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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · 2d

It’s an easy choice, Ireland. Do you want a President with intelligence, integrity and grace, or a representative of the landlord ruling class who care nothing for ordinary people’s lives?
There really is only one option. #twip

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · 4d

Good luck to everyone at #IAVS2025 this weekend. Storm has taken our internet, but we hope to tune in soon. Looks like a great programme: www.vegansociology.com/wp-content/u...

#vegansociology #criticalanimalstudies #humananimalstudies

www.vegansociology.com

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · 6d

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 25d

North Cork Creameries is a member of Bord Bia's 'Origin Green' greenwashing programme despite 125 non-compliance notices since 2020 and listing on the EPA's top polluter watchlist 🙈

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

EPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached

Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

www.irishtimes.com

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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 24d

Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached

Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

www.irishtimes.com

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 25d

A brilliant piece by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com this morning highlights the lack
of enforcement of environmental legislation.

North Cork Creameries (a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme) has been issued with 125 non-compliance notices since 2020.

EPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached

Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

www.irishtimes.com

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Aug 30

"To me, personally, the lough is dead. It's not dying, it is dead."

Realistically, nobody seems to care"

- how will we explain to future generations that we allowed this to happen?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blue-green algae: Lough Neagh 'already dead', says fisherman

Dozens of protestors gathered to voice their concerns over a perceived lack of action on Lough Neagh.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hey #CriticalAnimalStudies people. I’m looing for a nice academic source that argues that our failure to see nonhuman animals as sentient individuals is a major cause of the ecological crisis or that the only way to solve the crisis is to recognise them as such, or something to that effect?

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jul 9

This very short video by @ethicalfarmie.bsky.social clearly shows the horrors of #LiveExport. Young Irish bulls are still being subjected to this and even shipped outside the EU where the EU 'protections' don't apply.
This needs to end now!

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eyelarocca @eyelarocca.bsky.social · May 2

Virtually all chickens are bred to grow grotesquely large, kept indoors in crammed conditions their whole lives, killed as babies in the most gruesome way at a rate of 140 birds or more per minute. For the planet and for all animals boycott animal ag. #vegan

www.onegreenplanet.org/news/new-stu...

New Study Links Eating Chicken to Higher Death Risk

New research finds eating over 300g of chicken a week raises mortality risk—by up to 61% in men—sparking fresh concern over poultry.

www.onegreenplanet.org

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Save Lough Neagh @saveloughneagh.com · Apr 22

This Earth Day - Stand up against the Sportswashing of Ecocide!

Moy Park is the most valuable company in the north, despite being mired with eco scandals. Pollution from major polluters like them have led to the growth of toxic Algae in Lough Neagh,

#BelfastMarathon

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Apr 19

It's not too late to celebrate an Easter free of environmental pollution and animal suffering 💚

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · Apr 16

Nice coverage of the pet flea treatments in bird's nests issue by @channel4news.bsky.social www.channel4.com/news/scienti...

Scientists warn chemicals in pet flea treatments are killing wildlife

The government says it's time to look again at the sale of pet flea treatments after scientists warned the chemicals in them kill wildlife including songbirds.

www.channel4.com

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Barry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · Apr 16

Minister: "We have to grow our economy": Why? Exactly? Will there *ever* be any limit to that? www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Is Green Growth Possible?

The notion of green growth has emerged as a dominant policy response to climate change and ecological breakdown. Green growth theory asserts that continued economic expansion is compatible with our...

www.tandfonline.com

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 13

Wow! Og i resten af verden tror man, at Danmark er er land at måle op til

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 12

Our claims to uniqueness continue to deindle… www.newscientist.com/article/2474...

Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans

The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives

www.newscientist.com

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 10

Indeed and thank you for that! 😊

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 10

We’re breeding far too many ‘pets’ into existence, marketing them as children’s toys and trivialising ‘ownership’. Under capitalism, sentient beings have become commodities, mass produced and often disposable with little regard to environmental costs.
@zoei.bsky.social has done great work on ‘pets’

Henrik Hindby Koszyczarek @henrikhindby.bsky.social · Apr 10

"Dogs catch many types of wildlife and can injure or kill them. Their scent and droppings scare smaller animals. Then there’s the huge environmental cost of feeding these carnivores and the sheer quantity of their poo. We love our pet dogs, but they come with a very real cost."
tinyurl.com/5btdthby

Good boy or bad dog? Our 1 billion pet dogs do real environmental damage

We don’t want to admit it, but our beloved pet dogs do a lot of environmental damage, from killing or terrifying wildlife to emissions from pet food.

tinyurl.com

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 10

A fascinating thread, not just because of the subject matter, but also because the author describes non-human animals as research and artist collaborators rather than as objects.

Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · Apr 9

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀

Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯

A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛

Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · Apr 9

Significant criticism of Teagasc here by the @esri.ie for politicising agricultural science.

m.independent.ie/irish-news/r...

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 5

Animal Rebellion Ireland are now on Bluesky. They campaign for #climatejustice, #animalrights and a #plantbased food system. Current project is on #pig farming, much more in the pipeline!
Please give them a follow, share and add them to relevant starter packs.
🐷🐮🐥🐰🐭🦊🐸💪

Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Apr 5

Hello Bluesky! We have migrated from the bad place and look forward to reconnecting with old friends and to making new ones over here.

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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · Mar 25

Another warning of the massive pressure data centre growth is putting on electricity supplies - their energy use will dwarf that of EVs & heat pumps even as those technologies become more common in the decade ahead
m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · Mar 17

As everyone is talking about Ireland this St Patrick's Day...

theecologist.org/2025/mar/17/...

"Two farmers are regrowing the Irish linen industry while restoring wildlife, reconnecting communities, and regenerating food systems."

theecologist.org/2025/mar/17/...

Irish flax in resilient food systems

Two farmers are regrowing the Irish linen industry while restoring wildlife, reconnecting communities, and regenerating food systems.

theecologist.org

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Annette Jorgensen @ajorgensen.bsky.social · Mar 14

Pig farming has no place in modern society. It causes unimaginable suffering, devastates the environment, increases risks to public health, and pork has been linked to premature death from cancer and heart disease.
We need a plant-based food system. Go #vegan

www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...

Animal rights groups say Irish pig farming has 'systemic abuse'

Animal Rebellion Ireland and the National Animal Rights have launched more video investigations into pig farming, exposing "systemic abuse" in the industry.

www.irishtimes.com

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