Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin
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Catherine Connolly says she met 'Palestinians' in Yarmouk. She 'can't remember' their names
We know
Her guide in Yarmouk was Saed Abd Al-Aal, commander of the Free Palestine Movement, the 'Butchers of Yarmouk', where the FPM operated as enforcers for Assad thru massacres & rape.
We know
Her guide in Yarmouk was Saed Abd Al-Aal, commander of the Free Palestine Movement, the 'Butchers of Yarmouk', where the FPM operated as enforcers for Assad thru massacres & rape.
Dear
@catherinegalway.bsky.social
You have spoken a lot in your campaign about your honesty and your dislike of hypocrisy. You have also claimed to support the Palestinian people. We, the Irish Syria Solidarity Movement, have questions.
telegra.ph/Open-Letter-...
@catherinegalway.bsky.social
You have spoken a lot in your campaign about your honesty and your dislike of hypocrisy. You have also claimed to support the Palestinian people. We, the Irish Syria Solidarity Movement, have questions.
telegra.ph/Open-Letter-...
October 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Catherine Connolly says she met 'Palestinians' in Yarmouk. She 'can't remember' their names
We know
Her guide in Yarmouk was Saed Abd Al-Aal, commander of the Free Palestine Movement, the 'Butchers of Yarmouk', where the FPM operated as enforcers for Assad thru massacres & rape.
We know
Her guide in Yarmouk was Saed Abd Al-Aal, commander of the Free Palestine Movement, the 'Butchers of Yarmouk', where the FPM operated as enforcers for Assad thru massacres & rape.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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"#Assad left his country so secretively that some of his aides remained in palace hours after he had left, waiting for speech that never came. After midnight, word came the president was gone, & they fled in a panic, leaving the palace gates wide open for rebels"
(h/t New York Times)
(h/t New York Times)
UPDATES: Demonstration in #Damascus for Democracy and Women's Rights
#Syria #SyriaLiberation
eaworldview.com/2024/12/demo...
#Syria #SyriaLiberation
eaworldview.com/2024/12/demo...
UPDATES: Demonstration in Damascus for Democracy and Women's Rights - EA WorldView
11 days after the fall of the Assad regime, 100s of demonstrators gather in Syria's capital Damascus to call for democracy and women's rights
eaworldview.com
December 22, 2024 at 9:08 AM
"#Assad left his country so secretively that some of his aides remained in palace hours after he had left, waiting for speech that never came. After midnight, word came the president was gone, & they fled in a panic, leaving the palace gates wide open for rebels"
(h/t New York Times)
(h/t New York Times)
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Russia intentionally bombed the regional cancer hospital in Kherson in its most recent terrorist attack in Ukraine.
December 21, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Russia intentionally bombed the regional cancer hospital in Kherson in its most recent terrorist attack in Ukraine.
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New: Kherson’s civilians have been the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted Russian campaign to empty a city by stalking its residents with attack drones. Story w/ @samjoiner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social + @cen4infores.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4fTNzAL
on.ft.com/4fTNzAL
Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones
Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents
on.ft.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:09 AM
New: Kherson’s civilians have been the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted Russian campaign to empty a city by stalking its residents with attack drones. Story w/ @samjoiner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social + @cen4infores.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4fTNzAL
on.ft.com/4fTNzAL
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Meanwhile, SNA and #HTS/opposition frontlines reportedly joined today, as #SNA fighters arrived at #Aleppo international airport -- bringing factions long rivals back together for the 1st time in years.
No #Turkey role in this, until now.
No #Turkey role in this, until now.
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Meanwhile, SNA and #HTS/opposition frontlines reportedly joined today, as #SNA fighters arrived at #Aleppo international airport -- bringing factions long rivals back together for the 1st time in years.
No #Turkey role in this, until now.
No #Turkey role in this, until now.
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This excellent Levant24 map illustrates the extent of #HTS/opposition gains over the past 4.5 days -- east into #Aleppo & south/southeast from there.
A huge stretch of the north-south M5 highway has been swallowed up. It took #Assad years to take that.
A huge stretch of the north-south M5 highway has been swallowed up. It took #Assad years to take that.
