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Nothing if not adaptable. Writer of all kinds of things. In France, via London, Cork & Cambodia. nickyjsullivan.com

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Split the seasoning. A little at the beginning to deepen the flavour, the rest at the end to brighten it up.

27.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thatβ€˜s the spirit.

05.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 10908 πŸ” 3180 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 0

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

27.01.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 4218 πŸ” 1932 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 86
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

The way to actual tech sovereignty from the US? Extremely interesting talk by Cory Doctorow.

pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...

02.01.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

Gorgeous.

05.12.2025 11:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

How $140,000 a year is the real poverty threshold for a family of four β€” www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

29.11.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

This is 100% the modern Irish state of being.

19.11.2025 05:33 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Funny his consistent use of the Russian imperialist term, The Ukraine, while railing against imperialism.

19.10.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

πŸ”—https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

09.10.2025 05:27 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11
photo of paulina borsook

photo of paulina borsook

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

24.09.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 6994 πŸ” 3247 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 343
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Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring Politics Podcast Β· Series Β· Journalists Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – with the help of Conservative party whistleblower Sergei Cristo – expose an alleged secret spy ring operating at the very he...

Excellent podcast on this: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/s...

05.09.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If he’s into flower photography, Flower by Phaidon isn’t photography but an absolutely glorious collection of images from across time and cultures. So much there to inspire creatively getting out with your camera.

16.07.2025 05:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A map of North America in which "Canada" incorporates Washington, Oregon, Nevada and California.

A map of North America in which "Canada" incorporates Washington, Oregon, Nevada and California.

Time to...

14.07.2025 10:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...

People who believe not voting 2024 makes them morally superior because they're not "murdering children" should be constantly reminded that they helped elect Trump, who destroyed USAID - an act that's now murdering children around the world.

www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

25.06.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 1279 πŸ” 417 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 49

Elon Musk and Trump have already murdered hundred of thousands of people around the world by means of their obscene cuts to American aid funding.

18.06.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Making me pine!!!

28.05.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw her play at the Festival Interceltique in Brittany a few years ago. She was magnificent. She’s still touring, and absolutely worth seeing if you can.

27.05.2025 06:08 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So true! I started again this week and it’s just as enthralling the second time round.

25.05.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This series is, by miles, the best thing you could be listening to right now.

25.05.2025 10:27 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cambodia is home to world’s most powerful criminal network: report The network’s illegal activities threaten global economic and political stability, says Jacob Sims, a transnational crime expert.

A newly released report has named senior Cambodian political figures as central players in what it describes as possibly the world’s most powerful criminal network – a multibillion-dollar, Southeast Asia-based cybercrime industry that experts warn may soon become β€œtoo big to fail”.

25.05.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Donald Trump has the habits of the vandal, the autocrat, the gangster and the fool - for proof, look no further than Ukraine. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

25.04.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11
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Nigerian authorities seize nearly 4 tons of pangolin scales, arrest five suspects Nigerian authorities have seized 3.76 metric tons of pangolin scales and arrested five people in Lagos, in a follow-up to the recent arrest of a Chinese national suspected of trafficking pangolin…

Nigerian authorities have seized 3.76 metric tons of pangolin scales and arrested five people in Lagos, in a follow-up to the recent arrest of a Chinese national suspected of trafficking pangolin scales.

16.04.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A front page of Liberation magazine in France from 2016. Trump is silhouetted in darkness. The only things visible are his unmistakable hair and his hand making his usual finger up, thumb out gesture. The headlines reads, in block capitals β€œAMERICAN PYSCHO”. It is a very sinister front cover.

A front page of Liberation magazine in France from 2016. Trump is silhouetted in darkness. The only things visible are his unmistakable hair and his hand making his usual finger up, thumb out gesture. The headlines reads, in block capitals β€œAMERICAN PYSCHO”. It is a very sinister front cover.

France always got it.

07.04.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 455 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Je n'ai pas trouvΓ© de compte rendu de ce discours dans les mΓ©dias franΓ§ais et je me demandais pourquoi. Je connais la France, mais je ne connais pas encore trΓ¨s bien le paysage mΓ©diatique franΓ§ais et j’apprΓ©cierais votre avis sur la question,

09.03.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just what I was thinking!

27.02.2025 08:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have a look at Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari for a nice discussion of how the luxury trap has been stifling humans since the agricultural revolution.

19.02.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SΓ©amas O'Reilly: Appeasing the far-right won't placate themΒ β€” they'll just want the next cruelty Their concerns are not about society, the economy or public safety, they’re an ever-moving target of fear and hatred that cannot be sated, it has to be challenged.

I wrote this on the most consistently terrible, and fatal, idea in centrist politics today. On Fanta, rebadging, and why attempting to win votes from fascists is morally disgusting and politically suicidal.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

15.02.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 1264 πŸ” 438 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 49
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The Plot Against America How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America

This has been my most ambitious piece of writing so far. It's long. And I will be working on a much shorter version for a wider audience. But I also don't want to lose sight of the deep truths lurking around us. So, here is The Plot Against America. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

08.02.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 837 πŸ” 331 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 106
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Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.

05.02.2025 05:03 πŸ‘ 15548 πŸ” 3392 πŸ’¬ 450 πŸ“Œ 146
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Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

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