Sarah Moss, Night Wakings. One of my favourite books. And if you like that, there’s more! NW is contemporary but has a historical character whose family is the subject of several other novels.
A sunny day in the park
Scientists baffled as Ireland bathed in mysterious radiation for second day
This.
If we want less traffic in our lives, we need fewer cars on our roads.
It’s not rocket science @darraghobrientd.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social.
This appalling fat cat wants to shut the door on all my mature students, many of whom left school after GCSE and give up a lot to go to university. I can tell him that they’re the hungriest for education and far from being unable to graduate, they regularly get the highest grades. Hateful man.
Scientific paper published in PubMed. Heading: Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it. Authors: Rebekah C White et all. Autism, 2018 May. For those curious, here's the original paper: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053878/1/Personification%20in%20autism_final%20accepted.pdf
Nobel Prize For Titles. Right away.
For twenty years I've heard the same reframe and for the same twenty years I've had a fairly popular ocean science blog that tracks how long readers spend on each page and the long wonky pieces have the best retention and are still read years later.
As global warming accelerates towards apocalyptic conditions, rather than working to save ourselves, the great powers are instead pouring oil and raining bombs onto the gathering inferno.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ireland’s obsequiousness when it comes to the US is of course rooted in the belief that our multinational tax base would be damaged by the Government taking a more forthright position on key issues of international relations. But US multinationals will not flee the country just because the Irish Government stands up for the principles of global order. What has always made Irish internationalism powerful is the principled role of right over might that we have embodied in the international system since our independence. There are other arguments in favour of speaking out. Beyond the political costs, the practical stakes for Ireland in this rapidly escalating conflict are also considerable. Iran’s military response has spread the conflict around the gulf region and now involves at least seven states. Across these territories are more than 20,000 Irish citizens, many of whom may face being stranded abroad for an indefinite period until commercial airspace in the region reopens. Renewed Israeli attacks against Hizbullah in Lebanon have escalated the risk to the 358 Irish soldiers stationed at Camp Shamrock as part of the UN peacekeeping mission. This range of practical and political dimensions should be reflected in a far more forthright response from the Government. The international language of diplomacy used by Martin and McEntee skirts around these humanitarian concerns and instead puts our relationship with the US at the centre of the Government’s focus. But Trump’s actions against Iran and his contempt for the UN and the rules-based order reflect a new narrative of power that represents a direct attack on the international system. This is made more dangerous by the apathy and silence of countries such as Ireland who do not act to defend a global order based on rules and principles designed to prevent illegal use of force. As a small state, Ireland depends on other countries’ respect for international law to maintain our position and protect our sovereignty…
if any classicists can tell me if agliata (italian oil-and-garlic emulsion sauce) is found in any roman sources, i will put you in my book acknowledgements.
Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
They're calling it the imperial boomerang, folks. They say it's the biggest boomerang they've ever seen, maybe even a plane of some kind. Whatever it is, it's coming right back to us, right back to us. The haters say it's not returning to the imperial core, but folks it's called a boomerang for a re
Presumably this is the snack to have if you’re drinking Black and Tans.
having a chronic illness means that i don't have the luxury of waiting until i 'feel better' to live my life
True, but sometimes I can't get out of bed.
I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)
This.
The image is of graves being dug for the girls killed when the U.S. bombed their school.
What if all the money and people's labor and imagination that was poured into carbon capture and storage for the last, i don't know, 20 some years, went into shutting down the fossil fuel system and making sure the few hundred thousand people whose livelihoods are entwined have what they need?
Delft style blue and white tile of Gilbert and George dresses in jackets, pantaloons and stockings.
If you need cheering up here’s a photo of a Simon Petter tile of the artists Gilbert and George.
A fluffy white cat reclines in a modern white lounge chair, lying on its back with its front paws resting on its belly and back legs stretched out. The cat looks relaxed and content, as if lounging like a person in the sunlight near a window.
Good, I see the council is assembled. We have mews from the outer rim to discuss.
Irish people remember when Israel used Irish passport numbers to create passports for assassins to murder people for Israel. #Spéirgorm
Israel has a history of using false flag operations. See the Lavon Affair where Israel did false flag terrorist attacks in Egypt.
So why not with drones?
“It is naive to think that practising blind and servile obedience is a form of leadership.
We will not be complicit in something that is bad for the world and that is also contrary to our values and interests, simply out of fear of reprisals from someone.”
Oh, you’re the one who took my brain? Ah, you can keep it. You’re welcome to it.
Just bought one of these gloriously absurd mirror masks
freddieyauner.co.uk/products/wha...
Alistair war crimes Campbell leading a bunch of rugby dads in a singalong of the Fiemds of Athenry
“Hello, Dante. Yeah, it’s me.”
“No, no I haven’t got the money I owe you. No, sorry.”
“Look, honestly I wouldn’t call you if it wasn’t urgent. Listen...”
“Yes, really. No, really. It’s real. The tenth circle of hell has just opened.”
Given that most plumbers have substantially higher earning potential than almost any philosopher, why not? Isn’t that how redistributive systems work?
My university received a few years ago the promise of the largest single gift to a public university in U.S. history. It was equivalent to 12 hours of bombing Iran.
Favourite #WorldBookDay moment ...
Asked a hall full of children if any of them knew what a Dalek was ... girl RAN up to the stage and announced ... it's a small onion but strong. Cut it and you'll cry.
Me: .... thinking ...
Me: .. still thinking ...
Finally ...
... Garlic.
Am I allowed sugar in the tea, please?
Take back POWER Thursday, March 5, 2026, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Join us for an introduction into nonviolent direct action! We will be covering the basics and principles of nonviolence, why we do it, why it works and how it comes into play in different action scenarios. We will also be sharing a free vegan meal so you don't want to miss this! Westminster Quakers 52 St Martins Lane London WC2N 4EA
This is the event the police have raided this evening. This is the type of event they now consider illegal to organise in Britain, and which they want to intimidate religious and community spaces out of hosting
I’ll wear my lucky socks for you.
