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"Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence." ~George Orwell

The sun is out. We’re confused but supportive. Come hide from it with a paperback and a panic-bought iced coffee. We’ve got shade, stories, and very little willpower around summer reads. #Dublininsummer #SummerReading

May and June blooms shone in the garden but have now gone now until next year. July and August blooms are starting to appear. Beauty is all around us.

We're proud to be part of the british armed forces community especially on armed forces day. Please show your support to the men and women across the country who make up this community including our Fusiliers. #SaluteOurForces #ArmedForcesDay #OAFAAF

I visited another Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food delivery sites today. Thousands of Gazans collecting the free aid they need. Almost 50 million meals delivered in the last month & now around 2 million a day. Don’t believe the lies.

Rough Beast's newer paperback is still held up a bit on Amazon until next week. One very good reason (to join lots of other good reasons) to order it from a local bookshop like Chapters, instead. chaptersbookstore.com/products/rough…

AND If you like your truth unvarnished and your courage bone-deep, Rough Beast by Mairia Cahill is the book you need. Be prepared to be uncomfortable - it is hard reading, but the hardest stories are the ones that matter most.

IT’S TRUE!!!!!

Of course there’s shooting. Lots of explosions as well can be heard from the site. It’s a war. Violence all around but not directed at the aid site, certainly not by the IDF, who are in the vicinity to protect from Hamas those coming for aid and the GHF staff.

The only genociders in Gaza are Hamas. They can add me to their list if they like.

Back from annual leave. Monday spreads out, grey and unforgiving, like Dublin itself - full of questions, little answers, and far too much punctuation. I am a Monday now. Always was. *poetic licence as I am still lying in my bed - apparently hot today! #jamesjoyceinfection

Musket ball found lodged in the timbers of HMS Victory during her ongoing restoration. Probably fired during the battle of Trafalgar from the French ship Redoubtable. #Nelson #Trafalgar #RoyalNavy

“The crowd [at Glastonbury] responding to chants of ‘death, death to the IDF’ is even worse than this numpty up on the stage saying it.” Festivals have become “fields of hatred and discrimination,” says Times Radio’s Andrew Neil. @AFNeil | Stig Abell | #TimesRadio

Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape.

I have this on my ‘TBR’ pile!! I feel guilty for shifting it higher, as that is cheating the other books that have been waiting longer - but I feel that they might be understanding if I give them a dust & a freshen up so they don’t feel abandoned.

🚨“I am STILL having to get changed in a cupboard. The trans person - a man - gets the women’s changing room. Even after the law states that it’s not legal anymore. This is what fighting for women’s dignity looks like in the NHS today.” - Bethany Hutchison, Darlington nurse.

“Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.” — Nina Simone

Sharpshooters in the Army Top 100 🎯 Four Fusiliers have earned a coveted place in the Army “Top 100” Badge, awarded to the best marksmen in the British Army small arms competition — a testament to their skill, discipline, and precision. 1/2

A glorious stack of vintage Blue Peter annuals - packed with pluck, puffed sleeves, and enough double-sided sticky tape to hold the universe together! Perfect if you’re feeling crafty, sentimental, or in need of instructions on how to build a nuclear submarine out of cereal boxes

It rained all morning but the sun is out now and the lilies have obliged.