@profjohnbarry.bsky.social
Ideas merchant, activist-academic, worried parent and angry citizen, hypocrite on a burning planet trying to replace passive and dangerous tech-optimism about the future with active and collective hope.. Democratise. Decolonise. Decarbonise. Decommodify..
@mary1kathy.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.social
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialA round of applause for our newest Class of 2026 graduates!
Today, we celebrated 54 young people who have completed their Level 4 Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action. Find out more here: and head over to Facebook to see the full photo album. Find out more: https://ow.ly/TzFu50ZWzC7
@martinsokol.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialThis cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/op... @uplift.ie
@piperfuriosa.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialFrom the Age of Collapse Instagram: "Severe flash flooding/mudflows swept through San Carlos de Apoquindo, Las Condes, Greater Santiago, Chile following intense rainfall. Muddy floodwaters...inundated buildings, including the Duoc UC educational institute [where the video was taken.]"
@raumplaner.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialPost-growth and post-carbon futures in spatial planning? Questions between green political economy, social justice, and planning? @profjohnbarry.bsky.social visited us in 'City Matters: Urban Inequality and Social Justice' at @frw-rug.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks! #CityMatters26 #postgrowthplanning
@progintl.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialFor the campesino community of Filogringo in Colombia's Catatumbo region, "defending the territory" means collective memory, and cultural survival against state abandonment, paramilitary violence, resource extraction, and military bombardment. Available in EN, ES, AR and RU. buff.ly/xpXxZDK
@pbresnihan.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialIn 2013, Micheál Martin said the Triple Lock was at the core of Irish neutrality.
Now he says removing it is essential to our 'peacekeeping tradition'.
He is twisting words to deceive the Irish people.
@nickofnz.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialGreen AI or greenwashing?
Why NVIDIA can’t compute its way out of the climate crisis
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialHigher Education and the Planetary Crisis: Teaching, Research and Scholar-Activism in a World on Fire
Thursday October 15th, 1pm
27 University Square, Room 1/003
Queen’s University Belfast
Free and open to all, but registration necessary: www.ticketsource.com/qubseca/t-nj...
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialOpen letter calling on the Irish governemnt of ban LNG terminals in Ireland - please sign
my.uplift.ie/petitions/op... @uplift.ie
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialEconomy minster in the North of Ireland Caoimhe Archibald celebrating economic growth (up 1%), yet we have almost 40% of households in fuel poverty, 19% child poverty... maybe we should focus on the welfare of people - the ends - NOT economic growth - at best an imperfect means to those ends?
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialNo comment… #hypocrisy
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialQueen's University Belfast Annual Sustainability Lecture
Whose Loss Counts?: Climate Coloniality and the Politics of Evidence
Profg Farhana Sultana
Thurs Oct 15
6pm Drinks reception
7pm lecture
Great Hall
Free and open to all, but registration necessary:
www.ticketsource.com/qubseca/t-nj...
@oliver48.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialLeader of #ItWasAScam 'antisemitism' plot to oust Jeremy Corbyn wins plum job promoting genocide perpetrator founded by paedophile BFF
meme via Leanne Wood
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@profjohnbarry.bsky.social'Store food for climate shocks'-UK Environment Secretary ...up there with UK PM Burnham's response to the UK wildfires...ban disposal barbeques...both exacerbated by the climate crisis, but this government is not addressing root causes of these crises
theecologist.org/2026/sep/10/...
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialTalk I'm giving at @QUBelfast next month
'Your Taxes Pay for Nothing: Why Government Spending is Nothing Like That of a Household'
28 Oct, 6-9pm
Registration and more details here:
festivalofsocialscience.com/events/your-...
Free and open to all
@profjohnbarry.bsky.socialIf only we had domestic energy security to protect us from the increase in oil and gas prices from the war in West Asia and leading to a cost of living crisis … ideally from a source that doesn’t contribute to the climate crisis as well … if only….
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@ebisback.bsky.socialReposted by @profjohnbarry.bsky.socialLove the Irish🇮🇪
