Using “the bas-relief stop-motion technique,” with stones and candle light due to lack of electricity. Dir Mukunday and Tétshim of the Democratic Republic of the Congo made animation. Dont tell me you need AI. (Source @ani-obsessive.bsky.social ) m.youtube.com/watch?v=PjCZ...

John Pat Cunningham's family receive damages over his killing [ From BBC News NI ]

Who and what is really behind what's been happening in Belfast? Marisa asked me to explain what's been going on

i think we should all be prepared for my company biting off a large share of the commons to capitalize on it. that's adapting. that's progress

Once again, the community and volunteer sector have been left to pick up the pieces, a sector that is already over stretched and deliberately underfunded. Meanwhile, well funded gangs who claim to represent community and the interest of "ordinary people" are tearing the city apart.

As I wrote at the time of the Ballymena pogroms, I'm old enough to remember when the LVF attacked the home of disabled child because he was insuficciently Protestant. I'm old enough to remember this because it happened in 2024. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Padraig Mulholland of NIPSA has said if the attacks on migrant workers do not stop, the Unions will bring the country to a standstill.

Police well to the left of the political media establishment here

This is a fine point, worth noting also in July 1920 Catholics & socialists were violently expelled from Belfast's shipyards & mills. Days of violence followed: 19 dead, 100s hurt, £0.5m property damage. Organised by the Belfast Protestant Association, encouraged & congratulated by Carson and Craig.

This is about to smash the £140k mark. Anaka, PPR, CATU and others have been working relentlessly through this. Making sure people are safe, have food/essentials if they're stuck and getting people beds for the night. Responding to the actions of the worst of us by being the very best of us.

27 people were made homeless after Tuesday night's violence in Belfast, including children.

At no point in PMQs or the statement and questions that followed did anyone mention Loyalists. Starmer said those who incited it would be prosecuted. Directly afterward he sat down with an MP *who had incited it* to listen to her demand that the border be raised. No SDLP or APNI MPs present just DUP

BBC radio4 news at 6, on Belfast: 1) Kiers response 2) Farages response 3) Gavin Robinson calling for closed border 4) rates at which different ethnicities commit violence with a “evidence is sketchy” disclaimer at the end 5) what’s the ‘security impact’ of migration Loyalist gangs not mentioned

Users actively trying to push for targeting of a mosque in the "Newtownards" group on Facebook whose admin is Kenton Menown, the chef at Haptik cafe in Newtownards.

Elon Musk bears next to no meaningful influence on the local organising of this. Groups pushing it are overwhelming promoting Advance UK, TUV and Restore Britain. They follow influencers like Richard Donaldson and Tommy Robinsion and use Tiktok and Facebook far more than Twitter.

Anaka Collective are collecting for people attacked and put out by racists last night in Belfast, please give if you can chuffed.org/project/1854...

Monkstown YCV FB received thousands in funding from public money whilst their members are openly involved in organising pogroms. belfastmedia.com/we-say-shock...

Loyalists have had free reign to terrorise communities here my entire life.

I do think a lot of English-based analysis of what happened in Northern Ireland last night is missing the specifically loyalist aspect of the violence. These are groups with a long history of violently driving out "outsiders", turning their sights on a new vulnerable minority.

Those involved in disorder/violence in Northern Ireland in summer 2024 were much less likely to be arrested than in England Northern Ireland in 2024 [49 arrests; > 600 people involved in disorder] So up to 1 in 12 England in 2024 [1876 arrests of 4000-5000 people involved in disorder] About 1 in 3

Speaking more recently, Ian Ogle was fatally stabbed 11 times on his own street corner, when will we finally be burning out the East Belfast UVF?

His dad was Senator Paddy Wilson, a founding member of the SDLP. The bodies of the politician and his Protestant friend Irene Andrews were found at a quarry on the outskirts of Belfast. Andrews — a civil servant — had been stabbed 19 times, and reports said her breasts had been cut off.’ [3/3]

“My father was stabbed 33 times and had his throat cut from ear to ear by this loyalist UFF murderer,” Paul Wilson posted on X today above a photograph of leading UFF member John White.’ [2/n]

‘The shocking knife attack in north Belfast was a barbaric act, but claims that this brand of brutality is entirely “alien” to Northern Ireland represent a severe case of historical amnesia.’ [1/n]

Belfast Live have images of a family being evacuated in a landrover as houses go up in flames. I won't be linking to it because Belfast Live allow their comments sections on social media to be an open unmoderated platform for inciting hate and racist violence.

Love Hearts.

People apparently being put out in Ligoniel and Tigers Bay right now, Sandy Rowe is cordoned and people are being evacuated

Masked men have been checking IDs at Broadway and young ones are breaking bricks near there. Stay the fuck away from that area if for some reason you have decided tonight is the night for a drive/walk.

There's a Glider on fire on the Lower Newtownards Road, by Skainos Square. Footage of it's currently airing on Sky News.

Generally speaking, media reflects and imposes the ideology of the ruling class

I've never heard shaky-voiced angry speeches in the chamber about these murders, let alone demands to shut down cities and international attention.

Well, fuck you too.

Photos from the Great March for Gaza are up now. brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/great-march-...

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

When the UN releases a report stating that your country offers a cautionary tale about how absolutely not to do something... that's bad... right? www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Just heard that the great John Blanche passed on. No illustrator had more of an impact on my childhood. Blanche is probably the single person who most influenced the aesthetic of Warhammer 40,000 and a lot of modern fantasy / sci-fi as a result

In ancient times Scythian transgender priestesses used to drink horse piss as a form of HRT. That’s why for Trans Pride I’m partnering with Strongbow Original Cider

interesting article. this is how my weather app decided to pitch it

There's an argument to be made that most mass shooters fall into this category, and if you look at it this way we've been under sustained violent attack by right wing terrorists for like 30 years, with the second Trump administration as its apex and ultimate victory.

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"

Rewatching all of Poirot and a new reaction gif just dropped

old kiefer

This is for like 87% of everything happening now

Samuel Delaney's review of the original Star Wars:

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 28,1942

If any if these senators are on the receiving end of any kind of "unacceptable" behaviour or protest against them in the future let me get an early "I don't give a fuck, good" in now.