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Feb 14, 2019

I poured my whole heart out into this little book. "My Father Left Me Ireland" comes out April 29th. It's a romance between an American son and his absent Irish father. It's a small nationalist rebellion against the experience of exile. Pre-order now. amazon.com/My-Father-Left

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Might want to have more reliable power grid before switching everyone away from gas boilers.

It’s not even close.

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Mass of the Ages

@massoftheages

What’s your favorite film to come out since the year 2000? What film of the last 23 years do you consider a *masterpiece*?

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The Balloon story really is weird. Looks crazy for so many you to draw all these firm conclusions about it

Irish succeeding despite a terrible accusation.

Seán Ono Lennon

@seanonolennon

You could literally tweet: 'Puppies are cute,' and a thousand people would be like 'no but there was an ugly puppy once, and kittens can purr, and have you actually read Furcht und Zittern?'

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NHL All Star Skills is so bad.

Thanking my earlier self for getting this house spray foam insulated in the attic and around the rim joist.

Zach Goldberg

@ZachG932

27/ One of the consequences then is that the Democratic Party spends far more time and political capital on progressive pet causes than they would if the influence of white Dems were commensurate with their (declining) share of the party.

Guess I’m flattered when someone maintains their 3 follower account for years and spends half their time on it jeering me anonymously. I assume it’s someone I know. Like a relative or think tanker.

Poulos ten years ago: Television age elites are desperate to encode their ethical dreams into the bots before the are rendered defunct. Everyone else then: Huh? ChatGPT: "Hello world. I'm with Her!" Everyone now: Oh I get it.

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ChatGPT is a giant flashing sign that says: James Poulos was right!

The Non-Theist

@thenon_theist

If this tweet gets 10,000 likes, I’ll convert to Roman Catholicism.

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Luke Thompson

@ltthompso

According to political scientists ON HERE, the SCOTUS decision preventing Hillary Clinton from banning a movie critical of her is worse than the decisions that upheld concentration camps and segregation.

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Poli Sci Bitches

@poliscibitches

We asked #PoliSciTwitter to tell us which SCOTUS cases they think are the worst of all times. These were the results, in order of most to least mentioned: twitter.com/JustinLawGuy/s…

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The Chinese spy balloon. I thought China was supposed to be deterred by the stirring defense of democracy in Ukraine. LOL.

National Review

@NRO

What Wilhelm Röpke Can Still Teach Us

Wilhelm Röpke offered a robust worldview that differed not just from the Nazis that he courageously opposed, but also from the sterile Weimar liberalism the Nazis overcame. |

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He offered a more-robust worldview that differed not just from the Nazis that he courageously opposed, but also from the sterile Weimar liberalism the Nazis overcame.

Andrew T. Walker

@andrewtwalk

This is outstanding.

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Tyler Carditis

@TyCardon

Permanent sales tax exclusions in FL on all baby necessities, including cribs and strollers. Another W.

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Ryan Van Tuyl

@ryanvantuyl

ESPN’s production is an abomination to the game. TNT’s is just okay. It isn’t about interest, it’s about fans choosing not to support a poor product.

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Mark J. Burns

@markjburns88

NHL U.S. TV national viewership is down 22% this season, per findings from @AustinKarp. NHL regular games to date have averaged 373,000 viewers on ESPN/TNT, 2nd season of the league's 7-year pact with Disney & Turner. NHL averaged 478,000 viewers at this point last season.

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The level of engagement on this Tweet makes me question whether his is the right platform for promoting what I do.

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Jeff Tiedrich

@itsJeffTiedrich

teachers in Nazi Germany hid books to avoid being arrested. teachers in Republican Florida are hiding books to avoid being arrested. any questions

Cicada Meth Orgy Fungus

@RogueWPA

Would be really funny if this means AP Af Am doesn't qualify for the "A-H" ethnic studies admissions requirement currently being deliberated by the University of California

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Robert Maguire

@RobertMaguire_

College Board caves on AP African American history course nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/

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Trans Rights and Conscience Rights

In the trans kids debates we not seeing the accommodation of diversity but the triumph of one compelled orthodoxy over another. (Also, I reimagine 1984’s Winston Smith as Irish)

nationalreview.com

Must a dissenting schoolteacher take his own conscience and identity into the closet, or accept dismissal?

