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They could just keep it plugged into mains?

The footnote says Ireland is logged as GNI presumably to account for that.

A graph showing the connection between GDP and infrastructure in the EU. Ireland a massive outlier - one of the richest, with the worst infrastructure

This graph should be on the front of newspapers.

From Sinead O'Sullivan: www.butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap

President Zelenskyy:

❗️For the first time in the history of this war an enemy position was taken using only unmanned platforms - ground robotic complexes and drones.

Russian soldiers in the position surrendered into captivity.

Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.

He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.

The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

@cianginty.bsky.social

Stuff that exists solely due to cars is everywhere but very often unnoticed. Obvious stuff like traffic lights, cycle tracks, bollards, signs signs signs.

But also noise. When I walk, I often wear noise cancelling headphones to remove traffic noise.

So now we can add bicycle bells to the list.

Love it, thanks!

Thanks!

Reminded of the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation - if Earth was about 50% bigger, we wouldn't have been able to leave the planet. blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc...

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Alien Worlds on Netflix is great www.netflix.com/title/80221410

Photo from the Artemis lunar trip. Zoomed in shot of Earth. A very thin layer of atmosphere is visible.

Photo from the Artemis lunar trip. Shows Earth night side. A sliver of sunlight is visible through the atmosphere on one corner.

An AI generated image of Earth as a translucent empty sphere - like a very thin bubble sitting in space.

Earth's biosphere (100km of atmosphere, 4km of seas, a few metres of topsoil) is a very thin skin sandwiched between lots of dead rock and dead space - as clearly shown by #Artemis photos.

Environmental teaching should show our biosphere as a thin and fragile bubble rather than a robust solid.

It was an April Fools joke, which also initially got me

NASA and ESA logos

It's also just a far weaker logo design than the nasa one

Termon House Termon House, a former 18th century land agent's house in Maghery, near Dungloe, is located in the heart of the Gaeltacht area. Book your stay today.

Just stayed here for 5 nights and I hugely recommend!

I've now stayed in 7 Irish Landmark Trust properties - as you get to stay somewhere unusual, very memorable, spotlessly clean, and also support the future preservation of other buildings in Ireland.

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Taking the same 2 paras, it's tricky to convey that not all red light breaking is the same.

In the case of the bicycle, it resulted in a broken thumb. In the case of a car's momentum (mass x velocity) they're more likely to hear their bones being crushed, at best. www.thejournal.ie/courts-cycli...

When I drove, I thought only of where I was going and what was delaying me from getting there. Streets and buildings and people went past like a video, and then at the most unappealing points, the video paused. The digital clock on the dash advanced whether or not the car was moving, and I was nearly always late. But when I walk or cycle, I rarely think about where I am going or how long it will take to get there - because this, give or take a few minutes, will be as expected. I am calmer, and time takes on a different quality: my mind is free to wander, my eyes to look, my body to feel whatever it feels. This is not strictly speaking free time, because l am going somewhere, and yet it is.

It strikes me that the intrinsic qualities of walking and cycling come naturally to young children. They have no desire to divide the day into journeys and destinations. If I say to my sons, "We're late for jiu-jitsu!", they still slow their pace to run their hands over the softened spikes of Victorian railings, or pick up a pine cone. For them, life is one continuous experience, and adult attempts to carve it up into obligations and appointments are irrelevant. Whether walking, scooting or cycling, one of them will be five metres behind, the other five metres ahead. If there is anything interesting - a cat stretching on a shed roof, a naked figurine on a window ledge - they stop and stare. Neon crisp packets, stones, sticks - their impulse to physically connect with the world is uninhibited, and their curiosity

So much of the time I spend outdoors with my children is wasted thinking or talking about the danger of cars - something I rarely did when we were in them. The need to be vigilant around cars is a constant interruption to our experience of the environment in a city, and only when we find ourselves in the safest of off-road locations do I feel a reprieve. In this way, cars divide us from the environment, whether or not we are in them.

This piece by @joannamarsden.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com today is beautifully written and full of insights that I hadn't quite put into words for myself.

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Thanks Sam, I'm just hypersensitive to. Definitely got it right throughout the rest.

Screenshot which reads Motor vehicles are obviously the most dangerous red-light breakers, but they aren't the only ones. Three years ago, when one of her kids was five, she was knocked down by a cyclist, who was flying through a pedestrian crossing despite a red light.

@eoinglackin.bsky.social Good piece Eoin and infuriatingly slow progress captured very well.

Rather than inanimate motor vehicles versus human cyclists, I'd suggest paragraphs like this would be better as "Drivers are obviously the most dangerous red-light breakers, but they aren't the only ones."

Screenshot from article. Reads But if the community moved inland had access to a much more naturally beautiful coastal area that not only offers much nicer space for recreation, but also stores carbon, you know, does lots for biodiversity, she said.

@sunnibean.bsky.social Did she explain this further? I'm not sure I understand.

Are there any examples of robots/drones being used in the fight against invasive species?

Could be in combination with humans or could be autonomous.

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I've always thought Kildare Street and Merrion Street would be lovely pedestrianised streets. "The Museum Quarter." 😉

A quote by Rick Owens. It reads: "Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead."

The proliferation of this quote is so interesting to me. It's often posted by right wing chuds who use it to defend conventional aesthetic ideas — such as the importance of having a lean, athletic body — but they don't really understand Owens's work.

Let's talk about it. 🧵

Days since Cork were at it again. Replacing the 1 with a zero.

😜

National government has really failed us in Ireland when it comes to the topic of directly elected mayors, and of course delegating power to local government in general.

It would be amazing to feel we could vote for a specific vision or direction in Dublin.

It's often said that left wing in the U.S. is roughly the same as what would be considered right wing in Europe?

Agree with all this Eoin.

Laura, our school's hot meals are supplied by The Lunch Bag. It makes no sense that the free lunch couldn't include their standard cold options.

Cold could also include healthy salads.

I'm presuming your question is related to this @dublininquirer.com article today? bsky.app/profile/dubl...