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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Think it's little understood outside Egypt just how authoritarian the government is, and how much worse it's getting. Have heard stories of journalists afraid to put their names to articles about facts of life like inflation, for fear of being arrested for undermining the regime.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watching people struggle to grasp the philosophical issues without a Marxist analysis is kinda painful. They know something is up but without the right tools they're floundering around. The bosses would always rather automate your job away because they hate paying wages. That's it, man.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry 😢 A beautiful person & ridiculously talented actor! Went down a rabbit hole of Youtube interview clips of him after watching a scene from Rocky Horror Picture Show. Came across as a kind, gentle & thoughtful soul completely opposite to the fiendish characters he played.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

visited two Irish websites in the past two days that had this kind of pastejacking pop-up attempt. -do not- follow these steps under any circumstances

a "Human Verification" window on a website requiring the user to paste some code into the Windows command prompt

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The question to ask of capitalism is simple: does the right of business to exploit consumers and workers trump the right of consumers and workers to be protected from exploitation? And overwhelmingly, the AI industry's answer is YES - hence hatred of AI becoming an anticapitalist inflection point.

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Barry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'If a culture teaches people to associate freedom with consumption, identity with acquisition, progress with economic growth, and happiness with comfort and convenience, then asking people to “live with less” will almost inevitably sound like a demand for loss' #Ouch theecologist.org/2026/aug/18/...

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Sacred revolt

Why reverence should precede restraint.

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Thought provoking thread of threads ⬇️....love these as always wonderful to hear from people quote posting on their varying subject matter expertise on this platform. And 💯 agree with point made in this post!

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026

Borders turn human beings into fodder for power hungry men and the sooner we do away with them the better for all humanity

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is a wonderful life affirming thread on what increased visibility of neurodivergence actually means.👏

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is incredibly sad. The poor man. How horrendous are the British media. He did not deserve the harsh public scrutiny meted out to him. Unforgivable behaviour.

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is such a wonderful insight into world of bumblebees. I knew the huge bull thistles that have grown in my front lawn this summer due to wilful neglect were good for bees...now I have even more info to justify ruining curb appeal for my row of house's 😁

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Largely nonviolent movements have toppled many regimes, from Bangladesh last year to most of Eastern Europe in 1989 to... Lots documenting it, including Erica chenoweth.bsky.social's famous work and the Swarthmore archives on nonviolence. Weird how people still assume...

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Theres a scene in Sinners film, where the souls of the abcestors and those not yet born join the audience in dance as rhe main character plays low down perfect blues. Its a beautiful scene, and this week its taken on sonething else for me than just really nice cinematography.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Simple changes to public lighting increase survival of birds and save up to 60% of energy. Intense lights confuse the seabirds, and they often end up flying into city-made obstacles, or they fall from exhaustion while trying to find their way through flood of lights. www.birdlife.org/news/2026/07...

birdlife.org

No more blind birds: Reducing light pollution saves birds and energy

Simple changes to public lighting increase the survival of birds and save up to 60% of energy.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Seacave water, so clear and still - it looks allot shallower than it is!! The backs of these caves make for secluded spots that grey seals sometimes use as nurseries. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is incredible writing. The vulnerability and honesty laid bare that is in turn defiant. I am deeply moved by her account of grooming and the reverberating effects on her life and those around her. The final paragraph.....

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Given recent comments from Jack Chambers, I am genuinely aghast a govt minister could talk with no regard for laws of land, access to justice or seriousness of climate change. The levels of insulation from reality that this must cause....these are not serious people.

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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

He was quoted in the Indo as saying no Government “should be stuck with legislation from a previous timeline or era” and oh boy is he going to be very surprised when he looks at how old some of the laws on the books are, or how the entire common law system works on precedent.

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Is there Irish academics who could point me in direction of relevant papers on socio-cultural reasons behind the heavily centralised style of government through history of Irish nation antithetical to proper consultation on environmental issues etc. #speirghorm #speirgorm #academicsky

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

In the knowledge that only 31 have been charged followung the June 2026 pogroms in Belfast, we reflect on a prophetic article written by Aoife Moore for the Irish News on June 10. [1/n]

Picture of boarded up Belfast terraced house with text: June 2026 Belfast Pogromsm only 38 arrested and 31 charged.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sliabh Rua, like a giant, coiled, stone serpent. As seen from the Burren National park. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have just discovered Project Gutenberg. Incredible internet archive. I have been missing out!

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Mathematician & geodeist Dr. Irene Fischer helped guide NASA to the moon. Joining the US Army Map Service in 1952, she unified centuries of broken data to calculate the Earth’s precise size/shape. Her calculations allowed NASA to safely program Apollo moon landing trajectories. #WomenInSTEM (1/3)🧵

A historical, black-and-white portrait from 1966 of mathematician and geodesist Dr. Irene Kaminka Fischer (1907–2009), who unified world geodetic datums to guide NASA's Apollo moon missions. Captured in a head-and-shoulders, passport-style composition against a plain, light background, she poses facing forward with a calm, dignified, and intelligent expression. Her dark hair is styled in a voluminous, coiffed mid-century bob with a lighter, prominently swept-back section framing her forehead. She wears a dark jacket or dress featuring a wide, rounded Peter Pan collar, a thin necklace chain, and round stud earrings. Pinning her collar is an elegant, leaf-shaped brooch. In the upper right corner, the number "4" is printed as a small inset digit. The portrait conveys a formal, professional mood, serving as an important historical record of one of the 20th century's most accomplished female STEM pioneers during the peak of the Space Race.

