Anna Pringle
@annapr.bsky.social
Climate Alarm Clock podcast host (https://the-climate-alarm-clock.captivate.fm/)
Sanctuary Runner (www.sanctuaryrunners.ie).
https://notherenotanywhere.com/
#LoveDonegal #ClimateActionNow
Sanctuary Runner (www.sanctuaryrunners.ie).
https://notherenotanywhere.com/
#LoveDonegal #ClimateActionNow
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Anna Pringle
@annapr.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Ok, Ireland is not full but my starter packs 1 & 2 are!
So here's a third and *final* one from me (felt too guilty ignoring people asking to be added! This one is not full... yet).
Tús maith, leath na hoibre!
go.bsky.app/RW66srq
So here's a third and *final* one from me (felt too guilty ignoring people asking to be added! This one is not full... yet).
Tús maith, leath na hoibre!
go.bsky.app/RW66srq
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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One of the people the USA killed in Venezuela was Rosa Gonzalez, 80 who they blew up in her apartment.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
One of the people the USA killed in Venezuela was Rosa Gonzalez, 80 who they blew up in her apartment.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
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This is relevant to the Irish Government's response too.
You can't just say "respect for international law" and not say whether it's been broken or not by a party you won't even name.
You can't just say "respect for international law" and not say whether it's been broken or not by a party you won't even name.
Yes, I don’t think there’s a “love actually” moment here. But issuing a statement specifically pointing towards international law and then not commenting on whether you think this follows it is just woeful comms, and surely pretty weak on the substance too.
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
This is relevant to the Irish Government's response too.
You can't just say "respect for international law" and not say whether it's been broken or not by a party you won't even name.
You can't just say "respect for international law" and not say whether it's been broken or not by a party you won't even name.
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For a "militarily but not politically neutral" country which depends on a rules based international order, this is incredibly weak stuff
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
For a "militarily but not politically neutral" country which depends on a rules based international order, this is incredibly weak stuff
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International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
billmckibben.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
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Our friends in Gaza continue to struggle against impossible conditions.
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Our friends in Gaza continue to struggle against impossible conditions.
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
So when we hear our government paving the way for us to give up our neutrality, we should ask whose side do you want us to be on exactly? A fascist rogue US?
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
We need to do something about our over reliance on US FDI #SpeirGorm Will Micheál Martin condemn the attack on Venezuela or does he think it would be merely “performative” like he does with the Occupied Territories Bill?
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
So when we hear our government paving the way for us to give up our neutrality, we should ask whose side do you want us to be on exactly? A fascist rogue US?
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
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Blimey. It’s one thing to engineer the circumstances of a coup, quite another to abduct the president and evacuate him from the country
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Blimey. It’s one thing to engineer the circumstances of a coup, quite another to abduct the president and evacuate him from the country
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It means absolutely nothing to anyone concerned right now but here's what the United Nations says about kidnapping Heads of State.
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
It means absolutely nothing to anyone concerned right now but here's what the United Nations says about kidnapping Heads of State.
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
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Narrator: ‘Musk's Grok AI bot was not fixing anything because only gullible tech journalists would believe it could do that. “Fixing it” was the job of humans who should have been facing time in prison.’
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Narrator: ‘Musk's Grok AI bot was not fixing anything because only gullible tech journalists would believe it could do that. “Fixing it” was the job of humans who should have been facing time in prison.’
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A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
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All that is missing is political will.
Climate Action & Green Transition is good for people, the economy, & obviously the planet.
When Micheál Martin says we can't mitigate against #climatechange & when the gov cancel public transport or back LNG, it's not for the benefit of Ireland.
#IrishPol
Climate Action & Green Transition is good for people, the economy, & obviously the planet.
When Micheál Martin says we can't mitigate against #climatechange & when the gov cancel public transport or back LNG, it's not for the benefit of Ireland.
#IrishPol
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
All that is missing is political will.
Climate Action & Green Transition is good for people, the economy, & obviously the planet.
When Micheál Martin says we can't mitigate against #climatechange & when the gov cancel public transport or back LNG, it's not for the benefit of Ireland.
#IrishPol
Climate Action & Green Transition is good for people, the economy, & obviously the planet.
When Micheál Martin says we can't mitigate against #climatechange & when the gov cancel public transport or back LNG, it's not for the benefit of Ireland.
#IrishPol
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We might like Bluesky because there is no evil algorithm BUT unlike over on Mastodon where it is part of the culture, folks here often don’t think to boost posts they like. Remember that if there is no algorithm, then we all benefit from others sharing good stuff. Like & REPOST good stuff, people!
