My bombing was taken out of context, and I apologize for any inconvenience it might have caused

UPDATE: Ahead of the leaders' meeting on Monday, the White House released its peace plan to immediately end Israel's war in the territory, boost aid to Gaza and require Hamas to release Israeli hostages.

This could be among the worst moments for Netanyahu ever with an American president. Spending a life in public service to avoid a deal like this - and then being cornered by „Israel‘s best friend ever“.

One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.

In case anyone's looking for me, I'll be protesting down at the movie dock where the foreign movies are shipped in.

“.. It’s a better case for Comey, because the president won’t shut up,” said retired federal Judge John Jones. “And that’s admissible, so he’s got a fighting chance, I think, on vindictive prosecution.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/p...

No, this simply cannot possibly be. I was told that large-scale, non-universal redistribution was unaffordable, unfair, rampant with moral hazard, immoral, & un-American 🤔

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

#dublin #dublinsunrise

"about 10% fewer people have been prosecuted for drug violations compared to the same period of 2024... the slowest rate since at least the late 1990s. "The pullback was more dramatic for the types of conspiracy and money-laundering cases often used to pursue higher-level traffickers"

Insulting Erica McIlroy (she was even hit by a beer) has nothing to do with team support. Rory McIlroy: "We will be making sure to say to our fans in Ireland in 2027 that what happened here this week is not acceptable." www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Trump’s awful but it’s important to note he’d be different and potentially less harmful kinds of awful if he weren’t advised and manipulated by some of the most evil people in American history.

The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

272ⁿᵈ day of the year. 336ᵗʰ mass shooting in the United States. Average 1.24 per day.

Trump has instincts but no strategy - thats why he can be beaten

Trump to push proposal for Gaza peace deal during White House talks with Netanyahu

UN: “Kids dying of starvation… what we give them is a peanut butter paste. We’ve been told we can’t bring that in because it’s a luxury.” AMANPOUR: “Seriously?”

Real headscratcher here. What persons or organisations with a grudge against Ireland, in the "middle east", with the intelligence ability to find out which private social media accounts are members of the Tánaiste's family, could have done this? #Spéirghorm

NEW The Kneecap prosecution collapsed because police and prosecutors did not take terrorism law seriously Where "a technicality" hides a fundamental error By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-kneeca... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...

How the ransomware criminal syndicates operate This one likely Russia based approached a BBC journalist offering large sums of 💰 to help them hack the BBC “You'll never need to work again' They said they’d previously used insiders to help hack a 🇬🇧 Healthcare company www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur says at the @warsawforum.bsky.social that Estonia "had to unclassify some of the radar information to show that Russia is lying" about violating the country's airspace.

‘Under Costa’s proposal, so-called negotiating clusters — key legal steps on the path to membership — could be opened with the assent of a qualified majority of EU countries rather than unanimous agreement. Closing a cluster would still require [unanimity]’ www.politico.eu/article/anto...

1/7 Let’s talk about Hungary. Conservatives around the world praise it as a model nation. They say it represents Christian values, national strength, and anti-woke politics. But almost none of that holds up under scrutiny. Hungary is a warning, not a model

We must not only spend more, but better. Europe needs real new capabilities. Strong start to the Defence Track at the #WarsawSecurityForum - interesting also to hear mention of the ‘Drone Wall’ already in the intro …

‼️Hungary's NATO allies should pay attention: Asked if he considers what would happen if NATO’s Article 5 is invoked, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said he spends much time on war issues but refused to say if Hungary would respect Article 5. He’d reveal his stance only if the “situation arises.”

Missing Guardian of the Treaties (latest). Nothing new however unfortunately www.politico.eu/article/curi... @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social

With more than 90 per cent of Moldova's election results now in and the pro-Russian bloc trailing pro-Europeans by 20 points, it's fair to ask whether Russia has lost Moldova? arthursnell.substack.com/p/has-russia...

I'm finally looking forward to Russia's disinformation campaign no longer emailing us endless fake news videos about Moldova and Maia Sandu. Guess they won't be getting their bonuses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK right is going full Orban / Fico

🇬🇧🇷🇺 Every "Westerner loves it here at the Savage Frontier of Europe" story, this one by James Delingpole for the Spectator about Moscow, boils down to "I walk down the street and everyone is white" if you pour him enough vodka. Not that hard, these people have heads made of cardboard.

"AfD is not just Germany’s problem, Vox is not just Spain’s, and MAGA is not just America’s. They are expressions of a single political current, localised for context but feeding into the same transnational authoritarian project." www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...

Something that seems to be emerging in Germany with generational change is a new kind of GDR nostalgia that is no longer connected to lives experience but a kind of fan culture based on an internet curated mishmash of contextless imagery and state produced texts.

A reminder that simply assuming that greater supply will reduce prices/wages turns out not always to be true.

Opportunities for Ireland amidst the choas

THE MEME IS REAL

What a sunrise to start the week! That red sky in the morning might be the warning that our weather is changing though with more cloud and rain to come this week after days of lovely sunshine last week.

The view this morning, as clouds finally arrive. #speirgorm #ThePhotoHour

Spotted this evening in Trogir, Croatia: The waxing crescent moon and passing birds sharing a quiet moment with this statue above the bell tower of St. Lawrence’s Cathedral.

Frankly, if you'd told me two years ago that escalator experts would be speaking on international politics I wouldn't have believed you. Both better and worse than what I would have expected.

I come away from this interview thinking that Ezra Klein would have been a fantastic voice if the national conversation were parties led by Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush debating the optimal way to reform social security... ... but that ain't where we are.

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

This is where a lot of American business sectors discover that they can be replaced by other sources on global markets. America's Dutch disease is through its economic overreliance on Silicon Valley.

Slemish Mountain. 💚 📸 Six Mile Images • @sixmileimages.bsky.social

If this can happen in our house, it can happen in yours. Check. #Spéirghorm #CheckTheRegister www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/search

Pittsburgh Steelers hold off late Vikings scoring raid to claim victory at Croke Park

It sounds like a lot, but not if you measure it in Greyhound Grants

Could it be that S Korean military are braver than 🇺🇸 military?