Dubzy

@DubzyOnceAgain

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Adam Kinzinger #fella

@AdamKinzinger

That happens when a country invades another sovereign country, and murders civilians. This idea that a country defending itself is “escalatory” is quite Chamberlain-ey twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…

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Awesome, long thread on a momentous (portentous) change in Irish politics, North and South.

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Peter Ryan

@_PeterRyan

Jan 30

1/ The Duality of Sinn Féin: The Past, Present, and Future of Ireland’s Rising Political Party In this article, I explain > The deep history of Sinn Féin > How that history shaped its ideology > Its popularity and future dominance ryanresearch.substack.com/p/the-duality-

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Jan 31

Funny I feel like my share of blown up stuff in the Middle East is probably twice this.

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Eric Nelson

@literaryeric

Jan 31

My household’s share of the national debt is $250,000. Hard to see how I’ve benefited from that. Do you feel like you’ve personally driven on $250,000 of roads?

Róisín Lanigan

@rosielanners

Jan 30

obsessed with how they drag them out every time there's a big celebration of britishness. a real bring out your dead vibe but instead of plague corpses its relics of the new labour era

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Pop Crave

@PopCrave

The Spice Girls will reportedly reunite as a five for the coronation of King Charles III.

: bit.ly/3HFMhul

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Jan 30

I’m actually relieved to hear this. Call me Dom.

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Dominic Cummings

@Dominic2306

fascinating how across super-elite world (billionaires, deep state etc) "current UKR policy is totally insane" is a common discussion. but apart from @elonmusk roughly 0% say publicly what they say privately (partly cos of how DC responded to Elon)

Be careful what you wish for.

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Justin Hart

@justin_hart

Gavin Newsom riffing on alcoholism? What is going on: “Clean and sober is one of the biggest damn mistakes this country ever made…We all need to self medicate periodically” I am begging Democrats to run on that platform. (ho-ly cow)

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Lord of Leisure

@BasisOfCulture

Jan 28

I think about this tweet all the time.

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Luke Thompson

@ltthompso

Jan 19

This is madness.

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Samuel Ramani

@SamRamani2

Jan 19

Escalation risks notwithstanding, this could lead to the US supplying equipment that Ukraine will need to strike Crimea. Antony Blinken's recent comments emphasized the US need to help Ukraine recapture forces occupied after February 24 rather than Crimea nytimes.com/2023/01/18/us/

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Move Over, Jayson Blair: Meet Hamilton 68, the New King of Media Fraud

Joel Pollak

@joelpollak

Jan 27

Lefty Podesta org Hamilton 68 smeared innocent people as Russian “bots” and mainstream media reported it as fact, over and over

racket.news

The Twitter Files reveal that one of the most common news sources of the Trump era was a scam, making ordinary American political conversations look like Russian spywork

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Jan 27

Libertarians threatening to take all the fun out of Poitín. What’s the point if it ain’t criminal?

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Scott Lincicome

@scottlincicome

Jan 27

"To the average person, it may come as a surprise that distilling liquor in your garage remains illegal in 2023, while homebrewing and winemaking have been legal for decades." rstreet.org/2023/01/26/dec

Park MacDougald

@hpmacd

Did Washington Ignore Warnings About Fentanyl?

"The U.S. now consumes about 85% of all the world’s opiates. As a result, the rate of overdose deaths is around 20 times higher in America than the global average."

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Conversations with former DEA agents reveal how a nexus of Chinese producers and Mexican cartels brought the deadly drug into the U.S.

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Also, once I understood that Succession was Entourage for New York Magazine subscribers… I’d liked it better. Felt more honest.

Succession’s Entourage-like habit of reversing the momentum of its characters makes me not want to watch the next season. I’m perfectly content to live in world where Tom Wambsgans is victorious.

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