Roger O'Keeffe

Strong floor, no ceiling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJS7...

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

I think contemporary Irish as she is spoke is more creole than pidgin, based on these two articles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin

Just my humble opinion.

Lutnick demonstrates why he's called Nutlick: "The greatest cabinet ever for the greatest president ever. I can't be more proud of how you did it, sir. You created the greatest cabinet. It is a joy to be at this table."

Witkoff's mood when meeting with Ukrainians VS. Russians:

#speirgorm Long shot ⏬️

A friend of mine was one of the longtime pentagon reporters who walked out of the building rather than sign Hegseth’s loyalty oath. He’s a combat vet who had been reporting from inside that building daily for 40 years. He’s a man of absolute integrity. It sickens me to see who has replaced him.

My scrotum reflexively contracts.

It's genuine. I just saw it on RTE TV news.

Note that the SS were quite relaxed in their approach to the laws of war.

#speirgorm

Paging #linguistics Bluesky.

Does this count as creole?

"Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them.

"Following the identification, the IAF eliminated the suspects"

Dick Tunger

United States, Census, 1920

Pete Hegseth & © @PeteHegseth Follow Let's make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made — on the September 2 mission and all others since. America is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When this @DeptofWar says we have the back of our warriors — we mean it. 6:57 PM • 12/1/25 • 3M

quick translation:

“I fully support the man who made this decision WHICH TO BE CLEAR I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT MAKE MYSLEF”

Saved by Stoppard Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec I), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: "If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?" With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of "adjuvant systemic chemotherapy", ", and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients' survival. Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia. Michael Baum Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL r.

Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.

John Prickery
Groom
England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016

@PeteHegseth on X: Let’s make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made — on the September 2 mission and all others since. America is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When this @DeptofWar says we have the back of our warriors — we mean it. 01 Dec 25

Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.

In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.

It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.

There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

My Commission colleagues were right as far back as 1989.

If only they had been listened to!

@ec.europa.eu

...campaign of resistance, which led to the watering-down of the limits at every stage.

I then watched on as Toyota became the global leader for hybrids, followed by a succession of non-European breakthroughs as we move towards all-electric, with China apparently about to wipe the board.

...industry. To my surprise, the Industry DG supported tighter emission limits. Its argument was that, given a little time, the European industry was innovative enough to meet these limits and remain globally competitive.

The Industry - particularly the German manufacturers - mounted a massive...

In 1989 I had a chance of a temporary secondment to the European Commission. and found myself in DG III, the Industry and Internal Market department.

The Environment DG launched a campaign for tighter vehicle emissions, and I expected that the Industry DG would object on behalf of the car

YouTube video by Gardiner Brothers Can anyone else RELATE 😅 #siblings

youtube.com/shorts/Vynz3...

@gardinerbrothers brilliant, as always. #speirgorm

This is presented as a positive.

A young Palestinian boy lies asleep on bare, rocky ground in Gaza at night. He is curled on his side with only a thin piece of fabric draped over him for warmth. His face is partly covered by a transparent plastic bag, which he uses as a shield against the freezing cold. Beside him are scattered belongings — a pair of small sandals, debris, and makeshift bedding. The scene is dimly lit by harsh artificial light, revealing the rough earth and scattered trash around him, highlighting the extreme hardship and lack of shelter faced by displaced families. The watermark “@Mhh.gaza” is visible at the bottom of the image.

A child in Gaza is forced to sleep on the bare ground, shielding his face with a plastic bag in a desperate attempt to survive the freezing cold amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

Israel is still refusing to allow caravans and shelters for the displaced families in the besieged strip.

Well, at least this year's commercial "Advent calendars" are nearly accurate.

True. What greater proof of integrating into American culture could anyone give than this?

"I put the picture in the front room": so that no-one would see it? 😁

#DJCarey

Why don't they all just gang up on her? If she gives a bullshit answer, the next questioner should just skip the question they planned to ask and pin her down with a follow-up to the question she just dodged? And the next.

Make her life hell. She deserves no pity, she is serving a lawless despot.

Report cover, Green with an e-scooter on its side on the ground. The title: E-Scooter Falls and Brain Injuries in Children: Call for action in Ireland FACULTY OF PAEDIATRICS POSITION STATEMENT DECEMBER 2025

Image of an e-scooter. Text reads: E-scooter accidents are now the LEADING CAUSE of TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES in children

Illustration of two e-scooters . Text: Almost Of those children admitted to neurological and ICU: of E-scooter accidents required 40% had issues with MOVEMENT ICU INTERVENTION

E-scooters = illegal for under16s yet main cause of child
Traumatic #Brain Injury 🧠

- Av. hosp. stay 19days
- 50% need neurosurgery
- 100% bleed inside skull

Speed, falls from hitting potholes, kerbs & excessive speed -25km+

The effects: physical & lifelong #cognitive issues.

#spéirghorm #Xmas