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A really interesting argument for sortition as a replacement for electoral politics.

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Lots of good things in the Just Transition Commission's latest report on agriculture and land use. No shortages of recommendations, and even hopeful visions of the future, but what is lacking is a clear sense of who is driving the transition and how. justtransitioncommission.ie/publication/...

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Towards a Just Transition in Agriculture and Land Use - Just Transition Commission

How can Ireland transition its food, agriculture and land-use systems in a way that is fair, sustainable and supports thriving rural communities?

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

People sometimes want to point at the rise of the solar industry as a demonstration that we've solved climate change and can relax. Meanwhile, total global carbon emissions rise, every year, because the more energy we produce, and the cheaper it gets, the more new uses the economy finds for it.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think the effort to cast misogynist men as secretly gay is misguided—an attempt to deny the centrality of sexism and gender hierarchy to our definitions of what a man is.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 16/07/2026

The Rough Fort • Derry This fine example of a ringfort can be found close to Limavady. It is a counterscarp rath, meaning there is an additional low bank outside the enclosing outer ditch. It enclosed and protected one or more round houses built of post & wattle. #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm

An aerial plan view of the Rough Fort. The fort is a circular enclosure, largely lined with mature trees at the corner of a field. A road runs to the right of the fort, while another smaller laneway borders the fort going the other way.

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"We can no longer afford to subsidise research for environmentally destructive, socially exploitative or military-linked industries in the name of increasing European competitiveness." Prof Jennie Stephens www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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Universities must be supported to lead on climate action

One critical public investment we can make to reduce devastating future societal costs is to dramatically increase third-level funding

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In pub. Resisting impulse to yell "All national identities are fundamentally fictitious!"

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 15/07/2026

Remember to scream loudly out of the window at random moments to keep your iPlayer-watching neighbours on their toes.

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

everyone seems to be responding positively to this and i hate to burst anyone's bubble, but i recently went to a Luddite festival in NYC and this is something organizers specifically warned about: don't let capitalists sell your hatred of capitalism back to you

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Scott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

it probably is some kind of shifting baseline thing like no light pollution or the amount of fish in the water, which is a bummer bsky.app/profile/plum...

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sadhbh O’Neill: Ireland can’t decide whether to protect the environment or undermine it. Public participation and environmental scrutiny are not the enemies of progress. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Ireland can’t make up its mind whether it wants to protect the environment or undermine it

Public participation and environmental scrutiny are not the enemies of progress

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Why should I bring him up with a disregard for the thoughts & feelings of others, with the outlook of intimidating & one upping everyone around him, to dominate. Why shouldn’t community members step in & protect boys from intimidation, why don’t they deserve that? They deserve to feel safe

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

💯 this thread ⬇️ & 👏 for this intervention hard as it may be. As a society, we emotionally cauterise young boys with these messed up attitudes, a handing down of our own trauma. My young nephews high energy & emotionality are a joy to behold...

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Lynn O'K @lynnok.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Who would a married woman whose already a mother need an abortion? 1. 1 in 4 pregnancies are unplanned, no form of contraception is 100% unplanned pregnancies still occur 2. A health condition that means a pregnancy is a bigger risk than normal. This may have come to light in the previous pregnancy

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

No doubt applicable across the board. Currently undergoing minor research thesis using philosophical theory. From building an argument to situating our ways of thinking contextually, there is no way to avoid reading at length for understanding a piece & coming to your own understanding.

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

To me, there is nothing more evocative of nature than birdsong. Genuinely saddening news that is undoubtedly replicated across Ireland.

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kelly @earley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

this week, i'm talking about the environmental impact of war & why it needs equal airtime to the conversation about data centres (although, as noted within, they are not two distinct issues) last week's heatwave should be a wake up call against further militarisation

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Kelly Earley: As global militaries wage war and kill people, they are also killing the planet

The impact of war generally goes under the radar in our conversations about pollution and the climate crisis.

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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Real devolution is about trusting local communities with power, resources and responsibility—not concentrating everything in the capital. Strong democracies thrive when decision-making is brought closer to the people it affects.

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Andy Burnham to propose devolution plan in first major policy speech since launching bid for No 10 – UK politics live

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister to pledge ‘growth in every postcode’

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This is brilliant...the backstory 😆

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is absolutely wonderful. Communities advocating for themselves....in the absence of any care & consideration for their views.

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

These threads & their responses are an education. Always found the dismissive framing around carbon footprint dubious. It has some merit to concentrate minds on problem. Very sympathetic to other posters thoughts on AI in education particularly with wholesale institutional capitulation in background

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Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The extent of corporate capture has contributed to a state bereft of ideas & coerced in following the path of least resistance. I imagine the Irish Govt looking on with admiration yet as per Sean's post ⬇️, consequences of such a ban will be far more sinister then current online safety concerns.

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