Oisín

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Oisín

@Breen

Financial Journalist (@RIABiz), & Poet.

Edinburgh, Scotland Katılım Mart 2007

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Oisín@Breen·19 Ara

I was so happy my copies arrived from @Downingfield, I... Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín, my second collection just landed in my house. Critically praised, a Scotsman book of the year, pick up a copy and bring me back to life! amazon.co.uk/dp/0645231819/ #poetry #writing #ireland

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Oisín@Breen·16h

@jadedwriter_ Aye, agree. It's a huge shame. Unwritten rules were great in many ways.

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Wilson Koewing@jadedwriter_·17h

@Breen Unfortunately this level of thought and consideration can not be counted upon as being the standard.

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Wilson Koewing@jadedwriter_·1d

Tough one. And why I stopped soliciting years ago. Of course it’s insulting to have a solicited piece rejected, but at the same time, solicited writers assume the solicitor will publish whatever they send and often don’t send their strongest work. Bad practice in general, IMO.

Alexandra Naughton@alexandranaught

if you solicit me for your lit mag, you’d better publish what i send you

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Oisín@Breen·18h

@poland4evr @dramdarcy Interesting. Honestly, I'm open to this, on a broad spectrum. I think at his peak Eliot wins, but on reflection, more broadly, you're right. Still no Joyce.

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Poland@poland4evr·18h

@Breen @dramdarcy Nah, Woolf clears Eliot easy

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Dr Anne Marie D'Arcy@dramdarcy·1d

Nah ... she's a minor modern master and she knew it, hence the jealous sniping at Eliot and Joyce. Furthermore, a truly dreadful, very specific type of Upper Middle Class English Snob, who finds reason to despise almost everybody outside of their constricted, provincial circle.

A Field@ponyfaceddog

I am once again reminding everyone that dunking on Virginia Woolf, who was a great artist, makes you look like an illiterate philistine.

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@dublin_damo Aye, very true.

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Damian@dublin_damo·19h

@Breen It's different in warm countries, they live outdoors, streets always full of life, and eating is a more social activity. In Ireland, the pub is the only real social outlet for many 'aul lads.

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Damian@dublin_damo·1d

Love seeing 'aul lads talking shite together in the pub, it means the world to them, free therapy, and Ireland is still the best country in the world for it.

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@thomasforth I personally, would not have wanted this outcome. But there was a window, but I'd have put it a long time earlier. I think you'd have needed to treat with the actual remnant Irish civilization as a bonafide state, i.e. before the final Tudor conquest.

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@thomasforth True, to be fair. I'm delighted we're independent, but it would have been possible to treat, and then find shared balance (with a federated model), but it would have needed an awareness that didn't exist, and an apology for hundreds of years of war, theft & tyranny -> unlikely.

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Tom Forth@thomasforth·21h

1/ Yes. 30M easily. 2/ In a world where Britain had properly joined Ireland as equals in 1800 and built a country together, Ireland and we would share that country which would have avoided famine, and we'd be 120 million today. Decent chance. . My favourite what if in history.

Cal@SimpGanassi

In a world with no Great Famine, Ireland’s population today could easily be 15-30 million with HUGE implications for British and European history.

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@erskinechilders Yup.

Erskine Childers@erskinechilders·1d

Ireland isn’t one box of universal feelings, politics, nor faiths. Ireland is one of the most literate countries in the world and many know their history and politics. That said, we do have a particularly potent venom against oppressors using military occupation to subjugate

Esquire@esquire

When talking with a new friend from Ireland, I was dismayed to discover just how far America’s reputation has fallen. After this week’s news, it all makes sense. esquire.com/news-politics/…

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@dramdarcy I mean, she's equivalent to one of the top football players of her era, remembered, praised, and admired. Joyce, Eliot etc., they're Maradonas, Platinis, Zidanes Then folk like Bely, they're those little scheming genius players who wow for centuries, but for afficionados.

