L. J. McCartan
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“I don’t need to express my utter disgust for the UK government.” Greta Thunberg condemned Britain’s “criminalization of empathy” at a London protest for hunger-striking prisoners, warning the state is letting political prisoners die and standing on the wrong side of history.
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“I don’t need to express my utter disgust for the UK government.” Greta Thunberg condemned Britain’s “criminalization of empathy” at a London protest for hunger-striking prisoners, warning the state is letting political prisoners die and standing on the wrong side of history.
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The Govnt wants to remove the Triple Lock, change legislation so Irish companies can compete for EU defence contracts, and deepen cooperation with NATO to the point where 'formal' membership is moot.
And those objecting are 'squeamish'.
The arrogance.
www.thejournal.ie/martin-defen...
And those objecting are 'squeamish'.
The arrogance.
www.thejournal.ie/martin-defen...
'Squeamish debate' misses the point of working with NATO and EU states on defence, Martin says
Ireland should not be afraid of mutually beneficial co-operation with other nations amid the heightened Russian threat, the Taoiseach said.
www.thejournal.ie
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Govnt wants to remove the Triple Lock, change legislation so Irish companies can compete for EU defence contracts, and deepen cooperation with NATO to the point where 'formal' membership is moot.
And those objecting are 'squeamish'.
The arrogance.
www.thejournal.ie/martin-defen...
And those objecting are 'squeamish'.
The arrogance.
www.thejournal.ie/martin-defen...
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Ofer Cassif, who's an MP for Hadash in the Israeli parliament: "Israel now is a fascist state & a fascist society"
Nour Odeh reporting
Nour Odeh reporting
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Ofer Cassif, who's an MP for Hadash in the Israeli parliament: "Israel now is a fascist state & a fascist society"
Nour Odeh reporting
Nour Odeh reporting
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Through the 19th century, Britain adopted a coercion-led "exceptional" powers approach to colonial governance in Ireland
This was designed to crush dissent, particularly the anti-colonial variety
The imperial boomerang sometimes takes its time to return to the metropole.
This was designed to crush dissent, particularly the anti-colonial variety
The imperial boomerang sometimes takes its time to return to the metropole.
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Through the 19th century, Britain adopted a coercion-led "exceptional" powers approach to colonial governance in Ireland
This was designed to crush dissent, particularly the anti-colonial variety
The imperial boomerang sometimes takes its time to return to the metropole.
This was designed to crush dissent, particularly the anti-colonial variety
The imperial boomerang sometimes takes its time to return to the metropole.
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BREAKING: Major Insurers drop Elbit Systems
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BREAKING: Major Insurers drop Elbit Systems
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
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Everyone should care that our democracy is being systematically hollowed out.
That hard-won rights and civil liberties are being deliberately dismantled — not in the name of public safety, but to protect a genocidal apartheid state and the profit margins of weapons manufacturers.
That hard-won rights and civil liberties are being deliberately dismantled — not in the name of public safety, but to protect a genocidal apartheid state and the profit margins of weapons manufacturers.
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Everyone should care that our democracy is being systematically hollowed out.
That hard-won rights and civil liberties are being deliberately dismantled — not in the name of public safety, but to protect a genocidal apartheid state and the profit margins of weapons manufacturers.
That hard-won rights and civil liberties are being deliberately dismantled — not in the name of public safety, but to protect a genocidal apartheid state and the profit margins of weapons manufacturers.
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Letting hunger strikers die, arresting Greta Thunberg — this is not incompetence or even indifference. The UK state is deliberately making examples of people to ramp up the crushing of basic civil liberties and silence opposition to genocide
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Letting hunger strikers die, arresting Greta Thunberg — this is not incompetence or even indifference. The UK state is deliberately making examples of people to ramp up the crushing of basic civil liberties and silence opposition to genocide
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Today is Day 50 of the Palestine prisoners’ hunger strike.
This Labour government must release all remand prisoners on bail immediately.
If they die, more blood will be on the hands of David Lammy and Keir Starmer.
This Labour government must release all remand prisoners on bail immediately.
If they die, more blood will be on the hands of David Lammy and Keir Starmer.
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today is Day 50 of the Palestine prisoners’ hunger strike.
This Labour government must release all remand prisoners on bail immediately.
If they die, more blood will be on the hands of David Lammy and Keir Starmer.
