Fascinating thread about local opposition to data centres in Charlotte, NC (generally a very pro-business city) @foeireland.bsky.social @nhna.bsky.social

Israel has killed nine paramedics in just 72 hours in southern Lebanon and it’s business as usual. Now imagine the outrage if that was nine Israeli paramedics. The entire world would be screaming and condemning it as terrorism.

but hey let's delay, deflect and defer climate action -and let's pretend we don't have to phase out fossil fuels #climate

Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.

Two days of hot weather and Kildare residents are already being put on notice to use less water. And yet, Kildare CoCo has approved a €3 billion data centre for Naas, which at full build out will use between 4-9 million litres of water a day. www.kfmradio.com/news/localne...

People from all these countries running as one in Cork this weekend with @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social !! @corkcity.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #RunAsOne

The Pope is playing a blinder… (words I never thought I would say)

Unprecedented apology by Pope Leo XIV for the role of the Catholic Church in supporting slavery. The Catholic Church was the LARGEST single slave owner in the Americas. Made its wealth from slavery. John Paul II rehearsed a rambling apology in Gorée Island back in the 1990s #slaveryarchive

Communities across America are starting to fight back. 69 communities have now banned AI data centers, and 4 of those bans are permanent. People are tired of watching the Tech Barons drain our water, drive up power demand, and carve up land for corporate profit.

“Infrastructure underpinning the global digital economy is being embedded in communities that are already economically marginalised" Tasc has launched an online map showing the location of Dublin's data centres: www.greyboxproblem.ie/map www.thejournal.ie/nearly-90-of...

This is evil collective punishment.

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €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

The real headline: "Progressive Social Democrat wins with ease in Dublin byelection bid for seat in the Dáil."

Looking at these tallies and wondering when is the penny going to drop with Sinn Féin that, even on a very cynical political level, their pull to the right simply isn't working? It's been years of underperforming at this point

And if they’re doing this to white Europeans, imagine what they’re doing to Palestinians… #FreePalestine

just want to emphasize that there are confirmed photos of this, including one of israeli soldiers stripping a woman in front of all the other aid flotilla activists.

G’wan big Dan!

What does this say about the state of the footpaths?! I voted! Didn’t see any apparitions on the path. #DublinCentral #SpeirGorm

Some of us have been saying this for years One week of 40C+ temperatures will see millions camping in the streets as our poorly insulated homes become death traps Expect hospital and transport chaos and blackouts too, as unprepared infrastructure fails www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.

One very happy and relieved teenager in this house anyway (the tension of the last few games!!)

I am from where Seamus comes from! …at least geographically #Killybegs #Donegal

Ireland has *immeasurably* benefited from immigration. Despite its problems (none of which were caused by immigrants) it is a vastly more interesting, vibrant - and *fun* - place than it was in the grey dreary miserable 80s thanks to immigrants. And anyone who walks through Dublin city centre and...

A really poor take from the Indo and Mary Regan. Passive voice is strong here: "he finds himself at the centre of a racism row" How about he finds himself making blatantly racist and islamophobic comments... #SpeirGorm

"data centres...are also eating up the physical resources of the energy transition, and redirecting them towards worsening that pollution even further." Not just renewables, @ketanjoshi.co shows the same applies to batteries! @foeireland.bsky.social ketanjoshi.co/2026/05/13/w...

"Government says climate litigation undermines business." Buddy, just wait till you find out what climate change does to business.

Important structural reframe from John Crowe at TU Dublin on RTÉ Brainstorm. The subvention question reread as scale-distribution rather than cost-absorption. The one-engine economy frame is sharp. #IrishUnity #Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics

Remind me again why AI is so great for data analysis?

It's very, very hard to read something like this and not conclude that the Department of Justice are deliberately mismanaging this in order to make the process as miserable and disruptive for everyone

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

I just happened to have an XL t-shirt handy for our local election candidate, Councillor Daniel Ennis! @garygannontd.bsky.social @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #DublinCentral #NotAllCandidates

“O’Shea says that the abrupt transfers is undoing, in a short space of time, a huge effort that was made locally to integrate the residents.” Actively undoing community integration, is that the point? #SpeirGorm

Plug-in solar systems are designed to be used w/o requiring specialized technicians or construction permits. In Europe, systems like this are wildly popular, especially for renters who do not have permission to install permanent solar panels on their buildings. No pay wall.

Lovely (slow) run along the Boyne with Drogheda Sanctuary Runners this morning. We had walkers, runners, kids and babushkas and sunshine always helps. All welcome! @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵 We’ve been working on something👀! Link in bio, and don’t forget to sign up to our Newsletter 💙 #Solidarity #Community #RunAsOne

Ok. Now cost the car parking

Remember this when your electricity bills go up… 50% of Irish electricity is gas generated. Who’s benefiting? #SpeirGorm

Shell is the latest oil major to announce a surge in profits off the back of the war on Iran and price gouging and privation for hundreds of millions of people around the world Do you get it yet? They are richer because you are poorer. www.cityam.com/shell-launch...

A lovely message after the Dublin City Half Marathon 💙 So proud of our Sanctuary Runners volunteers on the route, including Mbali, whose energy is truly unmatched! Grateful to partner with race organisers to bring encouragement and support to runners on the day! #Dublin #SpeirGorm #Solidarity

Yes, if AMOC shuts down, it may release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO₂. You know what's guaranteed to release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO₂ in the next few years? Our continued use of fossil fuels.

Two hostages taken by Israel from 1,000km away yesterday. Now being kept in Israel as hostages after Israel's illegal piracy and kidnapping in international waters. Of course most Western Media will not even mention this story.

Update: Israeli forces attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza and abducted over 175 people at gunpoint in international waters. Most of the abducted sailors have now been released, but two are still being held captive. Our demand is simple: their immediate release.

CNN investigation finds "unprecedented destruction" at 16 U.S. bases in the Middle East, leaving some "virtually unusable." www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/w...

This is just huge and, you know, maybe battery capacity might be a better use of the state’s attention than building a gas storage unit just as they’re on the way out. Like Dublin Bus investing in Carriage Horse Stables.

💙 Feels a lot more like community to us! #SpeirGorm

...But is it really? #Solidarity

🔵 We say it's a run... #RunAsOne

Don't forget who is really coming out on top.