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I wrote this on the most consistently terrible, and fatal, idea in centrist politics today. On Fanta, rebadging, and why attempting to win votes from fascists is morally disgusting and politically suicidal. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

submitted 16 days ago • 23 comments

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

submitted 19 days ago • 596 comments

A reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found - the killings were unjustified - none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns - no warnings were given - no soldiers were under threat - the troops were the first to open fire 43 years on, we await the first prosecution.

submitted 32 days ago • 10 comments

Vaccines have been a hotly-debated political topic lately. Here's the honest truth about them.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌 É𝐎𝐖𝐘𝐍 𝐔𝐏𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆. The Met Office has upgraded to a red warning on Friday. This means there is a potential danger to life, with dangerous conditions expected. We are liaising with Council officers about what this means for services and I'll post more when I have an update.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.

submitted 42 days ago • 31 comments

Joe Biden should never be forgiven for the death and destruction he brought to the people of Palestine. He is a murderous genocidal war criminal and nothing else he’s done will ever change that.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Journalist Anas al-Sharif: "470 days of annihilation... We are tired, but we did not break..." #Palestine #Gaza

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🧵 THREAD: Our reporter spent the past year reporting inside the State Department, trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy: How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?

submitted 46 days ago • 173 comments

‘Proper conditions’ is the bleakest euphemism for ethnic cleansing and genocide i’ve yet to hear

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1. Emergency care in Northern Ireland has essentially collapsed. This was eminently predictable, especially considering the high incidence of influenza in the region at this point. The cause is multi-factorial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 64 days ago • 7 comments

There are no more 'yeh buts...' This is clearly war crime. We demand the UK government ban all arms sales to Israel and apply sanctions now. No more. For the love of humanity. No more.

submitted 65 days ago • 7 comments

Israel lashes out at Vatican after Pope Francis condemns killing of children - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-lashes-out-pope-francis-condemning-killing-children

submitted 67 days ago • 4 comments

my new quiz is out. let me know how you do. these are real photographs with AI elements slipped in using "generative fill" and "inpainting" technology. your job: spot what's fake. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 66 days ago • 19 comments

Israel has destroyed the last remaining hospital in northern Gaza. We have witnessed the total decimation of Palestinian healthcare, met with silence from political leaders who refuse to acknowledge the horrors they have enabled. This is the dehumanising reality of genocide.

submitted 66 days ago • 60 comments

“A Division 99 reservist describes watching a drone feed showing ‘an adult with two children crossing the forbidden line.’ They were walking unarmed. ‘Suddenly we heard a massive explosion. A combat helicopter had fired a missile at them. …This is pure evil.’”

submitted 74 days ago • 71 comments

1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...

submitted 88 days ago • 38 comments

I’ve made it, Florida Dave has seen the Smarties video 😎

submitted 91 days ago • 8 comments

Ministry of Health in #Gaza (December 1, 2024): • 47 Palestinians were killed, and 108 have been injured and admitted to hospitals during the past 24 hours • The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 44,429 Palestinians killed and 105,250 injured since October 7, 2023 #Palestine

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

🇮🇪 Best teller outfit ever. #irishelection #ge24

submitted 93 days ago • 15 comments

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

submitted 94 days ago • 634 comments

fuckin harrowing piece. real easy to imagine ending up like this. in this country it only takes one stroke of serious bad luck if you don't have A LOT of money www.esquire.com/news-politic...

submitted 96 days ago • 94 comments

Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

submitted 99 days ago • 864 comments

Your Drs are being stolen from you. Across the NHS, a role taught 2 years of "PA studies” is substituting for Drs trained for 10 to 15 years. This is about cutting training and safety. It is not about care.

submitted 102 days ago • 34 comments

Wealth growth since 1970 Average - 8% Top 10% - 85% Top 1% - 320% Top 0.01% - 4000% Billionaires - 32000% Can you see the problem?

submitted 102 days ago • 86 comments

Public toilet in NI village to be turned into one-bedroom flat www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

A video of Earth orbitally rising beyond the Moon's night side, captured at 1305 UTC on November 21, 2022 by NASA's Orion spacecraft during the Artemis 1 flight with a solar array-mounted camera on ESA's service module.

submitted 102 days ago • 3 comments

'Dismembered bodies' as Israel kills 66 in latest north Gaza massacre - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-66-killed-overnight-gaza-massacre

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas commander who's reportedly dead. Here's my Q&A from the spring w/ ICC scholar David Bosco for @motherjones.com about what this actually means: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

Francesca Albanese: ICC should seek more arrest warrants for Israeli leaders - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/un-francesca-albanese-icc-more-arrest-warrants-israel-leaders

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ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

submitted 102 days ago • 126 comments

You know who is governed by polls? Losers. Losers compromise their agenda in response to polls. But history teaches us a simple lesson: Do the right thing. Stand and fight for the right thing. Even when it’s difficult. Shoot for the moon. Cede no ground to fascists, especially your aspirations.

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments

Nary a mention of the financialisation of land: pension funds, millionaires, buying up land as investment and to dodge tax Nary a mention that young farmers can't buy land, or that many farmers rent from the Another BBC fail 30% of farmland is rented in UK shorturl.at/MHPtb

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments

A war surgeon’s perspective on Gaza. "Most of the multitudinous patients I treated were children, women and elderly people. I never once saw fighters or tunnels, but I did see many families ripped apart and children rendered orphans in a blink." www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Seems like only the other day we were at 10 million

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Just waiting for #GAA twitter to arrive and then I shall truly feel at home

submitted 107 days ago • 6 comments

2 Palestinians were killed, including a child, and others were injured after an Israeli strike targeting a group of residents while they were filling their water containers at the entrance to Beit Lahia School in northern #Gaza a short while ago. #Palestine

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

“What was it like meeting the king?” "I'm Irish so it's not on the list of priorities.” 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

submitted 104 days ago • 37 comments

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

submitted 104 days ago • 471 comments