Kafka and Prague by night. What a city!

Appealing to Donald Trump to show common sense. That’s cute. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them? TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.

This is an interesting read from @yvonnemurray.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/2025-in...

Hen Mountain today

I say it every year. Mark Gatiss is a master storyteller #AGhostStoryForChristmas #EFBenson

His life and work should not be overshadowed by his tragic death, an apparent homicide, becoming an occasion when the incumbent President of the United States of America has surprisingly showed he could sink lower than even he had done to date into his characteristic sociopathic narcissism.

Keynote speaker Diarmaid Ferriter opens the “From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border” conference.

A 12k walk today

@dannyrobins.bsky.social "Sometimes, when you look into the darkness, it looks back". Thanks for this Danny. This will be me trying to sleep tonight with the lights on 🤣

Ah no...this is such sad news www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

A century on from the unpublished Boundary Commission report, on 3 December, a Belfast conference of QUB's Institute for Irish Studies & Centre for International Borders Research will hear leading academics analyse the history, cultures & futures of the #Irishborder tinyurl.com/BoundaryCent...

@casmudde.bsky.social Hi, have you seen this? Thought it might be of interest. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55920

It would be interesting to know the relationship these Christian nationalists have with Christianity. How religious are they? It also raises important questions for the Christian churches and what their role might be in confronting this behaviour. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Looking forward to the new #Uncanny season - can’t think of a better way to mark Halloween 👻 @dannyrobins.bsky.social

Nice wee read for the evening that is in it www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Very interesting seminar by @profcheryllawther.bsky.social discussing her new book on the topic of “Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice”

I am happy to see families from all sides reunited and a ceasefire in Gaza (long may it last). However, those who caused and supported a genocide now being seen as peacemakers, while people return to rubble and continue mourning their loved ones, does not sit right with me.

A clip of this regularly pops up on my social media feeds. Then I am required to listen to all 10.44 mins of it…on repeat… youtu.be/yTcsgxU9jsA?...

Big, but not entirely surprising news. Has been a disaster for Fianna Fáil. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

As a (struggling) student of the Irish language I totally endorse this - we can’t understand our present without a knowledge of our language. Even though I’ll never be fluent I’m so pleased to begin to grasp the origins of our landscape & hugely indebted to Manchan Magan.

Great to see. It will be interesting to see the reactions to it, though. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just saying…

Great to see www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Always nice to see the hard copy! Looks great!

Today is the European Day of Languages. And this year, we mark 25 years of celebrating multilingualism in our Union. 🥳 Languages open doors. They help us connect, explore cultures, make lifelong friends, and journey further. We remain stronger, united in our diversity. europa.eu/!6FkntW

I think a ruler was used in the making of these clouds #Belfast

Trump’s efforts at reading from an autocue are bizarre. It’s like he loses interest mid sentence and forces himself to continue.

UN inquiry finds Israel has committed genocide in Gaza

Excellent from @domsball.bsky.social

"We emailed Infidels MC for comment. In response, Mr Mulford instructed fellow leaders of the biker gang not to reply but included the BBC when he clicked 'reply all' - inadvertently disclosing email addresses and names of fellow Infidels MC members..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some moody skies above Belfast this evening

Academia.Edu: “Someone just searched for you on Google: Me:

Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

EU’s credibility on line unless concrete action taken against Israel - Harris

This is utterly depressing. www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...

An interesting piece as the new NFL season approaches (🥳). Perhaps this is a perfect summary of Trump and his business acumen... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/americ...

Yet there has been no meaningful response. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The number of people who told me last year that ‘it can’t get any worse for Gaza.’ But it always could get worse, things can always get worse- and they have. We are now witnessing an official, full-blown, US-approved famine in Gaza. Shameful.

Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit

Ireland is among 21 countries to sign a joint statement calling Israel's approval of a major settlement project in the West Bank "unacceptable and a violation of international law".

Really pleased to have contributed to this conversation.

What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'? What is it like to be asked 'where are you originally from?' How is 'Irishness' navigated and experienced amond second-generation young adults? If you know anyone who might be interested in taking part then please share with them 🙏

A walk in the Belfast hills #IrishSummer

so bleak

The was a fascinating and hugely important discussion. Really worth a listen.

"The reality has changed. I ask you and the people of the world, why are you so interested in those Palestinians so much? Why do you care about them? It's just another small nation. The Palestinians don't interest me. I care about my people." Mentality of extremism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a fascinating piece by Katy Hayward. Great title! www.eurozine.com/eternal-twil...