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Τους φυλάκισαν επειδή έριξαν μπογιά σε αεροσκάφος που χρησιμοποιήθηκε στην γενοκτονία. 8 από αυτούς, σε απεργία πείνας διαρκείας, τώρα αγγίζουν το θάνατο. Κι η βρετανική κυβέρνηση, προκειμένου να υποθάλψει τη γενοκτονία του Ισραήλ, σφυρίζει αδιάφορα... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital
MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Τους φυλάκισαν επειδή έριξαν μπογιά σε αεροσκάφος που χρησιμοποιήθηκε στην γενοκτονία. 8 από αυτούς, σε απεργία πείνας διαρκείας, τώρα αγγίζουν το θάνατο. Κι η βρετανική κυβέρνηση, προκειμένου να υποθάλψει τη γενοκτονία του Ισραήλ, σφυρίζει αδιάφορα... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
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"The Empire is drawing borders inside our heads now. Real men and women must behave in a particular way, because we have said that if either gender is not behaving in that way it becomes like the colonised- the lesser races.
Most importantly, men (because they rule) must not be womanly"
Most importantly, men (because they rule) must not be womanly"
New Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.
(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.
(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
April 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"The Empire is drawing borders inside our heads now. Real men and women must behave in a particular way, because we have said that if either gender is not behaving in that way it becomes like the colonised- the lesser races.
Most importantly, men (because they rule) must not be womanly"
Most importantly, men (because they rule) must not be womanly"
If anyone who follows me knows of anyone who has tickets to MBV in Nov, lmk. I intended on buying the presale and managed to mess up. I’ve ticketswap notifications on but in any case. 🤘
March 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If anyone who follows me knows of anyone who has tickets to MBV in Nov, lmk. I intended on buying the presale and managed to mess up. I’ve ticketswap notifications on but in any case. 🤘
Cheeky late night update on what I’ve been watching #letterboxdfriday
February 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Cheeky late night update on what I’ve been watching #letterboxdfriday
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Thread: Important article on the status of trans people in Ireland by Jenny Maguire, President of Trinity College Students’ Union. Jenny is one of my heroines & a major voice in civil society.
“I'm trans, but few politicians would now utter that word, let alone advocate for us” #SpeirGorm #LGBTQ
“I'm trans, but few politicians would now utter that word, let alone advocate for us” #SpeirGorm #LGBTQ
February 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thread: Important article on the status of trans people in Ireland by Jenny Maguire, President of Trinity College Students’ Union. Jenny is one of my heroines & a major voice in civil society.
“I'm trans, but few politicians would now utter that word, let alone advocate for us” #SpeirGorm #LGBTQ
“I'm trans, but few politicians would now utter that word, let alone advocate for us” #SpeirGorm #LGBTQ
#LetterboxdFriday Sadly haven’t been watching enough films but I have been spending my evenings developing my filmmaking skills 🎬 Here’s the last 4 films I saw. Follow me: dukechussey boxd.it/1sbnL
February 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#LetterboxdFriday Sadly haven’t been watching enough films but I have been spending my evenings developing my filmmaking skills 🎬 Here’s the last 4 films I saw. Follow me: dukechussey boxd.it/1sbnL
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I wrote about how much, how fiercely and why, I hate A.I.
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
The Gist: AI, a talking dog for the 21st Century.
Séamus O'Reilly on the year's biggest con, AI. This is a Christmas Cracker Gist.
www.thegist.ie
December 27, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I wrote about how much, how fiercely and why, I hate A.I.
