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Kevin Donoghue

@donoghuek.bsky.social
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Grumbling about the unfairness of it all since 1952. Live in Dublin Docklands, Ireland, European Union.

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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Was seriously tempted to start singing Little Buttercup in my best falsetto.
Tall ship Gloria in Dublin
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this?
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anakin-Padme meme, with Padme assuming Irish will be required
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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This week's post: Populist tendencies on the UK left, and the puzzle that never was mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/09/popu... One of the first decisions Victor Orban took was to abolish Hungary's independent Fiscal Council. Its hard not to see attacks from the left on the OBR in a similar light.
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Populist tendencies on the UK left, and the puzzle that never was
Don’t shoot the messager The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has just published a report on the Office of Budget Responsibility, the ...
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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International Criminal Court cuts ties with Axa over US sanctions
Move follows fears that broad US sanctions on the war crimes tribunal would force the insurer to cease doing business with it or face punishment
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Beclowning of Bessant, "the Baghdad Bob of bonds" -- Paul Krugman's love of alliteration is out of control. But he's right, as usual. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...
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The Beclowning of Scott Bessent
Another Trump enabler pays the price
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s got to be Depardieu. It’s a FSB psy-op
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/09/2026
I don’t claim to understand the financial market but reading about a loss-making company that warns its product might wipe out humanity does not motivate me to buy their shares.
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Personally, I don't even wait for them to insult me. I block 'em as soon as I see them being obnoxious in any respect. My BlueSky experience is quite good.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
When your proposed changes to Irish citizenship laws are too draconian for Michael McDowell www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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Exempt migrants with Irish citizen in family from proposed residency rule, says McDowell
Independent senator Michael McDowell warned of “injustices” for families where an individual is denied citizenship “unnecessarily" under proposed new rules.
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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anyone who stays is opening for Ed Sheeran this weekend
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds
The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 24/09/2026
Give man a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23/09/2026
Macron positions himself as Trump's opposite in last UN speech
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Macron positions himself as Trump's opposite in last UN speech
The French president delivered a forceful defense of multilateralism and international law in the face of 'a new age of barbarism.' His remarks contrasted starkly with those made hours earlier by the American leader.
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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British Home Secretary is a problem, Mahmood is enabling terror. From the failure to stop Thomas travelling to Belfast to incite the June 9 pogroms, to 5 day silence after Dover, to attempted murder yesterday - Mahmood has picked a side.
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is absolutely right, but the key is that Republicans would be the ones to force the issue. Many Democrats just refuse to take the open shot at Musk. He's a ripe, rich target, and an obvious way to dramatize key issues and mobilize key voters, but some of them are still sitting on their hands.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek planned to funnel the donation through a shell company. The CEO wanted assurance that Collins would know where
the money came from. Reed confirmed that she would, the executive said - and that Navatek would get its government contracts.
After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek's CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica.
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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shameful official decisions to refuse student visas to applicants from Gaza with full scholarships to study in Irish third level institutions. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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Gazan student says visa refusal ‘worst feeling I have ever experienced’
Applicant one of three to be awarded full scholarship but all refused visas in July
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW | There are multiple indications that fighting between the US & Iran & its partners may expand imminently. ISW-CTP will continue to monitor the regional situation & provide updates as events warrant. Read ISW-CTP's latest analysis about the Houthi-Saudi conflict: understandingwar.org... (1/6)
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Norsemen are leaving Dublin again. No bloodshed this time.
Sail training vessel Sorlandet leaving Dublin.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There are a raft of security checks which people seeking asylum go through, as part of a highly intrusive asylum system. This is pandering to far/hard right talking points of people seeking safety being threats, even if more obliquely than others.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was very good to see Bridget Phillipson both endorse Sunak's article *and* point out that Conservative, as well as Reform, politicians have endorsed the view that you have to be white to be British/English.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Your regular reminder that Matthew Syed, who has his own BBC radio show, enthusiastically endorses the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory.
