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[nooleen]

‘Surprisingly humane’: Elderly US veterans arrested at Shannon describe their prison stay

‘Veterans for Peace’ Ken Mayers (82) and Tarak Kauff (77) are accused of trespassing at the airport

www.irishtimes.com

 

[therealjohnny]

Vietnamese supermarkets go back to leaves, leaving plastic bags - VnExpress International

more of this sort of thing

 

[Unicron]

Vietnamese supermarkets go back to leaves, leaving plastic bags - VnExpress International

more of this sort of thing

The carbon footprint of importing banana leaves to Ireland would be insane. However we have plenty of rhubarb and doc leaves in this country.

 

[sleepy]

The carbon footprint of importing banana leaves to Ireland would be insane. However we have plenty of rhubarb and doc leaves in this country.

Absolutely not, we need them for nettle stings

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

This thread needs more material:

Dublin woman (81) finally meets her 103-year-old mother

 

[pavlos]

Boss in being decent to the staff shocker:

Richer Sounds founder hands over control of hi-fi and TV firm to staff

Chain joins John Lewis in employee ownership as staff get £1,000 for each year they have worked

www.theguardian.com

 

[egg_]

Richer Sounds, which has 53 stores, refuses to use zero-hours contracts and is one of the 14% of companies with a pay gap that favours women. Employee perks include access to company holiday homes around the world, including in European cities such as Paris, Venice and Barcelona. It donates 15% of profits, which last year stood at £9.6m, to charity

Wow! Plus the owner is a musician

 

[Lili Marlene]

Sorokin, Who Swindled N.Y.’s Elite, Is Sentenced to 4 to 12 Years in Prison

She pretended to be a German heiress, bilking Manhattan hotels, banks and a private jet operator.

www.nytimes.com

Woman of the year

 

[nooleen]

total gossip girl storyline

 

[jonah]

Definitely a GG plot point that would warrant bringing Georgina back and forming an ill-advised truce so she can smoke her out.

 

[nooleen]

You don’t exist just ‘to be useful’, President tells young philosophers

Lauren Doyle (16) receives this year’s Irish Young Philosopher Award from Michael D Higgins

www.irishtimes.com

 

[jonah]

Taiwan legalises same-sex marriage in first for Asia

Congratulations, Taiwan!

t.co

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

US billionaire to pay off entire class's student debt

A billionaire investor surprised graduating students at Morehouse College in Atlanta by using his speech at yesterday's commencement ceremony to pledge to pay off the student loan debt of the entire class of 2019.

www.rte.ie

 

[Bernie Lomax]

Egg boy is good

'Egg boy' Will Connolly donates $100,000 to Christchurch mosque attack survivors

Money comes from GoFundMe pages set up by other people after the teenager smashed an egg on Fraser Anning’s head

www.theguardian.com

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

 

[therealjohnny]

Insect based Dog food.

Yora Insect Protein Dog Food

The only alternative to traditional meat and fish sources that is fully suited to your pet’s digestive system. Suitable for Adult dogs.

www.yorapetfoods.com

 

[egg_]

I got a bag of dried crickets in San Francisco in Jan. They look weird, but taste like yer standard American junk food snack

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

India's wild tiger population up 30% in 4 years: census

India's wild tiger population has increased by more than 30% in just four years, according to a new census released today, raising hopes for the survival of the endangered species.

www.rte.ie

The numbers are still very low but it's an upward trend which is at least positive.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Hadn't seen this, and you don't need to read the whole article and all its vox graphs but just know that babyboomers are no longer the majority of people casting votes.

Younger generations cast more votes than baby boomers and older adults in 2018

Millennial turnout nearly doubled from 2014 to 2018.

www.vox.com

 

[egg_]

I read some yoke by an 85-year-old a while ago, where he was talking about looking back on old photos of his retirement party and thinking "we were all so young"

And it made me think - old as I feel at times, there will come a time when I'll look back on me-in-2019 and think "man wasn't I so young".

And, somehow, this has kind of ... well, kinda changed my perspective a little bit, made me actually feel younger and more carpe-diem-ish, or something. I've been carrying this around with me and making myself smile for the last couple of weeks, and now I'm sharing with ye lads in the hope it'll do the same for you xxx