Clare Kelly
@clarekelly.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin. Uses neuroimaging to study 🧠 development. Increasingly teaching, thinking, & advocating on the climate & ecological crisis 🌍
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A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
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Guest Talk: Monday Dec 8th: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with
@ferracimo.bsky.social @clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
@ferracimo.bsky.social @clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Guest Talk: Monday Dec 8th: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with
@ferracimo.bsky.social @clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
@ferracimo.bsky.social @clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
This article absolutely nails the political economy of Higher Ed's embrace of AI - "Critical pedagogy is out; productivity hacks are in. What’s sold as innovation is really surrender."
"The future of education has already arrived–as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter."
"The future of education has already arrived–as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter."
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This article absolutely nails the political economy of Higher Ed's embrace of AI - "Critical pedagogy is out; productivity hacks are in. What’s sold as innovation is really surrender."
"The future of education has already arrived–as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter."
"The future of education has already arrived–as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter."
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Not only is "responsible use" a contradiction, but preaching it to students is literally training them in moral disengagement. Critical washing dangerously normalises disavowal of ethical values for reasons like efficiency, competitive advantage, job preparedness etc. It is a profound mistake.
Do what Ruha says &WATCH THIS! How can anyone endorse the fallacy of "responsible use" once they know these harms? In fact, it seems obvious that AI use *given such awareness* entails the disavowal of ethical responsibility. Responsible use is not only impossible, it paradoxically amplifies the harm
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not only is "responsible use" a contradiction, but preaching it to students is literally training them in moral disengagement. Critical washing dangerously normalises disavowal of ethical values for reasons like efficiency, competitive advantage, job preparedness etc. It is a profound mistake.
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Reminder: If a country is responsible for "only" 0.1% of global emissions, then it's responsible for 1 million of the 1 billion climate refugees estimated by 2050.
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reminder: If a country is responsible for "only" 0.1% of global emissions, then it's responsible for 1 million of the 1 billion climate refugees estimated by 2050.
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New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
"In the midst of this nonsense, we must nourish hope in shared values" 👏👏👏
Finally, we end on:
"The future [under the sway of AI risks being] a constant rehashing of the past, wherein human creativity and communication are not only mediated by but controlled by companies. In the midst of this nonsense, we must nourish
hope in shared values"
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
8/
"The future [under the sway of AI risks being] a constant rehashing of the past, wherein human creativity and communication are not only mediated by but controlled by companies. In the midst of this nonsense, we must nourish
hope in shared values"
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
8/
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"In the midst of this nonsense, we must nourish hope in shared values" 👏👏👏
Not only is "responsible use" a contradiction, but preaching it to students is literally training them in moral disengagement. Critical washing dangerously normalises disavowal of ethical values for reasons like efficiency, competitive advantage, job preparedness etc. It is a profound mistake.
Do what Ruha says &WATCH THIS! How can anyone endorse the fallacy of "responsible use" once they know these harms? In fact, it seems obvious that AI use *given such awareness* entails the disavowal of ethical responsibility. Responsible use is not only impossible, it paradoxically amplifies the harm
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not only is "responsible use" a contradiction, but preaching it to students is literally training them in moral disengagement. Critical washing dangerously normalises disavowal of ethical values for reasons like efficiency, competitive advantage, job preparedness etc. It is a profound mistake.
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like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like big tobacco funding cancer research
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Guest Talk: Monday Dec 8th: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with @ferracimo.bsky.social
@clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
@clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Guest Talk: Monday Dec 8th: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with @ferracimo.bsky.social
@clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
@clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/545asfna
#ClimateChange #TCD #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Do what Ruha says &WATCH THIS! How can anyone endorse the fallacy of "responsible use" once they know these harms? In fact, it seems obvious that AI use *given such awareness* entails the disavowal of ethical responsibility. Responsible use is not only impossible, it paradoxically amplifies the harm
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Do what Ruha says &WATCH THIS! How can anyone endorse the fallacy of "responsible use" once they know these harms? In fact, it seems obvious that AI use *given such awareness* entails the disavowal of ethical responsibility. Responsible use is not only impossible, it paradoxically amplifies the harm
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Guest Talk & Q&A: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with Dr Fernando Racimo on Dec 8th. Hosted by @clarekelly.bsky.social for more see here:
tinyurl.com/545asfna
#TrinityCollegeDublin #Psychology #ScienceInResistance #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
tinyurl.com/545asfna
#TrinityCollegeDublin #Psychology #ScienceInResistance #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Guest Talk & Q&A: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with Dr Fernando Racimo on Dec 8th. Hosted by @clarekelly.bsky.social for more see here:
tinyurl.com/545asfna
#TrinityCollegeDublin #Psychology #ScienceInResistance #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
tinyurl.com/545asfna
#TrinityCollegeDublin #Psychology #ScienceInResistance #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
Do what Ruha says &WATCH THIS! How can anyone endorse the fallacy of "responsible use" once they know these harms? In fact, it seems obvious that AI use *given such awareness* entails the disavowal of ethical responsibility. Responsible use is not only impossible, it paradoxically amplifies the harm
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Do what Ruha says &WATCH THIS! How can anyone endorse the fallacy of "responsible use" once they know these harms? In fact, it seems obvious that AI use *given such awareness* entails the disavowal of ethical responsibility. Responsible use is not only impossible, it paradoxically amplifies the harm
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Just posting an author share link after popular demand: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m6Dd9C~Iu...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just posting an author share link after popular demand: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m6Dd9C~Iu...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
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If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city to make a documentary...
In this final bonus post, read about the people, articles, books, and films that helped and inspired us as we made @overshootpod.bsky.social👇
In this final bonus post, read about the people, articles, books, and films that helped and inspired us as we made @overshootpod.bsky.social👇
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city to make a documentary...
In this final bonus post, read about the people, articles, books, and films that helped and inspired us as we made @overshootpod.bsky.social👇
In this final bonus post, read about the people, articles, books, and films that helped and inspired us as we made @overshootpod.bsky.social👇
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In Ireland, more properties were bought this year by landlords than by people hoping to live in them. Mostly large landlords, not the sainted mom and pops of it all. People who already own tens or hundreds of properties bought even more of them. They're not fleeing the market, they're destroying it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In Ireland, more properties were bought this year by landlords than by people hoping to live in them. Mostly large landlords, not the sainted mom and pops of it all. People who already own tens or hundreds of properties bought even more of them. They're not fleeing the market, they're destroying it.
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My latest: with @fdabl.bsky.social and JW Bolderdijk we argue that environmental psychology needs formal theory to make progress and increase real-world impact
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
Redirecting
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My latest: with @fdabl.bsky.social and JW Bolderdijk we argue that environmental psychology needs formal theory to make progress and increase real-world impact
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
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I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.