Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Gloves are for grip (greasy ball today) not protection 000
Reposted by Paddy BensonGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026When a driver says, "Someone came out of nowhere" it often means: A. The driver was going too fast and thus had reduced visibility B. The driver was distracted C. There is poor daylighting and thus the pedestrian seemed to have suddenly emerged from behind a parked car D. All of the above 233777
Reposted by Paddy BensonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat. 6946631150
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I get that @rte.ie needs the money but turning over your major radio news show of the day to a two hour infomercial for a private, pay-to-enter gardening festival does undermine the integrity of the @news.rte.ie brand 010
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Plenty of gannets in Dublin bay in the last few weeks. Lots of terns too. The mackerel are in so the gannets are putting on a show 130
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Extraordinary how many people in the comments are fulminating away based on their priors, without seemingly bothering to engage with what is a well researched piece of work. There are responses to most of the issues raised in the comments in the actual article. 120
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Thanks for the explanation. I saw this today and my first thought was that the usual gobshites would be having a field day. 010
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026But we can find half a billion for fashy agricultural contractors. 060
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026A thing of the past in the 6 counties thankfully. The temporal constraint wasn't clear to me. 010
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026You know that "northern Ireland" is in the UK and has a history of gerrymandering? 100
Reposted by Paddy BensonBrian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026just really mad about how a bunch of weak, scared people have undermined faith in science, medicine, and vaccines. they’re full of unwarranted anxiety and too stupid and fearful to realize it 9649130
Reposted by Paddy BensonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The worst part of any bike ride is cars. 251224131
Reposted by Paddy BensonWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island! 7539343
Reposted by Paddy BensonJustin Mason @jmason.org · 10/04/2026also. A reason the lads on the fuel blockades aren't happy with the government's existing cuts on excise for fuel is because it's a tax rebate. You have to be _paying tax in the first place_ for a tax rebate to work. Guess what they're not doing 0134
Reposted by Paddy BensonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/03/2026Right now, unfolding around us on a global scale, is a rich and unambiguous lesson on the dangers of fossil fuel dependence. The most obvious solution is for the affected countries to reduce their dependence through clean energy. Are you seeing that message in media? 652703677
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Brilliant writing - and what a great guest "Perhaps the upper classes' great talent is to make themselves almost loveable" 030
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026No doubt buoyed by their recent success at blocking the construction of a nursing home the Dalkey NIMBYs are now going after wind farms on the Kish bank. This typo-ridden screed was pushed through my door. 100
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Meanwhile journalists and politicians alike are supporting the CSAM machine by continually posting there. It's nuts. 000
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Distribution of CSAM and other non consensual images is already a crime. The gardai should be prosecuting it as such. We don't have to wait for the law to "catch up". 100
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026There was a long running advert on Irish TV where some young creep is accosted by Gardai for threatening to share compromising pictures of his ex online. Now we have it happening on an industrial scale and the gardai and government are dithering 100
Reposted by Paddy BensonFeljin Jose @feljin.ie · 01/01/2026The government has paused expansion of public transport. BusConnects in Dublin, Cork etc. along with new LocalLink routes for rural areas are all now at risk. Happy New Year from FF, FG & Lowry! 56930
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Reminds me to go back and reread Consider the Lobster by DFW. Absolute gold. 110
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words vaya con dios above him .ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words vaya con dios above him . 100
Reposted by Paddy BensonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers. 12806190
Reposted by Paddy BensonFeljin Jose @feljin.ie · 15/12/2025They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today. 16246123
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Heaps. I route them to the call screening function on my Pixel 010
Reposted by Paddy BensonMike Masnick @masnick.com · 07/12/2025Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU. You can leave X. It's really not that difficult. 322603668
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Catherine Connolly cosies up to another authoritarian leader 020
Reposted by Paddy BensonCross-laminated Tinder @nickhasthoughts.com · 03/12/2025a reminder that electric scooters have speed limiters and everyone is getting press crying about e-bikes 24810
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025A very special evening at the national stadium despite a few technical difficulties. #mbv Thanks @foggynotions.bsky.social 020
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Correct but @theguardian.com is saying here that to use their website you need to accept tracking (not functional) cookies from 132 data brokers. Either that or pay more to opt out. The Sun is the other Brit paper that does this. I can't see how it's legal 100
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025In 2015 Spain raised the marriage age from 14 to 16 and the age of consent from 13 to 16. 010
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025What is this bs from @theguardian.com and how is it even legal under the GDPR? (I am already paying subscriber btw) 130
Reposted by Paddy BensonThe Economist @economist.com · 09/11/2025New data modelling suggests that the world is on track to warm by 2°C and 3°C even if countries met every near-term climate pledge and hit their targets for net-zero CO₂ emissionsecon.stFor the first time, climate models show the 1.5°C goal is deadGovernments have failed to limit global warming. What comes next? 21911
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Long time DDG user here. They have recently added AI summaries 100
Reposted by Paddy Bensonnatalia barbour, phd @nataliabarbour.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Most kids don’t need another iPad. They need a bike lane so they don’t have relay on racing in a virtual environment but can cycle alongside each other. 120325
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 08/11/2025From the man who built a career being a craven lickspittle to school bully Clarkson. 030
Reposted by Paddy BensonMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/ 61416238
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Haunted Dancehall at the NCH was a big success. Lots of great acts and Róis the highlight of the evening for me. Well done to @foggynotions.bsky.social for another great evening 141
Paddy Benson @paddybenson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Exactly the kind of negativity we've come to expect from the Lisbon Salted Fish fan base 030
Reposted by Paddy BensonSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Yes, I want to see headlines about the millions of euros that are spent so people who were once elected can store their car in the centre of Dublin. haul them in front of an oireachtas committee! 03911
Reposted by Paddy Bensonone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Watching Ricky Gervais go dead silent about the right of a comedian to offend anyone they want now that it means more than pissing off college students is gonna be the first funny thing he’s done since The Office ended. 331277
