Mass in Beirut this morning. 160 people - displaced migrant workers & their families - are now sheltering in this church. #Lebanon
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Mass in Beirut this morning. 160 people - displaced migrant workers & their families - are now sheltering in this church. #Lebanon
Dropsite reports “Black rain” + “nuclear winter” caused by Israeli strikes on oil depots in Tehran
- chemicals are producing acidic precipitation that causes skin burns + severe lung damage on contact
- the rain is corrosive + could damage structures
- heavy metals leaking into soil/water systems
"Which takes us to Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, a man who achieves the rare feat of being both eager to show off his hard muscles and yet somehow also personifying erectile dysfunction."
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In 1992, the top ten US billionaires controlled 0.4% of the USA economy. Today, that is 8%.
And; you are the product.
#monopoly #antichrist #surveillancecapatalism
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Kyal Sin or "Angel" murdered by the military junta in Myanmar while peacefully protesting on 3-3-21 - RIP
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Great pics - on this #InternationalWomensDay we remember Kyal Sin or "Angel" who was shot by the military junta in #Myanmar while peacefully protesting 5 years ago on 3rd March 2021.
RIP Angel
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#IWD2026 #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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Ieshia Evans and riot police during a protest against police brutality at the Baton Rouge police department in Louisiana on 9 July 2016. Photograph: Jonathan Bachman
Woman sits in front of riot police blocking the road to protect protesters during an anti-government march on 24 April 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun
Young girl faces down a riot policeman during a protest marking the country’s 1973 military coup in Santiago, Chile on 11 September 2016. Photograph: Carlos Vera
Saffiyah Khan calmly staring down an EDL demonstrator in Birmingham. Unsure of photo credit
#InternationalWomensDay
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
Ireland will remember what International Law is on or after 18th March.
'Patchflow was obviously visited overnight by the three ghosts of Everyone Finds Your Behaviour Despicable, had a change of heart and withdrew the eviction notices on Friday evening.'
This week's column is on Iran, oil prices, evictions, the St Paddy's Day visit, and the end of days.
"Entries are now open for the Unheard Voices: the Joe Drennan Memorial Prize for a piece of journalism offering a voice to those who so often go unheard." www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
thegist.ie I said CJEU judgments were succinct. But one of the ways they manage this is to be very information dense. To expand on that paragraph a little- where a person has a right covered by the Charter of Fundamental Rights or any other provision of EU law and access to those legal entitlements is being blocked by a failure to correctly record their gender (in line with the definition at paragraph 32 above as being defined by "lived gender identity, and not to the identity assigned to them at birth") then whatever national law that is causing that impediment is to just be set aside. It is a dead letter. Every_court, every. state body, every individual official has to behave as it it didn't exist. That's the consequence of incompatibility with EU law.
On discourse about trans people’s right to access to accurate ID, I’d like to remind that the EU’s top court, using data protection’s most fundamental principles, has declared that someone’s “lived gender identity” is what must be recorded to describe them.
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Poster saying: Young Autistic Irish writers: we want to hear from you! What: Essays between 1000-1500 words When: Deadline of Monday 6th April 2026 Where: Send your submissions or queries to irishautisticanthology@gmail.com
Looking for autistic teenagers (15-18 years) to write for an anthology of essays about being autistic, for teenage readers. Book to be published next year in collaboration with @newislandbooks.bsky.social and Little Island publishers.
@matthewpb.bsky.social
#Autistic #Irish #Writing #OwnVoices
Dublin City Council has pulled offers of social homes in Finglas development. It was a huge blow, said one woman who thought she was about to get a home. Why the council has retreated from a deal to lease the homes is a point of dispute.
On stage, a very earnest poet announces that he's going to recite a poem titled "Shame."
At that very moment, a woman (70s?) in the audience accidentally lets out an audible fart with incredible personality.
Nearby people trying desperately not to laugh.
Sometimes timing is everything. (3)
A small human (3?) struts into a theatre with a teddy under one arm. Dad ruffles his hair and says: "We're gonna behave while Mum's on stage. No talkin' eh?"
Small Human Theatregoer gives Dad an indignant look. "I am going to be watching! That's why we're HERE." (2)
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
Landlord firm that issued 36 eviction notices in one estate has been involved in multiple RTB disputes Dozens of tenants affected by Patchflow Ltd’s order ahead of new rent rules coming into effect
Huh, almost as if interacting with the RTB is no form of deterrent
Crowds protested at UCD today to call on the university to do more to support survivors of sexual abuse.
The rally, attended by thousands of students, comes after an image of a medical student was circulated online and via Whatsapp jrnl.ie/6974278
I haven't read this yet, but I'm sharing it anyway because I love the title and share the sentiment. And it's Garbage Day so I know it'll be good.
On @virginmedianews.bsky.social today we look at the impact of climate change on communities.
Following a deadly flood - that saw more than 130 people killed - 1,000+ people were marked to leave the village their families lived in for generations.
The fabric of communities in Rwanda is being torn.
I was in Oxfam yesterday and all the size things on the coat hangers were XS,S,M,L,XL etc, which feels sensible in a charity shop with lots of different clothing brands. The clothes still might have size labels on them. A size 18 was given an XL label.
A photo of an Irish road sign for Banna Strand
There’s always money in the
I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone, you're absolutely 100% correct.
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This is a nightmare for Connaught street and Phibsborough
This is what a deeply flawed dysfunctional approach by local gov to dereliction looks like
Well over two decades of vacancy and 17 years since these houses first went on the derelict site register
They can’t be just left there to crumble
Holy shit, that’s tight.
I think that is actually the biggest problem with those systems.
It's not losing some random skill that we have made superflous, it's about taking skills that are the foundation for your agency in this world and your ability to understand it.
US and Israeli strikes destroyed a diplomatic police centre and a state-owned cultural institute in Tehran, footage from an Iranian government-organised media tour shows.
At least 787 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the attacks.
A little bit of joy....
Iran holds mass funeral for girls, staff killed in US-Israel school attack
Iran holds mass funeral for girls, staff killed in US-Israel school attack https://aje.news/bfjfuy
