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It's not the dying who are afraid of death, it's the living. And if you are afraid of death, you are afraid of life.

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I think if you are going to focus on the meaning of death, it would be good to talk to those who are dying. It seems the culture now is very reluctant to face reality (e.g. the longevity fetish etc).

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A very large part of life is holding your nose and getting on with it and beating up on some footballers is a pathetic response to our own powerlessness.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Great Pontificator gets it right. However, Ireland is a 2 bit player in this. We don't live in a world of good and evil and it's utterly simplistic to think so. We do live in a world of messy real-politik and all the heartfelt umbrage in the world isn't going to change that.

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The Irish Times speaks for everyone? The only cowards in this debacle are the Earlys and Cooneys of the world who, with no skin in the game, sanctimoniusly lecture us on right and wrong. As for the long term consequences? None. The lynch mobs will find someone else to bully, no doubt.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gavin Cooney must be as sick as a Troy Parrot.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I watched full coverage where I was. Fantastic game. Ireland 3 - 0 Israel and Self Righteous Twats Everywhere. Hope we get them in the World Cup qualifiers.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What an idiot. I would have thought squad unity was the one thing that stood out. The only infamy here is the lynch mob that has been baiting the team for the last few days. There's a lack of leadership alright and it ain't the FAI.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"it will be noted"? By who? Who the f**K appointed PBPS and Ruth Coppinger the moral guardians of Irish football and footballers. As dictatorial as the Israeli government.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

He who lives by the sword....? Whinging migrants.... have a familiar ring to it?

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Shock? What shock? It's been 10 years since Trump took power. And Europe's politicians have done what exactly to help ordinary citizend? Sleepwalking toward disaster...

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Great Enfeeblement. Once you have an ADHD industry, it will grow and grow as the article ably demonstrates.

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Sebastien Junger? Ernst Junger died in the 90s, I think.

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Did Junger really dodge death so many times? He must have, mustn't he? Look at all the medals he was awarded! Sometimes you just have to accept an individual's bona fide.

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The book itself is now part of the story and for that reason alone it was worth publishing. As fiction, auto fiction, memoir... Who knows?I've just finished The Storm of Steel and as I read it, Jason Arday, kept coming to mind.

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Nothing more self-righteousnessly precious as journalists. Arday somehow seems a lot more decent to me.

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HD @dmhsofia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

They sell Runoverabout Towns...

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"However, new data shows that only a small portion of these recorded incidents, 6 per cent, are confirmed to be related to Garda pursuits." And with that, the Great Wrongway Motorway Moral Panic of 2026 farted and died... And everyone went back to sleep and ignored the real problems.

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It also seems to be getting worse in the Netherlands with a 50% (!) in fatalities of 3 years.

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so you would equally expect it to have a good safety awareness and record. I think they may be struggling with an increase in battery powered vehicles using cycle paths. In general, I believe that cycling fatalities in Europe have been decreasing over the longer term. And isn't that good news 😊.

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No doubt you are correct, but the original graph, which refers to 2015, has no source and it is quite difficult to know what distance cyclists act cycle. Logically, you are correct but then again the Netherlands has much better cycling infrastructure and a long history of cycling.

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Yes, indeed. It's complicated, isn't it?

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Deliberately misleading too. Why use deaths per billion rather than per million? To exaggerate, of course. Rhe data stop at 2015. There's no source. The fatalities per million in the EU is around 4.5. And, good lord, look who has the highest number of deaths... the most bike-friendly country?

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