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The more I learn about Palestine the closer I come to regarding the wholesale denial of Palestinian history and identity as almost akin to Holocaust denial for the sheer volume of evidence you have to actively shut your eyes to
August 23, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The more I learn about Palestine the closer I come to regarding the wholesale denial of Palestinian history and identity as almost akin to Holocaust denial for the sheer volume of evidence you have to actively shut your eyes to
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please read and share this, here and on other platforms. I don't normally push my own work this much, but Michael McCarthy is a coward and a bully who gets other people to do his dirty work while he cashes in, and people need to see him for who he is
Far right influencer Michael McCarthy knowingly and willfully uses his public platform to incite abuse and harrassment against others, and even to silence a journalist.
I can prove it because I’m the journalist he silenced, and I kept screenshots of our messages.
leftinthelurch.net/2026/07/06/i...
I can prove it because I’m the journalist he silenced, and I kept screenshots of our messages.
leftinthelurch.net/2026/07/06/i...
I Let a Far Right Influencer Silence Me
Far right influencer Michael McCarthy knowingly and willfully uses his public platform to incite abuse and harrassment against others, and even to silence a journalist in one case. I can prove it b…
leftinthelurch.net
July 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
please read and share this, here and on other platforms. I don't normally push my own work this much, but Michael McCarthy is a coward and a bully who gets other people to do his dirty work while he cashes in, and people need to see him for who he is
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Would people rather the money be flung from the deck of an open top bus?
3.3c of every Euro - to ensure things like: basic due diligence & fraud prevention, assessing where the money can have greatest impact, making sure it’s spent well - feels pretty light TBH
3.3c of every Euro - to ensure things like: basic due diligence & fraud prevention, assessing where the money can have greatest impact, making sure it’s spent well - feels pretty light TBH
RTÉ to spend €855,000 on consultants to assist distribution of Toy Show millions – and they will be paid out of appeal money
RTÉ to spend €855,000 on consultants to assist distribution of Toy Show millions – and they will be paid out of appeal money
An estimated €855,000 is to be spent over the next five years on consultants to assist RTÉ with the distribution of the millions of euro generated by the Late Late Toy Show’s annual Toy Show Appeal.
www.independent.ie
May 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Would people rather the money be flung from the deck of an open top bus?
3.3c of every Euro - to ensure things like: basic due diligence & fraud prevention, assessing where the money can have greatest impact, making sure it’s spent well - feels pretty light TBH
3.3c of every Euro - to ensure things like: basic due diligence & fraud prevention, assessing where the money can have greatest impact, making sure it’s spent well - feels pretty light TBH
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Ireland 🤝 Iceland
Being a modern secular island nation (in the North Atlantic Ocean) but still rerouting public works so as not to disturb the fey, just in case.
Being a modern secular island nation (in the North Atlantic Ocean) but still rerouting public works so as not to disturb the fey, just in case.
Icelandic authorities just rerouted a planned hot water pipeline so as not to disturb an elf hill.
It's been a long while since we had news of a project change because of elf-dwellings and it's high time, I say.
Article heading: Hot-water pipeline rerouted to avoid offending elves.
Article heading: Hot-water pipeline rerouted to avoid offending elves.
May 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Ireland 🤝 Iceland
Being a modern secular island nation (in the North Atlantic Ocean) but still rerouting public works so as not to disturb the fey, just in case.
Being a modern secular island nation (in the North Atlantic Ocean) but still rerouting public works so as not to disturb the fey, just in case.
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We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5
May 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5
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This is a really good and needed measure, and you’d think universally supported, but a few years back I did a fundraiser for a DV shelter and I had a woman drop in to my work to tell me I was wrong to do it because “they get everything, they have enough”.
From next week, a free travel scheme will be put in place for survivors of domestic violence and their dependents.
Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary will update his Cabinet colleagues on the initiative this morning.
jrnl.ie/7025433
Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary will update his Cabinet colleagues on the initiative this morning.
jrnl.ie/7025433
Transport costs to be made free for survivors of domestic violence from next week
Separately, Cabinet will also sign off on the fuel support schemes announced earlier this month for hauliers and farmers.
jrnl.ie
April 28, 2026 at 6:04 AM
This is a really good and needed measure, and you’d think universally supported, but a few years back I did a fundraiser for a DV shelter and I had a woman drop in to my work to tell me I was wrong to do it because “they get everything, they have enough”.
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At risk of this being an annual Grinch™️, I really dislike seeing this.
Nature is full of magic for children already, it doesn't need a lot of naff plastic littering the place.
Also, fairy doors represent a saccharine Anglo-American tinkerbell view of fairies, Irish fairies are NOT twee!
Nature is full of magic for children already, it doesn't need a lot of naff plastic littering the place.
Also, fairy doors represent a saccharine Anglo-American tinkerbell view of fairies, Irish fairies are NOT twee!
April 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
At risk of this being an annual Grinch™️, I really dislike seeing this.
Nature is full of magic for children already, it doesn't need a lot of naff plastic littering the place.
Also, fairy doors represent a saccharine Anglo-American tinkerbell view of fairies, Irish fairies are NOT twee!
Nature is full of magic for children already, it doesn't need a lot of naff plastic littering the place.
Also, fairy doors represent a saccharine Anglo-American tinkerbell view of fairies, Irish fairies are NOT twee!
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Researchers at Dublin City University created 10 blank smartphones registered as male teenagers [...] with no history, likes or prior searches. Within 23 minutes, all of them were being served misogynistic content they had never looked for.
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i hope to see my former employer bankrupt
Researchers at Dublin City University created 10 blank smartphones registered as male teenagers [...] with no history, likes or prior searches. Within 23 minutes, all of them were being served misogynistic content they had never looked for.
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i hope to see my former employer bankrupt
April 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Researchers at Dublin City University created 10 blank smartphones registered as male teenagers [...] with no history, likes or prior searches. Within 23 minutes, all of them were being served misogynistic content they had never looked for.
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i hope to see my former employer bankrupt
Researchers at Dublin City University created 10 blank smartphones registered as male teenagers [...] with no history, likes or prior searches. Within 23 minutes, all of them were being served misogynistic content they had never looked for.
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i hope to see my former employer bankrupt
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7 years today since our great friend Lyra McKee was taken from us. I wonder what she'd think about the world today. I hope she'd be proud of those whose lives she touched.
I'll be up to see you this afternoon, honey. Love you as ever.
I'll be up to see you this afternoon, honey. Love you as ever.
April 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
7 years today since our great friend Lyra McKee was taken from us. I wonder what she'd think about the world today. I hope she'd be proud of those whose lives she touched.
I'll be up to see you this afternoon, honey. Love you as ever.
I'll be up to see you this afternoon, honey. Love you as ever.
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The level of racist and misogynist abuse currently being levelled at Eileen Flynn online is horrendous
April 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The level of racist and misogynist abuse currently being levelled at Eileen Flynn online is horrendous
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Embarrassing times for the European Commission after security researchers found flaws within minutes of using its age verification app. www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
(ICYMI: I have a blog post on why age verification laws are a bad idea to begin with: this.weekinsecurity.com/papers-pleas...)
(ICYMI: I have a blog post on why age verification laws are a bad idea to begin with: this.weekinsecurity.com/papers-pleas...)
Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.
Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”
www.politico.eu
April 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Embarrassing times for the European Commission after security researchers found flaws within minutes of using its age verification app. www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
(ICYMI: I have a blog post on why age verification laws are a bad idea to begin with: this.weekinsecurity.com/papers-pleas...)
(ICYMI: I have a blog post on why age verification laws are a bad idea to begin with: this.weekinsecurity.com/papers-pleas...)
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Be aware there are plans by some to throw fuel protests from today in NI. Map below and link to live Google Maps in Alt text.
April 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Be aware there are plans by some to throw fuel protests from today in NI. Map below and link to live Google Maps in Alt text.
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Applications for the Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2026 close on April 6. It has the aim to "train and mentor people from underrepresented backgrounds" (UK and Ireland residents). tcij.org/initiative/l...
April 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Applications for the Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2026 close on April 6. It has the aim to "train and mentor people from underrepresented backgrounds" (UK and Ireland residents). tcij.org/initiative/l...
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$20 billion in lost annual revenue with a 3-5 year expected repair time for the world's largest LNG facility.
Iran managed to wipe out ~3.5% of the world's LNG supply in one attack.
Iran managed to wipe out ~3.5% of the world's LNG supply in one attack.
March 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
$20 billion in lost annual revenue with a 3-5 year expected repair time for the world's largest LNG facility.
Iran managed to wipe out ~3.5% of the world's LNG supply in one attack.
Iran managed to wipe out ~3.5% of the world's LNG supply in one attack.
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From the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
And the nobody American MMA who claiming that he's more Irish than Irish people who welcome refugees and immigrants can kiss my hairy arse crack.
And the nobody American MMA who claiming that he's more Irish than Irish people who welcome refugees and immigrants can kiss my hairy arse crack.
March 17, 2026 at 10:48 AM
From the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
And the nobody American MMA who claiming that he's more Irish than Irish people who welcome refugees and immigrants can kiss my hairy arse crack.
And the nobody American MMA who claiming that he's more Irish than Irish people who welcome refugees and immigrants can kiss my hairy arse crack.
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There‘s no “just” an asylum seeker. I’ve covered conflict, I’ve seen my share of nasty stuff. What I’ve seen in the Darién Gap & at the border has scarred me as deeply as the things I’ve seen in warfare. Migrants who go through that for their kids’ future are among the bravest people I’ve met
He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.
Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die in ICE detention this year.
www.reuters.com
March 16, 2026 at 2:47 AM
There‘s no “just” an asylum seeker. I’ve covered conflict, I’ve seen my share of nasty stuff. What I’ve seen in the Darién Gap & at the border has scarred me as deeply as the things I’ve seen in warfare. Migrants who go through that for their kids’ future are among the bravest people I’ve met
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Records uncovered by Bellingcat & @thetimes.com link MMA fighter and Kinahan ‘friend’ Mounir Lazzez to multimillion shipping deals, orchestrated by companies in a secrecy jurisdiction, for oil tankers later sanctioned by the US for helping the Iranian regime. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Ex-UFC Fighter and Kinahan 'Friend' Mounir Lazzez Linked to Iran Sanctions - bellingcat
Mounir Lazzez, the ex-UFC fighter photographed with the Kinahan cartel bosses, is linked to multimillion dollar deals for oil tankers that were later sanctioned by the US government for helping the Ir...
www.bellingcat.com
March 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Records uncovered by Bellingcat & @thetimes.com link MMA fighter and Kinahan ‘friend’ Mounir Lazzez to multimillion shipping deals, orchestrated by companies in a secrecy jurisdiction, for oil tankers later sanctioned by the US for helping the Iranian regime. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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March 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Watching people "talk" to ChatGPT is looking more and more like Gollum speaking to Smeagol
February 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Watching people "talk" to ChatGPT is looking more and more like Gollum speaking to Smeagol
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Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
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Pastor Paul Drees
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Pastor Paul Drees
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.