David Cordial

Stripe crossed a line now.

Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.

Also libraries and bookstores.

Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.

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Martyrs of Gaza @GazaMartyrs This is my will and my final message. If my words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you. God knows that I have given all my effort and strength to be a support and a voice for my people since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that God would grant me life to return with my family and loved ones to our original town of Ashkelon (Al-Majdal), occupied land. But God's will was swifter, and His decree is binding. I lived pain in all its details, tasted grief and loss repeatedly, yet I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is—-without distortion or falsification— hoping God would bear witness against those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, those who besieged our breaths, and whose hearts were not moved by the shattered bodies of our children and women, nor did they stop the massacre our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine, the jewel of the Muslim world and the pulse of every free heart in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its innocent children who were not granted the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart, their remains scattered on the walls. l urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward liberating the land and the people until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you with my family. I entrust you with the apple of my eye, my beloved daughter, Sham, whom fate did not allow me to see grow as I dreamed. I entrust you with my dear son, Salah, whom I wished to support and accompany until he grew strong, carrying my burden and continuing the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose prayers were the reason I reached where I did. Her supplications were my fortress, and her light my path. I pray God to ease her heart and reward her abundantly on my behalf. I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah Bayan, from whom war separated us for long days and months, but who remained faithful, steadfast like an olive tree trunk that never bends, patient and devout, carrying the trust in my absence with strength and faith. I urge you to gather around them and be their support after God Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast on my principles, bearing witness to God that I am satisfied with His decree, believing in meeting Him, and certain that what is with God is better and everlasting. O God, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path to freedom for my people and family.

Forgive me if I fell short, and pray for me mercy, for I have remained true to the covenant, never changing or betraying it. Do not forget Gaza... And do not forget me in your good prayers for forgiveness and acceptance. Anas Jamal Al-Sharif 06.04.2025 This is what Anas ordered to be published upon his martyrdom.

Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City

As Israel's war on Gaza continues, Al Jazeera staff members, including correspondent Anas al-Sharif, were killed in a targeted strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/qg87g7

Anas Al-Sharif on the left pictured smiling with his young nephew who was training to be a journalist. Both were killed by the IDF in their tent in central Gaza tonight. Photo credit to Al Jazeera

Undated photos of Al Jazeera staffers Ismail Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Rifi in their press vests, both killed by Israeli forces.

A funeral ceremony is held for Palestine TV correspondent Mohammed Abu Hatab, who was killed, along with his family members, in an airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 3, 2023 (Photo: Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A group of journalists from Al Jazeera carry the shrouded body of their dead colleague on a stretcher.

They couldn’t silence their stories.

So they just killed them.

Israel never comes back from this.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Leaving properties derelict for decades should be a crime against the state.
It's worth mentioning that by the end of June 2025, another monthly record of 15,915 people—including 4,958 children—were accessing emergency homeless accommodation.
#DerelictIreland
📷Richmond Street, Portobello, Dublin 2

I appreciate the heads up 🫡

I read and loved Hyperion, and I bought Endymion, but it promptly ended up on my "To Read" pile
Is it worth a go, or to be avoided?

As with the Tories: you could tell what type of fox each one was by looking at which henhouse they’ve been asked to guard, and that’s before you start looking at who their friends and donors are.

“Death to Arabs” says Israeli minister. Nothing to see here though..

It's pretty sick the degree to which these people seem to revel in cruelty
The idea that Malaysia suffering from the tariffs is some sort of gotcha or win for the US

Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland — from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion

Louder. LOUDER.

Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...

This made me laugh a lot more than it should have

Still had a pile of brown envelopes leftover from the Ahern years

I'm sourcing a stamp, but it'll be with you shortly

Housing shortage, really? How much longer will these 2 potential homes be left rot on Kyle Street, Cork city centre? There are lots more empty on the same street & hundreds more across the city Have no doubt its a manufactured housing crisis "Give to homeless" #DerelictIreland

Housing shortage, really? How much longer will these 2 potential homes be left rot on Kyle Street, Cork city centre? There are lots more empty on the same street & hundreds more across the city Have no doubt its a manufactured housing crisis "Give to homeless" #DerelictIreland

Housing shortage, really?

How much longer will these 2 potential homes be left rot on Kyle Street, Cork city centre?
There are lots more empty on the same street & hundreds more across the city

Have no doubt its a manufactured housing crisis

"Give to homeless" #DerelictIreland

Test Lion Jamie Osborne
My good man 👏

Our 2nd Lions test wrap pod features @rugbykino.bsky.social & @davidcordial.bsky.social and covers topics including…

🏉 A Half of Four Eighths?
🏉 Val & Skel
🏉 Better bench
🏉 Dramatic conclusion
🏉 What next for Aus?

Check it out here > harpinonrugby.blog/2025/07/28/4...

There's a butcher shop near me, that's also next to a university and the local gym, and they put a blackboard sign outside with their meat products and the caloric/protein values of each
Very smart targeting of the local consumer base on that one

A group of handdrawn fish.

Why I 🧡 the web.

drawafish.com

Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

They a head in a box in a church in Drogheda
I think it's Oliver Plunkett
Its funny to think of now, I think it was reasonably unsettling back when we were 16 and brought for a visit

Ran into Jack Gleeson on the Luas, a few years after his time as Joffery
He didn't look like he wanted to chat, so I went with a discreet nod

Finn Russell's bridge pass is a thing of beauty.

Gets great speed on it despite the trajectory up over defenders.

Majestic.

Not an overstatement at all

Billy Batson, after messing up as Shazam/Captain Marvel reveals that he is a child to Superman. Superman asks "Who did this to you?"

Superman goes to the Rock of Eternity to give the Wizard who gave him his powers a bollocking

Superman goes to the Rock of Eternity to give the Wizard who gave him his powers a bollocking

My favorite Superman scene from the comics is when Supes learns who Billy Batson (the superhero Captain Marvel/Shazam) really is, asks "Who did this to you?" and then *immediately* flies to the Rock of Eternity to give the Wizard a bollocking for putting that amount of responsibility on a child.

Dame Street leading up to College Green The road is full of taxis holding up public transportation

Too many taxis in this city