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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A phone battery in Europe, a dry river near a mine, a community forced to defend its land — this is one supply chain. Europe’s raw materials push has consequences. Stand with affected communities and sign our petition. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Europe’s metals demand, global damage: stop mining and stockpiling
Europe's appetite for raw materials is driving damage far beyond its borders. To secure metals such as rare earths, cobalt, copper, lithium, and bauxite, the EU is backing stockpiling and new extracti...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ad... @uplift.ie
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Adam's Protocols - Someone presenting as suicidal shouldn't have to go through A&E
I just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too?
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
1.5 million Europeans asked for a fur ban, but the EU Commission thinks slightly nicer cages are the vibe. Newsflash: a cage is still a cage. Science says no, and we say no. Email the Commission to demand action now. share.greens-efa.eu/s/XocC9cmU
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Send an email now and make a difference.
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I just signed the petition calling for sulky horse activity to be kept off Irish public roads and stronger protections for horses and the public. Will you add your name? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
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Keep Sulky Horse Activity Off Irish Public Roads
I just signed the petition calling for sulky horse activity to be kept off Irish public roads and stronger protections for horses and the public. Will you add your name?
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In #Ecuador, the crackdown starts with a frozen bank account. No wages, no groceries, no doctor’s visit – and no fair chance to defend yourself. This is what happens when people resist mining and oil expansion. ✍️ ##RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Ecuador: Stop criminalizing environmental defenders!
In Ecuador, bank accounts are being frozen without evidence, hearings, or due process. Environmental groups and individuals are left unable to pay salaries, buy food, or see a doctor. Behind the legal...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Fossil fuel companies are profiting from Trump's war and we all are paying for is. We must tax their excessive profits, provide direct relief to people and invest directly in green energy. Sign the petition now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/iFRgK1vY
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Trump’s war: Tax excessive energy profits
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The shine of an electric car can hide a brutal story: cleared forests, polluted rivers, and families pushed from their homes in Congo’s mining regions. Demand responsibility from automakers. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Cobalt mining in Congo: Put public health before profit!
Polished to perfection: electric vehicles from BMW, Mercedes, and VW. Devastated: mining regions where their raw materials are extracted. Poisoned: families living near the mines. In the Congo, people...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Uplift - People Powered Change on Instagram: "Government are going to try ram through the arbitration amendment act which would open the door for Secretive international courts that would allow corpor...
605 likes, 52 comments - upliftireland on April 15, 2026: "Government are going to try ram through the arbitration amendment act which would open the door for Secretive international courts that would...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Europe belongs to all who care for each other. But some politicians are working with the far right to bring US-style mass deportations here. It is time to speak up against this alliance of hate. ➡️ Email MEPs now and stop the EU ICE plan. share.greens-efa.eu/s/stSemkIe
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Don't stay silent. Send an email now and make a difference.
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 10/03/2026
An Taisce seeks judicial review of 6th Nitrates Action Programme "we cannot ignore the necessity to protect 2 of the essential ingredients for flourishing rural life & agriculture - clean water & uncontaminated soil" "which must be preserved for future generations" www.antaisce.org/news/water-q...
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Water quality worsening: An Taisce seeks judicial review of the sixth Nitrates Action Programme
An Taisce — the National Trust for Ireland has filed an application to the High Court seeking judicial review of the sixth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP), adopted by the Minister for Housing, Heritag...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
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Stop large corporations harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
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Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 05/02/2026
💥 Big polluters and reckless politicians are coming for Europe’s water protections. For 25 years, the EU’s water law has kept our rivers and lakes alive — now they want to take it apart. 🪓 Help defend your water. Add your name to our petition. ✋💧 #HandsOffNature 👉 f.mtr.cool/idwqdgltoj
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Sign the petition to protect the laws that protect us - our health, nature, and water. Don't let polluters and opportunistic politicians speak for you. Give nature a voice! #HandsOffNature europe.oceana.org/hands-off-na...
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#Handsoffnature
We have 10 days to speak up before it’s too late.  Tell them to keep their hands off nature. Across Europe, the blue lung of our planet is...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
EU digital rights are under attack! @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu is weakening protections against Big Tech and its AI, instead of defending our democracy and privacy. Let's make our voices heard: demand she stands strong. Sign the petition now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/AK2iGzFw
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My data, my choice - sign the petition
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Please SIGN: Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone, and 70% of its traded timber is illegal. It’s time for Mexico to enforce its own laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our ...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/en... @uplift.ie
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Occupied Territories Bill Now
Demand the Irish government stops blocking the Occupied Territories Bill and finally ban trade with illegal settlers on Palestinian land.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions against what @antaisce.bsky.social is describing as one of the greatest threats to our environment ever. Please don't wait til it's too late, get it in today.
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Uplift Ireland @uplift.ie · 14/01/2026
Email tool asking Niamh Smyth to hold X accountable ✊️ #SpeirGorm action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ho...
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Support Niamh Smyth to hold X accountable
I just emailed Niamh Smyth asking them to stand firm against X and stop them producing sexual abuse material, can you do the same?
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
A report this week showing that a whopping 90% of protected habitats are in bad condition, and still deteriorating, has been hailed by the government as "good news for Ireland's wildlife" 😵
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Dear @eppgroup.bsky.social ❌ Don't destroy our forests ❌ Don't deregulate nature protection ❌ Don't work with the far right Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/BNMf6aYD
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Use our toolkit to share this visual
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 24/11/2025
Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
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Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
Half of the farms inspected by Cork County Council under the National Agriculture Inspection Programme (NAIP) this year have failed to comply with the government’s Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) reg...
