Thomas Fayne
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If you're looking for a way to help Palestinians in Gaza, here is one:
A simple ask: click “weekly” a coffee or whatever spare change that you find disappearing every once in a while. And today we'll MATCH (!!!) up to £450 / $600.
Across the two hundred people who've pledged around this, it's shelter, surgeries, food for six families. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Across the two hundred people who've pledged around this, it's shelter, surgeries, food for six families. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you're looking for a way to help Palestinians in Gaza, here is one:
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Thank you to all who supported RTÉ 2XM and its sister stations - and here's hoping the spirit of creation and service, that represents the best of what public media can be, can find new and different homes within RTÉ radio as it heads for its centenary.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thank you to all who supported RTÉ 2XM and its sister stations - and here's hoping the spirit of creation and service, that represents the best of what public media can be, can find new and different homes within RTÉ radio as it heads for its centenary.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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Anyone promoting, associating or sharing spaces with this man - what you permit you promote
A genuine embarrassment and national shame that this man is still platformed by our media and in the pro-Palestine movement
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Anyone promoting, associating or sharing spaces with this man - what you permit you promote
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
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We are a f***ing class country, let it be said.
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We are a f***ing class country, let it be said.
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"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
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He did not fall
The Ambassador of South Africa to France, who filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Criminal Court, has died after falling from the 22nd floor of the hotel where he was staying in Paris.
It was reported that the ambassador had been unreachable for the two days prior to his death
It was reported that the ambassador had been unreachable for the two days prior to his death
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He did not fall
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Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigati...
www.rte.ie
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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It is amazing that most organizations (businesses, media, NGOs, political parties) that worried about the threat of the far right for decades have spent no time or energy to thinking how to operate in a far right world. They just continue to do the same and are surprised by a different outcome.
August 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It is amazing that most organizations (businesses, media, NGOs, political parties) that worried about the threat of the far right for decades have spent no time or energy to thinking how to operate in a far right world. They just continue to do the same and are surprised by a different outcome.
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Remember when various world leaders were saying they would recognise a Palestinian state in September?
This is why.
In a few days or weeks, there won't be a Palestine left to recognise. This was always the end-game.
This is why.
In a few days or weeks, there won't be a Palestine left to recognise. This was always the end-game.
Israel has started a ground offensive around Gaza City after days of bombing and artillery fire, with many Palestinians forced to flee to escape the warfare.
http://jrnl.ie/6795341
http://jrnl.ie/6795341
Israel begins ground assault to seize control of all of Gaza City
Many Palestinians have been forced to flee the city to escape the warfare.
jrnl.ie
August 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Remember when various world leaders were saying they would recognise a Palestinian state in September?
This is why.
In a few days or weeks, there won't be a Palestine left to recognise. This was always the end-game.
This is why.
In a few days or weeks, there won't be a Palestine left to recognise. This was always the end-game.
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.
September 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.
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IEA's mid-year electricity review is out. Some highlights below:
First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year).
Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016.
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First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year).
Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
IEA's mid-year electricity review is out. Some highlights below:
First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year).
Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016.
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First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year).
Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016.
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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Don't let yourself be gaslit into believing that opposing genocide is wrong.
We are right.
They are wrong.
Some may think this reminder is unnecessary, but the gaslighting has been going on for almost 2 years and it is not letting up. They're trying to make us doubt our own moral compass. Don't.
We are right.
They are wrong.
Some may think this reminder is unnecessary, but the gaslighting has been going on for almost 2 years and it is not letting up. They're trying to make us doubt our own moral compass. Don't.
July 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Don't let yourself be gaslit into believing that opposing genocide is wrong.
We are right.
They are wrong.
Some may think this reminder is unnecessary, but the gaslighting has been going on for almost 2 years and it is not letting up. They're trying to make us doubt our own moral compass. Don't.
We are right.
They are wrong.
Some may think this reminder is unnecessary, but the gaslighting has been going on for almost 2 years and it is not letting up. They're trying to make us doubt our own moral compass. Don't.
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Democracy dies not only in darkness, but in cynicism.
When people lose faith in electoral politics as a vehicle for change, or start preaching purist extremism that indicts coalition building, they opt out.
That makes it so much easier for autocrats to plow right on in.
When people lose faith in electoral politics as a vehicle for change, or start preaching purist extremism that indicts coalition building, they opt out.
That makes it so much easier for autocrats to plow right on in.
June 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Democracy dies not only in darkness, but in cynicism.
When people lose faith in electoral politics as a vehicle for change, or start preaching purist extremism that indicts coalition building, they opt out.
That makes it so much easier for autocrats to plow right on in.
When people lose faith in electoral politics as a vehicle for change, or start preaching purist extremism that indicts coalition building, they opt out.
That makes it so much easier for autocrats to plow right on in.
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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
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We study history in school and shake our heads at people in the past who sacrificed humans to gods with funny names.
But what are lines on maps but graven images?
But what are lines on maps but graven images?
June 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We study history in school and shake our heads at people in the past who sacrificed humans to gods with funny names.
But what are lines on maps but graven images?
But what are lines on maps but graven images?
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Convinced my idea for Linear TV Summer Camps will avert civilisational collapse and I'm not even slightly joking
![Comic for the Guardian by Stephen Collins:
[Scene is two kids watching the TV in a darkened living room, their parent looking concerned by the door]
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VOICEOVER:
It’s a common parenting concern:
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The sun is out, but your kids are glued to Netflix
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Endlessly bingeing their one favourite show.
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So why not get them out to do something more healthy instead?
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[Show arents taking their kids to a school during the summer holidays, with temporary signs up reading]:
Linear TV Summer Camp
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Linear TV summer camp is basically just watching telly like they’d be doing anyway
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But we stick them in front of old-fashioned, communal linear TV.
[Show loads of kids just watching Bargain Hunt in a school hall]
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9 hours a day of healthy cultural serendipity
[TV presenter over BBC ident saying: “And now for a documentary about some farm”]
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Magazine shows where nice people make things
[Screen now showing Blue Peter]
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And jolly presenters doing links with a puppet
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Then we finish the day with a fun session of advert rote-learning!
[Teacher at front of group prompting]:
Du-dut duh-duh-duuh...
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[Kids]:
I’M LOVIN’ IT!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreifkimv4gnmsspuopclameosffw66ecpjnq4nsldhrc3l7fggjp5oe@jpeg)
June 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Convinced my idea for Linear TV Summer Camps will avert civilisational collapse and I'm not even slightly joking
I think the Eastenders writers watched Threads just before they had to put the 40th anniversary shows together.
February 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I think the Eastenders writers watched Threads just before they had to put the 40th anniversary shows together.
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As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
February 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index