Plan to turn Irish borderlands into Unesco ‘region of literature’ | Books | The Guardian
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Plan to turn Irish borderlands into Unesco ‘region of literature’ | Books | The Guardian
'Artists Behind Removed Trump-Epstein Statue Have Placed A New One in Washington, D.C.'
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
We're saying hello to Sand Martins, our next #SpringArrivalSpotlight!
Gracing our skies from early March, they nest in colonies in sandy banks & cliff-sides.
Did you know? Their burrows can be up to a metre long!
Spot their distinctive swirling flight & short, forked tail.
'Muller's report actually said Trump and his team had WELCOMED Russian interference in his 2026 election campaign, and hoped to benefit from it.'
Worth a listen.
@raskin.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @briantylercohen.bsky.social @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @lincolnproject.us
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:
“As you know, there is a long connection between Trump and Russia. Trump likes to call it the Trump-Russia hoax. But as you know better than anyone, Lawrence, when Trump uses the word ‘hoax’ it’s his verbal tell for something that is absolutely true.”
A member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Third mission to review Japan's plans and work to decommission the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. February 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Photo Credit: Susanna Loof / IAEA
Today we remember the victims of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident at Fukushima. 15 years on from the disaster, it's important to remember that nuclear power is an incredibly dangerous form of energy generation and is directly linked to nuclear weapons production.
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... Storyteller, journalist, historian, (perhaps similarly to this film), she outlines activism and average citizens' actions to fight authoritarianism. Here's the link, if interested: youtu.be/BGqypLBWjKY?...
Hope 'Breaking Social' will be available online before long. Best wishes...
Sounds like a very timely film. Rutger Bregman is amazing. Still recall his 2019 Davos comments about taxing the 1%, and how Eisenhower did just that, in the late'50s, to great benefit 4 many. Worth a listen (*YouTube) if missed. Also heard a great lecture from Mar. 9th at UBC, by Rachel Maddow.
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A nice Guardian review of Breaking Social
"its energy and sense of possibilism is infectious – and historian Bregman is a joy, with his cuddly nuggets of wisdom. "
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
@rutgerbregman.com @petersgoodman.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Breaking Social at Curzon Soho tomorrow. I will be there together with Sarah Chayes and Sven Hughes from the film. Join us at 6.20
Here too... Hold onto your hat!
A Painterly Idylll... Enjoy your day, Jenny! 💚
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“An unflinching analysis of the billionaire class that celebrates collective resistance to it”
FILM OF THE WEEK: Andy Hedgecock, The Morning Star
“An irresistible rallying cry for global activism”
Cath Clarke, The Guardian
When an illegal war, likely to cause mass murder, is launched, we have a choice of 2 positions:
1. It's wrong and has to stop.
2. Hurray! Let's join in.
Much of the UK Establishment - Conservatives, Reform, the billionaire media - went straight for Option 2.
Which tells you all you need to know.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
This is from 1975.
Headline reads: BBC Behind‑Closed‑Doors Deals, Trade Pressure, and New Rules for Investors: How Donald Trump's Latest Tariffs Are Linked to Warrior Coin AI
Just to log this, in case it escalates. This article, which claims I've endorsed an automated trading service, is a scam, which has nothing to do with me, the Guardian, or the BBC, whose logo has been mocked up.
The only financial advice I'd give anyone is "don't ask me for financial advice."
'As a part of our #LIND26 series "America First, America Alone? Global Politics in an Age of Uncertainty", we welcome... one of America’s most rigorous and trusted political journalists, Rachel Maddow.'
Very worth a listen. The actual talk is ~35 minutes.
youtu.be/BGqypLBWjKY?...
Trump et al anyway... thank goodness there are many people there who are not as tone-deaf as Trump and gang.
It just seems to be basic human nature.. like a family fight - if someone from 'outside' intervenes, it pulls them together and, 'How dare you criticism my Mum, Dad, or whatever.' Also the horrific bombing and oil soaked rain in Tehran... NOT what countries do who are trying to 'help'.
Issue I have long been pursuing:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
