Here’s more of it. “Latest attacks” - by whom? leave nearly 400 dead” - civilians were KILLED, not “left dead”.
Only attribution of actual killing? Oh yes, two Israeli invading soldiers.
This is latest evidence of systemic bias and blame-shifting that is rife in Western media reporting.
Imagine for a moment that an Iranian missile strike had butchered 160 Israeli or US schoolgirls.
It’s be front page news worldwide, we’d see pics of the kids, interviews with their distraught parents etc.
But when innocent victims of US mass murder are “only” Iranian, whoopsies, accidents happen!
That would be great, let’s see if anyone takes it up…
Chuffed to spot UCD historian Diarmaid Ferriter referencing THE LIE OF THE LAND in a recent Irish Times column around flood prevention strategies. "Intense flooding has the capacity to sink us in more ways than one", as he put it.
Very much looking forward to this public interview with the inimitable Ella McSweeney based around THE LIE OF THE LAND and hosted by UCD One Health.
It’s on Weds Mar 25th from 7pm.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ella-ms-sw...
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Trump wouldn’t give tomahawks to Ukraine for use against the invading Russian army. But used them to slaughter a school of little girls in Iran it seems.
Poor Howard blocked me! Zionists are especially thin-skinned it seems.
In Science & Climate in @irishtimes.com, @thinkorswim.bsky.social finds la pura vida in Costa Rica.....
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Good point. I’ve never encountered a Zionist, online or in person, amenable to rational debate or even basic humanity. It’s a death cult.
No wonder the Democrats are fu#ked in the US when so many are staunch supporters of genocidal Zionism.
The day the racist colony of “Israel” disappears and the foreign colonisers go home is the day the Middle East finally enjoys peace.
Thanks Ola, glad you enjoyed!
Suppose it’s simply asking far too much to expect a senior RTÉ business journalist in 2026, as the #climate crisis deepens by the month, to have grasped that continuing to drill for fossils fuels is shooting ourselves in the head, never mind foot?
www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Every time you think you’ve seen the bottom of USraeli depravity, they immediately lower the bar even further into the moral abyss.
newrepublic.com/post/207415/...
In a world bristling with evil regimes, none is more thoroughly diabolical than the colonial ’state’ of Israel.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mind-boggling how little attention this gets in Ireland.
Some coverage in the Clare Echo alongside yesterday’s public interview at the Ennis Book Festival.
As global warming accelerates towards apocalyptic conditions, rather than working to save ourselves, the great powers are instead pouring oil and raining bombs onto the gathering inferno.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Meanwhile, Irish agriculture system entirely incapable of meeting fundamental food needs of our population, with its export-based model predicated on massive fertiliser, animal feed imports.
We are shockingly vulnerable yet nobody is even talking about it.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The Great Hall in Ennis is a spectacular venue for this afternoon’s conversation at the Ennis Book Festival with Féidhlim Harty around THE LIE OF THE LAND.
It all kicks off at 2pm.
Costa Rica has shown it *IS* possible to bring back nature on a mass scale, as @thinkorswim.bsky.social outlines in this great piece.
Meanwhile in Ireland all we get is, at best, incremental change and fudging.
Why is Irish nature always just an afterthought?
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Looking forward to talking part in the Ennis Book Festival this afternoon, where I’ll discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND and whither now for Ireland’s food and energy security.
ennisbookclubfestival.com/Event_slug/j...
Good point, many people still treat Ireland like we don’t really own it.
Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available.
We discussed the Iran war and Ireland’s energy vulnerability, plus Costa Rica and more.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Colour me shocked, wonder what state that specialises in genocide, colonial land theft & complex spook operations could POSSIBLY be involved in launching these attacks?
It Is a Real mystery alright.
Just finished this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM. We discussed urgent need to pivot away from fossil fuels from rogue states like Russia, US.
Also covered Costa Rica’s eco miracle – and MAGA’s surprising pivot to solar power.
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Thanks Pádraic!
"Ireland’s staggering lack of national ambition on nature, #climate is in marked contrast to Costa Rica, which despite having a fraction of our wealth, has been able to meet fundamental needs of its citizens while respecting nature."
My piece in Irish Times today
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
These are c.10 km from shore. Difficult to put them out much further.
