Ruth Deasy
@ruthdeasy.bsky.social
Dublin, Luxembourg, Brussels and back again. Politics and change. Some weights to lift. Many rivers to cross.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Great spread and hugely positive review in the Irish Examiner this weekend of THE LIE OF THE LAND.
September 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Great spread and hugely positive review in the Irish Examiner this weekend of THE LIE OF THE LAND.
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This year we'll give up 4% of all our revenue. 1% goes to staff on top of salary and bonus. 3% to good causes. It's viable and everyone does well.
It's not marketing. It's an attempt to show what is currently accepted as necessary for globocorps to survive is nonsense. If you need coffee imbibe.ie
It's not marketing. It's an attempt to show what is currently accepted as necessary for globocorps to survive is nonsense. If you need coffee imbibe.ie
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September 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This year we'll give up 4% of all our revenue. 1% goes to staff on top of salary and bonus. 3% to good causes. It's viable and everyone does well.
It's not marketing. It's an attempt to show what is currently accepted as necessary for globocorps to survive is nonsense. If you need coffee imbibe.ie
It's not marketing. It's an attempt to show what is currently accepted as necessary for globocorps to survive is nonsense. If you need coffee imbibe.ie
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“To renounce, today, the task of regulating the fourth domain – the digital space – by leaving it to a handful of private actors would be a historic abdication of the public sphere, of political will, of the democratic promise”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU surrendered to Trump over trade tariffs – now it’s in danger of capitulating again | Thierry Breton
A fresh US assault is aimed at Europe’s right to regulate tech. It’s an outrage – and we must resist it, says former European commissioner Thierry Breton
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“To renounce, today, the task of regulating the fourth domain – the digital space – by leaving it to a handful of private actors would be a historic abdication of the public sphere, of political will, of the democratic promise”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great article.
August 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Great article.
“Reduce exposure to a hostile US.” Instead, Europe is selling its soul.
“Europe is risking its political soul. It has put itself in a situation in which leaders cannot say publicly what they are actually trying to do. That is a recipe for distrust and a poison for democracy”
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Europe is selling its soul to Trump
What masquerades as pragmatism is self-harming opportunism
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August 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“Reduce exposure to a hostile US.” Instead, Europe is selling its soul.
This…we in Ireland have also suffered these colonial tactics, even long before the Great Hunger of 1845:
Israel's engineered famine in Gaza is only the latest episode in a long and dark history, from Ireland to north America, of colonial regimes using enforced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples, to drive them out and steal their lands.
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
theconversation.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This…we in Ireland have also suffered these colonial tactics, even long before the Great Hunger of 1845:
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European leaders continue to disgrace themselves in their refusal to act against Israel. Friedrich Merz wants a “fact finding mission” as Israel starves and murders Palestinians by the dozen every day.
www.politico.eu/article/isra...
www.politico.eu/article/isra...
Pressure piles on Merz to punish Israel over Gaza
The German chancellor is increasingly isolated among Europe’s big beasts for refusing to endorse a Brussels plan to suspend EU research ties with Israel.
www.politico.eu
July 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
European leaders continue to disgrace themselves in their refusal to act against Israel. Friedrich Merz wants a “fact finding mission” as Israel starves and murders Palestinians by the dozen every day.
www.politico.eu/article/isra...
www.politico.eu/article/isra...
The EU risks losing a whole generation due to its failure to act on Gaza. And now this… too slow, too short-term.
'He’s the bully in the schoolyard and we didn’t join others in standing up to him,' said one diplomat. 'Those who don’t hang together get hanged separately.' https://on.ft.com/3H6pI4r
July 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The EU risks losing a whole generation due to its failure to act on Gaza. And now this… too slow, too short-term.
Shame on us all.
Meaningless unless backed up with action. EU has tools at its disposal. Use them.
Civilians cannot be targets. Never.
The images from Gaza are unbearable.
The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid.
And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law.
The images from Gaza are unbearable.
The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid.
And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law.
July 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shame on us all.
In Dublin 8, lovely team.
If anyone looking for part time, may have something available from September. No coffee experience necessary but driving license essential to cover staff holidays. Pay is around €18 per hour and mostly involve lifting/packing coffee while listening to podcasts. Hours prob 8-2 Mon-Thursday.
July 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In Dublin 8, lovely team.
