Iceland at Davos

Iceland? When did Trump switch to talking about Iceland?

"World Economic Forum weighs moving flagship event from Davos.... Among the locations discussed were Detroit and Dublin." Dublin? lol no. Couldn't imagine a bigger problematic event to host in Ireland. www.ft.com/content/da52...

"More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders."

The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.

Here we go again 🙄

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada plus likely France, Norway, and maybe UK. Good. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...

🇩🇰🇬🇱foreign ministers speaking now in Washington following their very short meeting in the White House. They look shell shocked. "Our perspectives continue to differ."

Holy crap, I thought this was satire but it's true. www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...

This is *chef’s kiss* 🤌

"No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country" - as.ft.com/r/18e31d1a-c...

Europeans. 👏 Stop. 👏 Buying. 👏 US 👏 Defence. 👏 Equipment.

Just wait for some bitcoin dork to come up with an idea to create a new state and they’ll partner with the US (ie pay Trump) to do it in Venezuela

Finally someone actually takes the time to address and understand international law in this catastrophe, and why it’s important

Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.

So for decades, the Venezuelans (both Chavez and Maduro) said the Americans were imperialists just looking to take their oil and natural resources. And then were proven right by Trump.

I’m old enough to remember when they at least tried not to say the quiet part out loud

He’s really good.

this = the problem w/ X. by turning it into 4chan w/ virality distribution the platform turns everything into a meme. so it must strip away almost all context & imbue it w/ intense amounts of nihilism or so many layers of irony that there's no humanity anymore. it's a great dehumanization machine

Britain: oh crap are we really going to have to do a nuclear war plan against the Americans France: oh yay we get to dust off our nuclear war plans against the Americans

In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...

President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call. The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.

Ireland’s far right is entering a dangerous new phase. A new GPAHE report identifies 13 active extremist groups—many centered on anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ ideology—and shows how online disinformation is fueling real-world violence, while embedding Irish actors in global far-right networks.

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

internet tankies discovering that the Cold War era US Intel community did in facr back anticommunist factions is *wild* like no shit girl, what you think the whole point of the cold war was

Yeah, it’s extensive www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Apart from the frankly stupid 5 years of social media angle of this policy, this additional demand is an insanely invasive level of personal data to hand over. I’m more than happy to not travel to the US (for recreation or work) while this is in place. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

Another centrist politician desperate to fend off a far right challenge by embracing what the far right want. Why vote for the centrist then? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

Survey of GOP voters: nearly four in ten (37%) "believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe. Younger men are especially likely to hold this view (54% of men under 50 vs. 39% of women under 50)." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/repu...

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I’m sorry, an EIGHT HOUR ‘conversation’. Ma’am you’re talking to a toaster.

Tech bros can’t help but slapping ads on everything.

Worth remembering now Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944 "The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."

That whole ‘our military wouldn’t obey illegal orders’ isn’t really something to hope for as Americans eh?

Say no more

This is a good ad & a very good reminder about just taking a moment to pause and be smart about privacy.

Ouch

Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season. When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.

(Tr*mp) “…had been all along plotting to throw Ukraine to the Russian wolves with a box-ticking plan for the Kremlin.” www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

I am so so happy I left the UK many years ago.

In GenAI bubble news, only 2% of Canadian firms are seeing a return on their investment in GenAI. Firms are struggling to find an effective use for the tech & to see promised gains. Maybe time to reconsider the AI hype? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...