Cathy
@cathyby.bsky.social
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin
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#SpéirGorm
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#SpéirGorm
Though being targetted by an acronym like MIGA reduces the vulnerability a bit.
'In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, Wendy Via, Gpahe co-founder and president, said English-speaking countries, particularly Ireland and the UK, are vulnerable to the spread of hate speech and extremism from the US.'
#Irishpol
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/your...
#Irishpol
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/your...
'You're going to see a lot more make Ireland great again posts': US influence on far-right slogans | BreakingNews
The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (Gpahe) monitors far-right and extremist groups across the globe
www.breakingnews.ie
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Though being targetted by an acronym like MIGA reduces the vulnerability a bit.
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WHAT. THE. FUCK
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WHAT. THE. FUCK
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What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
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POLITICO exclusive: What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another. An official familiar with the negotiation process tells us.
www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another
Kyiv keeps insisting war should be frozen along current lines.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
POLITICO exclusive: What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another. An official familiar with the negotiation process tells us.
www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
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Orban is, of course, not telling the truth here - the Commission’s decision does not affect "what we can read and say". BTW Hungary (like every EU Member State) voted for the Digital Services Act.
Twitter in the past 48 hours has been like watching a remedial version of SPECTRE convene a meeting in real time.
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Orban is, of course, not telling the truth here - the Commission’s decision does not affect "what we can read and say". BTW Hungary (like every EU Member State) voted for the Digital Services Act.
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Marine warning upgraded to red from Loop Head to Erris Head to Malin Head tomorrow. There is not a red warning for any counties at present.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Marine warning upgraded to red from Loop Head to Erris Head to Malin Head tomorrow. There is not a red warning for any counties at present.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Thread. As the statute is clear, this is, in effect, whether the current SCOTUS will grant Trump the dispensing power that cost James II his throne.
I'd not be optimistic they'll bother to remember what was fundamental and axiomatic for the American Revolution.
I'd not be optimistic they'll bother to remember what was fundamental and axiomatic for the American Revolution.
Landmark case up for argument at SCOTUS at 10am on the power of presidents to fire independent agency heads.
Here’s my quick preview in Espresso, @economist.com’s daily app.
I’ll be posting live analysis during the oral argument in this thread
Here’s my quick preview in Espresso, @economist.com’s daily app.
I’ll be posting live analysis during the oral argument in this thread
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thread. As the statute is clear, this is, in effect, whether the current SCOTUS will grant Trump the dispensing power that cost James II his throne.
I'd not be optimistic they'll bother to remember what was fundamental and axiomatic for the American Revolution.
I'd not be optimistic they'll bother to remember what was fundamental and axiomatic for the American Revolution.
Fun fact: In the Marshall Plan the US suggested "the development of economic cooperation" in Europe on the model of the "large domestic market with no trade barriers" of the US.
www.archives.gov/milestone-do...
www.archives.gov/milestone-do...
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fun fact: In the Marshall Plan the US suggested "the development of economic cooperation" in Europe on the model of the "large domestic market with no trade barriers" of the US.
www.archives.gov/milestone-do...
www.archives.gov/milestone-do...
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Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
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#StormBram
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#StormBram
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
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A bit of/on rage from me in The Irish Times. It's got: the OED word of the year, Srinivasan on anger, the rage-apt state of things, and worries about an impotent kind of rage role-playing we do in the modern landscape.
#philosophy #philsky
#philosophy #philsky
Clare Moriarty: ‘Rage bait’ is an apt word of the year. But let’s not waste our fury
Clare Moriarty: ‘Rage bait’ is an apt word of the year. But let’s not waste our fury
Social media encourages a kind of roleplaying of rage that is mostly futile and impotent
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A bit of/on rage from me in The Irish Times. It's got: the OED word of the year, Srinivasan on anger, the rage-apt state of things, and worries about an impotent kind of rage role-playing we do in the modern landscape.
#philosophy #philsky
#philosophy #philsky
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Over 500 people currently hospitalised with #flu in #Ireland with numbers expected to double in the coming weeks, peaking during the Christmas holidays. www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
IMO warns that flu has hit Ireland 'fast and hard'
The Irish Medical Organisation has warned that the flu has hit Ireland "fast and hard" and will add enormous strain to the already stretched public hospital system.
www.rte.ie
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Over 500 people currently hospitalised with #flu in #Ireland with numbers expected to double in the coming weeks, peaking during the Christmas holidays. www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
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Bram Soaker
Storm Bram to bring 90mph gusts and heavy rain across Scotland
Storm Bram to bring 90mph gusts and heavy rain across Scotland
The strongest gusts are due over north-west Scotland, but bad weather has also been forecast more widely.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bram Soaker
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#StormBram has now been named with Orange level warnings issued for Cork, Kerry, Waterford and Wexford at present.
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#StormBram has now been named with Orange level warnings issued for Cork, Kerry, Waterford and Wexford at present.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social sexy murder poets can't catch a break.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@lastpositivist.bsky.social sexy murder poets can't catch a break.
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Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
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Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford
From 08/12/2025 21:00 to 09/12/2025 09:00
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Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford
From 08/12/2025 21:00 to 09/12/2025 09:00
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
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Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford
From 08/12/2025 21:00 to 09/12/2025 09:00
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Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford
From 08/12/2025 21:00 to 09/12/2025 09:00
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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A fiery Sunday sunset at the end of the day from Ballycastle, County Antrim.
📸 Cathy Clark
📸 Cathy Clark
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A fiery Sunday sunset at the end of the day from Ballycastle, County Antrim.
📸 Cathy Clark
📸 Cathy Clark
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Now admittedly I’m not a constitutional lawyer but my reading of “All persons” is that it’s a pretty capacious category and one which the authors had ample opportunity to make more specific if they had so wished.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Now admittedly I’m not a constitutional lawyer but my reading of “All persons” is that it’s a pretty capacious category and one which the authors had ample opportunity to make more specific if they had so wished.
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Unconstitutional.
"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leaving US amid parent deportations
“The only losers are the children.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Unconstitutional.
The Vermin only teaze and pinch
Their Foes superior by an Inch.
So, Nat’ralists observe, a Flea
Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller yet to bite ’em,
And so proceed ad infinitum:
Thus ev’ry Poet, in his Kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.
Their Foes superior by an Inch.
So, Nat’ralists observe, a Flea
Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller yet to bite ’em,
And so proceed ad infinitum:
Thus ev’ry Poet, in his Kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Vermin only teaze and pinch
Their Foes superior by an Inch.
So, Nat’ralists observe, a Flea
Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller yet to bite ’em,
And so proceed ad infinitum:
Thus ev’ry Poet, in his Kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.
Their Foes superior by an Inch.
So, Nat’ralists observe, a Flea
Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller yet to bite ’em,
And so proceed ad infinitum:
Thus ev’ry Poet, in his Kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.