Mike Tomlinson
@miketqub.bsky.social
Educator/learner who believes in sense and nonsense and the importance of how to distinguish between the two. 1 of 4 behind Anti-Poverty Strategy (2021, n. Ireland). 1 of 3 @Beyond the Pale Books. Also: https://belfastmedia.com/authors/prof-mike-tomlinson
“The BBC has decided to censor my first Reith lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as ‘the most openly corrupt president in American history’." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
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November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“The BBC has decided to censor my first Reith lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as ‘the most openly corrupt president in American history’." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
How different would our public transport system be if politicians were reliant on it? asks Sadhbh O'Neill
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How different would our public transport system be if politicians were reliant on it? asks Sadhbh O'Neill
In October settlers carried out more than 260 assaults on Palestinians resulting in casualties, property damage, or both — the highest number in any month since ICHA began tracking the violence in 2006.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
In October settlers carried out more than 260 assaults on Palestinians resulting in casualties, property damage, or both — the highest number in any month since ICHA began tracking the violence in 2006.
Gaza resident - "The intensity of the death toll has decreased, but martyrs and shelling happen every day. We are still living in tents. The cities are rubble, the crossings are still closed, and all the basic necessities of life are still lacking"
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Five killed in Israeli attacks in southern Gaza
Health authorities in Gaza have said that Israeli air strikes killed four people as Qatar warned that renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Gaza resident - "The intensity of the death toll has decreased, but martyrs and shelling happen every day. We are still living in tents. The cities are rubble, the crossings are still closed, and all the basic necessities of life are still lacking"
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
Israel using banned cluster bombs in Lebanon www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Israel using banned cluster bombs in Lebanon www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Mobile maternity unit - "The gift from the people of Ireland to the women in Gaza" which Israel blocks from entering Gaza.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Mobile maternity unit - "The gift from the people of Ireland to the women in Gaza" which Israel blocks from entering Gaza.
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War now streaming on ITVx. "a damning picture of Israel’s offensive, with soldiers detailing the repeated killing of unarmed civilians, the wanton destruction of buildings and the use of Palestinians as human shields."
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War now streaming on ITVx. "a damning picture of Israel’s offensive, with soldiers detailing the repeated killing of unarmed civilians, the wanton destruction of buildings and the use of Palestinians as human shields."
On Israel, arming and nurturing militias in enemy territory. (FT)
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On Israel, arming and nurturing militias in enemy territory. (FT)
Burnside is back, with a plan for a United Unionist Party.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Burnside is back, with a plan for a United Unionist Party.
More evidence for the coming reckoning on the Gaza genocide
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
More evidence for the coming reckoning on the Gaza genocide
Worthless pledge by US: Methane emissions from the three largest shale oil and gas basins in the US have risen by 18% since 2020, when the country was one of the 159 signatories of the global methane pledge to cut them by 30% by 2030.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Worthless pledge by US: Methane emissions from the three largest shale oil and gas basins in the US have risen by 18% since 2020, when the country was one of the 159 signatories of the global methane pledge to cut them by 30% by 2030.
US plan for Gaza: partition along the yellow line.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
US plan for Gaza: partition along the yellow line.
Reposted by Mike Tomlinson
"They're freaking the f*ck out, this is their worst nightmare.”
@anandwrites.bsky.social and @mizzwelch.bsky.social explain how Andrew Cuomo would purposely ‘dis-pronounce’ Mamdani’s name and how his election is a Republican’s worst nightmare.
@anandwrites.bsky.social and @mizzwelch.bsky.social explain how Andrew Cuomo would purposely ‘dis-pronounce’ Mamdani’s name and how his election is a Republican’s worst nightmare.
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"They're freaking the f*ck out, this is their worst nightmare.”
@anandwrites.bsky.social and @mizzwelch.bsky.social explain how Andrew Cuomo would purposely ‘dis-pronounce’ Mamdani’s name and how his election is a Republican’s worst nightmare.
@anandwrites.bsky.social and @mizzwelch.bsky.social explain how Andrew Cuomo would purposely ‘dis-pronounce’ Mamdani’s name and how his election is a Republican’s worst nightmare.
"The Royal British Legion sells 30 million poppies each year. Still, it is the few that they don’t sell that often seem to garner much of the attention."
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"The Royal British Legion sells 30 million poppies each year. Still, it is the few that they don’t sell that often seem to garner much of the attention."
BBC News editor advice to young reporter. The key fact to bear in mind: “The two most boring words in the English language are ‘Northern Ireland’.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland
The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflict, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
BBC News editor advice to young reporter. The key fact to bear in mind: “The two most boring words in the English language are ‘Northern Ireland’.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reactions to 'Britcard'
September 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Reactions to 'Britcard'
Brian Feeney on unionism's antipathy towards equality:
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Brian Feeney on unionism's antipathy towards equality:
Superiority complex
(from Irish News)
(from Irish News)
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Superiority complex
(from Irish News)
(from Irish News)
Free Marwan Barghouti (from Observer)
September 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Free Marwan Barghouti (from Observer)
UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."
September 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."
UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
Israel committing genocide in Gaza - UN commission
An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
www.rte.ie
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
'High level' UN Gen Assembly meetings begin next Monday (22 Sept). Int human rights lawyer and former UN official @CraigMokhiber argues that genocide in Palestine can be stopped using the Uniting for Peace mechanism to bypass any Security Council veto: mondoweiss.net/2025/08/how-...
How the UN could act today to stop the genocide in Palestine
As a key deadline approaches in the United Nations General Assembly, a little-used UN mechanism, immune from the US veto, could bring military protection to the Palestinian people - if we demand it.
mondoweiss.net
September 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
'High level' UN Gen Assembly meetings begin next Monday (22 Sept). Int human rights lawyer and former UN official @CraigMokhiber argues that genocide in Palestine can be stopped using the Uniting for Peace mechanism to bypass any Security Council veto: mondoweiss.net/2025/08/how-...
"I was shouting ‘down with Balfour’,” says the wealthy industrialist, referring to the 1917 Balfour declaration, a promise by the British government to Zionists to help them establish a Jewish homeland on the land where Israel now stands.
“And then they shot me.”
“And then they shot me.”
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"I was shouting ‘down with Balfour’,” says the wealthy industrialist, referring to the 1917 Balfour declaration, a promise by the British government to Zionists to help them establish a Jewish homeland on the land where Israel now stands.
“And then they shot me.”
“And then they shot me.”