Chris Loughnane
chrisloughnane.bsky.social
Chris Loughnane
@chrisloughnane.bsky.social
In the woods
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'A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
April apple
blossoms
April 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Words on the Wave is a historic exhibition of Irish manuscripts from St Gall, Switzerland, coming on loan to the National Museum. Some of these will return to Ireland for the first time in 1,000 years! Opens 30 May 2025. Further info to follow… www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... mira.ie/index.php?pa...
Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland
Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
www.museum.ie
March 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!! As someone who is also an ambulatory wheelchair user and need a powered chair, I feel Emma Wards plight so much. This is absurd, the government handled #StormEowyn horrendously bad. 😡

#Disability #DisabilityRights #Speirgorm #Ireland

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Wheelchair user still without power feels 'forgotten'
A wheelchair user in Athenry, Co Galway, said she feels forgotten about on her 11th day without electricity since Storm Éowyn.
www.rte.ie
February 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Day 6. No power. No heat. Sick and tired and cold cold cold.

#StormÉowyn
January 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
sometimes life shows you something perfect
January 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
January 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
January 7th
January 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
January 6th
January 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#sneachta sunset
January 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#sneachta in Connemara
January 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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December 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Current mood seeing the red rain warning

#StormBert
November 22, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Keeping the neighbours fed with grass from our side

#sneachta #connemara #ireland
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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October 3, 2023 at 6:21 PM
cold weather dogs
November 20, 2024 at 11:19 AM
A colossal moon, fiery orange, hulking on the horizon. We are so small.
November 19, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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“On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree” — Merwin
November 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Full moon over the fairy mound.
November 15, 2024 at 7:55 PM
November evenings.
November 15, 2024 at 6:16 PM
rilling waves of mist and sun and rain, rolling, running across restless skies. Toast slathered with apricot jam and steaming tea. Autumning.
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 PM