This Labour government must release all remand prisoners on bail immediately.
If they die, more blood will be on the hands of David Lammy and Keir Starmer.
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So I tried this as an experiment with a an LLM: I had dozens of PDFs of papers and open-source academic books related to a specific field of history, uploaded them all to create a context window, and then used it as a starting point. Made sure I knew the scholarship first so I could evaluate.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So I tried this as an experiment with a an LLM: I had dozens of PDFs of papers and open-source academic books related to a specific field of history, uploaded them all to create a context window, and then used it as a starting point. Made sure I knew the scholarship first so I could evaluate.
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Absolutely amazing that these clowns are *still going* with this, in the week that UEFA hit the club with a huge fine for their fans singing about committing sex crimes, murder and genocide.
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Absolutely amazing that these clowns are *still going* with this, in the week that UEFA hit the club with a huge fine for their fans singing about committing sex crimes, murder and genocide.
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
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There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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France is now speaking up in condemning "all forms of threats and coercive measures against the ICC, its staff and civil society organizations that support the court, saying the sanctions amounted to an attack on the institution and all 125 states party to the Rome Statute." news.az/news/france-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
France is now speaking up in condemning "all forms of threats and coercive measures against the ICC, its staff and civil society organizations that support the court, saying the sanctions amounted to an attack on the institution and all 125 states party to the Rome Statute." news.az/news/france-...
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Keir Starmer’s Labour government is prepared to let Palestine hunger strikers die.
We cannot allow that.
We must stand with the hunger strikers and immediate bail for the remand prisoners — now.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
We cannot allow that.
We must stand with the hunger strikers and immediate bail for the remand prisoners — now.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
December 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is prepared to let Palestine hunger strikers die.
We cannot allow that.
We must stand with the hunger strikers and immediate bail for the remand prisoners — now.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
We cannot allow that.
We must stand with the hunger strikers and immediate bail for the remand prisoners — now.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
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AI still can’t do this
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
AI still can’t do this
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Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
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Francesca Albanese :
Perhaps the UK gov has not enough on its conscience that can let Anti-Genocide activists die??
I trust the UK people will appreciate that this is not about Palestine anymore: it is about their own freedoms.
Full solidarity to PalestineAction hunger strikers and their families
Perhaps the UK gov has not enough on its conscience that can let Anti-Genocide activists die??
I trust the UK people will appreciate that this is not about Palestine anymore: it is about their own freedoms.
Full solidarity to PalestineAction hunger strikers and their families
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Francesca Albanese :
Perhaps the UK gov has not enough on its conscience that can let Anti-Genocide activists die??
I trust the UK people will appreciate that this is not about Palestine anymore: it is about their own freedoms.
Full solidarity to PalestineAction hunger strikers and their families
Perhaps the UK gov has not enough on its conscience that can let Anti-Genocide activists die??
I trust the UK people will appreciate that this is not about Palestine anymore: it is about their own freedoms.
Full solidarity to PalestineAction hunger strikers and their families
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Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day.
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day.
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
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Look after your Da’s, it’s been a rough couple days for them
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Look after your Da’s, it’s been a rough couple days for them
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Record homelessness figures, contaminated drinking water, increasing energy bills, hospital overcrowding, schools unable to pay for basic materials like toilet paper.
Welcome to Ireland, the best small country in the world to do business.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Welcome to Ireland, the best small country in the world to do business.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
‘It's a miracle they remain open’ – schools asking pupils to bring in toilet roll because they can’t afford basic supplies
A primary school in Co Louth that was forced to ask children to bring in their own toilet paper after it couldn’t afford basic hygiene supplies has said it has been inundated with donations from busin...
www.independent.ie
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Record homelessness figures, contaminated drinking water, increasing energy bills, hospital overcrowding, schools unable to pay for basic materials like toilet paper.
Welcome to Ireland, the best small country in the world to do business.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Welcome to Ireland, the best small country in the world to do business.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
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In France they do infrastructure for fun, every decent mid size town has a tram, Paris converts roads to cycle lanes from motor vehicle gridlock "pas de problém"
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In France they do infrastructure for fun, every decent mid size town has a tram, Paris converts roads to cycle lanes from motor vehicle gridlock "pas de problém"
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
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UK media outlets are guilty of censorship and genocide denial.
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UK media outlets are guilty of censorship and genocide denial.