Conor Maguire

Dad of 2, runner and cyclist ! Generally a happy enough guy :)

[Murray Rothbard @MurraySuggests]

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.

The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.

Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.

If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

[Sinéad O’Sullivan @SineadOS1]

The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile.

That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap.

That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel.

People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@bushontheradio Where’s the rest of it?

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@tomhappens Brilliant show remembering Kirsty McColl tonight Tom.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Pilger died on this day 2 years ago

An immense legacy. His journalism changed the world - and inspired new generations of investigative reporters

He was hated by establishment journalists because he exposed them as the servants of power they are

Moral beacon who shines on

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@TheMonologist Training Day 🤔

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@stevemagness Excellent thread Steve, and very true !

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@DavidJazay @PhotosOfDublin @OldDublinTown @IBN_Berlin @littlemuseumdub Erasure…played the Point Depot the following year…my 1st ever gig !

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@Rainmaker1973 I see an horrific accident about to unfold!

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@hambones87 @stevemagness Always have a decent public toilet mapped into your route 😉

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@GARSIDEK If Utd improve, maybe get signings correct, look like a better team, would you be able to write about it?

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@stevemagness Grand stuff…won’t feel a bit pissed off now when I drift through different zones on my east runs 😂!!

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@StanCollymore Find a couple of mates for easy runs…plenty of chat and stay in zone 2, I find it hard to stay in zone 2 when running alone. Takes a lot of discipline to run slow and long when your body, legs want to quicken up. You’ll benefit greatly in the end though.

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@Rainmaker1973 Best of luck 👍🏻

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Wow 🤩

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@CharlesBHamel @FitFounder @markmanson Yep…same here, the editing gets fairly easy when you select the ‘recent’ option as the particular lift you use most often are there.

[Andy Mitten @AndyMitten]

Denis Law, RIP.
Just spoke to Brian Kidd.
"He was slight, with the heart of a lion. An unbelievable finisher, he scored every type of goal. He said to me: 'If you're ever wide, don’t look up, put the cross in early. If I’m not there it’s my fault'. He was usually there. Sir Matt loved him. We all did. He was the King of the Stretford End."

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

Brighter evenings on the way back!

[Conor Maguire @conman36]

@philipoconnor 100% !!