Seán Fearon
@seanfearon.bsky.social
Ecological economist and postdoctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB. South Armagh native.
'We only want the earth'
'We only want the earth'
I never understood this line of attack - if Labour are already delivering absolutely nothing to meaningfully change society or motivate political passions, why would people care about being let down elsewhere?
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
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Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
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November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I never understood this line of attack - if Labour are already delivering absolutely nothing to meaningfully change society or motivate political passions, why would people care about being let down elsewhere?
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I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Is there a single mainstream party in Ireland a) with an ounce of moral fortitude to oppose blaming immigrants for failures of government policy, and b) paying attention to evidence across Europe that this strategy is a road to ruin?
This pile of riot-appeasing baloney can roll right down the beach and cheerfully sink beneath the waves.
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Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Is there a single mainstream party in Ireland a) with an ounce of moral fortitude to oppose blaming immigrants for failures of government policy, and b) paying attention to evidence across Europe that this strategy is a road to ruin?
Strike and demo in Barcelona - solidarity with global Sumud Flotilla.
October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Strike and demo in Barcelona - solidarity with global Sumud Flotilla.
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Pat Brodie and I have a book launch event for 'From the Bog to the Cloud' in London on October 22nd.
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
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Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
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AA Book Launch: From the Bog to the Cloud
The green digital transition is underway. But what does this transition look like when dictated by the demands of monopoly tech?
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September 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Pat Brodie and I have a book launch event for 'From the Bog to the Cloud' in London on October 22nd.
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aa-book-la...
Please come along if you're interested in bogs, data centres, monopoly tech, postcolonial development, eco-imperialism, green capitalism, Ireland....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aa-book-la...
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Politicos, hacks, news organisations and buffoons like Stephen King still clinging on to pretending it’s alright to *PAY* Elon Musk to use his platform - or be on it for a start.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Politicos, hacks, news organisations and buffoons like Stephen King still clinging on to pretending it’s alright to *PAY* Elon Musk to use his platform - or be on it for a start.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
You’re funding a man calling on hundreds of thousands of people to carry out acts of violence.
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📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.
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State of the Art | CUSP Newsletter, September 2025
As CUSP turns ten, Tim Jackson highlights the troubling shift in UK research funding away from post-growth inquiry. He argues that questioning growth remains vital in an era of climate crisis, inequal...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.
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How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
Time Use in a Post-Growth World: Towards Sustainable Wellbeing | Paper by Seán Fearon et al
In this paper, Seán Fearon et al. use time use analysis combined with emissions and wellbeing data to model 2050 lifestyles in Finland, France, and the UK, ...
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September 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
Check out the preprint of our new paper, exploring the time use requirements for a life of wellbeing within planetary boundaries.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
cc #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries
Time Use in a Post-Growth World: Towards Sustainable Wellbeing | Paper by Seán Fearon et al
In this paper, Seán Fearon et al. use time use analysis combined with emissions and wellbeing data to model 2050 lifestyles in Finland, France, and the UK, ...
cusp.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Check out the preprint of our new paper, exploring the time use requirements for a life of wellbeing within planetary boundaries.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.
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Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
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On Thursday I’ll travel as an independent observer of the latest Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
September 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On Thursday I’ll travel as an independent observer of the latest Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
Alongside human rights lawyers and international law experts, our role is to monitor and record any breaches of international law by Israel.
These flotillas act where the international community has failed 🇵🇸
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two in three Keir Starmer tweets are dog whistling about migration.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
two in three Keir Starmer tweets are dog whistling about migration.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
A government out of ideas, adopting far right messages for no political gain, while imprisoning grannies for denouncing genocide.
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The fact that we instantly ended homelessness during the pandemic, and then let it return as some intractable problem straight after, is something we really don’t talk about enough.
August 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The fact that we instantly ended homelessness during the pandemic, and then let it return as some intractable problem straight after, is something we really don’t talk about enough.
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Next time someone says data centres are necessary.
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Next time someone says data centres are necessary.
