Gerry Blake
@gerbla.bsky.social
Politics, Photography, Philosophy, Phraseology, Football (Liverpool FC)
A beautiful tribute to Glen Hansard by poet and essayist, Hanif Abdurraqib in the New Yorker.
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4d agoGlen Hansard, the iconic Irish singer, moved through the world eager to dispense some wisdom about the heart to someone who needed it—or someone who didn’t know they needed it, Hanif Abdurraqib writes. www.newyorker.com/news/postscr...
'Children are dying’ as a result of US oil blockade. It needs to be lifted immediately.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2mo agoVolker Turk, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, warns that 'children are dying' as result of US oil blockade.
“The role of Hasbara was to rationalise this brutality for global consumption. But as the flotillas continue to challenge the blockade, they accumulate small victories and deeply accelerate Israel’s popular global isolation"
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 3mo agoHow Ben-Gvir’s flotilla video shattered Israel’s multimillion ‘Hasbara’ https://aje.news/44dq8b
Man, the number of people who think regulation can’t happen… the glasses run via apps they don’t run on their own, the apps have to get approval from App Stores, which can consider any terms for safety they want No reason the app stores can’t set terms that included stronger privacy protections
The US is waging war on Cuba with its blockade. It now offers "humanitarian aid" with strings attached. Despicable. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says
The minister says the situation in Cuba is "extremely tense", as a US-led blockade of oil to the country causes widespread power cuts.
bbc.com
Toxic populists are going to sour all public spending: No, secure bike parking for hospital staff is not the same as Dáil bike shelter – IrishCycle.com share.google/Iw77BCNnhbYO...
IrishCycle.com
news and analysis on sustainable transport in Ireland
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Very good analysis here of the so-called Urban/Rural divide, showing that people in Dublin receive fewer benefits and pay much more tax on average.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 3mo agoComments by Leo Varadkar caused controversy the past week. “People in rural Ireland are very quick to tell people in urban Ireland that ‘we’re the real workers," he said. “That’s not the case. We’re the ones paying all the bills." Was he right? jrnl.ie/7021072
Given his opposition to the Venezuelan dictatorship, this is impossible for Trump to argue against - genius from Nobel - an element of subtle trolling that hammers home the committee’s pro-Democracy message twice over with just one decision.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado wins
Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.
bbc.co.uk
Humphreys needs to stop being a government spokesperson; Connolly is doing well but should stop saying "military industrial complex"; Gavin is just not up to it. #tonightvmtv #aras25
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.
Improve the first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that Mrs Dalloway kind of crap ..."
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Mrs. Dalloway.
