David J. O'Brien

Irish writer, ecologist, teacher living in Pamplona. Advocates #rewilding our lands and lives.
@davidjobrienauthor.bsky.soc

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

This is my last post here.
The only woman in America (and I include Melania trump) who can possibly feel better today than Tuesday is Hillary Clinton. At least she can say: "it wasn't me. It was them."
I am on bluesky @davidjobrienauthor.bsky.social
Take care and see you there.

[Fintan Kelly @FintanKelly_]

Scenes like this are the reason the Nature Restoration Law has identified the restoration of free flowing rivers as a key priority for #RestoreNature

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@jamesmcconachi1 No. When we returned from the US I voted for here over Ireland

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@NickLovesSpain I agree with lots of this but though Spain is indeed beautiful and has huge scenic diversity in a smaller area, the US has some spectacular landscapes too

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@ProudPatriot247 @mjfree He was one of the best but most Americans don’t realize it .

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@gabhla @dublin_damo But roads there are far ahead of Irish roads

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@JonNeale @tomaszrykala @dublin_damo And yet the road infrastructure in Galicia is far ahead of Ireland.
I was there this summer and I wondered how Ireland would cope if it had the terrain Spain has to contend with

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@Empty_America @dublin_damo From well maintained roads and viaducts (though not from the multiple tunnels that Spain has constructed)

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@AragoneseLion @Empty_America @dublin_damo But the roads are still very good.

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

A 2% global tax on the wealth of the world’s billionaires proposed by Brazil is now supported by South Africa, Germany, + Spain. It would raise around $250 billion annually to fight poverty, climate, + ecological breakdown.

Get on board, Ireland!!

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@FintanDamer @outdoorspodcast @AmyDickman4 If it was put down humanely it might have been via some kind of sedative that might make the meat unfit for consumption… I assume they’d have said culled if it was with a rifle.

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

If I were living in Ireland's Midlands North West constituency, there's ZERO doubt in my mind who I'd be voting for on Friday.

@saoirse_mchugh is a candidate with unrivalled integrity + understanding of all the issues that *really* count. Please give her your no. 1 if you can.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Whenever we begin to wake up to how we're being screwed, conspiracy fictions distract and confuse us and send us back to sleep. So why DO so many people obsess about false stories, but ignore the real ones? In the hope of finding out, I wrote this https://t.co/HgLqDPwqZs

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@jamesmcconachi1 That’s what they said in Alquezar…

[David J. O'Brien @David_J_OBrien]

@jamesmcconachi1 Does the blue window keep away the flies? Like, really?

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

More and more regions are discovering the extraordinary benefits of beavers. Ireland should not dismiss the idea just because there is no evidence of their historic presence.

https://t.co/jFAn5C5mwD

[Ray Cunningham @ray_cun]

The people of Dublin want to walk or wheel more, cycle more, use more public transport, and drive less. That's what they want govt to spend money on. They want more cycle paths and low-traffic neighbourhoods, and they want cars off the footpath.

[Blue Planet Society @Seasaver]

Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa.

In 2020, the industry produced salmon feed using up to 144,000 tons of pelagic fish caught off West Africa, where they could have fed between 2.5 - 4 million people.

https://t.co/9YlXM91JXt

[Kevin Nolan @nolankucd]

Here’s why so many bollards are smashed @DubCityCouncil. @GuinnessIreland drivers abusing mandatory cycle lanes and footpaths when they can unload legally on the road just 10 metres down the road. @Pidge @SafeCyclingEire @DublinCommuters

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Full performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman with Luke Combs at the Grammys.

Her smile at the beginning is the best.