Has there ever been a situation before this when governments devoted so much money and effort into forcing people to adopt the products of a few companies, with so little evidence that they were useful?

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

If Wonder Woman isn't willing to play nice with Nazis, why should you? Be more like Wonder Woman.

The masked white supremacists who marched in Washington DC yesterday were members of Patriot Front. Here's a 5 minute report on the group we produced last year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMi_...

Transit content⤵️ "The nonprofit, founded by legendary folk artist & activist Pete Seeger in the 1960s, has a long history of activism. Seeger famously built the organization’s single-mast sailboat...in 1968, believing...if people went out on the river, they would care more about keeping it clean."

Trees do more than look good. They clean the air, hold soil in place, cool neighborhoods, and give wildlife somewhere to live. When you plant one, you're not just adding green to a space—you're building something that'll matter for decades. It's one of those actions that actually sticks around.

Genuinely sad and sorry to see this news today. I was only ever briefly in Simon's company, but found him always affable, warm, and welcoming. My thoughts are with his beloved family and all who knew him. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílís. www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/s...

Fantastic #Pride with @childrensbooksireland.ie. A huge crowd, wonderful atmosphere, so much joy, loved the people chanting Books!Books!Books! #Bród #ReadWithPride #ReadTheRainbow

Just searched for one of my fave kidlit authors (who is also a podcaster and chortle-tastic comedian) to follow him, only to find HE was already following ME, so... if nobody minds, I'll be over here feeling like A Big Deal.

Hospitals in France at breaking point. Staff under strain EU's preparedness strategy and implementation did not get priority @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu was busy focusing on big business and competitiveness in Antwerpen Wrong priority resulting in another #publicservicesemergency @epsu.bsky.social

An absolutely chilling must-read.

"Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday." news.un.org/en/story/202...

you: Please, dr moreau. your unholy creations are an affront to god. creatures of land should not combine with creatures of the sea. a baby belongs with its mother sheep, not imprisoned within a pearlescent shell until you see fit to pry open its hinges dr moreau: clamb

National rail say: “If you are travelling on Wednesday 24 or Thursday 25 June to from or within the red weather warning zone, please only travel if absolutely necessary.” They are updating this page with the latest travel refund information: www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...

This is only the beginning. The climate crisis is here. So why are politicians and most of the media still acting as though this can wait? It can't. We can still avoid some of the worst impacts - but only if we find the courage to act. metro.co.uk/2026/06/22/g...

Published one day ago. This is what the West has supported and still supports in Israeli occupied #Palestine 's #Gaza Strip: Total devastation by #Israel. www.threads.com/@yahya_alawa... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #GazaStrip #MiddleEast #Zionism

We Are Better Than This. I'm in solidarity with my Laureate na nÓg, @chrishaughton.bsky.social and other colleagues in children's literature by taking a stand against generative AI. Can you help? chuffed.org/project/1852...

Imagine the huge outcry if such wholesale annihilation were being perpetrated on land-based wildlife. But because it's happening at sea – almost everywhere, not just Scotland – it goes barely noticed, year in, year out.

I used to be so proud of being European. But this makes me sick. It's fascist, cruel, inhumane, and arrogant. People don't seek asylum for fun. And we have no right to detain them indefinitely or send them back to danger. Not in my name.

Nearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von Schuckmann

Icymi: Very positive findings about solar on peatland. Co-benefits of renewables just keep piling up.

Rayan Abu al-Ajeen was being carried in Gaza when both were shot by Israeli forces on Sunday, family says.

Wilson Cruz: Our rainbow flag is battle-worn. Because this spring, blocks from this theater, the Pride flag was removed from the national memorial of the Stonewall uprising—and it was only returned when activists brought it back themselves.

Independent bookshops give brilliant books a chance, even when they arrive without a celebrity blurb, a giant marketing budget, or a small island of hype. Sometimes a book does not need a campaign - it needs a bookseller who believes in it. #IndieBookshopWeek @booksaremybag.bsky.social

Belfast knows only too well that bigotry only brings misery, poverty and death. They had many years of it and they don't want it back.

Disappointed to learn that this is not, in fact, the first drama series as Gaeilge set in the Pleistocene

Our collection includes the pocket book of the first officer on the scene. His report therein details her possessions, including a return rail ticket. #OTD #OnThisDay #WomensHistory

This guitar is now live on eBay ebay.io/m/e3zLR2 All proceeds will go to map.org.uk Medical Aid for Palestinians. Shares, reposts and whatever would be brilliant. Thanks in advance, folks. #Palestine #PalestineSolidarity #PalestineIreland #Guitar #ElectricGuitar #GuitaristsForPalestine

J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children” www.themarginalian.org/2026/06/06/j...

It’s interesting it’s always “Art should be free” and never “Cars should be free” or “Cake should be free” so that art gains this weird status of being priceless and worthless at the same time.

Want to see some fabulous book cover art? This #KidsBookFriday thread is what you need!

Loki's greatest nemesis is Edithor.

Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

I've taught PERSEPOLIS (book & movie) more times than I can count. Two epic masterpieces, but, more than that, two texts that find their way to young people. I've never had a class that didn't *get* PERSEPOLIS, and that's a miracle of its own. Satrapi's voice and imagination are so alive. RIP.

In 2018, a watercolor by an unknown European artist appeared at Sotheby’s in London. A collector from Kyiv bought it. Later, experts identified it as a lost 1846 work by Taras Shevchenko: St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv. After more than 170 years, it returned to Kyiv. I saw it today.

When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing. lithub.com/the-way-of-w...

Ask The Nincompoops is coming back! And we need your questions! Send them to [email protected] And, in the meantime, listen to our very first giant blob of immense wisdom, here: shows.acast.com/nincompoops/... via @acast

Okay so I read the whole of the Pope's latest encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas", the one the internet is calling the AI Encyclical, but it's about a LOT more than that (of course it is, it's over 40,000 words). Here's a thread of quotes...

EXACTLY THIS 😤😠

A societye that hath high expectaciouns and social pressures about sculptinge bodyes at the gym -- but verye litel shared public commitmente to feedinge the heart and mynde wyth fiction, poetrye, drama, and art -- ys bound to grow more callous and hollowe wyth each yeare.

We will never know or properly appreciate how many lives have been saved by librarians. The right book in the right hands at the right time. Astounding.

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

False equivalence. This is a convo about ownership. Spend $10.99/mo on CDs and in a year you've got 12 CDs. Yours forever even if you go broke and can't buy more. Spend $10.99/mo on streaming and then have to cancel? You've spent the same $ and you have...nothing. These are not equivalent systems.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718 – 1799) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university. #CelebratingWomen

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The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/the-nightingale-s-song-at-midnight-and-the-morning-rain

The Pope has spoken out for the protection of immigrants, and against the Iran war. Now he's launching a papal letter on AI. Tomorrow, he'll be joined by an Anthropic co-founder, religious leaders, and theologians in an address about safeguarding human dignity in the AI era.

A personal piece. I hadn't done a cyberpunk pic in ages and I wanted to take my time with something and put some real work in. I also wanted to set it in Ireland, with alternative brands for those must-have logos littering the cityscape. I loved working on this. I'm open for commissions! #SpeirGorm

Insane framing. It is not "blood libel" to write about the numerous NGO reports alleging sexual abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

We're excited to reveal the third ROAR-SOME dinosaur adventure by @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and @alanorourke.bsky.social ... PROJECT DINOSAUR: TOP SECRET! Coming in July 2026 ... pre-order from your favourite bookshop or buy the complete set at 20% off from Littlelsland.ie