For four hours, two Ugandan care workers, Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot, were barricaded into their house near Crumlin Road, north Belfast, as smoke leaked in, and flames licked the walls of neighbouring properties.
Because it's the interegnum and morbid symptoms abound
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This week I look at the relationship between the knowledge economy & inter-regional inequality
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Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot feared they would be next as fires took hold of neighbouring houses
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The knowledge economy, wage inequality & housing Part II
Why is everybody joining run clubs? Isobel Walsh, Adam Daly and Alex Neuroth @dcupsychology.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social look at the psychological motivations behind this popular phenomenon, including mating, community, online connections, wellness and nature www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Czech PM Babiš wants to live until 120 and rule over everything
Could a stylish scheme of village fronts change Russia? Grigory Potemkin, 1787
The psychological motivations behind this popular phenomenon include mating, community, online connections, wellness and nature
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<div><img width="600" height="400" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11-600x400.webp" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11-600x400.webp 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11-1200x800.webp 1200w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11.webp 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>As Andrej Babiš rages against a supposed “deep state” while surrounding himself with pro-Russian and ultra‑conservative allies inside his own office, even long‑time insiders from his party ANO fear he is slipping further into paranoia and culture‑war politics.
I'm all for local journalism but this is taking 'local'a bit too far 🤣
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This is a bonus post for paid subs first, but free in two weeks. One off housing will be a set piece conflict between 'populism' and 'expertise'. My hunch is lots of housing politics will be along these lines in coming years
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Out now - The Housing Question, a special themed issue of Rundale that @kathleenstokes.bsky.social and I edited. Featuring 5 really excellent pieces on #housing in Ireland from all across the artist <-> scholar <-> activist spectrum 🌈
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Could a promised scheme for stylish shopfronts change O’Connell Street? To date, Dublin City Council’s shopfront improvement scheme has covered the Liberties, Ballymun and Finglas.
To date, Dublin City Council’s shopfront improvement scheme has covered the Liberties, Ballymun and Finglas.
Frustrated by longer waits for the green man at the Blackhorse junction, people are dashing across in front of moving cars. “I know the cycle of the lights and I’m like, ‘I should have gone already,’” said Niamh Stephens on Tuesday.
“I know the cycle of the lights and I’m like, ‘I should have gone already,’” said Niamh Stephens on Tuesday.
Like me telling my daughter she better not eat all her broccoli because it will give her magical powers
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has suggested a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control
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Anthropic has suggested a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control.
