Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴 🇮🇪
@sdinpraxis.bsky.social
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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
A Brexit hit of 6-8% of GDP by 2025, with this building over time.
Farage should hear this thrown at him every day, as he was a primary instigator. However, it also sits with BJ, May, Cameron and their cohorts.
Farage should hear this thrown at him every day, as he was a primary instigator. However, it also sits with BJ, May, Cameron and their cohorts.
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A Brexit hit of 6-8% of GDP by 2025, with this building over time.
Farage should hear this thrown at him every day, as he was a primary instigator. However, it also sits with BJ, May, Cameron and their cohorts.
Farage should hear this thrown at him every day, as he was a primary instigator. However, it also sits with BJ, May, Cameron and their cohorts.
Ah, Brexit!
See 🧵☹️
See 🧵☹️
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ah, Brexit!
See 🧵☹️
See 🧵☹️
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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ok so now I understand why Shaheen and gang were so desperate to end the shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit business jets and other private flights to some of the country’s largest airports to ease strains on air-traffic personnel.
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade group.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
ok so now I understand why Shaheen and gang were so desperate to end the shutdown
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
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“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
‘Hero’ crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness
Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on an LNER train travelling from Doncaster to London
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
Because love is always imaginary and prompted (by wealth?) for Musk.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Because love is always imaginary and prompted (by wealth?) for Musk.
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"As a peace offering, I have dispatched to the White House a bit of gold-effect plastic moulding that I stole from a Blackpool brothel a few years back. I’m pleased to see that it has already been superglued to the wall of the Oval Office."
Crisis at the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation!
Crisis at the CSC | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
From the desk of Lord Kronsteen, founder and proprietor of the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation. To all staff, It is with a heavy heart that I take pen in hand to inform you of the resignation of both…
thecritic.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"As a peace offering, I have dispatched to the White House a bit of gold-effect plastic moulding that I stole from a Blackpool brothel a few years back. I’m pleased to see that it has already been superglued to the wall of the Oval Office."
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Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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Whenever something dodgy occurs within the BBC, all roads lead to Robbie Gibb.
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Whenever something dodgy occurs within the BBC, all roads lead to Robbie Gibb.
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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America, is this you?👇
Trump’s fascism enforcers at Heritage Foundation were behind removal of this memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II. Removal followed a complaint by the white nationalist Heritage fascist organization to Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
Trump’s fascism enforcers at Heritage Foundation were behind removal of this memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II. Removal followed a complaint by the white nationalist Heritage fascist organization to Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
America, is this you?👇
Trump’s fascism enforcers at Heritage Foundation were behind removal of this memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II. Removal followed a complaint by the white nationalist Heritage fascist organization to Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
Trump’s fascism enforcers at Heritage Foundation were behind removal of this memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II. Removal followed a complaint by the white nationalist Heritage fascist organization to Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
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The real Slow House = the leadership suite with Patel and Bongino
"arrived wearing a trucker hat and a green hooded sweatshirt"
Fussed over flights, screwed over our ally, took a picture with the king, left
"arrived wearing a trucker hat and a green hooded sweatshirt"
Fussed over flights, screwed over our ally, took a picture with the king, left
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The real Slow House = the leadership suite with Patel and Bongino
"arrived wearing a trucker hat and a green hooded sweatshirt"
Fussed over flights, screwed over our ally, took a picture with the king, left
"arrived wearing a trucker hat and a green hooded sweatshirt"
Fussed over flights, screwed over our ally, took a picture with the king, left
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In shock news, it turns out that Brexit punched the UK economy in the face, much in the way that official forecasts in 2016 said it would punch the UK economy in the face, that were dismissed as nonsense by lying rightwing shills at the time.
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In shock news, it turns out that Brexit punched the UK economy in the face, much in the way that official forecasts in 2016 said it would punch the UK economy in the face, that were dismissed as nonsense by lying rightwing shills at the time.
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I’ve walked into a parallel universe where Farage of all people is accusing the BBC of bias and electoral interference. Yes, that’s the same Farage to whom the BBC has relentlessly given a platform.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’ve walked into a parallel universe where Farage of all people is accusing the BBC of bias and electoral interference. Yes, that’s the same Farage to whom the BBC has relentlessly given a platform.
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Times Radio giving airtime to former Culture Secretary (which in itself an extraordinary thing) and now Reform supporting Nadine Dorres tells you exactly where their owner is coming from on the subject.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Times Radio giving airtime to former Culture Secretary (which in itself an extraordinary thing) and now Reform supporting Nadine Dorres tells you exactly where their owner is coming from on the subject.
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The Journal spoke to Irishman John Whyte, the senior deputy director for UNRWA in Gaza with responsibility for operations, about Israel's efforts to hinder humanitarian access to the famine-stricken Gaza Strip.
jrnl.ie/6866735
jrnl.ie/6866735
UNRWA's Irish deputy director on how the Israeli ban continues to hinder aid delivery in Gaza
There are still 12,000 UNRWA workers operating in Gaza, but they’ve been cut off from their colleagues on the outside.
jrnl.ie
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Journal spoke to Irishman John Whyte, the senior deputy director for UNRWA in Gaza with responsibility for operations, about Israel's efforts to hinder humanitarian access to the famine-stricken Gaza Strip.
jrnl.ie/6866735
jrnl.ie/6866735
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tim Davie is out from the BBC
That was long-awaited and much-needed to oust the Tory plant, but this seems to be coming from the orange in the US. Expect more attacks.
That was long-awaited and much-needed to oust the Tory plant, but this seems to be coming from the orange in the US. Expect more attacks.
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tim Davie is out from the BBC
That was long-awaited and much-needed to oust the Tory plant, but this seems to be coming from the orange in the US. Expect more attacks.
That was long-awaited and much-needed to oust the Tory plant, but this seems to be coming from the orange in the US. Expect more attacks.