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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 18h
Sure, AI companies steal ideas, creativity & expertise to monetise them on a colossal scale. And OK, they’re losing literally billions every week in this gigantic Ponzi scheme. But at least they’re also threatening to wipe out humanity as well, so let’s all try to keep some perspective here.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perhaps the Ireland team and FAI should follow Gavin Bazunu, show some courage and boycott the next match... or fail again to add pressure on Israel after the mass UN walkout?
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As thick as the silt they are removing. It will certainly help it flow alright... straight to the next town at risk of flooding. 😡
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Love this about the dynamics of wild horses on grasslands. Some interesting online talks coming up connected to this: Jens-Christian Svenning on wild horses- vildmarken.dk/article/onli... and Leo Linnartz on on cattle behaviour - vildmarken.dk/article/onli...
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Online seminar on "Natural behaviour of cattle" (by Leo Linnartz) | Vildmarken
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What should Ukraine's landscapes look like after the war? Recovery goes beyond rebuilding: sustainable forests, ecological restoration, community participation, better governance. The future is not just about recovery. It is about the choices we make today. #PostWarRecovery #Sustainability #Ukraine
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Pathways for Ukraine’s post-war nature recovery: Focus on forest socio-ecological systems - Ambio
Natural ecosystems face significant pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and increasing socio-economic and political stressors—all of which are exacerbated by military conflict. This paper...
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to Shane Oakley! 👏 This fantastic capture of a Barn Swallow feeding their chick in Co Clare is the August 2026 IWT Photo of the Month. A huge thank you to all who entered and took part in the voting 💚 To see our Top 10, check out our Instagram! www.instagram.com/irishwildlif...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵
evitable
adjective
uk  /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us  /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UN commission finds that Israel has deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the W...
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Government are proposing that a developer building up to 250 houses won't have to assess at even a basic level the impacts of that development on the environment. This would be unlawful & disastrous for the environment. www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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Govt to remove environmental screening for developments
The Government is expected to remove the need for environmental assessments for housing developments of up to 250 units by the end of the month in a bid to speed up house building.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21/09/2026
"Not everybody knows that Ireland is actually home to spectacular cold-water coral reefs."
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Irish scientists help damaged coral with 3D-printed reefs
Irish scientists have been using 3D-printed coral reefs to help damaged coral recover off the Irish and French coasts.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fishy Farage at it again. No end to his talents.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The old story of big business and/or wealthy individuals corrupting government to the detriment of everyone & the environment. The more practices like this are exposed the better.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
No doubt this will back up earlier research which found trawling to be a carbon source doi.org/10.5061/drya...
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Dryad | Data: Ocean alkalinity destruction by anthropogenic seafloor disturbances generates a hidden CO2 emission
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We were told that the measure agriculture was taking were working and just needed time to show results.... www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
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Nitrate pollution rises in Ireland's major rivers - EPA
Nitrate pollution levels have risen again in Ireland's major rivers, according the latest figures from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Fighting Dirty @fightingdirty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: Papers have now been filed for this case. But we still need support for the crowdfunding. Please do share and please donate. Without financial support we won't be able to keep taking these cases. www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...
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UK Government scraps chemical safety laws - so we're going to court
George Monbiot, Georgia Elliott-Smith and Steve Hyndside are Fighting Dirty, using the law to stop harmful pollution in its tracks. Find out more and follow our work at https://fightingdirty.org/
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And we wonder why the system is unreformable www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Minister for Agriculture has largest farmlands among TDs and Senators
Irish Times investigation finds FG TD has largest landholding among Oireachtas members and is among highest EU Cap fund recipients
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of A. profit and B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love. So yes, demonic is the right word.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Andy Burnt-his-chances www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"British woodlands (except pine) burn like damp adbestos" - Oliver Rackham... and Spanish ones and Irish and French and Scottish and German and and (insert country with broadleaf woodlands here) etc. Repeat ad infinitum.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Corporate bullying by Rentokill
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Will Labour get a bloody nose? Let's hope so.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reform and the Conservatives want to drill for more fossil fuels and frack the land. Why? Because two thirds of Reform's donations come from fossil fuel interests, and the Conservatives pocketed millions from the same industry while in power. Kick polluters out of politics. act.gp/4gLVhhH
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Kick polluters out of politics
Add your name and join thousands of others to stop the fossil fuelled takeover of our politics.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it is the poorest and most excluded who will suffer from it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning
Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thank you, Martyn Turner, you're a star.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good people of Holborn & St Pancras elect Zak Polanski for Parliament. Give Andy Burnt-his-chances a kick up the backside and help bring an end the the current destructive political system.
