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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 2h

“The field you’re entering... was designed, deliberately, for you to have as little impact as possible on equity & justice... It’s designed to keep you busy doing nonsense. Your job is to see through that & do your very best to resist.”

globalhealthotherwise.com/why-global-h...

Why global health research must stop treating communities as data sources and start honoring them as knowers - GHO

Professor Seye Abimbola joins us for the Expert's Voice where he discusses epistemic injustice, the stubborn legacies of colonialism in academic global health, and why meaningful change requires us to...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

4000 people have signed up to sue poultry producers.

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.com

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 3h

Waste imperialism

"All EU plastic waste exports should be banned to anywhere outside the EU"

#ReduceConsumption

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 3h

Five Irish citizens have been detained by Israel on new Gaza-bound flotilla, including author Naoise Dolan and independent TD Barry Heneghan.
The others named by organisers as Fionn Macarthur, Veronica O’Keane, and Mutaz Jadaan.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Five Irish citizens among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla

Author Naoise Dolan and Independent TD Barry Heneghan among those on board boat captured in Mediterranean

www.irishtimes.com

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 3h

#CDoH
#SacrificeZones
#ReduceConsumption

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.

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Jozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social · 3d

UN human rights expert slams EU chemical deregulation push
Special Rapporteur Marcos Orellana writes that a European Commission proposal “seems to conflict” with basic “rights to health and environmental protection.”

www.politico.eu/article/un-h...

UN human rights expert slams EU chemical deregulation push

Special Rapporteur Marcos Orellana writes that a European Commission proposal “seems to conflict” with basic “rights to health and environmental protection.”

www.politico.eu

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 4d

Irish detainees from the Gaza flotilla have told their lawyers they were kicked, pushed and cable tied.
Outside the notorious Ktzi’ot prison where they are currently held, Miriam Azem told me of “aggressive treatment and violence” the detainees say they received:
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

‘Harsh treatment’: Irish aid flotilla detainees ‘kicked, cable-tied’ in Israeli custody

Volunteers trying to reach Gaza taken to notorious Ktzi’ot prison complex in Negev desert, lawyers say

www.irishtimes.com

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 4d

"The government counts the costs of provision, but not the costs of non-provision.

Insufficient care drives many people into the arms of the NHS: at any one time, 13% of NHS beds are occupied by people waiting for social care support."

(Austerity is uneconomic.)
#TheCareEconomy

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 4d

"Getting on a boat to Gaza is performative nonsense, you should be pressuring politicians at home to change policy"

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"Holding a protest to pressure politicians at home does nothing to directly help! You should be on a boat to Gaza"

Beginning to think this commentary might not be in good faith

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 4d

The nexus of power shaping policy

Covert tactics revealed by #tobaccofiles now visible across big industry

📘Expose #playbook
📍Map infrastructure of power & persuasion- think tanks, trade assocs, front groups, PR agencies
💪Bring all skills to bear to rescue democracy from this full frontal assault

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10d

"Like so many of these so-called think tanks, the Tony Blair Institute dances to the tune of its funders"

Was so great to talk about Blair, Larry Ellison, Keir Stamer and corporate capture with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/george-mon...

George Monbiot on Blair, Starmer and the capture of democracy

I spoke with the celebrated journalist and activist about ‘junk tanks’, dark money - and how we can fight back

democracyforsale.substack.com

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 6d

"I often know what I want to say, but the words just don’t come. My thoughts get tangled, and even when I try to speak, my voice falters or dies in my throat." In Gaza, people are so traumatized that they're losing their ability to speak—literally.

In Gaza, We Are Literally Losing Our Ability to Speak

The human mind, faced with relentless pain, erects invisible barricades. Here, amid genocide, one of them is the ability to express our trauma out loud.

www.thenation.com

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 5d

Adam Smith on when regulation was justified & necessary (pre-empting opposition in the name of "economic freedom"):

When the "natural liberty of a few individuals ... endangers the security of the whole society"

The Big Myth = free market fundamentalism

Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 11d

Finally found the link to this EXCELLENT talk by @naomioreskes.bsky.social moderated by the great @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social . Prof Oreskes covers her book The Big Myth co-authored with Eric Conway. Essential reading-viewing.
video.ethz.ch/events/2025/...

Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 5d

"They are leaving again – for the 8th time in nearly 2 years of war.

This is the rhythm of life here: displacement after displacement, death after death, with no time for mourning

I have lost more than 65 relatives in this war: my mother and father, four siblings, and their children."

Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 5d

When journalists, healthcare workers and children are targets, their stories must be recorded and witnessed www.croakey.org/when-journal... #publichealth

When journalists, healthcare workers and children are targets, their stories must be recorded and witnessed

www.croakey.org

Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 5d

Good piece on the (subsidised) private health insurance myth:

"The available evidence tells us private health insurance does little to relieve pressure on the public system, contrary to the rebate’s intended purpose."

Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 9d

Should we scrap private health insurance rebates and direct the funding to public hospitals? www.croakey.org/should-we-sc...

Should we scrap private health insurance rebates and direct the funding to public hospitals?

www.croakey.org

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Nix! Excellent overview of the #EatLancet launch

Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 5d

New #EatLancet report is out! What does it state? I've watched the livestream so you don't have to. Here's a summary of the findings
🍊🥓🍒

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

www.thelancet.com

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Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 5d

What changes are needed?

1. Subsidies.

For instance, $7 TRILLION/year goes into funding climate, biodiversity and land destruction, far surpassing the funding going to tackle these issues.

THIS. IS. ABSURD.

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Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 5d

2. Corporate power - this is a BIG one.

There is SO MUCH money and power going into sustaining the status quo - keeping us unhealthy, continuing to destroy the planet.

We MUST tackle this head on.

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 5d

Is briseadh mór croí dom an scéal a chloisteáil faoi bhás Mhanchán Magan ar maidin. Thug sé beocht agus brí nua don teanga trína chuid oibre ag léiriú gur lionsa eile í an Ghaeilge leis an domhan a fheiceáil agus a thuiscint.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 5d

MSF strongly condemns the killing of Omar Hayek by Israeli forces this morning in #Gaza. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Omar is our fourteenth colleague to be killed in Gaza since the war started. We call yet again for an end to the genocide.

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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 6d

🔴 Sophie Binet appelle à la mobilisation partout en France en soutien à la Flottille, dans la soirée de ce jeudi, à partir de 18h30.

Notre direct ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/ris

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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 6d

🔴 Le président sud-africain « appelle Israël à libérer immédiatement les Sud-Africains enlevés dans les eaux internationales », dont le petit-fils de Nelson Mandela.

Notre direct ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/99u

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 6d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 6d

🔴 Flottille pour Gaza : Madrid convoque la chargée d’affaires de l’ambassade d’Israël

Notre direct ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/NGM

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 6d

"In 2024, Exxon raked in net profits of over $33.7 billion and paid out over $36 billion to its shareholders."

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 ExxonMobil has been lobbying relentlessly to take down the EU’s CSDDD.

Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships

⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.

www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/

How Big Oil kills sustainability and climate legislation - SOMO

Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakthro...

www.somo.nl

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