NOW can we stop talking about space colony bullshit please?

Deirdre O'Shaughnessy@deshocks.bsky.social · 5h ago

Twice as many deaths as the Holocaust.

Twice as many deaths as the Holocaust.

Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · 10h ago

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

At the outset of every energy revolution, some argue it's impossible—the steam engine, electricity, and the internet are prime examples. The emergence of solar-powered railways reminds us that the speed of technological progress often exceeds the imagination of traditional interest groups

Caroleeena@caroleeena.bsky.social · 4d ago

Italy could be the next country to build a solar railway after Switzerland’s successful trial. I feel we are on the cusp of breaking free from fossil fuels...even though predatory capitalist are trying to hold us back. www.euronews.com/2026/07/05/i...

Totally would want that on my gravestone.

David Grimm@david-grimm.bsky.social · 18h ago

The shattered bones of a 700-year old Scotsman may represent the world's first known victim of a trebuchet. Really cool story from @andrewcurry.com for @science.org

I'm going to go ahead and predict that there will be at least one headline in the coming says along the lines of: "Man blinded because ChatGPT said it would be safe to watch Eclipse through old timey magnifying glass."

Puzzled by people who want to be readers but don't like reading. But there do seem to be many people who see novels (and films) solely as plot-delivery mechanisms and everything else as extraneous. Buddy, a lot of novels don't even HAVE plots

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23h ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

Victim blaming in rape trials: Why are women still facing questions about their clothing? www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Victim blaming in rape trials: Why are women still facing questions about their clothing?

Ann Murphy discusses the backlash over victim blaming in court and the lack of a Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in Limerick

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Restaurants, cafes. Fuck off with your 12.5 and 4.5 prices. Use pound signs and two decimal places.

Definitely Idaho Cafe’s cheesy potato bake, the definition of comfort food. Also their porridge - with pouring cream and brown sugar, so simple but so luxurious.

Chloe N. Clark@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · last yr.

I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again

Tomorrow's episode of the podcast, by the way - you can subscribe here to get it when it drops podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast

News Podcast · Updated weekly · Looking for a deeper understanding of the stories that matter? The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast takes you inside the best Irish Examiner reporting — from Cork courts to global affairs and powerful pe…

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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy@deshocks.bsky.social · 2d ago

Time to go and rage cook after talking to my colleague Ann Murphy about the Patrick Faulkner rape case - a 15 year old's outfit choices questioned by the defence barrister in a case where *she couldn't have consented anyway* because she was too young

Time to go and rage cook after talking to my colleague Ann Murphy about the Patrick Faulkner rape case - a 15 year old's outfit choices questioned by the defence barrister in a case where *she couldn't have consented anyway* because she was too young

West Cork is so many different places

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d ago

Schull is the most aggressively Dublin-coded place I've ever been, including Dublin. #speirgorm

Freelance Forum Autumn 2026. Monday 19 October Pearse Street, Dublin 2 For freelance journalists, students, photo+videographers, PR. Full details to book your place: dublinfreelance.org/freelance-forum-autumn-2026/

College kids defacing a McDonalds during a climate change rally lead to calls to call in the tanks, whereas coke-head wife beaters trying to burn refugees alive get sorrowful expressions of sympathy for their "legitimate underlying concerns" and "lads with strong feelings, what can you do?" shrug.

The great Jess Kav on the soul-searching (or lack thereof) in the Irish music scene over the last week or so

Angel At The Table

The thicket of un-grooming and the Irish music industry

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My entire life - ever since I was like seven years old - I'd been told that I was childish and naive because my solution to homelessness was 'give people homes' and my solution to poverty was 'give people money' Decades later, dozens of studies international prove me right but it's still 'childish'

Neilly from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her)@neillyleftistcook.bsky.social · 3d ago

People seem to understand that it is epistemic vandalism to associate childishness with egalitarian ideals - wealth tax, living wage, housing for all etc - but can't quite seem to get it that it is also epistemic vandalism to see childishness, and children, as bad things in the first place.

