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Pray For Leo

27/10/2018

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In what has come as a complete shock to the Lama community this morning, renowned leader Da Leo has been suspended from Twitter without reason or warning. 

Described by some as an animated Nelson Mandela the political cartoon has been vanquished to the Phantom Zone, as a result of what some believe was a video that went too far for the establishment to bear. It's yet unknown who is responsible for the kidnapping and imprisonment of Da Leo.

A spokesperson for Social Media has said:
"Nobody gives a fuck unless your a landlord"

However Da Leo creators and disciples are much more concerned and believe this may very well be an attack on both freedom of speech and the right to dissent. Is there any space in society for demented radicals these days?

Updates to follow but please show some support for Da Leo today, and especially the people behind it who spend time creating the songs, jokes, and animations. The videos are still available on YouTube, shares and thoughts will go a long way. 
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Blog Awards

29/8/2018

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"The number of people who buy books in Ireland would not keep me in drink for the duration of the Sunday opening time" Brendan Behan

I’ve always loved this quote by Brendan Behan, Ireland has always been a place where writers have flourished, however like other arts it’s not always the most fruitful endeavour.  

I’m not entirely sure how blogging compares to the great writers who have gone before us, or to the hard working journalists who toil for minimum wage despite uncertainty of job security. However what I do know is that there are a lot of great Irish bloggers out there and it’s good to be recognised as part of that community for Bloggies 2018.

This year TCV has been nominated under the personal blog category of Best Current Affairs & Political Blog. The other nominations include:
 
  1. 1169 And Counting: On the go since 2002 and blogging about Irish History and Irish Politics
  2. An Sionnach Fionn: Last year’s gold medal winner in this category, an Sionnach Fionn or “The White Fox” supports the restoration of Ireland’s indigenous language and culture through the peaceful establishment of a pluralist, all-island Gaelic Republic, with regional government for the Six Counties.
  3. Ciaran Tierney: Last year’s silver medallist Ciaran Tierney has taken to blogging and freelance journalism after working as a staff journalist for the Connacht Tribune for over 22 years.
  4. Cinders Magazine: Ireland’s newest free online magazine, discussing the big ideas that are on teen girls minds from mental health to feminism, while all the while talking fandoms, books, movies and television.
  5. Disordered World: Silver winner in the commercial category in 2017, disordered world slots into the personal blogger slot this year. Written by author Ian Hughes, the blog explores the possibility that a small proportion of people with dangerous personality disorders are responsible for most of the violence and greed that scars our world.
  6. Jessica Thompson: Another blogger with a huge cv, Jessica Thompson is a journalist and entertainment editor at the Longford Leader. Her blog explores all things Connaught and serves as a great example of freelance journalism. Although I would imagine it needs some updates to make the shortlist this year.
  7. Jtonmostlypolitics: This blog is written by labour party spokesperson Joanna Tuffy and covers social debates on housing, equality, and party events.

The full list of bloggers and categories is available from the blogawards website, best of luck to everyone involved.  
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Report The Pope

21/6/2018

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The misrepresentation of truth, emotional manipulation, fake profiles, and false representations. All terms you’d associate with fake news, click bait, and propaganda used by online rags to gain trust and integrity.

We all know fake news is a huge problem in political warfare these days, the Democratic Party have even pointed to Russian interference in the US presidential elections. Frankly we’re now in a battle for the truth as well as being in a battle to maintain our freedom of speech and access to free online material.  

In this battle for truth it has been left up to individuals to report abusive users on social media platforms. Earlier this year there was a campaign to remove Donald Trump from Twitter when he posted a tweet threatening nuclear war on North Korea. Users felt it breached one of Twitter’s rules; “You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people.”

However the campaign was unsuccessful and Twitter continued to play a part in the American President’s peace negotiations with the North Korean Dictator and vice versa.
So what do we do when we see high profile accounts that break the rules, should we continue to report them? Twitter as a business may not remove them as they benefit both from advert revenue and indirect endorsement.

However I don’t think we can stand idly by when we see a profile that’s a blatant fake account, especially one which promotes populist rhetoric that misrepresents the individual in real life, especially an individual who may not even be aware the account exists, or who may not even know what a computer is or that the internet was invented.

That’s why I believe we all need to report the Pope’s account @Pontifex to Twitter.

The Pope’s Twitter profile is clearly a fake account, pretending to represent Pope Francis or as he’s better known to his friends, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Nowhere in the bio does it state that it’s a parody account or an account of the Vatican, which is why it needs to be shut down.

The evidence as to why it’s clearly not the real Jorge Mario is very clear:
1)      Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina his primary language is Spanish yet all his tweets are in English. I wouldn’t make this point if the tweets were bi-lingual or multi-lingual but the fact they’re all in English is crazy.
2)      Begoglio is head of the church, he tweets several times a day however he never tweets Bible quotes, very suspicious indeed.
3)      The account has 17.9m followers but only follows 8 people, wouldn’t the real Pope know more than 8 people? I think he would. All the accounts the Pope follows are other pretend Pope accounts, it’s like a Nigerian scam, there can only be one Pope surely (I know, controversial).
4)      The account always tweets in vague terms and never refers to real life events or real life people directly.
5)      The account never tweets personal information or posts selfies or other indicators that this could be the real life Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
6)      The account has been set up since February 2012 but his Papacy didn’t begin until 13th March 2013.
7)      Pope Francis is 81 and has publicly stated that he has no idea how to use a computer, he’s also an outspoken critic of capitalism and refuses to own a smart phone.

I for one think it’s time we face up to the truth of the matter and end this lie, don’t live in denial, report the Pope. End fake accounts now. 
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