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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 7h

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Met Office gives first verdict on winter weather outlook | The Independent share.google/CdxGcCbby3Y0...

Met Office gives first verdict on winter weather outlook

Three month outlook predicts average to mild temperatures

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Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 5d

This post buries the lede: "Push for what you can't control alone. Vote for leaders who support climate-smart investments; demand action from those already in power; sign petitions; and join collective campaigns that drive change at scale."

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 5d

🌍 80% of people worldwide want stronger #ClimateAction.

But not all choices are equal. WRI Climate research ranks 19 ways to help the climate, showing which actions make the biggest impact.

Explore the list: bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 13h

True. But his account is also trolling comments, arguing that there were no genocidal acts in Gaza.
He's also implied that the people of Gaza have only themselves to blame and that Israel "Was only defending itself."

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 21h

Dunno. I'd think she'd like the terfs on Mumsnet.

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday Margaret Thatcher!
100 years old today.
If she were still in power we wouldn’t have:
The One Show
Jeggings
Vegans
Cycle lanes
La Voix
That Lorraine woman
Quinoa
Sourdough
Mumsnet
Beards
Pegging
Probiotic drinks
Yoga
Uggs
Wrap music
Bad spelling
Premarital sex.
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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 21h

Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon after | Live Science share.google/TF3wHaTl98Ik...

Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon after

Researchers incubated permafrost samples from Alaska at different temperatures and found that microbes from the last ice age can reactivate and resume breaking down carbon.

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 22h

I'd like to TRY to debate a better type of world economy without being called a "far-left agitator" on social media.
(They have to try harder to hurt my feelings)

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23h

Ex-Green TD Brian Leddin is leaving the Greens over the party's support for "far left" Connolly, and voting for Fine Gael's Humphreys as president.

He believes climate and ecological breakdown are not left-right issues.

He's very wrong: *capitalism* is their core driver.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 2d

This is what we're up against. People still removing woodlands when we've already lost so much

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 1d

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck this anti-Palestine muppet, @damienoel.bsky.social.

Anti-Palestine, racist muppet, @damienoel.bsky.social.

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 1d

Do all humans now pretend the genocide didn't happen?
Eurovision, World Cup, Olympics - all back to normal?
Bollix!

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union said

Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union sa...

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 1d

The planet is in serious trouble.
We have a man halfway to being a trillionaire walking around, but these people are suffering.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations.

Dozens rescued, several still missing after monster storm brings violent wind gusts and record storm surge to western Alaska | CNN

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after what once was Typhoon Halong tore through coastal communities, unleashing record-breaking storm surge an...

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this stained glass crosóg Bhríde we got as a wedding present I'm mad about it

A stained glass Brigid's cross on a white background

The same cross held in front of a window

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 2d

God it's so gross hearing reporters talk about Israeli "hostages" but then refer to Palestinian "prisoners held without charge" like what's the material difference between these two categories?

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 1d

My advice for Heather Humphrey's campaign with a few weeks to go

Moe in The Simpsons saying "quit telling us what you ain't, and start telling us what you am!"

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 1d

Ahh, ffs.
This is 100% pure desperation.

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

is this how CBS is gonna work now? using bari weiss's personal blog to launder poorly sourced and lightly edited stories (complete with a misspelling of mamdani's name in the headline) that would never pass muster if reported directly by a real news source?

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

The good news is that the public is more pro-Israel than ever and CBS will become more read, more watched, and more profitable than ever as a result

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

is this how CBS is gonna work now? using bari weiss's personal blog to launder poorly sourced and lightly edited stories (complete with a misspelling of mamdani's name in the headline) that would never pass muster if reported directly by a real news source?

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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Wayne @wayneh.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu out there cutting a promo Hogan would have been proud of. No contrition, no soberness, no acknowledgement of the death of 50k people. A soulless and evil human being. #gaza #Israel

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 1d

This is good news.
I also feel...
empty.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

The first seven Israeli hostages being freed in Gaza today are with the Red Cross, and will soon be handed to the Israeli military, the IDF confirms.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 2d

We need Nobel Prizes for Climate

- Nobel Prize for Climate Tech
- Nobel Prize for Climate Journalism
- Nobel Prize for Climate Activism
- Nobel Prize for Climate Infrastructure
- Nobel Prize for Climate Success

Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 6d

Nobel Prize for Climate Tech. Should actually be a category going forward. But this'll do for today (gift link) - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chemistry Nobel Given for Molecules That Aid Carbon Capture

Scientists from Japan, the UK and Jordan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating molecular constructions with potential to help combat climate change.

www.bloomberg.com

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 3d

You best start believing in computers, Mr. Leto. You’re in one.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 2d

What makes you proud to be British? For me, this is right up there.

A one-star review from a Texan tourist visiting Liverpool:

freddytexan (16 reviews)
“My wife and I visted Liverpool for our 30th wedding anniversary from Texas. Our evening was ruined when a man dressed as an adult baby called my wife a "Mad yank slut" because she'd never heard of a band called Steps.”

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tonioche.bsky.social @tonioche.bsky.social · 2d

Comet C/2025 A6(Lemmon) is now starting to be visible at dusk in the northern hemisphere. This shot was taken on october 12th from Valberg, France at 18:30UTC. Sony A7III 85mm F1.8 (Comet 20x30 sec tracked and foreground 10x30sec)

@ericlagadec.bsky.social @cieletespace.bsky.social @astropierre.com

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