Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Coding www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

RIP

"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."

Leqaa Kordia was recently hospitalized after a seizure as she approaches a year in government detention. Her family and attorneys say she is being subjected to worsening conditions as punishment for her Palestine activism and her faith. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-... #Palestine #Israel

If your local shopping centre allowed one of its retailers to defraud you and then profited from the transaction, that would be a matter for the Garda. Yet the same is not true of the powerful technology companies … - Irish Times on another glaring scandal www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 33.8% (New) 🔶 LDM: 18.0% (New) ➡️ RFM: 12.7% (New) 🌹 LAB: 11.1% (-47.9) 🙋 Ind: 10.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 9.2% (-31.9) 🙋 Ind: 4.7% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.

EU: Combination of centre-right and far-right MEPs moves EU closer to creating ‘offshore’ centres for migrants and asylum seekers. www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...

Maybe it’s illegal after all. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens

“Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Foreign tourism to the U.S. fell 5.4% in 2025 while the rest of the world saw a 4% increase. Canadian visits dropped nearly 30%. buff.ly/MSynHSJ

Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen: "We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Supreme Court yet to decide on key defence issue relevant to Shannon charges - cases adjourned.

@garymarcus.bsky.social: LLMs still hallucinate and continue to make boneheaded errors, and this Caltech / Stanford paper is yet another suggesting that this is inherent. Even LLMs marketed as offering "reasoning" systems have major problems with reasoning. garymarcus.substack.com/p/breaking-l...

EU's West Bank Warning Highlights What Israel Stands to Lose if It Proceeds With Annexation Haaretz Today www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... 🧵 By Vera Weidenbach

This is that "red line" we heard so much about at the outset of Trump's second term. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Google handed ICE a student journalist’s bank and credit card numbers theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g... by @jesswash.bsky.social

Seamus Culleton yesterday on RTÉ radio said disease was rife in this camp where he is incarcerated. @klillington.bsky.social Now this.

That's my story 👍 -- we're staying on this and watching for further developments.

Canadian pension giant halts deals with DP World over chief’s Epstein ties ft.trib.al/KYJc6mr

Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Detected at Camp East Montana ICE Jail in El Paso truthout.org/articles/tub...

The rich know the value of having their access to justice. Their favoured governments respect their preferences. Ireland is well along the road to limiting access to justice for people who are not rich. It is about to press the accelerator. Justice Jackson of the US Supreme Court:

Our government is great at saying nice sounding words. They get plaudits for them, mostly from people online who don't live here and don't know any better. But it's only words, there is never any action, or even any intention for action, to follow them.

Your data: needs to be monitored and recorded Our data? Don't worry about it:

Red Cross President: What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms.

Shameful for Ireland @micheal-martin.bsky.social

The BBC has managed to get into Tehran. All journalists are banned in Iran.

🏴‍☠️ Netanyahu Reportedly Received Detailed Plan of Hamas' October 7 Attack From IDF in 2018 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... 🧵 Haaretz

🚨 Tomorrow, von der Leyen meets corporate lobbyists just hours before EU leader retreat. Trade union and NGO coalition warns against an (E)U-turn on protections. We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters. 📄 Joint Declaration: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/t...

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

My story yesterday; the Irish Times and I broke this now-international story and I am hoping he'll have some resolution and that this case will draw ever more scrutiny to the horrific conditions and circumstances in which so many detainees are held.

Fair play India

Morally, people can make their own mind up. Legally, imho this merits investigation as potentially breaching the Convention against Torture - a serious crime in Irish law. Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention Against Torture) Act 2000:

Mgt Satterthwaite, UN SpR on the independence of Lawyers: “It’s shocking that someone’s human rights work could be seen as so dangerous that they would be thought of as akin to a terrorist." A US official said Trump is concerned the ICC could prosecute him. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

No way will I attend the White House dinner with this President. I’m standing with @govwesmoore.bsky.social and @colorado.gov — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred. And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.

Germany, INSA poll: AfD-ESN: 26% CDU/CSU-EPP: 25.5% (+0.5) SPD-S&D: 15.5% (-0.5) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 11% LINKE-LEFT: 10% BSW-NI: 4% FDP-RE: 3% +/- vs. 02-06 February 2026 Fieldwork: 06-09 February 2026 Sample size: 2004 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

This is the worthless POS that's been threatening Ireland on Trump's behalf.

McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man? LYONS: Yes mam McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands? LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?

‘Our opponent is tricked out with military gear, staying in Hilton hotels and renting Enterprise cars, with technological support from Palantir and Amazon Web Services.’ NEW: Amna A. Akbar writes from South Minneapolis www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

Where are Russia's cables?

With their jobs?

Ms Kordia has been incarcerated by ICE for eleven months. www.amnestyusa.org/urgent-actio...

Why is it always, always about handing more power, data and influence to these huge companies, instead of holding them responsible for what they do online? #SpeirGorm

Ireland's government permits ICE fights to refuel in Ireland, knowing the deportees are kept in chains on board. Despite Irish law.