Declan
@oracleoftruth.bsky.social
Ecosocialism/ feminism/ functional-contextualism/ humanism/ home brewing/ communalism/ poetry/ film
Good beer, good coffee, good conversation, good politics
Co-chair Green Party NI.
Good beer, good coffee, good conversation, good politics
Co-chair Green Party NI.
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COP30 isn’t another climate summit - it’s a fight for survival and democracy. Empty words can’t stop a burning planet.
The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
COP30 isn’t another climate summit - it’s a fight for survival and democracy. Empty words can’t stop a burning planet.
The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
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Michael D Higgins leaves behind a presidency grounded in conscience, culture and courage. He proved public office can be moral, poetic and unapologetically on the side of people over power. That’s a legacy worth protecting.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Michael D Higgins leaves behind a presidency grounded in conscience, culture and courage. He proved public office can be moral, poetic and unapologetically on the side of people over power. That’s a legacy worth protecting.
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Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Assembly voted no confidence in Education Minister Paul Givan, yet he stays in post. Why? 🤷🏻♂️
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
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Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Assembly voted no confidence in Education Minister Paul Givan, yet he stays in post. Why? 🤷🏻♂️
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
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Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Cllr Brian Smyth didn’t mince words in City Hall. Belfast needs an overdose prevention facility. Not debate. Not delay. It’s about saving lives, treating people with dignity, and getting real about harm reduction.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Cllr Brian Smyth didn’t mince words in City Hall. Belfast needs an overdose prevention facility. Not debate. Not delay. It’s about saving lives, treating people with dignity, and getting real about harm reduction.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
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So many stories, verified, like this coming out of US about ICE detention right now. Let's just be totally clear, it is not hyperbole to call ICE "Trump's Gestapo", or their detention sites concentration camps. They meet all of the criteria. Anywhere else this would be receiving global condemnation.
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So many stories, verified, like this coming out of US about ICE detention right now. Let's just be totally clear, it is not hyperbole to call ICE "Trump's Gestapo", or their detention sites concentration camps. They meet all of the criteria. Anywhere else this would be receiving global condemnation.
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Remembrance Day is about honouring all who suffered the cost of war, military and civilian alike. We remember with respect and without division. The best tribute we can pay is working for peace, justice and a future where conflict isn’t the legacy we hand to the next generation.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Remembrance Day is about honouring all who suffered the cost of war, military and civilian alike. We remember with respect and without division. The best tribute we can pay is working for peace, justice and a future where conflict isn’t the legacy we hand to the next generation.
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Keir Starmer has pledged to increase the UK’s military budget to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
"None of this makes us any safer," says Peace Pledge Union. Here, they share ten reasons why the UK should not increase military spending ➡️ buff.ly/yB0dC2y
"None of this makes us any safer," says Peace Pledge Union. Here, they share ten reasons why the UK should not increase military spending ➡️ buff.ly/yB0dC2y
March 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Keir Starmer has pledged to increase the UK’s military budget to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
"None of this makes us any safer," says Peace Pledge Union. Here, they share ten reasons why the UK should not increase military spending ➡️ buff.ly/yB0dC2y
"None of this makes us any safer," says Peace Pledge Union. Here, they share ten reasons why the UK should not increase military spending ➡️ buff.ly/yB0dC2y
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Okay I had one other idea
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Okay I had one other idea
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It is with shock and genuine sadness that I learn of the passing of my good friend, long time colleage and just a really kind man, Quentin Willson. He will be sorely missed by many who knew and worked with him.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It is with shock and genuine sadness that I learn of the passing of my good friend, long time colleage and just a really kind man, Quentin Willson. He will be sorely missed by many who knew and worked with him.
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Ards & North Down Council, pushed by the Department for Infrastructure, wants to charge residents fees just to speak out - while developers and vandals go free.
This stifles democracy and punishes communities fighting to protect their homes.
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This stifles democracy and punishes communities fighting to protect their homes.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ards & North Down Council, pushed by the Department for Infrastructure, wants to charge residents fees just to speak out - while developers and vandals go free.
This stifles democracy and punishes communities fighting to protect their homes.
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This stifles democracy and punishes communities fighting to protect their homes.
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At a time when Labour are failing to deliver on one of its key promises the Guardian publishing this drivel as an “exclusive” tells you more about the Guardian’s client journalism and how desperate the Labour right has become than anything else.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
At a time when Labour are failing to deliver on one of its key promises the Guardian publishing this drivel as an “exclusive” tells you more about the Guardian’s client journalism and how desperate the Labour right has become than anything else.
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This is like the obsession with a car sized so they could conduct expeditions into the Rocky mountains with a canoe and a dog sled team.
You probably need... A hatchback that does 150km between charges. You don't have a lakehouse in Sweden to drive to.
You probably need... A hatchback that does 150km between charges. You don't have a lakehouse in Sweden to drive to.
Most Irish car buyers want their EVs to have way more range than what the average person actually drives in a day, writes Paddy Comyn.
jrnl.ie/6866604
jrnl.ie/6866604
Opinion: Irish drivers may need to start thinking differently about electric vehicles
Most Irish car buyers want their EVs to have way more range than what the average person actually drives in a day, writes Paddy Comyn.
jrnl.ie
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is like the obsession with a car sized so they could conduct expeditions into the Rocky mountains with a canoe and a dog sled team.
You probably need... A hatchback that does 150km between charges. You don't have a lakehouse in Sweden to drive to.
You probably need... A hatchback that does 150km between charges. You don't have a lakehouse in Sweden to drive to.
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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The government has STILL not cleared out the highly partisan decision-makers imposed on the BBC by the Tories. Starmer and co are so amazingly spineless and feeble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson trying to undermine BBC leadership, insiders fear after leak
Director general under pressure after release of memo criticising reporting on Trump, trans rights and Gaza
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The government has STILL not cleared out the highly partisan decision-makers imposed on the BBC by the Tories. Starmer and co are so amazingly spineless and feeble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?