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And so the genocide continues in hushed silence, with the rest of the world lulled into a false sense that it has ended... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And so the genocide continues in hushed silence, with the rest of the world lulled into a false sense that it has ended... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Discussions about US military action in Venezuela have now been going on for days.
Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of potential military options, people familiar with the matter said.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Discussions about US military action in Venezuela have now been going on for days.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Almost a third of medical students left Ireland after graduating demonstrating that the model "educate, evict, emigrate" is very much alive & kicking
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Almost a third of medical students left Ireland after graduating demonstrating that the model "educate, evict, emigrate" is very much alive & kicking
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
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This month, an A.I. country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and passed three million streams on Spotify. In his column, @chaykak writes about how A.I. is changing the music industry. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/71aOen
That New Hit Song on Spotify? It Was Made by A.I.
Aspiring musicians are churning out tracks using generative artificial intelligence. Some are topping the charts.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This month, an A.I. country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and passed three million streams on Spotify. In his column, @chaykak writes about how A.I. is changing the music industry. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/71aOen
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On Friday, November 14, 2025, the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that surveys in October and November 2025 confirmed Israel has built concrete walls and T-shaped barriers that cross the UN-demarcated Blue Line into Lebanese territory.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On Friday, November 14, 2025, the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that surveys in October and November 2025 confirmed Israel has built concrete walls and T-shaped barriers that cross the UN-demarcated Blue Line into Lebanese territory.
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It used to be my favorite season,
but now we’re drowning instead of enjoying it
I’ve reached the point where I hate the rain
How long are we going to keep suffering like this?
it feels like my soul is going to leave my body
To support me directly via PayPal
tiny.cc/hbcuzz
Or gofund.me/4f2561454
but now we’re drowning instead of enjoying it
I’ve reached the point where I hate the rain
How long are we going to keep suffering like this?
it feels like my soul is going to leave my body
To support me directly via PayPal
tiny.cc/hbcuzz
Or gofund.me/4f2561454
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It used to be my favorite season,
but now we’re drowning instead of enjoying it
I’ve reached the point where I hate the rain
How long are we going to keep suffering like this?
it feels like my soul is going to leave my body
To support me directly via PayPal
tiny.cc/hbcuzz
Or gofund.me/4f2561454
but now we’re drowning instead of enjoying it
I’ve reached the point where I hate the rain
How long are we going to keep suffering like this?
it feels like my soul is going to leave my body
To support me directly via PayPal
tiny.cc/hbcuzz
Or gofund.me/4f2561454
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“as incomes catch up, houses will become more affordable” - TCD Economist Barra Roantree on RTE Primetime
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“as incomes catch up, houses will become more affordable” - TCD Economist Barra Roantree on RTE Primetime
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
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"I don't want to go to war because I don't want to die or I don't want to be shot at," said Jimi, a 17-year-old student from Berlin, who attended an anti-conscription protest outside the Bundestag earlier this week. "I also don't want to shoot people." www.bbc.com/news/article... #conscription #war
Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers
The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"I don't want to go to war because I don't want to die or I don't want to be shot at," said Jimi, a 17-year-old student from Berlin, who attended an anti-conscription protest outside the Bundestag earlier this week. "I also don't want to shoot people." www.bbc.com/news/article... #conscription #war
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Now, in true Orwellian fashion, the past is being erased. What’s going to be left of America when Trump is done?
Analysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Now, in true Orwellian fashion, the past is being erased. What’s going to be left of America when Trump is done?
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With the US economy falling apart because of Trump’s erratic policies, he’s just signed an executive order to cut his own tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit. The aim is to try to stem consumer fury by lowering prices.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
With the US economy falling apart because of Trump’s erratic policies, he’s just signed an executive order to cut his own tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit. The aim is to try to stem consumer fury by lowering prices.
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
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Breaking | UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said that hundreds of tents and temporary shelters in Gaza have been flooded by rain, leaving thousands of families exposed to harsh weather conditions.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Breaking | UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said that hundreds of tents and temporary shelters in Gaza have been flooded by rain, leaving thousands of families exposed to harsh weather conditions.
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People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil next week to propose a joint motion with left parties to demand implementation of the Occupied Territories Bill including goods and services by Christmas.
The time for delay and watering down is over.
It's time for action.
#EnactAnois #PassTheOTB
The time for delay and watering down is over.
It's time for action.
#EnactAnois #PassTheOTB
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil next week to propose a joint motion with left parties to demand implementation of the Occupied Territories Bill including goods and services by Christmas.
The time for delay and watering down is over.
It's time for action.
#EnactAnois #PassTheOTB
The time for delay and watering down is over.
It's time for action.
#EnactAnois #PassTheOTB
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Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
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Texas shows what future water wars could bring, Rachel Monroe writes: “agriculture pitted against industry pitted against municipalities; the wetter parts of the states fighting to protect ‘their’ water from thirsty and fast-growing cities.” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NPr1Mi
Texas’s Water Wars
As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Texas shows what future water wars could bring, Rachel Monroe writes: “agriculture pitted against industry pitted against municipalities; the wetter parts of the states fighting to protect ‘their’ water from thirsty and fast-growing cities.” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NPr1Mi
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Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
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Ayat Abuhelal joined us on the PalCast this week. Please listen to this short clip. For us it’s almost 2026. For her it’s still Oct 2023.
Full podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/3E2Q...
Full podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/3E2Q...
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ayat Abuhelal joined us on the PalCast this week. Please listen to this short clip. For us it’s almost 2026. For her it’s still Oct 2023.
Full podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/3E2Q...
Full podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/3E2Q...
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👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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After spending years preparing a bill for the creation of Marine Protected Areas the government has decided to go back to the drawing board, wasting more time as marine life continued to circle the plug hole
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Ministers O'Brien and Dooley drive forward legislation to safeguard Irish Seas and streamline maritime planning
www.gov.ie
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
After spending years preparing a bill for the creation of Marine Protected Areas the government has decided to go back to the drawing board, wasting more time as marine life continued to circle the plug hole
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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The occupation’s former defense minister who has an ICC warrant for his arrest for war crimes, specifically the genocide in Gaza, was welcomed with open arms in New Jersey. Dozens of protesters were beat and arrested for protesting his arrival.
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The occupation’s former defense minister who has an ICC warrant for his arrest for war crimes, specifically the genocide in Gaza, was welcomed with open arms in New Jersey. Dozens of protesters were beat and arrested for protesting his arrival.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
Gaza has been the no.1 or 2 news/current affairs story in Ireland for 2yrs.
PalCast is the only Irish-produced Palestinian hosted, Gaza-based podcast. So of course the Irish Podcast Awards overlooked it.
Western orientalist bullshit.
Yousef Aljamal is better than the rest of them combined.
PalCast is the only Irish-produced Palestinian hosted, Gaza-based podcast. So of course the Irish Podcast Awards overlooked it.
Western orientalist bullshit.
Yousef Aljamal is better than the rest of them combined.
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM