A quarter of those arrested for the racist disorder in Belfast in August 2024 have since been reported to the police for domestic abuse. “The myth that violence against women and girls is increasing because of immigration is completely unfounded and does not reflect the experience of Women’s Aid"

Great track. I always liked Fairport Convention but kept it quiet as they were seen as a bit uncool - you'd get away with Pentangle but owning a Steeleye Span album would lead to ostracism...

These events are starting to have the feeling of those ones you see advertised on scratty posters around universities by various Marxist fringe groups.

I interviewed my cat about the 100km in 30 Days challenge. She was unmoved. I'm a cancer survivor, and Marie Keating Foundation helped me and others I know - they do a lot of good on a very lean budget, so every € helps. One week to sign up! fundraise.mariekeating.ie/join/brendan... #SpeirGorm

The RTÉ story about this said the launch was “mostly successful” and imo space flight is one of those things where you really want to be in that 100% successful range

We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration

Brexit increasingly resembles a form of necropolitics through which the will of the living is outweighed by the will of the dead

Here’s a list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months | First Dog on the Moon

Whatever else Hutch's candidacy does, it seems a perfect case study in the problem with allowing Polymarket betting on elections. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Adam Serwer wrote this in 2018:

"All of this was the entirely predictable result of McSweeney’s ‘Blue Labour’ strategy. Indeed this is the very outcome that Byline Times has long predicted in these pages." ✍🏼 @adambienkov.bsky.social subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...

It is hard to watch CNN for any length of time without concluding that it indeed deserves to be destroyed.

Reform UK Treasurer and Donors Share London Address with Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Reform UK’s Treasurer and three other donors have handed £1.55 million to Nigel Farage from Britain’s most expensive apartment block which is home to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and massive post-Soviet wealth

“75% of far right commentary about Ireland comes from outside Ireland” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-sun...

Interesting reference just now to "the left-leaning Daily Mirror" on the Today Programme. I hope this practice is going to become routine, & that we'll be reminded of the political affiliations of The Daily Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun, The Express & The Times. It would actually be quite healthy.

Programmes for Wild Mind festival in Fenit are out, featuring me lil' doodle. Really looking forward to this! 🌿 wildmind.ie

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner “has always been a bit of an embarrassment”—but this year’s gala figures to be more awkward and embarrassing than usual, Paul Farhi argues.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states. DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand. My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases. DOJ is now 0-5. My firm is 5-0. Lesson: When we fight we win.

This is another interesting story today over at @wired.com

More than half of men ages 18-49 (52%) now say they have an active sports betting account with an online sportsbook like DraftKings, Caesars, FanDuel, or BetMGM. sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/m...

Asha Bhosle RIP youtube.com/watch?v=5LBn...

I have to give a shout out to the #pooraulfellas by @declynchwriter.bsky.social

RIP Rupie Edwards. Responsible for the most revolutionary dubwise single to ever make the Top 20. Nobody had heard empty space like that before on a chart hit. Completely confused the audience on TOTP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1VC...

Look, we can say Trump is firing Bondi bc she didn't prosecute enough of Trump's enemies. But it is also the case that Trump is going to fire Bondi bc she (with Kash Patel's able assistance) fucked up the effort to bury the allegations that he raped and assaulted a teenager. 🧐

The Art of Listening: Under Water: with Finola Merivale - XXXL Edition Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone. Composer, Fiona Merivale encourages Colm Tóibín to tune into The Art of Listening: Under Water, a recent work by the legendary Norwegian recordist and composer, Jana Winderen.

The 1970s....our Renaissance youtube.com/watch?v=HQZB...

The Mueller Report was one of the worst of many mainstream media failures. They just reported William Barr's spin which enabled Trump to claim 'exoneration', without adding that Barr's spin was bullshit.

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance. youtube.com/watch?v=9v-W...

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance. youtube.com/watch?v=lSdB...

oh hell yes, had kalshi getting charged before april on polymarket at +2500

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance share.google/sXWtOVgvGADu...

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance. share.google/LvvFbJwYP450...

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance. youtube.com/watch?v=xH7c...

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance .https://youtube.com/watch?v=4MyJHh451Y4&si=UDHjReH9rkfmfNRC

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance. youtube.com/watch?v=57PE...

The 1970s saw the greatest outpouring of artistic genius since the Renaissance. youtube.com/watch?v=57PE...

'Tony 10' is now out as an audiobook.

Sometimes you can never be too proud. My niece absolutely nailing "The Great Gig In The Sky" at the Cork Opera House last night, performing with Breathe - The Pink Floyd Experience. #PinkFloyd #DarkSideOfTheMoon #GreatGigInTheSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0L_...

'Tony 10' is now out on audiobook. Thanks to Ruairi Conaghan for doing such a great job voicing Tony O'Reilly's astonishing story of gambling addiction.

Journalists should be asking the State Department if it views a Putin disinformation campaign to smear Orban’s opponent as “free speech”. My guess is yes www.politico.eu/article/vikt...

'Wavelength' is an overlooked Van Morrison album but I like it very much share.google/AFvfY6lWX99p...

'Tony 10' is now out on audiobook. Thanks to Ruairi Conaghan for doing such a great job voicing Tony O'Reilly's astonishing story of gambling addiction.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Supreme Leader position to be abolished? Like they're 'retiring the shirt?'

Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”