BBC news breaking alert: Eight more arrests made after London arson attacks 21 Apr 2026, 13:39 BREAKING Eight more people have been arrested after a series of arson attacks in London. The Metropolitan Police said that seven of the arrests were over an alleged conspiracy to commit a further arson attack impacting the Jewish community, although the specific target is not yet known.

This is rightly headline news.
But it’s stark to me how dehumanised we are here.
Since East Belfast GAAs inception in 2020, there have been 3 confirmed bomb threats, with multiple additional threats and alerts reported over several years - and it’s a shrug/silence from the rest of Ireland & GB

@lokapila.bsky.social Put in a request to the Department of Housing under FOI, asking for analysis/modelling of the likely impacts – on affordability and supply – of the government's big, recent rental law changes.

The response? No such records exist.

Tweet by Martina Navratilova. "Predator. That is how he should register. A sexual predator…" quote-tweeting a tweet by "Biology Rules OK" about Dr. Beth Upton, a trans woman

This tweet is highly defamatory and Martina Navratilova should be fired from BBC Sport for it.

It demonstrates an horrendous level of hatred for a trans woman (who was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recent tribunal) because she is a trans woman.

What is this Government’s vision for the future of young people in Ireland?

In at least one Dublin house, dozens are sharing overcrowded rooms and paying hundreds for a bed.

This is not a housing system. It is a return to tenement conditions.

And all those “what’s your favourite ….? “

It is clear that many cis people are not aware just how up to her neck Rowling is in funding and driving anti trans sentiment in the UK.

She's not just a person with a vile opinion.

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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.

Looking for an artist/illustrator for a Secret Side Project - very small job (website/social logos and icons, etc) and not a big budget, but definitely want a real human, ideally local-ish...are we looking on here for that kind of thing, or are there sites for project work you'd recommend?

Shopping at independent bookstores, or @bookshop.org, or trading books with friends, for your books, and using public libraries to borrow books, and never using Amazon, for anything, is absolutely one of the ongoing things that you can do to reduce oligarchic power and support freedom of thought.

It takes a village to run for election.

Not just the amazing team knocking on doors and hanging posters, but the people at home who are keeping things running while we’re out canvassing.

Dan is dedicated to making Dublin Central a great place to grow up for his own kids, and for everyone else’s.

“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence.”

― Carl Sagan

I’ve be involved in various capacities in counter disinformation and counter hate speech activity on Irish online spaces for over 8 years.

I have never witness anything as bad as the abuse directed at Senator Eileen Flynn… it’s gamergate levels of targeted & coordinated harassment.

Yup

I got the very same one

#Breaking
It appears that several cruise ships are attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz at this time.

I’m feeling very left out this morning.
#Census

Belgium just seized 2 British military shipments bound for Israel. At Liège Airport. 33 crates. Military components including lasers, sights, fire control systems, aircraft parts.
The cargo arrived by truck from the UK. It was supposed to fly to Tel Aviv.

Be like Belgium
#stopthewar #Lebanon #gaza

The Foundations of Zionism: An epic work of Palestinian scholarship now available in English Translated by his daughter Fidya, the landmark work by Sabri Jiryis arrives in English not as a museum piece, but as an important intervention

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Wtf, that is an obscene gender pay gap.

Jimmy Kimmel Made a Weed Doc for Hulu. Of Course High Times Is In It | High Times Jimmy Kimmel’s new Hulu series for 4/20 includes a documentary short on High Times, alongside films on Harold & Kumar, glass art and the cult oddity Ganjasaurus Rex.

Jimmy Kimmel is getting into weed history. Hulu’s new anthology 4X20: Quick Hits arrives April 20 with four documentary shorts, including one focused on High Times, Tom Forcade and the magazine’s role in pushing #cannabis culture into the mainstream.👇🏻

hightimes.com/culture/jimm...

Dublin Central by-election candidate Daniel Ennis discusses his path into the world of politics.

The Displaced in Gaza story with Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is out now everywhere. It was one of the best things I’ve had the privilege to be involved with.

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Ken O’Flynn TD is currently showing himself up to being a misogynistic pig of a man! He shared a video by a far right ‘influencer’ Michael McCarthy, a pedlar of debunked anti migrant conspiracies, where he’s mocking Eileen Flynn. Independent Ireland shamelessly chasing the far right vote! 🤬

Senator Eileen Flynn is one the best people I know and to see the level of patronisation at the very least and horrendous abuse and harassment at the worst that she is getting is dispiriting, especially from some so called feminists and lefties. Cop yourselves on! #spéirgorm

He’s throwing curses at them now

Yup. Irish farmers and Agri workers are not lefties.

I hope I have her energy and clarity - moral and mental - when I'm 91