I love this clip so much every time I see it. It feels like this basic insight has completely disappeared from even the media’s understanding and narratives of immigration

How are we doing on our 2030 climate targets? A better question might be - How is ireland doing on the 2020 target? We still havent reached it and wont until 2029 at the earliest. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #climate #speirgorm

If you should happen to be near Edenderry this month, it would be great to see you!

An incredible little dog. Where there is love there is hope

This idea’s been promised so long it was one of those things that had got heavy in my head. It’s now done, if not perfect 😬 Ostensibly for a stockist down in Cornwall, but there will be cards available. With a suitable terrible pun involved…

As headlines report 4m U.K. households now have air conditioning, I wanted to write about the part we’re not meant to say: it’s disabled, poor, and older people who are at risk in heatwaves but the wealthy and healthy who get to have the cool homes. Today’s col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My latest painting: The Arms of the Ocean (surfacing), oil on canvas, 80 x 80cm This took a while to evolve. Began as driftwood on a beach!

My latest painting: The Arms of the Ocean (surfacing), oil on canvas, 80 x 80cm This took a while to evolve. Began as driftwood on a beach!

My homeland is leading the world right now.

An absolute sunny belter of a stile 🥰

I love Puffins.

🌊 Ocean job alert! 🌊 We're hiring a Science Systems Specialist to support cruise planning on R/V Falkor (too) and management of the maritime instrumentation and scientific equipment. Learn more & apply! https://jobs.lever.co/schmidt-entities/ccec45a4-a347-445e-a022-6e0b8045dc56

Listen, I was born poor and rural. My high school mascot was a literal hillbilly. I understand white trash culture. I can say with complete confidence that this is white trash culture. 

Why does anyone think it’s ok to dump shit in the ocean?? 🌊 Seriously. www.theguardian.com/science/vide...

I am bookmarking this article and will no doubt be linking to it in many, many emails.

"I don’t expect us to hit the 2030 target, but we won’t be far off it. And we’ll be reaching that target early in the 2030s..." [Government accused of ‘famine of ambition’ on climate action after latest projection on missed targets] www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Net-zero-related industries are supporting more than 105,000 jobs in Scotland and contributing £10.2bn to the economy, according to industry research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Struggling to work in the heat? The government needs to listen to the Climate Change Committee and TUC who are calling for a maximum workplace temperature cap.

Bicycles can replace every single car trip on the planet Comment & Analysis: "Why every American family should have an e-bike at home" was the title of an article published last week by electric vehicle website Electrek.co, but even with a clear disclaimer -- "Sure, not every person and not every…

You'll need to go for a long walk to calm down after you read how the UK got to here on trans rights. If you're only ever going to read one piece on trans people, this would be the one.

Baby sperm whales are so playful Incredible video ... What a 🌎 Why are we destroying it? #WarOnNature #Metacrisis

You shall not pass! 🤣 #birds

When we look upward, we call it wonder. Stars, as transmissions.. an offering, crossing impossible distances.. a comet, ice remembering fire— written across the dark. The hidden pulse beneath constellations, night gathers all easily— You, the reason once your name enters my silence. #Proximity

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

My latest painting (untitled): oil on canvas, 50 x 100cm

Good morning Bluesky. Coffee and castles again.

The artistic nature of clay reclamation.

Just sharing one of my videos from one of my scuba dives in Saint Lucia this past week. This is a Green Sea Turtle. These turtles as of 2025 are no longer endangered because of years of conservation efforts & grow up to 3 feet long with their main diet being sea grass. They are so beautiful to watch

Mixed media abstract landscape on Fabriano no.5, 350gsm, 50 x 70cm. #abstractart #landscape #sunset #gold

Mixed media abstract landscape on Fabriano no.5, 350gsm, 50 x 70cm. #abstractart #landscape #sunset #gold

Poland: We're speeding through Poland on modern railways. Thanks to European Union funds, thousands of kilometers of railway lines have been modernized and built, which millions of Poles use every day. Let's make use of it – the Union is us. 🇵🇱🇪🇺 join me on eYou: eyou.social/u/alexjungle

"A Degas painting walked into a barre." - Maura Quint

Shame. Because about the same percentage of the public say yes.

People in Cumbria fought against a coal mine and won. But corporate courts mean that’s not the end of the story. Our new film produced by Planet House Productions in collaboration with us, @tradejusticemov.bsky.social and @friends-earth.bsky.social earth – out now.

Good riddance.

First time I’ve wanted to pick up a brush since my mother passed. #workinprogress #landscapepainting #oil #irishart

midday heat the crows take ownership of the graveyard’s leisure oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

Dear Sunderland Reform Voters! 👋 Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC #NUFC

this could be us

All to avoid releasing the Epstein files...

BREAKING: Louisiana citizens are launching an effort to RECALL Republican Governor Jeff Landry after he cancelled Louisiana’s 2026 U.S. House primary election…after the SCOTUS destroyed the Voting Rights Act allowing gerrymandering on an epic scale. Go Louisiana, GO!! 😎✨

The Anchorage NWS office published a notice today that they will begin issuing Heat Advisories this summer if needed. Here are the criteria used across the state of Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Was für eine tolle Vorlage in der #PortraitChallenge am Donnerstag! Nach dem Original von Louis Leopold Boilly - Surprise! #kleineKunstklasse #artshare #drawing #art #artchallenge #portrait #wattiskunst

The Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org recently wrote a piece celebrating influential women in weather and climate. It’s well worth a read on any day, not just on International Women’s Day www.rmets.org/metmatters/t...

Attention all men. More of this, please.

Contrast the last two energy stories I’ve been asked to comment on in Irish media: 1. A proposal to lift the nuclear energy ban is to be debated in the Dáil 2. 76 fully electric double-decker buses have reportedly been sitting idle in Dublin for up to 2.5 years

solastalgia | noun | sadness or melancholy due to environmental loss

Good analysis of the fuel protests hiding under the headline #speirghorm www.thephoenix.ie/article/prof...