my 2026 resolution is to stop talking about climate in terms of global mean temperature (will rise a couple degrees, sounds manageable, nobody cares) and start talking in terms of H bomb equivalents (holy shit, seems bad, WTF)

"It's not the same as Twitter", friend Twitter isn't the same as Twitter. Old Twitter died years ago, we need to accept that almost no-one under 30 is interested in joining text-based social media - the format will die with us, like floppy discs, Mars Delights, and the concept of hope for the future

Massive credit to Richard Chambers for continuing to hold the government to account on this.

Judge calling cyclists a “nightmare” sparks Labour Party complaint to Judicial Council Comments made by Judge James O’Donohoe that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" have prompted Labour’s transport spokesperson, Ciarán Ahern, to submit a formal complaint to the Judicial Council. Deputy…

Social Democrats have made the decision to stop posting on Twitter and are now posting on Bluesky (a verified account, @social-democrats.bsky.social), they join the Greens in quitting Twitter and upping sticks for Bluesky (@greenpartyie.bsky.social)

Dear Europe, You are in a tough spot. Buy gas from Putin or buy gas from Trump. There is a way out of this quandary.

In Irish terms, climate tipping point will be reached by the end of this government. #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/climate-tipp...

Should Elon Musk & X be held accountable for child sexual abuse materials? Yes. Should all Government reps, politicians, state agencies, be off X? Yes. Are we doing enough to tackle gender based violence? Absolutely not! Wrote a piece covering all that and more 👉 www.thejournal.ie/readme/elon-...

Full coverage of very interesting Media Committee meeting with Gardaí currently focusing on X / Grok.

Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“All indications are this run will continue with rising temperatures reaching a perilous threshold by 2030 that scientists had not expected would happen until around 2040.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

What a horrific future awaits us all .

Kyiv. Severe frost. City workers are clearing ice from sidewalks and roads. This city (this country) stands because of its people.

Dublin City Council are debating whether to leave Elon Musk's X app - you can let them know what you think about it here: www.dublincity.ie/contact

As of June 2025, there are 89 data centres in Ireland, all of which have been mapped by The Journal Investigates here: investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres

The Green Party emergency motion was referred to the Protocol Committee for discussion. We will keep pushing it there. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Dublin City Council to examine ending X use over concerns of sexualised content

It might be just me, but I don't think public bodies should be posting photographs of children to the 'makes sexual images from photographs of children' website.

This is complete madness. Ireland already has 90. Far more per capita than other nations. We are outliers in just how many data centres we have. And many more already have planning We do not have enough electricity We do not have enough water This will come at the cost of housing connections

"Electricity demand from data centres has grown from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 22% in 2024. According to Eirgrid, by 2034, it is expected that this, along with any other new technology-related energy drains, will rise to 34% of electricity demand." Source: @thejournal.ie

“Carbon Brief, found that electricity generated by coal plants fell by 1.6% in China and by 3% in India last year, after the boom in clean energy across both countries was more than enough to meet their rising demand for energy.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"the centre cannot hold" I scoff, as I storm out of my tuesday morning pilates class

"US airlines have filed a formal complaint against Dublin Airport’s passenger cap with the United States Department of Transport, claiming it breaches Ireland’s legal obligations. Responding, the Taoiseach confirmed the Government intends to remove the cap." www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

UK PM moves it on. Let’s see what Europe (…and Ireland) does.

The Spark Skills programme from Bohemians’ Climate Coop is back! Covering bike mechanics, solar energy & home energy efficiency, the free classes will be starting at the end of January in the Phibsboro Tower. To find out more/sign up: doodle.com/sign-up-shee...

Green Party members on Dublin City Council have called on the council and its services to stop using Twitter in light of the ongoing Grok AI scandal on the platform #Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...

UK regulator Ofcom launched investigation into X over sexual images generated on Grok. www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel. We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

“The right to protest.....is a precious democratic principle that is under the gravest threat and must be defended" Starmer - the most autocratic PM in British history - refuses to permit any opposition, and wants to stamp it out WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is what I meant when I wrote that "we can overthrow them with a union of care."

Now two countries have blocked Grok over the ability to create non-consensual intimate images: Malaysia and Indonesia

"if i leave the nazi sexual abuse app - the predators win" win what? a nazi sexual abuse app?

So that’s how it’s going to be.

New to #Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for Bricks & Mortar Bookshops on the Island of Ireland #BookSky go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq

A global shift to plant-based diets could free an area of land as big as the US, China, the EU and Australia combined: restored ecosystems could draw down CO2, making our diets carbon negative. Average food emissions per person would be reduced from about 2,000 kg CO2eq/year to -160 kg CO2eq/year.

"What we're finding is that these glaciers are disappearing much faster than previously projected" - Prof. Brian Menounos, University of Northern British Columbia and the chief scientist at the Airborne Coastal Observatory of the @hakai.org ##FasterThanExpected #ClimateEmergency

Raindrops in lichen. The magic of an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌍

Indonesia is the first country to block access to xAI’s Grok due to its ability to generate CSAM and deepfake porn. It’s quite disappointing that this is the only meaningful action that’s been taken after several days of this issue coming to light.

There seems to be a bit of a new influx on here, so sharing the starter pack I made many moons ago to correct what (at the time) felt like something of a gender imbalance in starter packs... go.bsky.app/2rubRr3

I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.

For any new people on here today, check out my rewilding UK and Ireland starter pack. ⬇️

“I think that you know as well as I do that 5 years from now, things are going to be 5 years worse, unless action is taken at both a civil society & legislative level to constrain the wanton behaviour of those with money & power & vast technological resources.” www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...

The story this week is so important, in my view. It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go. (1/2)

The EU needs to take the past year as an enormous wake up call and immediately start funding and creating alternatives to US tech monopolies. That our governments were terrified of coming down hard on child porn creation is just horrendous

The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up. Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views? Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.

Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

RTÉ should have stopped pushing its public audiences to it long ago. It's disheartening that a public funded organisation using X in the way it does - if the Eurovision participation was wrong - this should have and should be an easier ethical call.

@newschambers.bsky.social doing a great job, but a lot of other Irish journos are embedded in X. I asked a TD to leave X & her response was “journalists say that they follow our views not via Insta or FB but via Twitter”. (But she plans to leave X). Media have to leave X or they support harassment.