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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Sixty Two

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousDrogheda United appoint new CEO after Shamrock Rovers departureNathaniel Ferris happy to provide Glentoran confidence boost after

A Morning Thought @ 2482

A Morning Thought @ 2481

Hijab Silences 🪶 On No Hijab Day, Take Off Your Hijab And Put It On A Man

Maryam Namazie ✊ Ex-Muslims International No Hijab Day Statement.No Hijab Day was created on 1 February as a direct response to World Hijab Day, which promotes the hijab as a symbol of women’s choice and empowerment. Rather, No Hijab Day seeks to illuminate the coercive and oppressive realities of the hijab as a pillar of sex apartheid and a war on women.For many, the hijab is not a choice but a

Donald Trump And J.D. Vance Berate Volodymyr Zelenskyy!

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ On Friday 28th February 2025 I watched the most bizarre scene of bourgeois politics I think I’ve ever seen. The representatives of the global bourgeoisie are habitual liars to the working-classes of the globe and constantly show themselves for the goons they really are. However, this one took the biscuit. Reflective of the talks or, more to the point, bullying of

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Sixty One

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousNew Tankies and Digital Neo-Stalinism: How the Conservative Left is IncubatedBluesky, Full of Left-wing Users Exiled from X, is

A Morning Thought @ 2480

A Morning Thought @ 2479

Beguiling Constitutional Narratives 5 🪶 A Comprehensive Northern Veto By Stealth

Mike Burke ✍ Academics are exploring different ways of bringing about Irish unity under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. Some of the designs they propose give the north an extensive veto over the form and content of a united Ireland. I have four major concerns with such designs. First, the proposed veto actually violates the constitutional provisions of the GFA. Second, the

Free Love? A Tentative Victory for Overnight Guests

University Times ✏ written by Felice Basbøll. Recommended by Christopher Owens.An examination of Trinity's historic sexual repression to the present day.After the legal case brought to the Residential Tenancy Board by former TCDSU President László Molnárfi was upheld on appeal, Trinity’s needlessly bureaucratic and fundamentally anti-fun overnight guest policy was finally amended.