Congrats to the editors at the Irish Times for their timing in publishing two news pieces this morning: Shannon Airport has been used for ICE deportation flight refuelling; an Irish man with no criminal record and a valid work permit has been held at an ICE centre in Texas ***since September 2025***

A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, other countries. n.pr/4qlvIaa

The Japanese election, my God

You can be one of the most popular figures on the cultural landscape and it won't matter; if white racists don't like you, you're controversial and polarizing. White racists are meanwhile never framed as divisive or polarizing, no, they're always "concerned" or "anxious."

James Baldwin was always cooking

Happy #caturday from Julian

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

Poet Henri Cole's poem, Birdbath, in the latest issue of the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

Okay, you guys wanted some fun tea on Richard Dawkins? Here you go: one reason he may have gotten super duper angry about me talking about misogyny in atheism skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...

Post from an Irish X user I'd reported X's response (what are people claiming to care about antisemitism doing posting on there?)

The juxtaposition of those last two reports... Tommy Robinson stalking a teacher because she's trans, and Mandelson thinking he deserves privacy over Epstein...

POV: you are about to be bitten

Chip Berlet (1949-2026) When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.

Do'h

I’m sure we can all use a timeline cleanse, so. Here are some more kitten pictures of him that his foster mother sent me today 🥰

Happy Gotcha Day to my beautiful boy! 11 happy years together and I love you more than ever 😻❤️ #catsky

Found this Bono reference in the Epstein files lol

Name them shame them

If the guards' claim is true, it's another cringe instance of the state cowering before a rogue company that has repeatedly informed me posting pro-Nazi content hasn't broken its "Hate Policies". (AND whose owner was begging Jeffrey Epstein to take him to his peado island)

The protecting women and children crowd at it again #speirghorm

Sanchez journey as Europe's anti-Trump continues "Govts can buy into zero-sum thinking of far-right & retreat into isolation, scarcity, selfishness and decline. Or they can harness the forces that... allowed our societies to thrive... for me the choice is clear" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

John McGuirk claimed in his WSJ opinion piece that George Mitchell is only referenced twice in Epstein emails, which is untrue. he's also in there under misspellings of his name, including in an email where Epstein says he's picking Mitchell and Ehud Barak up in his jet in 2013

It's publication day! You can now buy Celebrating Women in Legal History here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/celebrati...

Liked the chapo description of Epstein as a human Dubai

Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does

me finally owning a home in a walkable neighborhood when im too old to walk

imagine voting for a government which continued to post on a platform which actively disrespected them this much #speirgorm

Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years

Seeking a few more months to steady their immigration status, some university graduates fall undocumented and lose jobs. Read more here: www.dublininquirer.com/seeking-a-fe...

In a generation or two when the pension system has totally collapsed I hope someone remembers how FFG told people who were (highly) educated here and want to stay and work to fuck off #speirghorm

Seeking a few more months to steady their immigration status, some university graduates fall undocumented and lose jobs. Read more here: www.dublininquirer.com/seeking-a-fe...

It might be worth reminding folks that (now, Deputy) O'Flynn had the lowest attendance at Cork City Council meetings — in the end, even frequently missing the committee he chaired. However, by some stroke of fortune, he was in attendance at this meeting — and raised no objection to the scheme.

I feel like I should get a medal for successfully getting this boy into his carrier for his vaccination today

Really looking forward to reading this

And now the UK's privacy watchdog has also announced a Grok probe! What an extraordinary day for Europe turning on Musk bigtime ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

So Irish Rail now has to issue 750 compulsory purchase orders to keep the DART+ South West project alive despite no funding commitment from the government. What a mess and it's entirely of this government's making.

Meanwhile...

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok. The chatbot still produces sexualized images — even when told the subjects don’t consent. even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation. even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse. www.reuters.com/business/des...

Oh well! To host the last game, the Irish gov spent €4.2m on a licence fee to the NFL, and another €5m on infrastructure and “operational costs”. DCC spent €350,000. Imagine if that money was spent on local sporting initiatives? A lot of kids in Dublin City don’t even have a pitch to play on.

Paris prosecutors raid the offices of Elon Musk's X. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

If you’re interested in adopting these beautiful boys (GO ON) their profile is here, though it needs to be updated as they are a lot friendlier since it was written - Julian in particular is a total snuggle bug www.catsaid.ie/2025/08/meet...

It’s time for the Cats Aid Valentine’s Day raffle! All proceeds go to supporting the cats in Cats Aid’s care, like my current fosters Jamie and Julian #speirghorm www.catsaid.ie/2026/02/vale...

Perrysburg Journal, Ohio, April 12, 1901

Here is Raymundo (Ray) Gutierrez, the second agent to shoot Alex Pretti (seen at a 2013 Halloween party in a Border Patrol vest and more recently.)

Ah yes, that well-known and highly acclaimed journalist, “TechnoPathology”

Live your life with the utter confidence that the "Ireland for the Irish" crowd show in how intensely little they know about the country they live and-presumably-grew up in

Publisher: You get that new cover for the Grundrisse by Karl Marx done and sent to the printer? Designer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Publisher: what

Watched this last night, really interesting portrayal of how workers can turn on each other instead of the bosses who are screwing them over.