I know the world is a proverbial dumpster fire and there are bigger things to worry about but my employers @maynoothuniversity.ie have just enforced adding a super long disclaimer to each and every email. 🧵

Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time. This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.

Did they tell you Dutch grid operators are slow? So far, DSO Stedin is not :) From application for upgrade to a three-phase 3x25A connection via acceptance, payment and start of preparations within 10 minutes, in late evening!

George Lee on @rte.ie spoke about ALL the OPW data on water levels in Irish waterways that isn’t used at all- 300+ sites! It would at least prepare folks. Hydrometric & Hydrological Data, Ireland waterlevel.ie 🌊 This could be part of local council text alerts 🚨 #spéirghorm #Chandra #Met

This is spectacular! Sales of fully battery powered trucks have shot past diesel trucks in China. Forget about hybrid and hydrogen trucks. We can now stop calling heavy trucking a "hard to abate" sector.

To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day this year, I describe the unparalleled experience of dialogue forums with the descendants of Nazis. The unexpected acts of emotional and historical repair we achieve together forge unbreakable bonds of friendship. bit.ly/49M5kBq

Clean energy isn’t a talking point. It’s already powering Europe. 💡 Nearly half of Europe's electricity came from renewables in 2024. 💡 We saved €120 billion through energy efficiency measures. 💡 And in June 2025, solar became the EU's largest power source for the first time in history.

Fair play France. It's a tough decision, but for companies & individuals, I think it's a toss between switching now at your own pace, or being forced to switch in a rush, or be locked out, due to geopolitical events. A list of EU alternatives to help: european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

Nice piece on the struggle of directing people's attention to the horizon - climate change - when fascism is staring at you in the face. When it all gets too much for me, I get busy trying to get rid of fossil fuels (in my own life, in society around me).

I worked alongside Steve in the Reuters Rome bureau. This is his story of hard work doesn’t protect you from hard times. stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...

Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the first time in 2025

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Good explainer as to why Lough Neagh is algae clogged and our housing is screwed (well one of the many reasons). Another epic multi decade debacle from 'ourselves alone'; "Sinn Féin’s refusal to levy a charge on water is pathetic" Ulster says No! #speirgorm #Water www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

#StopBurningStuff #SpeirGorm

New UCC paper shows how low beef and sheep systems are for net digestible protein per hectare: they produce protein for 2–3 people per ha, versus ~23 for milk and ~40 for legumes. That’s ~15× more digestible protein per hectare from legumes than beef.

Well done @barrymward.bsky.social 👏

IMHO, you would enjoy listening to this pod about a guy who is trying to decentralize the electricity grid the same way telecom & internet infrastructure were decentralized.

#Ireland is going to end up 'piggy in the middle' in the growing conflict between the United States and Europe over #Greenland, NATO, trade and civilised values. But hey, we're 'neutral' and that provides Ireland with a magical invisibility cloak 😏 #spéirgorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm

The often mentioned "But China and India are still building new coal power plants" doesn't mean that the amount of electricity they generate from coal goes up. Actually, it went down last year, and the amount of coal used probably went down faster thanks to the increased efficiency of the fleet.

Worldwide, sales of new cars with a fossil fuel combustion engine dropped to the level of 2004, by 2024. And sales of new cars that use fossil fuels (100% or partially, in hybrids) dropped to the level of 2012. EVs are on the march. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Indonesia has banned Grok due to its AI generated porn. Why hasn't Europe?

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

Today marks 80 years of the UN General Assembly. The mission: 🛡️ Uphold world peace and security ⚖️ Promote social progress & human rights 🌏 Tackle global issues, like climate change Back then, we chose dialogue over force. Today, we must do the same.

Why nothing matters (economically)

Beautiful tones & gradations.

Green light. #photography #streetphotography #fujifilm #fujifeed

Denmark is ready, where lies Ireland's defence? In suspended animation. #speirgorm

Today on Volts: "closed-loop" geothermal energy digs deeper than conventional geothermal & does not require natural hotspots, so it can be done anywhere. I talk with Eavor, a cutting-edge Canadian startup that has just opened its first closed-loop facility in Germany, about the possibilities.

The US is a rogue state that can't be trusted

US threats of military force against Greenland are dangerous and inflammatory. europeangreens.eu/news/europea...

1/7/2026- Infamy www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ja...

No war for oil will reopen this gas station 📍Texas (2023) #abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration #noKings

Just came across the Swedish 'psychological defence' agency. See mpf.se/psychologica... Have to say if ever a new Gov.ie agency was needed its this one. #speirgorm

1/6/2026- Venezuela www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ja...

European governments are beginning to respond to warnings about the possibility of a war with Russia. But few of the continent’s western countries have anything comparable to the war readiness of the Nordics, Baltics and Poland

The EU and UK should shut down X just as they shut down RT - and in fact I think it is likely that they will eventually. The question is, how much damage will be done by then?

Pod on this coming Wednesday!

ICYMI: There are lots of myths & misunderstandings about Australian rooftop solar power floating around, so I went straight to my favorite Australian source to get the real scoop.

“Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Fiona Hill testified to Congress in 2019 that Russia was “signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap agreement between Venezuela & Ukraine.” In other words… U.S. could have #Venezuela if we let Russia have #Ukraine.” #spéirghorm

If US President Donald Trump invades Greenland, it will spell the end of NATO, Denmark’s leader, Mette Frederiksen warned.

Morning all. Greenland is up next for USA apparently. See also Donald Tusk's comments this morning. #speirgorm (EU stood by us since 2016, now its our turn).

NEW RECORD: Africa imports 2GW of solar panels for the first time in a month. And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...

Somebody on here quipped earlier that we live in precedented times. It hit home with me. In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery. 1/

Everytime I'm back home, the level of careless driving surprises me. That used to be me, the boy racer driving like everything was a race against time. 11 yrs in the UK has taught me to slow down (cameras & lower limit), drive with patience & to keep left. Ppl do it coz they'll get away with it.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Why should Trump stop at Venezuela? They’re champing at the bit for territorial expansion. Katie Miller, Stephen Miller‘s wife, posted a map of Greenland marked as a US territory with the words „SOON“.

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