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In the UK soldiers lifted people of the street and raided houses, busting the door and dragging kids from their beds. I know this because I was one of those children held shaking with cold and barefoot at gun point while other armed men emptied the contents of my mother’s hot press onto the floor.
One more, I am begging English commentators and journalists to remember what the UK did in Northern Ireland.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
In the UK soldiers lifted people of the street and raided houses, busting the door and dragging kids from their beds. I know this because I was one of those children held shaking with cold and barefoot at gun point while other armed men emptied the contents of my mother’s hot press onto the floor.
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So, if I’ve got this clear, it’s like Danegeld, except instead of the English paying it to the Danes so that they don’t ravage English lands, Americans will pay it on Danish goods to the American government because America wants to ravage Danish lands.
Is that right?
Is that right?
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
So, if I’ve got this clear, it’s like Danegeld, except instead of the English paying it to the Danes so that they don’t ravage English lands, Americans will pay it on Danish goods to the American government because America wants to ravage Danish lands.
Is that right?
Is that right?
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I like that Inspiration is the shape of a blank page
January 17, 2026 at 7:21 AM
I like that Inspiration is the shape of a blank page
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🤬 How old does this academic journal publisher think I am? Five? And they're actually paying someone to come up with the idea and then someone else to execute it. I despair.
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🤬 How old does this academic journal publisher think I am? Five? And they're actually paying someone to come up with the idea and then someone else to execute it. I despair.
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Hello and welcome to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas BlueSky page! The IHTA is a long-term research programme housed by @ria.ie with the aim to record the topographical development and history of towns across the island of Ireland. To date, 32 atlases have been produced with many more in the works.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Hello and welcome to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas BlueSky page! The IHTA is a long-term research programme housed by @ria.ie with the aim to record the topographical development and history of towns across the island of Ireland. To date, 32 atlases have been produced with many more in the works.
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
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Friends in the NGO/Think-Tank/Policy/Comms world, I’d grab Dan while they’re on the market as you won’t find anyone better at what they do, IMV.
Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
January 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Friends in the NGO/Think-Tank/Policy/Comms world, I’d grab Dan while they’re on the market as you won’t find anyone better at what they do, IMV.
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A Kerry student has won has won the top prize at this year's Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for her brain cancer diagnosis tool
Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool
A Kerry student has won has won the top prize at this year's Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for her brain cancer diagnosis tool.
www.rte.ie
January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A Kerry student has won has won the top prize at this year's Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for her brain cancer diagnosis tool
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A brilliant listen, shortened the walk home on the first working day of the year.
Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
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_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A brilliant listen, shortened the walk home on the first working day of the year.
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1/2 Trump has launched an illegal act of aggression against Venezuela.
A clear breach of the Nuremberg principles - which the UK helped write. Now a Labour government won’t even defend them.
This silence isn’t diplomacy. It’s the moral equivalent of a white flag.
A clear breach of the Nuremberg principles - which the UK helped write. Now a Labour government won’t even defend them.
This silence isn’t diplomacy. It’s the moral equivalent of a white flag.
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
1/2 Trump has launched an illegal act of aggression against Venezuela.
A clear breach of the Nuremberg principles - which the UK helped write. Now a Labour government won’t even defend them.
This silence isn’t diplomacy. It’s the moral equivalent of a white flag.
A clear breach of the Nuremberg principles - which the UK helped write. Now a Labour government won’t even defend them.
This silence isn’t diplomacy. It’s the moral equivalent of a white flag.
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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January (detail), Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento, Italy), c. 1400
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
January (detail), Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento, Italy), c. 1400
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Trump press conference summarised:
All's well that's oil well !
All's well that's oil well !
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump press conference summarised:
All's well that's oil well !
All's well that's oil well !
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Keeping my death certificate stored conveniently on my phone for when I need it
January 1, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Keeping my death certificate stored conveniently on my phone for when I need it
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I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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The usual question with one of these batshit policies - how do you see that working out in Northern Ireland?
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The usual question with one of these batshit policies - how do you see that working out in Northern Ireland?
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My little book is dedicated to my friends, and its eclectic tour takes off with two of them at the Heaney HomePlace, where the great Iarla Ó Lionáird will sing and talk with the great Neil Hegarty and myself about Heaney, Derry, and the music of what happens. Tickets are on sale Wednesday morning.
This is coming with springtime: a celebration of @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social Late Heaney at the Heaney HomePlace.
28 February.
28 February.
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My little book is dedicated to my friends, and its eclectic tour takes off with two of them at the Heaney HomePlace, where the great Iarla Ó Lionáird will sing and talk with the great Neil Hegarty and myself about Heaney, Derry, and the music of what happens. Tickets are on sale Wednesday morning.