often when i listen to the irish times politics podcast (masochism) i hear them frame the housing crisis as somehow linked to immigration, too the housing crisis is one of ff&fg for *decades* treating houses as investments for the rich to squeeze money from, not homes for people to comfortably live

I'm seeing a lot of "Luigi Mangione might be innocent" takes and I just want to remind you that legally, he IS innocent. Literally every person charged with a crime is legally innocent until and unless a judge or jury finds them guilty. It's not that they MIGHT be innocent. They simply are.

people who have been criminalised in the uk for their action for palestine are in hunger strike week number 5+ and at high risk for their health. The UK government is pretending not to know about them and refusing to talk to them. Please share to increase visibility and pressure.

There are two types of people in this debate 1. People who assume the Irish government can be trusted with this kind of information. 2. People who *know* the Irish government absolutely *cannot* be trusted with this information.

This is f*cking disgusting Rewarding property owners for letting their assets rot destroying our beautiful city "it has been confirmed that this money (the €5m outstanding) will not be chased after the Revenue Commissioners take over its collection in 2027" #DerelictIreland #speirgorm #corkcity

In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.

Min Jack Chambers claim: “number of judicial reviews rapidly growing. 2024 saw 43% increase on 2023, & 2025 a further 30% increase in cases in Court” Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year” links below

Oh shit waddup

Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.

I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics. COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs? ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons. conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...

@footballcliches.bsky.social Norway were dark horses in 1994!

They're bullshitting you, so, if you ever want the kids out of the house or for them to bring you grandchildren stop endorsing corruption at the ballot box

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

just....enjoy this

This is an emergency that requires a response equivalent to the measures adopted to address the pandemic. We need to keep protesting and encouraging this government to do better, while working to ensure they're ousted at the next general election. #Spéirgorm

[remembering the hillary '08 campaign spreading photos to imply obama was a muslim, as an attack on him] mmmmm.

There's squamishness naming who is doing this: It's LRC Group in London via subsiduary funds in Cyprus. They have 2000+ homes here and evicted 100s of people. Their gombeens in Dublin are called "Home Club Limited" run by Michelle Savage (ex NAMA wheeler and dealer). topevictors.ie/profiles/LRC...

If Jim Gavin gets 12.5% or more, Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 in expenses refunded. Bear that in mind if you're voting for Jim Gavin as a joke.

FAO Irish pundits: In this clip from the US National Archive, Michael Beschloss explains why Eisenhower - GOP US President & Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in WW2 - warned of the threat posed to peace and democracy by what he named the "Military Industrial Complex" m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-j...

What do you call a ‘ceasefire agreement’ that permits an occupying settler colonial state to murder seven children and four other civilians in cold blood? www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president. She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

Norway absolutely humiliating the Zionist entity, with two own goals to boot. Love to see it #euroqualifiers

Hind Rajab should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. A 5 year old trapped in a car and shot 355 times by Israel while they murdered the Paramedics who tried to help her. This sacrifice should have ended Israel and the war.

Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years" The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.

Titanic, any of the Star Wars (apart from the Phantom Menace), the Matrix

I thought he was supposed to be an aviation expert?

This is a good stand by @paulmurphy.pbp.ie here. The seeming unwillingness of these reporters to recognise the insufficient balance between describing a bad-faith edited video and the only refutation being a "claims" quote from the accused is very frustrating. www.reddit.com/r/irishpolit...

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

“Israeli forces fired upon a clearly identified MSF water truck while it was distributing drinking water in Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities.  This attack was a deliberate attempt to sabotage water distribution to civilians.”

Here's a plot of fertiliser imports into #Ireland over recent years. By far the greatest tonnage is for N-compounds, with a marked up tick in 2023-'24. Intensive ruminant production sucks nitrogen & our rivers/lakes show it, but let's hold onto the #NitratesDerogation & sacred cows. [Data CSO]

'don't kick Israel out of Eurovision, the arts aren't political' variety.com/2025/film/gl...

And there it is.

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

The Onion has made maybe the funniest thing we've ever done and I can't talk about it yet and it is killing me.

Berlin, Germany - broken arm, broken nose, broken State.

He looks like a fucking Neo-Nazi too..

The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide. The German state is a disgrace. It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide. It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

old enough to remember the breathless litigation over whether or not it was credible that the IDF may have possibly bombed 1 (one) hospital

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Netanyahu shared a video from Olivia Reingold arguing that it doesn’t count as starvation if the kids in Gaza had preexisting conditions

As a parent, as a human, this family deserves a settlement against ChatGPT that should put them out of business.