Um.
Last night.
Tesco, Rathfarnham, Dublin.
Thanks Will O’Connell
Kynsy – Elephant In The Room
Tusk never sleeps.
Hotly tipped Dublin newcomer Ciara Lindsey (top) aka Kynsy has just released a new single from her debut EP Things That Don’t Exist.
A pleasing wash of electro-noir that lives in the same postcode as Beach House and Chromatics, it registers the 23-year-old multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer as a serious artist to be reckoned with.
The video was filmed in Donegal by Charlie Joe Doherty.
Kynsy says:
“I wanted the music to create a world of freedom, hope and playfulness while the lyrics focus on the struggle of fighting, running and coming to terms with all of the good and bad we find in things that don’t exist.”
Nick says: Trunk call.
Remember the old ‘After Dark’ screensaver?
Well here’s the real thing – a soothing, soporific 12 hour video of Pacific fishes, soft corals, and anemones at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Nighty night.
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) has accused Senator Ted Cruz of “trying to get me killed” by challenging the election results in the lead up to the Capitol riot
A tea party Texan Ted Cruz
Surprisingly opted to choose
To side with AOC
But predictably she
Was quite quick to firmly refuse
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Meanwhile…
Tomorrow Tonight.
Dan Boyle, Cork City councillor, Green Party veteran and Broadsheet columnist, previews tomorrow’s front pages.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: a radically clean and minimal take on the reliable but outdated BMW R100RT by Slovakian custom house Earth Motorcycles.
Retaining its original bulletproof air-cooled 980cc OHV boxer engine, the donor bike was torn down to its subframe, powder-coated top to bottom, fitted with an upgraded YSS shock, shortened fork, bobber seat, underslung exhausts, straight bars and upgraded switchgear. And then the real work started.
Yours for €19,250.
Michael Stone killed three people at an IRA funeral in Milltown Cemetery in 1988 (above)
This afternoon.
Further to the surprise release earlier this week of Michael Stone…..
A judge has ordered the disclosure of reasons why notorious loyalist killer Michael Stone was freed from prison.
Stone killed three people in a gun and grenade attack at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast following an IRA funeral in 1988. Stone was freed under the Good Friday Agreement, but returned to prison six years later for trying to kill Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
Stone had been serving a 30-year jail term.
His lawyer said his life would be in danger if details were made public so the summary document will be shared with legal representatives, but kept confidential on a temporary basis….
Anyone?
Judge orders disclosure of reasons for Michael Stone release (RTÉ)
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Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Anything good in the liberal press?
Via George Monbiot in The Guardian:
Why do we value lies more than lives? We know that certain falsehoods kill people. Some of those who believe such claims as “coronavirus doesn’t exist”, “it’s not the virus that makes people ill but 5G”, or “vaccines are used to inject us with microchips” fail to take precautions or refuse to be vaccinated, then contract and spread the virus. Yet we allow these lies to proliferate.
We have a right to speak freely. We also have a right to life. When malicious disinformation – claims that are known to be both false and dangerous – can spread without restraint, these two values collide head-on. One of them must give way, and the one we have chosen to sacrifice is human life. We treat free speech as sacred, but life as negotiable. When governments fail to ban outright lies that endanger people’s lives, I believe they make the wrong choice….
…I believe that spreading only the most dangerous falsehoods, like those mentioned in the first paragraph, should be prohibited. A possible template is the Cancer Act, which bans people from advertising cures or treatments for cancer. A ban on the worst Covid lies should be time-limited, running for perhaps six months. I would like to see an expert committee, similar to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), identifying claims that present a genuine danger to life and proposing their temporary prohibition to parliament.
Oh.
Covid lies cost lives – we have a duty to clamp down on them (George Monbiot, The Guardian)
Meanwhile…
Shocked and disappointed indeed to see @GeorgeMonbiot, whom I’ve always so respected, call for cracking down on freedoms of speech in poor tormented increasingly authoritarian Britain now. Has @guardian even addressed PCR test scandal?Bigger issue. https://t.co/B9fCMiXJVy
— Dr Naomi Wolf (@naomirwolf) January 28, 2021
Fight!
This afternoon.
Ballymun, Dublin 11.
Balloons are released by family members, neighbours and friends of Josh Dunne in Coultry Green near his home in Coultry Park.
Earlier…
This morning.
East Wall Dublin.
Tributes left at the scene on East Wall Road where teenager Josh Dunne was fatally stabbed on Tuesday evening. Members of the public have left flowers, balloons, football paraphernalia and photographs to honour the promising football star.
Yesterday: In East Wall