The International Federation of Journalists and European Federation of Journalists have called for the reinstatement of the journalist who was fired for asking an EU Commission spokesperson if Israel should pay for Gaza's reconstruction

if you're a campaigning organisation you should hire this woman!!

plastic: it pollutes when you extract the oil or gas, it pollutes when you burn that oil or gas to produce it, and the final product is itself ALSO a pollutant that will remain in the environment for hundreds (thousands??) of years

yes but WHERE TO

oh sure, but if *i* blow up an oil refinery suddenly it's ✌️eco terroism✌️

yeah i don't think we need to listen to this jerk's awful opinions on climate

i'm being attacked

*concrete jungle where dreams are made of* 🎶 LET'S HEAR IT FOR EAST WALL🎶

schaerbeek state of mind

ok i think that's all of them

Data centres are to energy as Airbnbs are to housing. They devour the supply, inflate the costs, and destabilise the entire system. Societal vampires.

I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance. You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...

saying 'rest now, i'll see you in valhalla' to the cat when i leave the house to go to work

“You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”

ZOHRAN MAMDANI NO SURRENDER A 4-DAY WEEK AND A 3-DAY BENDER

before i had a kid, i'd get teddy bears or cute things as presents for people when they had a baby after having my own kid, i now get them that thing that sucks the snots out of the baby's nose

ZOHRAN MAMDANI NO SURRENDER A 4-DAY WEEK AND A 3-DAY BENDER

ok i think that's all of them

fascinated by the editorial choices around the use of the metric system or not

there are no "legitimate concerns" about immigration. there are "legitimate concerns" about how poorly a country is run for the people who live there by the powerful and lies about how this is the fault of immigrants and not the powerful.

this is horrific stuff, and another example of ai being the new fascist aesthetic

Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner

i do not understand how 'mainstream' politicians, political parties, government departments, public institutions and EU bodies still use twitter as the default social media if these move elsewhere, journalists will have to follow staying there props up this creep's project of hatred and racism

we looked good

today's the day

wouldn't say hallowe'en is "british", that's an insult to the long tradition in ireland yous can keep your soccer though

happy hallowe'en!

Noted language scholar @johnhyphen.bsky.social once told me that "zombie" comes from the Irish "an tSamhain" (the Halloween) + "bhí" (was). The ones who return on Halloween. tsamhain-bhi... Zam-bee... Zombie. This theory is fascinating, we an only assume an Irish priest in Haiti coined it.

yeah if for some reason you don't find burnout, depression and the loss of childhood innocence frightening???

there's just GOTTA be a cheaper way to kill people right??

i knew slovakia was homophobic but this is another level

see this is what happens when the cool kids don't wedgie the nerds enough, they start gettin ideas

the belgian tv commentators just made a comment about "le football britannique" 😑 does look like ireland is gonna kick their butts tho #BELIRE

can only assume that "drag pantomime" is like a double negative, so a play where everyone dresses in the clothes that society normally associates with their gender

finally got around to playing the resident evil 4 remake, it's v good, but... what they did to the merchant's voice...

English is a tricky language, people do be making mistakes in it all the time. That’s why it’s important that we don’t take it seriously in law

cats and kittens say hello to the world's newest belgian

if you can't get over the line to a nomination because you're too right-wing for *michael mcdowell* then i think there just isn't a big enough constituency for you in the country same as if you're so far left that you can only get PBP/solidarity support, you're probably not really in the running!

'openly sympathizes with the Palestinians' is a pretty gross way of trying to make human compassion with civilians murdered in their tens of thousands sound problematic

on connolly's mandate/"low turnout" (45.8%) she got so many number 1s (63.4%), that for her to NOT win on the *first count* you'd have to add so many voters ALL choosing someone else that the turnout would have been 58%, higher than every other pres election since 1990 she was unbeatable #aras25

thank you catherine connolly for the extra hour of sleep tonight, already making a difference for us xxx

CATHERINE CONNOLLY NO SURRENDER FOUR-DAY WEEK AND A THREE-DAY BENDER

hmmm that looks like a bit too much body waxing

saying hello to the big man

oh you know what time it is

The number of spoiled votes suggests that we have a huge misinformation-led mental health crisis in this country. A lot of these people are clearly very unwell and the far right have swooped in to take advantage. They’re going to spiral further until the government takes the issue seriously

time for FG/FF to wake up and smell the (ooh la la! wonderful) coffee

A united left strategy - whether in the form of a single candidate or a transfer pact - in the Galway-West by-election is the best way to build on the hugely impressive victory for Catherine Connolly in #Áras25. Easier said than done, but golden opportunity for progressives…

Micheál Martin! Simon Harris! Heather Humphreys! Seán Kelly! Bertie Ahern! Jim Gavin! Gareth Sheridan! Alan Kelly! Bob Geldof! Billy Kelleher! Connor McGregor! We've beaten them all! Maria Steen can you hear me? Your boys have taken one hell of a beating!!

impossible to tell what proportion of the spoils are racists (some), what are genuine mistakes (some), and what are middle aged men who are just horny for maria steen (loads)