Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴 🇮🇪
@sdinpraxis.bsky.social
No DMs, not giving ID to a US gaming firm
Climate, Sustainability. Ex-DFID, RCCClimate, BirdLife, Earthwatch Europe, WildCRU University of Oxford
Photo is of my two daughters' shadows above Loch Leven, a shallow lake seriously affected by climate change
Climate, Sustainability. Ex-DFID, RCCClimate, BirdLife, Earthwatch Europe, WildCRU University of Oxford
Photo is of my two daughters' shadows above Loch Leven, a shallow lake seriously affected by climate change
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Given the disgusting nature of the Grok app this is a completely inappropriate response
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Given the disgusting nature of the Grok app this is a completely inappropriate response
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Deep-sea mining, and the damage done.
This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields - Marine Biodiversity
Since the late 1980s, various experiments have been conducted in polymetallic nodule fields of the Pacific Ocean to assess the potential environmental impacts of future mining, specifically in two are...
link.springer.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Deep-sea mining, and the damage done.
There's a fan in the White House
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
There's a fan in the White House
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I just looked at Keir Starmer's latest tweet on X. Three times as many hostile replies and quote tweets than likes and RTs. Plus a community note attached. 850k views - a massive chunk of that to hostile accounts given above.
Is this really high quality reach?
Is this really high quality reach?
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I just looked at Keir Starmer's latest tweet on X. Three times as many hostile replies and quote tweets than likes and RTs. Plus a community note attached. 850k views - a massive chunk of that to hostile accounts given above.
Is this really high quality reach?
Is this really high quality reach?
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President of Mexico Sheinbaum: "America does not belong to a doctrine or a power. The American continent belongs to the peoples of each of the countries that make it up. Let it be clear: Mexico defends the sovereignty of the countries of Latin America.”
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
President of Mexico Sheinbaum: "America does not belong to a doctrine or a power. The American continent belongs to the peoples of each of the countries that make it up. Let it be clear: Mexico defends the sovereignty of the countries of Latin America.”
$60Bn to feed Netanyahu's ambitions rather than Palestinian aspirations for safety and self-determination
Trump announces the U.S. will contribute $60 billion to a proposal to develop Gaza. What the F? Let’s throw $60 billion at another country while our own is on the precipice of disaster. And how many billions did trump gift to Argentina? If you support this madman you are completely out of your mind.
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
$60Bn to feed Netanyahu's ambitions rather than Palestinian aspirations for safety and self-determination
About time at least ONE UK minister said the obvious
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper:
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
About time at least ONE UK minister said the obvious
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If Trump moves forward with his authoritarian aspirations and the U.S. attacks another NATO member militarily, the alliance’s foundational logic collapses, and the post-WWII security order ends, which Frederiksen points out. #holdfast
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
If Trump moves forward with his authoritarian aspirations and the U.S. attacks another NATO member militarily, the alliance’s foundational logic collapses, and the post-WWII security order ends, which Frederiksen points out. #holdfast
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The people of #Venezuela deserve a peaceful, democratic, and self-determined future. The path to achieving this must be pursued through international law.
👇Statement by @kajakallas.bsky.social, which 🇩🇪 strongly supports, along with 25 other 🇪🇺 partners.
👇Statement by @kajakallas.bsky.social, which 🇩🇪 strongly supports, along with 25 other 🇪🇺 partners.
Die Menschen in #Venezuela verdienen eine friedliche, demokratische, selbstbestimmte Zukunft. Der Weg dahin muss über das internationale Recht beschritten werden.
👇Statement von @kajakallas.bsky.social, das 🇩🇪 zusammen mit weiteren 25 🇪🇺 Partnern nachdrücklich unterstützt.
👇Statement von @kajakallas.bsky.social, das 🇩🇪 zusammen mit weiteren 25 🇪🇺 Partnern nachdrücklich unterstützt.
My statement supported by 26 EU Member States on the aftermath of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela ↓
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The people of #Venezuela deserve a peaceful, democratic, and self-determined future. The path to achieving this must be pursued through international law.
