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How extreme weather is leaving thousands of homes uninsurable In this week’s newsletter: The climate crisis is making insurance unaffordable for many – and it should worry all of us, even if we think we’re safe from floods, wildfires and hurricanes

If you want to understand the risks of climate change, listen to insurers. Their business Is assessing risk - www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sadiq Khan responds to Donald Trump's latest attack. A spokesperson says: "The Mayor is clearly still living rent free in Donald’s Trump’s head. He’s obsessed with him. Sadiq could probably claim squatters rights"

This is a really good example of how O'Brien, and many Ministers these days tbh, operate - give the appearance of a man of action by making demands of everyone else while refusing to address your own contribution to the problem

Heytesbury Street is another one that merits a look, named after the man who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at the start of the Great Hunger and who failed to stop the export of food

if you could rename any street, road, square, park or place in the town or city where you live what would be top of the list?

asking because I managed to ragebait myself reading about Dublin's quays: Victoria, George, Charlotte, Hanover, and Wellington could all get in the bin to start with

It's just 1 poll (for now) - but here's how it plays out in the Nowcast Model:

RFM: 227 (+222)
GRN: 135 (+131)
LDM: 92 (+20)
CON: 59 (-62)
SNP: 48 (+39)
LAB: 40 (-371)
PLC: 20 (+16)
Others: 10 (+5)

Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut, as US embassy in Riyadh hit by two drones Israel says it is hitting

Israel has used the cover of the Iran War to launch a ground invasion of “strategic parts of Lebanon”.

All part of the plan.

Bullshit from Trump bragging about how many munitions the US has, with a sweaty and nervous undertone.

My 'we are not running out of interceptors' t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt.

Anyone can say ‘we have details, trust us’ but the wider track record then needs to be borne in mind as to how much credulity you lend such claims. And there’s a history from the very same quarters going back through previous Israeli campaigns, the defence of Kevin Myers etc.

#OtD 3 Mar 1932 the right to free speech on Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, was won after over a decade of direct action. Up to 100,000 people at a time defied a ban, often arming themselves with sticks, hammers and bottles until authorities caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1021...

As Security Council Stalls, There Are Other Ways to Stop US-Israeli War on Iran Universal jurisdiction also lets other nations prosecute US and Israeli leaders for targeting civilians — a war crime.

If the U.S. prevents the Security Council from acting to restore international peace and security, the General Assembly can convene under “Uniting for Peace,” a resolution passed by the General Assembly to bypass the Soviet Union’s veto during the Korean War.

Democratic Leaders Avoid Criticizing Trump’s Iran War. Now Voters Will Have a Say. Top Democrats close to AIPAC stick to criticizing Trump’s process failures — but primary candidates are calling for a referendum on the war itself.

Top Democrats close to AIPAC stick to criticizing Trump’s process failures — but primary candidates are calling for a referendum on the war itself.

Starmer’s position on Iran pleases no one, but that is because there are no good options | Rafael Behr None of the prime minister’s critics engages with the hard strategic dilemmas arising from Britain’s perilous dependency on US power, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Sorry, no: these excuses are open to people who made some effort to resist and speak against America’s insane wars, against the increasingly open fascism and racism, against its genocide, against Trump himself. These excuses are not available for Sir Keir, who has tried to play along throughout.

I also have queries about one or two of the ‘asked to exit a taxi after it came out we were Israeli’ type of anecdotes. Given how Dublin taxi drivers love to talk politics, the other side of those arguments might be illuminating

if there's a bright side to this, at least you and I don't live in Micheál Martin's world, utterly terrified of upsetting people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump, prepared to debase himself with spineless interventions like this, and everyone knows it

Estimated annual U.S. wildfire smoke deaths 2011-2020: 40,000. With 3°C of global warming: 64,000. With 1.5°C: 52,400.

Yorkshire to decide fracking proposal and not the Government Secretary of State declines to call in Burniston fracking proposal River Ure in Yorkshire Proposals for fracking near Scarborough will now not be ‘called in’ by the Government and instead the decis…

"People will not stop fighting until it’s dead and buried."

Radioactive waste, water contamination & seismic activity - why people in Burniston, North Yorkshire, say they will keep up the fight until their homes are safe from the threat of fracking:

climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/y...

These are the same opinion.

2022: Women and children are property.

2026: Did we stutter?

Frame from campaign ad by Rep. Dan Goldman. His face full on center frame under which is the caption in all caps “ABOLISH ICE”

Public pressure means something. Primaries can change policies. In NY-10, Dan Goldman has been running ads for months.
Primaried from his left by @bradlander.bsky.social, Goldman’s ads have gone from “Agents should have to carry ID” in January, to big bold graphics this month that say “Abolish ICE.”

There’s unfortunately been a track record for certain groups, who themselves happen to also loudly be pro-zionist and defenders of Israeli govt policies, to claim pro-Palestinian advocacy as ‘anti-semitism’. And the receipts aren’t difficult to find either

🇪🇸 Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “It is possible to be against a hateful regime, as Spanish society as a whole is against the Iranian regime, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention.”

US, Israel 'Going Gaza on Iran' as Death Toll Tops 500 Amid New Massacres | Common Dreams "This is carpet-bombing, which has struck everything from playgrounds, to an emergency services HQ, schools, media buildings, and medical facilities," said one observer.

www.commondreams.org/news/us-isra...

I was curious about the JRCI report claiming 143 incidents of anti-semisitism in Ireland over a 6 month period. Anti-semitism is a serious issue and should be called out but i’ve found it impossible to find the report. I have gleaned some slight issues of concern with the widely circulated claim.

"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around."

Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Gallego: I remember Netanyahu coming to testify in congress and advocating for us to invade Iraq, saying it was going to be a great result for the Middle East. I'm seeing it again now. Young American men and women are dying because of these idiots. These idiots that are just willing to sacrifice U.S. Men, U.S. Women, without any real thought about what they're doing and what the

Fascinating stuff is happening

is Baron next?

⚡️ Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square In Iran, the U.S. and Israel are employing tactics used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the “War on Terror” and Trump’s recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Carribean. Story by @SayahTweets and @MazMHussain for Drop Site News

⚡️ Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square

In Iran, the US & Israel are employing tactics used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the “War...

Story by Reza Sayah & @mazmhussain.bsky.social for Drop Site News

www.dropsitenews.com/p/tehran-ira...

Trans Kansans Struggle With ‘Cruelty’ as Driver’s Licenses Are Invalidated The state last week sent letters to Kansans affected by a new law that requires the gender designation on a person's driver’s license to match their sex at birth.

www.truthdig.com/articles/tra...