New York City leaders rehung the Pride flag in front of the Stonewall National Monument, a rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to take down the symbol of the LGBTQ+ rights movement from federal property. https://wapo.st/3ZTsqQR
Mothers in Minnesota are sending their kids to school with their passports hanging around their necks in clear pouches.
One 8 year old says: “I have a passport, but it’s not a shield.”
This horror must end NOW.
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
A very cute Tuxedo cat
Another very cute tuxedo cat
It’s time for the Cats Aid Valentine’s Day raffle! All proceeds go to supporting the cats in Cats Aid’s care, like my current fosters Jamie and Julian
#speirghorm
www.catsaid.ie/2026/02/vale...
“Why does anyone need asylum from Georgia though” 🙄
I analysed the DoJ’s immigration chatbot for @iccl.bsky.social and the amount of seriously wrong information it gave was shocking even to me. The idea that people fleeing persecution would be expected to rely on a chatbot in lieu of actual legal advice is 😱😱😱
www.dublininquirer.com/chatbots-con...
Gift link didn't work for me but here's a non-paywalled link archive.ph/8PE5P
Read this piece, it's astonishing
Birds of Paradise. July 26, 2023. Lagos, Nigeria.
Mural in Cork.
Let no man throw a stone at the foreigner; he may hit his own clan.
- James Connolly 1908. Recalled in Cork 2025.
Seagull approves.
💙ARABIC infographic - Please share with any Arabic speakers/communities who may wish to take part in the Global Solidarity Run on Sat, October 11th - ANY DISTANCE, ANYWHERE - participants in 100 countries showing solidarity with all those who are forcibly displaced & those living in extreme poverty
Maybe gun violence is a major problem in America?
Oh well.
Lets just blame transgender people for everything.
The Sumud flotilla is on route to Gaza - with more joining the mission tomorrow
Two framed artworks hung side by side on a white gallery wall. The left piece is a detailed blue line drawing of a group of people standing closely together, looking forward with solemn expressions. The right piece is a red-toned illustration
Two beach towels displayed side by side. The left towel is brightly coloured, depicting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu smiling amid skulls, palm trees, cocktails, and explosions, with the text “Gaza Riviera.” The right towel is pink with white text listing words such as “starvation,” “war crimes,” “murder,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupation.” Small signs above them list prices in USD and ILS, and payment options including cash, card, and cryptocurrency.
A car door mounted on two concrete blocks, displayed against a white wall. The white door is covered in bullet holes and has red Arabic text sprayed across it
A wall display of vintage-style portrait cards of women, arranged in two main sections and a small shelf below. The portraits include both Irish and Palestinian women, framed by decorative borders with names and text in English and Arabic.
Just visited the Dlúthpháirtíocht exhibition in Cork, a showcase of Irish & Palestinian artists.
Every sale directly supports artists in Gaza, or in the case of Irish artists, goes to Dignity for Palestine. If you’re anywhere nearby, go see it and show support 🇮🇪🇵🇸
Yay Anna! That's great - We'll make sure to have the banana bread ready 🫶🏻
Please sign and share this petition calling on the government to overturn its disgraceful refusal and to issue visas to the children from GAA Palestine for their trip to Ireland. #FreeGAAPalestine
my.uplift.ie/petitions/le...
blue and yellow poster with a picture of the Letterkenny Sanctuary Runners group in their blue tshirts. Poster Details: Invitation to Sanctuary Runners at Letterkenny ParkRun, 9:15am on the 12th of July and every fortnight after. Everyone is welcome! Email: letterkenny@sanctuaryrunners.ie for more information or simply turn up!
Join Letterkenny Sanctuary Runners at Letterkenny ParkRun tomorrow for a run, walk, wheel and a cuppa tea after ☕️
👕 Everyone is welcome!
☀️ It is set to be a sunny one so stay hydrated, take it easy and wear suncream 😎
#Solidarity #Friendship #Respect
@sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social 💙
🔵An incredible morning at Expo 2025 Osaka where we launched this year's Global Solidarity Run #GlobalRun2025 with people, including delegates, from 30+ countries. Our huge thanks to all those at the Irish Pavilion for your help in bringing this about - For more see www.ireland.ie/en/irish-aid...
Newpaper article from the Irish News: Gardaí stopped buses on border checking for illegal immigrants in 'racial profiling;, campaigners say. 'A spokesperson for End Deportations Belfast told The Irish News that gardai boarded the bus and began asking passengers for identification. She said they specifically removed non-white passengers who could not produce documents while allowing white passengers in the same predicament to remain on board. She branded the incident as “disgraceful” in light of the anti-immigrant violence that took place in Northern Ireland in recent days. “It’s not compulsory to carry or produce ID in the Common Travel Area if you’re an Irish or British national,” she said. “During these checks, the guards approach people who aren’t white and demand ID. If they can’t produce it, they’re taken off the bus, while white passengers aren’t. That’s what happened on Friday. This is discriminatory ID checking, this is racial profiling.”
In today’s Irish News, an excellent piece on Gardaí immigration raids on buses coming from the North in the middle of a week of racist pogroms.
A passing driver spoke of feeling ‘physically’ sick seeing a Gardaí prison van at a time of racist pogroms in the North.
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Petition: To revoke deportation orders issued to children who were born in Ireland to non-EU/EEA parents.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ci... @uplift.ie
so ICE are at Dublin airport refusing people entry to the states and that's not on Irish news?
I hate the "and nobody's talking about it" gang because it's usually something that isn't even true, but plenty people at this stage can vouch for being refused entry to the States, having visas ripped up
A poem that says: When they ask me 20 years from now What I did When I heard About the aid workers Murdered and buried Along with their ambulances Bodies and metal mangled To be hidden from history I will gather myself Straighten my back Clear my throat And with a deep breath And all the wisdom Bestowed upon me By my years on this earth I will say to them With every fibre of my being “I waited until I heard “From both sides “Because it’s very complex “Now, “Do you condemn Hamas?”
20 Years From Now.
The Johnstown Estate is hosting a transphobic, hate-filled event on April 5th. It targets trans rights under the false guise of “safeguarding.” We cannot let this happen.
Sign the petition. Contact the venue. Share this post. Demand they cancel.
#speirgorm
This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
I cannot begin to tell you what a colossal breach of international law this is
The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land" has been attacked by settlers and arrested by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, according to his co-director.
http://jrnl.ie/6658521
I wrote a thing about McGregor, Garron Noone and why we need to talk about where this nonsense is coming from.
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
I interviewed Mahmoud last summer: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
