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Hi there Dublin event fans. Here is updated listings spreadsheet. New music things include a vigil for David Bowie, a second night for Hilary Woods, lots of Kirkos gigs, chamber music in the National Concert Hall, superstar jazz drummer Tom Rainey w. Kris Davis, etc.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Crackdown
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January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Hi there Dublin event fans. Here is updated listings spreadsheet. New music things include a vigil for David Bowie, a second night for Hilary Woods, lots of Kirkos gigs, chamber music in the National Concert Hall, superstar jazz drummer Tom Rainey w. Kris Davis, etc.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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When I hear "European values" I think of this.
According to UNICEF, the Israeli army has destroyed 98% of the schools in the Gaza Strip and killed 1,000 teachers and about 20,000 students
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
When I hear "European values" I think of this.
What's wrong with the word kidnap and why aren't the newspapers using it?
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
What's wrong with the word kidnap and why aren't the newspapers using it?
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The DOJ has authority to execute arrest warrants on foreign soil? No. That's war.
January 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The DOJ has authority to execute arrest warrants on foreign soil? No. That's war.
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The Irish government appear to be claiming that invasions are only illegal if the security council says so. There is no limit to the fools they will make of themselves to appease Trump.
January 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The Irish government appear to be claiming that invasions are only illegal if the security council says so. There is no limit to the fools they will make of themselves to appease Trump.
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Absolutely blows my mind that Americans have this attitude to work / life. That they put up with hardly any annual leave, being in massive debt for health and education, no paid maternity leave. Greatest land in the World though... for employers.
A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Absolutely blows my mind that Americans have this attitude to work / life. That they put up with hardly any annual leave, being in massive debt for health and education, no paid maternity leave. Greatest land in the World though... for employers.
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Eek.
As I'm sure you're aware, the fifth of January is the day of the Schnabelperchten, a creature of Austrian folklore who will check your house for cleanliness. If they decide you haven't done a good enough job, they'll slit open your belly and fill it with straw. Happy New Year..!
January 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Eek.
The notion that we've only got 3 more years of this is such nonsense. And there won't be any winners. The US in particular is eventually gonna set itself back 90 years.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The notion that we've only got 3 more years of this is such nonsense. And there won't be any winners. The US in particular is eventually gonna set itself back 90 years.
Has Micheál Martin squeaked today?
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Has Micheál Martin squeaked today?
Starmer being a spineless prick again today.
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Starmer being a spineless prick again today.
The US demand for fentanyl, let's be honest, is fueled by an opioid crisis that didn't come from Latin America, it came directly from inside corporate America. Anyone listening to any of this bullshit out of Washington is deluded.
January 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The US demand for fentanyl, let's be honest, is fueled by an opioid crisis that didn't come from Latin America, it came directly from inside corporate America. Anyone listening to any of this bullshit out of Washington is deluded.
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January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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The public doesn’t like Putin or Trump!! It’s the one line of attack that really sticks!!
I remain convinced Starmer lost his mind at some point in the last 12 months. This isn’t just uselessness, it’s like learned helplessness. He’s a broken man.
I remain convinced Starmer lost his mind at some point in the last 12 months. This isn’t just uselessness, it’s like learned helplessness. He’s a broken man.
Starmer could be weaponizing this by pointing out that it was a lovely idea to be a sole independent nation state once upon a time, but then trade wars, then Russian invasion, and then the US became an aggressive, out of control adversary. For which needed European togetherness and solidarity.
Reform are a threat to national security.
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The public doesn’t like Putin or Trump!! It’s the one line of attack that really sticks!!
I remain convinced Starmer lost his mind at some point in the last 12 months. This isn’t just uselessness, it’s like learned helplessness. He’s a broken man.
I remain convinced Starmer lost his mind at some point in the last 12 months. This isn’t just uselessness, it’s like learned helplessness. He’s a broken man.
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Oh, this is MESSY.
“Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana.”
This is incredibly worth reading in light of what is happening now and the basis on which Trump and Rubio are pursuing charges against Maduro.
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Oh, this is MESSY.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Every single politician trying to pretend this is about regime change (illegal anyway) despite Trump spending his entire speech talking about OIL.
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Every single politician trying to pretend this is about regime change (illegal anyway) despite Trump spending his entire speech talking about OIL.
Spain are once again the only EU country with any courage to speak out.
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Spain are once again the only EU country with any courage to speak out.
Except Russia or Israel or anyone else who actually deserves it
"Today it is Venezuela, tomorrow it could be any other country." Chilean President Gabriel Boric, a vocal critic of the Maduro regime, strongly condemned the US military action. "If they can do it there, why wouldn't they do it elsewhere in the future?" he asked.
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Except Russia or Israel or anyone else who actually deserves it
Where's the condemnation? Our leaders are absolutely shitting themselves.
January 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Where's the condemnation? Our leaders are absolutely shitting themselves.
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Elon Musk released a software programme, on a platform he runs, that contained no safeguards. People used it to create images that were abhorrent, and illegal. Who is going to be held accountable for this? Anyone?
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Elon Musk released a software programme, on a platform he runs, that contained no safeguards. People used it to create images that were abhorrent, and illegal. Who is going to be held accountable for this? Anyone?
Is there not some faction in the CIA or FBI who can step up and do the world a favour?
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Is there not some faction in the CIA or FBI who can step up and do the world a favour?
Still no statement from our own bunch of bootlicking scumlords?
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Still no statement from our own bunch of bootlicking scumlords?