Jim Robertson
@reciprocity123.bsky.social
Passionate amateur environmentalist and picture maker living in Kenmare, Ireland
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Only the wealthy can afford to sit on empty properties
A walk down Adelaide St in historic Cork city centre is another stark reminder of this, the area is being destroyed
Have no doubt hoarding properties in a housing emergency is akin to hoarding food in famine #DerelictIreland
A walk down Adelaide St in historic Cork city centre is another stark reminder of this, the area is being destroyed
Have no doubt hoarding properties in a housing emergency is akin to hoarding food in famine #DerelictIreland
August 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Only the wealthy can afford to sit on empty properties
A walk down Adelaide St in historic Cork city centre is another stark reminder of this, the area is being destroyed
Have no doubt hoarding properties in a housing emergency is akin to hoarding food in famine #DerelictIreland
A walk down Adelaide St in historic Cork city centre is another stark reminder of this, the area is being destroyed
Have no doubt hoarding properties in a housing emergency is akin to hoarding food in famine #DerelictIreland
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boosting because good and we need more good
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
boosting because good and we need more good
I cannot watch the current format of @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and the gleeful antics of so-called political journalists whilst we are all terrified of the way the world is panning out. #bbcnewsnight
March 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I cannot watch the current format of @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and the gleeful antics of so-called political journalists whilst we are all terrified of the way the world is panning out. #bbcnewsnight
For “America is back!” read “Wendy… I’m home!”
March 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
For “America is back!” read “Wendy… I’m home!”
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🔴Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB spy chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🔴Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
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"While $135 billion is spent annually on biodiversity conservation, up to $3.3 trillion in public subsidies are directed toward sectors that harm nature.
This imbalance mirrors the broader issue of wealth concentration."
Great @theecologist.org piece on making the connections around nature loss.
This imbalance mirrors the broader issue of wealth concentration."
Great @theecologist.org piece on making the connections around nature loss.
Extreme wealth is fuelling environmental collapse. It’s time to draw the line.
theecologist.org/2025/feb/07/...
theecologist.org/2025/feb/07/...
The poverty of extreme wealth
Extreme wealth is fuelling environmental collapse. It’s time to draw the line.
theecologist.org
February 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"While $135 billion is spent annually on biodiversity conservation, up to $3.3 trillion in public subsidies are directed toward sectors that harm nature.
This imbalance mirrors the broader issue of wealth concentration."
Great @theecologist.org piece on making the connections around nature loss.
This imbalance mirrors the broader issue of wealth concentration."
Great @theecologist.org piece on making the connections around nature loss.
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This looks like an exciting new book by Richard Nairn about the wide array of nature restoration projects that are underway in Ireland.
December 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM
This looks like an exciting new book by Richard Nairn about the wide array of nature restoration projects that are underway in Ireland.
I find it insufferable to watch BBC’s Nick Watts and his theatrical performances on Newsnight and Politics Live 🤬
January 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I find it insufferable to watch BBC’s Nick Watts and his theatrical performances on Newsnight and Politics Live 🤬
950 Mbs this morning here in Kerry!
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
950 Mbs this morning here in Kerry!
Hmmm.. not a good look for Tesla
January 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hmmm.. not a good look for Tesla
Homemade butter and warm soda bread.. that’s lunch sorted!
January 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Homemade butter and warm soda bread.. that’s lunch sorted!
Lacto fermenting habanero #lactofermenting #chillipeppers
January 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Lacto fermenting habanero #lactofermenting #chillipeppers
First (intentional) attempt at butter making!
January 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
First (intentional) attempt at butter making!
#saturdaykitchen is becoming unwatchable if you are genuinely interested in the food that the guest chefs are making.
November 30, 2024 at 10:23 AM
#saturdaykitchen is becoming unwatchable if you are genuinely interested in the food that the guest chefs are making.
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🔴More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone up in Smoke
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone Up in Smoke
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:14 AM
🔴More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone up in Smoke
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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It's a good thing that farm orgs have lost influence as they have been default blockers of environmental action. Though I would prefer to see a body emerge to that would actively work towards the transition needed .
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
The farming lobby still has access to the top brass – but does it pack any real political punch?
Declining farmer numbers, along with conflicts of interest around policies concerning the environment and sustainability, have affected farming’s political influence and its representative organisatio...
www.independent.ie
November 19, 2024 at 2:52 PM
It's a good thing that farm orgs have lost influence as they have been default blockers of environmental action. Though I would prefer to see a body emerge to that would actively work towards the transition needed .
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
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This is why we were fucked over by Thatcher and this ideology has intensified its grip on us ever since.
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM
This is why we were fucked over by Thatcher and this ideology has intensified its grip on us ever since.
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🔴Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer?
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms, reports @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms, reports @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer?
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government's inheritance tax reforms
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:40 PM
🔴Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer?
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms, reports @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms, reports @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...
Genuine question re farmers. If a farmer receives substantial tax-payer funded subsidies and grants yet still claims a production margin of just 0.5%, isn’t their business model completely broken?
November 19, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Genuine question re farmers. If a farmer receives substantial tax-payer funded subsidies and grants yet still claims a production margin of just 0.5%, isn’t their business model completely broken?