I’m not normally that person but…. It’s really annoying that Democracy for Sale a has hardly been credited anywhere in last 24 hours for breaking story of Labour Together paying to spy on journalists *almost two weeks* ago Hadn’t expected Tory press office to be the exception!

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

One hero teen in this story is not only driving her parents to work at 4 am for max safety but texting her friends her notes live from class since she’s the only one who dares attend in person Horrifying, and I also would like to join this girl’s political campaign whenever she’s ready to run

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

My story (and, credited and linked to within this piece)

This is a mindblowing account. Visiting the US is currently a huge gamble. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A manatee turned around ever so slowly and came back to investigate the Cam and warm us up inside on a chilly February afternoon 🤗〰️🐮〰️🥶 #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #seacow #seapotato #coldsnap #sirenia #closeup #comehere #coralcity #coralcitycamera #miami #coral #portmiami #biscaynebay

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Implications of restructuring at DPER questioned by @rodericogorman.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

In this age of social media where everything is 99% AI clickbait, advertising, n*zis, p*rn and spambots (and in many cases, AI clickbait advertising n*zi p*rn spambots), I would like to thank everyone who watched and shared this.

Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.

That's a total of 849 seats available for the six screenings in Dublin, for which 27 have currently been sold.

Seats currently marked as filled for today's Irish screenings of the new 'Melania' documovie: Vue, Liffey Valley: 0/344, 0/47, 5/47 Cineworld, Parnell St: 11/137, 4/137, 7/137

Our new study on the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland is out. We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”

Elie Wiesel warned that, “to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” Canada will remember – so that “Never Again” is always true.

New article! Cultivating hope: caring for a precarious emotion in the Ultima Generazione movement by Giacomo Lampredi. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Neil Young gives Greenland free access to his music after suing Trump for using it

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Doctor who attended to shot protester says agents were counting bullet holes rather than administering CPR ‘I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know,’ the doctor wrote in a sworn declaration. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

“If you can tell me the difference between these two descriptions, then you are a wiser person than me.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social reads out two excerpts, written 82 years apart.

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Greenlandic government issues advice to its citizens. Be prepared to survive for 5 days (water, food, supplies, fishing/ hunting equipment and ammunition) Guidelines ⬇️ naalakkersuisut.gl/-/media/nyhe...

New from Politics and Governance: Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times (2026, Volume 14). Edited by Irena Fiket, Gazela Drasko and Giovanni Allegretti Complete issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/issue/view/479

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) fielded more than 260,000 requests for help last year

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

The Public Lending Right statements have just been issued. (Writers get a payment for every time the books are borrowed.) Thank you to all the library users who borrowed my books over the past year. As a library user/fan myself, I am honoured to be part of the library system.

Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch. DMs open.

Justine McCarthy: Ireland celebrates Hamnet and Jessie Buckley’s success. It should feel shame

Who decides what is democratic?

It’s @icahdq.bsky.social notification day #ica26 Remember: we all get rejected, junior and senior scholars, it’s not personal. But it stings. Congratulations to all who made it. Keep up the work, also if rejected 💪🏽

Mulranny leads in people-centred climate action 🌍. Our report highlights community-led solutions like ‘Share, Care & Repair’ & the vision for UNESCO recognition. Thanks to Elaine Harrington & Creative Climate Action Fund. Read: www.peoplestransition.ie/mulranny #ClimateAction #Sustainability

Global Temperature Report for 2025 berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...

I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Greenland envy shows size matters to Trump

From November 2025 - Dynamic Democratic Backsliding - https://cup.org/3X48Yzq "I formulate and test predictions about how different sequences of backsliding shape accountability." - Eddy S. F. Yeung #OpenAccess

Cabinet to sign-off on major plan to build data centres today. Worth looking into the backlash (across the spectrum) in the US to the building of data centres due to high energy and water consumption, noise pollution and, of course, electricity bills.

IBEC writing in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social with a warning that changes to immigration rhetoric and policy are bad for Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Labour Senator Laura Harmon says the Government should consider banning social media platform X entirely in Ireland in response to the ‘undressing’ scandal. “If there was a factory created down the road this morning that was producing these kind of images, it would be shut down immediately.”

“Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The Media Minister says it’s not the app creating images, but individual users. Grok is now #1 on the App Store in Ireland. Day three of X coverage.

May you swim well in 2026 New Year breaking free of the hangers on and strings that bind! #greenseaturtle #seaturtle #seaturtlesofcoralcity #remora #sharksucker #barjack #breakfree #swimfree #swimwell #happynewyear #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity