Derek Durkin

@dklappin Major gambling laws incoming in the EU, Britain and Australia too, where you cannot exceed certain losses.....its not a Trump thing, its across the board.

Professional poker players who voted for Trump.

@dankness3 He played him like a chump, basically.

Fair play or dirty angle?

@danobrien20 Steal the average citizens wealth through inflation...devious person you are.

When Europe faced a health emergency five years ago, the correct response was for governments to open the spending taps and do whatever was necessary. Now Europe faces a security emergency. The response should be the same.

@EwanMacKenna It's all theatre....playing right into the hands of an EU army.

If Ukraine got a wake up call tonight, you can be sure the EU did too. That's a great thing. Years of unelected, thick, lazy, corrupt, imbecilic, soft bureaucrats living it up while not representing or helping their electorate now know they are subservient and they are terrified.

@MaajidNawaz @realDonaldTrump Pure pantomime

It’s over for Zelensky: @realDonaldTrump: "You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards ... You're gambling with the lives of millions of people! You're gambling with World War III!"

@john_mcguirk If there is no enemies for the military industrial complex to justify its position then they'll fabricate one....and i include Russia as part of that industry.

I understand some people don't like the messenger. I get it. But if the US is pulling back its commitment to Europe what is the alternative? We sit around knitting friendship bracelets? Is it no army? 27 distinct armies? Is it just giving Russia everything it seeks, every time?

@CarlowWeather Keeping everyone sick and depressed in the big population areas.

Dublin Airport has had zero hours of sunshine in last 7 days but Belmullet has had 19.1 hours! Cork just 2.7 hours and Johnstown Castle in Wexford 0.7 hours. In other words the stats confirm what a lot of saying, sick of cloud where is the sun hiding.

@EwanMacKenna It's by design.....biometrics CCTV everywhere like China to keep us safe is their solution.

Ireland's most expensive street on Friday. One more dead. Used to drink there, was safe as. A) some will use it to be racist. B) some will use it to scream at others they're racist. But can rest of us adults have a conversation. May even be too late. We've been asking years.

@CarlowWeather Windy app has downgraded the speeds for Dublin in the last hour.

Official stations have hit 130kmh gusts as #StormÉowyn now batters Ireland. Mace Head and Sherkin Island have seen the highest official gusts but a private station near Moneypoint that is very elevated has hit 152kmh.

@Chris_D_Brewer Energy costs and food price increases literally kill a sizeable percentage of the population.

One thing I have legitimate confusions about on exit polls, 67% of Americans thinking the economy is bad . In what measurable ways is it? Everything in my entire adult life has only gone up lol. At no point from 2014 to now would I say the economy was bad, besides I guess the first month of COVID

@JamesMcgaff @BronzyGuevara But they had zero chance of improving their lives unless they joined the party or emigrated....not saying what came before wasn't bad but that was no improvement.

@DickyDer @BronzyGuevara They were peasants before under the USA supported Batista. You think gated communities are a communist thing? They at least got a health service that helped combat a higher child mortality rate caused by the USA embargo.

Only in Ireland 🇮🇪 🇨🇺 Will you find these stamps of our beloved Che, the iconic revolutionary symbol of rebellion and revolution.

@Liv_Boeree Its problem, reaction and solution.....and one of the solutions is biometrics CCTV everywhere linked to the persons digital id.

Why was this murderous 18 year old illegal migrant allowed to freely roam the UK in the first place? What deranged government policies allowed this, while British citizens are getting multi-year jail sentences for social media posts about these policies? Are we living in the Upside Down?

@alexfinn If that's the case we will find out just how expendable nearly all the population is.

I’m being 100% serious: Your only goal the next 3 years is to not die We are about to enter the greatest age in human history AGI. Going to mars. Reverse aging. Humanoid robots. Self driving cars. We are about to enter the first golden age of our lifetimes. We are about to achieve endless abundance. All in the next 3 years I'm not kidding. De-risk EVERYTHING in your life No more hard drugs. No more sky diving. No more speeding. There is a decent chance in the next 3 years we figure out how to reverse aging and nobody dies anymore It might sound crazy and illogical, but this is the worst time in history for you to die. Stay inside. Order all your groceries. Learn to use AI. Build products. Lock the FUCK in We are all about to make it

📍 Olympic Legacy Park, Sheffield #NorthernLights

@Mark_J_Henry @OurWorldInData Good news, especially considering the explosion in cancer numbers last 2 years

We are winning the battle against cancer in Ireland. We have reduced the death rate of 9 out of 10 cancers over four decades (liver cancer is the exception). There will be more cases as our population ages but your odds of survival are greater than ever 👍 ourworldindata.org/cancer

@john_mcguirk Domino

Judging by those live scenes on Sky News, Iran REALLY wants a war.

@greenparty_ie Well geoenginerring traps heat on the planet, so it's no surprise.

The world is breaking heat records far faster than expected. For 2 months of the Summer we smashed through the 1.5 degree threshold. Ireland meanwhile was colder than usual and inundated with extra rain. Global weirding has well and truly arrived. rte.ie/news/2024/0906…

@KarlBrophy Ticks every box of a sociopath....probably why you admire him so much.

You’d miss Blair. Just a different level to almost every other politician in my lifetime.

@DavQuinn @NCCAie It's a brave new world, just like Huxley predicted.

I notice in the new @NCCAie SPHE curriculum for 16-18 year-olds, there is no mention at all of marriage, and only scant mention of the family, or love, or parents. Very odd considering the curriculum deals with relationships.