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Barry Purcell

Ireland
As seen in: Medium, The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie, CounterPunch, Areo Magazine, Arc Digital, OnlySky
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Barry Purcell’s Biography

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Writer on politics, psychology, language, technology and philosophy.

Barry Purcell’s Journalist Portfolio

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Postcard From Pristina

Postcard From Pristina

The presidency of Hashim Thaçi of the pro-US Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) was looking shaky even before t…

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Statues of Limitations

Statues of Limitations

In the same way that German targets of the Holocaust could reasonably feel angry if there were a statue of a …

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How Not to Address Holocaust Denial and Anti-Semitism

How Not to Address Holocaust Denial and Anti-Semitism

If you trawl the dark corners of the internet, where conspiracy theories breed, you will encounter lots of Ho…

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Is The Singularity Coming?

Is The Singularity Coming?

A term at one point most closely associated with Big Bang cosmology now refers to the deepest fear our digita…

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Down With Christmas

Down With Christmas

Our memories of childhood surely include when Christmas was fun. But then we all grow up and remember that vi…

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Why Do We Hate Dogs? - Areo

Why Do We Hate Dogs? - Areo

We control their food supply, enforce arbitrary rules about soft furnishings, strictly regulate their bathroo…

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Articles

Are you intelligent?

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By Barry Purcell
| OnlySky Verified
Overview: Our general understanding of what it means to be intelligent is unfit for purpose. No one knows what it is or how to measure it. Reading Time: 4 minutes How do you know how intelligent you are? Is intelligence about amassing information or knowing what to do with the information you have? Is intelligence genetic, or can you learn it? How would you measure intelligence? Would you frame a series of questions you know you’ll smash because you have the necessary life experience to win?
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The five worst Irish accents in movie history

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By Barry Purcell
| OnlySky Verified
Skip to content Reading Time: 2 minutes Many of the Best Actor nominations for the Oscars this Sunday are Irish. St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. What better way to celebrate than an authoritative ranking of the five worst Irish accents in movie history? The Irish accent is consistently voted one of the most attractive in the world. But for decades, Irish people have had to endure a motley collection of ridiculous attempts at our dulcet tones.
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Trump sets his sights on a younger, hotter country

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By Barry Purcell
| OnlySky Verified
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite being the only clear Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump’s staff say he is becoming restive. “He’s been looking at the history of the United States for the first time,” said a Mar-a-Lago waiter. “He’s just discovered that the country is 247 years old.” After stating his official intention to run for president in 2024, Trump spoke about his plans at a Mar-a-Lago celebration party.
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Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Hunter S. Thompson (who was also real, but barely)

Who do you wish followed you?

Werner Herzog.

Why did you become a journalist?

I wanted to read more of a certain kind of article. So I started writing them.