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
This excellent Levant24 map illustrates the extent of #HTS/opposition gains over the past 4.5 days -- east into #Aleppo & south/southeast from there.
A huge stretch of the north-south M5 highway has been swallowed up. It took #Assad years to take that.
A huge stretch of the north-south M5 highway has been swallowed up. It took #Assad years to take that.
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In #Aleppo, #HTS/opposition forces have consolidated control of the city (including the Military Academy & Artillery College) & dramatically expanded into the southern countryside, taking al-Safira (& the sensitive SSRC facilities), Khanaser & more.
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
In #Aleppo, #HTS/opposition forces have consolidated control of the city (including the Military Academy & Artillery College) & dramatically expanded into the southern countryside, taking al-Safira (& the sensitive SSRC facilities), Khanaser & more.
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#HTS/opposition factions have confirmed full control of all of #Idlib province -- consolidating their capture of Khan Sheikhoun, Saraqeb & Maarat al-Numan and opening the way for large-scale return of IDPs forced out by #Assad's regime in 2020.
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
#HTS/opposition factions have confirmed full control of all of #Idlib province -- consolidating their capture of Khan Sheikhoun, Saraqeb & Maarat al-Numan and opening the way for large-scale return of IDPs forced out by #Assad's regime in 2020.
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The government is legally required to make the UK net zero by 2050 , but we’re seriously off track to achieving our climate targets . Warmer homes , cheaper energy , better transport , cleaner air and decent green jobs are achievable . . . but we need action . 1/
November 26, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The government is legally required to make the UK net zero by 2050 , but we’re seriously off track to achieving our climate targets . Warmer homes , cheaper energy , better transport , cleaner air and decent green jobs are achievable . . . but we need action . 1/
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Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This landscape should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep,grouse and deer
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This landscape should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep,grouse and deer
November 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This landscape should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep,grouse and deer
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This landscape should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep,grouse and deer
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Amazing, wild watery scenes in much of Killarney rainforest yesterday, after all the heavy rains.
November 25, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Amazing, wild watery scenes in much of Killarney rainforest yesterday, after all the heavy rains.
Coincidentally, I got my hair cut yesterday by a barber from Transylvania who assured me that the only non-corrupt politicians in the whole world are Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Un. 🙄
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll - on.ft.com/3AY6FpU via @FT
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll - on.ft.com/3AY6FpU via @FT
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll
First-round victory of Călin Georgescu shakes political establishment
on.ft.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Coincidentally, I got my hair cut yesterday by a barber from Transylvania who assured me that the only non-corrupt politicians in the whole world are Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Un. 🙄
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll - on.ft.com/3AY6FpU via @FT
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll - on.ft.com/3AY6FpU via @FT
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How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
November 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM
How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
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🚨 Senior staff at Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel are behind a think tank that is urging Labour ministers to adopt controversial private finance deals
Scoop on Democracy for Sale by Adam Bychawski and me:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
New: Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm behind think tank pushing PFI 2.0
Plus: new report lays bare UK government’s woeful conflicts of interest management
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM
🚨 Senior staff at Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel are behind a think tank that is urging Labour ministers to adopt controversial private finance deals
Scoop on Democracy for Sale by Adam Bychawski and me:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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With Tulsi Gabbard as Trump's pick to be the director of national intelligence, don't miss this piece by investigative journalist Michael Isikoff on her relationship with the Assad regime.
"Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar Al-Assad and Me" www.spytalk.co/p/tulsi-gabb...
"Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar Al-Assad and Me" www.spytalk.co/p/tulsi-gabb...
www.spytalk.co
November 24, 2024 at 10:19 AM
With Tulsi Gabbard as Trump's pick to be the director of national intelligence, don't miss this piece by investigative journalist Michael Isikoff on her relationship with the Assad regime.
"Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar Al-Assad and Me" www.spytalk.co/p/tulsi-gabb...
"Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar Al-Assad and Me" www.spytalk.co/p/tulsi-gabb...
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🔔 NEW EVENT!!
Join TIMEP for a virtual event on Syria and the situation for Syrian refugees amidst EU migration policies and Israel’s war on Lebanon with Haid Haid, Veronica Bellintani, Karam Shaar, and Nadine Kheshen.
