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A Morning Thought @ 2385

Luigi Mangione 🪶 Understanding His Popularity

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 10-December-2024.Luigi Mangione’s killing of Brian Thompson has resulted in a plethora of memes on Facebook celebrating to some degree the demise of the unlamented CEO. Some of them are very funny, full of wit, others express outrage at the nature of the US health system and others openly call for more such killings and

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Seventy 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 CuriousIsrael sees growing exodus as at least 82,000 leave country in 2024Hamas armed wing releases video of Gaza captiveIsrael destroys

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 126

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 16-December-2024. In this week’s bulletin⬤ NGOs on supporting Ukrainians in occupied areas.⬤ Wartime architecture.⬤ Occupied areas in photos.⬤ Russia’s mass trials for ‘treason’.⬤ militarization of childhood.⬤ Russian torture and forced disappearances. ⬤ Execution of POWs News from the territories occupied by RussiaThe

Out Now 📚 Peadar Thompson

Merrion Press 🔖has just published a new book by Peadar Thompson.  

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Seventy 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 CuriousWhat Arne Slot did at Liverpool training ground speaks volumes as Manchester United shown upLiverpool condition on selling Darwin

A Morning Thought @ 2384

Silvertown Tunnel Enforcer Heidi Alexander Takes Over As Transport Secretary 🪶 Let’s Adjust Our Battle Plans

People And Nature ☭ The danger that big road and aviation projects will trash climate targets looms larger, with the appointment of Heidi Alexander as transport secretary.Simon Pirani2-December-2024Alexander was London’s deputy mayor for transport between 2018 and 2021: her biggest “achievement” was to help force through the carbon-heavy Silvertown Tunnel project, in the teeth of local

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

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 CuriousRichard Burgon MP: ‘Sanction Israel to End Its Crimes’Mapping the genocide in GazaFive Palestinians die in Israeli detention over

Libelled At The Transport Hub

Christopher Owens ✍ “Jackboots battering a tattoo on the inside of my skull/Militantly hankering for something never done/High school memories, once a folly/Are now reality due to sheer lack of present/Death without a trial, dyin' ain't a trial/Dyin' ain't a curse but livin' sure is worse/Each experience becomes my epilogue. ➖ FoetusThe opening of Grand Central Station on the 8th