Fergal Gallagher
@fergalg.bsky.social
RTÉ News Foreign Desk. Formerly ABC
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New work by @brendannyhan.bsky.social & @jasonreifler.bsky.social shows further evidence of positive impact of prebunking
This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing”
www.science.org/content/arti...
This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing”
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
www.science.org
August 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New work by @brendannyhan.bsky.social & @jasonreifler.bsky.social shows further evidence of positive impact of prebunking
This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing”
www.science.org/content/arti...
This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Christo Grozev has done a huge amount to help us understand the world we live in.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
Opinion | The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Christo Grozev has done a huge amount to help us understand the world we live in.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
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🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
June 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
Excellent analysis/fact checking of Elon Musk's tweet frenzy - 1,500 in 15 days: What Musk's Trump-era tweets reveal about him www.rte.ie/news/primeti... via @rte
1,500 in 15 days: What Musk's Trump-era tweets reveal about him
Using a bespoke social media search tool Prime Time downloaded and analysed all his tweets from his first 15 full days working in the US government, to try to get an insight into his activity, mindset...
www.rte.ie
February 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Excellent analysis/fact checking of Elon Musk's tweet frenzy - 1,500 in 15 days: What Musk's Trump-era tweets reveal about him www.rte.ie/news/primeti... via @rte
Climate change warning from 1912
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Climate change warning from 1912
Does Donald Trump's plan for Gaza constitue ethnic cleansing? www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
What does Donald Trump's plan for Gaza mean?
On Tuesday evening at the White House, President Donald Trump shocked the world with a suggestion that would amount to the most dramatic change in US policy on the Middle East in decades.
www.rte.ie
February 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Does Donald Trump's plan for Gaza constitue ethnic cleansing? www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Militia men, white supremists and housewives - the Jan 6 rioters pardoned by Trump www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
Who did Donald Trump pardon for 6 January riot?
On 20 January, US President Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people who had been charged in connection with the 6 January 2021 riot. Here is a rundown of some of the violent offenders freed.
www.rte.ie
February 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Militia men, white supremists and housewives - the Jan 6 rioters pardoned by Trump www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
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An 18-year-old college student has died after his fall from a Philadelphia street pole during the Eagles victory celebration.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Temple student who fell from street pole during NFC championship celebration has died
Tyler Sabapathy, an accomplished gymnast, was critically injured when he fell from a street pole near City Hall.
www.inquirer.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
An 18-year-old college student has died after his fall from a Philadelphia street pole during the Eagles victory celebration.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Happy to announce I’ll be writing a column about the broligarchy for Mehdi’s new media org, @zeteo. Dangerous new times require dangerous new media brands..
Zeteo is ready to cover Trump and the billionaire broligarchy in 2025.
Meet our newest contributors - Taylor Lorenz, Carole Cadwalladr, Grace Blakely - and sign up/subscribe to Zeteo here:
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Meet our newest contributors - Taylor Lorenz, Carole Cadwalladr, Grace Blakely - and sign up/subscribe to Zeteo here:
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
January 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Happy to announce I’ll be writing a column about the broligarchy for Mehdi’s new media org, @zeteo. Dangerous new times require dangerous new media brands..
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Mike Smith, a QAnon & Pizzagate-promoting filmmaker, will be a keynote speaker for a CT conservative group's convention also featuring a top state GOP legislator. The group's flyer suggests Smith's speech will be related to his Pizzagate film Out of Shadows. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
![Flyer for Connecticut Republican Assembly's 2025 convention listing Mike Smith as a keynote speaker and Connecticut state House Assistant House Minority Leader Doug Dubitsky as also attending. The flyer mentions Smith's films and describes his film Out of Shadows, which promoted Pizzagate, as "shed[ding] light on media manipulation and child trafficking," and says Smith is "traveling to different churches around the country to awaken the minds of people and encourage them to start brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." The flyer also features the posters for Smith's films.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreidopegk6rxchevbxjmkwu74spomvpqyqgdlhu3yegdwwvaqgwvsdu@jpeg)
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Mike Smith, a QAnon & Pizzagate-promoting filmmaker, will be a keynote speaker for a CT conservative group's convention also featuring a top state GOP legislator. The group's flyer suggests Smith's speech will be related to his Pizzagate film Out of Shadows. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
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Every time I hear about a new thing a marketer claims genAI will do, I think of Joyce, the most exhausted computer wife of 1980: "Wake me when this shit can make a bed."
