Kevin Donoghue
@donoghuek.bsky.social
Grumbling about the unfairness of it all since 1952.
Live in Dublin Docklands, Ireland, European Union.
Live in Dublin Docklands, Ireland, European Union.
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Students decried former University President Lawrence Summers’ relationship and close correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein until his final arrest in 2019.
Shawn Boehmer, Hugo Chiasson, and Cam Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Shawn Boehmer, Hugo Chiasson, and Cam Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘He Should Resign’: Harvard Undergrads Take Hard Line Against Summers Over Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard students decried former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, with some calling for his resignation after documents released…
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Students decried former University President Lawrence Summers’ relationship and close correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein until his final arrest in 2019.
Shawn Boehmer, Hugo Chiasson, and Cam Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Shawn Boehmer, Hugo Chiasson, and Cam Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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All along the French Riviera, cities are limiting cars, building pedestrian zones, and boosting transit and bikes.
Most of their leaders come from the political right—not the left.
In Bloomberg, I explored lessons from the Riviera about building urbanist support when conservatives are in charge.
Most of their leaders come from the political right—not the left.
In Bloomberg, I explored lessons from the Riviera about building urbanist support when conservatives are in charge.
On the French Riviera, Street Reforms Come From the Right
Politically conservative Côte d’Azur cities like Cannes and Nice have embraced pedestrianization, car bans and bike lanes. That’s a departure from global norms.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
All along the French Riviera, cities are limiting cars, building pedestrian zones, and boosting transit and bikes.
Most of their leaders come from the political right—not the left.
In Bloomberg, I explored lessons from the Riviera about building urbanist support when conservatives are in charge.
Most of their leaders come from the political right—not the left.
In Bloomberg, I explored lessons from the Riviera about building urbanist support when conservatives are in charge.
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🚨Starmer: "His leader said he didn't have time to condemn the racist comments of his fellow MP"
⚠️"He said he didn't have time to condemn his party calling children in care evil. Can he ask his leader whether he's got time for his explanation for the stories in today's papers?"
⚠️"He said he didn't have time to condemn his party calling children in care evil. Can he ask his leader whether he's got time for his explanation for the stories in today's papers?"
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨Starmer: "His leader said he didn't have time to condemn the racist comments of his fellow MP"
⚠️"He said he didn't have time to condemn his party calling children in care evil. Can he ask his leader whether he's got time for his explanation for the stories in today's papers?"
⚠️"He said he didn't have time to condemn his party calling children in care evil. Can he ask his leader whether he's got time for his explanation for the stories in today's papers?"
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You have to love the "things happen." Yeah, I had a friend who was walking down the street last week, and then he got strangled and cut up by a bone saw. You know, things happen.
The leader of the free world:
“You’re mentioning somebody was extremely controversial,”Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about.
Things Happen’: Trump Brushes Off the Murder of Khashoggi www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
“You’re mentioning somebody was extremely controversial,”Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about.
Things Happen’: Trump Brushes Off the Murder of Khashoggi www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
‘Things Happen’: Trump Brushes Off the Murder of Khashoggi
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
You have to love the "things happen." Yeah, I had a friend who was walking down the street last week, and then he got strangled and cut up by a bone saw. You know, things happen.
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Irish political leaders are still claiming there are legal barriers to banning the import of services from Israeli settlements.
Worth noting that that 400+ lawyers and academics found there to be "no insurmountable legal obstacles" to banning goods *and* services
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Worth noting that that 400+ lawyers and academics found there to be "no insurmountable legal obstacles" to banning goods *and* services
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Government will not oppose joint Opposition motion on Occupied Territories Bill
Still unclear if services will be included in legislation as urged by other parties and pro-Palestinian campaigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Irish political leaders are still claiming there are legal barriers to banning the import of services from Israeli settlements.
Worth noting that that 400+ lawyers and academics found there to be "no insurmountable legal obstacles" to banning goods *and* services
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Worth noting that that 400+ lawyers and academics found there to be "no insurmountable legal obstacles" to banning goods *and* services
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Macron about social networks:
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Macron about social networks:
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
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Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
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Trump is invariably depraved. But he is depraved in remarkably diverse ways.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump is invariably depraved. But he is depraved in remarkably diverse ways.
Sound man, this judge. But isn't the term "transition year" a little unfortunate in the circumstances?
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sound man, this judge. But isn't the term "transition year" a little unfortunate in the circumstances?
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November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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This is a general point about the immigration debate. Everyone talks about the narratives and their political consequences. Too few talk about the reality on the ground, the good and the bad.
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is a general point about the immigration debate. Everyone talks about the narratives and their political consequences. Too few talk about the reality on the ground, the good and the bad.
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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A life bookended by uniformed thugs
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A life bookended by uniformed thugs
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
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Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Urges Harvard to Cut Ties With Summers After Epstein Emails Surface | News | The Harvard Crimson
Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren (D-Mass.) urged Harvard to cut ties with former University President Lawrence Summers after newly released emails revealed years of personal correspondence between Summers and...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
Archive director in Germany says ‘missing piece of puzzle’ now in place to verify authorship after decades of research
Two long-lost organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach have been performed in Germany, roughly 320 years after the composer wrote them as a teenage music teacher.
Entitled Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179, the pieces were added to the official catalogue of Bach’s works on Monday and played in public for the first time in three centuries inside Leipzig’s St Thomas Church, where Bach is buried. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
When I first heard the news my reaction was to blame The Firm.
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
When I first heard the news my reaction was to blame The Firm.
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Summers called this female Chinese economist “peril.”
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Summers called this female Chinese economist “peril.”
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
Pompeo? I hope the Ukrainians understand the need for a long spoon.
Former U.S.Secretary of State Pompeo has joined the advisory board of Ukraine’s leading defense company Fire Point
3 more people will join the board as well,AP reports
Fire Point is a leading Ukrainian defense company known for its long-range drones capable of striking targets deep inside Russia
3 more people will join the board as well,AP reports
Fire Point is a leading Ukrainian defense company known for its long-range drones capable of striking targets deep inside Russia
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Pompeo? I hope the Ukrainians understand the need for a long spoon.
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Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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French media report that tomorrow morning, a briefing will be held at the Élysée Palace with defense industry reps, followed by the signing of a Letter of Intent between France and Ukraine. The focus: Rafale jets, SAMP/T NG with Aster 30 B1NT missiles, Ground Fire 300 radar, and UAV systems.
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
French media report that tomorrow morning, a briefing will be held at the Élysée Palace with defense industry reps, followed by the signing of a Letter of Intent between France and Ukraine. The focus: Rafale jets, SAMP/T NG with Aster 30 B1NT missiles, Ground Fire 300 radar, and UAV systems.
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Lookit...I'm just sayin...just doesn't feel like a coincidence is all.
#COYBIG #Ireland #Leftie #Speirgorm #VoteLeft
#COYBIG #Ireland #Leftie #Speirgorm #VoteLeft
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Lookit...I'm just sayin...just doesn't feel like a coincidence is all.
#COYBIG #Ireland #Leftie #Speirgorm #VoteLeft
#COYBIG #Ireland #Leftie #Speirgorm #VoteLeft
What a story! There's hope for America yet.
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What a story! There's hope for America yet.
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I would posit that if the international treaties against torture are what is holding your country back then your country doesn't deserve to get ahead and holding it back is a moral obligation for everyone else
If you currently rely on the European Court of Human Rights for your minority group to *not* be targeted, you're in trouble...
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I would posit that if the international treaties against torture are what is holding your country back then your country doesn't deserve to get ahead and holding it back is a moral obligation for everyone else