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@dramdarcy Ah she's fabulous, and so many brilliant books. She can have had an absolute ridiculous viewpoint on many things (dear me, she did), and still be top tier. I'll accept that Joyce & Eliot are streets ahead, but they're from the even narrower band of tip-top tier for the ages.

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Oisín@Breen·19h

@BeckyLTuch This is ... odd.

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Becky Tuch@BeckyLTuch·1d

Portion of a contract from a literary magazine to a writer. 😮 Does this look reasonable to you? (Emphases mine.)

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Oisín@Breen·20h

@jadedwriter_ That said, anywhere that solicited and paid, I'd treat like an assignment and do the work for exactly what was required. I guess that's my line, produce commensurate with the offer, and my knowledge and appreciation of the source.

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Oisín@Breen·20h

@jadedwriter_ It's interesting right? Depends on solicitation. Only happened me a few times. Twice it was very, oooh anything in the vaults, and once I wrote something specific, but they ghosted, then asked again the year after (staff change), and ghosted again (subnivean, small but hey...)

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Oisín@Breen·23h

@bernardtjoy Simpatico. His movies have zero heart.

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Bernard T. Joy@bernardtjoy·1d

Looks like I'm getting blocked by people tonight because Denis Villeneuve makes boring films. Fairly unreal when you think about it.

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Oisín@Breen·2d

@ScottLaudati It's the absolute earnestness of a lack of earnestness. Ironic detachment only has cachet, if you're actually indifferent. If you're going to be earnest (very cool, if not overly zealous), be earnest about life, about birds, about trees, about art. :)

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Scott Laudati@ScottLaudati·3d

I consider myself a "new yorker" but a girl who looked like Chloe Sevigny told me she was "post nihilism" tonight and I realized im too old to be relevant here

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Oisín@Breen·2d

@TR401 The Irish ancestry had everyone in Ireland jumping away too.

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Tyrone V. Ross Jr.@TR401·3d

If you’re of a certain age on here you remember what it was like when this came on in party when it first dropped…😮‍💨

Just Rock Content@JustRockContent

“Jump Around” - House Of Pain ☘️May your troubles be less, your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door! ☘️ Happy St. Patrick Day - Rockers!

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Oisín@Breen·3d

@ScottLaudati I mean, it's a terrible 'film,' but it's a great movie, if that makes any sense?

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Scott Laudati@ScottLaudati·3d

The Oscar's should have an award each year where the posthumously give an award to a radical movie they ignored at the time. Like Point Break. POINT BREAK is easily one of the best movies ever made.

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Oisín@Breen·3d

The inclusion of language that could be a LinkedIn marketing post about a £10,000 spa (for 'wellness,' another ghastly new word), it's never a good thing. I am not nutrient sourcing, I eat. I am not conditioning, I am going for a walk. I am not skills training, I'm reading.

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Oisín@Breen·3d

Something I could never ever say: 'I'm detoxxing.' There's a level of ghastly cringeworthy language that's naff, dweeby, and aesthetically horrifying, which has crept into normal speech. It's also v. narcissitic. Why not just: 'No pints this week, I'm giving my liver a holiday.'

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Oisín@Breen·3d

"What we're really witnessing isn't just a software upgrade; it's the total commoditization of middle-office wealth management and a bloodless coup against legacy custodians,” says Hitesh Dundi. Latest for @RIABiz riabiz.com/a/2026/3/18/al… #RIA #fintwit #fintech #assetmanagement

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Oisín@Breen·3d

@JRSLLVN Nice work, and chapeau on paying good rates.

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Jared Sullivan@JRSLLVN·3d

we do good shit: we beat out CNN, Scott Galloway, etc. for a Webby in 2023. I need writers who know something about money AND, crucially, can write with style and flair. a rare breed

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Jared Sullivan@JRSLLVN·3d

FWIW I edit a Canadian business/culture/tech newsletter with 5 million subscribers, and we pay $2+/word for 600- to 3000-word pieces. We've published David Sedaris, Karen Russell, Nico Walker, etc., but I also work with a lot of upcoming writers. hmu

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