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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 CuriousTed Howell Sinn Fein funeral: Spanish victims group says 'humiliating' for terror victims to see Sinn Fein leaders carry IRA

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A Day In The Life

Noel Byrne ✏ Yesterday was a reasonably normal day. I didn’t have to use the car. Got my usual walk in and ensured I fulfilled my daily 10,000 steps. Was never more than five kilometres from the house. A day is a concept in the mind of a species called Homo Sapiens on planet Earth. It relates to a single rotation of the planet. At the Earths Equator you would travel approximately 40,000

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Ninety

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 CuriousIsrael increases attacks, US says ceasefire 'possible this week'Guterres to conduct solidarity visit to LebanonGaza truce might be

Free Speech For The Few 🪶Hate Speech, Lies And Disinformation For The Masses In The Dystopia Of The Metaverse 🪶 Zuckerberg Removes Fact Checkers From His Platform

Barry Gilheany ✍ Last week’s announcements by Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook now Meta that fact checkers on his platforms, Facebook, Instagram and Threads, are to be abolished and that his networks will “prioritise free speech” just in time for the return of Donald Trump to the White House cements the new loci of power in the global media and information ecosystem. Zuckerberg has

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Colleagues

Anthony McIntyre ☠  For a bit of craic, readers - if they have a few minutes to spare, or waste - might be interested in taking a look at what the rat in a hat dragged in.Timothy O"Grady's review of Disney's Say Nothing could as easily have been titled Say Nothingness because in terms of intellectual enlightenment the reader is pulled into a void of what is best

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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 CuriousIsrael kills Palestinian children in attack on north Gaza school shelterDevoted to resistance amid Dahiyeh's ruinsIsraeli soldiers

Single Party Is Clear Solution To Unionist Unity Debate

Dr John Coulter ✍ How often since the political birth of Paisleyism have we heard calls for Unionist unity? Apart from occasional periods of agreed candidates in the Seventies and Eighties, Unionism in 2025 is now practically a divided three-party system. But with Sinn Fein now the largest party in Northern Ireland at council, Assembly and Westminster levels, Unionism must face the

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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 CuriousBiden took strong action in curbing the death penalty, so why not now confirm the long pending ERA as our 28th Amendment to our