Reposted by Paul CarrollBryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 2hWhat Trump and Hegseth are saying is that one of the most powerful squadrons in the US Air Force, the most power air force in human history, has been scared off by 5 half wits in a transit van. Trump is turning you into a laughing stock, lads. 99833
Reposted by Paul Carrollshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16hi especially love all the dopes saying “when the internet first went mainstream everyone hated it too” like it happened in the pioneer days so no one can dispute it, like mf’ers we were THERE 1102762207
Reposted by Paul CarrollCarol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social 413193
Reposted by Paul CarrollVirgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 18hGardaí investigating the death of Eve’s Sakila in Dublin in May have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses. The Congolese man died on Henry Street after being held on the ground by several men. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have information about the incident to come forward. #VMNews 121
Reposted by Paul CarrollŚéáń @fiercemilder.com · 04/10/2026This post is doing numbers, but Sagan never said this, it's a made up quote. "Billionares" is the tell. They were not commented on in this manner at the time Sagan died in the 90s, and they weren't talking about going to space. Fake quotes are always a net loss to an argument. Don't do this. 1229
Reposted by Paul CarrollDaryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 04/10/2026Well done Jennifer Whitmore! Oireachtas Committee testimony created solely from AI should most definitely not be accepted as expert opinion. 📽️@jen_whitmore_td & @social-democrats.bsky.social on insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DeCetuV... #IrishPol 512641
Reposted by Paul CarrollProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I really wish the world’s most dangerous, extreme anti-vaccine activist & conspiracy theorist, RFK Jr, who is a eugenicist & a MAHA dude who repeatedly peddles vile lies, had not been put in charge of the US health system Here he is telling truly horrific, dangerous lies about HPV & COVID vaccines 42562160
Reposted by Paul CarrollSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Not beating the genocide allegations 518381
Reposted by Paul CarrollJoe Galvin @joegalvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We talk so often about the - as yet uncertain - productivity gains of AI. What is the productivity lost by a society where everything real is presumed fake, everyone honest is presumed dishonest, where we can no longer believe what we see and hear? www.ft.com/content/7e34...ft.comStudents turn to lawyers to fight AI misconduct accusationsLegal cases rise as universities struggle with approach to technology 084
Reposted by Paul CarrollDan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most disappointing video you’ll see today. 1012226648
Reposted by Paul CarrollJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/10/2026Great way to demonstrate the club isn't state owned and is a totally independent business, honest. 231361
Reposted by Paul CarrollAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like 25591250
Reposted by Paul CarrollJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“I think we all felt we have to go and stand with our friends.” - Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.socialirishtimes.com‘Everybody wants this to end’: Protestant group pushes UK government to end Drumcree standoffStandoff entered sixth day on Friday as residents prepare to lodge fresh legal challenge on Monday 43818
Reposted by Paul CarrollClaire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures 13291125
Reposted by Paul CarrollAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he dislikedbylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 861510614
Reposted by Paul CarrollLegal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s mind boggling. A colloquialism that very much depends on the context. The “why” not remotely mind boggling. The “how” very much so. 1103
Reposted by Paul CarrollI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Simon Clarke MP was born on 28 September 1984. That's all you need to know. #r4today 1261425357
Reposted by Paul CarrollPatrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comDecline in tourism hits US economyOverseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. 1199
Reposted by Paul CarrollThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You may sneer at the term “Super Intelligence“ for AI, but many said “Information Super Highway” would never catch on. 1211916
Reposted by Paul CarrollMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This isn't just wonderfully ridiculous, it suggests a pleasing degree of panic in an ownership group that's without any good options. www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comCity sponsor Etihad Airways considering legal action against the Premier LeagueManchester City’s main sponsor, Etihad Airways, is considering legal action against the Premier League after the verdict of the independent commission 98712
Reposted by Paul CarrollThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC 2123895
Reposted by Paul CarrollPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Of *course* the ‘AI boom’ will make us poorer. It’s a ‘boom’ created by tech bros for tech bros, and they’re pretty much the worst human beings on the planet. How could it possibly do anything else? 1327673
Reposted by Paul CarrollAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 895254416022
Reposted by Paul CarrollAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 661092549
Reposted by Paul CarrollSaoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I know we all know this already, but it really does blow my mind every time I am reminded that these dudes don't understand the point of art. 68410
Reposted by Paul CarrollRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My postman is after knocking on the door to ask me if I've seen the #StopTheGame open letter to Heimir Halgrimsson this morning. That's how news should be delivered. 19516
Reposted by Paul CarrollMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44967331842
Reposted by Paul CarrollEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Data centres • Increase our electricity bills • Pollute our water • Increase unemployment via AI • Accelerate climate + eco collapse • Offer NOTHING to ordinary people in return Why is the Irish government pushing us headlong towards them? www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...irishtimes.comNew data centres designed for AI ‘require power in excess of that used by 100,000 homes’Oireachtas committee hears projections suggest installations to account for about 35% of electricity demand by 2035 1523479
Reposted by Paul CarrollAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the proper use of a Freedom of Information request.thestar.co.ukThis is how many times council has repainted ‘L’ on Pool Square street signHighways teams have attended Pool Square many times to repair the road sign due to a missing ‘L’ 1830179
Reposted by Paul CarrollSingle Female Lawyer @singlefemalelawyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The way the elderly are targeted by scammers should be a national scandal 2145
Reposted by Paul CarrollAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Security services have egg on their faces. No explosives. Just some cans of petrol. 🙄news.sky.comRAF Fairford latest: Intercepted vans had no improvised explosives, police say, but 'quantity of petrol' recoveredBritish counter terror police are giving an update on the major incident at RAF Fairford over the weekend. It comes amid growing questions about the incident, with various claims from senior US figure... 4169
Reposted by Paul CarrollGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UK police can hold terrorism suspects for 14 days without charge. Had police any grounds to believe the men arrested outside RAF Fairford had even the slightest terrorism connection, they would not have been released. They'd still be behind bars. #fairford 67812
Reposted by Paul CarrollPaul Garrard @paulgarrard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I hope Javier Bardem has an alibi. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plotThe US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail 3101
Paul Carroll @paulcarroll15.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The British media are manfully sticking to the "bomb plot" script without actually asking "so, where's this bomb then?"theguardian.comRubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plotThe US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail 010
Reposted by Paul CarrollJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 28/09/2026The degradation of British politics has either made Suella Braverman – a former *attorney general* – this stupid and irresponsible, or else entirely indifferent to appearing as such to those who know the law if it gets her applause from her online fan base. 1219136
Reposted by Paul CarrollJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026Releasing the five people arrested by the airbase on bail after 24 hours is so weird, would be fantastic if it turns out they were just up to no good on an unrelated minor jape and accidentally created an international security story. 9066574
Reposted by Paul Carrolltimoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is why holding the line on the correct meaning of “fulsome” is important. 1172
Reposted by Paul CarrollSarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Children being burned in their home is not a “quaint heritage event”. It’s sustained and repeated collective trauma. 34611
Paul Carroll @paulcarroll15.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very strong words by the Taoiseach about an independent commission, but undoubtedly correct. 010
Paul Carroll @paulcarroll15.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I regularly despair of the Guardian. Trump isn’t "redefining norms". he's blatantly breaking them in an utterly unacceptable way.theguardian.comBad language: profane Trump brings presidential swearing out into openPresident has let rip with swearwords in recent months, redefining norms about acceptable language in public office 000
Reposted by Paul CarrollSinéad Gibney @sineadgibney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We cannot go back. The march on Garvaghy Road must not proceed. For 30 years, there has been peace. Garvaghy Road residents have worked to build cross-community relations. What we are witnessing is a back step and a devastating one. 14710
Reposted by Paul CarrollConor @ernekid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Secretary of State of Northern Ireland is such a completely pointless position. Every few months they are appoint some random English politician who knows the square root of fuck all about Northern Ireland. They go to NI maybe a handful of times for photo ops and they then get a new job 3259
Reposted by Paul CarrollAdrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 27/09/202690 years ago today the people of Leeds drove the fascists out of our city. It’s more important now than ever that we keep it that way. 110934
Reposted by Paul CarrollJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026‘The FAI hoped to wing their way through this fortnight but today collided with its brutal reality. The fallout is only beginning. Irish football has once again shown the world the importance of leadership by its unforgivable absence.’ - Gavin Cooney @gcooney93.bsky.socialirishtimes.comIreland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAIGavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered 24414
Reposted by Paul CarrollJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🧵 Read Gav’s short thread. If what Brian Kerr says is accurate, and it rings true, we are into a new and worse phase. 12915
Reposted by Paul CarrollAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026BABY DON'T HURT ME DON'T HURT ME NO MORE 22310
Reposted by Paul CarrollDermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Did someone just ask “ how do you compare Ireland playing a country before it committed a genocide to Ireland playing a country while it’s engaging in a genocide” 3103
Paul Carroll @paulcarroll15.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is not a particularly gripping article but really comes to life in the last four paragraphs. It tells a story I didn't know, about FAI/Ireland, and it's frankly a bit sickening.irishexaminer.comJack Anderson: The FAI’s decision to play Israel raises questions that go far beyond footballThe FAI’s decision to fulfil its Israel fixtures has financial and sporting consequences, but Anderson questions how those risks were assessed 031