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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 6h

ICQ was my chat playground in my teens!

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 17h

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

We’re entering a fascinating new phase of the #climate end-game, one where leaders, from Mark Carney in Canada to Micheál Martin here, perfectly understand how dire the situation is, yet decide - choose - to do absolutely nothing.

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 11h

Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
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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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 2d

While we approve more data centres, expand aviation and long-finger tackling systems solutions in agriculture, construction and transport - we see our ability to decarbonise and reduce emissions decline. Government burying the long-term consequences for people #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Ireland significantly off track on 2030 climate targets

Ireland has made progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but the rate of reduction remains insufficient to meet the targets established.

www.rte.ie

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR

"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."

www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...

Arctic is turning orange — It could trigger a devastating chain effect sooner than expected

In the Arctic, melting ice turns rivers orange — scientists warn this rare phenomenon could trigger a devastating chain reaction for Earth’s climate.

www.ecoticias.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 3d

Fingers crossed for you🤞

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 3d

the letter worked for me on 2nd application, not sure if I got lucky or they have changed something 🤷‍♀️

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 4d

Having same issue myself now, rejected by online system, wonder what the burden on admin staff has been/ will be with all mature students with expiring leapcards now looking for letters

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently they are no longer accepting a photo of your student ID as evidence of enrollment. So every student whose card is expiring has to find someone to write a letter stating how many hours a week classes they take. Not sure how this applies to PhD students who don't take classes #phdsky

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 4d

If you wonder why we are failing to reduce our transport emissions and why we have a dysfunctional car-centric transport system. This is why. This is who are invited to aa Oireachtas committee to discuss transport and climate targets...

The mind boggles.

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 4d

18457 children murdered by a genocidal regime.
And that's just up to the end of July.
Imagine if every married couple with kids in Kerry had a child murdered-beyond comprehension-yet whole families are being slaughtered in Gaza with complete impunity #speirgorm 💔
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 7d

Also Caitriona Graham, Chris Andrews, Colm Byrne, Cormac O’Daly, Diarmuid MacDubhghlais, Donna Schwarz, Louise Heaney, Maureen Almai, Michael Fix, Paddy Kelly, Patrick O’Donovan, Sarah Clancy, Tara O’Grady, Tara Sheehy and Thomas McCune

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 6d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 7d

Saw your original post @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social but its now showing as blocked ... this happening for anyone else? I wonder if he reported it 🤔

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 8d

Sure, will have a look at it tomorrow - is it just a matter of uploading clip or is there a form to fill too?

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

Seven hours in 30 seconds: time-lapse of #StormAmy in wild West Kerry. Hard to tell #MountBrandon exists! Unfortunately the camera just doesn't do justice to the rainfall and spray blowing from the sea. Plenty of seaweed on the other window from earlier! #speirgorm
#WildAtlanticWay #dinglepeninsula

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

Such a huge loss to Ireland, Irish culture, Irish nature, agus an teanga #Gaeilge
Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís ☹️
#speirgorm

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 9d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

Refreshing to see a politician call out the root cause of current rise in populism, focus on hope rather than fear, and propose policies that will have a positive outcome for the whole of society!
Read @zackpolanski.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#hopenothate

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10d

☀️ New column! ☀️

Optimism on climate is hard to find, but solar power's meteoric rise is one very bright trend.

"Solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower"

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Let the sun shine: solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower

Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics

www.irishtimes.com

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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 10d

‘Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics, largely under the radar of mainstream debate. We are living through an energy transition that, for once, feels exponential rather than incremental.’

@hannahdaly.ie

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Let the sun shine: solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower

Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics

www.irishtimes.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 10d

Great thread by @hannahdaly.ie on the problems and (a few) positives of the Irish farming lobby approach to decarbonisation #speirgorm #climatechange

Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10d

The Irish Farmers' Association submission to the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy makes for interesting reading:

www.ifa.ie/farm-sectors...

Effective Climate Action Must be Fair and Practical - Irish Farmers' Association

Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy on the key barriers that may prevent Ireland from meeting its 2026 – 2030 climate change targets, IFA Environment & Rural Aff...

www.ifa.ie

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12d

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

Gaza Sumud flotilla: How Israel breaks international maritime law

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 11d

Deputy Whitmore asking the question we all want to know the answer to.

Although they didn't say it, it seems the answer to the question about when the EPA pull the plug on a non-compliant discharge licence is never. They never have to date.

Polluters can do their thing and still get licenced.

An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 11d

How many chances should be given to get it right?

Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality

Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill

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