Ellen Reynor
@ellenrey.bsky.social
PhD, academic, Dyslexia, UDL. formerly Dublin City University. Retired. Tennis fan, rugby too.
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Two multi-billion-euro weapons manufacturers are sponsoring a speaking event with EU commissioner for democracy, justice and rule of law Michael McGrath.
McGrath will speak at the 5 February Forum Europa event sponsored by Indra Group and Airbus.
www.ontheditch.com/two-weapons-...
McGrath will speak at the 5 February Forum Europa event sponsored by Indra Group and Airbus.
www.ontheditch.com/two-weapons-...
Weapons manufacturers sponsor Michael McGrath speaking event
ts sponsors' commercial interests are closely tied to EU military and security policy.
www.ontheditch.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Two multi-billion-euro weapons manufacturers are sponsoring a speaking event with EU commissioner for democracy, justice and rule of law Michael McGrath.
McGrath will speak at the 5 February Forum Europa event sponsored by Indra Group and Airbus.
www.ontheditch.com/two-weapons-...
McGrath will speak at the 5 February Forum Europa event sponsored by Indra Group and Airbus.
www.ontheditch.com/two-weapons-...
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Will you join Brian Eno, Jeremy Corbyn, Zack Polanski, Francesca Albanese, Grace Blakeley, Laura Pidcock, Srećko Horvat, Erik Edman, Francesca Martinez, Shappi Khorsandi, Inua Ellams and me in London's TROXY on 24/3? What for? To declare that RESISTANCE IS EXISTENCE! diem25.org/resistance-i...
Resistance Is Existence: DiEM25 brings leading voices to London on March 24 - DiEM25 Communications
DiEM25 is bringing its pan-European network of resistance to London for an evening of political debate, culture and collective defiance
diem25.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Will you join Brian Eno, Jeremy Corbyn, Zack Polanski, Francesca Albanese, Grace Blakeley, Laura Pidcock, Srećko Horvat, Erik Edman, Francesca Martinez, Shappi Khorsandi, Inua Ellams and me in London's TROXY on 24/3? What for? To declare that RESISTANCE IS EXISTENCE! diem25.org/resistance-i...
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Le Jeune’s group launched a petition to recall the mayor of Port Washington, a Wisconsin town on Lake Michigan where construction began last month on a $15 billion data center to service OpenAI and Oracle through the Stargate project backed by Donald Trump.
www.notus.org/wisconsin/da...
www.notus.org/wisconsin/da...
Data Centers Are Becoming a Political Problem
Residents organizing against the construction of AI infrastructure in Wisconsin are trying to recall their mayor. They want federal lawmakers to weigh in on data centers too.
www.notus.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Le Jeune’s group launched a petition to recall the mayor of Port Washington, a Wisconsin town on Lake Michigan where construction began last month on a $15 billion data center to service OpenAI and Oracle through the Stargate project backed by Donald Trump.
www.notus.org/wisconsin/da...
www.notus.org/wisconsin/da...
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In just one year, Donald Trump has used the clemency power to wipe out restitution, fines, and forfeitures totaling over $1.5 billion. This includes sums owed to fraud victims and taxpayers. Read more in my latest Substack post. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/trumps-yea...
Trump's year-one pardons have erased over $1.5 billion in penalties for fraud and other crimes
In just one year, Donald Trump has used the clemency power to wipe out restitution, fined, and forfeitures totaling over $1.5 billion. This includes sums owed to fraud victims and taxpayers.
www.lawyeroyer.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
In just one year, Donald Trump has used the clemency power to wipe out restitution, fines, and forfeitures totaling over $1.5 billion. This includes sums owed to fraud victims and taxpayers. Read more in my latest Substack post. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/trumps-yea...
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I’m telling you, this is a line we should not allow to be blurred.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Without meaningful pushback from regulators and users, Grok’s example risks setting a permissive precedent—signaling to other nudification apps and platform companies that AI-generated NCII can be treated as funny, harmless, or otherwise tolerable, writes Kaylee Williams.
Grok Supercharges the Nonconsensual Pornography Epidemic
Without meaningful pushback from regulators and users, Grok’s example risks setting a dangerously permissive precedent that, writes Kaylee Williams.
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I’m telling you, this is a line we should not allow to be blurred.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
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1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing what we need to do about X.
Will the EU ban X?
TJ McIntyre, Assistant Professor in Law in the Sutherland School of Law in UCD and chairperson of Digital Rights Ireland, discusses the possibility of the EU banning X over Grok creating non-consensua...
www.rte.ie
January 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing what we need to do about X.
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Lotta Q's about why markets didn't respond to Trump's attack on Powell.
Lemme 'splain:
1. Markets had (largely) priced in that Trump hates Fed independence. That's not news.
2. But something happened yesterday: The next found of Trump v. Powell. And Powell won! That's news.
Markets respond to news
Lemme 'splain:
1. Markets had (largely) priced in that Trump hates Fed independence. That's not news.
2. But something happened yesterday: The next found of Trump v. Powell. And Powell won! That's news.
Markets respond to news
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Lotta Q's about why markets didn't respond to Trump's attack on Powell.
Lemme 'splain:
1. Markets had (largely) priced in that Trump hates Fed independence. That's not news.
2. But something happened yesterday: The next found of Trump v. Powell. And Powell won! That's news.
Markets respond to news
Lemme 'splain:
1. Markets had (largely) priced in that Trump hates Fed independence. That's not news.
2. But something happened yesterday: The next found of Trump v. Powell. And Powell won! That's news.
Markets respond to news
Urgent #speirgorm
An Taisce is absolutely right about this, and members of the public need to wake up to what’s going on before it’s too late …
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
Heritage and environmental charity says Government’s proposal is a ‘significant attack on civil society and public accountability’
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Urgent #speirgorm
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"Under current provisions, if an NGO, civil society group or individual is successful in a judicial review, the unsuccessful public authority will generally pay the winner’s legal costs."
