Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words For My Comrades (due 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at
@JanklowNesbit
Some A-list actors and the number of their films directed by women (excluding voice roles)
Tom Cruise 0
Matt Damon 0
Will Smith 0
Brad Pitt 1
Robert Downey Jr 1
Hugh Jackman 1
Jim Carrey 1
Keanu Reeves 13
My uncle, half watching Sky News in front of whole family: "I quite like Boris Johnson"
My brain:
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Me:
In Rio, fifth place Joanna Jozwik said she felt "like a silver medallist” and was proud to have finished as the “first European” and the “second white”. Yep, nothing racist about the campaign against Caster Semenya at all
When trans people are “allowed to play any person,” when prominent roles stop being whitewashed, then Scarlett Johansson can have a moan. Until then, please spare us your “political correctness gone mad” bullshit
Ask yourself why 189 Bulgarian workers who will quarantine for two weeks before beginning work that aids Irish society – poorly paid, exploitative work, but that's other issue – are receiving more vitriol than the 20,000 Irish horse racing wankers who to Cheltenham
Abramovich potentially leaves 1.5bn debt and infrastructure that desperately needs to be upgraded. Should FSG sell LFC, it’s with balanced books, new training ground and redeveloped Anfield. Some fans are open about not caring bc it’s not transfers, but it’s definitely something
There will be no limit on the numbers who may be permitted to come here, says Humphreys - government taking a long-term view of helping arrivals embed into education and the labour market.
When children get settled, she says, there’s no reason parents may not seek part-time work
I spent the summer fascinated by a breed of tremendously fatalistic online Liverpool fan that presents as liking football but seems to find no joy in it
Heard about a mixed race Irish teen on the bus home from Vicar Street last night was told to, "Go back to her own country." The
@dublinbusnews
driver stopped the bus and called the police. Well done to that driver. Racism didn't die Gemma's pathetic election performance...
💬 🇮🇪 Bambie Thug on the
@RTELateLateShow
when asked about Israel’s participation in Eurovision:
“I stand with anyone doing the boycott. I think if I wasn’t in the competition, I would also be boycotting. There a lot of moving parts and at the end of the day, without the group…
Eight weeks to process an Irish passport for life-long British citizens but government will leave people born in Ireland in Direct Provision for nine years
#EndDP
“Those affected by homelessness receive a small apartment and counselling – without any preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected thus make their way back into a stable life. And: All this is cheaper than accepting homelessness”
Re: John Waters. My dad came to Ireland and did work in restaurants. His kids became a writer, a Hollywood AD, a KPMG accountant (and part-time rapper), with one still in school. My cousin did follow the family into the food industry. I'm proud of all of us
I might be wrong but I think Carvalho is a Liverpool player in all but name. I've never heard Klopp talk about a transfer target before, so to say the other day we're "really interested," the deal must be a formality
Reasons people will withstand years in Direct Provision
-Syrian genocide
-Boko Haram
-Persecution over sexuality
-Threat of forced marriage
-Victim of sex trafficking
etc
A reason nobody would withstand years in Direct Provision
-Might get benefits one day
Mary Lou McDonald's party won the popular vote and Leo Varadkar has undeniably received a temporary “rallying round the flag” approval bump from Covid. But how can you make an argument that Micháel Martin should be Taoiseach? Nobody wants this
Not one fascist faced consequences for shutting down libraries, disrupting the housing of refugees, or burning refugees’ tents and possessions.
Authorities essentially held a “folks with reasonable concerns” line. Watch them do a 180 now that Arnotts has been looted
There's a pretty unbelievable narrative forming that Sinn Féin are flying in the polls because young people are simply unaware of their past. If you find me just one 20-something SF voter totally oblivious of their history I'd be shocked
Wetherspoons has its tentacles too deep into the UK to be stopped but Irish people, please don't go to any of their new joints here. Everything about this company is absolutely vile
British discount pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it will open its €21m hotel and bar in Dublin's Camden Street in October and hire 200 workers to run the place.
