@maryisreading.bsky.social
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Breaking News: A federal judge in Florida approved the release of grand jury documents from a nearly 20-year-old investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, beginning the process of making another batch of material about Epstein public.
Judge Approves Release of Epstein Grand Jury Documents in Florida Case
A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of previously sealed testimony, after legislation passed last month authorizing the disclosure.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Breaking News: A federal judge in Florida approved the release of grand jury documents from a nearly 20-year-old investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, beginning the process of making another batch of material about Epstein public.
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Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
Farming and forestry responsible for 38% of State’s total output of gases linked to climate change
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
'Tis the season of unsatisfactory 'chats' with Orla, the An Post chatbot, guaranteed to kill that Christmas vibe
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
'Tis the season of unsatisfactory 'chats' with Orla, the An Post chatbot, guaranteed to kill that Christmas vibe
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There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, new survey shows
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
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The decision to drop the winter stubble cultivation rule is a positive step towards better alignment between water, soil & biodiversity goals.
Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatch-ir...
Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatch-ir...
BirdWatch Ireland welcomes the scrapping of the winter stubble rule - BirdWatch Ireland
BirdWatch Ireland is pleased that the rule for shallow cultivation of winter stubbles has been scrapped in the latest iteration of the Nitrates Action Programme. It is regrettable, however, that...
birdwatchireland.ie
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The decision to drop the winter stubble cultivation rule is a positive step towards better alignment between water, soil & biodiversity goals.
Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatch-ir...
Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatch-ir...
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
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Jane Goodall made the world a better place.
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...
www.nbcnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jane Goodall made the world a better place.
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Not sure if this will be readable but if not Fintan O'Toole is worth the price of the IT today
September 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Not sure if this will be readable but if not Fintan O'Toole is worth the price of the IT today
Worth reading Israeli author David Grossman's article of 1 August as the UN General Assembly awaits Trump's address today
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza
Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Worth reading Israeli author David Grossman's article of 1 August as the UN General Assembly awaits Trump's address today
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Surely Natasha Brown has to win the Booker for this brilliant novel? #Universality #BookerPrize2025
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Surely Natasha Brown has to win the Booker for this brilliant novel? #Universality #BookerPrize2025
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Canada, Australia, UK & Portugal recognise the State of Palestine. The importance of this is indicated by how hard the far right government in Israel has worked to stop it.
UK, Canada, Australia recognise Palestinian state
Britain, Australia and Canada have recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of western foreign policy, triggering swift Israeli anger.
www.rte.ie
September 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Canada, Australia, UK & Portugal recognise the State of Palestine. The importance of this is indicated by how hard the far right government in Israel has worked to stop it.
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You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.n...
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.n...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
September 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.n...
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.n...
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Sally Rooney dedicates all British book sale proceeds to Palestine Action.
Source | The Irish Times
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
Source | The Irish Times
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sally Rooney dedicates all British book sale proceeds to Palestine Action.
Source | The Irish Times
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
Source | The Irish Times
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
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Sheep or sitka deadzones.
The only current livelihood options open to farmers in Irish uplands.
It's time society gave them an alternative that works for nature, the climate, tourism, local communities, against downstream flooding, etc., etc...
#Rewilding 🌏
The only current livelihood options open to farmers in Irish uplands.
It's time society gave them an alternative that works for nature, the climate, tourism, local communities, against downstream flooding, etc., etc...
#Rewilding 🌏
August 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Sheep or sitka deadzones.
The only current livelihood options open to farmers in Irish uplands.
It's time society gave them an alternative that works for nature, the climate, tourism, local communities, against downstream flooding, etc., etc...
#Rewilding 🌏
The only current livelihood options open to farmers in Irish uplands.
It's time society gave them an alternative that works for nature, the climate, tourism, local communities, against downstream flooding, etc., etc...
#Rewilding 🌏
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"currently, there’s a phrase that’s been doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting lately:
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
‘I’m not racist, just concerned’
From Epping to Facebook groups, how fear is being repackaged and pointed downwards and never up
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"currently, there’s a phrase that’s been doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting lately:
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
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Today is the 10th anniversary of Ireland's gender recognition act. Ireland's gender recognition is through self-declaration without the need for permission from a doctor, panel or judge etc. In the past decade nothing bad happened.
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
The Gender Recognition Bill Becomes Law in Ireland
YouTube video by TransgenderEquality
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Today is the 10th anniversary of Ireland's gender recognition act. Ireland's gender recognition is through self-declaration without the need for permission from a doctor, panel or judge etc. In the past decade nothing bad happened.
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
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From the Today program this week:
Amol Ragan "That's your opinion, others say there is no genocide in Gaza"
Calmly his interviewee says it's not an opinion, it's the result of expert analysis, data and testomy across hundreds of people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Amol Ragan "That's your opinion, others say there is no genocide in Gaza"
Calmly his interviewee says it's not an opinion, it's the result of expert analysis, data and testomy across hundreds of people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
BBC drops Gaza medics documentary over impartiality concerns
Corporation says talks over how to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack have ‘reached the end of the road’
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
From the Today program this week:
Amol Ragan "That's your opinion, others say there is no genocide in Gaza"
Calmly his interviewee says it's not an opinion, it's the result of expert analysis, data and testomy across hundreds of people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Amol Ragan "That's your opinion, others say there is no genocide in Gaza"
Calmly his interviewee says it's not an opinion, it's the result of expert analysis, data and testomy across hundreds of people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
For the day that's in it
June 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For the day that's in it
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“Reuters examined the data from the Gaza Health Ministry to look more closely at those who have died.
It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out”
It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out”
The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far
The death toll from the war already dwarfs the numbers killed in previous bouts of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza over many decades.
www.reuters.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“Reuters examined the data from the Gaza Health Ministry to look more closely at those who have died.
It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out”
It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out”
It could be you!
Dublin & booky peeps. I have two spare tickets for Rebecca Solnit at @ilfdublin.bsky.social this Friday at 8pm. I've got a horrible Summer cold & I don't want to cough for an hour & spread my germs. No need to pay, I'd just rather the seats weren't wasted! ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
No Straight Road | Rebecca Solnit
ilfdublin.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It could be you!
In Provence and obsessed with all the views of Saint-Victoire
May 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In Provence and obsessed with all the views of Saint-Victoire
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Love this essay/manifesto by @anandwrites.bsky.social "Because having, and nurturing, in your life a sphere for joy and connection and community and love and food and music and human difference and living and letting live is everything they are not and is everything they are trying to take away."
The opposite of fascism
Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors
the.ink
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Love this essay/manifesto by @anandwrites.bsky.social "Because having, and nurturing, in your life a sphere for joy and connection and community and love and food and music and human difference and living and letting live is everything they are not and is everything they are trying to take away."
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Controversial is a funny way of saying convicted rapist, @politico.com
Trump to meet controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor for St. Patrick’s Day
Trump to meet controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor for St. Patrick’s Day
The former mixed martial arts champ — recently found civilly liable in Ireland for raping a Dublin woman — brings his anti-immigration message to the White House.
www.politico.eu
March 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Controversial is a funny way of saying convicted rapist, @politico.com