NEW: Is this the broligarchy’s first world war? AI, like war & rape, is a hyper-masculine fantasy of God-like power, a myth at the dark heart of what we’re seeing play out in the Gulf. This war hasn’t replaced the Epstein scandal. It is the Epstein scandal.
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No surprises for anyone who has been following - we lack a strategy on building energy and renovation - and Ireland has not yet published its building renovation plans. Our approach is hit and miss, hazard and without a systems transformative strategy #Ireland #buildings #energy #climate
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w... when you are bombing water plants and spreading poison on agricultural lands - it's a war against civilians. Horrific crimes against people, places and nature.
If you read one thing today - try this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on why we need to stop looking for solo superheroes to save us - and look towards collective communities and the transformative power they hold www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... #giftarticle #climate #environment #activeHope
Thoughtful episode of Countrywide with @philipb-h.bsky.social exploring how different communities are involved in a changing relationship with peatlands - many of them people and places we're working with in @tocharstories.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #LoveBogs
wonderful to hear John Feehan (who did a remarkable speech for #Tóchar last year) articulate his deep time thinking of nature (Thinking like a Mountain) www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... -John brings us back to truth that there's no 'quick fixes' and we need to listen to nature as much as local people.
Someone we've been talking with for over a year - Ciara Egan - Lemanaghan, Co Offaly - also got the chance to explain her community's opposition to turning the Bord na Móna milled peatland into wind farms - and how an 'ill wind' has exposed a rich archeological heritage www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
For me, nothing heals better than being alone in the wild.
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how thinking differently about housing works ....
If you read one thing today - try this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on why we need to stop looking for solo superheroes to save us - and look towards collective communities and the transformative power they hold www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... #giftarticle #climate #environment #activeHope
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c.... Research shows sea levels already higher than modelling projections due to climate change @nature.com
Really thoughtful and nuanced radio programme on bogs and the challenges of restoration with @philipb-h.bsky.social Countrywide today - and love to hear some of our communities get to tell their stories - like
1. Ciaran Duggan and Carbury Knockirr Bog www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.iatp.org/poor-climate.... Why poor climate choices undermine a fair transition for Irish dairy and beef farming. Irish policy reluctance to tackle methane emissions fails everyone including farmers via @iatp.bsky.social
The EU needs to start from premise that the US-Israel commencement of war is illegal - and Israel is now carving up Lebanon - it's hardly surprising that the consequences of it is that Iran is 'exporting war' - the cycle begins in White House
www.iatp.org/poor-climate.... Why poor climate choices undermine a fair transition for Irish dairy and beef farming. Irish policy reluctance to tackle methane emissions fails everyone including farmers via @iatp.bsky.social
Buy Spanish .....and bravo Espana.
the foul war-mongering regime in US is determined to destroy us all in its chaos
Frogspawn in bog pool at Killaun bog County Offaly
So lovely to see frogspawn in the bog pools...New life soon to emerge, the cycle of life keeps turning ❤️ @tocharstories.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social #frogspawn #communitywetlandsforum
the poorest of the poor will suffer most due to sudden rise in energy costs - at the hands of US aggression. There's no climate or renewable 'good story' here - it's a disaster for humanity that US just keeps starting global wars
he says he doesnt have the'yips' about boots on the ground - let him send Barron then. www.rte.ie/news/middle-.... what a foul epoch of US militarism and self-centred aggression
If you are celebrating a new US-Israeli war - you're really not paying attention.
Interesting! I'm in year two of a contract with @npwsireland.bsky.social to run @tocharstories.bsky.social as part of the wetlands restoration in the Midlands scheme. I get to listen to people and weave together their stories www.tocharwetlands.ie/tochar-stori...
Sharing our past, imagining our future, our @tocharstories.bsky.social storytelling day in Carbury, Kildare captured in a little video montage #LoveBogs
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Justice always seems a dubious concept in US system - amplified in the worst sense in this regime but these are quite remarkable stories @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Worth reading the judgement that has so enraged the Orange Trampy #giftarticle #tariffs
The real point here is that the hotel just did a massive refurbishment - and should have insulated all the rooms - and done acoustic checks - anyone who has stayed in inner city hotel in Paris - right beside nightclubs and night life - know if it's done properly the sound protection is very high
EU report on Munster Blackwater fish kill calls for 24-hr monitoring of rivers over 100km long, more coordinated crisis response, trained public 'water wardens' & tighter industrial pollution licences
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Telling councillors they must not try to put housing on flood plains is a "frequent theme" in communications from the planning regulator
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Fossil fuels must be phased out as early as by 2029, with "limited to no opportunity for new investments in fossil fuel systems"
Our tax system "supports use of fossil fuels through environmentally harmful subsidies ... This is inconsistent with Ireland’s climate objectives"
Climate change is here now.
Our actions can still determine whether we avoid worst climate impacts.
Interesting to note how atmospheric carbon rose by 111.05 parts per million from 1948, when An Taisce was founded, to now.
In stark contrast is the modest 22.80ppm rise over previous 78 years.
