David Flood
@maoltuile.bsky.social
Historical researcher into Dublin Corporation and the Irish revolutionary generation 1898-1923. See ‘Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising’ (Four Courts Press, 2016)
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David Flood
@maoltuile.bsky.social
· Apr 27
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
‘If we are to meet our critical moment in history, we need to reckon with the reality that we are not up against adversaries we have seen before. We are up against end times fascism.’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The game show audience is already howling as I hit the button and chants along as each word of my giant IS THAT GOOD sign illuminates
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The game show audience is already howling as I hit the button and chants along as each word of my giant IS THAT GOOD sign illuminates
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"Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced his intention to propose to the Israeli Parliament the closure of Galei Tsahal, the 2nd most listened to radio station in country; according to the minister, radio station “undermines the war effort & morale of army.”'
www.pressenza.com/2025/11/isra...
www.pressenza.com/2025/11/isra...
Israeli Army Radio at Risk of Shutdown
Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced his intention to propose to the Israeli Parliament the closure of Galei Tsahal, the second most listened to
www.pressenza.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced his intention to propose to the Israeli Parliament the closure of Galei Tsahal, the 2nd most listened to radio station in country; according to the minister, radio station “undermines the war effort & morale of army.”'
www.pressenza.com/2025/11/isra...
www.pressenza.com/2025/11/isra...
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Both 'ceasefire' & 'peace plan' are in reality meaningless as war crimes of mass murder, dispossession & destruction of property & infrastructure continue illegally, without accountability, in Gaza
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
Israel Kills Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza in One of Bloodiest Assaults of "Ceasefire"
Israeli warplanes bombed tent encampments and displacement shelters while troops moved deeper into Gaza City, expanding the "yellow line" and seizing more territory.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Both 'ceasefire' & 'peace plan' are in reality meaningless as war crimes of mass murder, dispossession & destruction of property & infrastructure continue illegally, without accountability, in Gaza
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ended, sheriff's office says
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
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Today marks the 50 year anniversary of the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco. Fitting that today, after over a year of work, I finished translating @miquelramos.bsky.social book "Antifascists: Fighting the Spanish Far Right in the Post-Franco Era" for @pmpress.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today marks the 50 year anniversary of the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco. Fitting that today, after over a year of work, I finished translating @miquelramos.bsky.social book "Antifascists: Fighting the Spanish Far Right in the Post-Franco Era" for @pmpress.bsky.social.
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This is a phenomenal book and I’m so pleased it will be available in English!
Today marks the 50 year anniversary of the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco. Fitting that today, after over a year of work, I finished translating @miquelramos.bsky.social book "Antifascists: Fighting the Spanish Far Right in the Post-Franco Era" for @pmpress.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is a phenomenal book and I’m so pleased it will be available in English!
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Ignore the performative, disingenuous cries of "antisemitism" Trump & GOP have so cynically used as a political shield. Look instead at what they're actually doing: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ignore the performative, disingenuous cries of "antisemitism" Trump & GOP have so cynically used as a political shield. Look instead at what they're actually doing: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
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Enoch's on the run. This would make a great film, a comedy.
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Enoch's on the run. This would make a great film, a comedy.
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Across a global sample of more than 9,000 scientists, the authors find that those who are more techno-optimistic report lower engagement in both civic climate actions and high-impact lifestyle changes (like reducing flying, car use, or shifting diets).
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November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Across a global sample of more than 9,000 scientists, the authors find that those who are more techno-optimistic report lower engagement in both civic climate actions and high-impact lifestyle changes (like reducing flying, car use, or shifting diets).
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⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
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There's a lot of Doomerism on here about this ("LOL the Epstein files will NEVER come out LOL") but as I argued yesterday, this dynamic can only keep sinking Trump and the GOP as long as the cover-up continues:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
There's a lot of Doomerism on here about this ("LOL the Epstein files will NEVER come out LOL") but as I argued yesterday, this dynamic can only keep sinking Trump and the GOP as long as the cover-up continues:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
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16,000 chemicals in plastic
4100 known to be hazardous
10,000 of these chemicals haven't been tested enough to know if they're harmful or not
Rising plastic production, rising chemical production - a rising sea of harmful chemicals all around us all the time.
