✨The JBI Scoping Review chapter has been updated!!✨ Love the additional guidance on team composition and project management! #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis jbi-global-wiki.refined.site/space/MANUAL...

10. Scoping reviews

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Green caterpillar crossed my path yesterday. Approx 4 cm, green tail spike with orange tip - hawkmoth? White dots all over, with a line of red dots and a pale stripe along the side. Didn't seem to have diagonal stripes. Not on vegetation. #MothID

For #WildflowerHour #Seedheads, the first of the Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus) seedheads are coming out in Co. Kildare. Do #TráthNaMBláth, tá na ceann síolta ón bhFeileastraim le feiceáil anois I Co Chill Dara

Belated #WildflowerHour #Seedheads pic, Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) in seed (with a little crab spider visitor hiding in plain sight), Co. Kildare. Táim déanach do #TráthNaMBláth ach seo ceann síolta an BhodachGliogair, le damhán portáin blátha, Co Chill Dara.

📄 NEW REPORT: Did tech companies act to protect Ireland's 2025 election? Overall, our evidence shows that responses were slow, inconsistent, and deeply uneven across platforms, with only 13 of 85 electoral disinformation cases addressed. Full report available 👇 edmohub.ie/index.php/ne...

New report examines if tech companies acted to protect Ireland's 2025 presidential election

EDMO Ireland has published the report Are Tech Companies Meeting Obligations to Protect Democratic Elections? Evidence from Ireland’s Presidential Election, authored by Aidan O'Brien and Dr Eileen Cul...

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New Gist: Ireland's Biometric Laundromat Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. Jim O'Callaghan's Irish 'biometric analysis' wheeze has gone international. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ire...

The Gist: Ireland's Biometric Laundromat

Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. This is the Gist.

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The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks

Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse thewalrus.ca/google-searc...

Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse | The Walrus

As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

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Podcast: [The Data Fix] Fiction, with Teresa Heffernan @melhogan.bsky.social @teresaheffernan.bsky.social This episode covers the role of fiction -- literal readings and total misreadings of sci-fi -- in how they shape tech CEOs ideas about the future... podcastaddict.com/the-data-fix... June 2026

The Data Fix - Fiction, with Teresa Heffernan

Listen to The Data Fix - Fiction, with Teresa Heffernan by Mél Hogan on Podcast Addict. This episode covers the role of fiction -- literal readings and total misreadings of sci-fi -- in how they shape...

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*Job Vacancy* The Irish Peatland Conservation Council are now accepting applications for the position of Conservation and Education Officer. Full details can be found by visiting www.ipcc.ie. Deadline for applications 21st August 2026.

Final call for conference registration! The deadline is tomorrow (Wednesday Aug 5) at noon. After that time, the conference page will be password protected. If you're registered, you'll get the password via email. Register on the conference page! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference

Kildare County Council was delighted to welcome Minister Martin Heydon T.D. and Minister Jerry Buttimer T.D. to Newbridge to mark the beginning of the construction phase of the new Newbridge Library, County Archives, Local Studies and Cultural Centre.

A new report, 'Strengthening Europe through public libraries', published by the European Commission argues that their role has expanded far beyond these traditional library services. www.socialjustice.ie/article/publ...

Public Libraries are vital: New EU Report Calls for Stronger Recognition and Investment Posted on Mon, 03/08/2026 by @socialjusticeire.bsky.social www.socialjustice.ie/article/publ...

Public Libraries are vital: New EU Report Calls for Stronger Recognition and Investment | Social Justice Ireland

Public libraries are generally seen as simply a place for borrowing books and a quiet place to read the newspapers. A new report, 'Strengthening…

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Every #WorldEnvironmentDay, the Global Footprint Network announces Earth Overshoot Day date for the current year. In 2026 it falls on July 30, meaning humanity will have used all the biological resources that Earth can regenerate in a year by that date. Read more www.socialjustice.ie/article/how-...

How Many Earths Do We Need? Earth Overshoot Day 2026 | Social Justice Ireland

Earth Overshoot Day marks the point in the year when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what the Earth's ecosystems…

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B'fhearr liom ealaíon briste ná IS cliste.

[Tech Won't Save Us] Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI w/ Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina @flexlibris.bsky.social podcastaddict.com/tech-won-t-s... www.librariesforthepeople.org libraryfreedom.org @techwontsave.us #libraries

Red-tailed bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius - Bumbóg earr-rua ( male) on knapweed - mínscoth - Centaurea nigra

Alt suimiúil san @irishtimes.com inniu faoin tábhacht a bhaineann lenár bhfálta sceach, & cosaint dhlíthiúil leis an dréacht-Bhille um Fhálta, ó @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/... #Nádúr #Nature #Hedgerows

Looking after our hedgerows will look after our farms, nature and climate

Older farmers tell of regrets at being encouraged to remove hedgerows under misguided policies

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This is very well done, I think: leidendeclaration.ai A few choice quotes, that should be of interest well beyond mathematics: >>

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

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Report: "Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion #Copyright Settlement to #Authors, #Publishers" (via @courthousenews.bsky.social) courthousenews.com/anthropic-to... #lawsuits #legal

Wishing all the medical librarians from around the world who have come together in Glasgow a wonderful Conference, making a lasting, positive legacy for the future of the profession. May you Flourish - and have fun. @CILIPHLG #ICML2026 www.hlg-conference.com

Well done to HSLG committee members Jean McMahon and Niamh Lucey who presented at the 14th International Congress on Medical Librarianship in Glasgow earlier today👏 #ICML2026 #MedLibs

✨#45 of #85ThingsAboutDIAS Irish Script on Screen Established by DIAS in 1999, the Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) is the world's largest digital repository of Irish manuscripts, with more than 450 manuscripts digitised. @scs-dias.bsky.social #IrishScriptonScreen #DIASdiscovers

A reminder that the vast, vast majority of data centres are located in the most water stressed area of Ireland- the Greater Dublin Area. We do not currently know how much water these data centres are using. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...

Six-week hosepipe ban amid 'exceptionally' dry weather

Uisce Éireann has issued a six-week hosepipe ban for six areas around the country to protect water supplies.

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A thoughtful response to the "just give up on the MLS" nonsense from a few weeks ago 📚 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Librarianship Should Resist Credential Erosion (opinion)

We should resist calls for credential erosion. If anything, the need for a foundational M.L.S. has only grown in this era of information abundance.

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Musicians, songwriters & composers seek support for AI copyright bill 14.07.2026 Evelyn O'Rourke www.rte.ie/news/2026/07... "Irish musicians, songwriters and composers will host a briefing session at Leinster House today to raise awareness of the impact of AI developments on their artistic careers"

Musicians, songwriters seek support for AI copyright bill

Irish musicians, songwriters and composers will host a briefing session at Leinster House today to raise awareness of the impact of AI developments on their artistic careers.

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I believe this might be Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense or Lus an tsagairt), not #AquaticPlants but spotted in the wood area around Ballinafagh Lake fen in Co Kildare, so kind of aquatic-adjacent! #WildflowerHour

📢 Applications are open for the National Library of Ireland’s 2026–2027 Studentships! ⭐ Library ⭐ Archival ⭐ Research A great opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop your career. Learn more, and apply by 3pm, 17 July 2026: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

There's a lovely memorial article by Richard Nairn & Míchéal Ó Briain in the summer Wings (117) by @birdwatchireland.bsky.social in memory of Hugh Brazier, member of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy & expert bird ringer, who'd also been a librarian at TCD, UCD & RCSI. Go raibh suaimhneas síoraí aige