A bill passed five years ago is why the Dublin metro hasn’t been built in 30 years, apparently
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 10h agoClimate Act curbs could be considered to avert infrastructure ‘paralysis’, Chambers says
Definitely should be read! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
Gasp....like seriously...i cannot imagine any person in political power in Ireland ever posting something like this, ever. It is...beautiful. Power to the people.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · yesterdayThis is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won. Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film. Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
Nihiliberalism A new term i heard the other day This is a prime example of it
Emma Rogan 🇵🇸@emmadragon.bsky.social · 3h agoWe seem to have exactly the wrong people making dubious decisions for all of us based on neoliberal policies that prioritize the market, not people, society nor country. #FFFG ignoring sustainability scientists, #environmental compliance & #climate justice for who? For what? #spéirghorm #IrishPol
An Taisce@antaisce.bsky.social · 14h agoAughinish Alumina: 'A ticking environmental time bomb' Irish Times investigation found: 🛑 Aluminium levels 4,700x safe EU limit 🛑 Arsenic levels 129x EU limit 🛑 Zinc levels 125x safe limit An Taisce calls for a full investigation by Government into plant www.antaisce.org/submission-o...
If only there was some kind of national office for statistics that could have seen this coming a decade ago. Alas, nobody could have predicted this #SpéirGhorm
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 18h agoAlmost 6,000 people have contacted the Health Service Executive already this year seeking help in finding a GP
Could this ever happen here in Ireland?? #SpeirGorm
WIRED@wired.com · 12h agoActivist and grassroots organizer Will Lawrence has won the Democratic primary election in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, with a campaign focused on data centers’ regulation and demanding accountability for big tech and AI companies. www.wired.com/story/anti-d...
Praise be! Take 35 minutes to enjoy the somebody taking incredible care about making something both very beautiful and utterly ridiculous.
HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 18h agoGood morning, there's a new Bobby Fingers www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt7...
"And as the EU’s digital rulebook enforcer, a big part of that blame sits right with us here in Ireland." Spot on, and will we do anything. No. We are a vassal state for US and big tech.
Deirdre O'Shaughnessy@deshocks.bsky.social · 16h agoIf you were confused about what happened in Ceuta last week read this piece by @lizcarolan.com who's looking at how it blew up online and who's behind it... www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Every move by the FAI around the Nations League games against apartheid Israel is an acknowledgement that there is something wrong with fulfilling them. Israel has murdered 566 Palestinian footballers in its genocide, the FAI must not play these matches. #StopTheGame
Absolute cunts Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
Yup. Mandatory Genital examinations for girls playing sport is an inevitable progression of the vile transphobic agenda. People were told this would happen.
Resign, Carney. ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 2d agoAlberta and Washington are run by women who like to serve young women up to adults.
What Burnham says about Palestine and what he does are two different things. Like a lot of other things also.
Burnham re-appoints former Israeli Supreme Court clerk as justice minister
Burnham's re-appointment of Sarah Sackman as justice minister sends a loud signal to those who thought he might change course on Palestine.
thecanary.co
Don't worry folks, your Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture is only *personally* a climate denialist and far-right wannabe.
Donncha O’Connell@donnchalaw.bsky.social · 5d agoNoel Grealish attended ‘anti-woke’ conference addressed by Nigel Farage. Department of Agriculture confirms his attendance at the event but says the Minister of State for Agriculture was present in personal capacity. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Oh no. Exactly what everyone who knows literally *anything* about it said would happen did in fact happen. Wow. So now all the other know nothings in other governments around the world who are planning on giving away everyone's privacy will stop and think for a single second, right? Right??
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 3d agoAustralia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
Israeli forces drop missiles, phosphorus bombs on southern Lebanon - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-drop-missiles-phosphorus-bombs-southern-lebanon
Israeli forces drop missiles, phosphorus bombs on southern Lebanon
<article data-history-node-id="445406" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-drop-missiles-phosphorus-bombs-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-drop-missiles-phosphorus-bombs-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces drop missiles, phosphorus bombs on southern Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes launched missile attacks on the outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa at around 1am local time (10pm GMT), causing loud reverberating explosions that were heard in nearby towns. </p> <p>Elsewhere in the town of Yaroun, Haroun and Bint Jbeil, the state agency reported that phosphorus bombs were dropped, resulting in large fires in the areas' olive and pine groves.</p> <p>Later in the day, Israeli troops opened fire using machine guns towards Wadi Hamoul, near Naqoura.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.
Israel has destroyed 410,000 homes in Gaza since October 2023. There are more than 350,000 Palestinian families without even temporary shelter. This is what US tax dollars fund.
Am highly surprised
Norman@noaasm.bsky.social · 3d agoWow, I am positively surprised - Irish government has kicked a Microsoft procurement potentially worth €1 billion into touch amid a political debate about the nation's overreliance on US tech providers and a move to free and open source software www.theregister.com/public-secto...
Full-on Nazi shit. Modern day yellow star patches.
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 3d agoAm told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that
after september 2001 and july 2005, there were so many attacks on mosques and islamic centres and the only reason i knew about them is because they kept asking for members of the community to help out with repairs this country from top to bottom is islamophobic
elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 5d agoEvery five days, a mosque is attacked in the UK. How many of them have you heard about? How many of them made the nightly news? At least 70 attacks in the past year alone. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Putting this government's wholehearted embrace of AI slop on the map.
US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong
US State Department officials displayed an apparently. AI-generated map of Africa that mislabelled every single country.
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