🗓️ Nov 25
🕚 10:30 am EST
Register Here: timep.org/2024/11/19/s...
Join TIMEP for a virtual event on Syria and the situation for Syrian refugees amidst EU migration policies and Israel’s war on Lebanon with Haid Haid, Veronica Bellintani, Karam Shaar, and Nadine Kheshen.
🗓️ Nov 25
🕚 10:30 am EST
Register Here: timep.org/2024/11/19/s...
November 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🔔 NEW EVENT!!
Join TIMEP for a virtual event on Syria and the situation for Syrian refugees amidst EU migration policies and Israel’s war on Lebanon with Haid Haid, Veronica Bellintani, Karam Shaar, and Nadine Kheshen.
🗓️ Nov 25
🕚 10:30 am EST
Register Here: timep.org/2024/11/19/s...
Join TIMEP for a virtual event on Syria and the situation for Syrian refugees amidst EU migration policies and Israel’s war on Lebanon with Haid Haid, Veronica Bellintani, Karam Shaar, and Nadine Kheshen.
🗓️ Nov 25
🕚 10:30 am EST
Register Here: timep.org/2024/11/19/s...
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One thing I’ve learnt from Ex, especially since its emuskulation, is that only blocking works for trolls. My criteria:
- Racism
- Climate science denial
- Evident lies and conspiracy fictions
- Abuse and insults
- False accusations
- Blithering idiocy
- Time wasting
I’ll apply them here too
- Racism
- Climate science denial
- Evident lies and conspiracy fictions
- Abuse and insults
- False accusations
- Blithering idiocy
- Time wasting
I’ll apply them here too
November 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
One thing I’ve learnt from Ex, especially since its emuskulation, is that only blocking works for trolls. My criteria:
- Racism
- Climate science denial
- Evident lies and conspiracy fictions
- Abuse and insults
- False accusations
- Blithering idiocy
- Time wasting
I’ll apply them here too
- Racism
- Climate science denial
- Evident lies and conspiracy fictions
- Abuse and insults
- False accusations
- Blithering idiocy
- Time wasting
I’ll apply them here too
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I would say one of the best pros is that as a conservative I have engaged many liberals and most people have been very open to conversation. It overall just seems more civil and like what conversation or sharing your cultural beliefs and values should be like.
November 14, 2024 at 1:20 AM
I would say one of the best pros is that as a conservative I have engaged many liberals and most people have been very open to conversation. It overall just seems more civil and like what conversation or sharing your cultural beliefs and values should be like.
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I jiggered the link by stupidly dropping an emoji into it. Here it is without the pratfall.
www.monbiot.com/about/
www.monbiot.com/about/
November 14, 2024 at 11:37 AM
I jiggered the link by stupidly dropping an emoji into it. Here it is without the pratfall.
www.monbiot.com/about/
www.monbiot.com/about/
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Bluesky’s user base has doubled in just 90 days.
Such a relief that this happening, viable alternative to X is now picking up speed.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/t...
Such a relief that this happening, viable alternative to X is now picking up speed.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/t...
Bluesky’s user base has doubled in the past 90 days. Is it a mass exodus from X? | CNN Business
X competitor Bluesky rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Apple App Store’s US chart this week, as many users of Elon Musk’s platform said they were decamping in the wake of his significant role in the U...
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November 14, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Bluesky’s user base has doubled in just 90 days.
Such a relief that this happening, viable alternative to X is now picking up speed.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/t...
Such a relief that this happening, viable alternative to X is now picking up speed.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/t...
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Imagine a rural Ireland that was rich in wild, natural ecosystems like rainforest again.
Wouldn't it be just *so* wonderful, for all of us, and for all life?
🌎
Wouldn't it be just *so* wonderful, for all of us, and for all life?
🌎
October 25, 2023 at 5:11 AM
Imagine a rural Ireland that was rich in wild, natural ecosystems like rainforest again.
Wouldn't it be just *so* wonderful, for all of us, and for all life?
🌎
Wouldn't it be just *so* wonderful, for all of us, and for all life?
🌎