4100 known to be hazardous
10,000 of these chemicals haven't been tested enough to know if they're harmful or not
Rising plastic production, rising chemical production - a rising sea of harmful chemicals all around us all the time.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
16,000 chemicals in plastic
4100 known to be hazardous
10,000 of these chemicals haven't been tested enough to know if they're harmful or not
Rising plastic production, rising chemical production - a rising sea of harmful chemicals all around us all the time.
4100 known to be hazardous
10,000 of these chemicals haven't been tested enough to know if they're harmful or not
Rising plastic production, rising chemical production - a rising sea of harmful chemicals all around us all the time.
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"It was scandalous to me that [the NYT] was resurrecting this dividing line between the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous, that could only be crossed through miscegenation. The Times was so narrowly preoccupied with marginalizing one candidate that it seemed to have forgotten everything else."
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"It was scandalous to me that [the NYT] was resurrecting this dividing line between the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous, that could only be crossed through miscegenation. The Times was so narrowly preoccupied with marginalizing one candidate that it seemed to have forgotten everything else."
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Pro-Palestine activists accused of harassing Labour MP over Israel-Hamas war have convictions thrown out
Pro-Palestine activists accused of harassing Labour MP over Israel-Hamas war have convictions thrown out
Two pro-Palestinian activists found guilty of harassing a government minister have had their convictions overturned.
news.sky.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pro-Palestine activists accused of harassing Labour MP over Israel-Hamas war have convictions thrown out
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Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, says President Catherine Connolly
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, says Catherine Connolly
Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, says President Catherine Connolly
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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VAN EPPS: “I fully support ICE”
TN-7 candidate Matt Van Epps (R) makes it clear he will be a rubber stamp for Trump’s lawless masked racial profiling army currently terrorizing brown people across the country a grabbing people with no due process, including citizens
TN-7 candidate Matt Van Epps (R) makes it clear he will be a rubber stamp for Trump’s lawless masked racial profiling army currently terrorizing brown people across the country a grabbing people with no due process, including citizens
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
VAN EPPS: “I fully support ICE”
TN-7 candidate Matt Van Epps (R) makes it clear he will be a rubber stamp for Trump’s lawless masked racial profiling army currently terrorizing brown people across the country a grabbing people with no due process, including citizens
TN-7 candidate Matt Van Epps (R) makes it clear he will be a rubber stamp for Trump’s lawless masked racial profiling army currently terrorizing brown people across the country a grabbing people with no due process, including citizens
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Hard to be sure, but it looks like "IRS" below "Police" on the back of his windbreaker. What a clown.
Q: Would a $2,000 tariff dividend check going to people be inflationary?
Bessent: Maybe we could persuade Americans to save that.
Bessent: Maybe we could persuade Americans to save that.
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hard to be sure, but it looks like "IRS" below "Police" on the back of his windbreaker. What a clown.
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NEW on Heads Up News: Blowing the whistle in Chicago and Charlotte www.headsupnews.org/p/blowing-th...
Blowing the whistle in Chicago and Charlotte
Neighbors join forces to warn of -- and prevent -- abductions by federal agents
www.headsupnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
NEW on Heads Up News: Blowing the whistle in Chicago and Charlotte www.headsupnews.org/p/blowing-th...
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It’s funny how all of the free speech scolds, from the editorial staff of The Atlantic to the New York Times, Jonathan Haidt and FIRE to Robbie Soave, are utterly silent on a wave of mass firings over speech — the very thing they claimed to care about. Zero to say about discipline and censorship.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s funny how all of the free speech scolds, from the editorial staff of The Atlantic to the New York Times, Jonathan Haidt and FIRE to Robbie Soave, are utterly silent on a wave of mass firings over speech — the very thing they claimed to care about. Zero to say about discipline and censorship.
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It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.