Kevin Donoghue
@donoghuek.bsky.social
Grumbling about the unfairness of it all since 1952.
Live in Dublin Docklands, Ireland, European Union.
Live in Dublin Docklands, Ireland, European Union.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has become the second person ever to address a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas twice, writes Sandra Hurley
Entreaty to stay the course as Ukraine war grinds on
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has become the second person ever to address a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas twice, writes Sandra Hurley.
www.rte.ie
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has become the second person ever to address a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas twice, writes Sandra Hurley
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Almost 4 years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia still controls 0/23 regional capital and special-status cities that Ukraine controlled at the start of the full-scale war.
0/23!
Tell me again how Russia is ‘winning.’
Map: @thestudyofwar.bsky.social
0/23!
Tell me again how Russia is ‘winning.’
Map: @thestudyofwar.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Almost 4 years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia still controls 0/23 regional capital and special-status cities that Ukraine controlled at the start of the full-scale war.
0/23!
Tell me again how Russia is ‘winning.’
Map: @thestudyofwar.bsky.social
0/23!
Tell me again how Russia is ‘winning.’
Map: @thestudyofwar.bsky.social
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Ukraine detains British army veteran on suspicion of spying for Russia
Client Challenge
www.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ukraine detains British army veteran on suspicion of spying for Russia
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The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
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Excellent new Ziroth video about an extremely efficient electric dual rotor motor that makes a fossil fuel engine look like Max Verstappen stuck in a Flintstones cartoon rock vehicle.
How Dual Rotors Make Motors Insanely Efficient
YouTube video by Ziroth
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Excellent new Ziroth video about an extremely efficient electric dual rotor motor that makes a fossil fuel engine look like Max Verstappen stuck in a Flintstones cartoon rock vehicle.
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Your regular reminder that anyone calling Ukraine a proxy is ignorant or disingenuous. Ukraine has held back Ru military aggression for 11+ yrs completely alone; secured moderate Western aid since 2022 through tireless advocacy; and has now defied US diplomatic pressure to surrender for over 10mo.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Your regular reminder that anyone calling Ukraine a proxy is ignorant or disingenuous. Ukraine has held back Ru military aggression for 11+ yrs completely alone; secured moderate Western aid since 2022 through tireless advocacy; and has now defied US diplomatic pressure to surrender for over 10mo.
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Look, I take no pleasure in this... but I was right about how the military would in fact follow illegal orders. Admiral Frank Bradley committed a clear war crime because those were the orders from command. www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Look, I take no pleasure in this... but I was right about how the military would in fact follow illegal orders. Admiral Frank Bradley committed a clear war crime because those were the orders from command. www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...
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Today in History: Ukrainians voted for independence
Today in History: Ukrainians voted for independence
On Dec. 1, 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today in History: Ukrainians voted for independence
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Europe shouldn't abandon manufaturing - especially while the continent rearms.
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
Who killed Europe’s single market dream?
A decades-long effort to tear down internal trade barriers has stalled, leaving the EU economy ‘tagging along behind’
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Europe shouldn't abandon manufaturing - especially while the continent rearms.
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
It's Cosi Fan Tutte without the music. Will the voters be as easily fooled as Mozart's women?
Two more Conservative MP rejects hop over to Reform UK. Jonathan Gullis and Lia Nici.
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
Former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
He joins Daniel Jellyman
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It's Cosi Fan Tutte without the music. Will the voters be as easily fooled as Mozart's women?
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Great thread, and something that needs to be said louder and more frequently.
We are so dependent on charities to run essential care, from medical to housing, we are so dependent on volunteers to fundraise and run basic services, all of which our government should be providing.
We are so dependent on charities to run essential care, from medical to housing, we are so dependent on volunteers to fundraise and run basic services, all of which our government should be providing.
We never talk about, when there is such a feel-good factor around such fundraising drives, and we marvel at the amounts raised, how the State should be fully funding many of these organisations to do this work. OR PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ITSELF. Because we have a right to public services.
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great thread, and something that needs to be said louder and more frequently.
We are so dependent on charities to run essential care, from medical to housing, we are so dependent on volunteers to fundraise and run basic services, all of which our government should be providing.
