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@IrishmanIRL At 144k (stock undefined) a year he pays about 50% of that in tax... T hat means he contributes about 72k a year to all the moaning begrudging dolers.... If he makes $1 million he has payed 500k roughly thereabouts in tax. The net benefit is more money for Ireland DUh....

"My goal is to reach $1 million saved before moving back to India" Indian working for Amazon in Dublin talks about moving to Ireland. It's no wonder half of India wants to come here and it's no wonder rent prices are so high in this country.

@shannonrwatts Read any History book based on knowledge from 400 years ago and you're not getting the inner thoughts of any notable person. You're getting fragmented aural testimonies, half remembered contradictory 'facts' and scraps of History assembled into an average narrative.

@shannonrwatts 400 years ago books were rare and the average person was illiterate. Knowledge was compiled by 2nd or 3rd hand sources who focused on over arching themes of History and notable people. The fact that this is not noted in sources does not mean those people were not introspective.

Socrates in 460 BC: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Marcus Aurelius in 150 CE: “You have power over your mind—not outside events.” Augustine of Hippo in 400 CE: “Do not go outside; return into yourself. In the inward man dwells the truth.” Marc Andreessen in 2026:

@tmuxvim Engagement bait. Some of the earlier models did this, they removed it and now it's back.

has anyone else noticed that GPT-5.4 often ends its responses with like, clickbait? it often promise to reveal "the one surprising X that will do Y" or something like that

@daniel_dsj2110 English borrows many French words from Norman aristocracy 1066 who ruled as far as the Plantagenet dynasty, but the average person spoke English. A French layer was added with certain words, pronunciations & phrasing, but It's not a Romance language, and not derivative of French.

@daniel_dsj2110 English is first a Germanic language. The Anglo-Saxons invaded/migrated after the Romans left around 410AD. The Germanic fused with the Celtic Britons and Latin from Rome. The French influence comes much later in 1066 with the Norman invasion...But French is derivative of Latin..

French linguists on the English language

@bmay So the English should spend less time attacking the people born into a role not by choice but by birth but asking themselves what they really want. Magna Carta was the beginning of the end a few hundred years ago yet they are still here. That is a choice not a dictat...

@bmay The Monarchy in 2026 are a choice. I don't blame William or his wife for being born into a system. They probably know more than you that it's a charade, but it is entwined with Historical significance that is part of the identity of the nation. Ultimately the public can decide.

There is something intensely peculiar about fawning over unremarkable people of average or less intelligence whose main contribution to the economy is very briefly pretending to do an ordinary job, all for a photo opportunity to show they’re really normal.

@byzantineprof When the papacy was threatened by the Lombards and insufficiently protected by Byzantium it turned to the Franks and that was a crucial part of the transition from the Roman to Medieval world. So here we are today in Europe.

@byzantineprof For me it's the difference in interpretation of Christianity. In the West the bishop of Rome’s authority grew within a Latin Christian world that increasingly lacked a strong western emperor. So the bishop became crucial in an administrative role.

My old advisor put it like this: "Byzantium has the fascination of the curious and exotic, a strange combination of the familiar and unfamiliar." That's a good start, to which I would add my interest in the immense longevity and resilience the ancient/medieval Romans exhibited.

@TrisBurnedLands @GunterFehlinger That's the most idiotic thing I've read all week.

@GunterFehlinger The Republic of Ireland will never join NATO, they worked with the Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Gaddafi, FARC, North Korea, Palestinian terror groups and now with Russia... Best to support the real Ireland in the North, the one who has helps NATO 🇬🇧☘️ 👍🏻 #ExRepublicOfIreland

Happy St Patricks Day

@WeirdMedieval Can you imagine trying to learn to read when there is no separation between words.

Thinking about the 7th century Irish monks who invented the spaces between words....that was honestly so smart of them

@MadelaineLucyH Bad parenting is responsible for a lot of the world's problems.

If Elon Musk was woke, he’d probably call this suicidal empathy, but I actually have a deep fascination with Andrew Tate’s tragic childhood under his horrendous father. His twisted, narcissistic (literally diagnosed and discharged from the army over it) violent dad deserted the family and sporadically turned up to shout at their mother in front of them and abuse them by forcing Andrew play chess obsessively over and over all night as a little child, with no rest. Of course, being in poverty in Luton with a single mother, he adored and idolised his cool American daddy and desperately wanted his approval. He took over the role of father to his dopey little brother. He even would try to sound more American (listen to earlier footage). I’m not excusing him, but the monster makes sense when you know the origin story.

@anneapplebaum Jared and Steve, the gift that keeps on giving...

Would have been useful to consult someone who knew something about the Middle East

@RnaudBertrand Second order effects are rarely considered by incompetent amateurs. There's probably a reason why several previous Presidents avoided stirring up a hornet's nest in Iran.

So very concretely the outcome of the war so far is that Iran controls the world's most critical energy chokepoint, and Russia can now sell their own oil freely and at a premium. I can't think of another U.S. war that's been such an obvious strategic disaster so quickly: normally it takes them a couple of years...

@LizardWizardBTC Happens in every epoch. We are more than what we do for a living. The particular skill is just the endpoint of circumstances that pulled you that way. The curiosity, creativity, hard work, intelligence and enthusiasm are all yours. Pick yourself up, dust off and move forward!

There’s something very sad about watching the skill you spent 20 years honing become a commodity because of AI. Makes you question your purpose in this world.

@byzantiumcast The problem with these things is they spread and pollute real History. At least a watermark IMO.

What are your views on the use of AI images on the podcast? I can't find any good images of Constantine sleeping in his tomb. Below is Chat GPTs effort based on illustrated chronicles of the time. Would you like to see things like this or would you avoid them like the plague?

@Scaramucci Jared and Steve have been busy with real estate deals this week but will circle back on that part soon,don't worry.

Correct

@bravehoratius1 @MaryLouMcDonald Most illegal entries come across the Northern border. Especially after Brexit. If the country was unified there would be stricter controls on inflow from UK mainland.

@MaryLouMcDonald Reunify Ireland Mary Lou? Aren't you and those in Govt responsible for the destruction of Ireland by wanting to open doors to unvetted migrants whom are draining the system of tax payers money and making our country a very dangerous place to live in? Reunify Ireland????

🇮🇪 I put directly to Keir Starmer the clear need to prepare for the reunification of Ireland. We are stronger when we act collectively and as a whole across our island. Our best future will be shaped by the ending of partition and the achievement of a United Ireland.

@Daybed39 @MaryLouMcDonald The costs to absorb NI would be astronomical. Over 30% are state employed. The UK spends about 8 billion a year shoring it up.

@MaryLouMcDonald That’s assuming a majority would vote on the Irish side for unity in a referendum. It’s a lovely idea in principle but I think there’s a realistic chance the actual terms might make a majority vote no.