Seán Fearon
@seanfearon.bsky.social
Ecological economist and postdoctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB. South Armagh native.
'We only want the earth'
'We only want the earth'
Lived in England for just over a year. Was impossible to stomach the river of hate-filled, caps-locked cancer adorning shops and newsagents thanks to the gutter British press.
Utter bullshit/lies from the "Centre for Social Justice" via the Express.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Lived in England for just over a year. Was impossible to stomach the river of hate-filled, caps-locked cancer adorning shops and newsagents thanks to the gutter British press.
A sideshow, basket case, and, increasingly, a feckless vanity project.
Corbyn and Sultana at odds over Your Party leadership as conference opens
Corbyn and Sultana at odds over Your Party leadership as conference opens
Delegates to chose between electing a single leader or a collective of lay members to run the leftwing movement
The two most prominent figures in Your Party are still divided over how it should be run as its inaugural conference kicked off this weekend.
Jeremy Corbyn confirmed to journalists on Saturday that he preferred a single leader and is likely to stand for the role but Zarah Sultana, his co-founder, said she would vote for collective leadership and that she does not believe parties should be run by “sole personalities”. Continue reading...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A sideshow, basket case, and, increasingly, a feckless vanity project.
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Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, says President Catherine Connolly
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, says Catherine Connolly
Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, says President Catherine Connolly
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
“Transformative action is required, action that places environmental responsibility and climate justice at the heart of everything we do”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Hundreds of thousands of Irish people in the north of Ireland, EU citizens, are exposed by this fascist posturing.
1/4 of our island is chained to the consequences of this rapid degeneration in British politics.
1/4 of our island is chained to the consequences of this rapid degeneration in British politics.
Fantasy numbers.
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform plans to strip EU citizens of benefit rights, says Farage
Leader Nigel Farage says his party would renegotiate the Brexit deal struck by the Tory government.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hundreds of thousands of Irish people in the north of Ireland, EU citizens, are exposed by this fascist posturing.
1/4 of our island is chained to the consequences of this rapid degeneration in British politics.
1/4 of our island is chained to the consequences of this rapid degeneration in British politics.
I love this guy man, and how I yearn for such a full-throated, angry, and yet unapologetically compassionate response to the cancer of hatred that's spreading in Ireland too.
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I love this guy man, and how I yearn for such a full-throated, angry, and yet unapologetically compassionate response to the cancer of hatred that's spreading in Ireland too.
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New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
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I really hope so.
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I really hope so.
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
I never understood this line of attack - if Labour are already delivering absolutely nothing to meaningfully change society or motivate political passions, why would people care about being let down elsewhere?
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I never understood this line of attack - if Labour are already delivering absolutely nothing to meaningfully change society or motivate political passions, why would people care about being let down elsewhere?
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I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Is there a single mainstream party in Ireland a) with an ounce of moral fortitude to oppose blaming immigrants for failures of government policy, and b) paying attention to evidence across Europe that this strategy is a road to ruin?
This pile of riot-appeasing baloney can roll right down the beach and cheerfully sink beneath the waves.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Is there a single mainstream party in Ireland a) with an ounce of moral fortitude to oppose blaming immigrants for failures of government policy, and b) paying attention to evidence across Europe that this strategy is a road to ruin?
Strike and demo in Barcelona - solidarity with global Sumud Flotilla.
October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Strike and demo in Barcelona - solidarity with global Sumud Flotilla.
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Pat Brodie and I have a book launch event for 'From the Bog to the Cloud' in London on October 22nd.
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aa-book-la...
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aa-book-la...
AA Book Launch: From the Bog to the Cloud
The green digital transition is underway. But what does this transition look like when dictated by the demands of monopoly tech?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Pat Brodie and I have a book launch event for 'From the Bog to the Cloud' in London on October 22nd.
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aa-book-la...
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aa-book-la...
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Politicos, hacks, news organisations and buffoons like Stephen King still clinging on to pretending it’s alright to *PAY* Elon Musk to use his platform - or be on it for a start.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Politicos, hacks, news organisations and buffoons like Stephen King still clinging on to pretending it’s alright to *PAY* Elon Musk to use his platform - or be on it for a start.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
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📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.
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State of the Art | CUSP Newsletter, September 2025
As CUSP turns ten, Tim Jackson highlights the troubling shift in UK research funding away from post-growth inquiry. He argues that questioning growth remains vital in an era of climate crisis, inequal...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.
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How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Time Use in a Post-Growth World: Towards Sustainable Wellbeing | Paper by Seán Fearon et al
In this paper, Seán Fearon et al. use time use analysis combined with emissions and wellbeing data to model 2050 lifestyles in Finland, France, and the UK, ...
cusp.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
Check out the preprint of our new paper, exploring the time use requirements for a life of wellbeing within planetary boundaries.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
Time Use in a Post-Growth World: Towards Sustainable Wellbeing | Paper by Seán Fearon et al
In this paper, Seán Fearon et al. use time use analysis combined with emissions and wellbeing data to model 2050 lifestyles in Finland, France, and the UK, ...
cusp.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Check out the preprint of our new paper, exploring the time use requirements for a life of wellbeing within planetary boundaries.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
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Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
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On Thursday I’ll travel as an independent observer of the latest Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
September 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On Thursday I’ll travel as an independent observer of the latest Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
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two in three Keir Starmer tweets are dog whistling about migration.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
two in three Keir Starmer tweets are dog whistling about migration.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
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The fact that we instantly ended homelessness during the pandemic, and then let it return as some intractable problem straight after, is something we really don’t talk about enough.
August 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The fact that we instantly ended homelessness during the pandemic, and then let it return as some intractable problem straight after, is something we really don’t talk about enough.
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Next time someone says data centres are necessary.
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Next time someone says data centres are necessary.
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...