Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 7hThis is mostly for Yank shut ins and the Hard of Thinking here 090
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 9hGee! It's almost like being profitable by winning a broad audience is not what these guys are aiming for ! 030
Reposted by Josef O'SheaPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 12hOne thing it's useful to remember is that right-wing donors have created a series of local-news-like content sites to poison the information well. And now we have a GOP Senate candidate attacking his opponent by citing claims made by one of these explicitly partisan sites. 1327275
Reposted by Josef O'SheaJaunty Art @jaunty.art · 9hstatic.klipy.comWhat GlareAlt: Ewar Woowar saying “What?” 1154
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11hThe fact that this is even still up for debate is a kind of victory for Netanyahu and his backers 130
Reposted by Josef O'SheaMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14hPalantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability. 441376325
Reposted by Josef O'SheaDr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 15hThis reminds me of the extremely understated footnote in a paper that referenced the mathematical work of Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) 48921
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 16hApart from everything else, why make this argument? Who in the name of God are you trying to win over? It's just deeply weird and you end up having to do acrobatics to justify/explain it 10436
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 18hAnother press release talking about Green Energy generation in Ireland in the abstract: "sustainable and good for squirrels blah blah.." My sell? 'Hey Dummy! d'ya kno the way we're crucified by power bills? How would you like to cut 'em in half and tell Trump and the Sheikhs to feck off?" 1133
Reposted by Josef O'SheaFeminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 19hI genuinely thought "she became curious about raw milk after reading a post in her chiropractor's Facebook group" was going to be the worst sentence I read this week but I stand correctedstatic.klipy.comLiz Lemon (Tina Fey) Says Shut It Down!ALT: Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) Says Shut It Down! 4227
Reposted by Josef O'SheaJuu! (Eternally busy and tired) @jujupancakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 112019
Reposted by Josef O'SheaJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026waking up every day in 2026 like: 1147171081
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They could start in the passport queue for Marbella ... 070
Reposted by Josef O'SheaHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/10/2026The Spanish version of Peter Benchley's Jaws is a beauty 19712
Reposted by Josef O'Sheasamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time 23405168
Reposted by Josef O'SheaGeraint @geraintg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026SHOP ME: Hello, have you got any Quorn? S: Yes, what variety? ME: on the Quob? S: Please leave 426068
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Troy Parott's cousin is a rowdy rodeo rider out in Texas .... 020
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This would only be important if travel and tourism contributed 3% of total US GDP and employed 15m Americans.... #MAGA 120
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very interesting piece that rips up practically every bit of wisdom on the rise of the Nazistheguardian.com‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrongIn a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt... 040
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seeing the Other Side throw a party like this while you sat there with your flat Orangina & Jaffa Cakes With The Exciting Bit Taken Out would really sting, if the Orange Order could appreciate music, craic, being alive etc 170
Reposted by Josef O'SheaDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a fun interview but about 8 or 9 min in she's asked very bluntly about the Ed Sheeran situation, and while she's carefully generous to him she's also very clear and plain spoken about it - not an easy thing to do live on such a big platform under studio lightsyoutu.beCMAT On Embodying Funeral Humor in “Euro-Country” | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 78715
Reposted by Josef O'SheaRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Actual meaningful changes to roads and paths that would finally help wheelchair users only being brought in to make drone delivery more effective for big corporations would be very on-brand. 3263
Reposted by Josef O'SheaPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/09/2026Oh my. The aurora borealis, seen in ultraviolet light from space. Our planet, putting on a show ✨ 21652163
Reposted by Josef O'SheaEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Took 21 years but @theonion.com once again predicted the future. 349167
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Home Office has already refused to let Robbie's family join him in the UK 020
Reposted by Josef O'SheaJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Russia is a terrorist nation. Russia will be defeated. 📸: yosafata3 35968261
Reposted by Josef O'SheaSam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky 391526603
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In the immortal words of WB Yeats: "Yeah? Well don't let the door hit ya on yer arse on the way out!" 1710011
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A heart breaking sight - but after a summer of drought - some are simply too weak to complete the migration...corkbeo.ieRecap: Crashes and stray portaloo cause major South Ring delaysLong tailbacks forming 140
Reposted by Josef O'SheaDr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 30/09/2026Rui Pinto, the man behind the Football Leaks website, has posted a detailed allegation about Gianni Infantino’s role in UEFA’s handling of Manchester City and PSG in 2014, citing material revealed through Football Leaks. These are Pinto’s claims, and they’re worth reading in full below. 6661228
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You'd wonder if the fall of Rome had this sort of thing - emperors falling down manholes, generals forgetting to lock the gates on the Limes Germanicus... y'kno, moronic stuff. 081
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm no criminal genius - but if I was driving without tax, insurance or a licence - I probably wouldn't have a big 'COCAINE!' decal blocking my windscreencorkbeo.ieNo-licence driver's wild car sticker leads to big problems with Waterford GardaíA glaring red flag - that helped officers find even bigger red flags 3183
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ursine Behaviourist here - this is actually worrying as this is typically what they do when there are no pic-a-nic baskets. 030
Reposted by Josef O'SheaFergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word 222764
Reposted by Josef O'SheaDeclan Lynch @declynchwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Launch this Thursday 24th in Hodges Figgis at 6.30pm. Paul Howard giving the oration. All welcome. Roll Away the Stone: When Journalism Was the Best Job in the World (pre order) www.redstripepress.com/roll-away-th...redstripepress.comWhen Journalism Was the Best Job in the World by Declan Lynch, 2026In this richly insightful and often hilarious trip through the glory years and beyond, Lynch (When Journalism Was the Best Job in the World) argues that the determination of the tech bros and their po... 034
Reposted by Josef O'SheaJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day. 571789374
Reposted by Josef O'SheaAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 30/09/2026Youtube trying to subtitle an episode of Speaking our Language (a Gaelic language learning show from the 1990s for listeners outwith Scotland) has inevitably spectacularly wrong but also amusing results. 44415
Reposted by Josef O'SheaCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...pressgazette.co.ukThe Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first yearNewsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable. 19660145
Reposted by Josef O'Sheaphil @philjamesson.com · 30/09/2026as always when this is posted, i have to fondly remember the time someone stole this tweet word for word, including using my name as the punchline, then claimed it was just independent discovery 395563663
Reposted by Josef O'SheaAlan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Original source unknown but 😂😂 1219
Reposted by Josef O'SheaMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 16568851886
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Investigation has started- but Gardai have nothing to go on ....corkbeo.ieLIVE: Crash and stray portaloo cause major South Ring delaysLong tailbacks forming 8454
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why do all the ads around podcasts in Ireland have to be voiced in Comedy Dublin 4 Accents? "Get cocuuuuuun washabuul rugs for yoir hume!" "Need a taxi in a hoory? Re-lax! Oooober have got hew covered!" 460
Reposted by Josef O'SheaJake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026WARNING: Moose will try to diagnose what is wrong with your broken vehicle. 81248233
Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Well, at least the Yanks learnt a valuable lesson about open ended wars of choice in the middle ea..... ok... yeah... 243
Reposted by Josef O'SheaDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was reminded of a very Dublin insult this morning - “oh he’s such a martyr, Padre Pio has a picture of him on his windscreen”. 1135573
