Caitríona Shanahan
@caitrionas.bsky.social
She/her//sí/í. Done working around the world, happy to be back home in the gorgeous Kingdom of Kerry, ensconced in Munster, the true home of northern hemisphere rugby. Lucky to have such wonderful niblings who keep me in touch with this 21st Century stuff.
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A Japanese regional assembly is set to vote by December 22 on restarting nuclear plant reut.rs/4itRyG4
A Japanese regional assembly is set to vote by December 22 on restarting nuclear plant
A Japanese regional assembly on Tuesday began deliberations on whether to partially restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world's largest, as the nation seeks to bolster its domestic power sources.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A Japanese regional assembly is set to vote by December 22 on restarting nuclear plant reut.rs/4itRyG4
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They probably didn’t own a car at the time.
a man with glasses is screaming with the words but i would walk 500 miles written below him
Alt: The Proclaimer “And I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more…”
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December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
They probably didn’t own a car at the time.
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Hivemind, I have a challenge. Popular culture is dominated by the car (car chases, cop dramas etc), helping us accept a car-dominated urban environment as normal. Can you think of any examples of popular culture highlighting bikes, trams, walking etc? I can only think of A Streetcar Named Desire.
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hivemind, I have a challenge. Popular culture is dominated by the car (car chases, cop dramas etc), helping us accept a car-dominated urban environment as normal. Can you think of any examples of popular culture highlighting bikes, trams, walking etc? I can only think of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Not well. Fever, headache, scratchy throat. Seriously, when the Archdeacon is coming tonight? I don't have time for this nonsense!
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Not well. Fever, headache, scratchy throat. Seriously, when the Archdeacon is coming tonight? I don't have time for this nonsense!
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Cork's famous Penny Dinners say demand has 'stabilised' at around 500 hot meals every day 👏
Cork's Penny Dinners mark first year in new facility serving 500 hot meals a day
They will help so many this Christmas - and through the year to come
www.corkbeo.ie
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Cork's famous Penny Dinners say demand has 'stabilised' at around 500 hot meals every day 👏
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I still don’t really want to post anything other than ‘we won Bookshop of the Year’!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I still don’t really want to post anything other than ‘we won Bookshop of the Year’!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
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“Let’s make one thing crystal clear: this is all that guy’s fault. Not mine. When I talk about ‘kinetic strikes’ and ‘lethality’ and ‘warfighting’, I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made—by which I mean I sit at home and shout at people while drunk.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“Let’s make one thing crystal clear: this is all that guy’s fault. Not mine. When I talk about ‘kinetic strikes’ and ‘lethality’ and ‘warfighting’, I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made—by which I mean I sit at home and shout at people while drunk.”
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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Also this notion that still persists that state owned companies are somehow inherently better to passengers, somehow fairer
Look at SNCF!
It's 100% state owned, and outright passenger hostile!
OK, the profit goes back to the state, but it's not as if it provides a passenger friendly outcome!
Look at SNCF!
It's 100% state owned, and outright passenger hostile!
OK, the profit goes back to the state, but it's not as if it provides a passenger friendly outcome!
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Also this notion that still persists that state owned companies are somehow inherently better to passengers, somehow fairer
Look at SNCF!
It's 100% state owned, and outright passenger hostile!
OK, the profit goes back to the state, but it's not as if it provides a passenger friendly outcome!
Look at SNCF!
It's 100% state owned, and outright passenger hostile!
OK, the profit goes back to the state, but it's not as if it provides a passenger friendly outcome!
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☃️ This little s̶n̶o̶w̶crowman comes in card form exclusively as a FREE gift with all orders placed on www.ciaraioch.com/artprints during the month of December, while stocks last!
He's also available as a lil' print here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
He's also available as a lil' print here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
☃️ This little s̶n̶o̶w̶crowman comes in card form exclusively as a FREE gift with all orders placed on www.ciaraioch.com/artprints during the month of December, while stocks last!
He's also available as a lil' print here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
He's also available as a lil' print here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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🎶 Do You Wanna Build A Crowmaaaan 🎶 ☃️
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎶 Do You Wanna Build A Crowmaaaan 🎶 ☃️
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Amazon and Google agree the internet collapsing ain’t great www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Amazon and Google launch multicloud service for faster connectivity
Amazon and Google introduced a jointly developed multicloud networking service on Sunday to meet growing demand for reliable connectivity the companies said in a statement, at a time when even brief i...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Amazon and Google agree the internet collapsing ain’t great www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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More than 200,000 nurses and patients have signed a petition calling on the Department of Education to modify the policy.
Nurses furious over degree classification change: "Insulting"
www.newsweek.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
More than 200,000 nurses and patients have signed a petition calling on the Department of Education to modify the policy.
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My partner is meeting an old dog today who saw his elderly owner die last week in a car accident, she's hoping to be his new owner and mind him in his last few years, and I am very lucky to have someone like this in my life.
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My partner is meeting an old dog today who saw his elderly owner die last week in a car accident, she's hoping to be his new owner and mind him in his last few years, and I am very lucky to have someone like this in my life.
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What better day than #GivingTuesday to launch our winter fundraising appeal. If you donate €20 or more in your friend's name this Christmas, we’ll pop a beautiful SIÓG Botanicals card your way to share with your friend.
Donate here 👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/christmas-gift
Donate here 👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/christmas-gift
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What better day than #GivingTuesday to launch our winter fundraising appeal. If you donate €20 or more in your friend's name this Christmas, we’ll pop a beautiful SIÓG Botanicals card your way to share with your friend.
Donate here 👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/christmas-gift
Donate here 👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/christmas-gift
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"They're from the social class where a vocational degree is the rational choice to be made for them by their parents. A technological university might be a good fit. They can do all that mind-opening stuff in the evenings and at the weekend once they graduate and get solid jobs."
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"They're from the social class where a vocational degree is the rational choice to be made for them by their parents. A technological university might be a good fit. They can do all that mind-opening stuff in the evenings and at the weekend once they graduate and get solid jobs."
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Just did a piece on LMFM on vast risks posed by an AMOC shutdown later this century, and how many Irish people could find themselves as forced #climate refugees in that scenario.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just did a piece on LMFM on vast risks posed by an AMOC shutdown later this century, and how many Irish people could find themselves as forced #climate refugees in that scenario.
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Still in hypnosis mode. But today it is green for a batch of Raspberry Pistachio chocolates.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Still in hypnosis mode. But today it is green for a batch of Raspberry Pistachio chocolates.
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Getting new blinds in my office today. The previous ones were installed by the same people who built Newgrange, so the sun would be in my eyes as it tracks its way across the window throughout the morning.
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Getting new blinds in my office today. The previous ones were installed by the same people who built Newgrange, so the sun would be in my eyes as it tracks its way across the window throughout the morning.
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Fair play to The Face, he could easily be sitting at home counting his money tantrically, but instead he's fighting crime.
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Fair play to The Face, he could easily be sitting at home counting his money tantrically, but instead he's fighting crime.
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Children living in statutory residential care, foster care, special care and detention generally received good-quality, safe care throughout 2024, according to HIQA.
More capacity needed in child care system, says HIQA
Children living in statutory residential care, foster care, special care and detention generally received good-quality, safe care throughout 2024, according to the Health Information and Quality Autho...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Children living in statutory residential care, foster care, special care and detention generally received good-quality, safe care throughout 2024, according to HIQA.