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Freelance business journalist, Sunday & Irish Independent / The Currency. Also cover climate and energy. Other writing, editing & comms work too.

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Grief, anger and lack of trust expressed in community meetings on Nature Restoration Plan Plan must have clear and enforceable targets, says advisory committee

The vast majority of the Irish public feel distress, sadness, anger, grief, fear, despair, guilt, frustration, and worry at nature loss and environmental decline.

Why is this never reflected in actual government policy???
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09.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's good odds of this happening and my god am I here for it. There is no level of public humiliation sufficient for this toad.

10.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 2
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Scientists discover tiny ocean fungus that kills toxic algae Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful blooms. The microscopic parasite, named Algophthora mediterranea, attacks algae...

Nature always has a remedy
Scientists discover tiny ocean fungus that kills toxic algae
A newly discovered marine fungus can kill toxic algae blooms, hinting at a hidden natural regulator in the ocean.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

09.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

but the intersection stories you wouldn't even have to make up...I am aware of one lawyer who, after breakfast in America, would take unsigned contracts to London for lunch and be back by dinner with countersigned contracts in hand.

08.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There is an amazing Robert Altman movie to be made about the intersecting stories on just one Concord flight.

08.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Newsweek photo editors used to bribe Concorde flight attendants to carry European film to researchers waiting at JFK.

08.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNext stop it’s Tehran”

09.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last 14 months of Biden's term:

+1.74m jobs

First 14 months of Trump's term:

150,000 jobs

(total! for the whole 14 months!)

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

06.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 4190 πŸ” 1842 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 90

Writer was able to rent on his own in Camden on a salary of Β£8k back in the day

One of many nuggets in this column

08.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Gist: The Very Hungry Killerpillar Seemingly to their own surprise, the Trump administration goes to war with Iran. This is the Gist.

"Which takes us to Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, a man who achieves the rare feat of being both eager to show off his hard muscles and yet somehow also personifying erectile dysfunction."

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

08.03.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I’ve already won the Lottery

There’s a slight numbery problem, but it’s just maths.

Honestly I’ve won 🀣

07.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If only there was some sort of board of peace where Trump and leaders in the Middle East could negotiate for peace rather than bombing each other

07.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Low key alternative: Hack all the McDonalds outlets in DC and Mar a Lago so they can’t function or deliver any meals πŸ€£πŸ”

07.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 771 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 49
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 12387 πŸ” 4823 πŸ’¬ 551 πŸ“Œ 474
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Russia Revels in a Sudden Reversal in Fortunes as Oil and Gas Prices Soar

What a major lucky break Trump and Netanyahu gave to Putin - the three happy Co-conspirators in the rigged election of Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/w...

07.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

Meanwhile, Irish agriculture system entirely incapable of meeting fundamental food needs of our population, with its export-based model predicated on massive fertiliser, animal feed imports.

We are shockingly vulnerable yet nobody is even talking about it.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

07.03.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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Polish PM Tusk on the possible US lift of Russian oil sanctions:

07.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 438 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Janan actually wrote it

Edelman PR will be clipping this and the WSJ and Economist pieces and sending to their paymasters

07.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

I'm not suggesting this is an open secret within the climate science community, but it's remarkable how little impact this sort of research is generating. Because if the rate of warming really has *doubled* then you can kiss goodbye to 2Β°C. www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob...

06.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 13

Thanks for that guys

07.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

06.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 24561 πŸ” 7048 πŸ’¬ 525 πŸ“Œ 425

You can’t seriously compare old media to doomscrolling or endless TikTok or Instagram Reels feed.

Trump and β€˜flooding the zone’ is like one of those feeds but personified and metastasised across economics & geopolitics and now in the insanity and chaos of war

06.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good news: Scientists were wrong about how bad sea level rise is.

Bad news: It’s even worse than we thought.

04.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 188 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 12

Donald Trump finally gets to go to 'Vietnam'.

04.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to know how the British print news industry ends (which is, de facto, amazingly still what supports most newspaper websites) it's the distribution channels getting banjaxed. When you lose "TG Jones" etc even people who want a paper can't get one. That'll be the real start of the ending.

03.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 11

Ireland

03.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"net zero will just cost too much for the ordinary working person to accept"

03.03.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every breath we take- elevated CO2 levels putting stress on our bodies

01.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Just IN: Six suspected insiders from the US made $1.2 million dollars betting on exactly when the strikes in Iran were going to take place

Just IN: Six suspected insiders from the US made $1.2 million dollars betting on exactly when the strikes in Iran were going to take place

Insider trading on war crimes to promote cryptocurrency gambling addictions.

The latest stage of capitalism

01.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 284 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4