Claire Higgins

Hai! Ancient language specialist here 👋 that is actually the sacred script of the Tuatha Dé Danann. It reads "6 Cans for the price of 5 - March 14th-19th"

They put out an old tweet of mine on all their platforms a couple of months ago. Disconcerting.

As a professional of 30+ years who, for example, once had to run with the right paper & pen in hand to manually cut-and-paste a correction of one misspelling on a hand-drawn broadsheet page of cartoon strips, 5 minutes before it was shot for print & that was probably read by 3 people, I ask again…

This is framed as a normal thing to say, and her credibility on financial matters simply assumed (even though her time in government saddled us with RHI debt), but saying "we need to tax the rich more" is explicitly framed as extremist, absurd, not serious.

The troubles

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Symposium: Peasant Movements and Land Agitation in Modern Ireland

On Sat 11 April we will be hosting, in association with @irishhistorians.bsky.social, a day symposium on 'Peasant Movements and Land Agitation in Modern Ireland'. This is a free event, open to all in-person or online via Teams. More info at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris... #IrishStudies

This...this makes me more angry than I can articulate; if I had bull horns I would have charged a wall

Has anybody considered that actually they really are work colleagues and the affair is between her discarded wig and his tarnished reputation??

"Trump support is also leading his supporters to believe that they’re more masculine. This finding wasn’t the goal of the study."

lol

Unless he starts talking about his curtains and ballroom pretty sharpish, I'm bailing.

Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape - emptywheel One day before Jeffrey Epstein suicided, the woman who claimed Donald Trump had abused her told the FBI that Epstein and Trump had spoken about blackmail in front of her.

On the missing Epstein files: It's not JUST that DOJ is still withholding a bunch of pages re allegation he raped a teenager. It's that they only released duplicates (those sent to Ghislaine in discovery), raising questions if the originals still exist.

emptywheel.net/the-alleged-...

Ancient history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes.

Before we know it “the hoplytes will be bivouacking above the city…”

New Intensive Barber Course Will See Barbers Learn Second Men’s Haircut A FRESH era in male grooming has arrived with the news that a new apprenticeship course will see new and existing barbers learn a second distinctive style of haircut. This has the potential to revolutionise men's …

New Intensive Barber Course Will See Barbers Learn Second Men’s Haircut https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2022/02/24/new-intensive-barber-course-will-see-barbers-learn-second-mens-haircut/

It's brilliant, I have been with it since the start so let me interest you in this 103 yr old whiskey, coincidentally the same age i am...

I already covet about 4 of these (especially the 1st as a leftie...)

Your Say: Should The Taoiseach Still Go To Washington DC On Paddy’s Day? Your Say: Should The Taoiseach Still Go To Washington DC On Paddy’s Day?

Your Say: Should The Taoiseach Still Go To Washington DC On Paddy's Day? https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/03/05/your-say-should-the-taoiseach-still-go-to-washington-dc-on-paddys-day/

And they really hate us left wing cradle catholics!

Stupid politically correct Geneva Convention.

It’s not disingenuous to point out that the NYT did not run a single front page story of the Minab bombing. You don’t dispute this claim because it’s true. And the story that you reference on your webpage does not attribute blame to US/Israel and frames it as an allegation by “Iranian state media”

The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay Photographer Murdo MacLeod patrols the snow with members of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service, which has for several decades published a vital daily avalanche forecast for mountain areas

"Scottish avalanches are back. More than 200 have been recorded this winter" - some brilliant photo-journalism from @theguardian.com's Murdo Macleod, an expert climber and photographer ❄️🏔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Cover of @spiegel.de: The rage warrior.

We need to copy Scotland & run a 'Best Local Business Name' competition. One year short list included a 'Tanfastic' tanning salon & a Chinese restaurant called 'Bon Appetit'

From Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

👋 Meet the cast for the 2026 Spring Tour of Macbeth!

Garry Hynes directs 11 of Ireland's finest actors, led by Marty Rea as Macbeth and fellow Tony Award winner Marie Mullen as Lady Macbeth.

Tickets for Macbeth at druid.ie

Galway: 25 March–5 April
Belfast: 16–19 April
Limerick: 23–25 April