Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 14h2/ 'When the commission’s findings were released, Burnham responded by saying he would be “really concerned” if Mansour was forced to sell, calling him a “huge partner in the building of modern Manchester”.' 011 1
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 14h'The wealth that flooded into Greater Manchester during this time secured Burnham powerful allies among the city’s capitalists, which in turn helped to pave his route to Downing Street. 1/graceblakeley.substack.comThe UAE concealed its crimes through sportswashing. Andy Burnham let them get away with it.The club’s Emirati owners bought more than trophies. They bought the friendship of our Prime Minister. 121 2
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 15h'Shortly after these contaminated structures on contaminated land have been blown up, the first die-off occurs. Around the same time, a large dredger named the Orca begins work. Two million tonnes of sediment is disturbed.'thenerve.newsThe next Post Office scandal? Meet the fishermen fighting an ecocideOn Teesside, maritime livelihoods are in crisis – and, as a powerful new documentary reveals, crews are sure the local freeport is to blame. Hannah Jane Parkinson reports. Plus, Ellen E Jones on five ... 000 0
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 18h2/ 'The recent escalation in the military conflict has forced an additional 201,217 people from their homes, according to data released last week by the International Organization for Migration. The number is continuing to rise every day.' 011 1
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 18h'In May, even before the latest phase of fighting, the UN warned that more than 22 million people required humanitarian assistance and protection services across Yemen, including 5.2 million who were displaced. 1/open.substack.comEncircled by War, Yemen's Taiz Residents Brace for Fighting and a Renewed SiegeAnsarallah now controls all entry points to Taiz, tightening a siege on Yemen’s third largest city and causing skyrocketing fuel prices, food shortages, and panic among residents. 141 4
Reposted by CuðbeorhtKarl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 18hI was on the radio yesterday making the point that we shouldn’t just allow Dublin Airport to grow endlessly based on consumer demand without taking other factors into account. Media and government in this country are complicit in deflecting attention from inconvenient truths. 1165 16
Reposted by Cuðbeorhtflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19hIt’s helpful to have an actual Labour MP saying right out that it’s not what transgender people do or say that is the problem: it’s their presence that she objects to, their existence. Yes, this is what it always was, and these people just keep winding each other up and up to ever more extreme views 7421135 421
Reposted by CuðbeorhtMicheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The war has stolen my brother Fouad’s sight. He cries quietly,carrying pain no one can see. We urgently need $170 for an ophthalmologist to protect his remaining vision and prevent complications.Please help Fouad see again. Your kindness can ease his pain. Help him, please chuffed.org/project/moh01 25576 76
Reposted by Cuðbeorht🪙⛲️Paradise 🇵🇸❤️🔥 @paradis3gained.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Om jameel:My legs gave way,&I collapsed to my knees;our tent was bombed, leaving my kids displaced.I am now in the hospital, in urgent need of a $200 surgery to stop severe bleeding from my uterine wall.I am bleeding heavily&appealing to your hearts I want to hug my kids😭 chuffed.org/project/1839... 073132 132
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 21h'Jabrallah blamed the drone strike on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary group that has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April 2023, engulfing the country in what the United Nations calls “the world’s worst health and humanitarian crisis.”'open.substack.comDisplaced Civilians Sifting for Gold in Sudan Killed in Bloody Drone StrikeThe Rapid Support Forces were accused of the attack, which killed over 30 children, women, and elders. 000 0
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026'Abdel Hadi’s husband was killed in an Israeli airstrike in August 2025, leaving her alone to raise and feed their children in the Nuseirat refugee camp—and with no functioning court system, accessing any of her late husband’s money or property has been all but impossible.' 000 0
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026'The Israeli military deliberately destroyed the Palace of Justice in Al-Zahra City early in the war, rigging the court complex with explosives and demolishing the entire structure on December 4, 2023.'open.substack.comDestruction of Gaza Court System Strips Women of Their RightsAs they struggle to survive a genocide, Palestinian women in Gaza face seemingly insurmountable legal and bureaucratic obstacles to secure rights to inheritance, divorce, alimony, property and more. 100 1
Reposted by CuðbeorhtThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Collison brothers-backed Progress Ireland has disputed government’s account of its secret meeting with Jack Chambers. It’s understood that Progress Ireland executive director Seán Keyes has been boasting about his close relationship with Chambers. www.ontheditch.com/collison-bac...ontheditch.comProgress Ireland with secret Jack Chambers meetingThey didn’t declare it– as required by law – on the lobbying register. 12619 26
