Deirdre O’Connell
Historian, writer, teacher, dog walker, gardener and politics tragic
Forthcoming: The World of Crickett Smith, OUP
Living on Dharug land
- Reposted by Deirdre O’Connellbrass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
- Well, who saw that one coming? MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
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- I had the pleasure of reviewing The Last Tour, Ann Curthoys’s fascinating account of Paul and Eslanda Robeson’s Australian and NZ tour www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
- Read the September issue of Australian Book Review, available now. www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellQueensland’s deputy premier is now repealing laws in order to kill wind projects and prevent new ones, with the latest victim being the 1.2GW Forest Wind project.
- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellNYTimes: Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built - www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...
- Remembering the great David Stratton, who did so much to liberalise Australia's draconian censorship laws in the late 60s and early 70s. Here's a link to a Flashback I made for the #SFF where he recalls the battle over the Swedish film, I Love, You Love. youtu.be/6otcpod1Ah8?...
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellGot damn
- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellResearchers in Darwin added First Nations seasonal calendars to solar irradiance forecasting and came up with some vastly improved results.
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellThe science behind Texas’ catastrophic floods | Grist grist.org/climate/the-...
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellWatt’s North West Shelf approval exposes the deeper dysfunction at the heart of Australian environmental governance: where the laws are weak, the incentives perverse, and real power lies with the fossil fuel lobby
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellThey say it can’t be done, but here we are, California is generated 106% of California’s entire state electricity demand from renewables. California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world. Let that sink in. #energysky #greensky
- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellIn ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/c...
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellGideon's Chariots invasion is wiping Gaza inch by inch. No arrests, no injuries—just mass executions of youth aged 14-50. Air, land, and sea attacks to erase every tunnel, every soul. We are human too. Save Gaza. Mercy for Gaza. #ProtectUs #Humanity 🇵🇸
- The insanity of it all. It's like up is down. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellBREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands. It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
- Reposted by Deirdre O’Connell❤️🩹Poignant poem from Serge Bakor Lambey, our water and sanitation supervisor in a transit camp in eastern Chad. His inspiration for writing? His humanitarian work. Serge and his team provide clean drinking water & maintain sanitation facilities for refugees. #NationalPoetryMonth #TalkAboutSudan
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’ConnellThis is high art
- Love this collection of Irish folklore gathered by school children in the 1930s. My grandfather is in there. He was a teacher at a village school. And so much rich detail about my mother’s hamlet in Co Mayo. www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/volu...
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- Reposted by Deirdre O’Connell‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels. Just remember: Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
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