Mark Sugrue 🇪🇺

Sinn Féin: We should totally base all our policies on this.

You’re gonna want to see what the BlueSky guys have decided is too intolerant for you to read.

This is becoming a common pattern worldwide and if you're wondering it's because facism and patriarchy are twins.

Went to a weight loss meeting. A motivational speaker called Carol told us to listen to our bodies. I do Carol and that's why I'm here, mine keeps telling me cake and crisps.

In case facts still matter

I spent all day writing the thread in my head about how Bolsonaro's win was the culmination of a 20-year project to end Brazilian democracy, with the participation of both domestic elites and foreign actors like the US state department and Meta. This is all true, of course, except he didn't win.

Trabalhadores e trabalhadoras do Brasil, uni-vos. Nós merecemos respeito.

I think it's fair to say this could have gone better...

BBC report sanitises the overt racism: It notes that organisers warned marchers not to talk to journalists, then gives the "anti-immigration group"'s own sanitised description of itself. It does not report they chanted "England for the white man" in the streets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

RAF P-8 Poseidon, tail ZP806, dispatched from Lossiemouth. Heading to last reported location of the vessel. Hat-tip: @galwaybaywatch.bsky.social

This has the potential to be the next EVENTIN, according to SeaNews below, false flagged shadow fleet tanker MYRA has sent out a distress signal while being hit with storm level winds.

"The Cedar Tree", one of the best restaurants in Dublin (Lebanese, family run, over 40 years trading) is closing on Monday night due to rent increase. #dublin folk, if you have not been, treat yourself to the best hummus in Dublin....

The decision leaves the future of Russia’s alternative to Eurovision uncertain a year after Moscow revived the Soviet-era competition.

🚨 Ukraine confirms that the Starlink limits have been lifted and that speeds have been fully restored. "Connectivity remains stable at movement speeds of more than 400 km/h," the Ministry of Defence says.

Who do Zelensky, Burnham and von der Leyen call if they want to call America?

And it blew up the MAGA belief that there was a silent majority desperate to be rid of migrant communities who would greet ICE as liberators. A lot of the ensuing violence likely stemmed from the shock of realising that the local population didn’t hate Somalis.

You have to laugh at the sheer insanity of Turning Point UK being found to be organising literal contract killings and paid agitation at protests up and down the country and it barely even raises a flicker across the press. If that isn't 'terrorism' on some level I don't really know what is

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

I missed this story too. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

The whole of the EU needs to do this. We should be using these pre-war years productively.

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

☢️🇬🇧🇫🇷 British and French jets flew together over the Mediterranean in their first joint exercise involving France's airborne nuclear capability, Paris said ‌on Friday, underscoring their cooperation at a time of friction with Russia, - Reuters

Russia requires a security guarantee that Ukraine will not defend itself the next time we attack it.

One guy saved the internet this week in his spare time.

Yeah and the only reason is Twitter. We desperately need to get people - especially politicians - off X.

This, from the hugely experienced Irish courts reporter, Isabel Hayes, on the Minister for Justice’s performative outrage over an ad about children and consent, is worth reading.

Elon Musk aggressively pushes Twitter subscribers to switch from "chronological" to "algorithmic" feeds. Once this choice is made, the subscriber will find his account instantly flooded with right-wing political propaganda that reflects the thinking of Elon Musk, a Nature study has concluded. Musk's

😳 Lights reflect off a bulletproof screen as Trump speaks at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, - Evan Vucci/Reuters

Business plan Step 1 : Cry havoc Step 2: Let slip the dogs of war

🇺🇦 Nokia and ICEYE will help Ukraine create a sovereign satellite communication. The first satellites in low-earth orbit are planned to be launched in 2028. The project is based on European technologies: Ukraine will independently own and control the satellites, ground infrastructure and terminals.

Trump should rename the BBC

The US government is now asking Elon Musk to restore the access they say was never removed, Elon says was shut down by the US government, and both briefly tried to pretend was down due to a technical glitch, in between darkly hinting Ukrainians deserve to die for being stubborn or ungrateful.

It begins

This is genuinely really good

The International Criminal Court and officials working at the tribunal have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, an official said.

🇨🇿🇺🇦🇺🇸 Czech president Petr Pavel said a truce between Russia and Ukraine was "very close" until Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.

Vulnerability xkcd.com/3314/

Democrats in the US have said that they received an intelligence briefing that Russia has been waging a misinformation campaign against their candidates running in next month's midterm elections.

Flaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around world

‘Critical vulnerabilities’ found in computer code supporting up to 70% of internet