Brendan
@brendan69.bsky.social
Mostly conflicted: love work/want to retire, climate concerned EV driver/motorsport enthusiast, it goes on. Watching my small plot in Co Armagh rewild itself. I'll never have a headstone because I'm going out in a blaze of firey stardust.
A brave man, standing up to harassment. More strength to him.
👉NEW VIDEO -- I witnessed war crimes in Gaza, now pro-Israel lawyers want to silence me
British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta is due to face his tenth legal action brought by UK Lawyers for Israel.
He spoke about the campaign to silence him👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Awv...
British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta is due to face his tenth legal action brought by UK Lawyers for Israel.
He spoke about the campaign to silence him👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Awv...
I witnessed war crimes in Gaza, now pro-Israel lawyers want to silence me
YouTube video by Declassified UK
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A brave man, standing up to harassment. More strength to him.
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Despite a 16% jump in nitrates levels in Irish rivers in the last year alone, it's looking like the derogation (special dispensation to pollute more) will *still* be extended by another 3 years.
Help farmers financially if needs be, but killing our rivers is just WRONG.
share.google/EpaRcLKnsnPZ...
Help farmers financially if needs be, but killing our rivers is just WRONG.
share.google/EpaRcLKnsnPZ...
Nitrates derogation could be extended by three years after proposal backed by European Commission
Too much nitrogen in a river can lead to an over-growth of algae, which causes damage to, and can even kill, wildlife and plants.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Despite a 16% jump in nitrates levels in Irish rivers in the last year alone, it's looking like the derogation (special dispensation to pollute more) will *still* be extended by another 3 years.
Help farmers financially if needs be, but killing our rivers is just WRONG.
share.google/EpaRcLKnsnPZ...
Help farmers financially if needs be, but killing our rivers is just WRONG.
share.google/EpaRcLKnsnPZ...
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🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
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I am a straw builder because it's fun and 1000% worth the effort.
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I am a straw builder because it's fun and 1000% worth the effort.
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Franz Josef Glacier - Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere
ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
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ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
1/
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Franz Josef Glacier - Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere
ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
1/
ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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Portrait of Mani. I've made two sizes of prints from this, all profit goes to @stockportnhsft.bsky.social that’s a wonderful charity Mani and Imelda raised money for.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Portrait of Mani. I've made two sizes of prints from this, all profit goes to @stockportnhsft.bsky.social that’s a wonderful charity Mani and Imelda raised money for.
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In March this year, my niece Caitlin-Rose passed away after she was knocked down after getting off her school bus. Her mummy wants to help other children who need the help of emergency care in Caitlin-Rose’s memory.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In March this year, my niece Caitlin-Rose passed away after she was knocked down after getting off her school bus. Her mummy wants to help other children who need the help of emergency care in Caitlin-Rose’s memory.
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Any clever Blue sky people who can explain this? A small pool of water on a black plastic tarpaulin froze overnight and had this odd icicle form in it. 🤔
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Any clever Blue sky people who can explain this? A small pool of water on a black plastic tarpaulin froze overnight and had this odd icicle form in it. 🤔
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Twitter (yeah, we said Twitter 😡) is down right now.
So, Bluesky, here's a video of Carl Sagan talking about the meaning of life, just for you.
Enjoy x
So, Bluesky, here's a video of Carl Sagan talking about the meaning of life, just for you.
Enjoy x
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Twitter (yeah, we said Twitter 😡) is down right now.
So, Bluesky, here's a video of Carl Sagan talking about the meaning of life, just for you.
Enjoy x
So, Bluesky, here's a video of Carl Sagan talking about the meaning of life, just for you.
Enjoy x
Have to feel for the people of Worcester (I have good friends there). Fairly lucky here in our part of Armagh not to have any type of flags but passed through part of Antrim yesterday where the bigotry is hard coded year round in red, white and blue kerb stones and wall cappings.
A petition has been set up to remove the flags across Worcestershire. Residents across Worcester have been in touch to express their fear and concern about the people putting up flags - filming residents without their consent, promising to "make them famous" c.org/6JPPxBGqZB
Sign the Petition
Remove Flags from Worcestershire Lampposts
c.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Have to feel for the people of Worcester (I have good friends there). Fairly lucky here in our part of Armagh not to have any type of flags but passed through part of Antrim yesterday where the bigotry is hard coded year round in red, white and blue kerb stones and wall cappings.
All true, guess it's hard to find the motivation to go out and vote when the only choices support ongoing genocide.
