Michael Cahill
@michaelkinsell8.bsky.social
Conflict Archaeologist, Military Historian & Professional Actor under stage name of Michael Kinsella
http://itsligo.academia.edu/michaelcahill
http://itsligo.academia.edu/michaelcahill
Pinned
My written remembrance
for Francis below.His conscience shaped in pastoral work of early priesthood &deepened among ordinary Argentinians during the dictatorship yrs. He brought humility to power &never stopped listening. The World needs his spirit now.
#PopeFrancis
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for Francis below.His conscience shaped in pastoral work of early priesthood &deepened among ordinary Argentinians during the dictatorship yrs. He brought humility to power &never stopped listening. The World needs his spirit now.
#PopeFrancis
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The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
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The wonderful Udo Kier.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
My own private Idaho - Funny scene with Udo Kier singing and dancing (River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves)
My own private Idaho - Funny scene with Udo Kier singing and dancing (River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves)
Film by Gus Van Sant 1991
#riverphoenix #90s #film #movie #caminodelossueños
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The wonderful Udo Kier.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
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In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
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“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
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Putin launched Europe’s biggest war since WWII — killing civilians, kidnapping children, and eliminating political opponents. Yet Mr. Witkoff says he’s “not a bad guy.” Diplomacy requires engaging with dictators, but that doesn't mean we have to check our values at the door.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Putin launched Europe’s biggest war since WWII — killing civilians, kidnapping children, and eliminating political opponents. Yet Mr. Witkoff says he’s “not a bad guy.” Diplomacy requires engaging with dictators, but that doesn't mean we have to check our values at the door.
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Palestinians decry Tel Aviv University for hosting INSS, who developed the so-called Dahiya military Doctrine calling for “the destruction of the national infrastructure, and intense suffering among the [civilian] population” www.instagram.com/p/DReWEzBEyx...
BDS Movement on Instagram: "Palestinians condemn Peter Beinart’s event at complicit Tel Aviv University in the midst of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Tel Aviv University:
🚫 Hosts the INSS, which devel...
77 likes, 3 comments - bds.movement on November 25, 2025: "Palestinians condemn Peter Beinart’s event at complicit Tel Aviv University in the midst of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Tel Aviv University: ...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Palestinians decry Tel Aviv University for hosting INSS, who developed the so-called Dahiya military Doctrine calling for “the destruction of the national infrastructure, and intense suffering among the [civilian] population” www.instagram.com/p/DReWEzBEyx...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
The wonderful Udo Kier.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
My own private Idaho - Funny scene with Udo Kier singing and dancing (River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves)
My own private Idaho - Funny scene with Udo Kier singing and dancing (River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves)
Film by Gus Van Sant 1991
#riverphoenix #90s #film #movie #caminodelossueños
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The wonderful Udo Kier.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
1944 Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany-23 November 2025 (aged 81) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
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Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules. European Court of Justice finds the State not doing enough to prevent pollution of water sources.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules. European Court of Justice finds the State not doing enough to prevent pollution of water sources.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Two years ago it was the Habitats Directive, now the European Court of Justice has found that Ireland hasn't bothered implementing the Water Framework Directive either!
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Two years ago it was the Habitats Directive, now the European Court of Justice has found that Ireland hasn't bothered implementing the Water Framework Directive either!
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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It's great to see Wild Nephin National Park among these protected landscapes in Europe, as part of the new Wilder Parks programme
rewildingeurope.com/news/wilder-...
rewildingeurope.com/news/wilder-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's great to see Wild Nephin National Park among these protected landscapes in Europe, as part of the new Wilder Parks programme
rewildingeurope.com/news/wilder-...
rewildingeurope.com/news/wilder-...
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Ireland once again in the dock, for issues that @antaisce.bsky.social & SWAN have long highlighted as being legally problematic.
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ireland once again in the dock, for issues that @antaisce.bsky.social & SWAN have long highlighted as being legally problematic.
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
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Elizabeth Warren on Colbert's show: "We don't think one corporation or one man named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up all the sports and buy up all the news and decide who watches what and I'm gonna stay in that fight."
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Elizabeth Warren on Colbert's show: "We don't think one corporation or one man named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up all the sports and buy up all the news and decide who watches what and I'm gonna stay in that fight."
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
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🗣️ Many will conclude what they knew already: the government acted too little, too late, there was chaos and toxicity, and later decisions were not backed by data.
@krishgm.bsky.social writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
@krishgm.bsky.social writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
Covid Inquiry: Too little, too late - too many lives lost
Many will conclude what they knew already: the government acted too little, too late, there was chaos and toxicity, and later decisions were not backed by data, writes Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
channel4news.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🗣️ Many will conclude what they knew already: the government acted too little, too late, there was chaos and toxicity, and later decisions were not backed by data.
@krishgm.bsky.social writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
@krishgm.bsky.social writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
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We are still paying for the 2008 financial crisis in Ireland which was caused in part by reckless regulatory oversight of bankers & developers.
Fast forward & Bertie Ahern nearly ran in the presidential election & we are being told we need to deregulate & cut taxes for developers. Dangerous times.
Fast forward & Bertie Ahern nearly ran in the presidential election & we are being told we need to deregulate & cut taxes for developers. Dangerous times.
“Eoin Dorgan, asst sec at Dept of Public Expenditure Dorgan said Ireland needs to apply Tony Blair’s motto “tough on crime, tough on causes of crime” to the ongoing issue around legal objections”
..citizens ensuring that decisions are lawful are not criminals
www.businesspost.ie/politics/sen...
..citizens ensuring that decisions are lawful are not criminals
www.businesspost.ie/politics/sen...
Senior official says public given too many opportunities to object to infrastructure plans
www.businesspost.ie
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We are still paying for the 2008 financial crisis in Ireland which was caused in part by reckless regulatory oversight of bankers & developers.
Fast forward & Bertie Ahern nearly ran in the presidential election & we are being told we need to deregulate & cut taxes for developers. Dangerous times.
Fast forward & Bertie Ahern nearly ran in the presidential election & we are being told we need to deregulate & cut taxes for developers. Dangerous times.
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Speaking to MSNOW's Chris Hayes Elissa Slotki said her security situation changed after president's Truth Social "sedition" posts.
Democrat Senator Reveals She Now Has 24/7 Security After Trump Attacks
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Speaking to MSNOW's Chris Hayes Elissa Slotki said her security situation changed after president's Truth Social "sedition" posts.