Michela

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Treehugger in Tipperary. 🇵🇸

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When did we get to the point that the United Nations is attacked and the world shrugs its shoulders?

Israeli troops launch attack on UNRWA headquarters in Gaza Cityaje.io Truce talks expected to continue in Egypt and Qatar as Israel expands its military operation displacing more civilians.

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And arguably what I am enjoying most is that this is not the hero theory of history. We’re not seeing a charismatic leader carry the election through rhetoric and force of personality. We’re seeing populations say: nope. I like the power of nope.

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I spend probably too much time complaining about Irish news media, but I'm glad to live in a country where a major newspaper can print a kind, thoughtful and beautiful piece on a story that would be culture-war-fodder in other places: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

My then spouse, the person I considered to be my husband, came out as a trans woman during lockdownwww.irishtimes.com I refer to my former spouse as my co-parent, because we share a wonderful child together. But also because there are no other phrases I can think of to describe our new relationship

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Underreported aspect of the UK GE here, there’s the same number of MPs elected on an explicitly pro-Palestinian platform as there are Reform MPs (lol at the choice of photo though)

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I am interested to learn that the anti-migrant, anti-homeless fencing on the Canal was installed by Waterways Ireland, not DCC or the Government. They can be directly contacted here: www.waterwaysireland.org/contact-us www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Government did not request 'unsightly' fencing to prevent tents on Dublin's Grand Canalwww.irishexaminer.com Decision was taken solely by Waterways Ireland on health and safety grounds, Dáil's Public Accounts Committee told

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Adam Sharp

Put that away, Louis C.K.

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lmao I called my local coffeeshop to see if they were open today--my fave barista happened to pick up & she was like yep we're here and also we have almond lemon loaves left [one of my go-to pastries] truly if you want the benefits of being loved you must submit to the embarrassment of being known

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I think I might be losing my mind

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When you think about it, it's ridiculous that "annoy people until they give you their money and/or data" is the default business model for so much of the internet now.

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Love these guys, always. They are using their platform for good every chance they get.

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"I think that when we see a multi-billion-dollar corporation, hiring a multi-billion-dollar US law firm to go after environmental charities for legal costs, we do have to ask whether people ought to be protected from this type of legal strategy." www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...

'Litigate you to death': Gas giant uses new tactic which could sink environmental dissenterswww.abc.net.au Santos is pursuing the climate movement through the courts after winning a challenge brought by traditional owners against a massive gas project. Experts warn it could help spell the end of public int...

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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.

This picture! What a powerful, resonant image 🇵🇸. (Photo from insta)

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Publishers need to do this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sony, Universal, Warner sue over AI music copyright violationswww.bbc.co.uk Sony, Universal and Warner claim AI software steals music to

This fucking government. Fencing off a beloved public amenity rather than fulfilling obligations to refugees. Everything is linked to our ongoing housing crisis and unwillingness of gov to build social housing www.rte.ie/news/2024/06...

Barriers at Grand Canal could be in place until Octoberwww.rte.ie Barriers along the Grand Canal in Dublin could remain in place until October as Waterways Ireland has said it is currently trying to redesign the area to prevent tents from being pitched.

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Absolute silence over this in the media, too. So inured to Israel’s war crimes now we don’t even bother mentioning them?

The World’s Most Moral Army scores another battlefield victory in Gaza, killing the director of ambulances/emergency services using a targeted air strike on a health clinic

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RIP Hind Rajab, who at 6 years of age was murdered by the Israeli army alongside her 15 year-old cousin Layan Hamadeh (murdered in front of her first). The IDF used 355 bullets on the children from '13 to 23 metres' away. Just 1 of 1000s of atrocities that have left Biden unmoved to abandon Israel.

Forensic Architecture probe concludes Israeli tank likely killed Palestinian child Hind Rajabwww.middleeasteye.net Investigation reveals Rajab's car was hit with 355 bullets and finds it 'not plausible' that Israeli tank couldn't see children inside car

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I know this, because in the early 2000s I wrote a piece for a magazine on it. Now sadly lost to time. I got to speak to some of those old miners who were legit in tears about how being on that stage meant friends told them they were gay. And how it changed their worldview. I cried writing it, too.

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Saw this floating around of late, took time to watch. Would bring a tear to a glass eye. Solidarity, brothers, sisters, siblings.

In 1994 the Pet Shop Boys were invited to perform 'Go West' at the Brit Awards. They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments vimeo.com/293437684

Pet Shop Boys • Go West (Live At Brit Awards) • 1994vimeo.com Pet Shop Boys выступают вживую на Брит Эвордс 1994 с шахтерским хором.

Permanent mood and evergreen post lately. Looking at you 'Irish Justice System'. Also you, western governments blithely ignoring/arming genocide, famine and war crimes because business. 🇵🇸

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Have you ever wished there was a live feed of people using gravel and heavy machinery to stop molten lava from engulfing a power plant? Well, you are in luck, because here it is!

Vinna við að hemja hrauntaumana í beinni - RÚV.iswww.ruv.is Vefmyndavél RÚV beinist að Sýlingarfelli þar sem vinnuhópar halda aftur af hrauntungum sem leka yfir varnargarð. Búið er að ýta upp tveimur lægri görðum innan við.

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I often see a woman in the park picking dandelions. I found out today she picks them for her 32 years old tortoise, Stanley, that her late husband bought her as a 17th wedding anniversary gift (the traditional gift for 17 years is shells) as she’d wanted a tortoise since she was a child.

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UBI saves boatloads of public money. That should motivate certain types of people. But it’s also kind. Which fills those same people with a straight up berserker rage.

Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income. Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs. "It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.www.businessinsider.com Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and landed full-time jobs.

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I am obliged to share this official decree from our President.

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He used 3 petrol bombs. When the 1st glanced off a window, he used a hammer to break the glass & threw 2 more into the building. A security guard was inside & she had to flee the fire through an emergency exit. The motive was political. Not terrorism though. thejournal.ie/man-threw-petrol… #ireland

Bail granted to man (18) charged with throwing petrol bomb at building for asylum seekerswww.thejournal.ie A garda believed the teen “had a certain amount of pride” over the damage caused.

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Lord. What an actor. What a beautiful weirdo. He will never be forgotten.

Damn, man deadline.com/2024/06/dona...

Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88deadline.com Donald Sutherland, the revered actor who starred in scores of films and TV shows, died June 20 in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.

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Isn’t his army career being over exactly what should happen to a man who violently attacked a woman and then bragged about it?

He beat the shit out of her. She lives with PTSD and fear of a life limiting brain bleed. But he gets a suspended sentence as his army career would be impacted. No accountability for the lads in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...

Soldier who 'took pride' in beating woman unconscious in random Limerick street attack avoids jailwww.irishexaminer.com Hours after the attack Cathal Crotty boasted to friends on Snapchat: 'Two to put her down, two to put her out'

Post dinner bitey face games but with ADDED SUNSHINE ☀️ ☀️

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This proposal creates a genuinely two-tier system of citizenship. If there is a police reason to do so, police the citizen. But creating a class of citizens who can be stripped of that status means some’s citizenship is always a contingent state I am a citizen. That can’t be taken from any of us.

Who defines what "a credible threat to the state" is? What's the evidentiary burden that must be met to justify this sanction? Is there a right of appeal? Is the decision made by a court or a politician who may be swayed by electoral considerations of the "legitimate concerns" variety? #Ireland