Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland. There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same. And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment. 1/

An article on airport expansion in 2026 that never once mentions climate change or emissions manages a remarkable feat: total obliviousness in an era defined by both.

We already pay people to drive to work through fuel subsidies, tax reliefs, cheap parking and road investment. So why don’t we pay people to cycle instead? Cycling to work improves physical and mental health, cuts emissions, reduces congestion, and lowers healthcare costs, to name a few benefits 🚲💚

The “nobody debates that” here is not getting the attention it should. The nation is literally debating that. And the evidence of the wheels contradicts Vance. His phrasing is demanding the media simply echo his view and silence any other.

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro may well be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has decisively abandoned the core values that united them for the past century.

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

REMINDER: People need to get the fuck off X.

The ONLY solution for improving congestion is to move away from the private car as the main mode of transportation.

The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself. Shame on America, and shame on Europe

"The human cost is stark. Pedestrians aged 75 and over account for nearly a quarter of all fatalities, while one in three victims is 25 or under, and one in five is a child below 15." I speak to road safety campaigners about what needs to be done ...#roadsafety www.independent.ie/life/red-lig...

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... someone finally said it …

"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent" and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda

An Garda Síochána continue to place the main responsibility for road safety on vulnerable road users. People daring to cycle are not the problem in Ireland. Cars and the people driving them are — or more importantly, speed, dangerous driving, and the almost complete lack of enforcement.

@sellingamirror.bsky.social Sing us a song, you're the camera man (apologies to Billy Joel)

Conor Pope argues that an air-travel tax would be unfair. We would like to remind him that the vast majority of people on Earth will never take a flight. It is a wealthy minority (read: us) who pollute, while others around the world bear the consequences. So we ask: is that fair, Conor?

I suppose at least Ireland finally made it to the top 10 of something. Unfortunately, it's the least nature-connected countries in the world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

CBS News is the latest victim of the corporatization of the media. But it is the American people who will pay the price.

When leaving the prohibitively expensive Sligo Hospital Car Park, Catherine Connolly failed to pass on her ticket to someone coming in #SmearTheBejaysis

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Bill Maher: Should we be talking about climate change more as a national security issue? Thomas Friedman: Two things are happening faster than people think. One is climate change, and the other is AI. I think both are coming at us much faster than people realize.

Fascism in America

It’s a bad look.

New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-caused climate change

Irish media reporting on road collisions too often dehumanises victims and hides driver responsibility. Cyclists and pedestrians are people first — the language we use matters. Read our full statement below.

Victim blaming was a feature of road safety ads back in the 1970s. There’s a worrying touch of that about this current Garda Síochána ad, especially as distracted driving is a real killer.

As the son, grandson and nephew of Foreign Service Officers, I grieve that our President is a nincompoop with a child’s fragile ego, wasting our immense power. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

Europe is already flooded with oversized, dangerous SUVs. Allowing more U.S. pick-ups and mega-SUVs will make our streets deadlier, worsen emissions, and undermine efforts for safer, sustainable mobility. This harms people and the planet! This is the opposite of what we need!

In the Battle of the Logo, Cracker Barrel honored its Confederate past by retreating.

“All the elements that contributed to the gun deaths are going to be investigated—except for the guns.”

This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination. This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

TonytheDog here is very good at *encouraging discussion* but he's not expecting to be President #Aras25

According to the Watson School of International and Public Affairs in Rhode Island, US, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the war in Afghanistan combined.

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

We’re not a serious country anymore.

In the last year, not one person died in a road traffic collision in Helsinki, Finland. Could Ireland's cities achieve the same? http://jrnl.ie/6781664

Trump announced plans to Make America Gilded Again, with a gaudy $200 million White House ballroom designed in the style of Late-Stage Ceaușescu meets Liberace. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-war...

Provide diplomatic cover, weapons and espionage support for war criminals. Arrest those protesting against war crimes as terrorists. How many people voted for this?

@sellingamirror.bsky.social the vintage look

The asymmetry of punishment for activism and protest.

It is a dark day for freedom of the press. Paramount’s decision to settle with Trump will only embolden him to continue his attack on the media. Trump is undermining our democracy and moving us towards authoritarianism, and the billionaires are helping him do it.

For those keeping score, the Senate Bill adds $18 billion in new handouts for Big Oil. We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Illegal peat extraction causing catastrophic damage - EPA 'The large-scale, illegal commercial extraction of peat is widespread in Ireland and the sector does not operate within planning or environmental laws' www.rte.ie/news/environ...