Fair

It’s context. America made regime change an apparent goal of its intervention and it hasn’t achieved it. I’m describing it as Islamic because that’s what America wanted it NOT to be.

America’s intervention in Iran, Feb-April 2026

So the same Islamic ruling class in Iran now gets to put a toll on a Strait that was open and free before America intervened in the first place. Masterful gambit, sir

“Big money will be made”.

“NO, you can’t just keep saying you’re not getting involved!”

“Tonight we’re discussing whether central government should be prepared to accept a greater delegation of powers to local authorities, as a trade off for a possible capping on the size of the Dáil. With me to discuss are Scarlett Moffatt, Harry Redknapp and Gemma Collins.”

Who said I’m not one of the campmates?

Oh.

Very plausible

Hard to tell if Bluesky’s server issues are (a) Iran-prompted user panicking, (b) Artemis-prompted user hyperness, or (c) navel-gazing about those stats that suggested the platform is dying. All would be on brand

In the middle of it he declined to say if the United States would declare certain places (specifically schools and hospitals) as being off-limits to attack, but said every bridge and power plant in the country could be destroyed in a four-hour window by midnight tomorrow night

Trump’s Iran press conference ends with a declaration that America (apparently still?) wants Greenland, and threatened to leave NATO in January unless it was able to claim it.

The Array

Very pleased to learn that, in Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo.

The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (Audio) YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO

I’m 80 minutes behind my usual schedule but, an Easter tradition that outlives the radio youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?...

I’m beginning to think he’s dragging the FIFA Peace Prize into disrepute.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin ties with Holly Cairns for public support, poll shows Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is now tied with Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns as the most popular party leader in the country, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll shows.

POLL: Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks
(April 3, MoE 2.8%)

Sinn Féin 22
Fianna Fáil 19 (+1 in five weeks)
Fine Gael 17
Social Democrats 9 (-2)
Aontú 6
Ind Ireland 6 (+1)
Labour 5 (+1)
Greens 3 (-1)
PBP-Solidarity 3
Inds/others 10 (-1)

*Claudia Winkleman walking around the disciples’ dinner table, about to tap one of them on the shoulder*

I saw this and now you all have to see it too and I’m sorry (but also not sorry)

Same. A truly magnificent piece of writing and worthy of its Pulitzer

Japan’s meticulous weather record-keeping is also how we know we are looooong overdue a cataclysmic earthquake on the west coast of North America that will easily be the most destructive event since the death of the dinosaurs

This does raise the horrifying prospect that someone might rub a software update and we're going to end up with a spaceship with Copilot on it. And thanks to the documentary "2001: A Space Odyssey" we know how that ends.

Look at that shot!!

The ‘core stage’ rockets detach from the Orion spacecraft carrying the crew of Artemis II.

Now to see how the price of oil reacted to Donald Trump’s national televised address:

Context: Iran does not have a new President.

Only slightly perplexed that Budget Day is to be October 6th when the government only last week recommitted to raising carbon tax on motor fuels on October 14th, which was presumed to be *the day after* the Budget was published

Very much in favour of Seamus Coleman’s final international act - if this is to be his finale - being to give an urgent and impassioned pep talk to a debutant sub. 🇮🇪

Three in one term is a record, yes. McAleese II had two

The slate of nominees is the most academia-focussed group in modern times - the group has more recently included representatives from marginalised or underrepresented groups, though the Council's primary role is to advise the President if they have doubts about the constitutionality of any new Bill