that unions are doing literally the only thing they can do to exercise leverage 531653
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026You know those ‘spot the difference’ puzzles? I’m thinking of launching a ‘spot every racism in this political cartoon’ alternative…. 49649113
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Except Swedish ministers have no mandate anymore. They are a caretaker. 000
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I mean yes, they all view the left in general as garbage people, human rubbish that needs to be swept away. I don’t think they could have been more emphatic on that point. 719643
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialJorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ireland proposes an 8% cut to the draft EU budget to save €141 billion over 7 years. 🇪🇺 Total: €1.62 trillion 🍏 Agriculture/Cohesion: €914 bn (3% cut) 🔬 Competitiveness: €456 bn (13% cut) 🌍 Global Europe: €157 bn (17% cut) 🏦 Administration: €95 bn (8.8% cut) 232
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialEuan @euan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026any of Labour MPs who were reporting the GPEW conference to the police for racism have anything to say about this 0229
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialStan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Not entrepreneurs, you see. In the eyes of the gombeens who run the place, an auctioneer generates wealth whereas a teacher just costs money. 0153
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The idea that JC’s “stock is rising” is meaningless in a FF/FG + Ind coalition where each party has to have a certain amount of ministries no matter what and a minister can resign in shame and be back in cabinet 12 months later and even if they lose their seat they can be appointed to the Seanad. 7467
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Absolutely worth the shipping too. 1261
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026What IS the #totp hashtag? Posts are always so vague. 100
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Finally having to block the venerable Kings College lecturer on here. Pity he went off reservation with his anti-Palestinian, pro-genocide nonsense. All without facts. Imagine being lectured without facts. Just centrism and 1990s vibes. 🤷🏼♂️ 000
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A lot of governments need to develop a fear of their citizenry. They work for the people. Glad to see some places putting a bit of smacht on them. 010
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Apologies for my geopolitical terminology here, but the EU needs to step it’s pussy up, pronto. 010
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If a union guy went on TV and said “what would Jim O’Callaghan know about real life, he’s a Dublin 4 barrister” - which a fuel protest leader did, word for word - the government and broadsheet columnists would be up in arms. Unions bend over backwards to respect the process and minimise friction. 36211
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialDr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Oh crap. M 8.0 earthquake 14 km SW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama. 33 km deep. Exact location and magnitude may change as we get more data earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 1417462
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialShade 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026Governments should be afraid of the people. FFG absolutely need a kick up the hole. Strikes and disruption are part of a democracy, esp when a government is failing to look after the people. We the type of strikes and protests which we see in France frankly. #FFGFailures #Spéirgorm 192
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There's much you can criticise RTE for but you have to admire their commitment to always using the worst possible photo of Martin www.rte.ie/news/ireland...rte.ie'Dial it down', says Taoiseach over public sector strikeTaoiseach Micheál Martin has reiterated his opinion that upcoming public service strike action is unnecessary. 3282
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Moscow airports remain in collapse, with over 370 flights delayed and more than 100 canceled after drone threats forced Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky to halt operations for nearly seven hours. Passengers are stuck sleeping in terminals, with one Antalya-bound flight delayed 18 hours. 324534
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Axios reports AI companies are preparing for a catastrophic event in the next six to 12 months. 61279132
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialLoki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Whisht now like a good girl" 2283
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sure all the current EU countries will be lining up for that. 5141
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Remember those who opposed the anti terrorism laws, said that they would be eventually misused by government, on its own citizens? They were told to shut up and stop overreacting. 16380169
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026THAT is a movie I would watch. 000
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialKeith Hyland @keith1275.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ben Hur & The Seven Dwarfs. 111
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialFourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026All of it or just a boner part? 481202241
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Devil Wears The Colour Purple 231
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We have been handling hundreds of complaints from one woman in Tel Aviv, named Michelle Moshelian, for some time. The numbers of complaints from this one individual is so extreme that it caught the attention of Private Eye recently 14215
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialBrendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We can expect to see the BBC putting more pressure on the Greens over this than they ever will on a government that has been arming and assisting a genocide. 1377
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them 93815166
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialCornelius (aka Con) Traas @theapplefarmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Far right MEP's from Ireland. 01510
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialJack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 08/10/2026Would like to see a journalist ask the 7 of Ireland's 14 MEPs (3 FG, 3 FF, 1 II) who just voted to: -endorse burqa bans -call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence" -identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors" to justify themselves 8160106
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 207125823123
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96114872667
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Beverley Lesley of Kegsbreath.static.klipy.comBeverly from Will And Grace: Well, Well, Well...ALT: Beverly from Will And Grace: Well, Well, Well... 000
brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 08/10/2026You’re giving him ideas. He’s bad enough 🫣 010
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialCarlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Heating has come on in many homes as cooler air has arrived and the budget change in carbon tax was due to reduce the price of home heating oil by €21.50 on 500l but www.cheapestoil.ie shows prices have increased today compared to before budget! 23213
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialOliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 08/10/2026Catherine Martin introduced a guaranteed income scheme for artists. Patrick O'Donovan couldn't get your 16-year-old a cinema ticket. 13911
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialEmma Devlin @theactualemma.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Made the mistake of going on Threads for six seconds 2477
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialJames @toner56.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So about that… a few months ago I read an article that a medical AI was more dismissive of health complaints from women because it was trained on medical journals, doctor practices, and the like which are also often sexist and dismissive of women, so… Not an easy problem to solve! 1615
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026they did the thing 253162103707
Reposted by @brianmaxhouston.bsky.socialNick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think the right have successfully convinced BBC bosses that the battle here is the BBC v Netflix or BBC v YouTube, rather than seeing the successes of the private entertainment market as an opportunity for the Beeb to hone its strengths. It's madness. 22910
