Kevin Fitz

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Nature - hurling - left wing - alt rock/post punk/punk/indie/folk 🇪🇭

Gardaí in Crumlin are appealing for the public’s assistance in locating Cian Mooney, 16, and Ella Rose Mooney, 13, who are reported missing from their home in Crumlin since Thursday. They were last seen on the evening of Wednesday, 11 March.

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Last year, we urged the Irish government to introduce a nationwide ban on fossil fuel advertising. They chose not to act. But across the globe, cities and countries are stepping up—reclaiming the narrative and taking bold action. Ireland, meanwhile, remains a climate laggard. #BanFossilAds🔥

'The new tobacco': The cities banning fossil fuel adverts

Cities across the world are clearing their billboards of flight ads, SUVs, cruise ships and petrol cars in an attempt to cut emissions.

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As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found - the killings were unjustified - none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns - no warnings were given - no soldiers were under threat - the troops were the first to open fire

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Patrick Brannigan@patrickjmb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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Here are two minutes of lowlights from Trump’s rambling, hour-long address to the UN General Assembly that Twitter is calling one of the most embarrassing moments in recent US history. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more.

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt. Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

shawn@mulchy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

The right have launched an all-out attack on liberals and the left, in the wake of the Kirk killing, pushing narratives about left-wing violence and the need to investigate liberal nonprofits and Schumer and Jeffries are totally AWOL. The Dems are leaderless. Shocking.

Matt Yglesias Just Makes Things Up, #49820420: - Germany replaced coal *entirely* with new wind and some solar; just an outright lie he slaps down for his subscribers - UK *once* *partially* replaced coal w/ gas, but now gas is being replaced by wind and solar (2024 = lowest UK gas gen ever)

I would really dispute this on a number of levels. Note that while the U.S. experienced explosive growth in nuclear-reactor-construction costs after Chernobyl, France sustained a much flatter curve throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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This French nuclear buildout remains the most successful large-scale decarbonization initiative on record. The other big examples of emissions reduction involve countries like the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. replacing coal with a mix of natural gas and renewables but mostly gas. This works both because gas has lower emissions than coal, and also because gas-fired plants can operate more easily as "peakers" that shut on and off while coal (and nuclear) plants function best if you can run them all the time.a chart of power generationa chart of power generationa chart of power generation

The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide. The German state is a disgrace. It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide. It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects