Love my new @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social t-shirt For the day that’s in it and all…

NEW: Solar plus batteries cheaper than gas. “A new report finds that 24/7 ‘firm’ clean energy is cheaper than coal & gas in many parts of the world. The Iran War may catalyze faster adoption.” It’s just really dumb not to lean in on renewables. Unless your personal profit requires oil dependency…

🇬🇷 Greece's largest coal plant, Agios Dimitrios, is shutting down today. One coal plant remains until Greece exits coal this year. Renewables have been beating coal on cost for a while. The country is expected to hit its 2030 solar target early this year! balkangreenenergynews.com/ag-dimitrios...

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Only 14% of Brits support the Far Right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - who hides behind the name Tommy Robinson - mostly men, a new poll for The Economist reveals. The backbone of his support, and funding, is America.

Lemon Chicken with Asparagus and Herbs Cooking without a kitchen in the midst of a building site isn’t the absolute nightmare one might imagine! This lovely dinner is a riff on a Melissa Clarke recipe, which I cooked entirely in my air fryer. #foodsky

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

Lemon Chicken with Asparagus and Herbs Cooking without a kitchen in the midst of a building site isn’t the absolute nightmare one might imagine! This lovely dinner is a riff on a Melissa Clarke recipe, which I cooked entirely in my air fryer. #foodsky

62% of people who voted to #repealthe8th cited ‘a woman’s right to choose’ as the primary reason for their vote. How’s that for democratic legitimacy?

Please contact your TDs and ask them to support the bill up for voting this evening to end the 72 hour waiting period. It has no basis in medical practice or legal requirements. #spéirgorm #repeal #abortionishealthcare

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People who fought for Repeal would be stunned to see the approach Sinn Féin are taking to abortion reform and our legislation, the Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill. It's appalling to see a self-proclaimed progressive party turn heel on progressing women's healthcare.

Sinn Féin's current political strategy summed up in one gif:

As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help

I see Bertie Ahern is showing, yet again, that he will say anything for a vote. No matter how far down it requires him to punch, or how harmful it might be.

"Your life is so much better when you just show up as your true self, unafraid to be your true self, in public or private. This is me. This is what I'm dealing with” Rest well Jason Collins. You will be missed.

Chipotle Turkey Burger Turkey thigh mince with chipotle paste, cumin, garlic powder, onion flakes, salt & pepper, on toasted brioche with lettuce, beef tomato, pickles, cheese, red onion, garlic mayo, chipotle ketchup & crispy onions Served with air fried home made chicken salt chips #Foodsky

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

“We need to have a grown up conversation about nuclear power.” “Ok, it’ll take 4 decades to build a working nuclear power plant in Ireland, and we could build a fully renewable grid for less money in less than a quarter of that time.” “Oh.” “We good?” /endconversation.

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Turkey and Black Bean Chilli on a Baked Potato with a Charred Corn and Pineapple Salsa. A perfect midweek dinner - delicious, satisfying and very healthy. #foodsky

Hello. @cnam-ie.bsky.social investigating Facebook and Instagram algorithms. Relates to whether users are able to access a recommender feed "which is not based on profiling" "Concern exists that there may be so-called ‘dark patterns’ preventing people from accessing a feed not based on profiling"

Just a note to political parties contesting the Dublin byelection that, rather than sitting silently on the sidelines, you need to come out and condemn Hutch's racist comments on immigration. In a democracy, it's not enough to be not racist; one must be actively anti-racist. Silence is complicity.

“75% of far right commentary about Ireland comes from outside Ireland” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-sun...

Cartoon by @slyngstad.bsky.social

Since the Middle East war began Europe's EV market has been accelerating sharply. Q1 2026 registrations hit 547,000 — up 32% on the same period last year. But the real story is March 2026 with almost 50% more than in March 2025. More in next newsletter sign up here janrosenow.substack.com

The Taoiseach wants consideration of nuclear. I made a programme that did that. Long story short: an Irish nuclear power plant wouldn’t generate any electricity until 2066 at the very earliest. Link at end of thread.

This robot installs 80 panels/hour. One every 45 sec. 1,920/day ≈ 0.0008 GW/day per line. Sounds small. It’s not. Scale this across thousands of lines and #solar becomes manufacturing, not construction. 👉 10,000 lines = 8 GW/day. That’s HOW China is winning the energy game.

Almost 100% of new cars sold in Norway last year were electric. Not just because of oil wealth. Because of carbon taxes, EV incentives, and thirty years of consistent policy. New newsletter: Norway: The World's Most Instructive Energy Paradox janrosenow.substack.com/p/norway-the...

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#Spain receives more sunshine than any country in Europe — and it is building the solar infrastructure that geography always promised. Extremadura, Andalusia, and Castilla-La Mancha became the center where Spain added new solar capacity, racing toward its target of 74% renewable electricity by 2030

Someone told me the other day they missed late eighties Ireland because there wasn't so much immigration. I couldn't really share this nostalgic viewpoint as I was in England at the time.

Norway: close to 100% EV share. Near-zero carbon grid. Heat pumps everywhere. Also Norway: still exporting 2 million barrels of oil a day & gas exports have more than doubled since 2000. This chart shows the contradiction. Newsletter dropping soon 👇 substack.com/@janrosenow

In 2024, more than 60% of new cars sold in Ethiopia were fully electric. It now ranks alongside global EV leaders by share of new car sales. Ahead of most of Europe. More in future newsletter. Sign up here: substack.com/@janrosenow

How is this a news story on RTE? Do we really have to be served every dull utterance that man makes?

Gorgeous comunn today from @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Solar and wind now dominate global electricity generation. Worldwide, solar and wind power will each surpass nuclear in 2026. This surge has halted fossil fuel power generation rise, with renewables overtaking coal, supported by battery storage providing system flexibility at scale.

I absolutely despise this shite, the whole "fairy door" thing was made up five minutes ago by some Yanks looking to make a buck and I don't understand the appeal whatsoever and every time I see one out in the wild I think it looks – exactly as Neil says here – like litter

Bord Bia sit-in cost taxpayers €220,000

Crispy Chicken Wings with Chilli, Lemon & Honey Crispy wings tossed in a sticky, spicy, sweet citrus glaze. Garlic, ginger, chilli and honey give these incredible depth of flavour. Perfect for a film night or sharing platter. Full recipe below ⬇️ #Foodsky

Renewables meet almost 49% of Irish electricity demand in March, solar delivers record contribution. www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...

Oil companies are making $30m an hour in windfall profits. The Irish taxpayer is supporting oil exposed businesses with 3/4 of a billion € to avert disaster for just four months. How do we avert future crises completely? #RTECountrywide Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... 1/5

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Crispy Chicken Wings with Chilli, Lemon & Honey Crispy wings tossed in a sticky, spicy, sweet citrus glaze. Garlic, ginger, chilli and honey give these incredible depth of flavour. Perfect for a film night or sharing platter. Full recipe below ⬇️ #Foodsky

The grift never ends. Most corrupt regime in history

This is a genuinely mindblowing combination. 1) Deliberately false information, 2) promoted in schools, 3) using public money, 4) in the service of private profits, 5) at the cost of our collapsing ecosystem.

Only recently discovered Queen of Oz with Catherine Tate. Gutted it wasn’t given another series - I thought it was brilliant - silly, hilarious fun.

Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either: a. Incompetent b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't c. a & b

It’s a great moment to remember that in the leadup to this popular uprising, the first major gut-punch was delivered by Budapest Pride. Poetic justice. 🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈

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