Now make this continent-wide, @ec.europa.eu I'd say call your TD, but we all know they're not going to do zip to upset the techbros

Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · 5d ago

Germany to ban Meta’s Pervert Glasses? ​Hamburg’s Data Protection Office warns that recording people in public with smart glasses violates privacy laws. The tiny LED indicator light isn't prominent enough to prevent secret filming in public spaces. 1/2 www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

Do you despair about the almost total lack of political will to tackle climate and ecological breakdown? I know I do, often. But there IS hope, in the form of 'Coalitions of the Willing', ie nations prepared to step up and lead the way. This is already happening. youtube.com/shorts/LqBRM...

How 57 Countries Could End the Fossil Fuel Era

YouTube video by Michael Mezzatesta

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Today is the first Wednesday of the month so it is FREE ENTRY to many heritage sites around Ireland. How about a trip to visit the incredible megalithic cemetery of Carrowmore in County Sligo, with its newly upgraded visitor centre? #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #DiscoverIreland #IrelandTravel

Just popped in to say that the reason Conor McGr*gor is not being asked about being found civilly liable for the rape of Nikita Hand during his current PR/redemption tour is because not doing so is a pre-condition of getting an interview with him that "journalists" are accepting. 👍

Paris, the capital of France, has recorded more days above 40°C this week than during the 147-year period spanning from 1872 to 2019. Historic is an understatement.

Would you be able to tell if someone was drowning? It doesn't look like what we see on TV

Why drowning ‘is a deceptively quiet event’ and doesn’t look like what you see on TV, experts warn

Instead of waving their arms for attention, people in difficulty will often bob vertically or stare blankly, says expert

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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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The Major Oak has stood at the heart of Sherwood Forest for over a thousand years. This spring, it failed to come into leaf and experts now believe it has died. But its story isn’t over. Its ancient trunk & branches will continue to support life for years to come: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Demonstrations sometimes turn violent but if you’re turning up in a balaclava specifically to burn houses and throw paving stones at the police are you really a “demonstrator” or “protester” or are you something else?

Unionists in Belfast marching against foreigners. The irony. #Belfast

Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9

1. Wondering if you can do me a big favor. If you’re on IG, please follow my friend Dieudonne Dirole. Dieudonne is a freelance photojournalist in DR Congo. He lives in Ituri province, where the Ebola crisis began. He is putting his life on the line to document what is happening on the ground.

There has been great work done by the Irish football community to try to get the FAI not to play the Nations League fixtures against apartheid Israel. Momentum to #StopTheGame grows. FAI's General Assembly preparing motion to boycott Israel games www.the42.ie/fai-egm-isra...

FAI's General Assembly preparing motion to boycott Israel games

In a letter seen by The 42, members are asked to compel the governing body to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting.

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A lot of attention is paid to craft traditions in Western Europe and North America, such as handsewn Hermes leather goods and bespoke Savile Row suits. But the uneven focus leads some to believe that things made outside of these places are low quality. This is not true. 🧵

The head of the WHO has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is “outpacing us” and will “get worse before if gets better”. So far, 101 cases have been confirmed in DRC, with 10 confirmed deaths. jrnl.ie/7051210

WHO chief warns Ebola epidemic is ‘outpacing us’ and will ‘get worse before it gets better’

The WHO head warned that the ‘outbreak is spreading rapidly’.

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I can’t believe it’s not even June yet and we’re already looking at the very real possibility of France reaching +40°C later this week. Literally hundreds of May records have already been set. Truly unprecedented to witness this level of heat so early in the year.

Dr. Fauci came to Stanford for Medicine grand rounds and shared a few reflections I thought were worth passing on: The first was about Operation Warp Speed and the current state of the NIH. As you’ll recall the first mRNA vax was developed at record speed. Fauci atttributes that success to 4 factors

Can we talk about Cuba?

Truthdig@truthdig.com · 2mo ago

Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.

As someone who nearly drowned in a swimming pool as a child, I’d encourage everyone to read this.

Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Speaking to the press in Irish, President Connolly said she was 'very proud' of her sister but added this evening 'I am worried about her.' 'In relation to my sister, it is very upsetting, I am very worried about her, and I am also very concerned about her colleagues on board,' she said

‘I’m worried about her’ – President Connolly responds after Israeli forces seize her sister on Gaza aid flotilla

President Catherine Connolly has responded after her sister was reportedly seized by Israeli forces as they swooped for a second time in weeks on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza.

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We need our gov to act- please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pa... @uplift.ie

Pass the Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill

Dear Deputies, We call on you to vote in favour of the Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill 2026 when it comes before the Dáil.  The bill is being proposed by Richard Boyd Barrett (People Befor...

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Chicken products sold in Aldi, Dunnes, Lidl, Centra, SuperValu and Tesco have been recalled due to the possible presence of salmonella. jrnl.ie/7037376

Check your freezer: Chicken products across various supermarkets recalled over salmonella warning

We need your help now

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South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads. Conflict up. Hunger up. Displacement up. Attacks on aid workers up. I saw it firsthand and felt the scale of this despair. We need access, funding and respect for international humanitarian law. My remarks: bit.ly/4vHf7BC

"Rahmstorf, who has studied the Amoc for 35 years, has said a collapse must be avoided 'at all costs'. 'I argued this when we thought the chance of an Amoc shutdown was maybe 5%, and even then we were saying that risk is too high, given the massive impacts. Now it looks like it’s more than 50%.'"

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

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Petition to suspend trade between EU and Israel reaches almost one million signatures "The proposal can be submitted to the EU Commission for examination once it reaches one million" www.thejournal.ie/petition-to-...

Petition to suspend trade between EU and Israel reaches almost one million signatures

The proposal can be submitted to the European Commission for examination once it reaches one million views.

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Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.

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.

Racists brining the country to a standstill this week (under guise of fuel crisis) tried to intimidate one of the great charities in the country last night. MSOÉ have been feeding the unhoused for 11 years on O Connell street. Ugly scenes but beautiful show of solidarity from the people they feed.

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w