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Aedh MacTire @tine119.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’. How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit? share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
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Josep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Israeli forces abducted Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salit during a raid on the Aqtaba neighborhood, east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Unreported in MSM : The Metropolitan Police in London arrested 47 peaceful protestors, many pensioners, yesterday as they sat silently protesting in support of the six Palestine Action members held on remand and without trial for a year or more. The accused are on hunger strike, demanding bail.
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Please sign and share if you can. Boots: get krill pills off the shelves! They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix. act.weplanet.org/p/boots-get-...
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Boots: get krill pills off the shelves!
They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix.
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
*Yet again, the New York Times’ Bret Stephens advocates the overthrow of a sovereign government. Why do the readers of the “paper of record” tolerate this dangerous propaganda?* by @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social Media www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
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There Have to Be Consequences For Advocating Illegal Wars
Yet again, the New York Times’ Bret Stephens advocates the overthrow of a sovereign government. Why do the readers of the “paper of record” tolerate this dangerous propaganda?
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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
"Obama ordered 563 drone strikes, which murdered around 3,797 people, none of which faced any trial and almost none of which were suspected of any crime. For comparison, George W. Bush ordered 57 strikes during his eight years of war and terror." #3E
A screenshot of the Council on Foreign Relations website displaying an article titled “Obama’s Final Drone Strike Data.” Below the headline is a photograph of Donald Trump and Barack Obama standing close together and shaking hands during Trump’s inauguration ceremony. The byline notes the post is by Micah Zenko, dated January 20, 2017.A screenshot from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism featuring a headline that reads “Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes than Bush.” The image shows former President Barack Obama standing at a podium, gesturing with both hands, with an American flag visible behind him. The article category above the headline is labeled “Human Rights” and “Drone Warfare,” dated January 17, 2017.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I'll be on @rteone.rte.ie's Futureville Ireland after 7.00 this evening, talking about THE most critical choice we face as a nation. Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding? share.google/cd9ER2HKnXd3...
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Futureville Ireland: We are going back to the city of the future
Futureville Ireland, with Carla O'Brien and Dr Lollie Mancey, returns for a second series on Tuesday, 11 November at 7pm on RTÉ One & RTÉ Player. Made with support from Research Ireland.
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We won strong EU laws against child labour & nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it. Tell him to protect our future, not big business. Act now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/pECvcxts
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Send him an email now and tell him to not give in to the far right.
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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Global Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide. How do we adapt to what is coming? The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely. #Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting 📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 04/11/2025
Watery ecologies, cultures and economies are closely linked – and are often affected by inequality and oppression in inextricable ways.
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Water, everywhere
Access to water, socio-economic inequality and the environmental crisis come to the surface in a thought-provoking exhibition.
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Tripod cat @tripodcat.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/10/2025
“Large factory ships now plunder the ocean as if it were a bottomless pit of profit”
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Bottom trawling ban 'must be top of agenda'
MPs call for British Government to ban bottom trawling as Parliament passes oceans Bill.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Private equity decimated US hospitals, says Senate report; now targeting the NHS. PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service. PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
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Private equity - "decimated" US hospitals according to report - now targeting the NHS - The Lowdown
In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
In case you're wondering, the EPP is the EU parliamentary group co-founded and adhered to by Fine Gael, Heather Humphrey's party. Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.
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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Kerry fish farm licence reinstated but regulations 'shattered' says fishery watchdog m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
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Kerry fish farm license reinstated but regulations ‘shattered’ says fishery watchdog
In the tranquil bays of the Iveagh Peninsula hides the thronging Deenish Island fish farm. In the minds of many locals, the farm, owned by Norwegian fisheries giant Mowi, is a deeply insidious force.
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
You should sign this! act.greens-efa.eu/ban-addictiv...
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Tell Europe to ban addictive design
Our time, focus and mental health are not for sale.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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‘We're Very Concerned About What The US Is Doing Around Venezuela’ - PopularResistance.Org
Russia is deeply concerned about what the US is doing around Venezuelan waters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference on Saturday. “We are certainly very alarmed by what t...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🚨Gaza and Gazans urgently need humanitarian aid. The Flotillas for Gaza is are civilian and humanitarian initiatives to support Gaza and to break the siege. They are in danger! ➡️ Email your government now to protect & support the Flotilla⛵️ app.sosha.ai/s/njXMK2mD
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We demand protection for the Flotillas for Gaza
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Tony Blair's Dreadful Plans for Gaza www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Draft of Tony Blair's Gaza plan: Remote governance, little Palestinian representation
Haaretz Reveals the Full Document Proposed by the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a Postwar Gaza Strip: A Regime Run by Affluent Foreigners With Palestinian Executives at the Bottom
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Give your opinion on housing. act.greens-efa.eu/housing-cons...
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Speak up on housing: Tell Europe what you think
Use our tool to let the European policy makers know what you think
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📺 Watch it back: Rewilding in Ireland 🌱 Feat. Eoghan Daltun @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds @wearetheark.bsky.social Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/j8X8bD8GmGA?... @irishenvnet.bsky.social #Rewilding
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Rewilding in Ireland | Theory, Scale, Practice
YouTube video by Irish Wildlife Trust
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Please SIGN: The Amazon is near a tipping point – our climate and future hang in the balance. At COP30, leaders must act. Support rainforest protection – add your voice! #Amazon #ClimateAction ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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#petition A call to the governments of the world: Protect our climate – save the Amazon rainforest!
The Amazon rainforest sustains people, biodiversity, and our climate, yet it is under constant threat. At COP30 in Brazil this November, governments must act. Protecting rainforests means protecting o...
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deemckay.bsky.social @deemckay.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hardworking midwives—deserve much better. my.uplift.ie/petitions/mo... @uplift.ie
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Choice in Maternity Care Matters: Mothers Deserve More
Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hard...
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