I don’t do book reviews very often, but @sjamcbride.bsky.social and @fotoole.bsky.social’s essays are one of very few intellectually and politically generous treatments of the #UnitedIreland question to date, while @philipstephens.bsky.social #OurDividedIsles provides rich historical context…

From @fotoole.bsky.social's essay in the current Atlantic: "The pleasures that Trump offers his followers are sadistic ones, predicated on his invitation to enjoy the pain of others. His happiness is a zero-sum game: 'Real' Americans can experience it only if others are miserable."

I was wondering what @fotoole.bsky.social thought about all this Both a fair assessment of how we got here and a call to arms going forward (I’m an old pinko so i agree w his conclusions) Really interesting essay I’d highly recommend and I’m insisting my son read

“Being the party that feels the world’s pain is not a good answer to a president who invites his supporters to share the unalloyed joy of being able to inflict it.” — @fotoole.bsky.social on Kamala Harris’s new memoir

One of the heroines of modern Ireland www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Heaney, by @fotoole.bsky.social : observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Typically brilliant essay by @fotoole.bsky.social on the Democrats and their inability to move past internal recrimination: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

On the Democrats www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

@fotoole.bsky.social on Heaney's initial reluctance to engage with the Troubles in his poems. "He resisted gut instincts that could not be transmuted into art, steering clear, like Odysseus, of both the whirlpool of propaganda and the monster of indifference." observer.co.uk/culture/book...

This @fotoole.bsky.social piece is one of the best things I have ever read in a newspaper. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

'The Poems of Seamus Heaney', reviewed by @fotoole.bsky.social A "glorious gathering-in of his achievement, edited with meticulous care by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue". observer.co.uk/culture/book... Hear the editors speak at 'Circling The Square'. www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...

We are thrilled that our publication For and Against has been shortlisted! 🗳️ Vote here: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/ @fotoole.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie #APIBA #ReadersWanted #StoriesMakeUs

Commission by the ARINS project, For and Against a united Ireland, is available in book shops and online: shop.ria.ie/products/for... @arinsproject.bsky.social is a collaboration between the University of Notre Dame and the Royal Irish Academy. @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

Sam and myself will be at the NCH in Dublin to present For & Against a United Ireland on Nov 30th www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

Excellent review of For & Against a United Ireland by the ever-illuminating Katy Hayward www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Today in 1983 Stanislav Petrov saved the human race. On duty at the Soviet early warning command centre, he refused to warn superiors of radar reports of an incoming US strike. It proved to be a false alarm. If the Soviets had responded it would have been all out nuclear war.

Very much looking forward to joining in this glorious tribute to the great Tim Robinson at the NCH on Sunday afternoon. I think there are a few tickets left. www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

if you're interested in this area. Irish journalist Fintan O' Toole covered a lot of "the english question" back in 2018. This missive outlines the gist of his book "Brexit and the politics of Pain" I recommend that too. he's on here and well worth a follow. @fotoole.bsky.social 2/2

These two texts - to left of image - sound excellent and their review by @fotoole.bsky.social in the @thetls.bsky.social a superb piece of writing. I’ve been thinking about it all so much.

The first 500 copies have been signed by @fotoole.bsky.social and myself. Most have been pre-ordered but there are still some available from the publisher. Those copies should also arrive before the publication date of 20 October. ➡️ shop.ria.ie/products/for...

A vital conversation ahead: For and Against a United Ireland, chaired by Sarah Carey. Experience the book brought to life at the National Concert Hall, November 30th. 👉 bit.ly/4p6klU8 @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

A new book by the wonderful Lucy McDiarmid is always worth celebrating

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today it’s the first of two episodes with journalist & historian @fotoole.bsky.social about the trials that followed the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. How and why did the British get it so wrong by court martialling the ring leaders in secret? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Fintan O’Toole @fotoole.bsky.social on Trump’s Epstein problem

My thoughts on Trump and Epstein (and Dracula) www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Tickets now available for the Dublin launch event accompanying the release of For and Against a United Ireland with @fotoole.bsky.social. Despite it being in the National Concert Hall, I promise not to sing. 🎟️Book tickets: www.nch.ie/all-events-l... 📙 Pre-order the book: shop.ria.ie/products/for...

Wonderful piece as usual, Fintan. I've written an analysis of the relevant AI models here, along with the cautionary tale of Scronkfinkle the sparrow. micknugent.substack.com/p/who-does-g...

Fintan O’Toole @fotoole.bsky.social on Trump’s make-believe war—played with real guns—in Los Angeles

“[America’s attack on Iran] can be thought of as a FOMO war, triggered by Trump’s fear of missing out. In a development that may be without parallel in US history, a president entered a foreign war as a follower, not a leader.” — @fotoole.bsky.social

Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) on the Trump regime’s drive to war www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Irish Unity: For? Against? Both. Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride explore both sides of the Irish unity debate with intellectual depth and balance. 📆 Out 20th October 📚Preorder now bit.ly/4ei6x3I 🎤 National Concert Hall & Lyric Theatre Belfast to come @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

Happy to say I did the cartoons for this, arguably the most important part of any book.

Coming in October: For and Against a United Ireland with the wonderful Sam McBride www.ria.ie/research-pro...

‘This is not a political party. It is not democratically organised and run. It is administered as a business, and volunteers are treated as employees. You will pledge your loyalty absolutely, you will not speak unless spoken to, and you will do what you are told.’ Very good interesting read

Our 5/29 issue is now online, with Rachel Nolan on the collapse of Venezuela, @harikunzru.bsky.social on woo-woo authoritarians, @fotoole.bsky.social on the grievance economy, Sue Halpern on toxic Facebook, Chris Ware on a comics masterpiece, and much more.

TONIGHT at 5 PM EDT: “The Future of Progressive Politics.” Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) in conversation with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (@jayapal.house.gov). Registration ends at 3 PM EDT. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future...