In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

there is a lot of intimidation in rural Ireland we don't talk about when it comes to politics. when the far right were on the move in Tipp, me and so many people I know got hit with abuse and threats, online and off, followed around when we were outside, etc. I know someone whose car was burnt out

Chatting with the homestead. Seems people felt afraid NOT to participate in the blockades for fear of being targeted, whether in a low-key “why weren’t you there?” way or family getting doxxed way. This is all very schoolyard bully but on a more sinister level. AKA, quite Trumpian.

"Your feed is not Ireland. It is a slice of Ireland that has been assembled by an algorithm optimised for engagement, not accuracy or balance"

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn they could deprive the U.S. and its allies of oil and gas supplies for years if what Tehran calls its “red lines” are crossed.

We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot. We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.

BREAKING NEWS: Massive strikes reported in Tehran.

Somewhere Naomi Klein sighs heavily, resets a “days since last incident” sign back to zero, writes “MOON” on a post it note and underlines it twice

The question is does the IRGC concur?

As Trump threatens scorched-earth attacks on Iran, a joint advisory from US agencies warns Iran-linked hackers have hit US critical infrastructure: "In a few cases, this activity has resulted in operational disruption and financial loss." www.wired.com/story/iran-l...

Lebanese political sources have been informed that there is a high possibility of announcing a ceasefire that includes Lebanon within an hour. -Lebanese MTV network

because there was no organisation or planning, just a call to action that spread on social media that groups and individuals answered on an ad hoc basis. it's a barely coordinated parade of incoherent grievance

The Phoenix have a piece out on Eoin Lenihan.

I've been working on this piece for a few months, and I won't lie it's hurt to go from hearing the suffering inflicted by this transphobic theocracy to seeing progressives sing its praises. The bishops' ban is the most extensive trans healthcare ban in the country. It deserves way more attention.

My next Big Interview for @wired.com is out, and the timing couldn’t be better: In the days before Arm was set to launch its own chip (!) I had the chance to grill Arm CEO Rene Haas on what this CPU means for the chip market, and for the future of Arm www.wired.com/story/arms-c...

We have to (have to!) break this "chat shit for money" version of the internet.

Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.

Karoline Leavitt took questions for more than a half hour today and not a single one of them was about Trump's role in the ongoing Epstein coverup

I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website* I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...

She did not say what, amongst others, the French and German Foreign Ministers are claiming she said. The video they watched is obviously manipulated,they should have noticed. She did say that a system that enables genocide is the enemy of all humanity. That's because it is youtu.be/iHChlXErbGs?...

Rather than banishing the spectres of deindustrialisation, stagnant wages and rising midlife morbidity, it creates new spectacles of deportation and extrajudicial killings, and prospective annexations of oil wealth and ice fields.. www.equator.org/articles/hom...

A colonialist operation, says Cardinal Pizzaballa www.ncronline.org/news/us-led-...

Irish Aviation Authority are planning to restrict air space in the city to facilitate a single takeaway-food company. Everyone else will lose access to the skies they have now, including photographers, tradespeople, volunteers. Think this is unfair? Have your say today: www.iaa.ie/media/2026/0...

🔴 Tony Blair Institute privately pressed a top EU official working on rebuilding of Gaza to work with Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Fair to say Democracy for Sale isn’t sleeping at the moment! New story up w/ Lighthouse Reports and Follow the Money democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...

Crucial - and generally totally overlooked part of this story - is *what* the journalists that Labour Together smeared were reporting on How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise That’s why they were targeted

BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms' Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.' #coalitieakkoord www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...

A decent piece on far right links in Ireland with Australian neo nazis

Check it out. An Clogán website is now live.

A deep dive on two key figures in the Irish far right. hopeandcourage.ie/plastic-pay-...

To understand Steen's demographic, you have to realize there are people who think a working-class blue-haired barista on minimum wage is the Establishment, while upper-middle-class professional Catholics of multi-generational wealth are the oppressed disenfranchised politically homeless.

Solid journalism

Sídhe is the most amazingly talented linocut print maker I've seen in Ireland. Check them out www.instagram.com/possoms8?igs...

We have had a report saying two women walking up to a protest today at BAe Samlesbury were stopped by Lancashire Police and advised to remove their t-shirts that say 'Free Palestine', as it may "breach the proscription order". And so it begins.

This speaker at yesterdays Limerick anti-migrant demo asked the assembled crowd if they were 'proud of the people they descended from.' The demo was literally called by Gerard McNamara, in a green cap beside him. McNamara bludgeoned his own father to death. A true patriot of Ireland

The National Party, Blighe and Steenson marched in Cork at the weekend under a 'WWG1WGA' banner. Blighe literally led people around the city with a tricolour scrawled with the imported US QAnon brain-addled conspiracy theory. These PaYtri0Ts are beyond embarrassment.

Two LA photojournalists have been shot with tear gas canisters by DHS HSI, including @acatwithnews.bsky.social who was directly targeted by HSI and struck in the head. Sean is en route to the ER with obvious facial injuries. He was conscious and talking when he left the scene.

Warning From the shithole But Good work from @soundmigration.bsky.social x.com/soundmigrati...

This is class

Need to be extremely clear that the technical justifications offered in this piece are fucking jibberish. You do not make the WiFi better by adding more APs from another network that is effectively unmanaged in the same spectrum.

From Hope and Courage Collective 'In moments like this, you can take the bait and react – or you can take a moment and respond, strategically. Here’s some guidance on what that can look like in moments like these. ❤️'

UPDATE ON MY LATEST PODCAST: Oregon’s Dept of Justice agreed to pay a $2 million settlement to the man wrongly convicted of Michael Francke’s murder—he served 29 years in prison before his release. This baffling case remains unsolved. Who do YOU think was the killer? Listen on ANY pod platform. 🎧

Preliminary thoughts: astonishment. The judge told the gov't to be prepared to answer four specific questions. Gov't showed up and refused.

The US Director of National Intelligence is retweeting a far-right conspiracy theorist based in Malaysia.

The Trump regime invited a washed up organized crime linked rapist to give a speech about Ireland on St Paddy’s day because of course they did.