The lawbreaking authorities do not like paying for their bad decisions.
So they plan to change the rules.
The lawbreaking authorities do not like paying for their bad decisions.
So they plan to change the rules.
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM
"Under current provisions, if an NGO, civil society group or individual is successful in a judicial review, the unsuccessful public authority will generally pay the winner’s legal costs."
The lawbreaking authorities do not like paying for their bad decisions.
So they plan to change the rules.
The lawbreaking authorities do not like paying for their bad decisions.
So they plan to change the rules.
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The Irish public should listen to what An Taisce is saying about all of this.
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
Heritage and environmental charity says Government’s proposal is a ‘significant attack on civil society and public accountability’
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The Irish public should listen to what An Taisce is saying about all of this.
🧵
The Government is consulting on rules to cap legal costs when you go to court and hold the state to account for breaking environmental law, they want you to pay €100s of thousands
If you think this is wrong, make your views known by emailing aarhus@dcee.gov.ie by 15 January
tinyurl.com/NPECons
If you think this is wrong, make your views known by emailing aarhus@dcee.gov.ie by 15 January
tinyurl.com/NPECons
January 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
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In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin:
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin:
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan have written a weekly column for nearly two decades. This is their final dispatch, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities in people-centered journalism.
Breaking the Sound Barrier
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Democracy Now! turns 30 in February. Carried on over 1,500 stations around the globe, and with a growing audience of millions across multiple digital platforms, the program has become a leader in the burgeoning non-profit...
www.democracynow.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan have written a weekly column for nearly two decades. This is their final dispatch, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities in people-centered journalism.
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Damn, this is good. So, so good. Read it and jumpstart your mind for the new year. www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
December 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Damn, this is good. So, so good. Read it and jumpstart your mind for the new year. www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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A must watch - particularly because they tried to censor it.
The Trump regime is sending people to be tortured.
The Trump regime is sending people to be tortured.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A must watch - particularly because they tried to censor it.
The Trump regime is sending people to be tortured.
The Trump regime is sending people to be tortured.
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Every 2 days a guy that looks exactly like this wakes up and says 'have we tried capitalism as a climate solution??????????????' and then fifteen billion dollars of funding materialises in front of them
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions - but experts sceptical
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions - but experts sceptical
Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estates
The founder of an investment firm buying large estates across Britain to restore woods and peatland has said it is “unashamedly and proudly” capitalist, and plans to make tens of millions of pounds in profit.
Rich Stockdale, the chief executive of Oxygen Conservation, said his model of “regenerative capitalism” was a “force for good” because it would offer investors significant profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, operating solar farms and holiday homes and installing new windfarms across its estates. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Every 2 days a guy that looks exactly like this wakes up and says 'have we tried capitalism as a climate solution??????????????' and then fifteen billion dollars of funding materialises in front of them
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If you are Christmas shopping today, consider buying my book. Think about how fun it would be to expose an unsuspecting loved one to me, Carl Kinsella.
December 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you are Christmas shopping today, consider buying my book. Think about how fun it would be to expose an unsuspecting loved one to me, Carl Kinsella.
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Lads what happened to Dublin?
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lads what happened to Dublin?
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It's just over 3 weeks since Ireland was found in breach by the ECJ for failing to protect waterbodies from physical damage. The government response? Lower the legal bar for these waterbodies, so the damage can continue, with insufficient justification.
Our waterways are not in safe hands.
Our waterways are not in safe hands.
Despite nearly 1000 of you making submissions to halt the weakening of environmental standards for 1 in 10 of our rivers and lakes the govt signed off on it! 😥
This, without the evidence that such a drastic move was either necessary or justified. It is unacceptable.
swanireland.ie/2025/12/weak...
This, without the evidence that such a drastic move was either necessary or justified. It is unacceptable.
swanireland.ie/2025/12/weak...
Weakening of protections for a tenth of our rivers and lakes is just unacceptable - Sustainable Water Network
Two of Ireland’s leading environmental groups, the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) and The Rivers Trust, have today called the Government’s sign off on the designation of a tenth (466) of our rivers,...
swanireland.ie
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's just over 3 weeks since Ireland was found in breach by the ECJ for failing to protect waterbodies from physical damage. The government response? Lower the legal bar for these waterbodies, so the damage can continue, with insufficient justification.
Our waterways are not in safe hands.
Our waterways are not in safe hands.
@gareth2025.bsky.social superb article in @irishexaminer.bsky.social last Saturday: 'Religious views are tolerated but contempt of court is not'. In fact, I always look forward to your Saturday article 👏
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@gareth2025.bsky.social superb article in @irishexaminer.bsky.social last Saturday: 'Religious views are tolerated but contempt of court is not'. In fact, I always look forward to your Saturday article 👏
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I've been studying & covering the far right (esp Nordic) for decades, and in that time I've seen them go from being fringe nutters to being in government.
I've seen the views expressed by the bigest single mass-murderer in modern Nordic history become mainstream - views now endorsed by Fianna Fáil.
I've seen the views expressed by the bigest single mass-murderer in modern Nordic history become mainstream - views now endorsed by Fianna Fáil.
December 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I've been studying & covering the far right (esp Nordic) for decades, and in that time I've seen them go from being fringe nutters to being in government.
I've seen the views expressed by the bigest single mass-murderer in modern Nordic history become mainstream - views now endorsed by Fianna Fáil.
I've seen the views expressed by the bigest single mass-murderer in modern Nordic history become mainstream - views now endorsed by Fianna Fáil.