John Gibbons 🇵🇸 (@think_or

John Gibbons 🇵🇸

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸

@think_or_swim

Journalist & author based in Dublin. ThinkOrSwim.ie. THE LIE OF THE LAND is publishing on 4th of Sept by @PenguinIEBooks linktr.ee/lieoftheland

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Joined November 2010

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jun 10, 2025
Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @PenguinIEBooks. It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jul 24, 2023
Not to be alarmist but…this is what’s called a six-sigma event, now unfolding in Antarctica. Otherwise known as a once-in-7.5-million-year event. Hang onto your hats. HT @EliotJacobson
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jul 21, 2023
With more and more of those incredibly annoying @JustStop_Oil #climate protesters being locked up, as you can see, the traffic is now flowing freely
Disaster News
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Disaster News
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jun 21, 2023
This is absolutely bananas. There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable. But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages? Nope.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Aug 5, 2023
Shocking to witness how pedestrianisation and the #waroncars has ripped the heart out of once-thriving Edinburgh
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Dec 5, 2022
With governments cracking down on & criminalising #climate protests aimed at disrupting motorways, we can soon expect to see traffic, ahem, flowing freely
Xavier García 随风
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Xavier García 随风
John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Sep 15, 2022
Thank you, Twitter, this is the best thing I’ve seen in a long, long time. (BBC coverage of North Korean funeral overlaid on QE2 footage)
Bay Area People’s Republic 🚩☭
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Bay Area People’s Republic 🚩☭
John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Oct 15, 2021
Quite simply - astonishing. There’s no other word for it. Almost beyond belief.
Mike Hudema
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Mike Hudema
John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Dec 20, 2022
As perfect a metaphor for our divided & unequal world as you are likely to see.
HOW THINGS WORK
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HOW THINGS WORK
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Aug 20, 2022
We were warned that mega droughts could cause rivers to run dry by mid-century. Well, it’s happening right now, from 66 disappeared rivers in China to Germany & US mid-west We’re in a #ClimateEmergency, despite our efforts to pretend otherwise
NowThis Impact
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NowThis Impact
John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jul 25, 2023
OMFG. Turns out The Day After Tomorrow could possibly be the Year After Next? We're hanging by a thread from full-scale #climate collapse that will be far, far worse than even our direst imaginings.
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
From theguardian.com
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Nov 7, 2024
If you look very, very closely, you may detect just the slightest hint of a trend.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jul 6, 2023
So you think peaceful protestors begging for action on #ClimateEmergency are annoying? Wait till what hit Zaragoza in northern Spain today, arrives on our doorstep And yesterday, “Code Red” summer storm killed 2 in Amsterdam, shut down airport, trains
raul abusada perez
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raul abusada perez
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
Jan 7, 2024
“We’ll be looking at what we can do to maximise the protection of children” says Anthony Blinken May be out in a limb here, but perhaps NOT arming a genocidal state with 2,000-pound bombs to massacre civilians would be a good place for US to start?
Secretary Antony Blinken
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Secretary Antony Blinken
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