Based on what we now understand about
#coronavirus
, it seems clear to me the consensus of opinion in the country is that losing a few hundred thousand people (or fewer if we are clever) is an acceptable price for reopening the economy. I'm in a higher risk category and agree.
Joanna Jozwik scratched out the name of every black woman who finished ahead of her. Caster Semenya was the only athlete in that race who identified as having hyperandrogenism
In Ireland we have anti-Muslim bigots burning down hotels meant for asylum seekers, circulating false stories about Irish Muslims burning passports, sprouting nonsense about globalist conspiracies on YouTube. Radicalisation is happening in plain sight. What you doing about it?
Love that the SB is part of Irish identity. Don't forget the originators of these faves: Asian diaspora. My cousin runs a takeaway, thinks he knows the Viet guy who invented the SB. They don't get the recognition of restaurateurs who'll never contrib 1/10th as much to the culture
found out the Irish have been hiding the ultimate hangover cure from us. The Spice Bag, Chinese takeaway salt & pepper chili fried chicken, french fries, fried onions and peppers, served with curry sauce for dipping. Vegan versions are made with fried tofu fritters.
At some point over the last couple of months the meaning of "social distancing" changed in people's minds from from, "Stay at home but if you have to go out stay 2m apart" to, "Do whatever you want as long as it's 2m apart"
When Dolores O'Riordan sang "In your head" I don't think she was suggesting that British state violence and the suppression of Catholic civil rights in the north was all imagined
A statement has already been put out by management. To have three nibbles at a player experiencing a new level of public exposure, on topics she has no experience in answering, is just an attempt at punishment
@RobCWotton
So the anti-immigration Irish Freedom Party are putting up a candidate who is an immigrant. What's the difference between this guy and the immigrants they want to lock out of the country? I think you know the answer
I've been thinking about
@fotoole
's piece on "trial runs for fascism" or "pre-fascism" relating to Trump. Similarly, when the Irish far right try to argue that this tweet is not racist, they're testing the boundaries. How much dehumanisation of Irish POC can they get away with?
This is Grafton St on the run up to Christmas.
Many businesses are trying to survive till the New Year before they fold.
There is an enormous amount of debt building up.
What is the government's exit plan?
Spoke to legendary Gooner blogger
@arseblog
aka Andrew Mangan. Zero questions asked about football. Instead, we talked about his previous existence as a pirate radio and club DJ, his passion for broadcasting, and what was a better era for Dublin nightlife
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Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes
(January 2-14, MoE 3.3%)
Fianna Fáil 32 (+5 in four weeks)
Fine Gael 20 (-7)
Sinn Féin 19 (-1)
Greens 7 (+1)
Labour 4 (-2)
Independent Alliance 3 (+1)
Solidarity-PBP 2 (-1)
Social Democrats 1
Renua 1 (+1)
Inds and others 10
What a difference a driver makes!Last Monday it took the bus3 1/2 hrs. from
@Airport_FRA
to
@Europarl_EN
in
#Strasbourg
.Today, on same size bus, the reverse journey took 2 1/2 hrs. As a result, I have even time for a
#burger
before boarding
@Ryanair
flight to Dublin. Nice!
A 6ft 3in cis woman footballer will poleaxe an opponent one day and they'll start to say she shouldn't be allowed play. A cis woman tennis player will start regularly serving at 140mph and they'll try to ban her. Both will be said to have "male characteristics". Convinced of this
Sickening how many Irish people are excusing Direct Provision by claiming those living in DP didn't flee a war zone like the refugees coming from Ukraine. Newsflash: Many did. And those who didn't had to escape situations that were just as dangerous
Dawn Foster was one of the Left's most fearless voices in UK media and a huge hero of mine. We were supposed to meet for a beer when I was in London in May but on the day her medical issues got in the way. That we never met IRL will be a lingering regret for the rest of my life