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Brendan McNally

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Reading, Math, Languages, Poems, Philosophy. Justice for my sister, Natalie.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · Apr 25

“Statt deine Welt zu verengern, deine Seele zu vereinfachen, wirst du immer mehr Welt, wirst schließlich die ganze Welt in deine schmerzlich erweiterte Seele aufnehmen müssen, um vielleicht einmal zum Ende, zur Ruhe zu kommen.”- Herman Hesse, der Steppenwolf.

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 1d

More both sides pablum, rather than say, ending the economic, diplomatic and military support and cover for the actions of the one side we can do something about.

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 1d

Somehow, what is needed to fundamentally change the situation, is that the genocide sponsoring West need to recognise the threat to extremist Islam to peace. Need to figure out what is going on, in the words of erm, the leader of that genocide sponsoring West.

www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion...

Liam Kennedy: Two years after October 7, the threat to peace comes from Islamists, not just from Israeli warplanes

One of the very useful sayings in the Irish language is a bheith idir dhá intinn (the state of being between two minds).

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 3d

Does this mean NI’s VAWG problem has been solved in *check* nine months, so that there are now even resources to spare to suppress the civil rights of people protesting a genocide, in one of those NI communities that haven’t had a positive relationship with police in such a long time, er, London?

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 3d

This. Inequality is a crime against humanity.

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 3d

The Italian workers movement. Wow 😮

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 3d

Uh huh.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 4d

No, you're not going crazy. You did read this and also read about the PSNI arresting people in London for being members of a proscribed organization.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 5d

Just been reading Meister Eckhart and came across the same thing. Jesus came with a sword, to cut out what is external and to show us the inner conversion in our being as a child of God. I guess it was always a standard medieval interpretation?

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 6d

Luckily, I was actually in the mood to the take the submarine to work today. 🌧️ #DasBoot

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 6d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Bravery of worshippers and security stopped attacker entering Manchester synagogue, police chief says

Two members of the Jewish community were killed, police confirm - the attacker was shot dead by firearms officers. Four people are in hospital.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7d

The average liberal pundit acts like you're Hitler incarnate for agreeing with Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, the UN, B'Tselem,, Yesh Din, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars. The average liberal voter is confused as to why we fund apartheid and genocide.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 7d

So inspired and full of hope for the union, to know that that England can be fully depended upon to elect politicians to rule here with such diligence with regard to their record, aims, talent and character.

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 7d

Extraordinary stuff.

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 7d

Would have thought it obvious for an advocate of ‘progressive change’ that racism is a force from its entire historical inception designed to make change impossible.

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 7d

Isn’t the former in Aquinas as well?

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 8d

All about England pleb like participating in the spectacle of “strong” managerial class rule because of how hollow they’ve resigned their democracy into becoming.

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 8d

The pre-prepared thing they do in response to someone with a moral statement about genocide to accelerate to a tone of phoney imperiousness while their conference jubilates mindlessly. Ugh. Travels across the sea so terribly.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 8d

“We understand your cause, but we are now a party in government, not a party of protest”

Nothing more eloquent here that expresses the laziness, prejudice and satisfaction of England’s manager class.

No idea, value, event or crime that cannot be surpassed by reference to their own place in life.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9d

The protester disrupts Rachel Reeves’ speech to demand the government end ‘complicity’ in the war in Gaza.

Pro-Palestine activist interrupts UK minister speech at Labour conference

The protester disrupts Rachel Reeves’ speech to demand the government end ‘complicity’ in the war in Gaza.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve never been a fan of organised religion in schools, but the Catholic Church out of education system as a unionist precondition to a united Ireland? That’s something that doesn’t even pertain to the UK they live in now.

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The Toffees Online @thetoffees.bsky.social · 9d

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 9d

This party has shown such a commitment to Isreal and its international criminality, the character of which has been almost German in its abstract fanaticism and obedience.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: Labour Party members have voted to approve an emergency motion at Labour's conference to accept the findings of the UN commission of inquiry, which nearly two weeks ago concluded Israel "has committed genocide"

news.sky.com/story/govern...

Government under pressure as Labour members vote to accept Israel committing genocide in Gaza

Israel has repeatedly denied this and called a recent UN commission of inquiry report "distorted and false".

news.sky.com

Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 10d

Yes! The best country in world (or should be one, never give up the Federal Europe dream) beats the worst and most evil one, and one of us Irish gets us over the line as well. Can’t beat that for a Sunday evening.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

BREAKING: At least 29 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave's hospitals told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/i8122u

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 12d

“Renowned scientists” - headed by an an average zoologist who hasn’t done technical work in four decades.

Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 23d

Months of waiting but my review copy of The War on Science has arrived.

I read Krauss’ introduction. What the fuck happened to this man? He comes off as incapable of basic research, argument, basic scholarship.

He sounds stupid.

I look into strange claims he makes and they’re demonstrably false

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 17d

The ground on which America‘s fetish for the Israeli project of ethnic expansionism is narrowing, and Trump is not dumb, he feels it too. Somnambulant there in the Starmer press conference on the Palestine recognition question.

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