Pirate Badshah

@piraat
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Rum soaked pirate seen around Dublin and on the high seas.

Interests: #Marxism, #Linux (#Debian), #cricket (#GuerillaCricket), football (#Shels) & #rum, natuurlijk.

Occasional mangler of Dutch.

Warning: Terrible puns regularly!

A notable contrast to Switzerland which will only allow humanitarian flights (ie medical transport) to use its airspace.

https://www.ontheditch.com/us-bomber-support-plane/

#IEpol #Neutrality #TripleLock

US bomber support plane flew through Irish airspace

It was delivering critical military equipment for US Air Force bombers used to attack Iran.

The Ditch

GORDON'S ALIVE!!!!

I'm enjoying myself greatly, marvellously daft!

Flash Gordon (1980) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/3604-flash-gordon

#Cinemastodon #FlashGordon

Flash Gordon

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

The Movie Database

Out with a great crew for Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin in Stoneybatter today.

The people of Dublin Central have a chance to punish FF/FG for making Dublin a place that people can't afford to live.

A vote for Eoghan is a vote for a proven campaigner and a city we can live in.

Four Years of War in Ukraine: Europe Trapped in the Logic of Rearmament - transform!europe

Four Years of War in Ukraine: Europe Trapped in the Logic of Rearmament

transform!europe
Owen Hatherley, Consoling — Sidecar

The history of Nintendo.

Sidecar

Finally snapped one of the local cats, gorgeous!

Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #VintageLens #Tessar

Imperialist war on Iran fuels a new cost-of-living crisis 

By Finghín Kelly The US and Israel’s war on Iran is unleashing bloodshed, suffering, and chaos all over West Asia. Hundreds of thousands are being displaced, thousands of ordinary people in Iran have been killed, and millions of lives are being put in danger. It is a war waged by the US and the

Solidarity (Ireland)
Danish government delays drone investigation report until after election https://www.dronewatch.eu/danish-government-delays-drone-investigation-report-until-after-election/ via @DronewatchEU
Danish government delays drone investigation report until after election

The Danish government will postpone publication of the results of a major investigation into the wave of drone sightings over Denmark in the autumn of 2025 until after the upcoming parliamentary election. The decision, revealed

Dronewatch Europe
EVs, solar panels and heat pumps concentrated in affluent areas of Ireland

‘Utterly unfair’ trend could be tackled, say report authors who also note grant system fuels inequalities

The Irish Times

There is always a temptation to think in strongman terms and place responsibility on leaderships, however having spent more time than I should looking at Israeli opinion polls I'm not convinced you can hang this all on Netanyahu, he's just the morbid symptom.

https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/on-the-warpath

#IranWar #Israel

Ilan Pappé, On the Warpath — Sidecar

Israel’s regional stategy.

Sidecar