a good morning greeting card with two hands making a heart shape with the sun behind them ALT: a good morning greeting card with two hands making a heart shape with the sun behind them

On this Earth Day, imagine a world without Palantir, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft.

In a nutshell. 😊

I think most people would prefer this. #Science

Affordable housing or car parks? The government have dictated that we zone more land for housing.

Do we zone land for private developers into the green belt or council land that can deliver affordable housing just minutes walk from jobs, Luas and amenities?
#housing #sandyford #planning

Given the Agri opposition to #Mercosur can we all take a moment to reflect on CSO data?
Ireland imports 78% of its total energy use as fuel.
We then burn it.
We are literally burning €1.6+m per HOUR in imports whilst sitting on Europe's largest wind resource (offshore). #speirgorm #fuelprotest

We should not have over 160,000 vacant homes when over 17,000 people go without a home
Its criminal
Wouldn't it be brilliant if people went on the streets, roads in their numbers to end this injustice
We live with Dóchas 🙏

ffud.art/ Meryl Streek #DerelictIreland, Cork City

#speirghorm

If we want the gardai to clear the blockades at the refineries, we’re going to have to do the unthinkable: gently drape a Palestinian flag over one of the trucks

Holy crap 😲

i can’t believe we have a Dublin Riots: Rural Expansion Pack in 2026

What a f*cking waste of lives and money. 😠

Both parties talk about draining the swamp. Here's what it actually looks like.

Ban stock trading. Overturn Citizens United. Close the revolving door. Term limits. Release the Epstein files. No corporate PAC money. Ever.

This is my Drain the Swamp plan. Read it: osbornforsenate.com/fairnessplan

No spoilers!🫣

This Is What Happens When the Gas Runs Out

So this story is just going to pretend that the United States isn't doing this to Cuba right now huh

Journocide Targeting journalists and killing them with impunity isn't just a war crime, it's a warning of what comes next

NEW: It’s a journocide. Israel admits to targeting & killing three more journalists & making up false evidence.

Journalists in the west have a moral responsibility to speak up. The blowback from this impunity is coming next for us all.
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Let's focus on something we ALL agree on:

#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

My day? Green

Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies!
Incredible! Truly shocking!
It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶

This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪

Science: 2,978,547
🧠🪱: -785

EU court adviser casts doubt on Ireland’s nitrates derogation in water quality case High Court has sought EU opinion on Government’s duty regarding protections from farm pollution

"The Republic needs tighter controls on farm pollution of rivers and lakes, the legal adviser to the European Court of Justice has indicated"

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

WATCH: “My job is to plant the seed. I hope they heard me.”

We talked to TN House Chaplain of the Day Michael Dyson and Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social, who invited him, after his 🔥 message today — a truth bomb that sent some Republicans running for the exits: www.instagram.com/reel/DWXLNMl...

This to me is the real tragedy. HP books were a source of solace and delight for many kids who self-identified as misfits.

Trans rights decisions basically don't affect me personally at all. I don't know any trans people and I'm not trans. However, this is the same for a multitude of issues: I don't have kids and I support free childcare and taxes funding education. I'm not vegan but I oppose cruelty to animals. I don't

🫧 Smoke trapped in a bubble on water: surface tension, soap film physics and fluid mechanics in action

Nice but it's Katherine Goble Johnson please. FFS!

I would heartily support any attempt to limit the amount or types ads we see and hear daily. In my experience they amplify the enshittification of well * waves arms* EVERYTHING!

Black-and-white studio portrait photograph of Xie Xide (谢希德, 1921–2000), the pioneering Chinese physicist, educator, and former president of Fudan University. Captured in her younger years (likely 1940s–1950s, during or shortly after her time in the U.S. for graduate studies). She has a gentle, warm smile and bright, engaging eyes conveying intelligence, warmth, and quiet determination. Her dark hair is pulled back and neatly styled. She is wearing a dark top without discernible detail. The studio lighting highlights the delicate features of her face against a neutral gray background. This early portrait captures Xie during the formative phase of her career as a trailblazing woman in physics—earning her PhD at MIT (1951), returning to China in 1952, and later becoming a foundational figure in semiconductor and solid-state physics research, co-authoring China's first textbook on semiconductors, and leading Fudan University as its first female president (1983–1989).

A warm, intimate black-and-white photograph of Xie Xide (谢希德, 1921–2000), the pioneering Chinese physicist, educator, and former president of Fudan University, captured in her later years (likely 1980s or early 1990s). She sits at a wooden desk or table in what appears to be an academic office or study, smiling with a kind, wise, and approachable expression—eyes bright conveying warmth, intellectual depth, and quiet pride. Her short, neatly styled dark/graying hair frames her face, and she wears a dark turtleneck sweater or blouse under a structured jacket, with a small brooch or pin at the collar. In front of her, there is a ball-and-stick lattice structure. Xie during her distinguished career—after earning her PhD at MIT (1951), returning to China, co-authoring the nation's first semiconductor physics textbook, overcoming immense challenges during the Cultural Revolution, and becoming the first woman to serve as president of a major Chinese university (Fudan, 1983–1989)—highlighting her as a foundational figure in Chinese physics and a trailblazer for women in STEM.

China's "Mother of Semiconductors" physicist Dr. Xie Xide is a founder of semiconductor physics & surface physics research in China.

As a teen she battled bone TB & went on to earn her PhD in theoretical #physics at MIT in 1951. She was born #OTD in 1921.

#WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth (1/2)

Time for us to wean ourselves off Google

Finn had always struck me as the irish equivalent of Megan McArdle. ( Columnist with the Washington Post).