Will Mac Siúirtáin

Some thoughts on the news that 48% of those arrested over Belfast race riots had been reported to police for domestic violence. With McGr*g*r losing his appeal & definitively found to be a rapist in a court of law it is important we call out the hypocrisy at the heart of the far right movement.

Incredible scenes at the Fleadh

Britain is not a free country

Cover of An Clogán, a new socialist, republican magazine

Pic of Martina Anderson, Robbie McVeigh and me

Contributors to An Clogán. There are many!

Pic with the panel, some of the An Clogán lads and some of the brilliant Féile an Phobail team.

Great launch of An Clogán, a new socialist republican magazine. So important to be able to shape a vision of a new Republic together.

Loved the synergies between Martina’s and my essays. Different backgrounds, but we both want a just, equal & regenerative Republic, bringing power closer to people.

“The figures are extremely important to highlight, because they show what we in the women's movement have said from the start; that violence and racism did not stem from a righteous revulsion at violence against women and girls,”

Iriseoireacht den scoith. Ní léifeá a leithéid ar an BBC, faraor

There needs to be a register of the dipshits who leaned into the "opportunities" presented by AI. When this stupid fucking bubble bursts we need a register we can turn to of all the charlatans whose opinions we can disregard on absolutely everything going forward.

Those protesting the Drag Story Hour are:

"trying to disguise their vile hatred as concern

These events are safe, joyful, and inclusive

What those protesting actually fear is a world where kids can grow up free to be themselves" - Belfast Green councillor @antoflynnser.bsky.social

Ozzy Osbourne funeral procession through Birmingham is being led by musicians playing Iron Man

🤘🥺🙏

Retired cop Jon Burrows throws hat into the ring for vacant UUP assembly seat The former PSNI superintendent and media commentator is among three candidates hoping to replace Colin Crawford

The extraordinary amount of 'revolving door' BBC airtime this ex-cop gets, deriding LGBTQ+ people & claiming Pride is an ideology yesterday on Radio Ulster, needs to be examined.

An expert in nothing, his role is defending the darker corners of the state & policing.

#birdbot

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

"Like a wasp around cow dung" as a description of play is why the Radio Kerry match commentary will forever be superior to RTÉ

The Handala, which is attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, is illegally boarded and effectively pirated by the occupying Israeli army that is enforcing a famine. It’s 2025 and this is routine now.

RnaL 702 Botún Oisin McCole

Oisín Mac Cóil ar ais linn idir 7-8 leis An Rud Is Annamh. Botún a bhí ann ligean dó seó raidió a bheith aige. Seo chugaibh an seinn liosta: link.deezer.com/s/30z7eTw4I9...

#birdbot

Hulk Hogan dies an old man at home at 71 when most of his contemporaries died in their 30s and 40s in hotel rooms and slung over steering wheels largely as a result of his ratting out of Jesse Ventura when he attempted to unionise wrestling back in 1986. That’s his legacy.

Hulk Hogan was a hero to millions so it’s sad that his reputation was tarnished by persistent rumours that many of his matches were fixed

Two remarkable gospel recordings for you this evening, including a recording made live on the show 21 years ago by The Blind Boys of Alabama. (all since deceased)

Bhí Raghnall Mac Sabhaois i bhfad níb fhearr ar scor ar bith

More like 'go holc Hogan'

I actually called him The IMMORAL Hulk Hogan

immortal huh? sure about that?

I hope very sincerely that at some stage in their lives Kier Starmer and Morgan Mc Sweeney receive back the hateful enrgy they’ve put out and feel an ounce of the fear and terror that their stoking the fires of racism has caused vulnerable people

I can’t tell you how much I despise paying my taxes to a set up that will only ever elect *this*, Reform or the Tories on rotating axis of horror, xenophobia and racism

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Your donations for the silly little walk to Scotland are already helping a family in Palestine! And I haven't even started walking yet.

Donations are still being very gratefully accepted!
Tinyurl.com/walkscotland

The msgs the last 24hrs are devastating. I was already broken. But this is worse than the nightmare of the last 654 days.

What the fuck has happened to us?

Humanity?

A word that has lost meaning.

Israeli forces detain WHO staff members after attacks on warehouse and residence Central Gaza is facing escalating Israeli military operations since yesterday, when residents were ordered to leave immediately.

WHO has decried attacks on its staff residence and its main warehouse in the central Gaza city of Deir el-Balah. http://jrnl.ie/6769464

Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill picking berries from a tree with people watching on

View of Cavehill from approaching path, scrub and trees in front of the cliffs, cloudy sky

View of Béal Feirste from top of Beann Mhadagáin with the city and suburbs stretching round Loch Lao/Belfast Lough

Two musicians playing on top of Cavehill, one with a fiddle and the other with a stringed instrument that resembles a mandolin or bouzuki or somesuch

Siúlóid treorithe den scoith ar Bheann Mhadagáin le Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill inniu agus rud beag ceol ag Dún Mhic Airt - tá eolas an domhain aige fán cheantar agus na plandaí - bhain mé triail as chóir a bheith achan rud, fraochán, creamh, neantóg (blasta) agus fiú airne ón draighean (searbh is garbh af!)

Really enjoyed today’s walk with this band of United Irishmen & women! Delighted to have @clairemitchell.bsky.social with us & share her Ghost Limb story. Grab a copy of her book here: www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...