Reposted by CáitRhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Mighty progress by 6 volunteers this weekend at coill gleann dá loch between digging of lighter infested areas and stem treatment in denser stands. We march on! 0124
Reposted by CáitDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Due to **declining soil quality**, nutrients in fruit & vegetables are sharply lower Researchers at Deep Science Ventures found twice the fruit & veg need to be eaten today to get the same level of minerals like potassium, magnesium or copper than 60 yrs ago www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukVegetables are half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts now know whyFewer than a third of wheat varieties used in bread released since the 1960s meet the recommended zinc target, due to poor soil quality 10176104
Reposted by CáitRhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Small team clearing Rhodo on Sat - spray and a dig team depending on maturity. DM if interested in helping Gang againn dul amach tochailt rhododendron ar an DS i coill Gleann dá loch, cuir againn teachtaireacht má tá suim agat ✋a thabhairt @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social 0186
Reposted by CáitSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“An AI tool used to speed up the processing of thousands of asylum cases is failing basic accuracy tests…” The idea that synthetic text generating “AI” can be a useful aid in determining refugee status is ridiculous. We should challenge the automation of decision-making and erosion of our rights.independent.co.ukAI tool used in thousands of asylum claims failing basic accuracy testsExclusive: MPs, charities and rights group warn that accuracy should not be sacrificed for speed in ‘life and death’ asylum decisions 37446
Reposted by CáitRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil. 1201143915614
Reposted by CáitEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comComebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists sayA landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse 821975
Reposted by CáitAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Most of Silicon Valley seems to believe that the large scale suffering of millions of others is both a trifle, and something they are owed so they can become trillionaires 1730299
Reposted by CáitFire Draw Near @firedrawnear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Folkloric Pants; Tradition and Nationalism - an interview with Sara Parkman ‘When folk music is getting good again you know the world is in trouble’ The interview is now up in full on the patreons - campsite.bio/firedrawnear 053
Reposted by CáitDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026i'm tired of seeing “escalating ai capabilities” reported as if it is a fact. let's be clear this claim does not rest on transparent, well-defined, independently validated metrics, but is inferred from model behaviours elicited by humans and measured through opaque, poorly designed evaluations 213349
Reposted by CáitBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The atmosphere just hit a new water-vapour record: 27.35 kg of water vapour per m2 in August 2026, ~20 trillion litres more water than the previous record. Warmer air holds ~7% more moisture per °C. More water vapour means more energy to fuel extreme weather.theguardian.comEl Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in AugustGlobal heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say 29733390
Reposted by CáitBarry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026".. there are hard limits to the usefulness of [LLM] methods. AI bosses and boosters can't or won't acknowledge this [so we are] spending trillions and emitting gigatons of CO2 for diminishing returns, firing an army of workers, and replacing them with defective chatbots that can't do their jobs." 033
Reposted by Cáiteliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868513723
Reposted by CáitAyman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This video of mine from last year is having a bit of a revival. Maybe cause of my new (successful) video essay. Or maybe cause the fascist AfD party won pretty big in recent elections in Germany. Watch it if you havn't yet! youtu.be/DrxKR3UjJwkyoutu.beA Clockwork Orange and the Myth of German De-NazificationYouTube video by Politically Depressed 0106
Reposted by CáitJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Shocking , but true; those suffering the worst impacts of #climate breakdown have done little or nothing to fuel the crisis. That’s on the wealthy 10%, which includes the majority of people living in Ireland. www.carbonbrief.org/two-thirds-o...carbonbrief.orgTwo-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ - Carbon BriefOf the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions of the wealthiest 10%. 13818
Reposted by CáitGerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026Perfect example of AI brain rot here from the Collision "think tank" at Progress Ireland. "I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand." 97231
Reposted by CáitProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hugely wishful thinking If emissions peak by 2040 and fall rapidly, research shows we might get away with 'just' a reprise of the Pliocene ~ 3C higher temperatures and sea level eventually 15 - 25m higher If they don't, it will be worse - much worse www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGlobal heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere 15225122
Reposted by CáitThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350462752
Reposted by CáitClimate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 06/08/20261856: Eunice Foote shows CO2 emissions cause global warming. 1954: Oil industry’s own research proves they’re cooking the planet. 2022: Explicit fossil fuel subsidies reach $1.5 TRILLION. 2026: The world burns as Big Oil earn $93 BILLION in 3 months. Trajectory of a suicidal civilization. 37933
Reposted by CáitSustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 06/08/2026Do you want to do your part in protecting Ireland's iconic wild salmon? Have you signed our petition yet? ✊ Sign the petition to call for the phase out of the destructive and cruel practice of open-net fish farming. 📝👇 swanireland.ie/take-action/ban-open… 064
Reposted by CáitAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 22/07/20269 million tonnes of crops destroyed by just one heatwave across Europe, which lasted 13-14 days. #FoodSecuritytheguardian.comFood price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of cropsRecord June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018 10207157
Reposted by CáitDónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Something uplifting about reading a Finn McRedmond column at the start of a writing day. A reminder that any auld nonsense will be published in a newspaper of record so I shouldn't stress so much about my silly book chapter that no one will read. 3263
Reposted by CáitDen M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Nearly 100 unnamed individuals found in Tuam - in a relatively small, and known, area of careful excavation. Meanwhile In Bessborough one can only ponder how many will be found by diggers working on the foundations for developer led apartments. 23423
Reposted by CáitEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This scares the absolute living shit out of me, and it should be the same for everyone else with even half a brain. 19487196
Reposted by CáitSustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 20/07/2026"Escaped farmed salmon have been interbreeding with Ireland’s endangered wild salmon, leaving traces of their DNA in 1/3 of fish tested" lowering survival & reducing resilience of wild salmon Ban open-net farms! Sign our petition: swanireland.ie/take-action/... www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comEvidence of interbreeding with farmed fish raises fears for wild salmonDNA from escaped stocks could be a damaging evolutionary force, scientists say 176
Reposted by CáitGalway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The Galway branch of the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU ) took action this week to highlight the effect short-term lets are having on the community www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...advertiser.ie‘Airbnb is killing our community’ says tenants’ union as campaign to highlight effect commencesThe Galway branch of the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU ) took action this week to highlight the effect short-term lets are having on the community. 011
Reposted by CáitRoss Thompson @wintermute115.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad. 2949971655
Reposted by Cáitelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions 71019572
Reposted by CáitAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/07/2026Wildfires spread over 800 hectares near Fontainebleau, as authorities sent two waterbombing planes to tackle blazes.aljazeera.comWildfires near Paris force evacuations, disrupt train lines and motorwayWildfires spread over 800 hectares near Fontainebleau, as authorities sent two waterbombing planes to tackle blazes. 27634
Reposted by CáitBarry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · 10/07/2026IMHO "green growth" is just about the worst possible political framing for climate action ... as it fails (and it will) the reaction will undermine actually effective responses (spoiler: correction in human planetary overshoot is coming - managed or not...). 041
Reposted by CáitDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🚨 New #AMOC preprint: "Under conservative assumptions of Greenland ice sheet melt, the probability that collapse is already committed is 10%, rising to 80% by 2100 under worst case emissions. Under less conservative Greenland melt assumptions, probability that collapse is already committed is 23%"eartharxiv.orgQuantifying the probability of committed AMOC collapse 36426
Reposted by CáitPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 08/07/2026Unfortunately our Bill to ban hare coursing has been voted down by FF, FG and SF. The annual cruel practice of capturing and terrorising thousands of hares will continue. The politicians are wildly out of touch with the public on this one. We'll be back and we will win a ban! 48723
Reposted by CáitKelly Fincham @kellyfincham.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Which is why staff hired for Galway roles can’t find anywhere to live in Galway 012
Reposted by CáitAlan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 08/07/2026No offence under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 committed here. That's only for pensioners protesting a genoicde in Gaza, or for rappers allegedly waving flags on stage. 02413
Reposted by CáitHannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 07/07/2026The CSO has released data on metered electricity consumption for 2025. The extraordinary headline figures: - Electricity consumption from data centres grew by nearly 10% last year, and now accounts for 23% of Ireland's electricity demand. 7264182
Reposted by CáitKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 07/07/2026This is wild. 93% of the renewable electricity generation added to the Irish grid over that last decade now powers data centers, rather than reducing fossil fuel use. Data centers have pretty much annihilated the health and climate benefits those renewables could have provided. 241194564
Reposted by CáitEmmet Ó Briain @emmet.quiddity.ie · 25/05/2026current modal shift policy in action - build lots of housing near city but do not enforce restrictions against footpath parking or other uncontrolled parking and definitely do not deliver the bus route planned to serve the development (to protect pedestrians, do paint a stick man on the road 👍) 54310
Reposted by CáitFrank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 05/07/2026No surprise This was designed to fail Me & @judesherry.bsky.social called it out in piece for Irish Examiner (Oct '22) We also raised it in the Oireachtas (Oct '25) But all falling on deaf ears 'cos its a manufactured housing crisis Time for 'Use It or Lose It' so we have homes not #DerelictIreland 45435
Reposted by CáitWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026This is a flat-out lie. The Minister for Justice is LYING. #speirghorm 12411
Reposted by CáitHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/07/2026Every day is like “this company is trying to build a gateway to hell” yet we are all supposed to pretend like everything is fine.businessinsider.comThis startup wants to turn the world into a searchable video feed, starting in San FranciscoOrchestra has installed more than 100 cameras in San Francisco. Next up: 900 more, then the rest of the world. 371015268
Reposted by CáitAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"The number of animals farmed worldwide has increased by ½ in the last 2 decades. The rising demand for meat comes at a time when agricultural land is becoming less fertile. ~90% of water withdrawn from natural systems for irrigation is used to grow animal feed." Trends going ↑ instead of ↓ =😳theguardian.comGlobal boom in livestock farming since 2006 is piling pressure on nature, report findsWildlife at risk as demand for cropland and water grows to feed 50% rise in farmed animals, campaign alliance says 12019
Reposted by CáitNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world. 7043272445
Reposted by CáitI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical. 21392252468
Reposted by Cáitelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This is what witch trials look like in movies 15118
Reposted by CáitAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"It’s all very well putting up £1 m to explore Golden Eagles re-establishment in northern England but w/out also investing in wildlife crime enforcement capabilities, any eagle will simply be shot, trapped, poisoned or bludgeoned, with 0 consequences for the offenders, as they've been for 70+ years" 010040
Reposted by CáitEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/06/2026After the searing heat, back to rainforest weather. But it breaks my heart that the future of this – and so many other amazing natural ecosystems – is very seriously threatened by climate collapse. 351176186
Reposted by CáitJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026On June 13th 1954, the US backed a coup against Jacobo Árbenz, the progressive, democratically elected leader of Guatemala, because he sought to restore land to small farmers and Indigenous communities that had been dispossessed by US fruit companies. 9410181