It really seems that there is nothing the Israeli government enjoys more than killing Palestinians! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

With the ink barely dry on the ceasefire agreement, Israel is again threatening to use starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza. It is a truly reprehensible, inhumane regime.

Watch Trump instantly lose interest in peace in Gaza & Ukraine as soon as he doesn't win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday #speirgorm

As the Israeli-designed famine takes hold in Gaza, the Bluesky Israeli apologist lobby seem to have gone awfully quiet. Shame on those responsible for this avoidable human catastrophe. Those who perpetuate it. Those who support it. ISRAEL-UK-EU-USA-HAMAS open.spotify.com/album/46aLeS...

3-Track EP, Talking To You, out NOW on andrewlawlor.bandcamp.com/album/talkin... Spotify & other streaming release 25th July 06.00am

New 3-track EP out now. andrewlawlor.bandcamp.com/album/talkin...

The BBB was always going to go through. It was only a matter of how much Trump had to pay to get it through - and he's not spending his own money. Victory at any price.

The BBC now believes that criticising Israel or its Defence Forces is inherently antisemitic. RTE news : BBC says Bob Vylan coverage should have been pulled www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

That feeling of knowing something to be true for years. Then having it confirmed. Rod Stewart is a cunt.

Iran attacking US bases in Qatar and Iraq right now.

And just like that, the US has reached the assassinating political rivals phase of fascism. There is a timeline... Lock her up Pocahontas Get him outa here Good people on both sides J6 martyrs Newscum Tar and feather He didn't identify

It's so obvious that he knows the appeal court will order him to return the National Guard to Gov. Newsom. This is just laying the ground to claim that he has solved the non-existent crisis, and he will defederalise the Guard before he is forced to.

Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by William Butler Yeats (born June 13th 1865)

Three years converting this former 18 seat bus into a cosy camper van. There were many setbacks, and lots of swearing - not least at 9.30 pm today as I tried to get the top bolt into the new starter motor! But... she will be launched this weekend. 😊

What it looks and sounds like when 30,000 bees decide to move home. The sound is amazing! This swarm emerged from my hive today. By days end they will be in a new home. Incidentally, this is the safest time to be around bees. When bees are swarming their queen to a new hive, they will not sting.

As nobody else on here wants to mention it... Leeds United FC are champions! For those pedants who insist that Liverpool FC are champions, they are not. Liverpool won the Premier League, so they are Premiers. Leeds won the Championship. Just saying.

When they say that American women are not having enough children, they mean WHITE American women and WHITE American children. The global population is still increasing and predicted to peak at about 10.5bn in 60 years time. But it's mostly brown, black, or asian kids. thehill.com/business/526...

Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after. But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.

Per CNN right now. Auto dealers are adding 20% tariff to the sale price of vehicles. 35k car will be 42k. But!.. the tariff applies to the import price, not the final retail price. Dealers are adding 20% to their profit margin. Capitalism will always gouge the consumer when competition is reduced.

Markwayne Mullin (Republican Senator for Oklahoma) just said that Donald Trump is "not interested in making political decisions." Some background: Donald Trump is President of the United States of America and Leader of the Republican Party (that's a political party) *Eye roll

A favourite poem by Irish poet Walter de la Mere.

The idea that companies will close factories in Vietnam and move production to the US reflects an infantile understanding of basic economics. Low wages is the biggest economic draw. The average wage in the US is 1,300% of Vietnam.

Say what you like about Chuck Schumer. "This policy taxes penguins and not Putin" is a great attack line.

Regan understood the impact of protectionist tariffs on the US domestic economy because he lived through the Great Depression of the 1920s & 30s. There is no serious economist who would disagree with what he says in this radio address from 1987. youtu.be/9dxf8mDiqBE?...

As the slaughter in Gaza continues, I'll share this again. open.spotify.com/album/46aLeS...

Fox News Poll. 25% of Americans favour taking over Greenland. Among Republicans, it's 50%. Given that the US is split almost 50/50 Reps/Dems, that means 100% of that first 25% are Republican! MAGA IS A C U L T ! And they're all Ç Ų Ɲ Ţ Ṣ̌!

Watching him talk about Signal, and who was on "the call", and how Hegseth had nothing to do with it, it's clear that Trump doesn't have the mental bandwidth to think about (beautiful) tariffs AND be up to speed on the biggest scandal (yet) of his second term.

Since the genocide has resumed this week, I thought I would share this track of mine from 2022. Tears Of Palestine, with the wonderfully talented Anna Fisher-Roberts accompanying on flute. open.spotify.com/album/46aLeS...

This is so fucking evil, I had to make a commercial out of it.

He just said, "President O'Biden!"

Does it make sense for Taiwan, which holds a 60% dominant position in global production, to make a $160bn investment in American produced semi conductors? American military backing to protect supply to its tech industry is the only security guarantee that Taiwan has against a Chinese invasion.

Keir Starmer appears to have engineered a situation where it is 1938, and Adolf Hitler is due to arrive in the UK for a full state visit with George VI in 1939.

Trump, just now, when an Indian reporter asked a question at the press conference with Modi. "I can't understand a word he's saying," said with a dismissive wave of his hand. What a piece of shit!

Among the most significant things he says is to call this the Eastern Mediterranean. This is right on Europe's doorstep and has the potential to destabilise the entire EU. The speaker is Davidc Hearst, Editor in Chief of Middle East Eye. www.facebook.com/share/r/1DqQ...

Before negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine have even begun, Trump and Hegseth have surrendered two of their strongest negotiation points/demands - NATO membership and territory exchange. It's like sitting down to play poker and declaring, "I definitely don't have any aces or kings."

I'll bet it doesn't include plans to put 2m Palestinians in a Sinai dessert slum (with a gaudy, gold "Trump Tower" sign above the entrance) www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

I'm getting serious North Korean Newsreader vibes off Trump's new Press Secretary.

South Africa was consigned to the role of sporting parriah for many years because of its system of Apartheid. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has imposed an appalling system of gender Apartheid on female citizens. Male Afghan sports teams continue to be welcomed by international sports governing bodies.

I'm playing American Monopoly. I've given myself 90% of the money to begin with. I own all of the properties, and I can borrow more imaginary money from the bank as I need it. The other seven players are sharing 10% of the money and can only buy property from me if I agree to sell.

Per capita spending on healthcare IRE $6,047 US $12,555 Life expectancy IRE 82.4 US 76.4 Preventable illnesses IRE 109 per 100,000 US 238 per 100,000 Annual pharmaceutical costs per capita IRE $625 US $1,432 Medical bankruptcies per year IRE 0 US 326,000 Infant mortality Per 1000 IRE 1.9 US 5.6

Is anyone on here watching the Upfront Leaders debate, or is it all Yanks and Canadians?

Hello Bluesky! Carer/Singer/Songwriter from Ireland. Recent refugee from the Muskrat's hell site. Hoping for a more chilled (less racist, less homophobic, less hateful) vibe over here.