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 15/10/20263/ 'If in addition to that, public protests become sites of inherent violent confrontation with government forces, then the legitimacy of the reigning order itself begins to crumble.' 000 0
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 15/10/20262/ 'People will only rely on the ballot box if they believe it can effect change and the growing movement of street politics in recent years suggests that connection is already broken. 100 1
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026'What governments seem to be awakening to far too slowly, is that once people no longer believe the social contract in a democracy exists, and this has been in question for a long time, the rules of political engagement shift too. 1/open.substack.comThe Political AwakeningBy Myriam François 110 1
Reposted by CuðbeorhtElaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is a stark number: Uisce Eireann spent €65,730 for strategic communications advice ahead of 16 JOC sessions since 2021, circa 4k of public money per JOC session. While the CEO gets paid €391,953 and bonuses across the organisation of €17.84 million. www.thejournal.ie/uisce-eirean...thejournal.ieUisce Éireann spend average of €4k on media training before every Oireachtas committee appearanceAll its media training sessions since 2021 cost Uisce Éireann a combined total of €65,730. 52818 28
Reposted by Cuðbeorhtflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15/10/2026As I’ve said for years: when the right - and particularly the crackpot racist far right - talk about freedom and free speech, they are talking about *their personal, unlimited freedom*. Their freedom permits, and often actively requires, policemen thrashing you in the head with batons. 25384113 384
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Spotted in the woods: Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia). 120 2
Reposted by CuðbeorhtGerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026This definitely isn't a shakedown.. 1308 30
Reposted by CuðbeorhtDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 14/10/2026apropos of recent thoughts about how misinformation spreads, I found myself reflecting on the time Eoin O'Malley wrote of Imane Khelif that "World Boxing last week released the result of sex tests that show he is biologically male", an event that did not happen www.independent.ie/comment/eoin... 23710 37
Reposted by CuðbeorhtUilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Sally Rooney had to cancel a trip to England to collect a book award as she faces arrest for terrorism under UK Labour's legislation on Palestine. Now her novels are being withdrawn from sale to protect her UK publisher, Faber, from being prosecuted for funding terrorism. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...rte.ieSally Rooney's books to be withdrawn from sale in the UKFaber has confirmed it will stop supplying Sally Rooney's books in the UK, saying it cannot pay the Irish author royalties because of her pledge to support the banned group Palestine Action. 0188 18
Reposted by CuðbeorhtResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Hamad told me to share this again because they lack food and water, He also sent me this picture of his family earlier today 👇 Of course, I verified Mahmoud's identity before sharing. Help Mahmoud in the link below, and if you can't help, share! chuffed.org/project/abee... 02513 25
Reposted by CuðbeorhtThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026In the first eight months of 2026 the state refused 58.8 percent of Palestinian long-term visa applications, up from 8.9 percent in 2025, while the combined refusal rate for all other nationalities only increased slightly from 22.3 percent to 25.4 percent Government says it’s not a change in policy 22211 22
Reposted by CuðbeorhtByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026🔴 NEW Far-Right Bookshop Praised by Reform’s James Orr Faces Police Warning Over ‘Racist’ Post About Muslim Men By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓bylinetimes.comFar-Right Bookshop Praised by Reform’s James Orr Faces Police Warning Over ‘Racist’ Post About Muslim MenOldspeak, which sells Hitler’s speeches and flew a ‘Remigration Now’ flag, has been endorsed by senior right-wing figures, including Lord Frost, James Orr and Tommy Robinson 12819 28
Reposted by Cuðbeorhtflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Pretty much what I would expect in a country that screams in enraged terror for a week about the very idea that Zionism may be racist, while entirely failing to ask whether the project itself is at all racist, despite the genocide, massive destruction, land seizure and ethnic cleansing 11417120 417
Reposted by CuðbeorhtSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"The purpose of the genocide convention is to prevent genocide.." Navi Pillay with a message for everyone who says countries don't need to act because a court hasn't found Israel guilty of genocide 3194101 194
