Alan Connell
@alanconnell.bsky.social
Irish immigrant in Belgium 🇮🇪🇧🇪
Ever since Politico took over the European Voice, it’s been in a downward spiral.
This is the end of it for me.
Like Twitter, I will no longer read anything from it.
This is the end of it for me.
Like Twitter, I will no longer read anything from it.
As I’ve said before, we need to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform on the planet. We need to do it with speed & we need to do it with urgency & then we need to use it with truth & justice to send Elon Musk packing
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justified his wading into German politics
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Ever since Politico took over the European Voice, it’s been in a downward spiral.
This is the end of it for me.
Like Twitter, I will no longer read anything from it.
This is the end of it for me.
Like Twitter, I will no longer read anything from it.
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My head hurts reading the Israeli interpretations of Irish history. It’s disturbing to see so much pseudohistory deployed in order to [as our president noted] declare everyone Irish, everywhere, ‘antisemitic’.
December 22, 2024 at 12:23 PM
My head hurts reading the Israeli interpretations of Irish history. It’s disturbing to see so much pseudohistory deployed in order to [as our president noted] declare everyone Irish, everywhere, ‘antisemitic’.
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I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:57 AM
I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritages around the world
Irish dry stone wall construction added to UNESCO list
The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritages around the world.
www.rte.ie
December 5, 2024 at 4:55 PM
The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritages around the world
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Today’s poem is called ‘The Good Old Days’.
December 1, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘The Good Old Days’.
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November 30, 2024 at 10:38 AM
But won’t somebody think of the corporations!
Bottled water is a luxury, but there are times and places where it’s needed. But stealing water from sources in places where water is already scarce is criminal.
Bottled water is a luxury, but there are times and places where it’s needed. But stealing water from sources in places where water is already scarce is criminal.
Across the world, from Uruguay to Mexico, Canada to the UK, many have begun to question whether private corporations should be allowed to siphon off a vital public resource, then sell it back to citizens as bottled water.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:01 PM
But won’t somebody think of the corporations!
Bottled water is a luxury, but there are times and places where it’s needed. But stealing water from sources in places where water is already scarce is criminal.
Bottled water is a luxury, but there are times and places where it’s needed. But stealing water from sources in places where water is already scarce is criminal.
I love that Hiberno-English is a thing.
But I hate that even after 3 years of my complaint, this is please published and online: www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/e...
But I hate that even after 3 years of my complaint, this is please published and online: www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/e...
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I love that Hiberno-English is a thing.
But I hate that even after 3 years of my complaint, this is please published and online: www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/e...
But I hate that even after 3 years of my complaint, this is please published and online: www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/e...
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1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵
November 25, 2024 at 6:56 PM
1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵
Finally.
Hopefully it’s actually true, and that the rest of the EU/NATO member states also allow it.
Ukraine must be allowed to strike back with donated weapons.
Hopefully it’s actually true, and that the rest of the EU/NATO member states also allow it.
Ukraine must be allowed to strike back with donated weapons.
Guerre en Ukraine : les Etats-Unis autorisent l’Ukraine à utiliser des missiles à longue portée en Russie
https://www.rtbf.be/article/guerre-en-ukraine-les-etats-unis-autorisent-l-ukraine-a-utiliser-des-missiles-a-longue-portee-en-russie-11464646
https://www.rtbf.be/article/guerre-en-ukraine-les-etats-unis-autorisent-l-ukraine-a-utiliser-des-missiles-a-longue-portee-en-russie-11464646
Guerre en Ukraine : les Etats-Unis autorisent l’Ukraine à utiliser des missiles à longue portée en Russie
Le président américain Joe Biden a donné son autorisation à l’Ukraine d’utiliser des missiles américains longue...
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November 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Finally.
Hopefully it’s actually true, and that the rest of the EU/NATO member states also allow it.
Ukraine must be allowed to strike back with donated weapons.
Hopefully it’s actually true, and that the rest of the EU/NATO member states also allow it.
Ukraine must be allowed to strike back with donated weapons.
Goodbye Twitter.
I've deleted my account and removed the app from my phone so I can't be tempted to just take a look to see what's going on there.
I've deleted my account and removed the app from my phone so I can't be tempted to just take a look to see what's going on there.
November 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Goodbye Twitter.
I've deleted my account and removed the app from my phone so I can't be tempted to just take a look to see what's going on there.
I've deleted my account and removed the app from my phone so I can't be tempted to just take a look to see what's going on there.
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I am a great fan of Jay Rayner. I like cooking and I like eating in restaurants. But unless you are a food snob or a food critic, is the food in restaurants that important, provided it is halfway decent? Is it not the ambience and the friends you are with? www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
What’s the silliest question you can ask a restaurant critic? (And yes, I have the answer) | Jay Rayner
It’s fair to say that, after 25 years of writing reviews, I have eaten in a lot of restaurants. But I’ve always thought it ludicrous to pick a favourite
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I am a great fan of Jay Rayner. I like cooking and I like eating in restaurants. But unless you are a food snob or a food critic, is the food in restaurants that important, provided it is halfway decent? Is it not the ambience and the friends you are with? www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #860,072!
September 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #860,072!