For dark times

OTD 8th Oct 2013 we lost #PhilipChevron of ThePogues & TheRadiators. “I'd discovered Horslips, which for me was very important. They were my band. I used to go and slam-dance to Horslips. Well, it could hardly be called slam-dancing. Pogue dancing, maybe.” https://t.co/cqyek3NKOE

@AlboMP You both say, “continue to do what we can” when you’ve never placed meaningful sanctions, never stopped defence or other trade, never spoken about the illegal blockade of all aid or continuing war crimes in West Bank. You did cancel UNRWA & left Aussie flotilla members stranded.

Statement by President Michael D. Higgins on the death of Manchán Magan https://t.co/HIVlBC2XWQ

This was how our wonderful Manchàn Magan was sent on his way from an amazing send-off yesterday. Too good not to share

By yourself https://t.co/ZWzK8KDGHl #KevinCoyne

Ezra Pound at his cats' dinnertime.

The casual attitude to blocking information from the public by well-paid public servants is on display here.

To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter? .... .... .... No comment.

"The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands

Orange Juice. I Can't Help Myself - The Old Grey Whistle Test, 08 10 1982. https://t.co/yLjEkUPQOG

That's where All the love starts https://t.co/84gVcoYKHz #JohnPrine

How many scandals do we need before the government stops wasting our money on these consultants? Employ public servants who serve the public instead of these grifters who treat taxpayers as their atm. https://t.co/MUntwt4gP0

Heather Humphreys is spreading misinformation that Oireachtas political staff need so-called garda clearance – they don’t, according to documents obtained by The Ditch Alan Shatter joined in – posting a fake document on X purporting to be official policy https://t.co/tHGEwqWtW5

🚨First footage of the UK spy plane that flew intelligence gathering over Gaza on the day Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was killed by Israel. UK has refused to provide the families footage from the plane that was in the air as the massacre unfolded.

Jeez, he just got smashed on all 775 comments and turned comments off! I've never seen anything like this before.

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide. You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it. You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

Julio Cortázar talking to Theodor W. Adorno, his cat.

When you pass Through the fire https://t.co/keRid9jkgV #LouReed

Free speech is on trial. This unworthy case must be thrown out — criticising Israel’s genicide should be the norm, not a crime. The judgement for the strike-out application of the lawfare attack on @MaryKostakidis is to be delivered by Justice Stephen Macdonald this Thursday

So different Then so new https://t.co/uKERDf5vxK #MarvinGaye