“Nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them." Assata Shakur

A timely birthday gift from my kids. Congratulations Paul Lynch 🇮🇪 #BookerPrize2023

"They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where. Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur By landslide and rock blast they got buried so deep That in death if not life they'll have peace while they sleep" RIP Shane McGowan

Happy winter solstice

Peace and happiness to all 🍷

The Wren Boys St. Stephen's Day By Jack Yeats Lissadell collection

Today's Poetry Thread: BEGINNINGS "Begin afresh, afresh, afresh." Feel free to add poems.

Wonderful

Stormy Malin Head

Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!

High Seas at Rue Lighthouse, Rathlin Island, Co Antrim. Barra Best Cecilia Daly angie phillips David Ford ex-MLA @DavidGTosh LIFE Raft Rathlin Stickybeak Aisling Creevey Visit Causeway Coast & Glens @Ballycastle_NI

By the time you’re my age, you’ll realize that everything you once thought mattered so much turns out to mean very little. ― Cixin Liu

Through primrose tufts in that sweet bower The periwinkle trailed its wreaths And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. ― Daniel Kahneman

“All the spring may be hidden in the single bud, and the low ground nest of the lark may hold the joy that is to herald the feet of many rose-red dawns.” - Oscar Wilde

From a limestone tributary - buttery little trout on a Mepps aglia fluo

“Writing should reflect the character of the writer while not losing meaning. Edgar Allan Poe believed in dropping the comma in order to help hurry the story along. Excellent column, Gerard.” Jonathan Smyth More ‘writerly’ insight to this week’s #WordSmith column. #Writing