John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

Media’s pro-Western bias is often blatant, sometimes subtle but always omnipresent.
Below is an example of the latter.

Like all those schools, hospitals, kindergartens flattened in Gaza, probably not targets either. Just very unlucky I imagine. But when lives are so cheap, who cares if it’s accidental or deliberate?

Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCO The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

When the target of the much-vaunted “precision weapons” deployed by Israel and its puppet, the US is a girl’s primary school, with 150+ defenceless children massacred, you’re left in no doubt that this is state terrorism and the perpetrators are vile criminals.

news.un.org/en/story/202...

Allowing non-resident tax fugitives such as the 4th Viscount Rothermere to own major media outlets poses a truly grave risk to democracy.

Nice!

US lurches into dangerous irrelevance, amid the chaos and hubris of a rapidly unraveling empire.

As the petrostates wage wars that send oil & gas prices spiralling, what a great incentive to go all-in on renewables & stop funding terrorist states and their endless wars into the bargain.

Meanwhile, fresh from being trounced in a by-election for one of Labour’s safest seats, Starmer doubles down on his disastrous pro-fascist policies.

Labour’s vote will be in single digits by the time this empty suit is finished.

So, the president of European Commission, supposedly speaking on behalf of EU, hasn’t a single word of criticism for illegal US/Israeli attack on Iran, instead blaming Iran for trying to defend itself.

The same VDL cowardice we saw in #Gaza.

Small wonder the US treats Europe like a bad joke.

Probably, but not for some time, I imagine.

Attended the premiere of ‘An Irish Atlantic Rainforest’ yesterday, a terrific documentary based on @irishrainforest.bsky.social book of the same name.

It’s visually stunning & gives a tantalising glimpse into just how beautiful Ireland is, what we’ve lost & how it could be again via rewilding.

US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN Multiple explosions heard in Tehran, elsewhere, as Israel launches attacks on Iran with US help.

The world's two rogue states, Israel and the USA, have started a war not against Iran but against the whole world. We stand with Iranians, with Humanity, against the notion that Israel and the US can bomb anyone their fancy takes them to bomb. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Aha, now it all makes sense.

“Pre-emptive strike” is an interesting way of spelling “terrorist attack”.

Quite the scoop!

Trump allowed Doonbeg expansion - if he protects the snails | Newstalk Clare County Council has given the green light for a new 320-capacity ballroom at Trump Internati...

Pod of my chat with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social this afternoon to discuss how Trump’s Doonbeg expansion plans have to take account of endangered snails.

www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

What bliss to see an articulate, unapologetic Green politician school not one but two hostile interviewers simultaneously.
Oh to have such a Green leader in Ireland

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available.

We discussed proposals to buy out homes in flood zones, plummeting Irish frog populations and wacky anti-solar protests in Galway.

www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

Apocalypse 🔜

So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?

And it turns out that backing a genocide and jailing thousands of people who are peacefully protesting against that genocide is not a winning political strategy either.

Astonishing result. Devastating outcome for Labour AND for Reform but an absolute breakthrough for the Greens, proving public hunger for decency, integrity and basic humanity in politics.

Absolute disaster.

Nice piece. MDH is a legend.

This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper coming up very shortly on Today FM.

We’ll discuss proposals to buy out flood-prone housing, plus Antarctic penguins in crisis & solar “Chernobyl” protests. 🙄

Shocked not shocked.

I’d love to see that too.

🎶 Here comes the Sun 🎶

There’s a question.
A possible one-word answer: clickbait.

Hell yes.