Investigation into An Bord Pleanála seems to have many of the same problems as the organisation itself — a lack of transparency, questionable ethical conduct, and a tendency to prioritise the interests of the powerful over the Common Good. Not good enough.
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Does anyone still believe that #RFKJr is anything but a “Hail Mary” strategy by the backers of #MAGA to give #MangoMussolini his last, narrow path back towards political power?

An awful case showing the terrible effects of the intersection of magical thinking that infects so much of the #USA , the conspiratorial sensibilities that mar social media, and untreated mental illness. In a #PublicHealth sense, this is a human sacrifice.
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This wins today’s internet.

Taiwan turned a potential catastrophe into almost a non-event, thanks to concerted government action and robust regulation. This should be a case-study in effective planning and public policy. nytimes.com/2024/04/04/wor…

I think Charlie should worry about getting a date first, b4 he tells that special someone that birth control “screws up female brains”. There’s a reason a lotta #MAGA guys r v lonely. 🤦‍♂️

How is Irish political culture improved by an angry psychotic decompensating in public?

Green-washed, British-First, Far-Right whackjob gets a talking-to by the Gards. #IrelandForAll

Florida Supreme Court might have just turned Florida “Blue”. A constitutional protection of basic #reproductiverights on the Ballot in November is always good news for the Party that isn’t dominated by a minority of #ChristoFascists . #BlueWave
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Shocking news from Finland: a school shooting, where a 12 yr old injured three classmates. I wish all a speedy and complete recovery. I’m also confident that the Finnish government will take steps to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
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Why do so many people most attracted to high administrative posts in the modern university seem hostile to the core functions of research and teaching? Pay graduate students a living wage, or at least keep silent on how to mitigate their absence using AI. chronicle.com/article/gradua…

Some combatting of #misinformation -thru-outright-lies sites like X platform. Yet, despite victims of Far-Right #conspiracytheories , from Seth Rich thru restaurant targeted by #PizzaGate , winning large defamation payouts, the lies continue to spread. nytimes.com/2024/03/31/us/…

All #Fascist iconography tends towards Camp. That why the Right despises actual irony (as opposed to just spouting racist or sexist sh*t and then laughing it off as a “joke”). This pic is almost perfectly cast to draw the #MAGA caps in for a look and a quick meme-read, then…

There’s something grimly appropriate in the spectacle that one of the few pathways towards economic success left in #Brexit Britain is spewing shit all over people who never signed up for that experience. Irony weeps…

Tasteless, OK (but also grimly appropriate). WTF is wrong with Britain (or its elite), giving out Honours to nonces like nonces give out candy to kids. What other Establishment celebrates so many people with less a skeleton, and more an entire fckn graveyard, in their wardrobes?

I just heard the sad news that Louis Gossett Jr, has passed. One of my favorite actors, and of course, the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. RIP.

An important reckoning for Denmark. “Eugenics” was coined in England, weaponised as public policy in USA, but was widely adopted in Europe. All know the Nazi eugenics crimes, but the Nordic countries embraced a non-murderous, but still coercive, version.
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I dislike Judd’s designs and Kardashian’s dining room(?) looks like a barracks mated with a sacristy (to gloss Unamuno), but as an anthropologist with, as it were, a professional interest in authenticity, this fight is intriguing. berghahnbooks.com/title/FillitzD… nytimes.com/2024/03/27/art…

An OK result for #WhiteCollar crime in US. Bc of privilege, #BankmanFried will do easier time than is just for damages he wrought. To me, tho, a greater fraud was his grift of “good” Finance Capitalists, whose “purpose-driven” accumulation helps society.🤬 nytimes.com/2024/03/28/tec…

Remember when the Randian Market Fundamentalists and the Cryptocurrency Fetishists were hailing this fraudster as the second coming? “Purpose-driven accumulation” turns out to be Finance Capitalism with a narrative fig leaf that only morons would believe. rte.ie/news/us/2024/0…