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In today’s Irish Times I read that Trump says Israel has agreed to a 60 day ceasefire in Gaza. A pause is certainly better than an ongoing slaughter. But it is nowhere even close to good enough. In January of this year a ceasefire was …
I read Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler recently. A dystopian fantasy, set in the 2020s and 30s, that seems worryingly prescient now. What’s the story? The Parable of the Sower is a dystopian fantasy novel set in Southern …
When Trump was elected to office back in 2016, I gave him the benefit of the doubt at first. I hoped that all the terrible things he said he didn’t really mean. Within two weeks he’d completely exhausted that goodwill. I couldn’t tell you now …
A civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. The army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are at war with each other. They are each trying to eliminate the other and gain complete control of …
