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Lola_Clare
Brendan has been doing great work covering this with some much needed reality on the public figures & platforms fanning the flames. Not letting Twitter off the hook but FB,Tiktok, Instagram even YT are just as radicalising & worse given reach.
Great piece especially last paragraph
"The objective is a world in which we are seamlessly shuttled from one managed (and, ideally, exploitable) activity to the next – with no break or chance to look around us – from cradle to grave. The death of the university will bring that world a step closer"
'a new study shows that since 2010 the world has been gaining more mangroves than it has been losing - driven by stronger legal protections and increased public awareness of their importance, sparked by disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.' 1/2
This “plan for equality and prosperity within planetary boundaries” is the product of 45 authors based on databases compiled by more than 200 researchers from around the world.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All books belong in every library.
Pay no attention to any argument by loo lahs presenting themselves as concerned parents that *any* book is inappropriate in a library.
Ireland was famous for its avid censorship of books throughout the 20th C, the same time it is now famous for abusing children.
Another perspective on this: the joy of a library is the chance to explore other areas of thought. Undergrad in Business and Law. Hung out with psychology students, philosophy students, computer science students, political science students…
Wilful ignorance is not an acceptable dodge when it comes to Aughinish Alumina.
Irish "morality" is rightly questioned when government does utmost to prevent ban on alumina exports to Russia
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
