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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 7h

18457 children murdered by a genocidal regime.
And that's just up to the end of July.
Imagine if every married couple with kids in Kerry had a child murdered-beyond comprehension-yet whole families are being slaughtered in Gaza with complete impunity #speirgorm 💔
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 5h

‘The level of aggression is unreal’: Dublin residents protest over dangerous driving

Residents of Richmond Rd in Drumcondra have called for measures to filter traffic away from their street

www.irishtimes.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.

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Michael Pidgeon @pidgeon.ie · 1d

I still can't believe that they're doing this. Giving a massive VAT tax break that'll do very little for small cafés and restaurants, while giving millions to big chains.

Weak, unfocused governance. They're too comfortable chucking out our tax money.

Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Briar Ripley Page @flameswallower.bsky.social · 1d

I truly believe articles like this are part of a deliberate effort not just to frame climate change as primarily a matter of individual consumer responsibility, but to encourage the public to blame disabled ppl specifically & view assistive tech as an extravagance humanity can’t afford, while (1/2)

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 1d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all nature people and orgs, please consider adding your name to Naturalists for Palestine.

It's essential we recognise that ecocide and genocide are two sides of the same coin, and resist both.
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Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 1d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Colm Duffy @colmduff.bsky.social · 2d

On the 17 September, a JOC (CEE) heard testimony on Temperature Neutrality (TN).

We made a submission otlining the risks of adopting TN and calling for the release of the Land Use Review 2 report.

This submission:
📄 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Background paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Pitfalls of Adopting Temperature Neutrality as a Climate Target

This record contains the formal submission from Dr Colm Duffy and Dr David Styles (University of Galway) to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy, dated 11 September 2025. ...

doi.org

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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 2d

I think they make that argument pretty clear in the article but thanks for highlighting!

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 2d

By changing what we eat, we could see enormous benefits to both our own health and wellbeing as humans and that of our shared planet.

Changing how people eat could save 15 million lives a year and help save the planet, say scientists

Changing what we eat could save 15 million lives every year and help bring the planet back from the brink of climate disaster, according to a new study.

www.independent.ie

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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 2d

Missed this, as I was travelling, but an excellent explainer all about GWP* (read GWP-star) from @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @carbonbrief.org

#methane #metrics #climateaction

Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions - Carbon Brief

A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.

www.carbonbrief.org

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 3d

Some thoughts Ireland's neutrality:

Irish neutrality and non-violence is important, it's a huge part of our history and identity. An anti-conscription movement led to the birth of the State. Replacing the RIC with an unarmed police force was a policy priority. And who could forget the boycott?

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 4d

On my way to this today. Two years of genocide and no sanctions. We will be shamed by history for this. #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 4d

We are getting messages from around the country of people on their way to Dublin for our National March for Palestine. Join us! Let's make this huge. Two years of genocide and no sanctions. Enough. #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Yet another reminder that the fight for #climate action is also the fight against fascism and genocide.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Tull McAdoo @tullmcadoo.bsky.social · 7d

Read my latest. In Ireland, 71% of all internet traffic is made up of bots. You're being lied to by streaming giants, social media, influencers and publishing giants. Which is very bad news for advertisers, consumers and democracy.

www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/online-ire...

Online Ireland is a Bot Farm

Bad news for democracy, advertisers and you.

www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 4d

We are getting messages from around the country of people on their way to Dublin for our National March for Palestine. Join us! Let's make this huge. Two years of genocide and no sanctions. Enough. #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 4d

Need to be less polite when people look to me for ‘permission’ to use it, and I just smile a stupid awkward polite smile 🙁

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 4d

"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave."

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 4d

I am an AI hater by @anthonymoser.com

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 4d

Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill being hollowed out at the behest of US and Irish business interests

Uninterrupted trade and investment being placed above compliance with international legal obligations and meaningful action to end atrocities in Palestine

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources

There is pressure from business groups concerned about the impact on investment.

www.reuters.com

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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 6d

My reflection on the movie "Gandhi" (1982) notes that for any movement for social justice to achieve its goals, it requires the endurance of the long-distance runner more than the brief burst of speed of the sprinter.
folukeafrica.com/gandhi-the-m...

Gandhi The Movie: A child in the 80s learns about resistance

‘There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.’

folukeafrica.com

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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 5d

This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon

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Emily Cassidy @enviroem.bsky.social · 5d

Simply reducing beef and lamb consumption to one serving a week -- as recommended by EAT-Lancet -- could reduce emissions by almost 3 billion tons CO2-eq. The equivalent of all of Russia's annual emissions.

Thanks to @melinawalling.bsky.social for including my thoughts in this article.

Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 5d

“People associate what they eat with identity and strict diets can scare people off, but even small changes help." - @enviroem.bsky.social

Do you agree? Let us know in the comments below! Read the full article in @apnews.com

apnews.com/article/plan...

A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

apnews.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 5d

This is an extremely important report. Watch for the pushback from big ag on dietary changes - changes that must happen and CAN happen. Food preferences and demand are not given. Reports like this can help move the needle.
Also lots of great resources in the thread, well worth a careful read!

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 5d

EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report.

On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.

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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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 5d

EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report.

On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.

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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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 5d

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#solidarity

Humpedback bridge over a canal in Venice. Pink plaster palace and blue sky in the background. On the bridge hangs a white banner is written FREE GAZA along slide a Palestinian flag. More words in Italian that signal Italian unions strike for Gaza.

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