Miriam Mulcahy

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

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Isso me pegou demais: "Um dia, todos sempre terão sido contra isso" - Omar El Akkad.

Left: Jabaliya in January 2024, after the heaviest phase of bombing and initial ground fighting had damaged a large proportion of homes but mostly left them standing

Right: Jabaliya in May 2025, after months of concerted effort by IDF and IDF-contracted demolition crews

And back
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Amidst shameful media neglect of genocide in #Gaza, there has been a consistent exception: the UK’s Channel 4 News.

Today’s report on the daily killings by Israelis of the starving queuing for food aid.

Wait for the UN assessment at the end.

This is a difficult but essential watch. Pls share.

Excellent. Always wondered why he never came home!

Sunset over the Redhills, moon over Curragh and a flock of idontknowwhat heading north tonight

Curragh - sometimes the late walks are the best

sad.

Tyler Hamilton on Substack “Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”

Albert Camus

So beautiful 😍

I bought my husband a trip to Thailand as a Christmas gift, but really I just wanted a week off from being bombarded with sporting facts, stats and anecdotes.

Did you know that before the 19th amendment one of the reasons given for why women shouldn’t be allowed to vote was: “the mental exertion of voting would cause infertility in women.”

This was clearly an idea coming from people who didn’t understand the mental exertion of organizing a household.

I have booked 10 Tesla test drives this week using fake details. I don't turn up to any of them.

Drawing of a woman with green hair blowing a flame from her hand, with the word imbolc in gold letters

Happy Imbolc 🌱

Because I think we could all use a little good news right now

A unanimous decision: This month's #WeeDote Award goes to The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

There’s a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons -

Tree and barely there cat. Happy Christmas all. Lovely to come across so many wonderful and fascinating people this year. 🎄

It would be so great if you could give my botanical illustration & mental health workshop below a RT if you have a moment. Thankyou 🌿

Panel 1: Titled "Christmas in theory" shows a young woman, wrapped up in cosy winter coat, scarf and hat, holding a takeaway hot drink as she passed though an idyllic winter scene with snow, a fir tree, children carolling, Santa and his bag of gifts, a snowman, a sign that reads "free mulled wine" and another that reads "Free holiday boyfriend". Panel 2: Titled "Christmas in reality", showing the same woman carrying a plate of dirty dished while wearing a Christmas jumper and crumpled paper Christmas cracker crown, looking wearily at a man in an enormous scarf who is saying "Yuh, I'm seeewww glad I moved away (three weeks ago). I don't know HOW you put up with living here, it's so...local. Honestly I'd die."

Home for Christmas 🎅

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War and Peace: rare truce - I give it less than a minute

Tonight for the #LateLateToyShow I am going to get into warm pj's, make hot popcorn & drink a stroke inducing amount of vodka and red bull, just like I used to when I was a small boy #toyshow

Hang on Ed I might use them!

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I was extremely lucky they were both good readers / had great taste - my dad loved American fiction and I do too. I still have his 1960s Steinbecks! The right books find you at the right time if you’re curious…

This this this…. And growing up with crap (Irish) TV and being extremely bored..and ahem, Joseph Heller way too early but I vividly remember Frank O’ Connor and Maeve Binchy. Happy times!

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.