Rotation in the sky as thunderstorms hit. Video by Simon Coffee near Athenry shows funnel cloud as Met Éireann upgrade weather warning to Orange for Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.

Kathy’s friends linked from that page are all good reads too.

It’s still unfathomable to me that this even happened. A wonderful journalist who also turned out to be a great travelling companion when you’re unexpectedly gifted corporate tickets to Old Trafford.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a scathing dissent as the court struck down Hawaii’s gun restrictions. trib.al/MfE57ny

My wife Kathy is the writer in the house, was alone here at our new home in Cork for a month while I was wrapping things up back in Philadelphia, and while I was gone she started:

Johns Hopkins University lays off over 100 employees due to federal research losses

The World Cup is proof that if not for our leaders, the vast majority of the world's people would get along just fine.

Just completed my first European toilet repair!

The thing to understand about James Carville is that nearly 40 years ago he served as water boy for a star quarterback. Based on that job and that job only he has spent decades insisting he knows how to win Super Bowls. At best he knows how to fetch Bill Clinton’s water.

“We could see hail in excess of 5cm.”

Temple on the screen this morning in Cork:

Met Éireann has said the current spell of high temperatures should peak tomorrow, with the potential for the all-time record to be broken

Twenty-five years ago, anti-American terrorists used box cutters to hijack planes and fly them into the World Trade Center. Today they’re using the same tools to deface the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.

From 2016 through 2021, the ATF reported 45,240 suspected ghost guns were recovered by law enforcement from crime scenes, including in 692 homicides or attempted homicides:

Nice bit of serendipity: It was technically only yesterday (around 1am) that I completed my year-long move to Cork, and this morning I’m walking to my first conference in Ireland. Thanks to my new Bluesky friend @jillmccorkel.bsky.social for flagging the event when we met last week in Philadelphia.

"Instead of targeting the conversion devices, (law) targets the handgun designs that are particularly susceptible to conversion. By doing so, the law seeks to pressure manufacturers to redesign firearms so they cannot be easily modified."

Well, Beavers found to reduce flooding AND boost wildlife. Beavers in North York Moors have helped reduce flood risk, experts say share.google/Sl3gYzrH0hGc...

More CMAT at Musgrave Park - 'best gig ever'

Editing otter footage in the garden. #cork

Now reverse it

I just couldn't do it but I'm crushed that I didn't get back to Cork in time for this"

CMAT in Cork - Feb 2020 v June 2026

I watched the sun rise near the end of my first flight, I'll be taking off again almost exactly at the hour of the solstice and I will be back in Cork for most of the longest day of the year.

That’ll do it, Philly. #35years I grabbed the selfie last night but I’m boarding now. ✈️

"Specifically, the water is more or less the color of a sour apple Jolly Rancher now. It looks like they're brewing Yodas in there. It is so uncannily green and visibly slimy that it feels inevitable that video will soon surface of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. splashing around in it with jeans on."

“This bill completely eliminates gun violence prevention research that is critical to fighting the gun violence epidemic we face as a country."

Good morning, Cork - if you are off on holidays to Spain or France - be prepared 🫠

A trail of destruction. Imagine their reaction if Obama had done even one of these things.

This week’s three big winners. The Knicks, Iran, and Algae.

If visible neglect is appearing even in the capital, the decline may be more advanced than people realize.

“Imagine living next to this” @nonewdatacenters.bsky.social

Iran 🤝 Reflecting Pool All he had to do was leave it alone.

"The number of privately made guns recovered in crimes and submitted to federal authorities rose from about 1,600 in 2017 to nearly 27,500 in 2023."

Trump causes a scandal between US & Italy Full breakdown ⬇️

I just asked for fun but what a mental picture:

Sometimes I want to let them build the ballroom.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her, after the US President told an Italian TV channel that she had "begged" him to ⁠take a photo with her at a G7 summit.

I'm literally struggling not to spend one of my last two days in the States taking Amtrak to Washington just to see this. It feels like the canary in the coal mine, warning us of the lethal population-level consequences of leaving health, education, defense and everything else in the hands of fools.

All these pieces on how Monctlair State is supposedly compromised vis a vis NJ PBS because we are state employees, none examining the rival bid, which is led by the CEO for a media production company that has done extensive work for the GOP www.northjersey.com/story/opinio...

My final week in Philadelphia has been a handful. Three days to go. Almost almost ready.

Sunset Ireland - View from my office window tonight over West field. Co. Galway, Ireland. #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #CloudScape #IrishSunset #SkyScape #Photography

Hey America- This is how you protest Kushner is a pariah every where he goes ... Pure poison Prime Minister Rama is the next political affiliate of Kushner in line to likely be jailed for corruption- he rescinded Orban wil be jailed too... eventually www.dailymail.com/travel/artic...

Preserve endangered animals

I will miss the Phanatic.

Did you try giving everyone $300 billion and more flags?

I’d also love to hear as well from anyone attending who I have not met. DM are always open.

We collaborate with @billy-penn.bsky.social to produce the Weekly brief on gun violence prevention, delivered via their daily newsletter every Wednesday. Here's this week's edition: mailchi.mp/billypenn/we...

Do I know anyone else attending the North South Criminology Conference next week at UCC in Cork? I just registered: www.ucc.ie/en/criminolo...

I’m in @foreignpolicy.com taking a big swing (but not a hot take): Trump’s defeat in Iran is a bigger US defeat in strategic terms than the US loss in Vietnam foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/i...

Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool