A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

Israel just passed a law mandating death by hanging for Palestinians in rigged military trials voting 62-48 in the Knesset. Netanyahu turned up in person to vote yes. Ben-Gvir wore a metal noose pin on his lapel while the chamber erupted in cheers at the prospect of killing more Palestinians.

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy.

Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Need an illustration on why it isn't always necessary to tell both sides?

Hegseth: "We are only four days into this and the results have been incredible."

- Middle East engulfed in regional war
- 11 countries attacked by Iran
- Oil & gas prices skyrocketing
- Strait of Hormuz now a conflict zone
- Terrorism threat raised across the world
- No sign of Iran regime collapse

I cannot help but think of families dropping daughters to school at St Brendan's GNS in the Glen — the same distance from the military base in Cork as the primary school in Minab.

The people killed in the US/Israeli bombing of the school is now counted at 148, mostly girls between 7–12 years old.

“People talk a lot about how many crops it takes to feed my plague of locusts. But you know what else eats a lot of crops? That’s right - humans. Makes you think.”

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Drone delivery firm Manna seeks permission to fly in Cork airspace Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) confirmed Manna as the beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operator that has requested permission to fly over Cork City

So the rest of us who use drones in Cork City for recreation, search and rescue, geographical surveys etc have to step aside while the skies above the city are handed over to a private enterprise. #cork www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...

Photograph showing Fifa president Gianni Infantino shaking hands with Vladimir Putin, with "Fifa boss wants Russia to return to football" headline.

"Russia killed three vhildren in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv oblast, when a drone hit their homr. Thwo boys who had just turned one and a two-year-old girl. The father was also killed. Their pregnant mother was injured.

Colour Forge facebook post recalling Moss Green and Atlantiko Blue

Hobbycraft recall notice for same products stating asbestos as the reason for the recall

In case you were unaware, there's a recall notice on Colour Forge basing sand in these colours for possible trace contamination with asbestos from the manufacturer

On the plus side, your bases won't catch fire

#nerdlings #warhammercommunity

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The United States, currently tear-gassing crowds, gerrymandering votes and putting children in concentration camps, has some thoughts about our election system. They can fuck off, and when they’ve done that they can fuck off a bit further.

UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.

(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)

They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.

I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors

“Access to justice must be a universal right and not one that is determined by the financial means of those bringing it.

"This measure would be a regressive step and would weaken the rule of law and erode essential democratic safeguards.”

- Rosemary Loftus, President, Law Society. #justice #power

ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#davos

Am frantically packing all the last minute bits and bobs in preparation to move this afternoon and I managed to find five minutes to fire off an email. You probably can too.

#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm

A very happy "fuck you" to John Stallard of Warlord Games, who is worried about "wokeism" killing wargames and thinks women don't play them, possibly because women don't want to hang around twats like John.

And how did taking on female wargamers go for the non-"woke" side last time, John?

He's a spineless twat.

4.2m beds offered to tourist
45k potential homes* used as hotels

These empty homes won't appear on @GeoDirectory_ie or @ESBNetworks vacant homes data even though 96% of them lie empty this month
#VacantIreland #DerelictIreland #everyoneshouldhaveahome #spéirgorm
*If average homes is 3 bed

Wow, fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

Time person of the year cover for 2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

The entire project of advanced education is about believing it's worthwhile to do the hard work of learning to understand difficult things and express your understanding in your own words.

Bringing GenAI into the process is wholly destructive.

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

Looks like they turned a park into another street tbh. Lots of concrete.

Change is good, enjoy whatever you decide on next. Your painting blog has been an inspiration for me.