Daithí MacCathmhaoil

I hear Starmer’s a racist now, is racism Labour policy?

“If we accept that war is inevitable, that inequality is inevitable, that environmental destruction is a necessary cost of progress, then we abandon the possibilities of transformation..”

President Michael D Higgins

What’ll we do without him?

Poet, writer and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby dies aged 82 The death of the poet, writer and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby at the age of 82 has been confirmed by his family.

The death of the poet, writer and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby at the age of 82 has been confirmed by his family.

BREAKING: Apple is taking unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in UK, after the government demanded access to user data

In a statement Apple said it was "gravely disappointed" that the security feature would no longer be available to British customers

Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of Ducks and Wild Birds at N.Y.C. Zoos Three ducks died of the disease at the Queens Zoo, while three more ducks and nine wild birds that died at the Bronx Zoo were being tested for the virus, according to the parks’ operator.

The virus, called H5N1, has infected roughly 156 million commercial, backyard and wild birds across the country since January 2022. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/n...

They are potentially going to treat them worse, and the next government will be even further to the right. The language used by Labour is more terrifying than anything I’ve heard from the Tories.

As Trump and Musk gleefully smash the institutions of government, they simultaneously rush us towards the Earth systems horizon.
You think this is a dangerous moment? It is. But add escalating climate breakdown to your calculations and multiply by ten.

Heard the same argument used in the US, and however bad the Democrats were now Trump is in power, and he would have disabled people gassed if he could get away with it.

Why would Reform voters vote a party aping Reform when they can vote for the real thing? This is a doomed strategy which can only pave the way for a far right government, as it did in the US and elsewhere.

You make it seem like there was a
realistic alternative.

US president suggests plan to 'clean out' Gaza US President Donald Trump has suggested a plan to "just clean out" Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory.

US President Donald Trump has suggested a plan to "just clean out" Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory.

Social media appears to have has entered its Dark Age period since Trump took office, I’ve never witnessed such a preponderance of unhinged opinions railing against enlightenment values. #SocialistSunday

Micheál Martin is a duplicitous snake, how anyone trusted these people enough to vote them back in I cannot understand. Fool me once, shame on you … etc.

By the way, Greta didn’t get to Tindouf by plane as most activists do. She took a boat from Spain to Algeria, then travelled by car until the camp.

Louth community comes together in candlelit gathering for critically injured doctor The community of Blackrock rallied for Dr Seán Owens, critically injured in a hit-and-run, as he begins to show signs of recovery in ICU

Had privilege of sharing a platform with Dr Sean Owens, GP & chair of Climate & Health Alliance, a brilliant, outspoken advocate for #climate action.

Sean has publicly pleaded for lower speed limits. He was victim of a hit & run, is now in critical condition

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

YouTube video by Michael Mann Michael Mann on MSNBC with Stephanie Ruhle on Climate Change & So. Cal Wildfires (JAN 8 2025)

I discussed the climate change-fueled Southern California wildfires and the disinformation that Trump & enablers are promoting about them last night with Stephanie Ruhle on #MSNBC #11thHour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DCH...

Trump's plan for dealing w/ increasing California wildfire threat:
▪️ dismantle clean energy and climate programs
▪️ ramp up fossil fuel and rake production

Not even January yet, wait until they have the White House.

Hard to believe these will be the sort of people running the United States from January. #ElonMusk

Before that it was prayer notices in the local paper, usually to St. Jude.

Why the Irish have been so outspoken on the ethnic cleansing of Gaza while other European nations have remained silent or even actively complicit. It has very much to do with our own history. #Gaza #SocialistSunday #Palestine @tadhg.bsky.social

Literary misattributions, not a great start to my move to Bluesky. #FakeShit

Irish newspaper cartoon from 1922

NOW: Activists demand action from Secretary Blinken to end the genocide in Gaza in his final days in office.

"Your legacy is genocide!"

Prioritise people’s needs ‘over newts’ in housing policy, says Angela Rayner Housing secretary says wildlife should be protected but not at the expense of building the homes the country needs

Once again the claim that @UKLabour is a big supporter of nature and its rejuvenation is shown up to be a lie (one of very many)

What a completely stupid and ignorant comment to make @AngelaRayner

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Any attempt to solve a conflict has to touch upon its very core; the core, more often than not, lies in its history.”
#NoamChomsky #BornOnThisDay

#NoamChomskyDay

Yes and what’s you point? The far right didn’t exist at the last election.

Feels like a Jeremy Corbyn moment for the Irish left, lot of hubris & self delusion around, which is dangerous, because where the left fail to successfully push back against neoliberal governments, time and time again, the far right move in to become the opposition. #GE24 #SocialistSunday

Wouldn’t matter who was in charge of FG, their role is basically to talk about nothing while staying out of the way of private capital.