Lynn O'K
@lynnok.bsky.social
Galway Gardener, garden design and maintenance. Lefty environmentalist, love good public parks, and biodiversity.
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Discrimination on the basis of “nationality” is as morally reprehensible as discrimination on the basis of skin colour and if the human race properly evolves one day it will be seen as such. Just because it’s been thoroughly normalised and accepted in international law doesn’t make it morally ok.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Discrimination on the basis of “nationality” is as morally reprehensible as discrimination on the basis of skin colour and if the human race properly evolves one day it will be seen as such. Just because it’s been thoroughly normalised and accepted in international law doesn’t make it morally ok.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Harris today: “I’m really quite shocked and taken aback by how reluctant politicians in our national parliament are to discuss migration."
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Harris today: “I’m really quite shocked and taken aback by how reluctant politicians in our national parliament are to discuss migration."
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
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It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
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This was probably the biggest climate demonstration in Ireland since 2019-2020!
A huge Green Party turnout at the National Climate March today to call on the government to stop the U-turns and get serious about climate action, nature restoration and ending fossil fuels.
A huge Green Party turnout at the National Climate March today to call on the government to stop the U-turns and get serious about climate action, nature restoration and ending fossil fuels.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This was probably the biggest climate demonstration in Ireland since 2019-2020!
A huge Green Party turnout at the National Climate March today to call on the government to stop the U-turns and get serious about climate action, nature restoration and ending fossil fuels.
A huge Green Party turnout at the National Climate March today to call on the government to stop the U-turns and get serious about climate action, nature restoration and ending fossil fuels.
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*Still* waiting for Simon Harris to actually condemn the Drogheda arson attack where the far right tried to kill children & their parents.
Tánaiste & leader of FG, yet still hasn't done the bare minimum in pushing back against the far right. Just decides to keep whinging about "the left" instead 🙄
Tánaiste & leader of FG, yet still hasn't done the bare minimum in pushing back against the far right. Just decides to keep whinging about "the left" instead 🙄
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Labour TD Conor Sheehan calling him a populist is an attempt from the left to “caricature” him and “shut me down”. jrnl.ie/6875778
Simon Harris says the left are ‘trying to caricature me’ on migration
Labour TD Conor Sheehan said he believes the Tánaiste is ‘quite populist’.
jrnl.ie
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
*Still* waiting for Simon Harris to actually condemn the Drogheda arson attack where the far right tried to kill children & their parents.
Tánaiste & leader of FG, yet still hasn't done the bare minimum in pushing back against the far right. Just decides to keep whinging about "the left" instead 🙄
Tánaiste & leader of FG, yet still hasn't done the bare minimum in pushing back against the far right. Just decides to keep whinging about "the left" instead 🙄
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Of the many reasons to go organic re agriculture and horticulture, is that these chemicals are dangerous to manufacture, to transport, to store, to apply and to consume.
Same for fossil fuels.
We tend to only look at post-use environmental effects. But the risks are many long before that.
Same for fossil fuels.
We tend to only look at post-use environmental effects. But the risks are many long before that.
Video shows the moment of a massive explosion at an industrial park in Argentina. The blast happened at warehouses housing agricultural chemicals. At least 22 people were injured.
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Of the many reasons to go organic re agriculture and horticulture, is that these chemicals are dangerous to manufacture, to transport, to store, to apply and to consume.
Same for fossil fuels.
We tend to only look at post-use environmental effects. But the risks are many long before that.
Same for fossil fuels.
We tend to only look at post-use environmental effects. But the risks are many long before that.
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Eighteen properties were flooded across Co Wexford overnight and the county remains on alert for the possibility of flooding in Enniscorthy later today, following heavy rains associated with Storm Claudia overnight
Wexford premises flooded as storm impacts power for 3,000
Eighteen properties were flooded across Co Wexford overnight and the county remains on alert for the possibility of flooding in Enniscorthy later today, following heavy rains associated with Storm Cla...
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Eighteen properties were flooded across Co Wexford overnight and the county remains on alert for the possibility of flooding in Enniscorthy later today, following heavy rains associated with Storm Claudia overnight
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Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
Countries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.
Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
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Disgusting, looks like garden landscaping from 2005.
There are smaller parks in the middle of central London with more green space, natural growth, & less anti homeless architecture.
#Speirgorm
There are smaller parks in the middle of central London with more green space, natural growth, & less anti homeless architecture.
#Speirgorm
RIP Bishop Lucey Park
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Disgusting, looks like garden landscaping from 2005.
There are smaller parks in the middle of central London with more green space, natural growth, & less anti homeless architecture.
#Speirgorm
There are smaller parks in the middle of central London with more green space, natural growth, & less anti homeless architecture.
#Speirgorm
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Simon Harris has suddenly used “the left” as a dismissive boogeyman three times in a handful of weeks (that I’m aware of) and if I were a journalist I’d be questioning the reasoning behind that a bit more than they are
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Simon Harris has suddenly used “the left” as a dismissive boogeyman three times in a handful of weeks (that I’m aware of) and if I were a journalist I’d be questioning the reasoning behind that a bit more than they are
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I see we're at the 'they're trying to cancel me' stage of whining from someone in a position of power.
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I see we're at the 'they're trying to cancel me' stage of whining from someone in a position of power.
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Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official
Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official
Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory
Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.
In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official
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Disgusting treatment of pro-Palestine protesters by British govt and prison system. No wonder they want out of the ECHR - they don’t want to be held accountable for their actions
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Disgusting treatment of pro-Palestine protesters by British govt and prison system. No wonder they want out of the ECHR - they don’t want to be held accountable for their actions
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When THIS guy says your the worst person he knows...
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
When THIS guy says your the worst person he knows...
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While Trump hunts phantoms called Antifa at home with no real group to pin down, Rubio slaps terrorist labels on unrelated European leftist outfits, freezing assets and stirring anti-American fury. #Antifa
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
While Trump hunts phantoms called Antifa at home with no real group to pin down, Rubio slaps terrorist labels on unrelated European leftist outfits, freezing assets and stirring anti-American fury. #Antifa
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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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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
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Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
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Those who profit from conflict, genocide and ecocide have always relied on supremacist rhetoric: who is stronger, smarter, whiter. Supremacy, in all its incarnations, has been a boundless, timeless economic powerhouse for this civilisation
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Those who profit from conflict, genocide and ecocide have always relied on supremacist rhetoric: who is stronger, smarter, whiter. Supremacy, in all its incarnations, has been a boundless, timeless economic powerhouse for this civilisation
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.