MORE to follow.
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US President Donald Trump
This afternoon.
YouTube announced that it will begin removing any content alleging widespread voter fraud influenced the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election.
Via YouTube:
“Yesterday was the safe harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect.
Given that, we will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, in line with our approach towards historical U.S. Presidential elections.
For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors.
We will begin enforcing this policy today, and will ramp up in the weeks to come. As always, news coverage and commentary on these issues can remain on our site if there’s sufficient education, documentary, scientific or artistic context.”
Lol.
FIGHT!
YouTube will now remove videos disputing Joe Biden’s election victor (The Verge)
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The extraordinary, swirling multicoloured portraits of Spanish illustrator Martin Sati: facial contours and reflected light rendered with digital ‘material’ which, sez he:
…is like semi-liquid and is difficult to model but at the same time is very rich in movement and liveliness… I work with this material, which I usually call ‘Silicone Pie,’ as an artisan works with ceramics. I am modelling the colours with lines of movement until I achieve an optimal level of detail.
In fairness.
More of Martin’s work here
Author Celia Montes (above) in her north Dublin home with copies of her We Were Born An Ocean Apart (top) written while Celia and her partner James Gabriel Martin were separated by covid
James Gabriel Martin writes:
My partner Celia and myself spent several months this year separated in different countries due to COVID. She was in Spain and I was in Ireland and it was impossible for us to see each other.
She had travelled there to work on a book. She turned our struggle into art, writing We Were Born an Ocean Apart, about a mermaid who swims from the warm Mediterranean to the cold Atlantic Ocean, and who embraces a new life. We worked together on the translation and got it printed, unsure of what would happen.
We were finally reunited and had over 200 copies of the book crammed into our little cottage in North Dublin. But over the past week, the book “went viral” after I shared it online, and it has now sold out.
We rang the publisher and hundreds more are being printed in the next two weeks. We’re so delighted that it has struck a chord with people who are enjoying a story inspired by Irish folklore and legends, something Celia was captivated by.
It has Irish fishermen, banshees and the Cliffs of Moher. It’s suitable for all ages too.
Purchase We Were Born An Ocean Apart here
Looking for post-work, grape-based fun (with nibbles)?
Plonk yourself down.
Lia Stokes writes:
Winedown, a brand new wine bar located on Montague Street in heart of Dublin City, is the latest brainchild of entrepreneur Maeve O’Malley, the woman behind Dublin’s favourite cheesy café, Meltdown.
Winedown, which officially opened its doors last Friday December 4, is Meltdown’s night-time sister. It’s a wine bar but so much more.
Winedown offers food and wine with relaxed service in a space filled with contemporary Irish art. Think sharing plates and set menus with interesting wine pairings and exceptional cheese…
Aside from an inevitably excellent cheese plate, Winedown’s menu is small but perfectly formed. Nibbles start at €4 and include Smoked Almonds and Gougeré with Smoked Mackerel Pâte.
Wine is available by the glass from €11 while bottles of red white and sparkling wines are available from €26…
Meanwhile…
Chef Maeve Walsh curated the Winedown menu…Nadine Savage carried out the interior design…DJ Tara Stewart created the playlist and Meltdown stalwart Sarah Maloney designed the branding. Nichola Hughes created the wine list, Fattiburke painted an original mural that greets you as you enter the space, and Kate Dillon is keeping loyal fans up to date sharing sneak peeks on social media…
Also: spot the photographer, anyone?
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Behold: the bright spiral of Messier 63, aka NGC 5055 – about 30 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici).To wit:
…the majestic island universe is nearly 100,000 light-years across, about the size of our own Milky Way. Its bright core and majestic spiral arms lend the galaxy its popular name, The Sunflower Galaxy, while this exceptionally deep exposure also follows faint, arcing star streams far into the galaxy’s halo. Extending nearly 180,000 light-years from the galactic center the star streams are likely remnants of tidally disrupted satellites of M63. Other satellite galaxies of M63 can be spotted in this remarkable wide-field image, made with a small telescope, including five newly identified faint dwarf galaxies, which could contribute to M63’s star streams in the next few billion years.
(Image: Fabian Neyer, Rainer Spani/Collaboration: I.D. Karachentsev, F. Neyer, R. Spani, T. Zilch)
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Calling all fans of the Fab Four.
Johnny Keenan shoots the breeze with artist and activist John Sinclair (ex-manager of The MC5) on the 40th anniversary of the murder of Beatle John.
In 1970, Lennon sang about Sinclair protesting his 10-year prison sentence for possession of pot.
Nick says: Lennon lives!
Pic via John Lennon Estate
Fight Like Apes – Jake Summers
Continuing our series of underrated Irish music since 1960, reader Nicorigo is all in for Dublin punk-pop ruffians Fight Like Apes, led by MayKay (top).
Jake Summers is a single from their 2008 debut album Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion.
Nicorigo writes:
“Jake Summers features the feelgood flavour of FLA’s signature sound. Included in the package are the witty and hilarious lyrics delivered with urgency by MayKay. These guys should have been big.”
Nick says: Special Kay.
Top pic: Mark Nixon