Prof David Farrell, UCD

Fair point

Anyone lose some glasses on the dodder?

Tilly off lead on Sandymount

It might. Turnout differentials may also matter. Reform’s surprise win in Runcorn & Helsby driven in part by unusually high turnout on their strongest wards. Gorton & Denton a much heavier lift though. They need to turn their vote out in force, and need low anti-Reform turnout & a split vote

Madness

Thanks for sharing

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture Welcome to Cambridge Core

Delighted to be series editor for Cambridge Elements in Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture. If you have something cool and interesting you’d like to work with us on please get in touch (micrograph 20-30k)

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Sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing

Irish politics shifted left. Why? Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Just finished listening to this fascinating discussion with Gail McElroy and @theresareidy.bsky.social Well worth a listen

www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

Inseparable

Intereresting -- thanks for sharing

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2026 looks set to be a new landmark in “Mandelsonisation”!

Definitely looking forward to reading this

Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 The Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 ranks 182 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Find out the scores and read our analysis.

Just out: world corruption perceptions index.

The US ranks 29th. Between Bahamas and Brunei.

www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2025

We’ve just released the Youth Wing Membership Survey (YOUMEM) dataset:
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ha...

It’s the largest comparative study of party youth wing members ever conducted, with survey responses from over 5,000 members of 12 centre-left and centre-right youth wings in 6 countries. 🧵

Fintan O'Toole: Epstein and his pals were culture warriors. The war they waged was against women Jeffrey Epstein and his friends were culture warriors – the war they waged was against women

“The effluence of extreme affluence”. @fotoole.bsky.social in full flight

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:

- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown

This is unprecedented.

Not going anywhere near that place.

‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.

Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Video: Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family, the Times editorial board argues.

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

A hedgehog pillow

Morally bankrupt.. a total disgrace.

This would end any politicians career in any other country bar the US, who seem to be ok with blatant corruption, sex offences, convictions, racism and violation of the constitution by the US president.

Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes Apparently AI-generated clip of dancing primates was superimposed with the Obamas’ heads

Dickhead

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Congratulations Jesper

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

Rich men stripping the institutions of the country for parts.

This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.

Congratulations @ammassarisofia.bsky.social

Striking a pose