Bluesky users: why are there so few voices of victims of Israel on this platform? On other platforms I see direct reports on the ground of what’s being done in Palestine, Lebanon and beyond. I sign in to Bluesky and it‘s a footnote by comparison.

Israel still enjoys an observer status, and other preferential treatment in the EU. @ec.europa.eu

We can't have business as usual as the Israeli regime commit atrocities in Palestine and Lebanon. The Ireland-Israel soccer game cannot go ahead. On the 10th of June, we are bringing a motion demanding the govt withdraw support for this game. Contact your TD now, and ask that they support it.

Next Wed at 12pm, we will co-host a webinar on human rights monitoring at protests with @illanwall.bsky.social @uniofgalwayichr.bsky.social & INCLO Civil Liberties Network. Hear about the legal observer role at protests and experiences of setting up legal observer networks in Ireland and Australia.

Not one Health Minister stayed for the debate last night on 0.0 alcohol advertising. The Government says public health matters, but dismissed practical proposals without engagement. People deserve better from politics and better from Government.

We have a moral responsibility to stamp out racist talk when we hear it from our families, friends, neighbors, colleagues. Racism is not other people's problem to bear, it is our problem to solve. We (white people) are the solution. #SpeirGorm

Irish Flotilla activist who chanted Free Palestine at Ben Gvir, Cat Graham, on Prime Time last night on Israel's abuse of the participants. Ben Gvir felt free to share the video them being assaulted because of the total impunity the apartheid state enjoys from Ireland and the international community

Can't be repeated often enough 👇👇👇👇

How is Malcolm Byrne FF TD allowed comment on violence against women & children and character references - when he assaulted a woman himself and paid no price. Shocking choice by @tonightvmtv.bsky.social. Also disappointing to have nobody on panel arguing against references in GBV trials.

I got tired of Substack platforming Nazis, white supremacists, and convicted rapists, so I made a browser extension. Kill Yr Substack intercepts every Substack link and redirects it to `archive.is`. They never see your traffic. You still get to read the thing tho. jasoncosper.com/kill-yr-subs...

In contrast, here's a list of folks to be embarrassed by. www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/blog/2026/04...

1,000,000 signatures reached! 👏👏👏 — but, if you haven't signed yet, please still do! Inevitably, some signatures will be duplicates or incorrect when checked by national authorities. Your signature now will ensure a head room over the 1 million mark and guarantee the initiative is legally valid.

If you're an EU citizen, I urge you to sign this. It's not one of those useless change dot org signature collections. If they get enough signatures, the EU Parliament will required to publicly address it and give a formal response.

"The Irish people do not want a red carpet to be rolled out for an American president who is dismantling international law and institutions.”

Disappointed that I appreciate the words of the NYC mayor over the actions of the Irish Taoiseach today. It really is increasingly obvious that the government of Ireland do not speak for the people. #speirgorm #lánaféilepadraig

One day, the Irish Times stupidly published an indefensible friendly article on neo-Nazi terminology and it stared down the bifurbicating Trousers of History. The Opinion Editor responsible started the day unsure, wavering, and ended it full of blustering self-righteousness. And that was that.

Easy to forget, Fine Gael are in the EEP #SpéirGhorm

Chilling. These people know that their ideas are so unpopular that people would never agree to them by consent, so they use algorithms.

whenever Cathal Crowe is in the news, I am reminded of two things (1) he is a conspiracy theorist who believes the (non-existent) crown of Brian Boru is hidden in a church in the Vatican whose wall he wants to smash open (2) he is the chair of the Committee on Education and Youth

Empty vessels get attention when they make noise. So this is a good day to contact your local public reps and let them know that, contrary to what three weirdos say on the internet, you have no problem with drag queens - and add politely that you will have a problem with TDs pandering to bigotry

If Claude can murder hundreds of innocent schoolgirls, imagine what it can do for your codebase!

Fairphone put out a document that takes a holistic look at the environmental impact of electronics. Everything detailed by component, material, process, etc. Really interesting for those looking to dig deeper www.fairphone.com/wp-content/u...

She’s getting better at bath time AND she’s using her big tub instead of her tiny bowl for once! 🧼 🛁 #pigeonsky #birdsky

Superb work by The Journal. It badly needed to be put on record. This joke isn't funny anymore.

Statement on The Hague Group Meeting on Accountability and the Enforcement of Intl Law in Palestine. 4th Mar '26. Ireland attended this meeting. So, I'm assuming that the Occupied Territories Bill will be passed in full in the coming days. Because that's what they just agreed to. #SpéirGorm

The graves dug for 153 Iranian female school children who were killed by an Israeli-American strike. Photo: IRNA

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

The importance of maintaining the triple lock could not be clearer. Any government that can't call out clear violations of international law because they're afraid how the US will respond cannot be trusted with decisions about foreign deployment of troops. It's as simple as that.

Ireland used to respect the UN Sec Gen. Now she pretends not to hear him.

The US killing one and hundred fifty school children in a single attack on Iran has apparently been universally decided to be a non story by the Western press. Not front page news, not in the highlights, instantly memory holed. Profession and institutions worse than worthless.

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"All the people under broken homes Don't wanna fight no more All the people nursing shattered bones Don't wanna fight no more But there's no profit in peace So we've gotta fight some more" - Profit in Peace (Ocean Colour Scene)

After today's English by-election result, a reminder; www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...

It happened again

Cool and How many of them have spouses who have rented out properties?

The EDLF* have adopted the Trumpian trait of claiming that things are the opposite of what they really are. How can we participate in democracy when those in power surround us with the hall of mirrors that is deliberate misinformation? *Endless Doom Loop of Failure, aka FFG

If you want to stand up against fascism, then you have to defend trans rights. It’s nonnegotiable. We all lose otherwise.

Iona; an ultra-conservative organisation which actively oppose LGBT rights, abortion, contraception, assisted reproduction technologies, surrogacy, euthanasia & divorce. Maria Steen is an active member. She is not a centrist, not in 2026, not in 1996. #ireland www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

Senator Alice Mary Higgins asked the CnaM Chairman why his organisation didn’t take action under the Irish Online Safety Code against Grok generating CSAM. Apparently, it didn’t appear to them to be a breach of the code. What , then, is it good for?

Clarity on today's email tool! Only Councillors in Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Kerry have the opportunity to share their opinions with MARA in relation to the corporate takeover over of Seaweed harvesting. But ANYONE can email them ✊️ action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st... #SpeirGorm

Mise sa chistin #gaeilge #mastodaoine #spéirgorm mastodon.ie/@IarfhlaithO...

3 County Councils, Mayo, Kerry and Donegal have until this Friday to reject the corporate takeover of Irish Seaweed harvesting. Check out our email tool to send emails to councilors calling on them to tell MARA that they do not want this happening. #SpeirGorm action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...

Please email Donegal, mayo, Kerry and galway councillors and tell them to stand against corporate seaweed harvesting Nothing like a ton of emails to light a fire under some councillors!

We have a spuddler* government * Spuddler: Someone who works ineffectively and is extremely busy while achieving absolutely nothing.

Are they getting bored not using the ones we already have?

I think it was under-reported (ie, not reported) that we came within a hair’s breadth of implementing a complete EU surveillance state *and* undermining the security of all messaging encryption on the 12th Dec last year. Ireland was backing Hungary’s plan to do it. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-b...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🇮🇪 I just concluded my 10-day official visit to #Ireland, where I observed important progress in protecting the environment, but these achievements are at risk. Press release: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @un-spexperts.bsky.social

The age old question: which came first, the ash or the idea for the article