"Why are states cutting back spending on social reproduction... on public health, on education. Because it doesn’t matter that families have kids who will be hungry, because they’re not producing healthy workers that are going to be needed for the capitalist economy." www.jezebel.com/end-of-an-ep...

"Yes, once."

This includes a cover of the best Christmas song about positive male friendship, rejecting war and, when necessary, giving hard clouts: seanmckenna.bandcamp.com/track/arthur...

Merry Christmas to the best the now deceased Irish Twitter had to offer. #Speirgorm

Seán McKenna (formerly of the Mary Wallopers) has released an EP, with all proceeds in Dec. & Jan. going to anti-racist, community group 'Dundalk Communities United' #speirgorm seanmckenna.bandcamp.com/album/old-ro...

All the cowards news dropping on the Friday before Christmas

A catalogue of water failures. And an indication of the battle we have ahead in 2026 to protect our rivers, lakes and seas from the march of deregulation and a government cleaving ever more to commercial interests. Onwards! 💙🌊✊🩵

Woah! I think we might hit the target today. Thank you so much if you've donated.

Throughout the war in Sudan, Noor, Mohammed, Mawahib, and Nasr have seen their city, El Fasher, bombed, besieged, and destroyed. Today, from a refugee camp in Chad, they use their phones to bear witness to the suffering in their neighbourhoods.

The left needs to get off Bluesky and fight the right on r i p dot i e

I finally took 2 minutes myself, to send this off just now. (Whenever using a sample I always edit the beginning to say "My name is X and I'm a constituent of yours from Y." and the subject line too). #speirgorm ruralirelandagainstfoxhunting.wordpress.com/about/

I bring my cousin Arthur McBride to the Christmas morning walk that the sergeant, corporal and their drummer don’t really like

There was an obligation to do it

Pls show solidarity w men seeking asylum with no accommodation + who are forced to sleep in tents in Dublin City centre. A dedicated group of volunteers supporting these men + they need funding for tarpaulin, clothes, snacks + water. Please share this w yr networks. www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/...

last weekend for Christmas orders online over at prayforpatrick.etsy.com I’ll also be doing both days at the Portview Christmas Market (where the EastBlock Bazaar market usually is) in Belfast on the 19th (6–10pm) and the 20th (12-4pm) so pop down to it and say hello if f you’re around Belfast.

Reminder that Angel films is a far right Christian Nationalist film company and that the film rights to Animal Farm are owned by the fucking CIA

The Cógus Republican Prisoner Support Group has issued a statement of “unwavering solidarity” with the Palestine Action prisoners currently on hunger strike in British jails.

People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

“Some lesser people might check if their plans were illegal before announcing them. But Minister O'Donovan is not a man with a lot of time for complexity and nuance.” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...

Presumably the intention is to push on with the equally illegal plan to require government ID cards to use the internet, until 'interest groups' such as ourselves restrain the illegality. Anyway, keep supporting your local digital rights group!

Christmas in Cork

Some great prizes on offer in the Merchy Christmas raffle, with proceeds to Simon Community and Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Tickets available here: conor-cusack.sumupstore.com/products #speirgorm

Alright that's it! I'm doing it! I'm doing the James Connolly totes! Gets yours here: selkiesstudio.com/shop/connolly-tote

Some great prizes on offer in the Merchy Christmas raffle, with proceeds to Simon Community and Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Tickets available here: conor-cusack.sumupstore.com/products #speirgorm

"I won't seal my fate with the weight of others / Reveal your place or displace my brothers / I won't feel no hate or debase our mothers / And I'm not alone here" m.youtube.com/watch?v=5m1O...

From Ireland Sudan Solidarity Collective:

Hard to argue with this

the theme of tonight’s Late Late Toy Show will be NATO

Really informative post on streaming and puts into context the $60,000 deal they turned down from Airbnb, for "making money from stolen Palestinian land and contributing to the housing crisis worldwide."

Ireland, Spain, Netherlands all pull out of Eurovision 2026 in protest at Israel's inclusion. #Eurovision #EBU

Really informative post on streaming and puts into context the $60,000 deal they turned down from Airbnb, for "making money from stolen Palestinian land and contributing to the housing crisis worldwide."

"“No ethical consumption” as a slogan was meant to take the wrongful blame off exploited workers for buying the necessities of life produced by other exploited workers’ labour and place it onto the corporations that are the original exploiters in the first place." socialistvoice.ie/2023/03/no-e...

Since cutting back on streaming, it's always a nice surprise to see how much new stuff gets added to my local library's DVD collection. But *some* people are absolute maniacs and need to learn how to handle a physical disc!

Sounds good, adding it to the list

Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.

"Through our annual appeal, we aim to bring the joy of reading to children and young people who really need it– to children accessing support services, in Direct Provision centres, in homelessness services and more." #speirgorm childrensbooksireland.ie/support-us/g...

We believe that every child, no matter their circumstance, deserves to access to the transformative power of reading. This Christmas, you can help us to change children’s lives, one book at a time by supporting our Gift A Book Appeal🎁. To learn more and donate ➡️ childrensbooksireland.ie/giftabook

You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement

“I remember baby Zaynab, was seven months old, who died when I was there because there was no there was no formula feed to give her. Days before Zaynab died American doctors had come to Gaza with formula feed. Israeli border guards removed every container.” www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Aid appeal organised by the Sudanese Doctors Union of Ireland: sdui.ie/2025/10/30/u... #speirgorm

Anything I see advertised with AI art just makes me say "if you don't care about this, why should I?"

Israeli occupation forces have shot dead two unarmed men who had surrendered to them in the West Bank in Palestine. The Palestinian Authority called it a "brutal" field execution. jrnl.ie/6887930

Great reaction to my piece on moving from Spotify to Qobuz and why I did it. nialler9.com/why-qobuz-ha...