Gráinne F
@fhmediastuff.bsky.social
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The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
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With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
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In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
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I don't think the Commission understands how much this attack on the GDPR will hurt innovation done by European companies, and instead cement Google's and Meta's position as the inescapable middle-men and turn our SMEs into their cash-cows. WAKE UP!
As we write in The Guardian this morning, the Commission’s plan to gut EU digital rules will hurt Europe’s startups and give U.S. tech an unassailable advantage, confirming Europe as a digital vassal.
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I don't think the Commission understands how much this attack on the GDPR will hurt innovation done by European companies, and instead cement Google's and Meta's position as the inescapable middle-men and turn our SMEs into their cash-cows. WAKE UP!
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Mary Manning and her co-workers took dog's abuse from politicians, bosses and the press for 3 years for refusing to handle S. African goods. Today she asks why our govt and chums in big business want to trade with illegal settlements driving Palestinians from their homes
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
Irish Worker Inspired Anti-Apartheid Boycott
YouTube video by AJ+
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mary Manning and her co-workers took dog's abuse from politicians, bosses and the press for 3 years for refusing to handle S. African goods. Today she asks why our govt and chums in big business want to trade with illegal settlements driving Palestinians from their homes
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
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At COP30 in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest stewards to keep tropical forests standing. TFFF has drawn goodwill and cautious optimism from leaders and NGOs.
Cautious optimism greets new global forest fund at COP30
At the COP30 Leaders’ Summit in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest…
news.mongabay.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
At COP30 in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest stewards to keep tropical forests standing. TFFF has drawn goodwill and cautious optimism from leaders and NGOs.
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#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Gates' subtle anti-renewables messaging, possibly related to his investments in small modular nuclear reactors, was well known, but this is next level: financially supporting a guy whose core business it is to argue for less climate action.
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Gates' subtle anti-renewables messaging, possibly related to his investments in small modular nuclear reactors, was well known, but this is next level: financially supporting a guy whose core business it is to argue for less climate action.
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It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition.
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition.
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
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Empathy is weakness - Musk.
Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt.
Choose one.
Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt.
Choose one.
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Empathy is weakness - Musk.
Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt.
Choose one.
Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt.
Choose one.
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I have already ended up in a argument today with someone saying I shouldn't assume it was a far-right fire attack on an IPAS centre (following a number of far-right fire attacks on IPAS centres) because it was probably "kids messing with fireworks" so this is worth hammering home I think
So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I have already ended up in a argument today with someone saying I shouldn't assume it was a far-right fire attack on an IPAS centre (following a number of far-right fire attacks on IPAS centres) because it was probably "kids messing with fireworks" so this is worth hammering home I think
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If we were all dying of thirst in a desert, and three assholes were hoarding more freshwater than they could drink in 15 million lifetimes, we wouldn’t applaud their work ethic or ingenious gaming of the system. We’d take back our fucking water.
No more billionaires.
No more billionaires.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If we were all dying of thirst in a desert, and three assholes were hoarding more freshwater than they could drink in 15 million lifetimes, we wouldn’t applaud their work ethic or ingenious gaming of the system. We’d take back our fucking water.
No more billionaires.
No more billionaires.
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Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
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Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets.
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets.
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
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Gov TDs on the radio spouting 'the ppl have spoken' platitudes also scary - they really don't get it.
Next election in Ireland will be a total sh*show. Some areas will be no-go for canvassers and ppl will get hurt.
Where's the push back against the Facebook-isation of our democracy?
Next election in Ireland will be a total sh*show. Some areas will be no-go for canvassers and ppl will get hurt.
Where's the push back against the Facebook-isation of our democracy?
October 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Gov TDs on the radio spouting 'the ppl have spoken' platitudes also scary - they really don't get it.
Next election in Ireland will be a total sh*show. Some areas will be no-go for canvassers and ppl will get hurt.
Where's the push back against the Facebook-isation of our democracy?
Next election in Ireland will be a total sh*show. Some areas will be no-go for canvassers and ppl will get hurt.
Where's the push back against the Facebook-isation of our democracy?
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Extremely relevant in Ireland too. Once a week there's some bread board on the radio talking about how the government should cut down everything. Ignoring that fact that they reduce flooding, reduce windspeed, provide shelter and shade and are beautiful
Mark Mitchell wants to cut down all the trees around powerlines.
How about we force lines companies to invest in undergrounding critical infrastructure like they should have been doing for the last 30 years.
We need more trees for biodiversity, wind breaks & reducing urban heat islands, not less.
How about we force lines companies to invest in undergrounding critical infrastructure like they should have been doing for the last 30 years.
We need more trees for biodiversity, wind breaks & reducing urban heat islands, not less.
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Extremely relevant in Ireland too. Once a week there's some bread board on the radio talking about how the government should cut down everything. Ignoring that fact that they reduce flooding, reduce windspeed, provide shelter and shade and are beautiful
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Vote wisely, my Irish friends. If you can be arsed. And remember a spoiled vote for Jim Gavin gives Fianna Fail €250k back in expenses.
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Vote wisely, my Irish friends. If you can be arsed. And remember a spoiled vote for Jim Gavin gives Fianna Fail €250k back in expenses.
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As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
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FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT. Thank you @eimermcauley.bsky.social
🗣️ "Are we going to have a conversation, on the level that you are about deportations here, about the crisis of male violence against women in this country?” - News Correspondent, The Journal Eimer McAuley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT. Thank you @eimermcauley.bsky.social
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While we're talking about fox hunting it's worth remembering that Ruth coppinger tabled a bill to ban it this year and instead of just letting it progress as normal independent Ireland (expected) and sinn fein (bizarrely) voted against even having a debate on it
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
While we're talking about fox hunting it's worth remembering that Ruth coppinger tabled a bill to ban it this year and instead of just letting it progress as normal independent Ireland (expected) and sinn fein (bizarrely) voted against even having a debate on it
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"The Nature Restoration Law offers a huge opportunity for amplifying and accelerating rewilding across the EU"
rewildingeurope.com/blog/europes...
rewildingeurope.com/blog/europes...
Europe’s nature law can be a game changer for rewilding | Rewilding Europe
Immediate action at scale is needed to restore nature across Europe. Spearheaded by the Nature Restoration Law, the enabling environment for rewilding has never been stronger — although meaningful imp...
rewildingeurope.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"The Nature Restoration Law offers a huge opportunity for amplifying and accelerating rewilding across the EU"
rewildingeurope.com/blog/europes...
rewildingeurope.com/blog/europes...