In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

Maybe have another coffee and do some judicious and exuberant blocking.

Ice cream for dinner: appropriate self-care. Ice cream for lunch: any pretense at normalcy is gone. Lunacy reigns. 10/10.

Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."

Yes, but perhaps not the way you and he think.

It's on Tubu. It's literally on Heebee. It's on Poodee with ads. It's literally on Dippy. You can probably find it on Weeno. Dude it's on Gumpy. It's a Pheebo original. It's on Poob. You can watch it on Poob. You can go to Poob and watch it. Log onto Poob right now.

"By a vast degree, the majority of politically motivated violent attacks... are still to this day committed by members of the far right and almost all cis men."

Dear Jonathan. A proper hunan being.

The US "caught unawares"? Can the Guardian be serious? Have they seen a map? There is no way Israeli jets could reach Qatar without passing (and being refuelled somewhere) over Jordan, Iraq and, largely, Saudi Arabia. And the US did not get whiff? Really? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

Apparently, it's bad luck to mention a "MacBook" in a software company. You have to call it "the Scottish laptop".

SCOTUS ruled that being a PoC is suspicious, and ICE can arrest you until you prove you’re legal. IOW: any PoC that is waiting in line or is walking to a polling station can be snatched up by ICE and detained until voting is over. It’s not so hard to see what they’re preparing for.

He's such a f'ing dickhead.

Now available in Ukrainian from Raven Books. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

Behind the Scenes of Alex Winter @alexwinter.com and Keanu Reeves’ ‘Waiting for Godot’ www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.

I didn’t. Maybe I can reverse 2000 years of this tomfoolery.

Good night, loons and weirdos. I'll swing by to see you tonight in your dreams.

Don't set your cheese free. It will never come back, no matter how much you once loved each other.

Goodnight Blue Sky

Nine grafs deep into the article and we find out: "Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters."

Well, well, well...

walking_this_way Lise -health wealth purpose for women

This #vss365 is for the great Charlie Mingus

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

‘[T]he facts speak for themselves. And Israel continues to be armed and supported by Western countries.’ - Sally Hayden. @sallyhayd.bsky.social

I was chatting to my Indian neighbour at the bus stop on Fleurville Blackrock She was waiting for the L25 in Dunlaoghaire direction. I sympathised with her about the attacks on Indian people. Then the bus came and a Black girl came running for it. The driver saw her and @dublinbusnews.bsky.social

They can’t be serious about Bertie for President. Has everyone suddenly got amnesia? 😱😱😱#speirgorm

I am saying nothing. Absolutely nothing. Apart from: if you're in crisis, suicidal even the chances of you getting support quickly from Pieta are actually pretty low, despite the shiny marketing. (A strictly personal opinion)

If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.

If you're in Ireland, please fill out this public consultation about the future of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, the best thing that's happened to Irish artists in a very long time. We need it to continue. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Literally any of my books. All the Irish actors and directors please. ☺️

Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October. More details to follow soon. Ready your manuscripts! 📝 bansheepress.org/read/banshee...

The wildest part of American conservatism now is that they control the White House, the Senate, Congress and the Supreme Court so they have to reach so far down to scrape the barrel for reasons to make their followers feel like they are under attack.

Truly shocking... 'Imagine discovering that your identity has been hijacked and someone is trying to trade off your name.' My identity has been stolen to produce fake AI-generated books in my name - @samblakebooks.bsky.social via @independent.ie youtu.be/pZxfNYucJrc?...

There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam

If only she were in a position of authority whereby she could #SanctionIsrael but alas she’s just a poor housewife…. Via Euronews: Ursula von der Leyen 'extremely saddened' by situation of children in Gaza www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Louis Marcus brings the Rabbis’ intervention to a wider audience through the @irishtimes.com

In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.

Thinking about going to Bloody Scotland next month? Want some recommendations? Click through to my blog! And follow the blog tour as it continues, there's a whole bunch of people aiming to tempt you along 😁 #BookSky 📚💙

Anyone?

We have a fresh batch of books arriving in the morning from a bookshop in Kyiv! This is what we got last time⤵️ check back tomorrow to find out what treats the new delivery brings

#BookReview: The Night I Killed Him by @gillperdue.bsky.social #TheNightIKilledHim #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/08/19/b... via @damppebbles.bsky.social

Brian Glenn: President Zelenskyy, you look fabulous in that suit Zelenskyy: You are in the same suit. I changed, you did not.

Relieved that European leaders will accompany Zelenskyy- a true hero- when he meets with Trump. . Last time both Trump & Vance were such bullying pigs it shocked & appalled the world. Hopefully the supportive presence of other leaders will insure there will not be a repeat of that ugly day

It's a very short walk from here to "Anne Frank died of typhus, thus there were no gas chambers."

Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.

Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."

How is it possible that we are able to watch innocent people - babies, children- starve to death?