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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This fact needs to be front and centre in how we report on these ever more frequent and severe weather events, but sadly and despite the overwhelming evidence of #climate impacts, it’s still barely mentioned. www.businessgreen.com/news/4531807...
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'Unequivocally to blame': Study confirms heatwave's link to climate change
Attribution study reveals how record temperatures would have previously been 'virtually impossible' without climate impacts, as calls grow for government to strengthen heat stress plans
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23
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"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Some good news: church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis soars
Church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The government must treat this as the emergency it is. Our sovereignty, democracy, and the lives of some of those who live here are threatened by a deadly combination of US billionaires, Russian interests and homegrown fascists. Step 1: Get the money out of politics.🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I support this call. I've seen evidence firsthand. At one of my schools, two of the worst bullies devised elaborate games for torturing animals to death. They enjoyed hurting other animals as much as they enjoyed hurting humans. It's a flashing red danger sign.🧵 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Mother of woman murdered by husband calls for UK animal abuse register
Annette Bramley says Holly’s Law would stop perpetrators acquiring pets and raise awareness of domestic abuse link
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/05/2026
‘A weed is only a plant in the wrong place’: RHS Chelsea garden celebrates England’s edgelands
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‘A weed is only a plant in the wrong place’: RHS Chelsea garden celebrates England’s edgelands
Sarah Eberle hopes to inspire people to nurture where town and countryside meet and nature is need of protection
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Most of the cruel, racist stereotypes now being propagated about Muslims and immigrants were originally crafted as antisemitic attacks on Jews. The language and sources are in some cases exactly the same. Prejudice against any minority endangers all minorities. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot
Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"On May 1, Amsterdam became the world’s first capital city to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat. It’s part of the city’s efforts to discourage consumption of goods linked with high carbon emissions."
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In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Even individuals who did not become seriously ill with COVID-19 may have developed a weakened immune system that could lead to serious illnesses in the future." www.news-medical.net/news/2026031...
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Swedish study reveals COVID-19 may increase glandular fever risk
Even individuals who did not become seriously ill with COVID-19 may have developed a weakened immune system that could lead to serious illnesses in the future.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/03/2026
Sigh. If only we had learned from the start of COVID that work from home has many benefits, instead of being inexplicably forced back to the office by out-of-touch CEOs.
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Work from home and drive more slowly to save energy, global body urges
People should change how they travel, work and cook to tackle the energy price crisis, the International Energy Agency says.
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Clare Verde @clareverde.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
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I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing & sharing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same?
I've signed this petition calling for the government to stop X allowing their chatbot Grok to ‘digitally undress’ women and share sexualised and illegal photos of children. Will you sign too?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Anyone can become disabled. Anyone can become chronically ill. It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant. It’s a minority group you can join anytime.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times. What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae? What are the implications for societies now? news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe. This is the reality of deregulation. Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy. Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
A small flock of Swifts sweep across a clear blue sky, their slim bodies and crescent wings cutting sharply above the roof of a house. A beloved summer sight - and one at risk of disappearing if protections for nature are lost.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
There's hope for ash trees against dieback, but it depends on one thing: *natural regeneration*. The reasons for prioritising natregen over planting are so many, so powerful, I sometimes feel I'm going out of my mind seeing them *still* being ignored. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals
Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The sea is being emptied of fish, also wiping out most other wildlife in the process, to feed us. The land is being emptied of ecosystems, and the wildlife they contain, for livestock to feed us. We have ways of feeding ourselves that DON'T require emptying the planet of wildlife. Let's do it.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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Clare Verde @clareverde.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This #EarthDay2025 seems a good moment to share some Gerard Manley Hopkins: “What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet”
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2025
Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Its the time of year, when nature comes alive Do not waste your time mowing and poisoning essential food for pollinators and wildlife Let nature live - weeds are not trash but wild flowers
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Long Covid Advocacy Ireland-LCAI @lcaireland.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tess Finch-Lees Dáil air is filtered while our children continue to get sick at school "The ongoing impact of covid infection is very real, but we still haven't managed the simplest mitigation for our children." Pls share #LongCovidKids #CleanTheAir #LongCovid #SpeirGorm #CleanAirIreland
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Dáil air is filtered while our children continue to get sick at school
The ongoing impact of covid infection is very real, but we still haven't managed the simplest mitigation for our children
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
In the 1960s Switzerland had some of Europe's filthiest waterbodies. Now its cities boast near-pristine rivers & lakes: "We are united by a love of water". Lessons to learn here, about building emotional connection to water as well as infrastructure investment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers
In the 1960s, the Swiss had some of the dirtiest water in Europe. Now, their cities boast pristine rivers and lakes – and other countries are looking to follow their lead
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“Back then, the overwhelming public sentiment was: never again. Today, it seems: never what?”—Siddhartha Mukherjee Exceptional essay Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear (Gift Article)
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing? Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life
Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin Americ...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
So much profound beauty in our world. But it seems the forces unable to see beyond their own wealth, power, and egos are in the ascendant right now. It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off. That's what blackmail looks like. That's what the world is up against.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
5 years into Covid's impact, phenomenal review by @dwallacewells.bsky.social gift link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | How Covid Remade Our America, Five Years Later (Gift Article)
It feels as if the pandemic is behind us. But we’re living in the world it made.
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Protect All Wildlife @protectallwildlife.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay I think this quote from the wonderful Dame Jane Goodall is very appropriate... 'What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.'
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Billionaires are a blight on planet Earth. Tax them into oblivion.
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Clare Verde @clareverde.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Starmer's apologists will tell us "it's too soon to criticise him" until 2028, whereupon they'll tell us, "it's too close to the election, now is not the time." There is never a wrong time to hold your government to account.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What she said.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
If you'd like to help restore Ireland's lost rainforests, there's no better way than through the @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social For nature in general, the @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌎
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉) "Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
"If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares" Imagine 3 billion more hectares for fully wild ecosystems. Diet is THE elephant in the room when it comes to reversing nature collapse. ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
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If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares
We could reduce the amount of land used for grazing and croplands used to grow animal feed.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I wasn't planning to post today, but this one wanted to be written open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Pathetic Billionaires’ Club
How fuck-you money can become fuck-me money
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