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Envious! I’d like to see one of these in every community.

Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.

Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates Letter signed by academics, NGOs and medics alleges breach of public service obligations

From Dr Cara Augustenborg, @hannahdaly.ie @autofac.bsky.social Prof John Sweeney and others. #ClimateEmergency

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Big bright red pink and yellow berries on a branch against a cornflower blue sky

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To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

A billionaire who thought we shouldn't give the poor free COVID vaccines, and hung out with Epstein, wrote some weird, vague stuff about how climate change "isn't that bad" and now the media is covering that rather than a record climate fueled hurricane.

The age of oligarchy sure is exhausting.

This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Children transform Dublin railway arches Children in Dublin's north inner city have been praised for transforming railway arches in the heart of their community into a vibrant outdoor gallery.

Children in Dublin's north inner city have been praised for transforming railway arches in the heart of their community into a vibrant outdoor gallery.

To put this into context our red level warnings in Ireland kick in when sustained winds exceed 50 mph

*** 1 metre of rain ***

Every big disaster, i think about how Katrina touched one person in my family, destroying her home, and how it rippled out from there, and how the results of those ripples are still visible today.

"Generational" is, if anything, too small a word.

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for its worst storm in history Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is set to be Jamaica's worst storm in history.

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for its worst storm in history

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals Ireland will miss its EU climate targets on agriculture, transport and buildings and likely face financial penalties, but can it secure concessions?

Negotiating or trying to cut a deal with physics really is a mug’s game, as our children will find out soon enough.

www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

This article is full of digs against horseshoe bats, planners & says “environmental goals have created stasis”. The @dublininquirer.com have already looked into the Collison backed Progress Ireland & identified links with US libertarian & Peter Thiel backed groups. We need independent journalism!

Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analysts

The party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which US president Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country & made continued aid conditional on the victory of his Argentinian counterpart.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

A pink and coral and lavender and gold sunrise over houses and trees in Cabra.

This morning’s shepherd’s warning??

This from a top expert on Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.
Highly likely that we're committing to an additional 3 meters (10 ft) of sea level rise as we speak. Yes, it'll take time to fully materialize, but when will the enormous damage that we're signing up for sink in with voters and policy makers?

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to drop 30 inches of rain on Jamaica in 24 hours. Average annual rainfall in Dublin is 28.8 inches (731mm). It is expected to hit Jamaica tomorrow (Monday night)

Saw her twice - in the Park and Rialto. Thought I was hallucinating

More great journalism by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social about the deterioration of our lakes and rivers in Ireland. On Thursday at 7pm there will be a webinar about the similar neglect of Lady's Island Lake, Book here www.eventbrite.ie/e/saving-lad... Please share!

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In fairness, the design part of the Connolly campaign was outstanding.

As I've poimted out numerous times recently, the Irish political establishment has no idea how to deal with the nascent threat of the far right, instinctively taking the wrong option every single time.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.

Four yellow winter jasmine flowers against the red berries and dark green leaves of cotoneaster

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Mini-thread on the expected effects of monster hurricane Melissa on Jamaica and Hispaniola: bsky.app/profile/sust...

Astounding that the first substantive mention of #climate in entire Presidential election campaign should occur during Catherine Connolly’s acceptance speech, which she rightly labelled an “existential crisis”.

Neither the main political parties nor our national media seem remotely interested.

It’s actually Ireland! Killiney Bay, south of Dublin City www.visitdublin.com/killiney-beach

Killiney Bay, October. It’s sunny but kind of dramatic light. Autumn foliage of ferns and nettles green and copper in the foreground, a pale blue bay and then our mountains in the distance.

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Spoiled votes emerge from boxes in large numbers, with many referencing alternative candidates A campaign to spoil votes had gathered traction online, but it was unclear as to how that would translate on polling day.

"One voter had glued a photo of their dog Honey to the bottom of the ballot, marked No 1." www.thejournal.ie/spoiled-vote...

An autumn scene - looking up at golden leaves birch branches against a blue sky in Phoenix Park

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