Fergal Lenehan

Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

“Ireland’s security services have found that the drones at Dublin Airport were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack.”

From which we are undefended.

www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.

This.
Is.
Not.
Normal.
They cannot make this normal, ever.

Putin says Russia ready to fight Europe ‘right now’ as US envoys meet president for talks European powers have locked themselves out of peace talks on Ukraine, says Russian leader

Putin says Russia ready to fight Europe ‘right now’ as US envoys meet president for talks

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.

Chief Rabbi: Move to erase Chaim Herzog’s name and history is a cruel hammer blow Dublin’s Herzog Park, named after the former Israeli president, is marker of Ireland’s Jewish history

Chief Rabbi: Move to erase Chaim Herzog’s name and history is cruel hammer blow

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Over the past five years, we've seen a steady increase in our sales of books in Irish, especially kids books. In January there was significant surge and the last two weeks have been astonishing with so many customers saying they want to revive their cúpla focail. These are the stongest sellers⬇️

Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"

Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

How to stop the revolving door of German academia Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.

German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna

Crimean Tatar historian prosecuted by a current Russian occupier regime for speaking out about genocide against Crimean Tatars under Stalinist USSR

Died from an easily preventable disease.

Interesting piece Nuala.

Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated As debates over the ‘disappearing’ young male novelist rumble on, some authors and critics push back against claims that fiction has closed its doors to men. Hannah Ewens learns that the real problem ...

It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...

I made a machine steal the work of a real human being. It's almost as if the stolen work it regurgitated seems like it was written by a real human being. Instead of giving that credit to the breathing person it was stolen from... perhaps the theft machine is actually alive??

Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.

Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

#happybirthdaylaurencesterne

Few know that his achievements may include saving Walter Benjamin's life: this from Eilenberger's 'The Time of the Magicians', p281.

Just horrifying that they did this to this boy and his mother.

When will there be legal consequences for ICE?

Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin “The President’s appeasement plan to Russia is forcing our hand" - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)

Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
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The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Unprecedented nepotism & corruption at the highest levels of American government

Putins Helfer Rücken Trump und sein Umfeld näher an Russland? Bedrohen Autokraten und Tech-Oligarchen die liberale Ordnung?

ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.

Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people

Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees. Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says young people use its app more than their elders. www.theguardian.com/education/20... via @theguardian.com @richada.bsky.social

Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.

#Spéirghorm

President Piggy This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

A short history of just the last few weeks' misogyny.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

'He continued to badmouth me': Tenants who fought evictions among stories in Threshold report Housing charity Threshold said tenancy termination was the top issues tenants came to the organisation for help with.

Amy and her two-year-old daughter were evicted by their landlord after she began using Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) to contribute towards rent for her accommodation in Wexford.
jrnl.ie/6881373

President Piggy This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
‘This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.’

A painting of the British bombardment by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. The Battle of Copenhagen (also known as the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 7 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in order to capture or destroy the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The incident led to the outbreak of the Anglo-Russian War of 1807, which ended with the Treaty of Örebro in 1812.

"Under a commission from the Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic government, Thorkelin had prepared Beowulf for publication by 1807. During the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) his house was burned and demolished due to fire, and the text (on which he had spent 20 years) was lost. ... Thorkelin began again."