An opinion headline that reads "Migration is being used to enfeeble us, so it's clear what we have to do", by Matthew Syed.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
BREAKING: U.S. military struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people on board. — U.S. Southern Command
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/09/2026
"Enforcing soldier masculinity through mandatory morning-boner checks" is the sort of thing an unsubtle satirist might make up about Russia.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Anthropic employees: NEXT-GEN AI COULD WIPE OUT HUMANITY WITH A SUPERVIRUS! Normies: that seems like a big leap. How would this AI disseminate such a virus in the real world? Anthropic employees: oh, through the wet labs we built and hooked it up to, of course. Normies: …😬😤
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In order to welsh on a deal, Trump has to make one first. All who do deals with Trump must bear that in mind.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The bond market has figured out that there's no plan to stop borrowing. This year's deficit is the largest postwar deficit outside a recession or war. Trump can say whatever he wants, but the markets are only looking at the bank statements. youtu.be/P-zk1Jk6ntQ
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"donors from the crypto/tech sectors have developed close ties to the first family and been granted access to the president, with some receiving legal relief or pardons, winning government contracts or benefiting from policy changes"- www.ft.com/content/0e64... Briefly discussed on IFG podcast...
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Democrats vow to pursue ‘Trump crime family’ after midterm elections
Lawmaker on oversight committee says he will probe Donald Trump’s sons and Elon Musk if his party takes control of the House
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Clockwork Orange -- a comedy?? Someone has a weird sense of humour.
TV listing
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Karl Whelan @karlwhelan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A few weeks ago, I got lambasted from the surprisingly-active betting industry community on LinkedIn for suggesting that bets on horse racing and golf lose a lot of money on average and are best avoided. A few words (and numbers) in response. finemarginskarlwhelan.substack.com/p/why-bets-w...
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Why Bets With Big Fields Lose So Much
Like it or not folks, bets on horses or golfers to win a tournament are generally really bad bets.
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 15/09/2026
I pretend to teach; you pretend to learn; everyone gets an A.
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Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 15/09/2026
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 15/09/2026
Fintan O'Toole: Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn’t
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Fintan O'Toole: Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn’t
We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to Ireland
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14/09/2026
Finland is joining France's plans to cooperate more closely with other European countries on nuclear deterrence, the two countries announced today.
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Finland joins France’s nuclear deterrence push
“The initiative is first and foremost about strengthening European security,” said Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
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Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In my son's GCSE Spanish class last week, he learned that "non-binary" is either "non-binario" or "non-binaria......" Depending on, er, their gender.
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Nathan Fillion Thats Not
Alt: Nathan Fillion Thats Not etc etc
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump and bankruptcy, the most durable relationship in his traitorous life. Source: Reuters share.google/X1zEq7gIrN7q...
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Kennedy Center on brink of bankruptcy, could close as early as Tuesday, Washington Post reports
Leaders of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts say it is ​on the brink of bankruptcy and could ‌close as early as Tuesday, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wrote about how making it harder for people to become Irish citizens is a move that cannot be isolated from a broader context in which immigrants are being scapegoated. The reasoning around bringing Ireland in line with other EU states is also very thin.
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Una Mullally: It’s easy to look tough on immigration. It’s much harder to build empathy
In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is *precisely* why it is a very bad idea to pass legislation which would grant Jim O'Callaghan and his successors in the DoJ this power.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/09/2026
⚡️Canada seeking to join EU support loan to Ukraine, FT reports. Canada and the EU hope to finalize the amount Ottawa will contribute to the loan before the upcoming EU-Canada Summit in Montreal in late October, according to FT.
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Canada seeking to join EU support loan to Ukraine, FT reports
Canada and the EU hope to finalize the amount Ottawa will contribute to the loan before the upcoming EU-Canada Summit in Montreal in late October, according to FT.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 13/09/2026
I love how a week ago, the rogue AI agents were like whatever and now suddenly we're scrambling back from the brink of human extinction. The Very Special Tech Boys either didn't care a week ago, or they didn't realise what they'd done, or the whole thing is bollocks.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Clearly what the James Bond films got wrong was that there are in fact many tech utopian fascists simultaneously trying to take over the world.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Among other things, the cases in that video tell us that EU membership and the ECHR are not effective barriers against far-right "remigration" policies (or at least some components of them).
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Too many long words. Donnie two-scoops need simple words.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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