@mynameisdeclan.bsky.social
How’s it going?
"Peace on Russia’s terms is not peace; it’s capitulation," — Zaluzhnyi
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
09.11.2025 09:23 — 👍 10179 🔁 6773 💬 827 📌 1601
On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon jrnl.ie/6869005
But adding services to the Occupied Territories Bill is too difficult.... this is State sponsored terrorism which is permitted to continue because no nation has called them out on it yet.
In fairness, 400 years ago, in Ulster, stopping the boats and deporting every illegal would have saved centuries of misery.
Pity the descendants of those “illegals” don’t see the irony.
One way to start would be for Irish politicians and government departments to quit Musk’s X.
08.11.2025 15:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Football Association of Ireland EGM passes motion calling on UEFA to ban Israel from all club and international competitions.
Resolution brought by Bohemian Football Club - approved by 88%.
Motion cites operation by the Israeli FA of clubs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early this morning, killing three people and leaving at least 12 people including two children injured, Ukrainian emergency services reported
jrnl.ie/6868629
I’m from Ireland, in my 60s, barely aware of who Kendrick Lamar is, don’t know any of his music and even I know that’s not what that means.
08.11.2025 06:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’d didn’t use Spotify anyway because of how poorly they pay the musicians.
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We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
It took Google only 17 years to go from "Don't Be Evil" to supporting, aiding and abetting genocide in every single way possible.
06.11.2025 21:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Before I stopped using it, I used to reach millions of people as a verified journalist on Twitter.
I went from that to pretty much zero as soon as Musk took over, pulled the verification and instead started aiming a fire hose of far-right shite at everyone.
This talk from @monteiro.bsky.social is fantastic.
"We are born with hearts that want to make a mark on the world. This ability is not lost, it is taken from us."
A few more quotes in the thread ⬇️. There is much more in the full talk.
h/t @tante.cc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
With respect to Paul, we're past dog-whistling now. Government TDs are out in the open, trying to blame international protection applicants for a housing crisis solely created by their parties and policies.
We have a choice to make, and a side to pick.
A photo of a moth on a person.
A screenshot of the Millenium Falcon hiding on a Star Destroyer, from the film “The Empire Strikes Back”.
I was trying to shoo a moth away but then he disappeared.
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Arrested & tortured by Russian forces in Central African Republic, humanitarian researcher Joseph Figueira Martin has been imprisoned in inhuman conditions for over 500 days. Finally, he has a trial date: Tuesday, 28 October.
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/hope-for-joe/
My colleague Liz Dunphy has been covering the arson attack on sleeping families in Drogheda on Halloween night.
But what happened in the area before the attack? And what has the response been? All this and more on today's podcast.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Just going to put this out there - I don't have an agent and most media owners wouldn't go near me, but if any national broadcaster wants someone who has had the ethics of journalism tattooed on them from day zero, I'm your man.
At this stage, I'd move home just to contribute to positive change.
Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
03.11.2025 07:34 — 👍 110 🔁 36 💬 2 📌 2Every Irish politician needs to get off this racist’s website *immediately*. There is no excuse.
#speirgorm
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
02.11.2025 19:00 — 👍 2078 🔁 637 💬 19 📌 20It really is a bag o’ shite.
02.11.2025 19:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hate that.
No advice. Just hope you’re feeling better soon.
I am saying there is a direct link between the two, and the opposition needs to have the courage to say that too.
This is far too important to not call things by their proper names, or to couch things in political niceties.
