The Romans called such efforts to distract a restless public “Bread and Circuses.”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the Fort Hood shooter's execution

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abolish the death penalty

I really wouldn't mind if Pope Bob excommunicated all the fascist Catholics on SCOTUS.

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

Twenty-four hours. Three states. Three people dead. Countless lives changed in seconds. “The choices that Trump regime has made since 1/2025 have increased the number of people who die in the field and in custody,” immigration atty and investigative journalist. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge

These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign

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This piece, an essential read, is typical of WSJ's superior analysis and reporting on geostrategic and military issues. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Russia’s Shadow Fleet Is Sailing in NATO’s Blind Spot: Irish Waters

A growing number of suspected Russian shadow fleet ships regularly ply waters near Ireland that hold many crucial undersea cables.

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So plug-in hybrids emit six times, on average, what official tests claim. A good argument for choosing 100% electric, if you have to drive. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

Plug-in hybrids emit six times, on average, what official tests claim…

The car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution

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Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?

Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...

What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.

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The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.

If @andyburnham.bsky.social were Prime Minister during the Blitz: "There is an urgent problem of bombs falling on London. They appear to be coming out of the sky. We convened a COBRA meeting to discuss it. The root causes of this problem are not something I am prepared to discuss." #ClimateEmergency

Me at faculty board meetings:

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

The GOP's official party-wide slogan marching into the midterms: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

Jack Chambers relies upon citizens (or people in the economy as he calls them) not understanding what a judicial review is. If the state has broken the law you may ask the court to hold them to account. That's what a JR is, and what Jack Chambers is against. The government following it's own laws.

Astonishing attack on civil society and environmental justice by a government lacking either vision or basic competence. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...

Chambers claims climate law has been 'weaponised' by NGOs to halt infrastructure projects

Friends of the Earth have said disapplying climate laws sets ‘an alarming precedent’.

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The greatest global threat to both peace and a habitable planet is the government of the USA. It has been so for a long time, but Trump has nixed the deniability. We should stop treating it as an ally that has mysteriously gone astray and start treating it as a hazard to be avoided and contained.

In fairness to farmers, their land is their livelihood, and most can't afford to get rid of sheep to do the right thing. They're paid for keeping sheep, why not rewilding?

Anja Bogger 🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🇵🇸@abogger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I've just come back from Connemara, all those mountains chomped close to the scalp...the national park in comparison shows positive signs of recovery, no sign of sheep and healthy vegetation. Please stop it with the sheep and goats irish farmers/government

"I think it's very uncommon in the First World. This is not a sight that one normally sees. I'd have to say that I haven't seen this," said Philip Alston, as they toured a community in Butler County where "raw sewage flows from homes through exposed PVC pipes and into open trenches and pits."

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States was shocked at the level of environmental degradation in some areas of rural Alabama, saying he had never seen anything like it in the developed world.

When liberals compare Trump to Hitler, it's a sign of Trump Derangement Syndrome. When caddies posing as presidential historians compare Trump to Hitler, it's a sign of approval.

A graphic illustration of how sheep don't just destroy forests by eating all seedlings and ground flora, but by stripping bark from trees. On this holly, it's been eaten away in squares, matching the wire mesh in front. Badly bark-stripped trees die. It's *very* simple: sheep kill nature.

Very sad news. Philip was a real gentleman www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...

Long-time IRFU chief executive Philip Browne dies

The IRFU have announced the death of long-time chief executive Philip Browne, who has passed away at the age of 66.

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Check out this Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) owned dereliction, rotting since early 90s, as seen on @news.rte.ie, PrimeTime & you wonder why dereliction was normalised before me & @judesherry.bsky.social started #DerelictIreland campaign This is prime example of state enabled vandalism Should be homes

Because there's not enough infrastructure for electric vehicles across the country.

Please do not buy my books from Amazon. If you are outside the UK and cannot find an independent bookshop who stocks them, please purchase them from @blackwells.bsky.social who do free international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Calls have been made for the government to introduce tobacco-free generation legislation, which will prohibit the sale of tobacco products to people born after a specified year. Would you support banning the sale of tobacco products to people born after the late 2000s? jrnl.ie/7057476

Should Ireland ban the sale of tobacco products to all people born after a certain year?

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland said momentum for such legislation was building internationally.

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