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
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The tiny remnants of our last native forests are being stripped bare by grazers - radical action needed (and thankfully beginning to happen in some places) @irishrainforest.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Overgrazing eats up the last of Ireland’s ancient rainforest
Delicate ecosystem at Uragh Woods on the Beara Peninsula is no match for unrestrained invasive sika deer and feral goats
www.irishtimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:54 AM
The tiny remnants of our last native forests are being stripped bare by grazers - radical action needed (and thankfully beginning to happen in some places) @irishrainforest.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
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‘The soul of my soul’ - Khalid Nabhan has been killed one year after his granddaughter Reem. We have failed Khalid, Reem, Refaat, Roshdi, Hind… 💔
December 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
‘The soul of my soul’ - Khalid Nabhan has been killed one year after his granddaughter Reem. We have failed Khalid, Reem, Refaat, Roshdi, Hind… 💔
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Closing my embassy, to own the people who want me to close my embassy
Recalling my ambassador, to own the people who want me to recall my ambassador
December 15, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Closing my embassy, to own the people who want me to close my embassy
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Israel just killed Mohammed Balousha, the Palestinian journalist who broke the story & revealed to the world the decomposing bodies of premature babies in ICU left to die by Israeli forces at Al Nasr hospital last yr
Nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israel during this genocide
Nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israel during this genocide
December 14, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Israel just killed Mohammed Balousha, the Palestinian journalist who broke the story & revealed to the world the decomposing bodies of premature babies in ICU left to die by Israeli forces at Al Nasr hospital last yr
Nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israel during this genocide
Nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israel during this genocide
Was just now trying to discreetly wave at a magpie to break the spell in public without looking insane on this Friday the 13th
December 13, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Was just now trying to discreetly wave at a magpie to break the spell in public without looking insane on this Friday the 13th
The urge to do something insanely silly while invigilating exams gets stronger with each passing day. I’m thinking of Homer Simpson spinning on the ground saying ‘woop woop woop woop woop woop’
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
The urge to do something insanely silly while invigilating exams gets stronger with each passing day. I’m thinking of Homer Simpson spinning on the ground saying ‘woop woop woop woop woop woop’
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Always a great joy to see a dictator fall. Syrians have suffered enough. The task now is to ensure they do not suffer more, as the Iraqis and the Libyans did after the fall of their dictators. To that end, foreign powers, Western and non-Western, must also be kept at bay.
December 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Always a great joy to see a dictator fall. Syrians have suffered enough. The task now is to ensure they do not suffer more, as the Iraqis and the Libyans did after the fall of their dictators. To that end, foreign powers, Western and non-Western, must also be kept at bay.
Invigilating exams at Trinity and I feel incredibly stupid. All those bright students working their brains so hard and all I can think of is how funny it would be if it was Gladiator 2: Rise of the Gladiators
December 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Invigilating exams at Trinity and I feel incredibly stupid. All those bright students working their brains so hard and all I can think of is how funny it would be if it was Gladiator 2: Rise of the Gladiators
Hot off the shelf, it’s my unserious review of a film I seriously enjoyed: Gladiator 2!
boxd.it/7Y1nwd
boxd.it/7Y1nwd
A ★★★★ review of Gladiator II (2024)
Everyone told me it’s bad and I won’t like it. And perhaps it’s the contrarian in me but I thoroughly enjoyed this. The wee emperors (one more wee than the other) were cartoonish, admittedly. But then...
boxd.it
December 4, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Hot off the shelf, it’s my unserious review of a film I seriously enjoyed: Gladiator 2!
boxd.it/7Y1nwd
boxd.it/7Y1nwd
I wouldn’t describe this discourse as necessarily far right, just vapid and annoying. It was fun while it lasted on here!
December 3, 2024 at 5:17 PM
I wouldn’t describe this discourse as necessarily far right, just vapid and annoying. It was fun while it lasted on here!
Only way it would make any sense is if they negotiated to have Rory Hearne as Housing Minister but we know his policies are anathema to FF/FG and they’ll have zero leverage in negotiating a programme for government as they can easily be swapped out for a couple of independents!
The Soc Dems are a splinter party from Labour due to Labour implementing austerity as a junior partner with FG. The idea of them going into coalition when FF/FG have an almost complete majority is insane to me! #GE24
December 3, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Only way it would make any sense is if they negotiated to have Rory Hearne as Housing Minister but we know his policies are anathema to FF/FG and they’ll have zero leverage in negotiating a programme for government as they can easily be swapped out for a couple of independents!
The Soc Dems are a splinter party from Labour due to Labour implementing austerity as a junior partner with FG. The idea of them going into coalition when FF/FG have an almost complete majority is insane to me! #GE24
December 3, 2024 at 12:47 PM
The Soc Dems are a splinter party from Labour due to Labour implementing austerity as a junior partner with FG. The idea of them going into coalition when FF/FG have an almost complete majority is insane to me! #GE24