Russia is carrying out massive waves of ballistic missile strikes, destroying more civilian infrastructure and driving up civilian deaths With Ukraine having no effective air defences left, we're all standing by and watching this catastrophe kyivindependent.com/russian-ball...

Russian ballistic missile attack kills 17, injures 44 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue

A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported overnight ...

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HotD is getting a bit annoying opening new threads instead of closing them at this point tbh. Half expecting the next episode to have Corlys escape, team up with *spins wheel* Helaena and take uhh Winterfell.

Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.

CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterday

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters

Borders are an injustice, pure lottery of birth. Wealth inequality between the EU and right outside it is staggering and unfair. Our Frontex to Libyan navy deals are disgusting. If EU countries abolished borders most of the continent would become Mussolini. I don’t know what to do about it tbh.

Racist propaganda, attacks on the Spanish government, illegal suspensions of Schengen.. All in the name of no one getting into mainland Europe

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 4d ago

Von der Leyen gives update on Ceuta crisis: - She confirms "not a single person reached mainland Spain or the rest of the EU" - She says "lessons learned" are needed to strengthen the common border system - She urges "solidarity and a united European response" to stop irregular migration

Get their asses. The EU has to be more than a bandwagon of petty right wingers competing to be the most easily manipulated by our enemies.

Sánchez slams reaction to Ceuta crisis in letter to Von der Leyen

In a letter Saturday, Sánchez laments what he describes as a lack of EU solidarity driven by "prejudice, misinformation and attacks" for political gain. #EuropeNews

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They were never leaving Africa in the first place and they’re nearly all gone back now in under 48hrs, but at least we got to butcher European solidarity for a day on the alter of EPP appeasement to the far right and getting a few kicks in at hippie socialist Pedro.

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Suspend a 400 million person free movement area over 60,000 migrants” nativism is a product of our dumbest lizard brain impulses

I think we should combine philosophy BlueSky's position that "flirting can be unintentional" with the emerging Gen Z norm that "flirting outside of dating apps is immoral" to create the most neurotic generation ever before seen.

Spain responded by rolling in fucking tanks and the whole thing isn’t even on European mainland but VDL and the continental EPP responding like the Ottomans are sieging Vienna and Sanchez gave them the key. Absolutely pathetic. The worst of the EU.

Everyone from France to Finland immediately throwing Spain under the bus re Ceuta is pretty grim.

The solution to this kind of thing in Ireland is always "the companies have promised us they'll be good this time"

Conor Gallagher@conorgallagher.bsky.social · last wk.

Aughinish Alumina will, under a new oversight arrangement, be expected to provide the Government with regular evidence its products are not supplying the Russian military. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Listened to the Leading interview with Ben Rhodes this morning. I could never really stomach the PSA guys and this was similar. A bit too slavishly pro-Dem/Obama, but I really think it’s that he frames foreign policy successes Vs blunders are *purely* in terms of the impact on US domestic politics.

House of the Dragon is just edging me now. Are things getting better or worse just make up your mind.

Reminds me of the early days in 2022 where Russia was so reluctant to admit Ukrainian successes they were constantly like “they didn’t kill our guys lol! 500 of our best men *actually* just slipped on banana peels and died ☝️😌”

James@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · last wk.

What the fuck kind of shit is this. How desperate to create legal fictions and create PR wins can the administration possibly be that they're going to deny that people KIA and WIA were part of the Iran conflict.

it's incredible how committed Russia is to the imperial mindset when it's shattering their economy and likely only to get worse

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · last wk.

1/ Vladimir Putin has strongly hinted that Russia should claim the entire eastern half of Ukraine, going far beyond the existing annexation of the Donbas and southern Ukraine. He foresees a future in which western Ukraine is also annexed by its neighbours. ⬇️

Sovereignty for nuclear powers and nobody else. Ireland, Taiwan, Ukraine, Palestine and everyone else just funko-pops for “real” countries. Amazing how some Americans convince themselves they’re radically progressive with a same global outlook as Henry Kissinger.

isla@demomolos.bsky.social · 2w ago

oh nooooo Taiwan will be part of China oh noooo what ever will i do in The United States of America if Taiwan is Chinese

Some insect the size of a baby bird just hit window and flew off. Very grateful to live in modern times 🙏

Micheál seemed fairly tall to me in person, Stefanchuk is a big dude

The Odyssey was really good! I was locked in for the whole 3 hours. Felt like one of the best real ”movie” movies I’ve seen in a while.

Looks like the people who insisted the Ukrainian govt only backed down over NABU last year because of EU pressure and not public protests were wrong.

Irish politics twitter is just 90% “better things aren’t possible” BMW driver dads now

The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earth barrier separating the more than 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the Palestinian enclave. jrnl.ie/7108745

Israel consolidating land grab by building 22km earth barrier cutting through Gaza

Israel has mostly destroyed and depopulated the half of Gaza it controls

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The Lynn Boylan EU-Irish language gaffe was cringe and I don't even like Sinn Féin but the Fine Gael dads making like 3+ days of content over it would want to be getting a life

Absolute prick

Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 3w ago

Opposition-aligned President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed government bills granting certain rights to unmarried partners, including same-sex couples, for the first time in Poland. He argued that the proposal would have threatened the institution of marriage.

Yeah the US couldn’t beat the gasping corpse of Iran in a 2026 air campaign but I’m sure the EU of 2050 with a zillion satellite guided Borshch-Baguette ballistic missiles or whatever will be a cakewalk.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Sen. Eric Schmitt says he supports annexing Greenland because Denmark might be run by "radical mullahs" in 50 years

"Europe's booming solar fleet has saved €20 billion in gas imports since Iran war, finds new analysis" As oil and gas prices remain high due to the Iran war - solar power is cushioning the impact across Europe, investment needs to continue though. www.euronews.com/2026/07/16/s...

How solar has saved Europe €20 billion since the war on Iran began

New data shows that solar installations across Europe are cushioning the continent from volatile fossil fuel price shocks.

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Watching the news

young lads driving up and down housing estates in their 13 year old Fiats at 15kmph revving the engines like formula 1 are so cool. everyone is jealous and wishes they were them

How is this not just pure populism. “It’s a disgraaayyccee Joe“ ass transport policy.

Geraldine Herbert@gerherbert.bsky.social · 3w ago

Micheál Martin says he's "leaning towards" banning e-scooters because of rising injuries and the misuse of e-scooters and scramblers by criminal gangs. But those are two completely different problems. One is public health. The other is criminality.