Finbarr O'Farrell
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@FinbarrFarrell
Love teaching, psychology, film/series, books, music, and the country I've grown to love: Germany. Politically reckless. Leave children and women in peace.
🇭🇺This should be clear: if Viktor Orbán is re-elected, Hungary should, for security reasons, be removed from NATO, Schengen, and the EU.
"I heard Joni Mitchell say, 'Everybody's a songwriter, even people who shouldn't be.' It's true. It was as true in 1963 as it is today. People heard the Beatles and said, 'Oh, I could do that!' Actually, no, you couldn't. You couldn't write 'She Loves You,' let alone 'For No One' or 'Girl.' It's the same today. A lot of people who can sort of write songs screw up their ears and tell themselves it's something special. But it's not really. "Lennon, McCartney and Harrison had stunningly high standards as writers. Imagine releasing a song like 'Ask Me Why' or 'Things We Said Today' as a B side. They made such fantastic records as 'Penny Lane' b/w 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and only put them out as singles! These records were events, and not just advance notice of an album release. "You can’t really put onto the page what is great about 'And Your Bird Can Sing' or 'Paperback Writer' or even a great overlooked hard rock Beatles cut like 'Hey Bulldog.' Ok, you can break it down to this remarkable guitar part, those weirdly tracked, overlapping vocal harmonies or Lennon’s insanely intense delivery of an almost throwaway cut and even remark that the piano part is a relative of 'Lady Madonna.' But this doesn’t begin to explain how these records make me feel. That is beyond words." --#ElvisCostello #Songwriter #TheAttractions @ElvisCostello #Grammys #ASCAP #BAFTA #HallOfFame #TheBeatles #Influence #GOAT
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"When inclusivity becomes compulsory, it becomes exclusionary." BlueSky positioned itself as the kinder, more tolerant alternative to Twitter. Instead, it has watched its user engagement collapse, with daily active users dropping roughly 40% since late 2025 and overall interaction metrics falling sharply. Why? The platform is dominated by voices that loudly preach inclusion and tolerance, yet systematically ban, block, deboost, or socially exile anyone who expresses dissenting views. In practice, they have created a textbook demonstration of the paradox: no one is more intolerant and exclusionary than those who make inclusivity their highest virtue.
Adolescents who claim to be "transgender" have significantly worse mental health after being subjected to "medical gender reassignment", a large Finnish study has found. noticer.news/adolescent-gen…
Bumblebees don’t understand glass - they get confused and trapped and exhausted. And they die. Likewise with polytunnel plastic. So if you see or hear a #bumblebee buzzing and banging against a window in your house SHE NEEDS YOUR HELP - AND QUICKLY! She’s in trouble. 2/11
I was in Ukraine a few weeks ago. Before the trip I believed Ukraine had the capability to win this war. After the trip, after talking to Ukrainians of all walks of life, I am confident Ukraine will win this war.
We wake up every morning to the news of another execution. They are traumatizing an entire nation. This morning the Islamic Republic executed Ali Fahim, another detainee for protesting. With this execution, the number of political prisoners put to death in Iran’s prisons over the past week has risen to 11. Say their names. Do not normalize this. #StopExecutionsInIran
Doctor is 100% OK with teenage boys being castrated so they start their adult lives as eunuchs.
Brave Iranian woman confronts pro-Ayatollah thugs in Berlin: “They shot me in the eye, but at least Khamenei is dead!” She lost her eyesight fighting for freedom in Iran, and can’t understand how anyone in the West can openly support the Islamic regime.
