Citizen well-being and housing versus climate change: tinyurl.com/4d3tvfhz
One in 10 Irish homes are now at risk of overheating
Irish houses have not been designed to stay cool during hot summers.
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Marcos Dias
@marcospdias.bsky.social
Assistant Professor - DCU School of Communications / Chair - ECREA Media, Cities and Space section / Author: The Machinic City: Média, Performance and Participation (Manchester University Press): https://tinyurl.com/3ce2xkrv
The govt is starting to draft its next plan for our rivers, lakes & coasts. They want you to send them any issues & challenges you have. Please send these to WAUConsultation@housing.gov.ie. The deadline is tomorrow. Here are our key recommendations to help: swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...
We are #hiring a PhD Student Researcher! Anyone interested can check the link to the #job post. #PhD #Scholarship #Interdisciplinary #EnergyJustice #CitizenScience #SocialHousing #DCU www.dcu.ie/sites/defaul...
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The SHINE Project@shineprojectie.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe're #hiring a fully funded PhD student researcher for our @seai-ie.bsky.social funded project, a 4-year collab between the Schools of Law & Government + Electronic Engineering at @dublincityuni.bsky.social. You’ll get €25,000/year stipend & fees. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.dcu.ie/sites/defaul...
Manna are getting quite the reaction in Cork city… maybe choosing Blackrock (with its well heeled residents and many many legal professionals) wasn’t the smartest… www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
‘Lab rats are biting back’: Cork City residents gather to oppose Manna Drone Deliveries
The meeting heard a claim that the people of Blackrock and the surrounding areas
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This rare cloud-free image of Ireland, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 29 April 2026, provides an exceptional view of the island, revealing its surface in full spring detail. eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
A good account of the complex issues regarding the use of AI smart glasses in public space: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep
Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?
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A History of Philosophy in 81 Video Lectures: A Free Course That Explores Philosophy from Ancient Greece to Modern Times
A History of Philosophy in 81 Video Lectures: A Free Course That Explores Philosophy from Ancient Greece to Modern Times
Above, you can watch 81 video lectures tracing the history of philosophy, moving from Ancient Greece to modern times. Arthur Holmes presented this influential course at Wheaton College for decades, an...
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In case it isn't obvious, they're not proposing anything new except for the eradication of teachers and the implementation of robot slaves. You can already be taught classical studies from teachers. You can already access the complete works of Plato in books or for free on the internet.
Melania and the Robot
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Before you strap a dashcam to your face and sprint out into the world filming everything and everyone in your life, there are some civil liberties and privacy concerns to consider. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans
Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and more—a thing. But in the past year,
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Some pressures do differ, but common issues found in Queens Uni 2024 Lough Neagh research and EPA 2025 report on Lady's Island Lake: 'Society must address conflict between the overuse of nutrients such as nitrogen & the impact this is having on our water resources' www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews...
Queen's research details the public health risks of Lough Neagh harmful algal blooms
Much of the foul-smelling, so-called algal mats banked up around the shore of Lough Neagh consist of bacteria primarily associated with faeces from livestock or human-effluent.
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Great article about how being immersed in water makes us care even more about tackling water pollution (and the importance of designated bathing waters).
Paul Price@swimsure.bsky.social · 5mo ago"To swim with the trouble of pollution is to immerse yourself in the relationship between human and ecological health – to feel it on your skin, to carry it home with you and to refuse to look away." theconversation.com/why-we-keep-...
An Taisce seeks judicial review of 6th Nitrates Action Programme "we cannot ignore the necessity to protect 2 of the essential ingredients for flourishing rural life & agriculture - clean water & uncontaminated soil" "which must be preserved for future generations" www.antaisce.org/news/water-q...
Water quality worsening: An Taisce seeks judicial review of the sixth Nitrates Action Programme
An Taisce — the National Trust for Ireland has filed an application to the High Court seeking judicial review of the sixth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP), adopted by the Minister for Housing, Heritag...
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Susan Schulten on the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/emma-willard-maps-of-time #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
📢 Registration for the 11th European Communication Conference (#ECC2026) is now open! Abstract notifications will follow soon. Join communication scholars from across Europe and beyond for four days of research exchange, discussion, and networking in Brno.
ECC 2026 | 11th European Communication Conference | ECC 2026 - Paths Connections and Future
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This is a huge advance in the standard of wastewater treatment in Ireland and stands in stark contrast to the half measures from agriculture, which is a much bigger source of pollution in our waterways www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
€550m Dublin wastewater treatment plant upgrade complete
Uisce Éireann has announced the completion of a €550 million upgrade of the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dublin.
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StudentSurvey.ie is inviting DCU first and final year undergraduates and taught postgraduates to take part in studentsurvey.ie. Have your say & help us continue to improve the student experience in #HigherEd. Visit studentsurvey.ie and be in with a chance to win some great prizes.
FREE EBOOK! Cities Under Siege, Stephen Graham's powerful exposé of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life is available as a free download.
Cities Under Siege
Cities are the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centers of the West, Cities Under Siege traces the spread of political viol...
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This is brilliant - deeply disturbing but brilliant. "So Trump stood on stage with a motley crew, most of whom would probably fail the “know your customer” checks to open a US bank account. It was Mar-a-Lago meets a Most Wanted list. Soho House must be looking on in envy."
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News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 7mo agoFrom bored of peace to the board of peace ft.trib.al/exehe5A | opinion
An 1585 Recipe for Making Pancakes: Make It Your Saturday Morning Breakfast
An 1585 Recipe for Making Pancakes: Make It Your Saturday Morning Breakfast
Earlier this week, Colin Marshall highlighted a trove of 3,000 vintage cookbooks on Archive.org, many of which date back to the 19th century. Cookbooks, however, first arrived on the scene well befor...
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We are celebrating Day 2 of our 10th Anniversary by sharing a look back at the achievements and partnerships that shaped the DCU Water Institute’s first decade. 👉Read the full story here: www.dcu.ie/water/news/2... #DCUWaterInstitute10Years #WaterResearch #DCU #Impact
DCU Water Institute Celebrates a Decade of Discovery, Innovation and Impact | water
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As part of our 10th anniversary series, we’re highlighting researchers making real-world impact. Dr Marcos Dias is using digital media to help communities make safer choices around bathing waters. Full spotlight: www.dcu.ie/water/news/2... #DCUWaterInstitute10Years #RESTARTProject #DCU
Bridging Digital Innovation and Water Wellbeing: Spotlight on Dr Marcos Dias | water
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
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32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking
32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking
Do you know someone whose arguments consist of baldly specious reasoning, hopelessly confused categories, archipelagos of logical fallacies buttressed by seawalls of cognitive biases? Surely you do.
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We need this level of forward thinking, ambition and courage to improve Dublin: urban policies and interventions focused on citizen wellbeing with long term impact.
Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 8mo agoParis: Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. I said in this @washingtonpost.com piece that our city has developed “an urban policy based on well-being”. ❇️ PM 2,5 & NO2 levels have fallen 50% www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Last call for our Engaging Publics 2025 conference happening tomorrow (Tue, 25 Nov). A free and fully online one-day conference for academics of all levels: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
