Today, Taoiseach Micheàl Martin presented the Irish presidency plans to MEPs . German MEP Terry Reintke called out the Irish Government’s row back on climate action as co-chair of the Greens/EFA grouping, saying they can’t do the same in Europe

“There is a significant probability that we’re already committed to collapse, and we can’t change that even now.”

In the United States it's legal for public figures to take bribes, trade on inside information, or otherwise enrich themselves while in office. In China you can be executed for it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thanks to Ukraine's long range sanctions, Iran's closure of Hormuz and retaliation against Trump's attacks, and the accelerating growth of renewables, CO2 emissions may have peaked last year. 🤞 Slava Ukraini!

Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert! As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean. ' The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean:

Economist @mazzucatom.bsky.social explains why standard economics fails to recognize parasitic business practices—and why it struggles to show how to build an economy that works for everyone.

At 2C, due in about 14 years, we'll see twice the number of these extreme heat events than at 1.5C (which we're not even at yet). And air-con won't protect agriculture. Yet last year we had record CO2 emissions while much of the spectacular increase in renewables is soaked up by new demand.

When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble. Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A bit more satire from Elwood’s..my new fave pro-vegan poke at the carnivores. @sentientmedia.org have you seen these, it’s v clever. www.elwooddogmeat.com

This is how pigs should live...

Tesco, Aldi, Lidl

One of the most notorious terrorists in the UK expresses her illegal opinion...

Help, my babies fell….

This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

The United States is the only country in the world in which Cuban cigars are illegal.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL money is created equal, that it is endowed by the market with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Media and Political Control, Extraction and the everlasting pursuit of ever more Profit.

And Barghouti even from prison has cautioned against violence, has embraced the two-state paradigm, has called for negotiations, and where is he? Still in prison. He is far more moderate than Mandela, objectively, and the West does not demand his release. This is a genuine aberration.

"In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be." - Ben Jonson

The arc of history bends towards irony. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The slop of war...

“Within the weed-grown swamps left by the flood The animal kingdoms of the earth appeared. The seeds of earth swelled in the heat of noon As in a mother’s womb - as when the seven-lipped Nile shrinks to its source, so the sun’s heat wakens The moss-green river side…" (Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1)

While The Irish Times marketed itself under the tagline "the story of why", they are doing their bit again of not giving context why someone like Government advisor Sean O’Driscoll might be against environmental legislation, so here's this article again: irishcycle.com/2026/01/17/w...

Active travel is so important for health, that the NHS is going to reward people to do it. But would it not be better for DfT and Councils to invest in pavements and cycle routes that are fit for purpose first? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

About once a year I reshare this little bit of urban planning wisdom.

Ex Pearl Jam drummer David Abbruzzese on Elon Musk and the gutting of USAID. "Fascism survives by turning corpses into math. It sells death as tradeoffs, budget lines, acceptable loss. People who would never step over a dying child on a sidewalk will vote for that spreadsheet every two years."

Drowning in slop.

This is an impressive and detailed piece of work by the Environmental Pillar.

🚨 📈 NEW: In a preliminary assessment, I calculate that the June 2026 heat wave caused around 20,000 heat-related deaths in Europe. Increases in heat mortality will continue as long as fossil fuel emissions continue. zenodo.org/records/2108...

First they came for Palestine Action, but I was not a member of Palestine Action. Then they came for supporters of Palestine Action, but I was not a supporter of Palestine Action. Then...

Desperately trying to hang on to a world that's already gone. Denial in the face of reality as a futile attempt to prolong the status quo. And a sad metaphor for our times.

For context, that's about three times the number of Russians dying in Ukraine each day. Or about the same number of people who died during the entire Northern Ireland 'troubles' - each day. Its a Gaza genocide worth of people dying in under two weeks. The price of cars, sun holidays and hamburgers.

The EU Energy Commissioner says we're in a race to get to net zero before the self-enhancing effect takes global heating out of our control, that we may have already lost that race, and that no government is taking this seriously enough. But you won't hear that in the news. My question is 'Why?'. 🧵

The EU Energy Commissioner says we're in a race to get to net zero before the self-enhancing effect takes global heating out of our control, that we may have already lost that race, and that no government is taking this seriously enough. But you won't hear that in the news. My question is 'Why?'. 🧵

Excellent interview with the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jørgensen. Here he responds to the question: "Is any government actually taking the proven climate crisis seriously?" (Spoiler alert: "I don't think so, to be honest.") youtu.be/qg_9A2JlNgc?...

Terror acts orchestrated and carried out by the proscribed UDA & UVF. No COBRA meeting and a whitewashing of terror involvement because the North of Ireland isn’t seen as somewhere deserving safety, never mind human & civil rights. Paramilitary groups are still celebrating their pogrom operation.

"Stepping back, based on the results presented here we cannot clearly distinguish whether the generally underestimated trend is due to incorrect model forcing feedbacks or an expression of internal variability." (IOW, its worse than we thought, but we're still not sure why. Time will tell.)

Just stop oil.

Where's my free piece of pavement? If I had a free piece of pavement I might use it to store something, or rent it out, or plant a garden, or maybe just leave it empty. Why is it only car owners that get free pieces of pavement? What about the rest of us?

The real price of oil...

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

"This is a hugely significant moment for Ireland as we will have better scientific data to help make decisions on how we best manage our natural resources. We will be making this data freely available, and I look forward to seeing it support policy, industry and research in a variety of areas."

As a Canadian, I knew none of this. This is fascinating and apparently I need to go do some reading now!

Distracted by trivia and too busy to think, our species ignored these increasingly alarming warnings until the cascade began, and it was too late.

Oh oh. This doesn't look good from the perspective of UK political (and thus governmental) stability. As hopes are dashed and reality is faced, are we now looking at a big dog fight within the UK's governing party? Who is Labour? Who is England? Tune in next week for more drama.

The billionaires are hungry, and must be fed. Otherwise they'll stop paying the debts owed to your pension fund. AI may be drowning what's left of education, critical thinking and democracy in an ever-expanding pool of mediocre and inaccurate content slop. But the billionaires are hungry for more!

Now you can watch the video of my interview last week with the brilliant and remarkable Jeremy Lent, one of the greatest thinkers of our age. In his new book Ecocivilization, he charts a way forward for us. Hope and inspiration. www.youtube.com/live/4-r-tUh...

Hormuz vessel crossings: @bloomberg.com

You'd think this story would be getting more coverage. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

If you had been in cars you'd have been sitting still, stuck in traffic and stinking up the place.