In 2022, the Fulbright Association will award the Fulbright Prize to Bono, the lead singer of U2 and the co-founder of @ONECampaign and @RED.
Join us through a livestream of the ceremony here: https://t.co/hMrBfR9TCa #FulbrightPrize #Fulbright #Bono pic.twitter.com/XLPzqPwd90
— Fulbright Association (@FulbrightAssoc) March 21, 2022
Bono. Live.
March 31 in Washington, DC, USA.
Some recognition. Finally.
NO poetry!
Eoin Jordan – Amber
Jordan: the comeback.
Cork singer/songwriter Eoin Jordan (top) will pique the interest of roots and Americana fans with his impressive latest single.
The press blurb says:
“‘Amber’ tells a tale of discovery of who and what you can become and more importantly in coming to terms with it. Amber as a crystal is known for its healing properties, and this is a key facet of the composition and the underlying premise of the song.”
The song features the slinky slide guitar of Declan Sinnott.
The video, which stars Aoibhinn Byrne Jordan, was filmed and edited by James Walsh and was shot in Ballinacurra, county Cork and Wallis’s Town Hall Bar, Midleton, county Cork.
Nick says: Southern comfort.
I’m pretty sure our VP is microdosing psychedelics pic.twitter.com/gm7upWircV
— Dr. Benjamin Braddock (@GraduatedBen) March 21, 2022
Kamala Harris.
She makes perfect sense.
*licks toad*
Lauren Ann – Blatant
Don’t go breaking my heart.
Irish grunge-pop raconteur Lauren Ann (top) dissects affairs of the heart on this single from her forthcoming EP on Faction Records.
Lauren Ann writes:
“‘Blatant’ is about a blunt end to a relationship that you cared about. It’s about being let down by someone you didn’t think (or rather didn’t want to believe) could hurt you. It’s about being left out in the cold, yet you still care for them even though they don’t care for you anymore.
“My songs are centred around heartbreak and anger. I didn’t want to write love songs as it’s not who I am. So I ended up doing break-up songs instead.”
Nick says: I know it’s over.
Junction of College Green/D'Olier Street/Fleet Street./Townsend Street 1960s. pic.twitter.com/C5syPD2NLF
— Photos of Dublin (@PhotosOfDublin) March 22, 2022
1960s.
Elegant roundabout, in fairness.
Name those other jammers, anyone?
Yale University study to test “how persuasive messaging affects COVID-19 vaccine uptake intentions”
Ever felt manipulated?
Read on.
Via The Naked Emperor’s newsletter:
You may have naively believed that the fear, pressure and psychological toll of the pandemic caused your friends, family or colleagues to act in an unrecognisable way but it was all carefully planned.
They conducted a study (and I’m sure this wasn’t the only one) to see which pressure points would work best on different parts of the population and then carefully released mountains of propaganda (funded by you) to turn your friends and family against you. This nudging was all done to get you to take a vaccine you decided you didn’t want.
The ethics statement in the study says the experiments conducted were fielded under an exemption granted by the University. It’s not difficult to understand why.
Whether mass vaccination was the only way out of the pandemic or not, behaviourally nudging citizens to guilt each other into taking a novel treatment was not the way a civilised society should have acted.
They wanted you to get angry in order to get vaccinated but they failed. But they wanted you to get angry, so get angry. Get angry that the population was psychologically manipulated to turn on one another. Get angry that your friends and family were nudged into parroting the phrases used in the study to make you feel guilty, stupid or embarrassed.
Get angry that you were socially ostracised and de-invited from events. Get angry that your colleagues made you lose your job.
And if you were one of those who tried to convince someone to get vaccinated, get angry that you were so easily manipulated.
Fight!
Meanwhile…
…via Steve Kirsch:
If they truly wanted to end vaccine hesitancy, all they have to do is require autopsies if you die within 60 days of vaccination and require the medical examiners to make the required tests to determine vaccine involvement (as doctors Bhakdi and Burkhardt have done) and publish them. Publishing a fraudulent report would be a criminal offence.
This would end the debate.
Or they could simply require all licensed embalmers to check for the telltale clots and make the numbers public. Again, it would be a crime to falsify reports.
Or they could do both.
Why don’t they do this?
I’ll tell you why they don’t do it: They don’t do it because they know the results would be devastating and would immediately halt the vaccine and discredit the FDA, CDC, the entire medical establishment, virtually all members of Congress, and the mainstream media.
Why doesn’t Florida Governor DeSantis require this in Florida? What is he afraid of? Why doesn’t Governor Newsom require this in California? What does he have to fear? DeSantis would be the most likely of any governor to do this. He could be a world hero if he did this.
Nobody wants transparency of the data. They all want to keep you in the dark.My suggestion isn’t limited to the US. Any public health official anywhere in the world could order this…
Anyone?
A simple way to end vaccine misinformation immediately (Steve Kirsch)
Trans men, intersex and non-binary people can also become pregnant and may face additional specific barriers in accessing abortion services. We recommend using gender-inclusive language such as women and pregnant people in the Health Act. #abortionreview
— Womenscouncilireland (@NWCI) March 15, 2022
Many women and pregnant people are still travelling for abortion care, including those who are facing the devastating diagnosis of a fatal foetal anomaly. This is not what we voted for!
There are still 2 weeks left to submit to the #AbortionReview => https://t.co/Lq5PP64bB4— Womenscouncilireland (@NWCI) March 17, 2022
Pregnant pause.
FIGHT.
Previously: Left Behind
Jiggy – Friday’s Child
Dave McFarlane writes:
We made this ‘then and now’ video of Ukraine, to the soundtrack of a Jiggy song. Already has 1.5 million views on Facebook.
Yesterday.
Via Mail on Sunday.
More than two years since Covid-19 emerged, many feel they want a simple answer: how many were killed by this virus?
Last week, The Mail on Sunday set about tackling the ongoing concerns that tests used to diagnose Covid were picking up people who were not actually infected.
The conclusion of some scientists was, yes, they did. And there were those who maintained that despite shortcomings, PCR swabs – used by millions – were accurate enough.
Yet one study suggested that as many as a third of all positive cases may not have been infectious at the time they took the test.
It not only means the true scale of the pandemic could have been distorted, but also that many people may have been forced to self-isolate unnecessarily.
Equally concerning is the idea that the UK’s stark and terrifying death figures – which were broadcast daily – were misleading and even overblown.
Abbacaxi – Endless
Lord of the trance.
Multi-instrumentalist Abbacaxi (top) adds dancefloor beats to a mellow melody on the title track from his new EP Endless.
The mind-expanding animation is by Des Garvey.
Abbacaxi writes:
“I experienced a lot of highs and lows in a short period of time but I realised I wasn’t the only one around me feeling depressed from time to time. For every really bad experience, there is an amazing one waiting around the corner. Life is so much easier when you remember that.”
Nick says: Good advice.