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Microsoft data centres in Ireland & Netherlands were used to store terrabytes of Israeli military data used for mass surveillance in the West Bank and identification of strike targets in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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2. Absurdity is a hallmark of authoritarianism. It's not just that those who believe absurdities commit atrocities. It's also that those who endorse atrocities become absurd.
This is where Keir Starmer's government now finds itself.
This is where Keir Starmer's government now finds itself.
July 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
2. Absurdity is a hallmark of authoritarianism. It's not just that those who believe absurdities commit atrocities. It's also that those who endorse atrocities become absurd.
This is where Keir Starmer's government now finds itself.
This is where Keir Starmer's government now finds itself.
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This is the Moygashel 12th July bonfire. Many bonfires receive huge funding and backing from loyalist paramilitary groups. The PSNI facilitate this and councils clean up after them.
This paramilitary backed hate is being justified live on BBC Radio Ulster. The state is rotten to the core.
This paramilitary backed hate is being justified live on BBC Radio Ulster. The state is rotten to the core.
July 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is the Moygashel 12th July bonfire. Many bonfires receive huge funding and backing from loyalist paramilitary groups. The PSNI facilitate this and councils clean up after them.
This paramilitary backed hate is being justified live on BBC Radio Ulster. The state is rotten to the core.
This paramilitary backed hate is being justified live on BBC Radio Ulster. The state is rotten to the core.
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Things you love to see. The Gaza walk from Lurgan to Newry earlier tonight. Well done to all involved 🇮🇪 ✊🇵🇸
June 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Things you love to see. The Gaza walk from Lurgan to Newry earlier tonight. Well done to all involved 🇮🇪 ✊🇵🇸
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🚨 New: 'Shocking' scale of Labour’s Big Tech ties
In its first 6 months, Labour ministers and top officials met with tech giants an average of *six times a week.*
We’ve got the documents. 🧵
New on Democracy for Sale with @lucasamin.bsky.social
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In its first 6 months, Labour ministers and top officials met with tech giants an average of *six times a week.*
We’ve got the documents. 🧵
New on Democracy for Sale with @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-s...
Revealed: “Shocking” scale of Big Tech’s influence over Labour
Science and technology secretary Peter Kyle asked Google boss to “sense check” AI policy and told Amazon he’d “advocate” for them to competition watchdog
democracyforsale.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🚨 New: 'Shocking' scale of Labour’s Big Tech ties
In its first 6 months, Labour ministers and top officials met with tech giants an average of *six times a week.*
We’ve got the documents. 🧵
New on Democracy for Sale with @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-s...
In its first 6 months, Labour ministers and top officials met with tech giants an average of *six times a week.*
We’ve got the documents. 🧵
New on Democracy for Sale with @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-s...
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An excellent writeup.
These are repulsive double standards from the British state, guilty of all manner of state terror, to young Irish artists. They represent a proud & radical political culture which does not conform to the sterile & 'Paddy'fied shadow of Irishness acceptable to liberal Britain.
These are repulsive double standards from the British state, guilty of all manner of state terror, to young Irish artists. They represent a proud & radical political culture which does not conform to the sterile & 'Paddy'fied shadow of Irishness acceptable to liberal Britain.
Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex.
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes @roisinlanigan.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/43bl8Jp
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes @roisinlanigan.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/43bl8Jp
Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex | The Observer
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness – one that suggests a smiling, darkly sexy bunch with flattened political views
bit.ly
May 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
An excellent writeup.
These are repulsive double standards from the British state, guilty of all manner of state terror, to young Irish artists. They represent a proud & radical political culture which does not conform to the sterile & 'Paddy'fied shadow of Irishness acceptable to liberal Britain.
These are repulsive double standards from the British state, guilty of all manner of state terror, to young Irish artists. They represent a proud & radical political culture which does not conform to the sterile & 'Paddy'fied shadow of Irishness acceptable to liberal Britain.
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Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex.
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes @roisinlanigan.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/43bl8Jp
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes @roisinlanigan.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/43bl8Jp
Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex | The Observer
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness – one that suggests a smiling, darkly sexy bunch with flattened political views
bit.ly
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex.
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes @roisinlanigan.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/43bl8Jp
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes @roisinlanigan.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/43bl8Jp