This is a genuinely mindblowing combination. 1) Deliberately false information, 2) promoted in schools, 3) using public money, 4) in the service of private profits, 5) at the cost of our collapsing ecosystem.

“Please remember I literally do not know anything.”

Just open a window and blast the Shahed drone with a shotgun. Amazing.

In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...

Assholes going after Eileen Flynn. She's the best of us.

So it looks like the Irish Independent is running a TV ad that used AI for some images. In the scene where chap in the foreground is waving an Irish flag there's clearly a Côte d'Ivoire flag being waved. #speirgorm

Drop your crime fighting Catholics

If you want to know how difficult the needle the government are trying to thread here (making the currently illegal Public Services Card the foundation for our digital wallet) then you should listen to Data expert solicitor, Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

For the record - I've given up on Twitter and Substack (both promote Nazis) and I rarely post on Facebook, so if you enjoy reading this or get anything out of it, please share it and help me reach a wider audience. =)

Is Pope Leo XIV the right person to lead the Catholic Church? We asked four evangelicals at a megachurch outside of Nashville.

Soon to appear on the new tortoiseshack podcast "Everyone Else Is Wrong" hosted by dynamic duo Tony and Tubridy.

No regrets? Not even a regret for not paying back the overpaid rent? Wow. #aras25 #speirgorm

Ooh, Lego Metroid! #metroid #lego beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

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The Artemis II flyby was not just a super cool jaunt around the moon! It was a test flight that’s part of a larger, extremely nationalist, plan to militarize and colonize the moon for AMERICAN interests It is NOT “For All Mankind“ And everyone who makes fun of someone who asks the question:

As the post mortems begin, I feel not enough attention has been given to the fact that the minister for justice announced the Army had been called out before actually telling the Army

No Resident Evil Requiem spoilers people! #re9

6 months (and half a billion euros) ago

Shock as Irish govt gives bully lunch money, and a day later he's back asking for more.

That’s what Orban gets for banning Kneecap.

lol orban

Remember when they wouldn't pass the Occupied Territories Bill because it would violate EU rules? Was Israel violating international law and committing a genocide an insufficiently "acute" situation? #Spéirgorm

They couldn’t give people with disabilities a €400 emergency payment.

merch arrived

When protesters tried to block Dublin Port at a march for Gaza they were arrested like five seconds later.

I don't know if you've ever sat waiting for emergency services but I have. Once for ambulance, once for fire. Every minute feels like an hour. The fact that those services won't arrive in time (or at all) for some people because of some goons in tractors is beyond disgraceful.

An effective first 30 seconds. #splatoon3 #switch

*Trigger warning* #speirgorm

"The government has very little control over the price of oil, but it can control over how dependent we remain on it" This 100% this #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm

She died on my 30th birthday. What a gift. My life has become a clock for calculating the day and year of her death. All you need to know is my age, subtract 30 and you have the number of years Thatcher's been dead for.

The irony of Jim O’Callaghan having to announce he’s calling the army in to break up a protest filled with the people whose racism he has been assiduously courting and pandering to since taking office.

Reminds me a lot of the Friary in Sligo town. Love that church. youtu.be/cSbslNtNcFk?...

Are they protesting for worker’s rights? Lift 'em. Are they protesting DEI in libraries? Bring 'em on a tour. Are they protesting against immigrants? Sit idly by.

I made a whole BBC TV series (2020) about the remarkable resilience of the people of Iran and their culture over centuries of threat and callous rule. You can watch it right here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

It would appear that some "legitimate concerns" are considered more legitimate than others ....

A few years ago we had a worker who was involved in a dispute with their employer on the shack. The story got big enough that RTE reached out looking to cover it. But they wanted a “different sounding” worker as the person we’d had on had a foreign accent. The workers, sadly, had to go along with it

This is misleading and not how Irish agriculture works. Homegrown produce here is a highly inefficient (beef!) export business to take advantage of higher foreign prices from an unearned aura of chemical-free wholesomeness, which is why we now import so much of e.g. the potatoes we eat #spéirgorm

During Trump’s first term I created a Cold War 80s playlist. For anyone who wants to wallow in terror today open.spotify.com/playlist/6b3...

hello to those experiencing nuclear war anxiety for the first time

My personal fave.

Are teachers telling her to not get more resources..?

God, I love her so much. Just banger after bager. She's in it purely for the love of the game and I respect that.

Some Easter Candy for you all! #HappyEaster Everyone!🐰

Deireadh seachtaine na Cásca 👀

Happy Easter! 🤣

3yrs ago today Adam SpiceBag Doyle boiled the piss of centrist dad Ireland. Since then he’s raised 10’s of 000’s for Palestine. He’s central to the Hind Rajab Cebtre in Gaza. The rest of the well paid panel have continued to the defend I’m Alright Jack Ireland. Be more Adam

what cheese will do to a man