Nancy’s husband took his own life while on suicide watch in CUH during a psychotic episode - he had no history of mental illness before that. Her attitude to her life without him took me by surprise. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

Nancy Reilly speaks out about husband Mark Reilly's tragic death by suicide at CUH and the HSE apology she received

Podcast Episode · The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · 7 August · 34min

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In the Cairngorms - by Kathleen Jamie (observer.co.uk/culture/book...)

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Scottish Government will provide a £3 million funding package to support businesses impacted by a major wildfire incident in the Cairngorms 👇

Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38...

Jeez this thread is a rollercoaster

The Bee Guy@thebeeguy.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mornin’ folks. Notice #bumblebees asleep on #flowers recently? Want to know what’s going on with them? Well here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining the bumblebee flower-sleeping phenomenon. Please #repost / #share so more people are more informed. Thank you. #bees #nature #education 1/16

Kinda tells you everything doesn’t it

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is the $300M mega yacht owned by billionaire Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg that didn't answer a distress call from a much smaller cruise ship that ran out of fuel in Alaska this week. Photo Credit: Arno Lippert.

Ah yes, as Irish government cuts the “green crap” and does the bidding of mega-polluters, water temperatures in Mediterranean Sea top 33°C. Europe is edging ever closer to the brink of #climate collapse, yet still we whistle nonchalantly past our collective graveyard.

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Mediterranean Sea is hotter than the Gulf! At 91.4°F the Mediterranean just hit its highest water temperature ever measured 33.02°C! That’s hotter than anywhere in the US or Mexican #Gulf now, including off #Florida. 1/

Im feeding silage on land we keep young animals on for the first time in summer in 35 years. I've been feeding silage for 4 weeks now the cows We've lost pregnancies in cows due to May heat stress Nor is it just me recognizing it. This is yesterdays editorial in the oldest farming paper #speirgorm

Karlin Lillington@klillington.bsky.social · last wk.

Farmer who supplies hay to me and many others yesterday said his pastures have only dried grass and without rain very soon he will have to start feeding his hay supply to his sheep, in an Irish summer -- something he has never had to in his farming life

These businesses have known for years that a ban on single use plastic was inevitable. Instead of adapting, they lobby. (No surprise to see two fossil fuel companies lobbying to keep plastic lined cups 😏)

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 4d ago

A coalition of service stations, fast food restaurants, café chains and shops is lobbying hard against the latest government plans for a tax on disposable cups. Applegreen, Bewley's, Butlers Chocolates, McDonald's, Insomnia and Maxol are among firms pushing against a 'latte levy'. jrnl.ie/7121909

Nancy Reilly is deeply critical of the systems failures that led to Mark's death, identifying a number of issues including the lack of a consultant psychiatrist on duty during St Patrick's weekend www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Nancy Reilly on her husband Mark's tragic death by suicide at CUH, and HSE apology

Nancy Reilly is deeply critical of the systems failures that led to Mark's death, identifying a number of issues including the lack of a consultant psychiatrist on duty during St Patrick's weekend

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Incredible story in the letters pages today www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...

Letters to the Editor: We fought Church, State, and my own mother to keep our son. We won

A reader tells how she was forced into Bessborough mother and baby home in 1984, and how she and 'the love of her life' battled to keep their son, and went on to build their family together

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Nora Flaherty was in Bessborough at the same time as Cindi Bonny - here’s her response to her piece www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Church and State tried to silence us, but Gen-X women had new tools

For survivors of Bessborough, Cindi Bonny's article was both mirror and megaphone, confirmation that what we lived through was real and an invitation to keep speaking, writes Nóra Flaherty

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Christy Moore (deep breath): Aaaaand if you're going to do it don't you do it against the wall

Fortunado, bulling for a shite: "Montresor! For the love of God!" Montresor, bricking up the toilet: "Yes! For the love of God!"

Edgar Allen Poo?