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"I never imagined a human being created by God would do this." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel
More than 260 settler attacks in October resulted in Palestinians being injured or having property damaged, according to the UN.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"I never imagined a human being created by God would do this." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A maximum wage, indexed at 5 times the minimum wage. So if CEOs want to earn more, they have to raise the minimum as well.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A maximum wage, indexed at 5 times the minimum wage. So if CEOs want to earn more, they have to raise the minimum as well.
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Meanwhile in the EU institutions they just upgraded us all to Windows 11, moved us all over to Teams, and launched an internal bespoke version of ChatGPT. 🙄 commission.europa.eu/news-and-med...
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Meanwhile in the EU institutions they just upgraded us all to Windows 11, moved us all over to Teams, and launched an internal bespoke version of ChatGPT. 🙄 commission.europa.eu/news-and-med...
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I interviewed the very thoughtful Leon Diop cofounder of Black and Irish about his new memoir www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Leon Diop: ‘The far right want to turn this into an immigrant problem, but they just don’t like black and brown people’
The founder of advocacy group Black and Irish on the childhood racism he experienced in Tallaght, overcoming his identity crisis, and the recent violence in Citywest
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I interviewed the very thoughtful Leon Diop cofounder of Black and Irish about his new memoir www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Something everyone needs to know about @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong was her commitment to Palestine. Just a year ago, she & I wrote a letter in @literaryhub.bsky.social defending six Palestinian journalists. Sadly, Alice now joins two of them on the other side: Anas al-Sharif & Hossam Shabat
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Something everyone needs to know about @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong was her commitment to Palestine. Just a year ago, she & I wrote a letter in @literaryhub.bsky.social defending six Palestinian journalists. Sadly, Alice now joins two of them on the other side: Anas al-Sharif & Hossam Shabat
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While other cities are removing concrete to create green parks
Cork is removing green parks to create another concrete plaza
Would love to know what the carbon footprint of all this concrete is?
Not to mention the removal of trees
#PureCork #speirgorm #DerelictIreland #Greenwashing
Cork is removing green parks to create another concrete plaza
Would love to know what the carbon footprint of all this concrete is?
Not to mention the removal of trees
#PureCork #speirgorm #DerelictIreland #Greenwashing
RIP Bishop Lucey Park
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
While other cities are removing concrete to create green parks
Cork is removing green parks to create another concrete plaza
Would love to know what the carbon footprint of all this concrete is?
Not to mention the removal of trees
#PureCork #speirgorm #DerelictIreland #Greenwashing
Cork is removing green parks to create another concrete plaza
Would love to know what the carbon footprint of all this concrete is?
Not to mention the removal of trees
#PureCork #speirgorm #DerelictIreland #Greenwashing
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If you read my stuff, you know I regularly go on about the Far Right being an interconnected, global threat that transcends borders.
Diplomatically unprecedented.
The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If you read my stuff, you know I regularly go on about the Far Right being an interconnected, global threat that transcends borders.
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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...