In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
there is a lot of intimidation in rural Ireland we don't talk about when it comes to politics. when the far right were on the move in Tipp, me and so many people I know got hit with abuse and threats, online and off, followed around when we were outside, etc. I know someone whose car was burnt out
Chatting with the homestead. Seems people felt afraid NOT to participate in the blockades for fear of being targeted, whether in a low-key “why weren’t you there?” way or family getting doxxed way. This is all very schoolyard bully but on a more sinister level. AKA, quite Trumpian.
"Your feed is not Ireland. It is a slice of Ireland that has been assembled by an algorithm optimised for engagement, not accuracy or balance"
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn they could deprive the U.S. and its allies of oil and gas supplies for years if what Tehran calls its “red lines” are crossed.
We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot.
We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.
BREAKING NEWS: Massive strikes reported in Tehran.
Somewhere Naomi Klein sighs heavily, resets a “days since last incident” sign back to zero, writes “MOON” on a post it note and underlines it twice
The question is does the IRGC concur?
As Trump threatens scorched-earth attacks on Iran, a joint advisory from US agencies warns Iran-linked hackers have hit US critical infrastructure: "In a few cases, this activity has resulted in operational disruption and financial loss." www.wired.com/story/iran-l...
Lebanese political sources have been informed that there is a high possibility of announcing a ceasefire that includes Lebanon within an hour. -Lebanese MTV network
because there was no organisation or planning, just a call to action that spread on social media that groups and individuals answered on an ad hoc basis. it's a barely coordinated parade of incoherent grievance
The Phoenix have a piece out on Eoin Lenihan.
I've been working on this piece for a few months, and I won't lie it's hurt to go from hearing the suffering inflicted by this transphobic theocracy to seeing progressives sing its praises.
The bishops' ban is the most extensive trans healthcare ban in the country. It deserves way more attention.
My next Big Interview for @wired.com is out, and the timing couldn’t be better: In the days before Arm was set to launch its own chip (!) I had the chance to grill Arm CEO Rene Haas on what this CPU means for the chip market, and for the future of Arm www.wired.com/story/arms-c...
We have to (have to!) break this "chat shit for money" version of the internet.
Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
Karoline Leavitt took questions for more than a half hour today and not a single one of them was about Trump's role in the ongoing Epstein coverup
I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website*
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
She did not say what, amongst others, the French and German Foreign Ministers are claiming she said. The video they watched is obviously manipulated,they should have noticed.
She did say that a system that enables genocide is the enemy of all humanity. That's because it is
youtu.be/iHChlXErbGs?...
Rather than banishing the spectres of deindustrialisation, stagnant wages and rising midlife morbidity, it creates new spectacles of deportation and extrajudicial killings, and prospective annexations of oil wealth and ice fields..
www.equator.org/articles/hom...
Irish Aviation Authority are planning to restrict air space in the city to facilitate a single takeaway-food company.
Everyone else will lose access to the skies they have now, including photographers, tradespeople, volunteers.
Think this is unfair? Have your say today: www.iaa.ie/media/2026/0...
🔴 Tony Blair Institute privately pressed a top EU official working on rebuilding of Gaza to work with Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
Fair to say Democracy for Sale isn’t sleeping at the moment!
New story up w/ Lighthouse Reports and Follow the Money
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...
Crucial - and generally totally overlooked part of this story - is *what* the journalists that Labour Together smeared were reporting on
How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise
That’s why they were targeted
BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
A decent piece on far right links in Ireland with Australian neo nazis
