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derek alcorn

@derek_alcorn

@derekalcorn.bsky.social Happily retired, background in social policy and community development. Interested in languages, the environment, and a New Ireland.

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Liam Lysaght (@liamly) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I have seen Clouded Yellow now at two sites on consecutive days. A few other sightings reported from the southeast, so there has been a small influx into Ireland over the last week.

I have seen Clouded Yellow now at two sites on consecutive days. A few other sightings reported from the southeast, so there has been a small influx into Ireland over the last week.
Sarah L (@s4r4h_l) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#MacroMonday No apologies for #SmallTortoiseshell spam from me, this perfect beauty was enjoying creeping thistles at Lakeside, #Windermere yesterday. So happy to see a much better year for them locally. #MacroHour 🌿 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @bv_cumbria

#MacroMonday No apologies for #SmallTortoiseshell spam from me, this perfect beauty was enjoying creeping thistles at Lakeside, #Windermere yesterday. So happy to see a much better year for them locally. <a href="/MacroHour/">#MacroHour 🌿</a> <a href="/savebutterflies/">Butterfly Conservation 🦋</a> @bv_cumbria
Sulaiman Ahmed (@shaykhsulaiman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: AUSTRALIA CANCELS ISRAELI POLITICIAN'S VISA, JUST DAY BEFORE SPEAKING TOUR Senior MP Simcha Rothman hit with 3-year ban. 'If you're coming to Australia to spread message of hate, we don’t want you here' — Interior Minister Burke

BREAKING: AUSTRALIA CANCELS ISRAELI POLITICIAN'S VISA, JUST DAY BEFORE SPEAKING TOUR

Senior MP Simcha Rothman hit with 3-year ban. 

'If you're coming to Australia to spread message of hate, we don’t want you here' — Interior Minister Burke
The National (@scotnational) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The SNP have demanded urgent answers in a letter to the Ministry of Defence after the UK Government confirmed a serious nuclear incident took place at Faslane earlier this year thenational.scot/news/25397459.…

The National (@scotnational) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Keir Starmer has been urged to recall Parliament to 'impose immediate sanctions' on Israel in a joint letter signed by politicians in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland thenational.scot/news/25398201.…

Farrukh (@implausibleblog) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Zack Polanski, "A wealth tax is about people earning more money in their sleep than we could possibly imagine" "One way is to bring Capital Gains Tax in line with Income Tax, because right now we are taxing earned income more than we are taxing unearned wealth" Adil Ray, "Are

Stephen Smith (@stevenicksmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Absolutely disgusting that the shift from the most rightwing Tory government in a generation to a Labour government has seen the UK become an even much more authoritarian country. Here’s the “human rights lawyer” setting the cops on a successful author

Esheru (@esherukwaku) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Britain murdered, raped, pillaged and plundered its way around the globe, impoverishing millions for black and brown people, in countries that still suffer today. Then some people get upset, that people from the affected countries, find their way here 1/3

Britain murdered, raped, pillaged and plundered its way around the globe, impoverishing millions for black and brown people, in countries that still suffer today. Then some people get upset, that people from the affected countries, find their way here 1/3
Zlatti71 (@zlatti_71) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I suppose Trump had been waiting for a moment like this his whole life… If you truly represent a sovereign nation, you don’t just go along. You tell the host that this spectacle is humiliating, that he can play those games with others - but you don’t allow yourself to be

I suppose Trump had been waiting for a moment like this his whole life…

If you truly represent a sovereign nation, you don’t just go along. You tell the host that this spectacle is humiliating, that he can play those games with others - but you don’t allow yourself to be
Pádraig Murchadhfinn (@murchadhfinn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“While protesters are labelled terrorists in the UK, Palestinian civilians are, of course, labelled terrorists by Israeli forces. But where UK protesters face trumped-up charges and prison sentences, Palestinians face violent death.” ~Sally Rooney Irish Times Weekend ☕️🥐 1/4

“While protesters are labelled terrorists in the UK, Palestinian civilians are, of course, labelled terrorists by Israeli forces. But where UK protesters face trumped-up charges and prison sentences, Palestinians face violent death.”
~Sally Rooney

Irish Times Weekend

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Dr. Mads Gilbert (@drmadsgilbert) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m watching – as I’m sure many of you are – the live broadcast from the White House with the European leaders and Zelensky flattering and grovelling before Trump. But worst of all: this group of ‘all-White-power’ figures keeps repeating the same mantra: “We have to stop the

I’m watching –  as I’m sure many of you are – the live broadcast from the White House  with the European leaders and Zelensky flattering and grovelling before  Trump. But worst of all: this group of ‘all-White-power’ figures keeps  repeating the same mantra: “We have to stop the
Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On this day in 1953, the US and Britain carried out a brutal coup that deposed Mohammad Mosaddegh, the popular Prime Minister of Iran, beloved for his progressive and pro-worker reforms, because he sought to restore national control over the country's oil reserves.

On this day in 1953, the US and Britain carried out a brutal coup that deposed Mohammad Mosaddegh, the popular Prime Minister of Iran, beloved for his progressive and pro-worker reforms, because he sought to restore national control over the country's oil reserves.
Declassified UK (@declassifieduk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇮🇱Israel has been quietly financing UK parliamentary staff, Declassified has found. This comes after we revealed that one in four British MPs had accepted funding from pro-Israel groups and individuals. declassifieduk.org/how-israel-fun…