Chris Loughnane

‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction? The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying

'A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So that’s 2 million plus people being knowingly starved, while being “displaced” from ruin to ruin under bombardment.

57 kids dead from malnutrition already.

Pink apple blossoms on a young apple tree in the foreground. Green grasses and leaves in the background, then a stone wall and some cloudy sky

April apple
blossoms

Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe

Words on the Wave is a historic exhibition of Irish manuscripts from St Gall, Switzerland, coming on loan to the National Museum. Some of these will return to Ireland for the first time in 1,000 years! Opens 30 May 2025. Further info to follow… www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... mira.ie/index.php?pa...

Wheelchair user still without power feels 'forgotten' A wheelchair user in Athenry, Co Galway, said she feels forgotten about on her 11th day without electricity since Storm Éowyn.

DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!! As someone who is also an ambulatory wheelchair user and need a powered chair, I feel Emma Wards plight so much. This is absurd, the government handled #StormEowyn horrendously bad. 😡

#Disability #DisabilityRights #Speirgorm #Ireland

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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

Thank you! The estimated reconnection has gone down from Feb 5th to Feb 4th, hoping that is an outside estimate. There should definitely be a plan and house to house welfare checks/food drops. Lots of elderly people around here. Luckily also lots of very kind neighbours!

Day 6. No power. No heat. Sick and tired and cold cold cold.

#StormÉowyn

It is a lovely echo.

rainbow above fields, shadow of person in foreground

sometimes life shows you something perfect

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

#sneachta #Connemara

Snowy mountain glowing orange at sunrise, fields in foreground.

January 7th

Snowy mountain in background, greener hills and fields in foreground.

January 6th

#sneachta sunset

#sneachta in Connemara

Cat sitting on a stone wall in Ireland, snowy fields and hills behind. Cat has a funny expression.

Current mood seeing the red rain warning

#StormBert

Keeping the neighbours fed with grass from our side

#sneachta #connemara #ireland

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Should anyone not know about @openculture.bsky.social they are just great - free online courses, free audiobooks, free films, free mini degree programs, free textbooks, free language lessons, weird stuff, fascinating clips of stuff and did I say free? Yes. Take a look
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Shiloh Shepherd standing in a frosty field

Shiloh Shepherd running in a frosty field

Shiloh Shepherds running in a frosty field

Shiloh Shepherds running in a frosty field

cold weather dogs

An orange moon rises above the horizon, stars in the background, trees silhouetted.

A colossal moon, fiery orange, hulking on the horizon. We are so small.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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“On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree” — Merwin

Thank you!

A full moon surrounded by cloud above silhouetted trees and a telegraph pole.

Full moon over the fairy mound.

Photo of a window looking out to rainy hills, bushes in the foreground. The windowsill is cluttered with objects.

A photo of a dark and cloudy landscape in the winter evening. A stone wall is at the front. There are some trees silhouetted.

November evenings.

Dark landscape with sunny upland background, dark and white clouds.

rilling waves of mist and sun and rain, rolling, running across restless skies. Toast slathered with apricot jam and steaming tea. Autumning.

rainbow over green fields, track in bottom of picture, ring fort surrounded by trees, wires across the horizon.

Just caught the fleeting rainbow