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Once again, delighted with the latest publications from @swanriverpress.bsky.social

One of the greatest bollard walks in history.
#WorldBollardAssociation

Green

Good.

RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

Unionists dying to stick Cromwell back up there

John Sweeney: Blaming Met Éireann for floods is a distraction. Who rezoned the floodplains? It is now over 20 years since I led the project to give the first scenario-based projections of Ireland’s future climate. We warned Ireland’s winters would become significantly wetter

John Sweeney: Blaming Met Éireann for floods is a distraction. Who rezoned the floodplains?

Teaching Sid Vicious about the art of the deal.

The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.

Nice Almandines. January Gemstone too.

How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. “Trump called me down to the Oval Office,” John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. “He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland.” It was an extraordinary proposal. And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go on to acquire business interests in the Danish territory. Continue reading...

How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory

Next thing is that people will be weaponising their shoes and socks. Zimmerframes too!

Greenland’s Billionaire Investors: Bezos, Gates, Altman And More Followed Trump’s Lead As Trump increasingly threatens to take control, some of the most powerful people in the world have taken their own interest in the mineral-rich territory to the North.

www.forbes.com/sites/martin...

Cats often seem less like solid creatures and more like living liquids

It looks a lot colder up there.

Gakk

Spooky

Dick Dastardly

Ten people rescued after boats pulled into sinkhole in Shropshire canal Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up and discharges water on to surrounding land Ten people have been helped to safety after a sinkhole opened up in a Shropshire canal, pulling in boats and discharging large volumes of water on to surrounding land. Emergency services declared a major incident after the 50-metre-long sinkhole breached the canal in the West Midlands, leaving boats teetering on the edge of a steep drop or stuck at the bottom of the cavity. Continue reading...

Ten people rescued after boats pulled into sinkhole in Shropshire canal

It's worth cataloguing what has happened in the water world in the last few weeks alone.

It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.

A watery rant 🧵

Good.

Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?

"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people [want] clean water, but our voices are drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest.

[But] you can’t drink politics."

Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Titles | Swan River Press Swan River Press is Ireland’s only independent press dedicated exclusively to the literature of the fantastic.

If you're looking to order one of our paperback books, the recommended order date for both the US and UK is tomorrow, Saturday, 6 December.

swanriverpress.ie/titles/?wpv-...

Unboxing the Collected Speculative Works of Fitz-James O'Brien - Swan River Press YouTube video by Too Many Books

Just found this great unboxing video for our Collected Speculative Works of Fitz-James O'Brien. Thanks, Too Many Books!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UO2...

Seriously? Construction is booming in anticipation of the Dart and now, there's not going be a Dart?

Born on this day – Boris Karloff,
Actor,
November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969