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Mike Quayle

@mikeq.bsky.social

Social psychologist @ University of Limerick. Views my own (such as they are), not employers, funders etc. All rights reserved to be confused and sometimes change my mind.

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Joshua Tucker@jatucker.bsky.social · 2w ago

We have re-opened our search for a 3-year AI-research postdoc at NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics!! The position starts this **September 1st** (or as soon as possible thereafter) and is in person at NYU. If necessary, we will also consider a 1/1/27 start. 1/3

Mike Quayle@mikeq.bsky.social · last mo.

1/ At #EASP2026? Help demonstrate STIGMERGY by playing the INTERACTIVE GAME on my poster tomorrow Thur 2 July @ 10:50am (Poster 51) Choose a little homemade boat, help label it, and move the boats around. If it works, and if enough people pass by, this will become a stigmergic system. How?

A little handmade raft with a sail
Charles Antaki@charlesantaki.bsky.social · last mo.

The better news is that a decent fraction of the social psychology community said "enough!" in the 70s and revolted. Rejected experimentation & moved over to (various) qualitative methods. Some dodgy, others now mature and productive (eg Discursive Psychology, Conversation Analysis).

Hannah Daly@hannahdaly.ie · 4mo ago

That means putting the right supports in place now: charging infrastructure for heavy trucks, depot grid connections, purchase grants or leasing support. The government has very little control over the price of oil, but it can control over how dependent we remain on it.

Ben McWilliams@bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 4mo ago

European power prices are split since the US-Iran conflict. Gas-reliant markets like Italy and Ireland have seen high prices (€140/MWh) while renewable rich regions including Spain, Portugal and Sweden see far lower prices (€40/MWh). These are average wholesale daily prices (8am to 8pm).

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Green Collective@greencollective.io · 5mo ago

Earlier this month, output from solar farms started exceeding 1GW for the first time. Yesterday, we saw another important record set: around 1pm, solar output was equal to almost a quarter of the island's electricity demand. ☀️ 🔋

A stacked area chart of the renewable electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. The y axis indicates the percentage of demand being met by each source. Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMOA treemap of the electricity mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, biomass, hydro, solar, wind, oil, gas, and waste-to-energy. Larger sources are annotated with the GWh and percentage of total generation that source comprised. Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO
Hannah Daly@hannahdaly.ie · 5mo ago

Let's see why clean energy technologies are so much more energy secure than oil. A single solar panel (450W) costs about €100, same as a tank of petrol. How many EV kilometres can the solar panel power compared to the tank of diesel? Take a guess while I work it out on the back of an envelope.

Hannah Daly@hannahdaly.ie · 5mo ago

In my @irishtimes.com op-ed today I argue that our climate law is the best framework we have for making energy secure and affordable, because it tackles the root cause of our vulnerability to energy shocks - our dependence on fossil fuels. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Hannah Daly@hannahdaly.ie · 5mo ago

In my @irishtimes.com op-ed today I argue that our climate law is the best framework we have for making energy secure and affordable, because it tackles the root cause of our vulnerability to energy shocks - our dependence on fossil fuels. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Hannah Daly: Irish people are again paying a high price for our reliance on fossil fuels

But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression

irishtimes.com

Marc Scully@marcscully.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us and our fetching collection of academic robes by the banks of the broad, majestic Shannon for the 2025/6 academic year! We promise: - an atmosphere of collegial conviviality! - friendly and engaged students! - a rich cultural hinterland! - free coffee! #HEJobs #PsychSky

@niamhestack.bsky.social · last yr.

Come work with us! We are recruiting for a 1 year fixed term Assistant Professor in Psychology @micireland.bsky.social has a beautiful campus right in the heart of Limerick city & MICPsych is a small but beautifully formed welcoming & supportive department www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...