January 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Every time I hear about a new thing a marketer claims genAI will do, I think of Joyce, the most exhausted computer wife of 1980: "Wake me when this shit can make a bed."
This is truly depressing - “The people who did this, they need to feel the heat,” he said. “They need to be put behind bars and they need to be prosecuted.” Far right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump Express Desire for Retribution www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Far-Right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump Express Desire for Retribution
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is truly depressing - “The people who did this, they need to feel the heat,” he said. “They need to be put behind bars and they need to be prosecuted.” Far right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump Express Desire for Retribution www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
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Posted here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Jan. 6 officer Mike Fanone says it's 'f---ed up' Biden felt the need to pardon him because of Trump
Former Officer Michael Fanone, who was brutalized during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Posted here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
As we all saw on Jan 6 2021, officer Fanone doesn't mess about
Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
January 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As we all saw on Jan 6 2021, officer Fanone doesn't mess about
Trump's domestic agenda may be limited by Congress but he'll b much freer to achieve his oreign policy goals www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
What will Trump 2.0 mean for the rest of the world?
The world is expecting turmoil, but how much of Donald Trump's bluster is just hot air and what concrete steps could he take to influence world affairs, writes Fergal Gallagher.
www.rte.ie
January 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump's domestic agenda may be limited by Congress but he'll b much freer to achieve his oreign policy goals www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
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"There are many lessons that can be taken away from the LA fires but one, clearly, is that local news saves lives—and we need to save it."
We Need A New Deal To Save Local Journalism | Defector
During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building’s roof once a day. I’d look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires had delivered that day a...
defector.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"There are many lessons that can be taken away from the LA fires but one, clearly, is that local news saves lives—and we need to save it."
@matthewjdowd.bsky.social Hi Matt, hope you're keeping well. Would you be able to give me a follow so I can send you a quick DM?
January 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@matthewjdowd.bsky.social Hi Matt, hope you're keeping well. Would you be able to give me a follow so I can send you a quick DM?
Drones, Exploding Parcels and Sabotage: How Hybrid Tactics Target the West www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/w...
Drones, Exploding Parcels and Sabotage: How Hybrid Tactics Target the West
Russia and other hostile states have become increasingly brazen in adopting “gray zone” attacks against Europe and the United States, leaving defense officials with a dilemma: How to respond?
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Drones, Exploding Parcels and Sabotage: How Hybrid Tactics Target the West www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/w...
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If you’re looking for a history podcast that takes on the far-right, try LONG SHADOW: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
January 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you’re looking for a history podcast that takes on the far-right, try LONG SHADOW: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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December 29, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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I hope you can find time to listen to all the episodes in the Stakeknife series but ‘Playing God’ is especially important to me.
It’s the story of the children of Kevin Coyle, an alleged informer killed in Derry in 1985, told for the first time by Orla & Kevin jr themselves.
It’s the story of the children of Kevin Coyle, an alleged informer killed in Derry in 1985, told for the first time by Orla & Kevin jr themselves.
Two more extraordinary Stakeknife episodes are OUT NOW:
Episode 5: Someone Bigger🟠
Available wherever you get your podcasts
Episode 6: Playing God🔴
Available on BBC Sounds
Thanks to everyone for listening so far🎧
@younghorgan.bsky.social
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…
Episode 5: Someone Bigger🟠
Available wherever you get your podcasts
Episode 6: Playing God🔴
Available on BBC Sounds
Thanks to everyone for listening so far🎧
@younghorgan.bsky.social
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…
December 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I hope you can find time to listen to all the episodes in the Stakeknife series but ‘Playing God’ is especially important to me.
It’s the story of the children of Kevin Coyle, an alleged informer killed in Derry in 1985, told for the first time by Orla & Kevin jr themselves.
It’s the story of the children of Kevin Coyle, an alleged informer killed in Derry in 1985, told for the first time by Orla & Kevin jr themselves.
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This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
December 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/