Reposted by crismatt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s been a good few weeks for music. Big up music 141
Reposted by crisPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 12hGreat to see a massive crowd assembled today at the Garvaghy Road in opposition to sectarianism. The British state should read the writing on the wall. There's no way the Orange Order is getting through. People power has stopped them and will continue to. 47111
Reposted by crisUSSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 16hCarpet featuring a portrait of V.I. Lenin, 1944. Turkmen SSR. A gift from the working people of the Turkmen SSR to the working people of the town of Yelnya (Smolensk Region). 110623
Reposted by crisNeem @neem.bsky.social · 15hi studied revolutionary, non carceral justice in third world democratic peoples governments and if it doesnt involve execution of corrupt landlords or cops its usually the women of the village beating a rapist with shoes and then forcing them to perform pro social labor 3196
Reposted by crisÉirígí - For A New Republic @eirigi1916.bsky.social · 11hFrom Garvaghy to Gaza, from Drumcree to Dheisheh - OCCUPATION NO MORE! Éirígí activists and members of the 1916 Societies together at today’s rally in support of Garvaghy residents who are currently attempting to stop the Orange Order, Irelands first hate group, from marching through their area. 031
Reposted by crisMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Police have shot the viral "burping ape". But our prayers could still protect him from an eternity in Hell. 49011
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026youtu.be/b0ht7BP_wks?...youtu.beOm - Gethsemane (+ lyrics)YouTube video by Tube-Quake 050
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of you described it as not so much a novel but a channeling of the collective experience of the European revolutionary left, nothings ever been so mandatory 040
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hatherley on the good and the bad in Berger, absolutely dead on newleftreview.org/sidecar/post... 030
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wondering if the mounted child's seat will encourage motorists to give me more space (would never take it off the path while kid is in there ofc) 010
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Love mélénchon. Protests get violent (not uncommon there I know) and he's all if you're LFI get down there 180
Reposted by crisGot CTE from Playing Peek a boo @doubledoinkrigged.bsky.social · 09/07/202619th century Ryan Grim: Based on the orderly nature of the stab wounds, “the ripper” is a highly inaccurate name. Its journalistic malpractice to not give “Jack” credit for minimizing suffering and killing painlessly 19th century Michael Tracey: I think these bitches alive 💯 31192227
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026short wee piece about a book on China's treatment of Uyghurs aonchiallach.substack.com/p/sean-r-rob...aonchiallach.substack.comSean R. Roberts - The War on the UyghursShort review 191
Reposted by crisj @jaynonamebe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hurts to be outside the circle of history’s actors, left to just study what they do, doesn’t it 072
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Great great stuff on mapping early medieval trade via coin hoards unevenandcombinedthoughts.substack.com/p/trade-and-...unevenandcombinedthoughts.substack.comTrade and the End of AntiquityAn Interview with Johannes Boehm 051
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some days they're in their high chair and you're handing handing them blueberries or bits of toast, it's raining heavily outside and there's a podcast about hal Draper on. It's the good stuff 050
Reposted by crisAntain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026He said by working together "we can build a stronger, more united future for Northern Ireland... whether you hate Abba or love bingo or keep your toaster in the cupboard" - a reference to an episode of Derry Girls. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLabour conference: Drumcree parade resolution 'not going to be easy', says secretary of stateSir Chris Bryant says the situation is "tense" and that "nobody wants Northern Ireland to return to the 1990s". 013
Reposted by crisTom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wrote this for Middle East Eye on Ed Miliband's conference speech - both on what it included and, perhaps more tellingly, what it left out: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...middleeasteye.netMiliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a sideThe UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities 066
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026-disco Elysium -jet set radio future -pokémon emerald -burnout 3 -mario kart double dash -pizza tower -rdr2 -soul calibur 2 -stardew -kotor 2 030
Reposted by crisgrundy yoldaş 🇵🇸 @2ez2dance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Group stability always takes precedent over righteousness 001
Reposted by crishobart mariner @hobartmariner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026they don't want to impress people they went to an elite-forming university with, they want to be as rich as a libertarian psycho from florida who piled everything in crypto in 2011 031
