Brutal heatwaves ongoing simultaneously.

Mexico City (Tacubaya Observatory) yet again breaks its heat record (34.7°C). Data since 1877 and sits 2,309m above sea level.

India is breaking records in the north-east while the north-west is reaching 50°C.

More records will fall.

'We were taking his knowledge [of Irish Folklore] & making it a contemporary thriller. The origins were in Ireland, with dark insinuations in them. I think the beautiful part about the Grimms’ fairy tales is the darkness underneath.'
adobomagazine.com/film/ishana-ni… via adobo magazine

Tramore 🤍

I have many, many thoughts on the inappropriate use of large language models...

Interestingly undermines the claims of 'Irish always antisemetic' that have become so commonplace on X

Live NewstalkFM: Johanna Vos from TCD_physics Trinity College Dublin may have just discovered the first evidence of a moon orbiting a Brown Dwarf. What is a Brown Dwarf you say? I can’t tell you otherwise this tweet doesn’t work as a teaser. Tune in now
#NTFM #Believeinscience #SFI

The AI revolution might be what takes the internet backwards to where it was before the 2010s:

Member-only forums, register-only sites, subscriptions everywere. What is good? You ask people who seem well-informed where they get all that reliable info from.

Today's long read on our story about how Clare Daly helped a Russian agent to contact Liam Campbell, one of the Omagh bombers and leader of a dissident faction. It tells the story from begining to end.

#ClareDaly #Omagh #Russia #Spy

thetimes.co.uk/world/ireland-…

Superb as usual from TwistedDoodles

Early morning at The Lookout, Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Aimsir TG4 ⚡ Barra Best Deric Discover Ireland Discover Ireland Discover Ireland Ireland's Ancient East Fáilte Ireland The long walk home☘️🥀🟰 Celtic Ways Ireland Waterford City & County Council Waterford Greenway Waterford In Your Pocket Visit Waterford Waterford Festival of Food

UK electioneering isn't what it used to be.

24 May 1487: Lambert Simnel crowned as Edward VI of #England , Lord of #Ireland in Christ Church cathedral #Dublin #otd (Miedema)

James McCarthy Matt Chorley Belfast Live “You fucking did this didn’t you? You sent the man with a plan into the rain without a fucking brolly. You couldn’t organise a piss up in that fucking brewery. And now you’ve sent him to the home of the world’s most famous sinking fucking ship. Are you working for them?”

From press being sent to the wrong location to confusion around when interviews would take place, the writers of The Thick of It would have had a lot of material to work with from today's visit to NI by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

belfastlive.co.uk/news/news-opin…

Wren Fledgling

BBC News - Two thousand aid trucks stuck at Rafah border, aid group warns
bbc.com/news/articles/…

Grimmer Times than ever for the Palestinian Christians of Gaza

This is too staggering a statement to be absorbed.

Our Foreign Minister turning Israel's foreign policy into a temper tantrum of a three year old toddler along with the aggressive vulgarity of a failed adult.

And if in doubt, fuck the Palestinians.

We need end this.

#Otd 1940: Secret meeting in London between Irish Intelligence (Joe Walshe, Col Archer) & British (Royal Navy, BA, RAF). Planned joint operations in event of invasion of Ireland by Germany; Plan W! Later meeting under Kildare St, Dublin! 📷Donegal ©The Irish News

Hookhead lightHouse #Wexford .