The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Which one is more English?

And he just stands there...

Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.” A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.

Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

In Finland they’ve been taught how to spot fake news as part of a critical thinking curriculum since 2014 including how to spot a doctored photo, check for inconsistencies as well as countering misinformation that sows division. We are more than 10 years behind on this.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Zohran Mamdani showed us that generational change, bold ideas, principled stands, and movement building must be the future of a stagnant Democratic Party

Huge Democratic party win across the board, but a lot of European newspapers are just reporting on Mamdami

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

This needs to be done more often. Expertise is not balanced with ignorance, analysis is not balanced by prejudice and science is not balanced by belief.

Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration

I'm just asking questions.

Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Mamdani is such a good communicator.

What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯

Delighted to say that the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarships Scheme 2026 is now open. Deadline: Friday 30th January 2026 at 5pm Dublin time. We're looking for exceptional doctoral candidates - from anywhere in the world - to join us @ucdpolitics.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...

I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t... And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?! Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

What he said: 💯 🎯

Indeed not. But provide leadership against the far right and their racist minions - not a pale echo chamber of their ‘concerns’ and ‘just asking questions’

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

"It is up to us, a new generation, to carry our European flag with pride. We are a beacon of freedom and human dignity in a world on fire. Europe is the most beautiful place on earth" Rob Jetten, incoming Dutch PM, is a national leader speaking as a European; let’s hope he will also act as such

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

Excellent by @bentonra.bsky.social in @irishtimes.com A reasoned, articulate analysis of the potential paths facing Ireland in a precarious & volatile transatlantic relationship. Required reading for all students of International Relations! www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

If you’re ever in the mood for a 40min survey of Irish foreign policy you might enjoy this: youtu.be/hv5ggSV2-vQ?... Me in conversation with Prof James Jer-Lindsay. Bring a salt shaker. 😆

Orban's Hungary third worst rule of law decliner in the world in 2024/25 & indeed the worst backsliding country in the past decade EU's reaction: @ec.europa.eu rewarded Orban with €10.2bn in Dec 2023, no a single 💶 was clawed back/frozen & @consilium.europa.eu has kept doing nothing on Art 7 etc...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC. “This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…” So good!! 🔥

The Washington Post thinks the White House Ballroom is a splendid idea and anyone who thinks otherwise is a NIMBY. In other news Post owner Jeff Bezos is helping to pay for the Ballroom

Superb piece on the presidential election- & on what happens now- by Pat Leahy in today’s IT www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

Nationalism is a shibboleth. The challenges we face are daunting. But we are not going to overcome them by hunkering down behind of imaginary lines scrawled on a map by medieval warlords. Our problems are transnational, and the solutions are too.

Who’s funding Trump’s $300 Million ballroom?

Putin won’t back down now or seek real talks. Why would he? Trump’s behaviour has emboldened him, the EU hasn’t filled the gap, and Russia’s allies - China, North Korea - sustain the war Until Putin fears losing, he’ll keep fighting My @euronews.com interview www.euronews.com/2025/10/23/w...

Updating my LEGO White House

Delighted to be asked to speak to secondary school students in Waterford last Thursday alongside Ireland's youngest City & County Councillor Kate O'Mahony on the theme of spotting and fighting online disinformation in politics. Energy from students was fantastic & the questions were great!

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Indeed.....

Honoured to have my article published in @irishtimes.com today. A piece of me and Gaza and Nour — on paper. ❤️ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

What a pity, her legacy will live on in the experiences gained through millions of young Europeans who have had the extraordinary opportunity of studying in a fellow EU member state.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Best #nokings get-up I’ve seen so far. Unlikely to be beaten.

A summit in Budapest would mark Putin's first visit to the EU since Russia's full-scale invasion Along with the Netanyahu's visit in April, Hungary is less an oasis of peace as Orban describes than a haven for wanted war criminals Listen back here: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Not that anyone seems to care, but just a quick reminder that Hungary is still a member state of the ICC and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin still under indictment by the Court and Hungary still under an obligation to arrest him.