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“If you don't have a righteous objective, eventually you will suffer. When you do the right thing for the right reason, the right result awaits.”

[ASimpleBear 🐻 @Baloo_72]

Ffs lies lies lies oh what tangled webs we weave

[Sam Taylor @staylorish]

This critical remark was not included in the TV broadcast. The money was *not* there. It had been spent. More lies.

“My comments were saying that the £600k, although it didn’t sit in a separate bank account, was there and realisable for a referendum campaign when that happened.”

[The Patriot Oasis™ @ThePatriotOasis]

🔥🚨 BREAKING — Video has now emerged of Vickrum Digwa, the killer of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, brandishing a sword while threatening others in a road rage encounter.

The footage provides additional context into Digwa’s behavior before the fatal December stabbing.

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

This is simply untrue. The footage of her telling us that the finances were healthy and to be careful about asking questions was her response to the announcement that 3 members of the Finance & Audit committee were resigning because Murrell would not show them the books.

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

Don’t be fooled. Nicola Sturgeon (wife) is not being held responsible for her husband’s crimes. As leader of the party she is being called to account for her deliberate frustration of the legitimate scrutiny which might have revealed those crimes. The distinction is 💯 clear.

[BritMatters 🇬🇧 @britmatters]

Family Man Beat To Death By Migrant Teenagers In Dublin.

On Sunday 17 May 2026, at around 4:15pm on Mill Road in Blanchardstown, 37-year-old Alex Coughlan was attacked by two 16-year-old boys without warning.

The defenceless Irishman was forced to his knees, pleading for mercy as one teenager repeatedly punched and kicked him in the head. The second boy filmed the assault on his mobile phone. Alex screamed for help and begged them to stop. He had already handed over his wallet and bank cards, but hesitated when they demanded his gold ring, a gift from his father.

That moment of hesitation cost him his life.

The beating continued. Alex was left unconscious on the ground. He died three days later on 20 May in Connolly Hospital from catastrophic head injuries. His family made the selfless decision to donate his organs.

Two 16-year-old boys were arrested and charged with assault causing serious harm and robbery. The main attacker is a second-generation migrant born and raised in Ireland. The other, who filmed the attack, is a migrant with dual nationality. Both were described by locals as having non-native features.

Gardai later recovered the stolen ring from one of the boys homes, and Alex’s father identified it in court.

The teenagers appeared in Dublin Children’s Court on 27 May. A judge imposed strict reporting restrictions, warning against naming them or sharing the video of the attack circulating online due to their age. Bail was refused, and both teenagers remain remanded in custody.

On Saturday 30 May, what would have been Alex’s 38th birthday, hundreds gathered in Ballyfermot to farewell him. He was remembered as the glue of his family, a kind, gentle, and selfless man who brought laughter and joy to everyone around him.

A dedicated Bupa worker and passionate rugby fan, Alex is survived by his mother Brigid, father John, sister Zara, and brothers Philip and Jack. Mourners sang Happy Birthday and Ireland’s Call. Tributes described him as a truly beautiful soul and caring human being. A private cremation followed at Glasnevin Cemetery.

While Alex’s funeral took place, the Irish mainstream media gave far more coverage and focused far more outrage on the death of Congolese national Yves Sakila, 35. Sakila, who had dozens of previous convictions and multiple prison terms for repeated shoplifting, died on 15 May after being restrained by security staff during another shoplifting attempt. His death was quickly framed by activists as Ireland’s George Floyd moment, sparking protests, political speeches, and claims of racism.

Alex’s killing, a local Irish family man robbed and beaten to death in broad daylight while pleading for mercy received far less attention. Coverage focused on the attackers age and anonymity, with zero discussion of backgrounds or nationalities.

There were no mass candlelit vigils when Alex died, no major protests demanding justice, no political statements, and no national campaigns declaring that his life mattered.

No Netflix documentaries will ever examine Alex's final moments.

Certain tragedies fit a preferred political narrative and ignite weeks of outrage. Others, like the brutal murder of a gentle Irish family man, are treated as less newsworthy. This selective response from the Irish media and political class is an insult to Alex and every family who has lost someone in similar circumstances.

Alex Coughlan’s life mattered. He deserved better, and the people of Ireland deserve the truth.

RIP Alex Coughlan.

Both teenagers are next due in court on 24 June.

#Ireland #CrimeNews #Dublin

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

The Day We Discovered the Solar System’s True Age 56 years ago today — on May 27, 1970 — NASA made a historic announcement that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos.Among the rocks brought back by Apollo 12 from the Ocean of Storms, scientists had found something extraordinary: a 4.6-billion-year-old radioactive rock — the oldest lunar material ever discovered at the time.This humble lemon-sized specimen (weighing just 3 ounces) became the first solid proof that our Solar System is 4.6 billion years old. It was chemically unique, packed with 20 times more uranium, thorium, and potassium than any other sample from Apollo 11 or 12.The discovery was announced simultaneously on two sides of the world:Dr. Paul W. Gast, Chief of the Lunar and Earth Sciences Division at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, at a Houston press conference.
Dr. Gerald J. Wasserburg of CalTech at the COSPAR meeting in Leningrad.

