Another searing column by the incomparable Mark O’Connell …

If you're in the vicinity of @dculibrary.bsky.social, please pop in to see an exhibition selected from the archive material I've donated. It relates to my first book, The Destruction of Dublin (1985), and the Dublin Crisis Conference I helped to organise in February 1986. A blast from the past!

A public lido, with a year-round heated swimming pool, would be by far the best outcome for this long-dry dock basin -- as proposed by the George's Dock Lido campaign. But @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social officials insist that any such facility must be developed and operated by the private sector...

When Sir Keir Starmer said he supported Zionism without qualification he wasn't joking. He's now advocating for Zionist football hooligans. Macabbi Tel Aviv fans are notoriously violent thugs, yet Starmer wants to let them loose on the people of Birmingham. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Visiting Notre-Dame de Paris for the first time since it was restored so beautifully, the excerpt below from its vivid 14th century carved timber choir enclosure caught my eye. It shows King Herod and the apocryphal massacre of the innocents, and I thought of the mass murder of children in Gaza ...

With sociopaths like this one, every accusation really is a confession …

From the river to the sea. bsky.app/profile/paul...

Mourning, today, for a victim of a political assassination.

"Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act" | An excerpt from our @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & my) new book #ScienceUnderSiege, via @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Check out this first part of a 'Saving the City' podcast series by @unamullally.bsky.social in which yours truly talks about the history & importance of parks & public spaces in Dublin as well as the urgent need to repopulate the inner city, among many other issues. open.spotify.com/episode/1RKe...

Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.

This is both profoundly stupid, and profoundly dangerous

“Easing of garden cabin rules could have ‘unintended consequences’ for tenants Threshold warns units could be rented out without planning, safety or tenancy protections” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer. This thread explains why. 1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power. 🧵

My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I talk with the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/science-un...

Whispers *that's the French flag mate*

So much greatness.

Goniatite fossils spread throughout this piece of shale from the Cliffs of Moher. Evidence of lives lived on this same spot over 300 million years ago. County Clare, Ireland.

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"Why Does the Right Reject Progress?" by the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-t... #ScienceUnderSiege

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?

Zurich. “ The key to developing an urban space that is attractive to everyone lies in the organization of traffic.” 💯 www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/planen-un...

Listened to this on my commute 😊 Felt like the open & intellectual discussion about left political strategy we need from Ash Sarkar & @zackpolanski.bsky.social - this podcast is going to be a space for great ideas making! Look our for your gal on a future episode 👀😎

Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.

Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.

I know this sounds crazy, but shouldn’t the Secretary of Energy know something about energy?

If you're interested in where data centres are located and planned for in Ireland, @thejournal.ie has done some really good mapping of this.

Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky

This happened, quite clearly, because of the concerted action of a huge range of people from all over the country. But it was Gary Gannon who took the risk of challenging the Central Bank's assertions that they had no legal basis not to approve these bonds. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Bike bunkers for Dublin! Progress: contracts are signed with Bleeper Bike to provide 300 of them across the city. It's been an inexcusably long wait, but glad that it *finally* moving forward.

Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

You can shuffle the magic pixies all you want but if you have no strategy, no coherent message and are too timid to oppose even full on fascism then you are wasting your time. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.

Israel received twice the funding from the European Innovation Fund than Ireland and more 2/3 of all #EU countries combined Outrageous that an apartheid settler-colonial state currently carrying out genocide gets so much EU money as part of Horizon. #Spéirgorm old.reddit.com/r/ireland/co...

I hope you find my new book helpful for understanding the time we’re in, how we combat the bullies, and why I believe so passionately that we will succeed. Here's a bit more on why I wrote it.

Great splash over two pages in today’s Irish Independent ahead of next week’s launch of THE LIE OF THE LAND via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social m.independent.ie/irish-news/j...

This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …

The wonderful statue of Betjeman beside the Eurostar platform in St Pancras station is a tribute to the man who played a major role in saving it from the wrecking ball …

We’re at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit with activists from across the globe to build our movement in solidarity with Palestine!

Disgraceful.

What a brave young man

Very much looking forward to seeing Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus' new documentary on Seymour Hersh.

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

One student newspaper is fighting back.

🔥 One in four UK MPs have taken pro-Israel lobby funding, raising urgent questions about foreign influence and trust in British democracy.

The California governor’s social media strategy is unserious, weird, attention-getting – and effective. That should worry us all. Jill Filipovic on Gavin Newsom’s Trump tribute act

Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife… if this happens, i’m gone, and so is half my team.” www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...

‘Giving any credence to Israel’s promises of accountability achieves nothing beyond allowing for another day of slaughter in Gaza.’ - Jaggai El-Ed in Jerusalem. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...