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Dr octopus 🐙 Deep-sea diva 🧜🏼‍♀️ Marine Science 👩🏼‍🔬 Author 🦑. Champion Galway National Park City. #Foster mum madra.ie 🐕🐾

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Farmers, where this affects them, will require a just transition, but this law is brilliant for all of us “Nature restoration law will affect almost 9% of Irish land” irishtimes.com/environment/20…

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Object to Ireland being one of the very worst off places for nature on Earth, and the response you get is? "Go and live in the Amazon" No thanks, I want my OWN country to have more nature, and so do the overwhelming majority of other people who call this island home. 🌍

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Farage says Andrew Tate, facing charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, is ‘important voice’ for men… Tells you all you need to know… theguardian.com/politics/artic…

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Largest UK public sector trial of four-day week sees huge benefits, research finds: of course, if Britain had voted Tories out earlier, the whole of UK would now have a 4 day week - was in labour manifesto under Corbyn, isn’t under Starmer theguardian.com/business/artic…

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Airbnb urges State not to drag all short-term holiday lets into planning system but should we really protect people with second homes over young folk who have nowhere to live? irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

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Irish Universities should try this. Would be hugely popular with students, many of whom have weekend jobs. ‘Largest UK public sector trial of four-day week sees huge benefits, research finds’ Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway theguardian.com/business/artic…

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A strong MPA Bill is vitally needed if we are to hit our marine restoration targets within the newly passed EU Nature Restoration Law. Sign Fair Seas petition calling on the Government to enact the MPA Bill without delay only.one/act/30x30-irel… #30x30

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⛓️ To give you a sense of how horrifying and brutal these prison sentences for #JustStopOil activists are: Average sentence for violent crime = 1.7 years. Average sentence for the JSO activists = 4.3 years.

⛓️ To give you a sense of how horrifying and brutal these prison sentences for #JustStopOil activists are:

Average sentence for violent crime = 1.7 years.

Average sentence for the JSO activists = 4.3 years.
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At least 7 labour MPs want to start undoing Tory child poverty laws then. Good for them - shame about the rest: Labour suspends seven rebels who voted to scrap two-child benefit cap theguardian.com/politics/artic…

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𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 [𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛]: the state of double standards we apply to the car-dominated status quo in the face of potential change. Check out this great video by Simon Richardson of GlobalCyclingNetwork on how we are all brainwashed: youtube.com/watch?v=-_4GZn…

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 [𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛]: the state of double standards we apply to the car-dominated status quo in the face of potential change.

Check out this great video by <a href="/si_richardson/">Simon Richardson</a> of <a href="/gcntweet/">GlobalCyclingNetwork</a> on how we are all brainwashed: youtube.com/watch?v=-_4GZn…
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‘Yorkshire apostrophe’ row raises bigger question: do we even need them? Poet says “If it was me, I’d miss the apostrophe out.” I say: ‘if it were me, I’d keep the apostrophe and use the conditional’ but then I’m a pedant. #grammar theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

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The Netherlands🇳🇱 invests €595 million, or €35 per resident, annually in cycling infrastructure. Does it seem expensive? The average Dutch person travels 912 km annually, saving the health system 19 billion euros (3% of GDP).

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'Just a minute!' Creating a safe space for people on bikes and scooters at places that are temporarily blocked by car drivers. (📹 by Stephen Braitsch - Valencia Street, San Francisco🇺🇸)

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We need a smaller national herd in Ireland for so many reasons…. We should not be exporting milk products to Africa to their detriment thejournal.ie/creamed-off-da…