In the iconic NASA photo below, Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad is seen carefully examining some of the precious Moon rocks he and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean brought home — treasures that included this ancient, radioactive time capsule from the birth of the Solar System.A small rock that delivered one of the biggest revelations in space exploration history.

[j wall ✡ @jwhaifa]

In 1943, the Gestapo finally caught Raymond Aubrac — one of France's most wanted Resistance leaders. He was sentenced to death. His execution was days away.
His wife Lucie was six months pregnant.
Most people would have hidden. Would have grieved quietly and prayed for a miracle. Lucie Aubrac did something else entirely. She obtained forged identity papers, constructed a cover story, and walked straight into the office of Klaus Barbie — the man history would remember as the Butcher of Lyon — and convinced him to grant her a visit with the condemned man.
She wasn't there to say goodbye.
She was memorizing guard positions. Counting minutes. Mapping the route the prison truck would take.
On October 21, 1943, that truck rolled through the streets of Lyon carrying Raymond and other prisoners toward what should have been the end. Lucie had spent weeks quietly assembling a team of Resistance fighters, planning an ambush with the precision of a military operation. When the truck reached the ambush point, the team struck — fast, coordinated, and without hesitation.
In the chaos of gunfire and confusion, Raymond Aubrac was pulled free.
Lucie — visibly, unmistakably pregnant — had organized every detail of his liberation.
They went into hiding. Weeks later, Lucie gave birth to their daughter in a safe house while German forces searched for them across France. When liberation finally came, the Aubracs didn't merely survive — they rebuilt.
Raymond became a celebrated engineer and entered public life. Lucie became a historian, pouring decades into ensuring that the women of the French Resistance — so often unnamed, so easily forgotten — were written permanently into the record. They raised three children. They traveled the world. They argued and laughed and grew old together.
When journalists asked Lucie, years later, what had compelled her to risk everything that October day, she didn't hesitate.
"He was my husband. What else would I do?"
Lucie Aubrac passed away in 2007 at the age of 94. Raymond — who had once needed a commando team to be freed from a German prison — lived on until 2012, reaching 97 years old. In his final years, he continued speaking publicly about the Resistance, about memory, about the obligation to tell the truth.
They had been married for 64 years.
Not a love story built on grand gestures or perfect circumstances. A love story built in occupied France, in safe houses and forged documents and a prison truck ambush on a Lyon street — forged in fire, and never broken.
True love doesn't wait for rescue. Sometimes, it does the rescuing

[David Paxton @DavidDPaxton]

Magnificent.

[ASimpleBear 🐻 @Baloo_72]

@EthSasy94433 21

[ASimpleBear 🐻 @Baloo_72]

@jk_rowling @maxdufresne77 @eNeecie Aye but you two actually live together ❤️

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

Rafah, Gaza, before and after October 7 👇

Massacring Jews wasn't a good idea.

[Murdo Fraser MSP @murdo_fraser]

Peter Murrell has now admitted to stealing the best part of half a million pounds from the SNP.
Is it credible that his wife knew nothing of this? As Party leader, was she not curious?
And if the SNP can steal from themselves, what are they capable of doing to the country?

[Russell Findlay @RussellFindlay1]

Sturgeon: "Money hasn't gone missing".

SNP finances as solid as their financial case for independence 🤣

[Rangers Football Club @RangersFC]

Rangers Fan Advisory Board | Applications Open Monday, 25 May

As the FAB approaches the end of its initial cycle, applications will open on Monday, 25 May, for new members to join the Board ahead of the 2026/27 season.

Find out more | https://t.co/9X03wl2AXu

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Is this because Muslim jury members may not convict a Muslim, or am I not allowed to say that ?

[Jarvie @NJJarvie]

This makes for remarkable reading, Hearts should be demanding apologies from Celtic and the SFA.

Willie Colonm must resign.

Disgusted.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

I have been sickened all day by the news of three boys who lured two schoolgirls, raped them, and filmed it on their phones while they laughed and egged each other on. When they finally stood before a judge this week, they were handed “rehabilitation orders” and walked out without serving a single day behind bars. Not in prison, not in custody or a young offender institution.

The judge said, “None of you need to go to prison”.

What message does that send to rapists? The crime could hardly be graver, yet the punishment was no punishment at all. It’s the collapse of consequences and the rot runs right through the justice system.

And this is only going to get worse because Labour are choosing to go soft on criminals:

❌ They have abolished short prison sentences.
❌ They have let tens of thousands of criminals out early.
❌ And now they want to raise the age of criminal responsibility, so that even MORE young offenders escape any consequence at all.

My position is common sense👇
PRISON WORKS.

✅It punishes those who do wrong, it keeps dangerous people off our streets and away from our children.
✅It tells every victim that the law is on their side.

A country that forgets this is a country where schoolgirls are raped and filmed for sport, and the boys who did it get to go home.

Conservatives stand against it and our policies on sentencing and prison are the ones that will deliver a stronger country.

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Today marks 13 years since two cowardly Muslims murdered Lee Rigby.

They drove into him so he couldn't fight back, and began butchering him in broad daylight in "Modern London".

Those in power want us to forget.

We never will.

His name will live on.

RIP Lee 🙏🏻 🇬🇧

[ASimpleBear 🐻 @Baloo_72]

@JamesBWatt

[ASimpleBear 🐻 @Baloo_72]

@afneil Plus its getting more expensive by the month