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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 50m

Think about it. Then head to @swanireland.ie and sign their petition against open pen salmon farms, and then get on to your public representatives and tell them to get MPA legislation over the line this year! Thanks #speirgorm #magicalcreatures

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 22h

How Mark Zuckerberg plans to finance his donation to Waterford GAA clubs #speirgorm Link sharing on Facebook will become more expensive for charities because of this: almcorp.com/news/faceboo...

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Facebook Starts Limiting Link Posts for Non-Paying Pages

Facebook tests restricting unpaid Business Pages to 2 link posts per month, driving adoption for Meta One for Business subscriptions. Read full details.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hot Take: The far right are campaigning against the carbon tax because they are being paid to do it by the fossil fuel industry

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims Makes you wonder if the original research was executed by a industry friendly source or maybe with AI? 😂 #speirgorm #Datacenters jrnl.ie/7165266

jrnl.ie

Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims

The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sign the European Citizen's Initiative for a right to housing. Because, #speirgorm , let's face it: we'll need a bigger stick. Organise accordingly eci.ec.europa.eu/064/public/#...

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European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We need to stop burning fossil fuels and we need to stop making more plastic That's the strategy

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Over 400 weekly protests marked by Friends of Fridays For Future And they'll be there next Friday and the Friday after. Come on down, bring your lunch, have a chat and meet minded people!

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Stop Datacenter expansion now - reason #7 After driving up electricity prices, needing US LNG to run, producing brain rot and plagiarising human creativity, causing noise pollution and water shortages now they demand more forever chemicals #speirgorm , end it www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn

Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Google should now be called “Poodle”

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

AI getting out of control is more real than i thought www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A snippet of text form the linked article

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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"A future of profound warming may be imaginable, but its acceptability depends on the courage to act in ways that reduce both its likelihood and its human cost. Resilience is not merely endurance, but the capacity to redirect course collectively, with an honest acceptance of planetary limits."

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Had a lovely picnic in the park with friends and the kids, such a cool experience. Not as cool as these guys, mind

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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So currently one choice for leader of FF is dismantling the civil judicial system and the other is dismantling the criminal justice system. I am reminded of that ancient Irish saying - two cheeks of the same arse. #spéirghorm

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If, like me, you're male and a musician in Ireland, you should read what Jess has to say about our community. Because the very high likelihood is that one part or the other is about you, too. This is not an easy read but a necessary one #speirgorm jesskav.substack.com/p/angel-at-t...

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Angel At The Table

The thicket of un-grooming and the Irish music industry

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I want to work for the fire brigade when I grow up

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Around the world, people are facing a cost of living crisis, rising energy bills and worsening climate impacts. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies continue making enormous profits while ordinary households bear the costs. Make polluters pay! act.350.org/sign/tell-eu...

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Slash oil and gas profits, make the polluters pay!

Fossil fuel companies keep raking in obscene profits while our bills soar and our planet gets hotter. We can’t keep paying while they profit. Our governments must break free from oil and gas. We can't...

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Will take 5 minutes: I just called FAI headquarters and demanded they cancel the game against Israel. Will you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ca...

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Call the FAI Headquarters: Stop the Game

I just called FAI headquarters and demanded they cancel the game against Israel. Will you do the same?

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Every data centre needs to be self-sufficient in green energy. These centres are here because of our unique climate & political stability. They need us more than we need them. At the v least they should be subsidising the cost of domestic electricity. They are unsustainable. They don’t create jobs.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fiana Faíl and Fine Gael are supporting fossil fuel interests at every turn.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Not to get too fuzzy, but without the jobs, it's 12% enough to justify giving them half our water and electricity? Why AI-fuelled job cuts at multinationals risk blowing a hole in Ireland’s public finances jrnl.ie/7049439

jrnl.ie

Why AI-fuelled job cuts at multinationals risk blowing a hole in Ireland’s public finances

Ireland’s deal with the tech giants is at risk of breaking down, as big companies appear keen to take an axe to their workforces.

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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Momentum is building! 2nd conference early next year on the island of Tuvalu, co-hosted by Ireland So Ireland must now move away from "...fossil fuelled corporate dominance and towards bottom-up, decentralised renewables that ensure energy sovereignty for all" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout

Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summits

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

These guys make repression their business. Keep them out of Europe. Keep them out of Ireland.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Interesting read Do you think Leo was attempting to strike another blow on the wedge being driven between us by the political right? (read: rich people and their stooges) #speirgorm FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland? jrnl.ie/7021072

jrnl.ie

FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland?

Varadkar’s comments on rural Ireland caused a stir – but was he right?

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Eyup #speirgorm It's sunny, it's Earth Day and our government is completely captured by industry. Walk with me

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Fossil Fuel companies, more profits Diesel and Petrol again subsidised by taxpayers Farmers and Hauliers thrown in with fascists Government didn't answer, neither hardly receive, any hard questions People of #speirgorm black and white thinking doesn't solve this the devil is in the detail:

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Irish government are dragging their heels on transposing even weakened eu regulation into law, missing deadline after deadline. Again showing up for Big Tech interests #speirgorm How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll jrnl.ie/7013368

jrnl.ie

How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll

A cross-border investigation has revealed how industry lobbying is shaping data centre regulation in the EU.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

New track by Massive Attack and Tom Waites #speirgorm

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The options for the left to make themselves useful in the cost of living and inequality crisis is not to copy the tactics used by far right movement hijackers last week but to fill the vacuum with genuine ideas to better our lives. Asking 'where is the money?' when it comes to the many real issues

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

From the Irish Wildlife Trust Hi, have a look at this petition: EU environmental laws have worked for decades but now they're getting dismantled for corporate profit. We need as many signatures as possible to defend people and nature 🤝 #HandsOffNature iwt.ie/what-we-do/h...

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Hands Off Nature - Irish Wildlife Trust

WHY DOES IT MATTER? Every minute, 100 trees are cut down to satisfy EU consumption, pushing our future dangerously close to a tipping point. Forests filter the air we breathe and the water we drink, a...

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Insightful and thought inspiring - Puts some serious questions to all of us;

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Putting a pin into this one for the next time Trump is in the country #protesttherightguy #speirgorm

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Public pressure works on private companies Join the National Park Services in saving the US Forest Service from the land grab! #resist #regenerate #reimagine

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Here we go again Whatever inconvenience you imagine we would face from abandoning fossil fuels and going to wind, solar, batteries and cutting down on datacenters - sucking up to the flipping oligarchs and fascists is going to end up worse Sign here: friendsoftheearth.cmail20.com/t/t-l-wilkid...

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