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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 16h

Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 14h

Horrible guy.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 1d

Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'

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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 1d

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 7h

Guzy set out to photograph a parade.

"Then I’m like, well maybe I should check it (immigration court) out for a day or two — and here I am, almost five months later."

"I’m 100% sure that things are done differently because eyes are on the scene."

Photojournalism can impact both sides of the lens.

ICE in courts: How two photojournalists are dealing with the trauma of documenting immigrant detentions at Federal Plaza | amNewYork

Almost every day for five months, photojournalists David Dee Delgado and Carol Guzy have entered 26 Federal Plaza with cameras in hand.

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 18h

Yep, same for Cypriots: I have always referred to my mum's and dad's cousins as Uncles and Aunties; and my kids do the same with my and my partner's cousins. None of this 'once removed': they're relatives, not cysts.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 21h

Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?

Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 22h

In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.

Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 18h

'This is bigger than Ireland. It is a moment of moral reckoning for a continent that has preached human rights while arming their violators. Aimé Césaire warned Europe that “no one colonises innocently, and no one colonises with impunity.”'
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Catherine Connolly’s victory: Europe’s moral rebellion against the Israeli occupation

When Catherine Connolly was elected President of Ireland, the shockwaves were felt far beyond Dublin. Her victory was not a symbolic gesture, nor a routine political milestone. It was a direct mora…

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 1d

We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today.
Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner.
This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity.
The European Commission must intervene.

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Complaint v Ireland to European Commission re process appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner

Ireland's appointment process lacked procedural safeguards against conflicts of interest and political interference and may be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity

www.iccl.ie

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

Connolly spoke of her support for the marginalised, her opposition to genocide in Gaza & its enablers and her defence of Irish neutrality, which she saw as being undermined by growing militarisation in the EU.

Fluency in Irish also proved an asset to a generation confident in their Irish identity.

Labour Hub @labour-hub.bsky.social · 1d

Triumph for united left in Irish presidential election

By Carol Coulter The election of Catherine Connolly as the tenth president of Ireland with two-thirds of the valid votes cast has delivered a body-blow to the government and the two parties which make it up. It has provided a shot in the arm…

Triumph for united left in Irish presidential election

By Carol Coulter The election of Catherine Connolly as the tenth president of Ireland with two-thirds of the valid votes cast has delivered a body-blow to the government and the two parties which make it up. It has provided a shot in the arm for the left, giving rise to hope of ongoing cooperation across a fractured left and the possibility of a left government after the next election, due in four years’ time.

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 1d

Legends, every one of you.

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 2d

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'Sadistic and petty': Irish flotilla activists on their treatment in a notorious Israeli prison

They were keen to stress that what they experienced was only ‘a fraction’ of what Palestinian detainees endure.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 3d

Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves.

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

Refusing to feed people while building a massive ballroom is a fast track to eat the rich. No pun intended.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure there’s anything scarier than the idea of a military with an effectively limitless budget that is no longer bound by the law.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

close the law schools

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

This weird thing in German political discourse where the Govt argues that if they just deport enough people, the crime in urban areas will stop. It’s racist and dishonest, and when you call it out they say it’s neither. Just spend the money on jobs, housing and healthcare, you clowns.

Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 2d

"Der Bundeskanzler spricht aus, was die Mehrheit denkt"#BerichtausBerlin #Spahn #Merz

"Der Bundeskanzler spricht aus, was die Mehrheit denkt"

Der Unions-Fraktionschef stärkt dem Kanzler angesichts der anhaltenden "Stadtbild"-Kontroverse den Rücken.

www.tagesschau.de

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 2d

Giving @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 3d

What the WaPo has become:

"The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification."

The MAGAfication of the language.

Opinion | In defense of the White House ballroom

Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

Dental Radiographs for Age Estimation in US Asylum Seekers: Methodological, Ethical, and Health Issues

"Unaccompanied migrant children seeking asylum status in the United States are often forced to undergo dental radiographs, or x-rays, to verify that they are younger than 18 years."

Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 2d

my god.
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Dental Radiographs for Age Estimation in US Asylum Seekers: Methodological, Ethical, and Health Issues

Unaccompanied migrant children seeking asylum status in the United States are often forced to undergo dental radiographs, or x-rays, to verify that they are younger than 18 years. The application of third molar dental radiographs is methodologically ...

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

Important to grasp that the Irish media are not accidentally platforming the right.

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 2d

Catherine Connolly is the most popular president ever.

Total first-preference votes
1. Catherine Connolly: 914,143
2. Michael D. Higgins: 822,566
3. Michael D. Higgins (2011): 701,101

% first-preference vote
1. Catherine Connolly: 63.4%
2. Éamon de Valera: 56.3%
3. Michael D. Higgins: 55.8%

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3d

So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3d

Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm

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Keyah "Don't rank Frey" Hanwi @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 3d

"Being the son of a death-defying trickster led me to confront what Canada tried to burn away."

My Father Was Found in a Residential School Incinerator When He Was an Infant | The Walrus

Being the son of a death-defying trickster led me to confront what Canada tried to burn away

thewalrus.ca

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 3d

#Áras2025 🙌

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Sparkle @serenesparkle.bsky.social · 3d

The donated vehicle has been held at Israel’s Port of Ashdod for 15 months despite having clearance documents. Israeli authorities have imposed over $21,000 in storage fees, prompting the firefighters who campaigned for its release to consider bringing it back to the UK after talks with the govt.

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