Jess Hayden

I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.

Absolutely. The two most important things I learned at uni were "Check the source. If it gives you an emotional response, check it twice. If you want it to be true, check it three times" and "Who gave them the flag?" and these were in the social geography classes I took one semester.

‘Meanwhile, the latest opinion polls show over 85% of the Irish public are listing Jim Gavin’s former tenant as their preferred presidential candidate.’ 🤣

#aras25

Omg 11 o clock on a Sunday night? He's got the Glenroes 100%

Probably the most important thing the government could do this budget? Start saving.

Deeply unsexy policy, I know, but I've seen first hand what happens when a government just spends everything immediately - without looking to future crises and the threat of climate change.

A question for UK/Irish political types/writers/correspondents. I'm writing a piece for The Fence and need to know: what is the single cringiest thing you've ever seen at a party conference?

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Seeing this guy outrun ICE is cathartic yet horrifying knowing they’re arbitrarily & unlawfully kidnapping people across the States, often on the basis of racial profiling.

ICE are the American gestapo. And it’s about to get much worse after Trump added $180bn to the immigration enforcement budget.

Print with two stylised figures facing left holding umbrellas as if battling gusts of strong winds, behind the sky swirls in blue and white

Sybil Andrews,
The Gale (1930)
Linocut, Art Deco style print from the Modernist Printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring bare trees with crows flying above against a pinky blue morning sky

Suzie MacKenzie, contemporary printmaker who lives and works in the northern highlands of Scotland #WomensArt

Magpie Morning’ by contemporary UK #printmaker Annie Soudain #WomensAr

This only happens to you once

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

If this intends to make it legally compulsory for every adult in Derry to carry something called a "Brit Card", then I'm willing to offer some high-paid consultancy on why this plan might be flawed.

Just did this, contactyourtd.ie makes it very simple

Jerry wanted you to hear this from him.

We built Ben & Jerrys to stand for peace and love. It was needed then and it’s needed more than ever now. Which is why Magnum must #FreeBenAndJerrys

See Jerry’s full message at freebenandjerrys.com and be part of the campaign.

There’s something that’s driving me up a wall— the insane size of our nuclear arsenal. @upinarms-us.bsky.social

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"

Turns out, mom was right.

For some inexplicable reason, this brilliant 1938 anti-Appeasement cartoon by the great David Low came to mind when I looked at the list of the Mega-Powerful / Hyper-Rich at yesterday’s Windsor Castle nosh up for our superhuman masters.

This is amazing.

YouTube video by owen reiser LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

The hype is real. This two hour long doc about extreme birdwatching is an absolute delight, and nothing less than a soothing balm in horrible times.

The makers have put the whole thing up on YouTube, for free with no ads, and all of you should watch it right now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w...

Full of energy after joining UCD Young Greens this morning for their Freshers Fair 👨‍🎓🏫📖

Young Greens will also be at Trinity College and DCU this week and TUD next week - pop by if you're on campus!

Gemma Wheeler Architecture I'm an Architect and love to design thoughtful, beautiful homes. On this channel I've created a series of Tiny House designs for you to enjoy where I share my process and the strategies I use to desig...

The most relaxing, anxiety-reducing thing I do on the internet is watch this woman solve space/design issues in weird and/or small spaces www.youtube.com/@gemmawheeler

I once did an internship at a governmental institution and they said they cant print when "Susan" isnt at work. Turned out over the years her Dell was the printserver for the entire department and everyone just accepted that they cant print if Susan isn't at the office.

“Yeah, stick to making this country the beautiful tapestry it is, immigrants!” Cara Weary, Shovel Salesman

State Department Threatens Immigrants Who Mock Charlie Kirk’s Death
https://theonion.com/state-department-threatens-immigrants-who-mock-charlie-kirks-death/

Teabag with string and label, a painted image of white blossom against a blue background

Ruby Silvious, contemporary artist who utilises the teabag as her canvas #womensart
#SundayMorning

One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested. Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away. House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests? Read more House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

Hilma af Klint, Altarbild, nr 1, grupp X, Altarbilder, 1915 one of first Western abstract artists whose work predates Kandinsky's #womensart

A calm good morning from this aquatic plant producing oxygen: #AGoodPlace

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