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Davin O'Dwyer

@davinodwyer.bsky.social
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Dublin-based marketer, writer and editor.

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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sitting down to watch this show tonight, in grief and gratitude. Saw Glen Hansard and the Frames more times than I can count, and every time felt like a rare privilege. Can’t believe I’ll never get to see him weave his singular, generous genius on stage ever again. We were so lucky to have him.
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The Frames Live at Whelan's 25th Anniversary - 30 June 2014
YouTube video by The Frames
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is clearly what evil looks like. All the Trump enablers and supporters will deserve that label too - they knew what they were choosing.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“Even Jesus will never forgive what you do.” More relevant now than ever.
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Eddie Vedder - Masters of War (Tribute Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary)
YouTube video by director's cat
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Quick summary of the Ata Kak story here, for anyone interested: daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the...
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Ata Kak, “Batakari”
Ghana-born hiplife pioneer Ata Kak returns 31 years after his visionary debut, which inadvertently launched a beloved African music label.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I know, right!
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Five minutes of pure, effervescent joy from Ghanaian artist Ata Kak here. His story is great, too - 30 years since his only other album, Obaa Sima, and in the meantime he’s been writing and gardening, until he returned with a cracking new album a few months back. youtu.be/nOFrGX0836c?...
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Ata Kak — Batakari
YouTube video by Awesome Tapes From Africa
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I think the understandable tendency has been to treat this as a tasteless joke, but in light of all we've seen to date, we need to take seriously the possibility that they may be insane enough to try to seize the territory of a peaceful ally by force for... no real reason.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Well done to all those Trump supporters and apologists who believed that “wokism” was the greatest threat to western civilisation. Heckuva job.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This is heartbreaking. We seem to be in a spiral of hatred and violence, and so many innocent people are suffering. Feels like a dark veil is descending around us - the obligation as always is to try to find the light.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
a very concise and helpful post about Elon's incoherent views on 'free speech' www.techdirt.com/2025/12/09/t...
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Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate…
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is a profound, powerful essay about the human condition, what we need to thrive, and what’s being taken away from us.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/11/2025
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Ah great, glad that worked out for you!
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Granada is incredible - try to get last-minute Alhambra tickets, just stunning. But also check out the cave dwelling museum (Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte) just east of the Albaicin area - a more complete contrast with the splendor of the Alhambra is hard to imagine. Enjoy!
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Such terribly sad news. One of those cultural forces who make all our lives richer. RIP Manchán Magan
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2025
Good lord, these dudes will never understand that the whole *point* of the "cancel culture" moral panic in which they participated was to create a permission structure for the current crackdown. Chait et al were used, precisely to produce this outcome, & they'll never, ever look it in the face.
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The Emptiness of Attacking Critics for Their Hypocrisy
It’s hard to defend crackdowns on free speech. It’s easier to simply claim everyone’s doing it.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Every headline talking about Kimmel being suspended for his “Kirk comments” is journalistic malpractice. He was suspended for comments about MAGA opportunists exploiting Kirk’s death, after the FCC chair issued a Mafioso threat.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
1,000% this. The gullibility of those who bought into the entire “Campus Free Speech Crisis” project is staggering.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Don’t know why I’m finding it so hard to believe that Redford has died. He seemed somewhat eternal, like a famous painting or sculpture, always familiar and reassuring. RIP.
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Robert Redford, giant of American cinema, dies aged 89
Redford achieved huge critical and commercial success in the 60s and 70s with a string of hits including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and The Sting, before becoming an Oscar-win...
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Wise words as always from @thomaszimmer.bsky.social - hard to see what will prevent the escalation in political violence we’re witnessing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2025
Watch: they're going to develop & execute a plan to steal the election right in front of us, in public, because they know courts won't stop them, they know Dems won't fight, and they know media will never call it what it is. At this point why would they think anything else?
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This now exceeds the building damage recorded in Hiroshima. www.icanw.org/hiroshima_an...
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 31/07/2025
Dr Morgan McMonagle: As a surgeon in Ireland, I had never seen “wounded child, no surviving family” on a hospital chart
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Dr Morgan McMonagle: As a surgeon in Ireland, I had never seen “wounded child, no surviving family” on a hospital chart
A former colleague in Gaza is getting his children to lick salt before bed to stave off the hunger pangs. Even last spring, children were eating weeds and grass
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
In decades to come, right-minded people will wonder how this was allowed to happen.
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Mass starvation spreading across Gaza as supplies sit outside enclave, aid groups warn
Norwegian Refugee Council among more than 100 organisations calling for governments to take action
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Every day, the same story, the same moral pit. The fall of this murderous government can't come soon enough. The only suitable place for Netenyahu is in court for war crimes.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Shame on all Trump’s supporters, donors and enablers, who have brought the country to this point. The stain will never wash off.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The US is facing a turning point, as Paul Krugman clearly describes here. Civilian protesters are going to die at the hand of US troops, I fear. And I don’t see how the country pulls back from the brink - things can get much worse before they improve. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
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This Is Not a Drill
American democracy is on the line right now
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Massive congrats - such an important book, so well done. 👏
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This is a fantastic essay by @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about the hypocrisy of the “brave truth tellers” in our public discourse. Nails their cowardice perfectly. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ideas-that...
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Ideas That Cannot Be Spoken
Spotting cowards in the public discourse.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The Unlightenment.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Such sad news. Really loved Kevin Drum’s writing - he was a great political blogger, and a reliably independent thinker. He also discussed his illness with admirable frankness. Feels like a terrible loss, at this time in particular. jabberwocking.com/health-updat...
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Health Update - Kevin Drum
With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025. No public memorial services are planned. In lieu of flowers, ple...
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Good piece from @davidfrum.bsky.social here. Every Trump voter is culpable in this fiasco - it was crystal clear that Trump was going to do Putin’s bidding in this and every other matter. Dark days ahead.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The “Russia Hoax” doesn’t look like such a hoax anymore. Trump is behaving like Putin’s pet, as has been the case since 2016. We can all guess why someone so desperate to appear dominant is happy to look so deferential to Putin.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
So, this is very far down the list of things horribly wrong with this infamous scene, but isn’t “Say it’s carol singers” a pretty bad tactic for trying to scheme some alone time to make a gross profession of love to your friend’s new wife? Wouldn’t most people respond “oh cool, I’ll come listen”?
That scene from Love Actually where the creep shows up at the door with cue cards, the first reading “say it’s carol singers”
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Spot-on analysis from @hlinehan.bsky.social here. Without the illusion of choice once offered by FF-FG, the next few elections could lead to serious disaffection. Who knows what sort of realignment lies in store for us, but we can’t be complacent about the dangers such disaffection can stir up.
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“Housewife of the Year” is genuinely one of the best films about Ireland I’ve ever seen - it’s both hilarious and unsettling, generous and scathing. This country was an oppressive theocracy, where women were the primary victims. This doc shows us what that felt like in practice. Must watch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Davin O'Dwyer @davinodwyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Such a beautifully crafted piece of writing. Condolences on the loss of your mother. 🙏
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