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Meanwhile, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia,
Spain, and Sweden, are have written to the Commission requesting the EU comply with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the policies of Israel Occupied Palestinian
Territory, inc East Jerusalem
Spain, and Sweden, are have written to the Commission requesting the EU comply with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the policies of Israel Occupied Palestinian
Territory, inc East Jerusalem
June 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Meanwhile, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia,
Spain, and Sweden, are have written to the Commission requesting the EU comply with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the policies of Israel Occupied Palestinian
Territory, inc East Jerusalem
Spain, and Sweden, are have written to the Commission requesting the EU comply with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the policies of Israel Occupied Palestinian
Territory, inc East Jerusalem
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"Vivian Taylor, a climate policy expert who co-authored the analysis, said the fossil fuel industry has a real interest in funding panic over transgender people: It distracts the public from 'the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.'" heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
June 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Vivian Taylor, a climate policy expert who co-authored the analysis, said the fossil fuel industry has a real interest in funding panic over transgender people: It distracts the public from 'the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.'" heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
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Anyone happen to recognise the (blurry!) logo on the hi viz? Or the person?
Near the Windy Arbour Luas stop
Near the Windy Arbour Luas stop
To the person who just casually plucked my bike from the garden & walked away with it
Absolutely fuck you
Absolutely fuck you
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Anyone happen to recognise the (blurry!) logo on the hi viz? Or the person?
Near the Windy Arbour Luas stop
Near the Windy Arbour Luas stop
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600,000 people got on trains, buses to London to protest against the genocide in Palestine today & it wasn’t even on the news. Such is the power of money, it controls everything & everybody, it’s cost, life itself. Therein the answer, get rid of money in favour of equality & life
May 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
600,000 people got on trains, buses to London to protest against the genocide in Palestine today & it wasn’t even on the news. Such is the power of money, it controls everything & everybody, it’s cost, life itself. Therein the answer, get rid of money in favour of equality & life
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No humanitarian or commercial supplies have entered Gaza for nearly two months.
Food stocks are running out. Aid remains stuck outside Gaza, ready to move.
UNRWA and partners have lifesaving assistance waiting at the borders.
Border crossings must reopen. People in Gaza cannot wait any longer.
Food stocks are running out. Aid remains stuck outside Gaza, ready to move.
UNRWA and partners have lifesaving assistance waiting at the borders.
Border crossings must reopen. People in Gaza cannot wait any longer.
May 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
No humanitarian or commercial supplies have entered Gaza for nearly two months.
Food stocks are running out. Aid remains stuck outside Gaza, ready to move.
UNRWA and partners have lifesaving assistance waiting at the borders.
Border crossings must reopen. People in Gaza cannot wait any longer.
Food stocks are running out. Aid remains stuck outside Gaza, ready to move.
UNRWA and partners have lifesaving assistance waiting at the borders.
Border crossings must reopen. People in Gaza cannot wait any longer.
Superb article.
New on The Guardian : “The America I loved is gone”
The America I loved is gone
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Superb article.
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
And if that’s not enough, the coffee is just delicious!
All of our full timers are well paid, get pensions, bonuses and share in 1% of all we earn.
Part timers earn above the living wage.
We give 1% off all we earn to Women's Aid, 1% to a bridge building program in Colombia and 4 x €2500 grants to local projects. We're good at what we do. imbibe.ie/shop/
Part timers earn above the living wage.
We give 1% off all we earn to Women's Aid, 1% to a bridge building program in Colombia and 4 x €2500 grants to local projects. We're good at what we do. imbibe.ie/shop/
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April 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And if that’s not enough, the coffee is just delicious!
Are you listening Ireland?
We've solved a housing crisis before. Here’s how we’ll do it again.
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Are you listening Ireland?
“Trade not aid” gets punched in the face.
Cambodia was hit by a tariff of 49%. Madagascar - 47%.
Lesotho - in southern Africa - has a 50% tariff - the highest of any country. This could devastate the economy of a small, impoverished nation that relies on exports of clothes.
Lesotho - in southern Africa - has a 50% tariff - the highest of any country. This could devastate the economy of a small, impoverished nation that relies on exports of clothes.
April 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“Trade not aid” gets punched in the face.
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Myanmar, no earthquake assistance, instead a 44% tariff.
April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Myanmar, no earthquake assistance, instead a 44% tariff.
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Laos, a country carpeted in UXO by the USA during the Vietnam war's 'secret bombing missions'. It is estimated that it will take a further 100 yrs to remove 80m cluster munitions that injure and kill children every week.
Total tariff on Laos... 58%.
Total tariff on Laos... 58%.
April 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Laos, a country carpeted in UXO by the USA during the Vietnam war's 'secret bombing missions'. It is estimated that it will take a further 100 yrs to remove 80m cluster munitions that injure and kill children every week.
Total tariff on Laos... 58%.
Total tariff on Laos... 58%.
And - no surprise, those oversized tanks kill more people.
Yeah pretty stark graphs.
Less carspreading = less killing.
Less carspreading = less killing.
New analysis of relationship between car weight and fatal collision rates in the UK finds “ppl driving heavier cars are disproportionately involved in more fatal collisions”.
Particularly the case for those involving other cars or pedestrians.
Available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Particularly the case for those involving other cars or pedestrians.
Available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
April 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And - no surprise, those oversized tanks kill more people.