Reposted by CuðbeorhtSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I just signed to stop Italy from capping "foreign" children at 30% per class. Kids could be moved away from their friends because of their passport. Parliament can still delete it. Add your name. They’re taking signatures from all over Europe. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-10...action.wemove.euEurope’s classrooms belong to all childrenShare the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Europe’s classrooms belong to all children 110267 102
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026They only need their 40ish % base to keep them in government. It would be interesting to know how many of that 40ish % have private health insurance. Also, it's high time the useful idiots, like Labour and the Greens committed to never again coalescing with them. 000 0
Reposted by CuðbeorhtPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Fuck Jack Chambers and his government of failures, who can't provide housing or helathcare or even a fair and decent wage for the very people who cover up for their borderline criminal inadequacies every day. Vote them out, and keep them out. 1175 17
Reposted by CuðbeorhtTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/10/2026For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/ 381101490 1.1K
Reposted by CuðbeorhtJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ireland: Member of European Parliament Aodháin Ó Riordáin says this poster asking for the law to be upheld is being refused by poster site owners on political grounds. 22511 25
Reposted by CuðbeorhtDeath @insatiableone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026💔 I’m watching sepsis destroy my husband as I search for £400 to save him. Mahmoud needs urgent treatment, a wound suction device & surgery. I’m running out of time, and I’m terrified of losing him. My three little girls need their dad. Please, help me save his life 😭 chuffed.org/project/omsh... 36695 95
Reposted by CuðbeorhtMicheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Since losing my husband in the war, I’ve been raising our four children alone. Every day is a struggle. 💔 I’m not asking for much, just a chance to give my children a better life. Any donation or share could mean more than you know. 🙏❤️🩹 #Gaza #HelpGaza #Donate chuffed.org/project/siri... 059103 103
Reposted by Cuðbeorht🪙⛲️Paradise 🇵🇸❤️🔥 @paradis3gained.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Om jameel:The situation is extremely critical; she is suffering from severe uterine wall hemorrhaging. Hemoglobin level 7😭🥹 severe anemia She urgently requires another surgery costing $200 to stop the bleeding.Save her life&do not let her kids prayers go unanswered🙏🙏 chuffed.org/project/1839... 277143 143
Reposted by Cuðbeorhtmleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026secure.avaaz.org/en/campaigns...secure.avaaz.orgUrgent: help evacuate 115 Gazan scholarsThis group of young Palestinians deserve the chance to study. Sign now to call on Irish leaders to grant their visas. 043 4
Reposted by CuðbeorhtIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A vicar in Tommy Ten Names hometown of Luton absolutely nails the far-right, including Tommy in this short clip. Fair play to him as he's spot on in what he says. Things you love to see ✊ 313553 135
Reposted by CuðbeorhtRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It's hard not to read intent behind our most fascistic minister overseeing disproportionate cruelty against an oppressed people whose plight has created political friction for this government. It's like a fuck you to the population and a reminder who holds the power in his eyes. 0227 22
Reposted by CuðbeorhtResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The conditions in the village: There’s no Internet (need to get close to a road) There’s no electricity There’s no water There’s no toilets, people pee and poop in a small tunnel No shops, roads, windows are broken In fact, there is nothing here, this is how Palestinians live like. 14219 42
Reposted by CuðbeorhtGylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow. 751999820 2K
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026Transnational criminal enterprises have a long history, I guess. Timnit Gebru's insights into the people behind this one, including the so-called whistleblowers, should terrify the bejeepers out of us. I'm not confident that legal proceedings will reign them in. We'll see. 200 2
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026I found this instructive: youtu.be/3EY2QDfp2O4?...youtu.beEx-Google Insider | Why AI CEOs & Whistleblowers Are Both Warning You About AIYouTube video by Dr Myriam François 110 1
Reposted by CuðbeorhtSiobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The Passion of Jack Chambers, coming soon to a cinema near you. Jesus had nothing on him. 2283 28
Reposted by CuðbeorhtJamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I don't know man I still think housing, the state of the public health system, energy prices, general cost of living and about 200 other things are much more unfair on the public at the moment 0427 42
Cuðbeorht @cudbeorht.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026'When asked why he is seeking this position, given that he has made significant money working as a lobbyist in the private sector since his resignation in 2020, Hogan said he is “very passionate” about food security.'thejournal.iePhil Hogan says he will spend 'significant six-figure sum' in bid for top UN jobHogan also said he wasn’t going to get into “revisionism” about his breaching of Covid guidline six years ago. 000 0
