I'll never forgive Bono for writing "Sunday Bloody Sunday" as a both-sides-y obfuscation of what happened that day (or for singing it in honor of Israel while the Gaza genocide was starting up)

Some media will do anything to prevent calling Epstein’s victims ‘children’ or ‘girls’. They were not ‘women’. And what is an ‘underage woman’?

Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them

Dave Geraghty rip-off for the tune and Spike Jonze rip off for the video. #speirgorm #bellx1 #weaponofchoice

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

54 years ago today ,the British Parachute regiment invaded Derry's Bogside and murdered 14 men and boys .The murderers are protected by their government and the PPS. The murderers LIED to two inquires,still no justice.

Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery. But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water. share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...

Get off Twitter, it is the only way these oafs investigate anything. It is literally dangerous to your speech rights to be or appear on that website.

I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.

Fair play France. It's a tough decision, but for companies & individuals, I think it's a toss between switching now at your own pace, or being forced to switch in a rush, or be locked out, due to geopolitical events. A list of EU alternatives to help: european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

A pub in Cavan (The Orchard Bar) hosted a Far Right 'gathering' where Israeli flags were displayed on the walls and windows. Delighted to see local lads were able to get rid of them. I've posted this on fb and tagged them, they keep removing the tag but I'm persistent 😆. #SpeirGorm #FarRight

Only 7,496 Irish people have actually signed this petition. Don't presume someone else will, please sign it. 🙏🙏 This isn't just another random petition of the 100s you have signed the last 2 years, this is an officially recognized citizen portal to getting laws changed in Europe. #Speirgorm

I highly recommend Smash as an alternative

Never, ever using it again.

It's building up steam is this. The members of the German FA are now openly discussing the idea of boycotting it. As with Twitter - all it takes is one European country to pull it and the rest will follow. But the idea a unifying festival of football is played in the States is for the birds. 🚫

For my followers in the EU, there is an European citizens’ initiative you can sign to demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. If you are for BDS this would be a huge step up. eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

Seven over from the best one. #speirgorm #lfc

Great work being done by @cjharvey1.bsky.social and Prof. John Doyle.

Government announce it will be illegal to generate CSAM on X if you're not wearing a helmet

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Dublin City Council CEO Richard Shakespeare says "I have now taken the decision to suspend all posting by the City Council on the X.com platform. This applies to all City Council X accounts and will be actioned with immediate effect."

Cannot believe a club so steeped in glorious history and tradition have a woman beating rapist on their books. Second chances? F'koff. Greenwood forfeited ALL privileges when we heard what he did to that poor girl. And no amount of contrition should allow you to continue to earn 140k pw. Meh.

“Let's get the facts right. They [Victoria and David] woke up blocked … as did I," Cruz Beckham insisting the wedding was better craic than his brother is letting on. #speirgorm

"They stole my face... my identity... I don't remember who I was three years ago." This is Lucy. Her life changed utterly after she became a victim of deepfake image abuse. Forced to move jobs & home... change every aspect of her daily life... she has a strong message for victims and legislators

We cannot allow for more women and girls to suffer like this. These crimes are not victimless. They are horrific. We must see action from Govt on this NOW. Thank you, Sonia. Thank you for your bravely speaking on this today.

The response from some in positions of responsibility and authority has appeared to be one of equivocating or treating deepfake image abuse as some sort of 'online' issue... a theoretical harm. Many, many Irish women and girls have already been victims. It's why the Grok scandal matters hugely.

We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.

Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.

If there's one trait the Irish are universally known for, it's being welcoming. By eroding that, our racist leadership are undermining our national identity. We're less Irish for having left these cruel men lead us. We're indistinguishable from the colonisers.

Last year, we made the decision to step away from X. The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. In our view, X no longer aligns with these values

I really wish our local journalists would pick up on nonsense like this. Some of our politicians get away with murder.

Last month, I wrote about the very sad story of Jim O’Neill, whose body was found in the Phoenix Park in Nov 2023, but whose family wasn’t informed of his death until Dec 2024. Today, his family met with Fiosrú, Office of the Garda Ombudsman, who are investigating the Garda handling of the case.

While the police forces & British courts pursue prosecutions relating to Palestine Action, an actual proscribed terror group is operating freely in N. Ireland and the police are covering up and downplaying white supremacist terror, violence and mass forced displacement of racial & ethnic minorities.

The Ordinary, Jo Malone, Bobbi Brown, Origins, Mac and a good few more - www.elcompanies.com/en/our-brands

Everyone writing a version of "they're punishing boys for being boys" under the story of the 19 suspensions from that one school a) are why we are in such a mess with VAWG b) have a dimmer view of men than any "man-hating feminist" I've ever met.

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

Former ICE officer in Lafayette pleads guilty to raping a detainee in a broom closet while other ICE-holes stood as lookouts. He used food, jewelry, letters and pictures of the woman’s daughter in exchange for sex. The bastard rapist’s name is David Courvelle, 56. #FuckICE #Resist #Pinks #ProudBlue

Good morning. A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive. That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power. Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.

In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material. You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system. It’s a feature. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Govt ministers acting like X is 'just' hosting child sex abuse material and not creating it also

Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.

Regency era novels enlivened by Hiberno-English. “Miss Crawford’s enjoyment of riding was such, that she did not know how to leave off.” No wonder Fanny Price hated her. #speirgorm

Platforms/social media communities that distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material usually make the news when story breaks about how the owners have been arrested as part a pan national police operation involving multiple agencies from different countries. Yet, now, CSAM is now openly available on X.

Actually I think every Christmas should be for women

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

This morning Rape Crisis Ireland has called for a ban on AI 'nudification' functions which can (and have) produced sexual images of children and adults. RCI: 'There seems to be no reason for the existence of "nudification" functionality on AI apps beyond exploitation...'

Dedicating my Nollaig na mBan blessings to my lovely aunt Eileen in the Royal Victoria Hospital and her baby sister, Mae who’s been holding her hand. Celebrating their dignity, integrity, fortitude, honesty and their 85 years of love. #nollaignamban #graforthemna #speirgorm