Got to agree with O'Leary on this.

Brilliant, a must buy!!!

Be fantastic to see #Iceland join the #EU. Would be a welcome addition.

Bluesky, please do your magic: I'd like to know more about a probably anti-Jewish song that appears in the Zurich State Archives as "Gammahu" being sung on the nocturnal streets of Zurich in 1522 under the window of some supporters of the Reformation. Does "Gammahu" ring any kind of bell?

FFS. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I don't know how bad shit needs to get before media outlets will start calling this administration's war on democracy what it is

Research article, 'Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914-1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots', by Ciaran Toal, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org

The idea that Russia - a state that has spent almost four years throwing everything it has at conquering its neighbour, and failing - is remotely capable of invading Greenland, or is going to be in the foreseeable future, is ludicrous.

One thing I will never get my head around, is people opposing the end of the Iranian regime that is murderous, theocratic and destructive.

Sad this is necessary. But impressive solidarity between allies.

Historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is "an empire in decline," exhibiting the same "irrationality" as previous declining powers. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/alfred_mccoy_cold_war_on_five

Well, I wrote two editions of this book and served on the INTERPOL working group that developed the guidelines on evidence collection for chemical war crimes. So I've not exactly been slouching in the struggle against chemical weapons, mate.

Reading this cracking tome, I increasingly wonder whether the automaticity with which we think as “the West” as an obvious security collective had been an unusual aberration resulting from the particularly heinous character of Nazism and Soviet Communism.

Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians Here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Bone spurs is full of sh#t!!!

These guys are cos players! Dressing up as pretend soldiers, but it's a non-existent war. These are the worst of men. Men without courage or integrity. But this is America now.

Good, he has none... Watch this lawsuit disappear... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Awful start to the morning. Have had to consult three volumes edited by this guy @roperlou.bsky.social No one should be subjected to that.

A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present. He was bundled into the van & taken away. Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?” I don’t know how America comes back from all this.

I guarantee help is not on the way. www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Cowards...

BREAKING: We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing People have had seizures. They passed out. “I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Look how comfortable the 'men' behind him are...

No... www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Eliyas (Eliyahu) Cohen Pasha, 1844-1915 Military doctor in the Ottoman Navy, the first Jewish Ottoman General Killed in Gallipoli

I am not surprised... www.thejournal.ie/israeli-tank...

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, "Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark" "We choose NATO" "We choose the Kingdom of Denmark" "We choose the EU"

I spoke to a high ranking Israeli official recently who insisted that there was no real shift in the position of Gulf states towards Israel post-Gaza. I remain unconvinced.

This.. 👇

RiP Scott Adams. I choose to remember the brilliant cartoonist.

Has any kind soul on here completed the Fáilte Ireland Destination Support Application since they added the new required paragraphs on Sustainability and Impact? If so, please let me know. I would love some guidance!

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Doubtful a falcon is big enough to take a seagull. Might need to break out the eagles...

I wrote this blog piece on colonial veterans at the 1931 Colonial Exhibition. I fell down many rabbit holes while researching so I'm not sure how coherent the story is but hopefully still of use and interest. colvet.eu/exhibiting-i...

Chaplain injured in terror attack and three soldiers to receive bravery award from Irish military jrnl.ie/6924369

The EU needs to understand it needs to replace NATO, and build it's own defence structures. Even if the US tries to revert back post Trump, it can no longer be relied on.

True...

Still time to book for this special in-person event @ihr.bsky.social on 20 January discussing the record and legacy of the first Labour Government of 1924. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Still time to book for this special event on Thursday afternoon in partnership with Historians without Borders and the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy. And we’re delighted to announce that the Rt Hon Baroness Catherine Ashton will be joining the panel. historianswithoutborders.fi/en/tapahtuma...

Chaplain injured in terror attack and three soldiers to receive bravery award from Irish military. jrnl.ie/6924369

Caught between Russia and the US, Ireland has few choices. Great piece by Edward Burke in todays @IrishTimes regarding defence and the choices 🇮🇪 faces.

Well done!! Absolutely merited for all.

Don't forget to submit your abstract for our 2026 conference 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' @maynoothuniversity.ie deadline for abstracts 1 Feb! For more see ssnci.org/annual-confe...

I’ve just indexed ‘Empire on the Cheap’ by Denis Cogneau, an illuminating and comprehensive history of France’s colonial empire from the perspective of political economy @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Rutte is a disgrace...

Textbook authoritarianism.

NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10× more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.

I see Mandelson is having a Prince Andrew moment. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Seriously, what is the point in withdrawing it now... all the information in it is out there. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...