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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 35m

We're building data centres that push up our cost of electricity that will ultimately push Irish people out of work. What wonderful forward planning #speirgorm

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 57m

Amazon will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and tech giant trims costs amid ramped-up investments in artificial intelligence, according to US media reports.
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Amazon to cut 30,000 office jobs internationally following AI investments

It is not yet clear whether Irish employees will be impacted.

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 22h

manage.
Why will I not record location despite getting expert advice to help that species?

Cant risk designation. Natura 2000 & now Nature Restoration Law has had a chilling effect on farmer-conservationist cooperation. Some may even remove habitat out of fear. Danger of eco-populism #speirgorm

Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 22h

You want to know part of the reason for Ireland's #biodiversity crisis? Declines are real but take #farmland birds, most farmers won't report successes.

I won't be saying where because of risk of incompetent bureaucracy impeding my work but a at risk bird species has doubled this year on land I

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 22h

I'm less optimistic than I was 2/3 years ago (and anyone who knows my writing/listened to me talk on the topic knows how cynical I am).
Carbon credits are a disaster waiting to happen to food production.
We rightly have pride in our standards here, the plan is 100% to undermine those with imports

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 23h

Lithuania to close border with Belarus, shoot down balloons, prime minister says

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 3d

This article is full of digs against horseshoe bats, planners & says “environmental goals have created stasis”. The @dublininquirer.com have already looked into the Collison backed Progress Ireland & identified links with US libertarian & Peter Thiel backed groups. We need independent journalism!

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 23h

but ones that lock up land from younger more env minded farmers.
The benefit to biodiversity hasn't materialised either as Irish farmland biodiversity doesn't benefit from abandonment.
All this would be fine IF it actually cut emissions but in fact only the Russian invasion & fert price spike did

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 23h

I say this as a farmer whose cut approx 20% of my GHG while producing not a litre less (in fact slightly more in that period) but the level of support for productive farms to cut GHG just isn't there.
Focus has been populist stuff to decrease production through basically glorified retirement packs

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 23h

This move from government is utterly insane, good point raised re agri vs energy
"Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency’s Head of Energy Efficiency - "Ireland spends billions every year importing fossil fuels which are polluting and which are expensive." #speirgorm
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Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals

Ireland will miss its EU climate targets on agriculture, transport and buildings and likely face financial penalties, but can it secure concessions?

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1d

this is btw relevant for anyone who is delusional enough to think that russia is only an eastern europe problem

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🇳🇴❗️Russia is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as it prepares for war with Nato, Norway’s defence minister said, - The Telegraph

Oslo had detected increased weapons development on Kola peninsula, where Northern Fleet and parts of its nuclear stockpile are based.

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 1d

Kyiv, Ukraine In the video, you can hear people in the burning building begging for help. Russia is a terrorist state!

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Some international media have cast Catherine Connolly's election as a rebuke of the current coalition government, while most focused on her opinions of the EU, Nato and Israel.
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'Damning verdict' for Irish government: How foreign media has covered Catherine Connolly's win

In the Middle East, coverage centred around Connolly’s position on Israel and Palestine.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Budapest this afternoon. This is an anti-Orbán protest.

Lugala @lugala.bsky.social · 4d

Budapest is turning out with massive crowds for freedom against Orban's illiberalism today. At last!!

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 1d

The yankification of our media example: 10000046
#speirgorm

Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 2d

Fionnán Sheahan has suggested that a possible reason HH did so badly is because FG have gone 'too woke'

Aside from the full body cringe of heading a grown man use that word in earnest, it is comforting that Fionnán remains wrong about absolutely everything.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 3d

“Any politician who seriously doubts that the current US government could use AWS, Azure, and Google as a political lever is deceiving themselves and the public. … If Europe doesn't finally get moving, the AWS outage was just a mild breeze compared to what the old world can predictably expect.”

Comment on the total outage at AWS: Learned nothing in the last 30 years

After the recent AWS outage, multi-cloud is supposedly the answer. But that's misleading – US dependency is the core problem, argues Martin Loschwitz.

www.heise.de

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 4d

Most people in NI are really not surprised by the Soldier F outcome - but this was no show trial or witch hunt. The judge excoriated the soldiers' conduct, but because of a passing of time caused by extreme state failings, could not convict. That is the scandal. These headlines are grotesque:

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 3d

Yankification continues on a proposal that salaries should be transparent, on radio a supposed corporate worker claiming he shouldn't know what colleagues earn because it would affect the bosses ability and workers might get lazy #speirgorm

a man in a purple shirt is holding a silver bowl and saying your boot sir

ALT: a man in a purple shirt is holding a silver bowl and saying your boot sir

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 4d

Metsola seems to suggest that, because the European Council has said so, Parliament will have no choice but to push through the omnibus with votes from the far right after Wednesday’s failed vote. This is a worrying stance and a puzzling view of the EP’s relationship with EU leaders

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 4d

And let us be clear: the judge said the Parachute Regiment murdered people and lied about it, in roughly as many words.

Because of delay and lies, it couldn’t be proven to the criminal standard which individuals murdered; but those troops murdered and lied.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d

Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 4d

Cashless bail?! Seriously?! How are the courts not taking these people seriously!

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 4d

As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found

- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire

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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure this will be on our 6-1 news right? #speirgorm

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d

French lawmakers have voted in favor of a fivefold increase on the taxation of tech giants in France amid ongoing negotiations on the country’s 2026 budget.

French lawmakers vote to hike tax on American tech giants

President Donald Trump has warned he would retaliate against any move that targets U.S. companies.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 4d

No justice. Utterly disgusted for the Bloody Sunday families. An obscene decision and a dark day.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 4d

So angry for the Bloody Sunday families and the people of Derry. Absolutely no justice in this at all.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 4d

A former paratrooper has been found not guilty of the murders of two men and the attempted murders of five men during the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972. jrnl.ie/6852291

Bloody Sunday: Judge expected to deliver verdict in trial of Soldier F

The former paratrooper has been charged with the murders of James Wray and William McKinney in Derry on 30 January 1972.

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