These figures don’t count people who are not engaging with homeless services, as well as people that the councils deem not to be in need of homeless services. They’re a total fabrication, massive underestimation.

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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SF Matt Carthy asks the MoJ: 1740. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any language or integration criteria applies for family reunification visas; if there are any proposals to amend or introduce any such criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1517/26]

If you want to live alongside your kid or partner, Matt Carthy wants to know if you speak English well enough/integrated enough to deserve that 🙄

Comparing what is happening in the US today to 1930s Germany is an easy signifier, but risks ignoring the multiple examples of this happening in their own history - from the birth of the nation to living memory.

Definitely this and not any other reason…

Cover of the book, Lie of the Land, by John Gibbons, published 2025

An excellent read, offering detailed analysis of how we got here as well as a path forward 🐮

Oops.

They’ve also misspelled ‘rise of authoritarianism’

Everyone has since what happened from multiple angles - why equivocate? The federal accounts are false.

Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.

I mean, I wouldn’t be rushing over with a bowl of shamrock for a leader who is actively threatening global war while his paramilitary force acts with impunity at home ☘️

But trade and stuff I guess 🤷‍♀️

European alternatives for popular services | European Alternatives We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

Really useful list here european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

The unthinkable is now thinkable. 🤔

Some points regarding 'neutral' #Ireland:

1) In the event of armed conflict between the US and Denmark, EU, UK and potentially Canada, the Irish Government MUST prevent the US military from using Shannon Airport. 🧵

#spéirgorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm #Greenland

Tweet exchange in which a photo of Anne Hathaway is posted by @TheRoyalSerf, to which user @VvSchweetz24 replies "@grok...do your thing. @Grok replies: Anne Hathaway isn't Jewish; she was raised Catholic but left the church. She married Adam Shulman (who is Jewish) in 2012 and celebrates Jewish holidays with their kids. SHe's played Jewish roles, like in "Armageddon Time."

pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

The sub-head here is interesting - how can a privately owned company be considered ‘public realm’? Meta, X, etc have spent a long time building the image of ‘town square’. But they’re at best a coffee shop, that could be bought by a fast food chain, or turned into a strip club, at their whim 💰

"It's not the same as Twitter", friend Twitter isn't the same as Twitter. Old Twitter died years ago, we need to accept that almost no-one under 30 is interested in joining text-based social media - the format will die with us, like floppy discs, Mars Delights, and the concept of hope for the future

“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.

It’s surely a sign of utter incompetence that they (their teams) are not checking stats first

I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing & sharing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? I've signed this petition calling for the government to stop X allowing their chatbot Grok to ‘digitally undress’ women and share sexualised and illegal photos of children. Will you sign too?

I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie

'Moving in with Family' social video was approved by Housing Minister's officials, emails show | BreakingNews The Housing Minister moved to distance himself and his department from the ‘Moving in with Family’ video after it was pilloried online last month,

So, is the Minister a liar, or merely incompetent?

If he knew, then he lied. If he didn't know, then his special advisor and press secretary approved this without his knowledge (which also raises the question as to their competence!)

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Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying.

They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

The Trump doctrine: Violence is us The message is clear—be afraid.

The military assault on Venezuela, the shooting of a woman by an ICE agent, the launch of the White House’s new revisionist website about January 6—these three events convey a powerful and unsettling message from Trump and his crew:

Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want.

Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
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A social media platform created a chatbot, essentially a machine, that produces child sex abuse material on request. They are responsible for that crime and must be held to account.

Lemon, it’s Wednesday meme. “What a year, huh?” “Lemon, it’s January 3rd”

Political scientists today

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds news conference after announcing U.S. has captured Venezuelan leader Maduro The news conference is expected to begin at 11 a.m. EST.

Enjoying the pbs livestream of podium. Hushed voices -

‘He’ll likely hold it up’
‘It’s AI’
‘Do we know its AI’
….
‘Those mics are on’
… and other such whispers…

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The Danny Devito Egg In This Trying Time meme, with the egg replaced with one of my prints. This is fine. It's all fine. #Art #ArtSky#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

Artists as the world crumbles around us