👇Statement by @kajakallas.bsky.social, which 🇩🇪 strongly supports, along with 25 other 🇪🇺 partners.
👇Statement by @kajakallas.bsky.social, which 🇩🇪 strongly supports, along with 25 other 🇪🇺 partners.
Kids. RFK Jr is going to kill children, nodded on by the grifting quacks that he's packed into advisory committees and health institutions.
It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.
This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
January 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Kids. RFK Jr is going to kill children, nodded on by the grifting quacks that he's packed into advisory committees and health institutions.
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The EU and UK should shut down X just as they shut down RT - and in fact I think it is likely that they will eventually. The question is, how much damage will be done by then?
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The EU and UK should shut down X just as they shut down RT - and in fact I think it is likely that they will eventually. The question is, how much damage will be done by then?
PBS and NPR "are reputable news sources, and the reality is Trump simply wants to shut them down because they don’t report on him in flattering ways."
Petty vengeance by the orange but part of a dark, long term plan by regressive actors, documented in Project 2025.
Petty vengeance by the orange but part of a dark, long term plan by regressive actors, documented in Project 2025.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
PBS and NPR "are reputable news sources, and the reality is Trump simply wants to shut them down because they don’t report on him in flattering ways."
Petty vengeance by the orange but part of a dark, long term plan by regressive actors, documented in Project 2025.
Petty vengeance by the orange but part of a dark, long term plan by regressive actors, documented in Project 2025.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
ICE will be studying this 🫣
in how many "law enforcement operations" are damn near 100 people killed?
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
ICE will be studying this 🫣
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France at the UN Security Council:
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
France at the UN Security Council:
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
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Pretty crazy we are going to celebrate our 250th birthday by having a Mad King and a new colonial empire.
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Pretty crazy we are going to celebrate our 250th birthday by having a Mad King and a new colonial empire.
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Three UQ's in the HoC today... None about Venezuela.
Invertebrates.
Invertebrates.
January 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Three UQ's in the HoC today... None about Venezuela.
Invertebrates.
Invertebrates.
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This is all where Starmer's idiotic 'lets get close to the US rather than the EU' policy falls on its face. As countless people said from the start.
January 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
This is all where Starmer's idiotic 'lets get close to the US rather than the EU' policy falls on its face. As countless people said from the start.
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Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
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Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.
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If Russia invades Germany and kidnaps Chancellor Merz, I guess the EU response will be:
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
If Russia invades Germany and kidnaps Chancellor Merz, I guess the EU response will be:
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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All the other leaders of NATO members need to say the same. Every single one.
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
All the other leaders of NATO members need to say the same. Every single one.
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"Nobody can stop us."
This is what makes me uneasy about the future of our country. The fear that he may he right.
This is what makes me uneasy about the future of our country. The fear that he may he right.
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"Nobody can stop us."
This is what makes me uneasy about the future of our country. The fear that he may he right.
This is what makes me uneasy about the future of our country. The fear that he may he right.
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Stated by the Norwegian PM this morning:
«Greenland is an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway stands in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark.»
«Greenland is an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway stands in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark.»
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Stated by the Norwegian PM this morning:
«Greenland is an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway stands in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark.»
«Greenland is an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway stands in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark.»
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This should appall everyone who is British.
Citizenship must be immutable for everyone, regardless of background, or else it is meaningless
Citizenship must be immutable for everyone, regardless of background, or else it is meaningless
Since so many journalists appear unwilling or unable to do basic research, couple things:
- UK can leave people stateless in point of fact
- 2014 Immigration Act created two-tier citizenship, it has always been the case that dual nationals are legally “less British”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
- UK can leave people stateless in point of fact
- 2014 Immigration Act created two-tier citizenship, it has always been the case that dual nationals are legally “less British”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Two-tier citizenship could be ‘weaponised by future gover...
Calls to strip Alaa abd el-Fattah of his citizenship could create system that threatens hundreds of thousands of Britons
observer.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This should appall everyone who is British.
Citizenship must be immutable for everyone, regardless of background, or else it is meaningless
Citizenship must be immutable for everyone, regardless of background, or else it is meaningless