Bernie Twomey
@mbtwomey.bsky.social
Loving this place. It’s like the old Twitter. New retiree - many interests 🚫 DMs 🚫Crypto. 🇮🇪supporting 🇵🇸 and 🇺🇦and 🏳️⚧️/🏳️🌈ally.
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The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
I’m ashamed of my fellow countryman Liam Neeson and his anti-vax views.
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m ashamed of my fellow countryman Liam Neeson and his anti-vax views.
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Bill Gates has become the world’s leading global health philanthropist, but his overture to Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him.
Bill Gates appears in newly released photos from Epstein estate
The billionaire philanthropist has said his meetings with the late convicted sex offender were a mistake.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bill Gates has become the world’s leading global health philanthropist, but his overture to Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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Israeli forces carrying out the genocidal war in Gaza were responsible for the deaths of 29 Palestinian reporters, RSF said in its annual report published on Tuesday. It was the 3rd year running that Israel was named the top killer of journalists by the NGO www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12... #cdnpoli
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Israeli forces carrying out the genocidal war in Gaza were responsible for the deaths of 29 Palestinian reporters, RSF said in its annual report published on Tuesday. It was the 3rd year running that Israel was named the top killer of journalists by the NGO www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12... #cdnpoli
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⚡️ How Israel Organizes and Arms Settler Militias to Terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank
What often appears as sporadic settler violence is in fact an organized system with an official structure fully operating as intended.
By David Schutz
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
What often appears as sporadic settler violence is in fact an organized system with an official structure fully operating as intended.
By David Schutz
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
How Israel Organizes and Arms Settler Militias to Terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank
What often appears as sporadic settler violence is in fact an organized system with an official structure fully operating as intended.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
⚡️ How Israel Organizes and Arms Settler Militias to Terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank
What often appears as sporadic settler violence is in fact an organized system with an official structure fully operating as intended.
By David Schutz
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
What often appears as sporadic settler violence is in fact an organized system with an official structure fully operating as intended.
By David Schutz
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Iceland on the right side of history 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #Eurovision2026
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Iceland on the right side of history 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #Eurovision2026
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Do you want to know how big this Eileen Higgins win is? Do you want to break down the numbers & understand how Cubans in Florida fled the GOP?
Of course you do.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social will be joining me from the airport (he's a trooper!) to break it down.
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Of course you do.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social will be joining me from the airport (he's a trooper!) to break it down.
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LIVE
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December 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Do you want to know how big this Eileen Higgins win is? Do you want to break down the numbers & understand how Cubans in Florida fled the GOP?
Of course you do.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social will be joining me from the airport (he's a trooper!) to break it down.
thelefthook.substack.com
LIVE
Of course you do.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social will be joining me from the airport (he's a trooper!) to break it down.
thelefthook.substack.com
LIVE
Who’s living in the echo chamber 🤔.
You live in an echo chamber
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who’s living in the echo chamber 🤔.
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The Operation Kenova report has been released today on #stakeknife. Would really recommend this podcast series if you want to know more about MI5 and Stakeknife and how the families of their victims suffered (first series is great too) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cover - Stakeknife - Introducing... Stakeknife - BBC Sounds
A man tasked with finding and killing alleged IRA informers was a British Agent all along
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Operation Kenova report has been released today on #stakeknife. Would really recommend this podcast series if you want to know more about MI5 and Stakeknife and how the families of their victims suffered (first series is great too) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The latest chapter of the dirty war has been written, with a state-sponsored serial killer as its main character, writes Vincent Kearney.
State-sponsored killer main character in dirty war
The latest chapter of the dirty war has been written, with a state-sponsored serial killer as its main character.
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The latest chapter of the dirty war has been written, with a state-sponsored serial killer as its main character, writes Vincent Kearney.
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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Both news items confirm the Dutch farmers don't feed the Dutch people. They earn a lot of money by not giving a toss about EU or even national legislation or moral normality. Mind you, the Dutch meat export only covers a minor part in the EU.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
African swine fever outbreak in Spain may have leaked from research lab, officials say
Authorities say strain of virus that has killed wild boars in Catalonia is one often used for experiments in secure facilities
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Both news items confirm the Dutch farmers don't feed the Dutch people. They earn a lot of money by not giving a toss about EU or even national legislation or moral normality. Mind you, the Dutch meat export only covers a minor part in the EU.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
When is the EU going to ban x? It’s trying, along with Trump and Putin is to dismantle the EU.
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When is the EU going to ban x? It’s trying, along with Trump and Putin is to dismantle the EU.
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Paramilitary drone attack in Sudan hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians rte.ie/b/1547697
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens
A paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan's South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians, a local official told AFP.
rte.ie
December 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Paramilitary drone attack in Sudan hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians rte.ie/b/1547697
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Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
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Trevor Deely was last seen in the early hours of 8 December 2000 after he attended his work Christmas party at the Hilton Hotel in Dublin rte.ie/b/1547699
Appeal on anniversary of Trevor Deely's disappearance
An appeal for information has been issued by gardaí on the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Trevor Deely in Dublin.
rte.ie
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Trevor Deely was last seen in the early hours of 8 December 2000 after he attended his work Christmas party at the Hilton Hotel in Dublin rte.ie/b/1547699
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Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
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US unions alarmed by Netflix's $72bn Warner Brothers deal rte.ie/b/1547587
US unions alarmed by Netflix's $72bn Warner Bros deal
Hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm over Netflix's proposed $72bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie re...
rte.ie
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
US unions alarmed by Netflix's $72bn Warner Brothers deal rte.ie/b/1547587
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While the BBC are busy running cover for Israel's continued participation in Eurovision, the National is reporting the thousands of Israeli ceasefire violations that have resulted in hundreds more dead Palestinian civilians..
#r4today
#r4today
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
While the BBC are busy running cover for Israel's continued participation in Eurovision, the National is reporting the thousands of Israeli ceasefire violations that have resulted in hundreds more dead Palestinian civilians..
#r4today
#r4today
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So, yesterday Eurovision made a decision to swap Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovenia (and possibly Iceland and Belgium too) for one (1) Israel.
This begs the question, what next? I presume the EBU are hoping that they've taken a hit but now they can stem the bleeding. But can they?
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This begs the question, what next? I presume the EBU are hoping that they've taken a hit but now they can stem the bleeding. But can they?
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December 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
So, yesterday Eurovision made a decision to swap Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovenia (and possibly Iceland and Belgium too) for one (1) Israel.
This begs the question, what next? I presume the EBU are hoping that they've taken a hit but now they can stem the bleeding. But can they?
🧵
This begs the question, what next? I presume the EBU are hoping that they've taken a hit but now they can stem the bleeding. But can they?
🧵