#globalsumudflotilla livestream, as interceptions are reported. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2... #Gaza

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

Essential reading www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

In Trinity next week (I think it’s open to everyone).

Messages like this are so energizing. If you've enjoyed an author's work and have the opportunity to say so, please give them a shout. #booksky #books 📚 💙

The US is a major importer of Indian products made of Russian oil @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...

Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Today's Mayo News #abookshoplikenoother

Read the Dekleptocracy substack: "When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem" dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski addressed russia at the #UN Security Council meeting following multiple violations of #NATO countries' airspace by russian aircraft U24 Gov UA / Instagram

On political violence. With my colleagues George Packer, Adam Serwer and @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social share.google/c0pzhbYXm87b...

‘2026 Is the Battlefield’ with @garrykasparov.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

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Two new & important investigations abt disappearances & killings of Black women. On Monic, a Ugandan who goes to Dubai: Doc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OboT... podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... & Joy, who goes missing in London: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @charliebcuff.bsky.social

If you're in Dublin @ 2 Sunday, pop into @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social where I'll be launching @sylvialeatham.bsky.social 's most excellent debut novel, "Chaos Theory". Support real bookshops, cultural institutions of the northside, brilliant Irish writing, and love stories! 2pm! Chapters!

Autumnal equinox tomorrow Paperback edition of #TheBooksellersGift pre-ordering now Coincidence? I think not Put your feet up with "a gentle tale, clever, nuanced & full of nourishing humanity" and, as it's set in an #Irish indie #bookshop, do consider getting it from your own local #bookseller 📚💙

Support indie bookshops, #spéirgorm! xxxx

@tertuliabookshop.bsky.social What a lovely bookshop and so welcoming. Good with the suggestions as well. Thanks.

I invite you to see a unique exhibition at Kyiv Railway Station. VICHNI (eternal) UA – dedicated to the Slavic gods. It was created by Iryna ISky and her husband, both serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2022.

On modern autocracies. With Brad Carr youtu.be/mqXOLNnqoeA?...

I visited a gorgeous place today – full of atmospheric Ukrainian art. I’ll share a full video soon. Meanwhile, here’s a short overview for you. Art in the end: Serhii Shyshko, View of Dnipro. Volodymyrska Hill, 1958.

I am very determined to make Ukrainian art known in the world. Ukraine is more than the war. Ivan Marchuk, Autumn in the Botanical Garden, 2004

It's Culture night in Tertulia Bookshop with Nuala O'Connor and Breda Burns along with Brid Conroy #abookshoplikenoother

It's Culture night in Tertulia Bookshop with Nuala O'Connor and Breda Burns along with Brid Conroy #abookshoplikenoother

MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.

New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris: "There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case. The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."

My upcoming novel is about loving, dysfunctional family relationships; small-town Ireland; interdependence; ecosystems; vulnerability; and differing generational responses to mid-21st century life It's funny and joyful, both of which qualities, I believe, constitute acts of resistance 📚 #spéirgorm

Someone show this to Keir Starmer.

Human Rights Watch new release on Israel's actions in Syria, calling them “not legitimate acts of military necessity, but pages out of the playbook used in the occupied Palestinian territory & other parts of the region, stripping residents of basic rights & freedoms.” www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Culture Night, I'm in @tertuliabookshop.bsky.social in Westport for a Brainstorm with artist #bredaburns, talking about neurodivergent vs neurotypical brains/life/living/creativity. Fun! 6pm - Tertulia, Westport, Co. Mayo Image: 'Living With A Brain Like Mine' collage by Nuala O'Connor

Meadowlands Dawn by Jo Beall is now available as an Audio Book. www.audible.co.uk/pd/Meadowlan... #epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors #audiobook

EU proposes to build an anti-drone wall, together with the Ukrainians on.ft.com/4gBnOX2 via @FT

Kyiv railway station vibe. I was here again today. With airports closed for three and a half years, this station carries on its shoulders all welcomes and farewells.

Greetings from Kyiv. My plans may change, but something remains constant: books and coffee (warcoffee for the last three and a half years). Have a gentle Sunday.

Kyiv at night

Friday, September 19th at @tertuliabookshop.bsky.social!

Interesting message on our typewriter today, I hope his Mother comes up with the money 💰 #abookshoplikenoother

Amid everything else, I just found out that Westlife is marking their 25th anniversary & the Irish postal service is releasing a commemorative stamp. So it's also time to reshare this article & my campaign for them to tour Africa: www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

This Saturday 🦖🦖🦖

An interesting though sad piece on Beirut's reading culture. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...

"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The gorgeous midnight-blue cover of #TheBooksellersGift paperback. Just as enchanting as last year's larger-format, yellow one! 'A festive feast' 'Clever & nuanced' 'A warm, hopeful novel' It's set in an indie bookshop so do, please, shop local 👍🥰 #Booksky #Irish #Feelgood #Fiction #Spéirgorm

Today's Mayo News #abookshoplikenoother

“My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice.” - Just Mercy

A fine piece by one of the best of us. As a fellow-novelist and fellow-Irishwoman, I'm proud of and have great admiration for its humanity, humour, courage, grace and commonsense #spéirgorm #Ireland #Irishwriting @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @theguardian.com

"We are not silent victims of our situation. We raise our voices against injustices. We demand the rights that are ours." #libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social

Today is National Buy a Book Day! Will you be marking the occasion? #NationalBuyABookDay #💙📚 #Booksky