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Ciaran Mundy

@ciaranmundy.bsky.social

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Pro Gaia, anti fascist. I'm for transforming cultures of violent domination into cultures of respectful harmony.

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Ciaran Mundy @ciaranmundy.bsky.social · Sep 7

"I served in the Royal Air Force for 19 years. I feel it's important to be here because, whether or not you agree with the tactics of Palestine Action and others, the reality is that our government is complicit in genocide at the highest level"

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Sep 7

Almost 900 arrested at Palestine Action demonstration in London, police say - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-900-arrested-palestine-action-demonstration-london-police-say

Almost 900 arrested at Palestine Action demonstration in London, police say

Hundreds gathered in Westminster to protest the proscription of the direct action group

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 2h

On the same wavelength: open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...

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Ciaran Mundy @ciaranmundy.bsky.social · 1h

Is anyone calculating how much faster homes will need to be built to take account of existing homes lost to climate change related flooding? @wanderinggaia.bsky.social

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6h

'When I said build baby build I absolutely meant it'

Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells #BBCBreakfast about new powers to support more building in England

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 21h

The first wind farm slated to plug into New York City’s grid already endured near collapse after a Trump-ordered pause to its construction earlier this year.

Now, a logistical crisis looms on the horizon. My latest 👇

#offshorewind #greensky #EmpireWind

No ship? New York offshore wind project faces yet another hurdle

Equinor’s embattled Empire Wind project was banking on a new ship to install turbines. The vessel is almost 99% complete, but now the shipbuilders are…

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 5h

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Another suffocating day after a suffocating night in the South with August-like temperatures.
New October records
33.5 Kousa
33.3 Inukai
32.7 Chikanaga
31.7 Tomogashima
31.5 Fukue
31.4 Yukuhashi

Hotter next days+weekend!

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 2h

INSANE HEAT IN SOUTH KOREA

After a suffocating hot and humid night ,
Sogwipo (Jeju Island) rose today to 32.3C.
Its Hottest October day in history.

Mid October and still AC 24/7.
Never happened anything like this.
And next days won't be better.
Full summer.

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Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 3h

Yet another case of the Home Office noticing an increase in asylum claims by people arriving via legal routes and responding by immediately slamming that route closed. It’s like they WANT people to travel irregularly.

Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 3h

Here's the parliamentary statement outlining the changes (haven't seen the detail yet) questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

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T&E UK @transenvuk.bsky.social · 2h

👊 The UK must act: No more special treatment for PHEVs. It’s time to finally upgrade our air and roads:

➡️ Update PHEV VED to reflect real world emissions- closing the tax loophole
➡️Continue at pace the switch to true zero-emission mobility
➡️Remove defeat device cars still polluting the UK

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 5h

Conditions are becoming unliveable. People will have to move. #NomadCentury

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 6h

Gaza:

170,000 people need long term rehabilitation
38 hospitals destroyed or forced to close
1 in 4 children suffer from acute malnutrition
96% of households without enough water to meet basic needs
300,000 housing units reduced to rubble
835 schools/colleges have been destroyed

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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 3h

Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests

Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood

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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 3h

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 3h

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 3h

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them? theconversation.com/pr-firms-are...

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.

theconversation.com

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Ciaran Mundy @ciaranmundy.bsky.social · 5h

I've had some amazing email exchanges where I have learned a lot from others, thought deeply before responding, where I felt able to be authentic...

Meetings can be great, often not.

Emails are the modern version of writing a letter. Less encumbered by needing to please someone in the moment. 👇

Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 23h

🌍 Do our meetings matter? On quantifying the impact of conferences on society 🌍

In an era where calendars are dominated by digital workshops, webinars and globe-trotting for conferences and summits, I've been pondering the following question....

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a window with the words when the meeting could 've been an email

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a window with the words when the meeting could 've been an email

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6h

interesting, here’s @evanedinger.bsky.social’s follow up video responding to rather predictable comments he got from US residents after his first video. He covers a lot of ground, but predictably for me the most interesting is that a lot of people really don’t understand how car dependency works.

The Crazy Sh*t Americans Say In My Comment Section

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH: Do you have to move away from the United States in order to get a clear picture of the United States? @evanedinger.bsky.social covers the reasons he couldn’t move back to the U.S. from Europe now. Hint: #3 is about walkable cities & car dependency, but all are worth seriously thinking about.

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 6h

The scariest thing about Halloween? The plastic waste! 🎃

Help protect the health of our planet by going plastic-free this Halloween.

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 6h

For the avoidance of any doubt:

TRUMP CONFIRMS HE WAS AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN THE GENOCIDE:

'Bibi Netanyahu would call me so many times asking for weapons I never even heard of, but we got them here didn’t we? You used them very well" (the 'ceasefire' press conference 13/10/25).

Also :

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 12h

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat.

Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this.
www.afr.com//policy/ener...

Forrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deaths

The research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees.

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Terry Brough @terrybrough.bsky.social · 16h

www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...

The Fraud serialisation, part one: the rise of Labour Together

The first installment of the Canary's exclusive serialisation of Paul Holden's book The Fraud looks at the rise of Labour Together

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Ciaran Mundy @ciaranmundy.bsky.social · 6h

I find myself feeling so much anger towards soldiers who treat unarmed citizens including children with brutality.

BUT

It will never stop until the rich and powerful men who organise oppression of ordinary people are held accountable for their actions.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 7h

Israeli forces shoot, arrest Palestinians in occupied West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-arrest-palestinians-occupied-west-bank

Israeli forces shoot, arrest Palestinians in occupied West Bank

<article data-history-node-id="430157" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-arrest-palestinians-occupied-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-arrest-palestinians-occupied-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces shoot, arrest Palestinians in occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">At least two people were wounded when Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians while carrying out overnight raids in several areas in the occupied West Bank, says Wafa news agency.</p> <p>In the town of Anabta, located in Tulkarem, Israeli soldiers shot a young man in the hand, and arrested a number of other youngsters after assaulting them.</p> <p>In another incident reported in the town of al-Issawiya, near occupied Jerusalem, another young man was injured by Israeli forces before arresting him.</p> <p>The cities of Qalqilya and Tubas and the town of Tammun have also been stormed by Israeli soldiers, who raided several homes in these areas.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18h

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 19h

A common criticism of global warming is: “It’s only a few degrees”.
It may not sound like much but consider this…
Compare Earth’s escalating warmth to your body’s fever.
Now all of a sudden a few degrees is the difference between life and death!
Follow along for more… 1/

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 7h

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 7h

A proposal to roll back the EU corporate sustainability rules sailed through a European Parliament committee vote on Monday – a clear win for the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), and a setback for the EU’s Green Deal agenda.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 17h

MEPs endorse rollback of corporate sustainability rules on EPP terms

Centre-right deal scales back EU due diligence and reporting rules, prompting criticism from Greens and campaigners

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