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
All true, guess it's hard to find the motivation to go out and vote when the only choices support ongoing genocide.
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This is a story deserving of more media attention 😟
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
Bird flu kills half of South Atlantic's breeding elephant seals, sparking fears for future of species
Population in South Georgia has plummeted by 47%, researchers found
www.irishexaminer.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is a story deserving of more media attention 😟
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Shocking "Scientists estimate that between 1996 and 2020, 9.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide were released into the atmosphere due to bottom trawling — about 370 million tons annually, double the emissions from fuel combustion of the entire global fishing fleet of four million vessels."
"Industrial fishing can extract in a day what a small boat might take in a year"
Coastal fishing now involves very few fish and very few young people. If this is to change we need to say goodbye to industrial fishing.
theconversation.com/governments-...
Coastal fishing now involves very few fish and very few young people. If this is to change we need to say goodbye to industrial fishing.
theconversation.com/governments-...
Governments can protect marine environments by supporting small-scale fishing
Nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population lives in coastal areas. A changing climate and biodiversity loss represent an unprecedented threat to these ecosystems.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Shocking "Scientists estimate that between 1996 and 2020, 9.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide were released into the atmosphere due to bottom trawling — about 370 million tons annually, double the emissions from fuel combustion of the entire global fishing fleet of four million vessels."
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President Connolly’s speech in full is available here www.thejournal.ie/president-ca... #Áras25 #PresidentConnolly @President.ie
Here is President Catherine Connolly's speech in full
President Connolly’s first public address touched on a wide range of issues, including housing, migration, and a united Ireland.
www.thejournal.ie
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
President Connolly’s speech in full is available here www.thejournal.ie/president-ca... #Áras25 #PresidentConnolly @President.ie
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New Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity and also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity and also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity and also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity and also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
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It's the time of year we're told to remember millions killed in war. Referred to as "the ultimate sacrifice", "bravery", "patriotism" etc, few point out they died because of classisim, fascism, and financial power.
The mantra "They died for their country" and "lest
1/2 youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
The mantra "They died for their country" and "lest
1/2 youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen: Read by Christopher Eccleston | Remembering World War 1 | C4
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It's the time of year we're told to remember millions killed in war. Referred to as "the ultimate sacrifice", "bravery", "patriotism" etc, few point out they died because of classisim, fascism, and financial power.
The mantra "They died for their country" and "lest
1/2 youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
The mantra "They died for their country" and "lest
1/2 youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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The Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities and @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Rewilding collaboration concludes on the 26th of November with a keynote talk by Professor Jens-Christian Svenning.
Tickets are extremely limited so book ASAP if you want to attend.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/rewilding-...
Tickets are extremely limited so book ASAP if you want to attend.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/rewilding-...
Rewilding in Europe
To conclude our Rewilding series, expert Jens-Christian Svenning will deliver a keynote presentation and join us for a panel discussion
www.eventbrite.ie
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities and @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Rewilding collaboration concludes on the 26th of November with a keynote talk by Professor Jens-Christian Svenning.
Tickets are extremely limited so book ASAP if you want to attend.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/rewilding-...
Tickets are extremely limited so book ASAP if you want to attend.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/rewilding-...
A great update from Adam highlighting the inconsistencies, omissions and misinformation in Gates' argument against climate action. Gates released his views on the back of his attendance at Trump's broligarch round table - and didn't Trump just lap it up.
OK. Some (mostly negative) thoughts on Bill Gates.
With special shoutout to @timinclimate.bsky.social & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for their wise words.
youtu.be/9MmqKEkOtwo
With special shoutout to @timinclimate.bsky.social & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for their wise words.
youtu.be/9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Scientist Responds to Bill Gates
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A great update from Adam highlighting the inconsistencies, omissions and misinformation in Gates' argument against climate action. Gates released his views on the back of his attendance at Trump's broligarch round table - and didn't Trump just lap it up.
Who knew, did mainstream media report this. Maybe I just missed it?
British soldiers paused firing white phosphorus in Kenya after Declassified revealed the munition was routinely being used there.
The policy change was disclosed in a witness statement the British army gave to a Kenyan parliamentary inquiry.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-army...
The policy change was disclosed in a witness statement the British army gave to a Kenyan parliamentary inquiry.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-army...
British army scales back firing white phosphorus in Kenya
Troops have not trained with the hazardous chemical since Declassified exposed the practice three years ago.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Who knew, did mainstream media report this. Maybe I just missed it?