Independent writer + photographer. I write about what is, and what is possible, with a focus on migration + climate and, from time to time, politics.https://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mvascciajs2tSome thoughts from me, plus some writing from the archive on this the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Today, I hold all of those who lost loved ones on 9/11, and in the days and months and, years, since, close to my heart. 🕊️💔 https://substack.com/@lucycarrigan/note/c-334543433?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=cbyyq11 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvascciajs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mu3vt7ckgk2nUnderstandably the wildfires in France + Spain got much more attention than the wildfires in Ireland, but, in Ireland, this summer, there were wildfires, one which burned the mountain close to my childhood home. Ireland now faces a reckoning. #Biodiversity https://lucycarrigan.substack.com/p/a-mountain-burns?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web27 Aug 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3vt7ckgk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mu3qxwm7622bThank you for sharing. Much appreciated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3qxwm7622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mr67plno2s2b“We can stop the warming.” An interview with Climate Scientist, Jennifer Francis. The latest from me. I’m so, so sorry is not going to cut it. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/to-oxford-on-a-hot-day?r=cbyyq&utm_medium=ios21 Jul 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr67plno2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mr67jri2j22bShort term gain for long term pain We cannot afford this. And our kids can’t afford this. Don’t do it Andy. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c935yx2z9d4o21 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr67jri2j22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mqr7dw5k3c2hAn irresponsible omission. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr7dw5k3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mqr6zcglxk2aTake a guess. How many times were "fossil fuels" mentioned in this incredibly sobering article about the UK's dramatically changed weather patterns? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c802041g4v8o16 Jul 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr6zcglxk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mq2pign2is2hA swift note as we head into heatwave number 3 here in the UK in as many months. https://substack.com/@lucycarrigan/note/c-289820621?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=cbyyq07 Jul 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2pign2is2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mmqr427q6s26“Why are we building this thing, and who is it for, and how do we make it work for our flourishing?” Good question. Chapeau to Pope Leo. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/26nat-pope-leo-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share26 May 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqr427q6s26https://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mjr3jpyofs2qA piece about a week of opposites. The love, kindness, compassion of four humans in space, for each other and for our remarkable planet, juxtaposed against the frenzy created by a president who announced he was going to destroy an entire civilization in one night. With a little bit of Bowie. 🎶 https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/what-the-world-is-about?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web18 Apr 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjr3jpyofs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mgzxrkjvik2iA piece with many layers. The [diminishing] right to protest in the UK, the future of jury trials, the little know but important legal principle of jury equity, and of course, the health crisis that is the climate crisis. This is a #longread, so, settle in! https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/sweet-air-of-courage?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web14 Mar 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzxrkjvik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mgnvn4ohtk2aI agree. British Lawmaker Wants King Charles to Cancel His U.S. Trip Over Iran War https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/world/europe/king-charles-iran-war-uk-us-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share09 Mar 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnvn4ohtk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3meyzsnmnik2iThis is good news. The jury voted their conscience. They understood what *is* at stake and, despite the narrowness of the charges - did these 6 medics break the glass at JP Morgan and did they intend to break the glass - they returned a unanimous not guilty verdict. Justice. 🌍🌳🙏🏻 End fossil fuels. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyzsnmnik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mdnjfjvnj223A short piece from me on Specimen.Press about the murder of Renée Good. Renée Nicole Macklin Good - Trump’s Spin Machine Malfunctions https://www.specimen.press/dossier/renee-nicole-macklin-good-trumps-spin-machine-malfunctions/?art=10137 This piece is an accompaniment to Renée Good’s award winning poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” also live on the site.30 Jan 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnjfjvnj223https://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mdnj4c45ys23A piece I released last week - after the murder of Renée Good and before the murder of Alex Pretti. Which makes it even more urgent. It's time. No matter what your politics. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/time-to-take-the-sign-out-of-the?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web30 Jan 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnj4c45ys23https://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3mc2oql2j3s2eTrump's Propaganda Machine is spinning wildly now, as more footage emerges about what happened on that snow covered street in Minneapolis, and what did not. My piece on Trump's insidious lying machine is now live on Substack. You can read - and subscribe - here. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/minneapolis-minnesota?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web10 Jan 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc2oql2j3s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3m6id2mwjjk2fBravo to Tatiana Schlossberg for writing this heartbreaking piece and for the message inherent in it. Sending love to her and her family. And to the US health secretary, her cousin, RFK jr, maybe Tatiana’s story is the story that will move you. I hope.25 Nov 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6id2mwjjk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3m52icpqvhs2fIt's been quite a week in US Politics. This for you my celebration of Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City and some thinking too on how the Dems can learn from his campaign. Turn the Volume Up. #ZohranMamdani https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/turn-the-volume-up?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false07 Nov 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52icpqvhs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3m3n4gc6pnc25How do we hold our leaders to account if we don’t challenge them? Sharing with you this Monday a piece that dissects the art of the interview: how a politician gets their message out, and how a reporter can and should challenge them. #NoKings https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/jd-vance-does-the-sunday-shows?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false20 Oct 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3n4gc6pnc25https://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3m2jlzhnlz22oOver the next few months, I am researching/writing stories about those who push back against a “post-truth” world - from all political persuasions & none. This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/violence-against-the-truth?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false06 Oct 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jlzhnlz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3lyqncu3fr22kNext time someone starts going on about asylum seekers living in four star hotels please suggest they read this revealing piece from @financialtimes.com @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social 🙏🏻🙏🏻 for this reporting on.ft.com/46B1bhO https://on.ft.com/46B1bhO13 Sep 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqncu3fr22khttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3lwookngq422qThere is no question. In Trump's America, the Resistance is Us. This, the Epilogue of "Arizona. 10 Days in April," my reporting on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/arizona-10-days-in-april-a3d?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false18 Aug 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwookngq422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3lwhhgri4sc2zHow do we come back from this? Seriously. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhhgri4sc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3lvavzhc3sc2fCollateral damage. Is there a more callous expression to describe people? With lives and loves and futures … Blown away by an Israeli bomb. A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/middleeast/gaza-cafe-strike.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare31 Jul 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvavzhc3sc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3luzkgfjlzs2vI write about what is, and what is possible. In these times of great terror + cruelty for immigrants + their families in the US, this is a story about what is. The final chapter in my "Arizona. 10 Days in April," series, this is Chapter 10. The Community Garden. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/arizona-10-days-in-april-577?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false28 Jul 2025 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3luzkgfjlzs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3lukjjhuwac2aIt is a particular anguish to hear an emaciated child, shoulder blades sharp and angular, tell a doctor that all he wants to eat are grapes + mangoes. Shame on our leaders who allow this starvation to happen. Netanyahu has to go. Arms Embargo Now. #ceasefirenow @zeteo.com https://zeteo.com/s/gaza-doctors-under-attack22 Jul 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukjjhuwac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3luia7qcpj22fTrump's migration policies didn't happen out of nowhere. They've been building for years, cruel layer upon layer. And who benefits? Not local communities, that's for sure. My conversation with The Academic connects at least some of the dots. Chapter 9 in my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/arizona-10-days-in-april-bb3?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false21 Jul 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3luia7qcpj22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3lui7xclzuk2bMuch that is cruel happening right now in the U.S., and so I give you The Child Advocate, the absolute antithesis of cruel, a woman with love at her core, and the rights and safety of immigrant children in her heart. Chapter 9 from my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April. Subscribe to stay up to date. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucycarrigan/p/arizona-10-days-in-april-99a?r=cbyyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false21 Jul 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lui7xclzuk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucycarrigan.bsky.social/post/3luhwdvdmh22qCan I just say, Kudos. I do love the way in which @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social communicates. @democrats.org, take note. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:aai4o2owavro5ppunkujvn6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhwdvdmh22q