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026First good critique of tooze from a Marxist that I reckon is on point is that the clarity of mind in the administrative state in the west no longer exists; our ruling class are too stupid to heed the latter-day Bloomsbury group 3120
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Woman wrote a letter there into the Irish times advice column about how she called a friend out for using a slur used for people with disabilities to refer to their partner and was rounded on by her friend group, it's so weak how DJTs election has brought that one back as well 1100
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026fieldworkfc.substack.com/p/gavin-bazu...fieldworkfc.substack.comGavin Bazunu Will Live ForeverThis game wasn’t stopped. What about the next one? 010
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There's a woman in the first Susan McKay book who sez Garvaghy road doesn't exist, it's a fake address, that estate came out of nowhere in the seventies. In addition, Ireland is made up 020
Reposted by crisR @spectreofcastro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On an awful day to be an Association Football fan. I can't describe the immense respect I have for Bazunu. He'll be proven right, he'll be beloved, and the rest of them will carry the shame forever 4698
Reposted by crisXL Bully Enjoyer @rarechandeliers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026the entity is like one of those hive mind alien species, every aspect of it briefed on the same stuff and laser focused on wrecking. Not a coincidence that it's people, supporters, politicians and media have all pushed this line this week. Was the exact same with the Eurovision too fwiw. 122
Reposted by crisshriekingtinman.bsky.social @shriekingtinman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Alternate history where the Cultural Revolution took place in Australia and you had Big Character Posters saying things like Destroy Good Blokeism 0133
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thinking about the philosophy postgrads arguing the fuel protestors were being proletarianised.... They'd be closer the mark if they were talking about themselves 1100
Reposted by criscris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ranking Taoisigh Tier S 1. Lemass - employment 📈 emigration 📉 2. Ahern - See above, GFA but hands Cowen a bomb Tier B 3. Reynolds - Rolls Brutons unionism back, decriminalises gayness 4. Kenny - in on technicality (USian economic recovery). Marriage equality 163
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026>be the subject of ten hour denunciation speech >botch your suicide attempt >get mocked for your suicide attempt 160
Reposted by crisXL Bully Enjoyer @rarechandeliers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026you know what, i reckon we can put together a more concise metaphor than 'face-eating leopards'. we can tighten that one right up. 071
Reposted by crisCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 24/09/2026A funny thing about detective shows now is that the archetype of crappy diets, no sleep and drinking problems remain but it now has to visually square with every actor having the body of a Marvel superhero. 1514311
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ranking Taoisigh Tier S 1. Lemass - employment 📈 emigration 📉 2. Ahern - See above, GFA but hands Cowen a bomb Tier B 3. Reynolds - Rolls Brutons unionism back, decriminalises gayness 4. Kenny - in on technicality (USian economic recovery). Marriage equality 163
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Men have stopped reading non-fiction apparently (they never read novels) - women's habits remaining consistent. The history dad has been degraded to 'vulnerable' status 1100
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Out with kid other day, woman did a close undertake and hissed an 'excuse me' - I guess buggy's span was moving her onto the grass verge (have to be conscious of that) 140
Reposted by criscaptiveportal.bsky.social @captiveportal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Team Matt Pike so refusing to listen 001
cris @ilchinealach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I respect that the Irish times tv reviewer doesn't seem to like 90% of what he's paid to watch 050
Reposted by crisShamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026A new network seeks to encourage Black and immigrant workers to join trade unions. read more here www.dublininquirer.com/a-new-networ...dublininquirer.comA new network seeks to encourage Black and immigrant workers to join trade unionsOne of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which make it risky for employees to speak out if exploited. 02011
Reposted by crisJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026According to Jacobin, someone who works full time at a minimum wage job is not part of the working class. 0353
Reposted by crismatt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I wrote about the short stories of Liam O’Flaherty and what they have to say about Ireland and the early Irish state. Have a bloody read! therockisdead.substack.com/p/liam-oflah...therockisdead.substack.comLiam O’Flaherty, Irish DeviantHis short stories and the new Irish state 174
