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Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 21h

Emily Maitlis has told @lbc.co.uk that she believes that Prince Andrew is the "tip of the iceberg" of public figures who will see their careers destroyed by association with Jeffrey Epstein.

#EpsteinTrumpFiles #SexualPredatorTrump #PrincePaedophile

www.lbc.co.uk/article/prin...

Prince Andrew is 'tip of the Epstein iceberg,' The News Agents host Emily Maitlis tells LBC | LBC

The veteran broadcaster told Shelagh Fogarty that she believes many more public figures will see careers destroyed by association with Epstein

www.lbc.co.uk

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 9h

Important thread that *every* Irish environmentalist should read before voting in the presidential election.

In short: Humphreys was just as disastrous for the environment as she was on social policy.

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 19h

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10h

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xhyzpq

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 10h

Trump’s Department of Energy misleadingly suggests that higher CO2 levels are beneficial for agriculture. Top scientists – and decades of research – say that’s wrong.

The reality: Extreme weather caused by rising CO2 damages harvests and could drive up food prices worldwide.

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections

A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer and more expensive.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 20h

Just astonishing how much focus there is on planting trees to hopefully create new forests for the future

And all the while the plunder and destruction of our actual, existing forests just carries on worsening

This is horrific news

‘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

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 18h

Great thread here, shows the ‘green record’ of Heather Humphreys.

Is this what ‘pro business’ means?

#Aras25 #SpeirGorm

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 19h

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 17h

The "scientific report" underpinning this New Zealand decision is a travesty.
-Makes false assumption p.28 that limiting to 1.5ºC global warming can be achieved via merely reaching climate neutrality ('no additional warming').
-And allows 1.5ºC failure scenarios.
environment.govt.nz/assets/publi...

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 17h

There has never been a more important time to elect a President who will be independent of Government.

A President who will represent Ireland with pride, courage, and integrity.

On 24th October, vote for a strong voice, independent of Government.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 18h

The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross are calling for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory

Calls for opening of all Gaza crossings to allow in aid

The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross are calling for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory.

www.rte.ie

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19h

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

www.monbiot.com

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 17h

‘Fifteen years of decline’ …. in our water quality.

A BIG FAIL by FF/FG governments…

They don’t give a shi*e…

Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19h

EPA Report Shows Much Stronger Action is Needed on Water Quality - SWAN

"Despite government rhetoric, the real improvements needed to restore our rivers, lakes, and seas to good health just aren’t happening after over fifteen years of decline."

swanireland.ie/2025/10/epa-...

EPA Report Shows Much Stronger Action is Needed on Water Quality - Sustainable Water Network

The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a coalition of twenty-five of Ireland’s leading environmental organisations working on water, has responded to today’s EPA Water Quality report [1] with deep conc...

swanireland.ie

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 22h

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
― George Orwell

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."

www.axios.com

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 22h

Half of Ireland's waterways in bad shape despite years of hand-wringing and intensive meetings... what's going wrong?

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

www.irishtimes.com

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Duroyan Fertl ᚇᚓᚑᚏᚐᚇᚐᚅ @dfertl.bsky.social · 1d

#MicheálMartin: “I don't think we can mitigate for #climatechange”:
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
For Martin (an unmitigated opportunist & cynical coward) #climateaction is too “polarising”
In his own words at COP27:
"future generations will not forgive us”
#SpéirGorm
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 22h

I think I’ve seen something strong on climate action from Connolly but she should be clearer and stronger.

I suspect Humphreys wouldn’t know climate action unless it hit her in the face.

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe instead of asking about candidate's pets a week before polling day, media could ask candidates their view on existential threats like #climatechange? Just a thought..

#Áras25 #SpéirGorm

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 22h

The Emerald Isle - disgusting water environments.

A great advert for the tourist economy.

Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 22h

No?!?! I don't believe it. How can this be.

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

www.irishtimes.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22h

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

www.irishtimes.com

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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 1d

So Trump admits US participation in genocide + war crimes.
On Air Force One he admits that he's not interested in '1 state' or '2 states' solution - he's interested in 'rebuilding Gaza'.

He'll be posting his Trump towers Gaza riviera pic again soon.

Vile, lying, duplicitous, inhumane felon.
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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 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.’

Absolutely shameless that this is a world leader.🤬🤬🤬

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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 1d

The role of PR agencies in delaying climate action is increasingly being recognised by academics.

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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sedleybryden @sedleyb.bsky.social · 1d

Trump glorying and preening at every plaudits. Netanyahu, war criminal, almost sainted in the Knesset. History will say different.

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 23h

Ireland has done almost bugger all when it comes to defending our country from climate destruction.

Meanwhile @micheal-martin.bsky.social has given up on major mitigation action and heather Humphrey’s wouldn’t know climate action if it hit her in the face.

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 23h

This from Hydrology Prof at Reading Uni summed it up well

“We can’t keep building defences taller and higher to deal with larger and more frequent floods. Working with natural processes, such as restoring wetlands, planting woodlands, improve our natural environment alongside reducing flood risk.”

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h

Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding.

Some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance.

Inadequate flood defences.

Yet houses being built in flood prone areas, planning deregulated

Farage/Trump deny climate change.

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

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23h

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 1d

Can you suggest a UV torch brand please?

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