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In footage published by an Egyptian news channel, 2 men are seen leaving a building with their hands in the air. Iaraeli officers order them to lie on the ground at the entrance to the building, and then shoot them to death at close range.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli forces filmed shooting dead two surrendered Palestinians in West Bank
The IDF Said That 'The Incident Is Under Review by the Commanders on the Ground'
www.haaretz.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In footage published by an Egyptian news channel, 2 men are seen leaving a building with their hands in the air. Iaraeli officers order them to lie on the ground at the entrance to the building, and then shoot them to death at close range.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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A few years ago, my son installed a pihole on our home network.
This captures and blocks ads on the whole network at the modem level and also prevents tracking and signalling from machines on the network.
By far, by a mile, the most blocks are on our Samsung TV trying to snitch on us back to HQ.
This captures and blocks ads on the whole network at the modem level and also prevents tracking and signalling from machines on the network.
By far, by a mile, the most blocks are on our Samsung TV trying to snitch on us back to HQ.
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A few years ago, my son installed a pihole on our home network.
This captures and blocks ads on the whole network at the modem level and also prevents tracking and signalling from machines on the network.
By far, by a mile, the most blocks are on our Samsung TV trying to snitch on us back to HQ.
This captures and blocks ads on the whole network at the modem level and also prevents tracking and signalling from machines on the network.
By far, by a mile, the most blocks are on our Samsung TV trying to snitch on us back to HQ.
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Look to this day
for it is life, the very life of life
for it is life, the very life of life
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Look to this day
for it is life, the very life of life
for it is life, the very life of life
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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🏗️ Ireland’s fire safety standards for apartments
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🏗️ Ireland’s fire safety standards for apartments
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
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The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.
Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Jenin as they try to surrender
Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.
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This is major.
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is major.
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Tomorrow Farmers in Kenya learn if their appeal of their Seed and Plant varieties Act 2012 which criminalised them for saving and sharing their own seed varieties is successful.They were backed by the Law society of Kenya who included research findings from my PhD& book. We live in hope🙏🏼
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tomorrow Farmers in Kenya learn if their appeal of their Seed and Plant varieties Act 2012 which criminalised them for saving and sharing their own seed varieties is successful.They were backed by the Law society of Kenya who included research findings from my PhD& book. We live in hope🙏🏼
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An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Administrative court: The prohibition and dissolution of the Berlin Palestine Congress in April 2024 was unlawful.
The measures taken by the police were disproportionate.
This ruling will have no consequences, there is no accountability and it will happen again
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
The measures taken by the police were disproportionate.
This ruling will have no consequences, there is no accountability and it will happen again
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Berlin: Verwaltungsgericht: Verbot des Berliner Palästina-Kongresses war rechtswidrig
Verwaltungsgericht: Verbot des Berliner Palästina-Kongresses war rechtswidrig
www.tagesschau.de
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Administrative court: The prohibition and dissolution of the Berlin Palestine Congress in April 2024 was unlawful.
The measures taken by the police were disproportionate.
This ruling will have no consequences, there is no accountability and it will happen again
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
The measures taken by the police were disproportionate.
This ruling will have no consequences, there is no accountability and it will happen again
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
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🏗️“David McWilliams’s characterisation of lawyers as “talkers” rather than “doers”
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🏗️“David McWilliams’s characterisation of lawyers as “talkers” rather than “doers”
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Media decrying judicial review of #MetroLink.. & not asking *who* authorised construction of a new metro station without planning permission in 2021/22..& *who* authorised €12.5m+ public funds for an illegal development..& *who* decided to by-pass the law, & risk delay to the MetroLink project?
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Media decrying judicial review of #MetroLink.. & not asking *who* authorised construction of a new metro station without planning permission in 2021/22..& *who* authorised €12.5m+ public funds for an illegal development..& *who* decided to by-pass the law, & risk delay to the MetroLink project?
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Abdullah Al-Yazouri narrated the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Genocide. BBC pulled it because of his familial links to the Hamas govt. He joined us from Gaza to discuss. He’s not your average 15yr old.
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Abdullah Al-Yazouri narrated the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Genocide. BBC pulled it because of his familial links to the Hamas govt. He joined us from Gaza to discuss. He’s not your average 15yr old.
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
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What would a non-violent collapse of Zionism and a non-violent decolonization of the state of Israel require? Ilan Pappé has a hopeful outlook on the prospects. #FreePalestine @zeteo.com
Why Israel is 'DISINTEGRATING': Ilan Pappé on the End of Zionism
“Israel is disintegrating from within,” Ilan Pappé says.
In conversation with Mehdi Hasan and an audience of paid Zeteo subscribers on Zoom, acclaimed Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé explains…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What would a non-violent collapse of Zionism and a non-violent decolonization of the state of Israel require? Ilan Pappé has a hopeful outlook on the prospects. #FreePalestine @zeteo.com
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🧵 Refreshing thread
Would they marginally prefer Ireland were not neutral? I don't doubt it at all. But if this is some massive strategic vulnerability, it's super weird that it's never discussed as such by the people in charge of worrying about massive strategic vulnerabilities
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🧵 Refreshing thread
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#BREAKING | New research reveals that 90,000 Israelis left in two years, including 481 doctors - and the economy lost 1.5 billion shekels
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#BREAKING | New research reveals that 90,000 Israelis left in two years, including 481 doctors - and the economy lost 1.5 billion shekels
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Bravo to Olwen Fouéré and Margo Harkin, who turned down honorary doctorates from the University of Galway over its ties to Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology which works closely with the apartheid state's "defense industries", key to its genocide of the Palestinian people.
#BDS
#BDS
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Bravo to Olwen Fouéré and Margo Harkin, who turned down honorary doctorates from the University of Galway over its ties to Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology which works closely with the apartheid state's "defense industries", key to its genocide of the Palestinian people.
#BDS
#BDS
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Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
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Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the funding ratio between public transport and roads is set to change from 2:1 to close to 1:1. Between 2026 and 2030, public transport is expected to get €10.1 billion, while roads is to get €9.7 billion, while active travel and greenways are expected to get €1.8 billion.
irishcycle.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
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In June, the Supreme Court reversed an injunction challenging third-country deportations, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to deport people to countries not listed on their removal orders without giving them any notice. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YfaEdH
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In June, the Supreme Court reversed an injunction challenging third-country deportations, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to deport people to countries not listed on their removal orders without giving them any notice. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YfaEdH
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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The idea that Ireland's "vulnerability" is a major headache for EU/NATO strategic planners is simply not factually accurate. I spend a lot of time reading the work of, speaking to, and listening at conferences to these people, and I have literally never heard this mentioned! It's not on their minds!
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The idea that Ireland's "vulnerability" is a major headache for EU/NATO strategic planners is simply not factually accurate. I spend a lot of time reading the work of, speaking to, and listening at conferences to these people, and I have literally never heard this mentioned! It's not on their minds!