Ken Page
@kenpage.bsky.social
Irishman in Brussels with bits left in Lisbon, London, Edinburgh and Dublin. I do geopolitical comms and advisory stuff. (Views my own, nobody else’s)
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President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
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Ireland’s far right is entering a dangerous new phase. A new GPAHE report identifies 13 active extremist groups—many centered on anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ ideology—and shows how online disinformation is fueling real-world violence, while embedding Irish actors in global far-right networks.
Ireland’s Far Right Growing, Driving Escalating Anti-Immigrant Violence
Ireland’s far-right landscape is entering a dangerous phase, marked by rising violence against vulnerable communities, organized protest activity, and deeper integration into transnational extremist n...
globalextremism.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ireland’s far right is entering a dangerous new phase. A new GPAHE report identifies 13 active extremist groups—many centered on anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ ideology—and shows how online disinformation is fueling real-world violence, while embedding Irish actors in global far-right networks.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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internet tankies discovering that the Cold War era US Intel community did in facr back anticommunist factions is *wild* like no shit girl, what you think the whole point of the cold war was
"Confirmed" on the basis that the CIA was in contact with Hungarian anti-communists in *checks notes* 1963
March 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
internet tankies discovering that the Cold War era US Intel community did in facr back anticommunist factions is *wild* like no shit girl, what you think the whole point of the cold war was
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Yeah, it’s extensive www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
www.federalregister.gov
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yeah, it’s extensive www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Apart from the frankly stupid 5 years of social media angle of this policy, this additional demand is an insanely invasive level of personal data to hand over. I’m more than happy to not travel to the US (for recreation or work) while this is in place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
December 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Apart from the frankly stupid 5 years of social media angle of this policy, this additional demand is an insanely invasive level of personal data to hand over. I’m more than happy to not travel to the US (for recreation or work) while this is in place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
Another centrist politician desperate to fend off a far right challenge by embracing what the far right want. Why vote for the centrist then? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another centrist politician desperate to fend off a far right challenge by embracing what the far right want. Why vote for the centrist then? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Survey of GOP voters: nearly four in ten (37%) "believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe. Younger men are especially likely to hold this view (54% of men under 50 vs. 39% of women under 50)." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/repu...
Republican voters and conspiracism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
“Conspiracism” is the neologism that Nancy Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead have invented to describe what they call “conspiracy theory without the theory,” that is, the classic Trumpian claim that “a l...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Survey of GOP voters: nearly four in ten (37%) "believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe. Younger men are especially likely to hold this view (54% of men under 50 vs. 39% of women under 50)." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/repu...
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Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I’m sorry, an EIGHT HOUR ‘conversation’. Ma’am you’re talking to a toaster.
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m sorry, an EIGHT HOUR ‘conversation’. Ma’am you’re talking to a toaster.
Tech bros can’t help but slapping ads on everything.
OpenAI plans to improve ChatGPT and delay initiatives, such as advertising, The Information reports reut.rs/4opcyiB
OpenAI plans to improve ChatGPT and delay initiatives, such as advertising, The Information reports
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees he was declaring a "code red" to improve ChatGPT and is planning to delay other initiatives, such as advertising, The Information reported on Monday, citing an internal memo.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Tech bros can’t help but slapping ads on everything.
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Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
That whole ‘our military wouldn’t obey illegal orders’ isn’t really something to hope for as Americans eh?
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That whole ‘our military wouldn’t obey illegal orders’ isn’t really something to hope for as Americans eh?
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Say no more
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Say no more
This is a good ad & a very good reminder about just taking a moment to pause and be smart about privacy.
Every time you share their life online, you risk sharing their personal data with the world. Pause before you post.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is a good ad & a very good reminder about just taking a moment to pause and be smart about privacy.
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Ouch
Despite these high stakes, Ireland has no dedicated intelligence agency, just four working navy vessels and the smallest defence budget in the EU. In fact, the only thing the Irish navy can do when it spots a suspicious ship lurking is say “hello”.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ouch
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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(Tr*mp) “…had been all along plotting to throw Ukraine to the Russian wolves with a box-ticking plan for the Kremlin.”
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Peace plan: Capitulation to Moscow or start of a process?
Fears amid peace plan that Donald Trump's dislike of Ukraine and admiration of Vladimir Putin now at a final reckoning, writes Tony Connelly.
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
(Tr*mp) “…had been all along plotting to throw Ukraine to the Russian wolves with a box-ticking plan for the Kremlin.”
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
I am so so happy I left the UK many years ago.
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am so so happy I left the UK many years ago.
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In GenAI bubble news, only 2% of Canadian firms are seeing a return on their investment in GenAI. Firms are struggling to find an effective use for the tech & to see promised gains. Maybe time to reconsider the AI hype?
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Just 2% of Canadian businesses got return on generative AI investments, survey shows
KPMG poll finds only a handful of businesses seeing benefits from technology despite widespread adoption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In GenAI bubble news, only 2% of Canadian firms are seeing a return on their investment in GenAI. Firms are struggling to find an effective use for the tech & to see promised gains. Maybe time to reconsider the AI hype?
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Trump also said he solved a war between Albania and Azerbaijan so... you know www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Calls Saudi Arabia a Major Non-NATO Ally in Boost to MBS
President Donald Trump said he would formally designate Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally in a further strengthening of ties between the two countries, capping a day of dealmaking between the US l...
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Trump also said he solved a war between Albania and Azerbaijan so... you know www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh wow. This is wildly out of character for *squints* …
Nigel Farage.
Nigel Farage.
💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Oh wow. This is wildly out of character for *squints* …
Nigel Farage.
Nigel Farage.
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Oh look this is relevant again
It is 2005, the internet is a distributed network of servers designed so that no one outage can take down the entire network
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Oh look this is relevant again