FFS, US citizens, do something! Your President is insane.

Random moment with Raven Dappled sunlight and ferns.

Random moment in Dublin. A mercurial silver-grey sea.

Trump is blocking the release of the Epstein files for a reason. My guess is he's not directly implicated by them, but he's protecting people that are & who have dirt on him (trump). All this will come out eventually. Trump may be already dead, but there'll be a reckoning for those that aided him.

This is what I'd expect if Kash Patel asked an AI image generator for a photo of bullets with an anti-ice message scrawled on them.

Random moment with Raven. Foggy morning walk in the hills.

Random moment with Raven. On a cliff in May this year.

Blessington lakes and River Liffey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gygw...

I hear he also stopped a conflict between Pangea and Gondwana. That was a big one. But it's over now, thanks to Trump.

Random moment in September. On the River Liffey.

Listening to BBC4 today & every hr on the hr we have the news. The main headline is that the UK is recognizing the Palestinian state. & each segment was then populated with various Jewish organisations commenting how terrible this is. That was it. No voices saying that this might be a good thing.

How about instead of this BS, we have a Sandy Hook Day, or a Virginia Tech Day, or a Columbine High Day. Or Stand Against Fascism Day. The Democrat party has lost the plot. JFC.

To all the executives in US companies who think that if they just go along with whatever the Trump regime wants, then they'll be safe: Well, that's what all the oligarchs in Russia also thought. But the leader's fragile ego is never satisfied & U'll eventually worry about falling out random windows.

SUV is a marketing term invented to sell a (false) idea of what cars are. It's used as a means to increase car sales. SUV has no sensible meaning in the real-world. It's a purposefully nebulous term that's hard to counter. Stop using the term. Call them what they are: Large Oversized Vehicles.

This is the new cycle-lane on East Wall Rd. It has been in this state since the first day it opened. Flooded everytime it rains and filled with garbage. And yes, it was dug up & filled in badly before it even opened. Day 1 it was like this.

Random moment with Raven. Sitting under Beech trees. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg4T...

The smart move for Kirk's shooter would be to make a plea deal with officials & falsely claim that he was radicalised & motivated by 'leftist ideology'. That way MAGA get to pursue their purge & in return the shooter gets the same lenient treatment Ghislaine Maxwell is enjoying.

'Questions linger about the shooter's motivation' Let me translate that: It looks like this was MAGA on MAGA violence & so the right is having trouble finding excuses to blame the left. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Random moment with Raven. A walk in the woods in September.

Regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk: Having seen the way that they've already tried to shape the narrative, I'm kinda expecting that they'll soon release pictures of the shell casings.

People have been anticipating a civil war in the US. & they expected it to be like the 1860s all over again with armies on both sides. But that isn't physically possible. What we have happening now is already a civil war. A new hybrid type of civil war.

The suspect in custody for the murder of Charlie Kirk comes from what sounds very much like a right-wing leaning background.

The murder of Charlie Kirk is the result of the 2nd ammendment meeting the 1st ammendment. Only crazies think that the 2nd ammendment isn't the problem.

Trump is definitely going to use the death of Charlie Kirk for some nefarious sh*t.

We all know this, but good to have it spelled out for the drivers at the back not paying attention because they're staring at their phones. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Lq...

I'm not against cycling, but..... How anti-cycling fearmongerers try to block community walking, running, cycling infrastructure.

Windy day, Dublin Bay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxo0...

Random moment with Raven. Raven patiently waiting for me to finish whatever the heck it is that I'm doing.

Random moment with Raven. By the sea in Wicklow.

Random moment in Dublin. August evening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkU0...

Putin's power is linked to the perception in Russia that he's a strong-man with international influence & prestige. Trump geeting him on a red carpet with US soldiers kneeling at Putin's plane has bolstered Putin's grip on power, the result of which will prolong the war & result in untold deaths.

Random moment with Raven.

As we all know, most people are above average drivers. /s & it turns out that campaigns about road safety have little or no effect on actual safety Bcoz, once again, most people are above average at driving & such campaigns don't apply to them. In unrelated news, the RSA is above average also.

Random moment with Raven. A stroll in the hills by the sea.

Random moments with Raven. Raven likes to involve himself in charity & volunteer work and he always strives to improve our local communities.

Random moment with Raven. A day on the river. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAt...

Random moment with Raven. A walk at twilight.

One non-native tree we can definitely do without is Silver Lime. Every year when in flowers in July, each tree kills untold numbers of bumblebees.

Random moment in Wicklow. Round tower at night.

Random moment with Raven. A walk by the lake.

Does anyone know which species of wasp this is? It's an ichneumon of some sort. Approximately 2cm long. Dublin, Ireland. @donnarainey4.bsky.social

Random moment with Raven. Raven watching one of his favorite internet shows.

Random moment with Raven. A sunny day, a fully loaded bike, a happy Raven.

Well said that woman.

In 100 years from now, people will only know about Coldplay because there'll still be memes focused on the much more important human topic that Coldplay also happened to be at.

The cycle-lane on E Wall Rd was cleaned a couple of hours before the photos were taken. And it's a bittersweet moment. It's the best cleaning it's ever had & yet if this were anywhere else, this would be an awful clean-up. @dublincycling.bsky.social @irishcycle.com @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social

This idea is awful and I'd wager doesn't have the support of people in Dublin. If I had the opportunity to get hold of anti-drone tech I'd be taking it right now.

The way things are unfolding in the US, I wouldn't be surprised if Trump soon claims that Epstein himself and his island never even existed. It was all just a hoax by Biden, Obama & Clinton to discredit him.

Bloody cyclists think they own the roads. This is a UNESCO biosphere reserve & yet cyclists act like the law doesn't apply to them. Anti-social a-holes.

It seems more and more common for people on the right side of the political spectrum to decry that anything they disagree with, or don't like, is woke. So using that rationale, imo Trump and MAGA are the wokist bunch of snowflakes I've ever seen.