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We might like Bluesky because there is no evil algorithm BUT unlike over on Mastodon where it is part of the culture, folks here often don’t think to boost posts they like. Remember that if there is no algorithm, then we all benefit from others sharing good stuff. Like & REPOST good stuff, people!
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A thing I think about a lot is how the hyper powerful and tech billionaires want to be seen as people saving humanity, which is why they create space companies to send us to Mars and invest in gen AI to render us more "productive"
And yet, not a single one is working to solve climate change.
And yet, not a single one is working to solve climate change.
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A thing I think about a lot is how the hyper powerful and tech billionaires want to be seen as people saving humanity, which is why they create space companies to send us to Mars and invest in gen AI to render us more "productive"
And yet, not a single one is working to solve climate change.
And yet, not a single one is working to solve climate change.
ugh.
A likely end result of the Grok stuff is going to be a top-down push for widespread normalization of CSAM, nonconsensual imagery, and pedophilia long before there’s any consideration of holding the people and systems involved accountable or legally regulating them.
January 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
ugh.
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Every single aspect of this is beyond disturbing, but they are literally broadcasting the intent to commit ethnic cleansing.
This is evidence for The Hague.
This is evidence for The Hague.
December 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Every single aspect of this is beyond disturbing, but they are literally broadcasting the intent to commit ethnic cleansing.
This is evidence for The Hague.
This is evidence for The Hague.
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Delete X. Get rid of it. The entire existence of that company has become an obscenity.
Child exploitation content on X/Twitter sharply increased under Musk, who not only abruptly disbanded the group of volunteer experts advising the platform on child safety, image exploitation, and other abuses in 2022, but tried to blame them for the company's CSAM problem www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1...
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Delete X. Get rid of it. The entire existence of that company has become an obscenity.
@garygannontd.bsky.social @mariesherlock.bsky.social also my local TDs and I share Brian’s disappointment. When are you going to stop supporting that site? Same question applies to Irish journalists too.
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
Very disappointed to see that my local TDs (Gary Gannon, Marie Sherlock, Mary Lou McDonald). are still supporting Twitter by posting there. At what point does the need for followers outweigh the misinformation, abuse and facilitation of child sex abuse material? #SpeirGorm
@fertha.bsky.social
@fertha.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’
January 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
@garygannontd.bsky.social @mariesherlock.bsky.social also my local TDs and I share Brian’s disappointment. When are you going to stop supporting that site? Same question applies to Irish journalists too.
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
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Extremely disturbing press release from @freedomflotilla.bsky.social just now, stating that Israeli prison guards raped German journalist Anna Liedtke after soldiers intercepted the flotilla ship she was on with medics and other journalists.
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Extremely disturbing press release from @freedomflotilla.bsky.social just now, stating that Israeli prison guards raped German journalist Anna Liedtke after soldiers intercepted the flotilla ship she was on with medics and other journalists.
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Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.
Israel faces widespread condemnation as NGO ban comes into effect
Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.
www.aljazeera.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.
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Taken together, these wins tell a clear story
Renewables keep getting cheaper💚
Fossil fuel projects keep losing in court ⚖️
& grassroots pressure keeps translating into real limits on extraction✊
The setbacks are real, but so is the momentum, built month by month by people who refuse to give up!
Renewables keep getting cheaper💚
Fossil fuel projects keep losing in court ⚖️
& grassroots pressure keeps translating into real limits on extraction✊
The setbacks are real, but so is the momentum, built month by month by people who refuse to give up!
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Taken together, these wins tell a clear story
Renewables keep getting cheaper💚
Fossil fuel projects keep losing in court ⚖️
& grassroots pressure keeps translating into real limits on extraction✊
The setbacks are real, but so is the momentum, built month by month by people who refuse to give up!
Renewables keep getting cheaper💚
Fossil fuel projects keep losing in court ⚖️
& grassroots pressure keeps translating into real limits on extraction✊
The setbacks are real, but so is the momentum, built month by month by people who refuse to give up!
Despite all the gloom, this thread shows there are wins in climate action and a lot worth fighting for.
@foeireland.bsky.social
#ClimateAction
@foeireland.bsky.social
#ClimateAction
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Despite all the gloom, this thread shows there are wins in climate action and a lot worth fighting for.
@foeireland.bsky.social
#ClimateAction
@foeireland.bsky.social
#ClimateAction
This thread… we should never forget.
It’s been 6 yrs since my sister rang me about the respiratory illness that she and her colleagues in respiratory medicine, were terrified of. That’s the last time I knew that version of her, the next 18 months traumatised her forever. I know the world had to move on, but its hard to see the erasure
December 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This thread… we should never forget.