Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre

We'll be doing a live Arena show at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 100 issues of @thedublinreview.bsky.social. We'll have editor Brendan Barrington, contributors Sara Baume, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and @mrkocnnll.bsky.social. Do come, it's going to be special...

As ever, Colin Farrell talked at me like nobody’s business.

This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing

Doug and Cole Emhoff at No Kings in Santa Monica. 💙

This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way. Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.

It’s Trump’s worst nightmare. NO KINGS DAY! See you on the streets.

I interviewed the very brave MSF coordinator Dr Mohammed Abu Mughassib who recently left Gaza after spending the last two years helping prop up its collapsing health system www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡 #BeThere

TRUMP ADMIN DOESN’T KNOW 6th GRADE MATH:

Why is the Vice President of the United States so insistent on defending this inexcusable, vile behavior?

The Vice President of the United States will not unequivocally condemn Young Republicans for saying that their perceived political opponents should be sent to gas chambers. A window into @jd-vance-1.bsky.social's disgraceful character.

Calling for gas chambers. Expressing love for Hitler. Endorsing rape. Using racist slurs. I'm demanding Rep. James Comer open a House Oversight Committee investigation into these shocking, deeply offensive messages that were exchanged by Young Republican leaders from across the country.

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you? Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18 #NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

The important thing is that we can rebuild something fully new and better, which is why facing the severity of this moment can be a source of hope rather than paralysis.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just rejected Alex Jones' appeal and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him by the Sandy Hook Elementary School families

BREAKING: The NYT fights back!

California is proud to congratulate FIVE California university-affiliated scholars among this year's Nobel laureates. From quantum computing to clean energy and medical breakthroughs, these trailblazers reflect the strength, innovation, and creativity that define our state.

Trump never would’ve had the same class as Biden did here

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Me in conversation with the incomparable Diane Keaton from 2017. It really does feel as if the evening is drawing in. www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

I hammered out a few more unworthy words on Diane Keaton. It really does feel as if the evening is drawing in. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

These bills are shaped by the voices and experiences of mothers, daughters, workers, and caregivers who keep our communities strong — often without recognition. I’m proud to live in a state that knows its strength comes from how deeply we care for the women who care for us.

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Thomas Hobbes conference in Malmesbury (of course), March 2026. Spread the word. Send a paper proposal. Tell your students. #Hobbes #PhilosophyMatters

The boring weather continues for us here in Ireland but other parts of Europe will see heavy rain. Boring is good for most people so enjoy it.

FACT: Netflix’s market cap has gone UP $10 Billion since right wing, snowflake, bigots targeted them with a cancel culture boycott over a transgender character in a cartoon.

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

I am just DYING for the good people of our second city to hear that Cillian Murphy came from “some little town in Ireland”.

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One more reason missing from the visual: No need to give a reason to anyone at all, because it’s not your business.

Met Éireann getting €42 million for capital expenditure with total of €82 million in budget 2026, an increase of 31%. Does this mean we will finally get rain monitoring stations in river catchment areas upland and public flood warnings??

Same. #AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

ESB power outages down to 2,200 premises. Fair play to ESB after a very busy weekend. A tough 3rd night ahead for those still out though.

it definitely doesn’t give a better quality of education. What it does is give is social capital, connection and a means to entrench privilege. If more people were honest about that I’d be more forgiving I think

Empathy is a foreign concept to some folks 🙄