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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pragmatic (adj.) 1. Of or relating to decision-making in the short-term interests of fossil fuel producers. 2. Neglect or ignorance of the risks of climate breakdown and need for rapid emissions reduction. 3. Naivety in regard to the promises or assumptions of unproven carbon capture technologies.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎵 Meet the new boss, same as the old boss 🎵 2 things Andy Burnham should have loudly proclaimed as soon as he became prime minister was to end political donations and reform the voting system. He's back tracking like all those before him. 🧵
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mmm strawberry cheesecake. It's that fungi time of year again.
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's time to break the grip of the billionaire-owned media on our democracy. Please sign & share parliamentary petition : mediasovereignty.org/petition An independent, free press is vital to tackling the climate, poverty, democratic & nature crises
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Petition - Media Sovereignty Act Campaign
Sign the Parliamentary Petition Do YOU want Britain to take back control of our media and democracy from the international billionaires who have hijacked it? They use it to force our politicians to ac...
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is relevant in Ireland where wild boar - a native but extinct part of our wild fauna - is legally designated an alien invasive species 🐗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/feral-pigs...
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Feral Pigs or Wild Boar? The Identity Crisis Reshaping the Scottish Highlands
What happens when an animal returns after centuries away, and nobody can agree on whether it belongs?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ten things we need to do to prepare for the next drought, and the one after that, and the one after that... jrnl.ie/7146095
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The wolf is at the door: 10 things we must do to prepare for a hotter, drier future
From restoring wetlands and reforesting uplands to bringing back beavers and protecting our hedgerows, Ireland needs to act now to prepare for extreme temperatures.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dale Vince adds more weight to the theory that excess money & power seriously affects your ability to make a rational decision.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Shocking effect of drought on Europe's soils.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“If there was a good case to be made in Denmark for scrapping its agriculture ministry, I believe the argument in favour of a similar step in Ireland is even more compelling & urgent”. My op-ed in today’s @IrishTimes www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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John Gibbons: Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry
Denmark no longer has an agriculture minister – Ireland should follow suit
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure
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Mid Shannon wilderness Park - Awareness Group @midshannon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Great watching the history of the bogs & Midlands, but extremely disappointing to see RTE not covering facts of what BNM are doing to these bogs to facilitate wind. Important that the public is given all info, not misinformation on #buildingireland www.rte.ie/player/serie...
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Always worth posting this about the malign Peter Thiel & Palantir. @rbreich.bsky.social - proof that America is not all right wing nut cases.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Russia must pay for destruction it has caused," warned European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen. Agree 100%. Now try saying this out loud: "Israel must pay for destruction it has caused," warned von der Leyen. Otherwise, this is absolutely rank hypocrisy. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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EU condemns Russian 'atrocities' as 17 killed in Kyiv
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen slammed "horrible atrocities" by Russia after a deadly attack on the Kyiv region killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens,
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And lest anyone is still struggling to distinguish a “war” from a “genocide”, this should help.
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I wonder will this also be the summer that changes things. It is certainly the summer when climate came home to roost for a lot more people than before.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/08/2026
BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.2 billion in the three months to the end of June. These are the profits of war and climate chaos. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.
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BP's PROFITS IN 3 MONTHS

£4.2bn

MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
For many years, watching fires devour our hills I wonder: will this be the fire that changes things? www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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‘What was a beautiful habitat now is black soot’: Ireland’s wildfires devastate wildlife
Mammals, small reptiles and amphibians losing shelter and food due to blazes in Tipperary, Wicklow and Waterford
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
‘Renewables offer humanity an unlikely exit ramp off our current highway to #climate hell – if only our politicians & business leaders had the wit & mettle to grasp this slenderest of lifelines’ My take in Irish Examiner today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Renewables are a lifeline our politicians are too cowardly to grasp
Every month that passes brings us another step closer to tragedy
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David of Belfast @davidofbelfast.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition to demand the government protects us all from the impacts of extreme weather and the #ClimateEmergency. Add your name too! action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
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Tell the government: stop extreme weather destroying lives
Add my name Extreme heat. Droughts. Wildfires. Flooding. Homes destroyed. Lives shattered. Climate breakdown isn’t a distant threat. It’s happening now, and communities across the UK are on the frontl...
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The first #babybeavers born in #GlenAffric in 400 years! 🦫 A wonderful milestone for our reintroduction project with Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) and @beavertrust.org Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/first-baby-b...
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