Gearóid O'Connor
@goconnor.bsky.social
Hd of #Infosec, #Defence & #AI. #Cybersecurity. Will tend to post about politics more than my work. A stint in counterterrorism overseas. European, Irish & British, horses, sailor, and all-round bon vivant. Tweets & rants are my own opinions. (Rick/Morty).
The key nugget of news for me today is that #Ukraine have struck a Russian oil facility in the Caspian sea. While Putin strikes apartment blocks, pensioner queues and energy infrastructure the Ukrainians remain laser focused on hitting the Russians where it hurts most! #Russia #SlavaUkraini
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The key nugget of news for me today is that #Ukraine have struck a Russian oil facility in the Caspian sea. While Putin strikes apartment blocks, pensioner queues and energy infrastructure the Ukrainians remain laser focused on hitting the Russians where it hurts most! #Russia #SlavaUkraini
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I'm not going to lie. I find these numbers staggering. Why would you not? Is it not free for NHS frontline workers?
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm not going to lie. I find these numbers staggering. Why would you not? Is it not free for NHS frontline workers?
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Self-declared Free Speech Capital of the World Deeply Concerned about European Censorship proposes pre-screening tweets for wrongthink as part of the ESTA application process.
Cool. Cool cool cool.
Cool. Cool cool cool.
December 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Self-declared Free Speech Capital of the World Deeply Concerned about European Censorship proposes pre-screening tweets for wrongthink as part of the ESTA application process.
Cool. Cool cool cool.
Cool. Cool cool cool.
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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DOJ wants to force American Oversight to get rid of three pages of a FOIA complaint that lays out DOJ's Jeffrey Epstein cover-up.
Here's some of what they're asking to strike.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here's some of what they're asking to strike.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
DOJ wants to force American Oversight to get rid of three pages of a FOIA complaint that lays out DOJ's Jeffrey Epstein cover-up.
Here's some of what they're asking to strike.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here's some of what they're asking to strike.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"The sites Russia is targeting, the risks it is willing to take, and its apparent goals reflect more than just a response to the dynamics of its conflict with Ukraine"
from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
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from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test
Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation
giftarticle.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"The sites Russia is targeting, the risks it is willing to take, and its apparent goals reflect more than just a response to the dynamics of its conflict with Ukraine"
from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The response to America First is simple: Europe First!
a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle
ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The response to America First is simple: Europe First!
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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Sven Biscop on the NSS
"The immediate lesson is this: offering concessions does not work. The supposed trade deal that the EU agreed on with the US on the Turnberry golf course last summer was a shameful surrender. And what did it get us: this NSS."
"The immediate lesson is this: offering concessions does not work. The supposed trade deal that the EU agreed on with the US on the Turnberry golf course last summer was a shameful surrender. And what did it get us: this NSS."
Allies and Rivals - Egmont Institute
This is strategy. Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS), released on 4 December 2025, is bold and concise. One reads it, and one knows what the US wants. One may not […]
www.egmontinstitute.be
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Sven Biscop on the NSS
"The immediate lesson is this: offering concessions does not work. The supposed trade deal that the EU agreed on with the US on the Turnberry golf course last summer was a shameful surrender. And what did it get us: this NSS."
"The immediate lesson is this: offering concessions does not work. The supposed trade deal that the EU agreed on with the US on the Turnberry golf course last summer was a shameful surrender. And what did it get us: this NSS."
Lining up the grift...
President Trump said Netflix’s $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. “could be a problem” because it would result in a large market share for the streaming giant.
Trump Says Netflix-Warner Deal ‘Could Be a Problem’
The president added, “I’ll be involved in the decision” on the $72 billion agreement.
on.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Lining up the grift...
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The EU discourse is perfect because there's something in it for everyone. First of all, the European Union genuinely does have a lot of problems. But more importantly, a lot of people hate it for largely unrelated and often contradictory reasons. It's a great enemy
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
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⭐️Europe has the tools, we just need to embrace our strength.⭐️
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
Atlantic Bastion: Europe’s New Front Line
America’s new National Security Strategy quietly changed Europe’s maritime reality. With U.S. forces shifting focus to the Indo-Pacific and strategic domains like undersea warfare, Europe must now sec...
www.futurenavy.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
⭐️Europe has the tools, we just need to embrace our strength.⭐️
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
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Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
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It should jolt any European policy-makers & diplos who are still partly in denial or hoping it can just be ridden out.
It is now formal, official US policy that it opposes the EU and European integration, and to interfere in EU MSs internal politics to promote far-right ‘patriotic’ parties.
It is now formal, official US policy that it opposes the EU and European integration, and to interfere in EU MSs internal politics to promote far-right ‘patriotic’ parties.
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It should jolt any European policy-makers & diplos who are still partly in denial or hoping it can just be ridden out.
It is now formal, official US policy that it opposes the EU and European integration, and to interfere in EU MSs internal politics to promote far-right ‘patriotic’ parties.
It is now formal, official US policy that it opposes the EU and European integration, and to interfere in EU MSs internal politics to promote far-right ‘patriotic’ parties.
Well worth making this your #sundayread. Again pointing out that #Europe and #Ukraine have the means to defeat #Russia what they need first and foremost is the will! The US #NationalSecurity report leaves no one in doubt as to where the current administration stands in relation to Europes interests.
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump
The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Well worth making this your #sundayread. Again pointing out that #Europe and #Ukraine have the means to defeat #Russia what they need first and foremost is the will! The US #NationalSecurity report leaves no one in doubt as to where the current administration stands in relation to Europes interests.
#Russia would have you believe the narrative that its victory in #Ukraine is inevitable. It is not. It, specifically #Putin has arguably far greater vulnerabilities to contend with. #Trump remains enthralled by this narrative. Well worth a read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#Russia would have you believe the narrative that its victory in #Ukraine is inevitable. It is not. It, specifically #Putin has arguably far greater vulnerabilities to contend with. #Trump remains enthralled by this narrative. Well worth a read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Drones and Ireland's defences.
Years of underinvestment in the Defence Forces, along with an absence of political will to address the crisis, have consequences.
It's time to fix defence.
@micheal-martin.bsky.social
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Years of underinvestment in the Defence Forces, along with an absence of political will to address the crisis, have consequences.
It's time to fix defence.
@micheal-martin.bsky.social
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Drones and Ireland's defences.
Years of underinvestment in the Defence Forces, along with an absence of political will to address the crisis, have consequences.
It's time to fix defence.
@micheal-martin.bsky.social
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Years of underinvestment in the Defence Forces, along with an absence of political will to address the crisis, have consequences.
It's time to fix defence.
@micheal-martin.bsky.social
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
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Robert Jenrick addressed parliament sounding like a man who feared Magna Carta had died in vain.
thecritic.co.uk/how-...
thecritic.co.uk/how-...
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Robert Jenrick addressed parliament sounding like a man who feared Magna Carta had died in vain.
thecritic.co.uk/how-...
thecritic.co.uk/how-...
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While the Kremlin pours all efforts into inventing battlefield gains that don't exist, oil infrastructure deep in Russia continues to explode.
Overnight, an oil depot in Livny in Oryol region, as a local complains.
Overnight, an oil depot in Livny in Oryol region, as a local complains.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
While the Kremlin pours all efforts into inventing battlefield gains that don't exist, oil infrastructure deep in Russia continues to explode.
Overnight, an oil depot in Livny in Oryol region, as a local complains.
Overnight, an oil depot in Livny in Oryol region, as a local complains.
Under 300 more signatures required. Lets do this people! #Russia #Politics
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom
ALT: a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Under 300 more signatures required. Lets do this people! #Russia #Politics
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...