We are so dependent on charities to run essential care, from medical to housing, we are so dependent on volunteers to fundraise and run basic services, all of which our government should be providing.
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On this the Taoiseach is absolutely right. Herzog Park should not be renamed. The proposal is populist politics & not grounded in any historical or other basis.
The proposal to rename Herzog Park should be withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On this the Taoiseach is absolutely right. Herzog Park should not be renamed. The proposal is populist politics & not grounded in any historical or other basis.
If true, this is a sad reflection on the "scholars" in question. If the choice is between a warrior with a conscience and a civilian without one, I'll take the former every time.
Law prof Josh Braver notes the problem of 'manifestly unlawful' when the civilian legal authorities *say* it's lawful -- and thinks least bad outcome is the military maintains civilian supremacy even if acting illegally. Many (most?) civ-mil relatios scholars agree.
www.wsj.com/opinion/diso...
www.wsj.com/opinion/diso...
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If true, this is a sad reflection on the "scholars" in question. If the choice is between a warrior with a conscience and a civilian without one, I'll take the former every time.
This is the optimistic scenario -- America recovers, albeit slowly. Me, I think it more likely that America as we knew it is gone, never to return.
It will take America *decades*—not merely years—to recover from what these robber barons did to us.
They destroyed our government, caused untold pain to the average American directly and indirectly, and used our money as their piggy bank.
And all of it *should* have been criminal.
They destroyed our government, caused untold pain to the average American directly and indirectly, and used our money as their piggy bank.
And all of it *should* have been criminal.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is the optimistic scenario -- America recovers, albeit slowly. Me, I think it more likely that America as we knew it is gone, never to return.
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Taoiseach calls for Herzog Park renaming plan to be withdrawn
[ From BBC News NI ]
[ From BBC News NI ]
Taoiseach calls for Herzog Park renaming plan to be withdrawn
BBC News - Northern Ireland
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Taoiseach calls for Herzog Park renaming plan to be withdrawn
[ From BBC News NI ]
[ From BBC News NI ]
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions:
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions:
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
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This is a direct consequence of Jenrick's attacks. He needs to be held responsible.
Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is a direct consequence of Jenrick's attacks. He needs to be held responsible.
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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This from HCR today re 🇺🇦 reminds me of Fiona Hill’s testimony at first Trump impeachment hearing I: “it turned out that the U.S. State Department had had nothing to do with the plan; it appeared to be the work of Witkoff, Kushner, and Kirill Dmitriev, an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin..”
November 28, 2025
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to ...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This from HCR today re 🇺🇦 reminds me of Fiona Hill’s testimony at first Trump impeachment hearing I: “it turned out that the U.S. State Department had had nothing to do with the plan; it appeared to be the work of Witkoff, Kushner, and Kirill Dmitriev, an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin..”
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A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Equatorial Atlantic mid-depth warming indicates Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown - Communications Earth & Environment
Mid-depth warming in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean serves as a fingerprint of a slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on decadal scales, according to ocean model experiments, and...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Thing is, GHW Bush was a one-term President. The fact is that American voters don't care much for legal principles. Trump could never have happened if they did.
🇺🇸, a mere 35 years ago, under a GOP president, led a UN-backed coalition to uphold the principle of territorial sovereignty, the bedrock of the post-WWII int'l system. Like threatening to take territory from our allies (🇨🇦 & 🇩🇰/🇬🇱), working to allow 🇷🇺 to violate this should have ended this presidency.
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thing is, GHW Bush was a one-term President. The fact is that American voters don't care much for legal principles. Trump could never have happened if they did.
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When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
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Iran tests its weapons on Ukrainian soil. Russia is deploying new Iranian Shahed‑107 drones with a 15‑kg warhead to strike front-line regions
Their electronic components come from the US, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Ireland
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
Their electronic components come from the US, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Ireland
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
Tehran’s new Shahed‑107 attack drone is striking Ukrainian frontline regions and probing Western defenses
The wreckage reveals components from seven countries.
euromaidanpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Iran tests its weapons on Ukrainian soil. Russia is deploying new Iranian Shahed‑107 drones with a 15‑kg warhead to strike front-line regions
Their electronic components come from the US, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Ireland
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
Their electronic components come from the US, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Ireland
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/25/t...