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On January 29, 2024, a five-year-old girl named Hind Rajab was trapped in a car in northern Gaza, surrounded by the bloody corpses of her relatives. They had been shot to death by the IDF, Israel’s military. We know this because Hind was on the …
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 …
A green cocktail for St Patrick’s. From a sweet old romantic movie with a timely message.
For the day that’s in it, here’s my take on a Persian Love Cake. I didn’t have all the ingredients needed for the original recipe. So I decided to play around with what I had. Basically, I added in some orange, some stem ginger and …