No shame. No accountability. Irish civilians detained after being seized in international waters are now being used as political props by Israel’s far-right Government. What we’re witnessing is performative cruelty - propaganda in advance of potential elections in Israel.

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping, hijacking’ of Gaza flotilla activists #asiapacificreport #anadolu #gazaflotilla @freedomflotilla.bsky.social #humanitarianaid #aidactivists #israel #kidnapping #humanrightsviolations asiapacificreport.nz/2026/05/21/s...

This morning, I had the opportunity to kill two birds with the one stone… … … … … … … … … …but I decided to take them to the wildlife rescue centre instead.

Bullies understand a bloody nose. They take “talking” as validation.

FREDERIKSEN: Main reason Ukraine still standing is Ukraine. We supported them, that’s good. But we were slow on weapon deliveries, imposed red lines. Ukraine still not in NATO. We asked them to fight with one hand behind their back. Huge mistake. You have to fight war to win it.

Israeli attack kills three in Gaza community kitchen - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attack-kills-three-gaza-community-kitchen

People have sometimes asked me why I don’t keep a manicured lawn. Apart from the colossal waste of water, it would mean that I wouldn’t get to see this for one month of the year.

In Kyiv, the search-and-rescue operation at the site of the Russian strike on a residential building has been completed. The attack killed 24 people, including 3 children‼️ 24! Bastards. Bloody terrorists.

​This is 12-year-old Liubava, a 6th-grader. On the night of May 14, a Russian missile strike killed her in her own home, collapsing the building over everyone inside. Eternal memory🕯💔

This is Maria, she was only 15 years old.🕯💔 Killed by a russian missile strike on a Kyiv residential building on May 14. Witnesses report that Maria’s mother, Natalia, is now in the hospital. Her father and grandmother died alongside Maria under the rubble of their own home.

Ukrainian emergency services said that a massive Russian missile and drone attack that pummelled Kyiv on Thursday killed at least 24 people, further shredding hopes of a halt to Moscow's grinding invasion. jrnl.ie/7040379

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

Horror in Kyiv: An entire section of an apartment building collapsed after a russian attack. In the middle of the night while people were sleeping at home‼️

In Kryvyi Rih, as a result of a russian drone strike, 2 people were killed. A 9‑month‑old girl was injured, her leg was torn off‼️ She was hospitalized and is now in intensive care in critical condition. A 23‑year‑old woman is also hospitalized. Bastards. Terrorists!

With activists – including an Irish citizen – facing a “show trial” in Germany, The Ditch can reveal the weapons factory they’re accused of vandalising is today sending a laser system for marking human targets to Tel Aviv. www.ontheditch.com/elbit-german...

For every job I am qualified for, a piece of AI HR software rejects my application. All remaining jobs are for training AI, presumably to reject more people with skills. Cool.

It is reported Emily boarded a flight to Paris so please share with any friends and family in France

Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut killed four people yesterday, while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, the health ministry said. jrnl.ie/7035788

NEW ANALYSIS: What's going on in Spain? Spain's wholesale electricity price in early 2026: €44/MWh. Italy: €127. Germany: €96. UK: €103. Wind+solar now deliver 44% of generation. Gas sets the price in just 9% of hours, down from 55% in 2022. Full analysis: janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just...

Ireland has joined 11 other countries and the European Union in condemning the destruction of a school partially funded by Irish Aid in the occupied West Bank by illegal Israeli settlers last month jrnl.ie/7034801

I started this thread on twitter back in 2017. I add to it occasionally whenever the opportunity offers itself, but want to start it again so I can add to it on here. So… Amazing how grater technology has developed. My current grater (left) and an original 80s grater, the size of a brick!

The IDF playbook is a continuous crime against humanity... And our playbook is pretending we did not see it while convincing ourselves this is only temporary.

Lost count of how many times I've said this, but: It is possible, if not bleakly common, to have perfectly good mental health and functionality, and still be an absolutely awful person. "Being a thundering arsehole" is not, and never has been, a recognised diagnosis.

Spain's Prime Minister awarded Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, with its highest civilian honour on Thursday for her work documenting atrocities in the Gaza Strip.

Momentum growing from Irish fans, football and politics for boycotting the Nations League games against Israel, yet the government and the Football Association of Ireland are nowhere to be seen or heard on this issue. 🤔

Ireland shouldn’t play Israel in the nations league - it’s as simple as that. Today I launched a scarf designed by artist Nimhur so that football fans from all clubs can send a clear message to the @FAIreland - the match must not go ahead. #BoycottIsrael #StopTheGame

The word “genocide” is a precise legal term. And what has happened in Gaza matches the definition laid out in the 1948 Genocide Convention: “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as such.” - Omer Bartov, Israeli historian

I have been making fun of the Odyssey since I was a teenager and I’m not going to stop just because a director with a very parasocial fanbase has made it his mission to turn the Ancient Greek version of “Dude Where’s My Car” into a Very Serious Movie.

The latest horn for nuclear power really sums up Fianna Fáil - the only ideas they have are shit ones from the 1970s, and they didn't work then either. Now if only you dickheads would stop voting for them just because Mammy and Daddy did, and sure isn't yer man a great fella, that would be great.

TIM ASH: Ukraine has most effective military in Europe at the moment. It’s like pendulum has swung, right? Now Ukraine has cards. Ukraine is the key to European defense and security going forward, if we're to have at least some kind of autonomy from Americans.

Can your country feed itself? Food self-sufficiency ranking gives an answer. We see that Africa is very vulnerable. Source: buff.ly/vlcMJ3O

Do you remember the Israeli soldier who destroyed a statue of Jesus with a hammer a week ago? Well, in that exact same village, Israel has now destroyed vital solar panels...

KASPAROV: We should be objective. Putin will try to spread the war. It’s like cancer. You don’t negotiate with cancer, you cut it off. I’m in Strasbourg now, at PACE. When you talk to politicians here, there’s kind of cognitive dissonance. They all know Europe is at war and is preparing for war.

It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."

The majority of farmland is unusable due to Israeli bombing, bulldozing, or seizure within the so-called “Yellow Line.”

In Dnipro, a Russian Shahed drone flew into an apartment through a window but did not detonate. The people inside the apartment survived. Ordinary Saturday when your neighbors are genocidal maniacs.

When slavery was abolished in Jamaica in 1834, the following Irish surnames were present in the long list of compensated slave-owners: Barry, Bourke, Boyle, Brady, Brennan, Broderick, Buckley, Burke, Byrne, Carey, Carroll, Codd, Coleman, Collins, Conway, Corbett, Costello, Cowan, Creighton, Crowley

The elephants remembered him.

Israeli forces killed journalist Amal Khalil and wounded her colleague, Zeinab Faraj, firing multiple strikes on the journalists in southern Lebanon in what critics described as Israeli forces “hunting her down.”

Keep getting sent job ads by companies offering very good rates for writers etc to review and refine AI generated material so it's fit for human consumption I see we're at the 'having to pay creatives to avoid having to pay creatives' stage of the AI boom. Can't imagine a more efficient system.

Putin’s aims for Ukraine are textbook genocidal. He says Ukraine doesn’t get to exist, that Ukrainian language & culture doesn’t exist. His actions - civilian massacres, occupation, executing people who have Ukrainian symbols, the child abductions - all genocidal

Today is apparently the day of the long awaited “historic” €90B EU loan to Ukraine. We want Ukraine to regain its sovereignty. But if Europe keeps spending billions without a clear strategy or end goal, public opinion will shift, especially as economic hardship grows across Europe.

Israel has been steadily pushing the truce line to take control of more Palestinian territory in the six months since a “ceasefire” was reached. The yellow line drawn on the ceasefire maps had Israeli troops in control of about 53% of Gaza’s territory, but the occupied zone continues to grow.

"logic of Musk’s empire is total. X shapes the discourse. Grok automates it. Grokipedia rewrites the historical record. Starlink can deliver it all, everywhere, to everyone. Each layer reinforces the others. It’s not about winning arguments in the public sphere. It’s about building a replacement."

Spain will deliver 100 VAMTAC armored tactical vehicles and a batch of 155mm artillery ammunition to Ukraine this year, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced during a visit to Kyiv. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in May. Thank you Spain! 🇪🇸🇺🇦

It’s not a housing crisis. It’s a government choice. It’s not market dysfunction. It’s profit extraction. Homelessness is not a bug. It’s a policy feature.

LT. GEN. HERTLING: Ukrainians have proven themselves to be the ultimate fighting force in Europe right now. And it’s not just the combination of their new technologies and their evolutions on the battlefield. It’s continued grit and leadership dynamics of the people in charge.

Put yourself in shoes of someone in a oil & gas importing country Its triage: which hospitals get fuel, which industries shut, which crops get fertilizers? Those who don't have deep pockets in a bidding war pay in increased hunger, lost wages and shrinking economies. tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWesleyan