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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · 10h

Cycling #eurovelo 1 #Kenmare to #Waterville by eBike - it takes the inland route that’s off the Ring of Kerry but includes three spectacular passes on very quiet roads - so quiet there are no shops or pubs directly on the route
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Cycling EV1 Kenmare to Waterville by eBike 4K

YouTube video by Ebike touring life

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 9d

It's so _unfortunate_ when short-term cost savings (fire your IT staff and outsource to Tata) become long-term costs (oops, you've been out of business for a month due to inept infosec) www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jaguar Land Rover to resume some manufacturing after cyber-attack

It's understood that production will resume at the Wolverhampton engine facility on 6 October.

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 15d

Join the Palestine Bloc for the Carnival Against Racism.1pm Saturday 27th, Garden of Remembrance. No to racism, no to fascism! #IrelandForAll #FreePalestine

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Dec 3

Backstone at #Loughcrew is lit on the #equinox when morning sun shines down entrance passage & crosses it in 50 mins

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29d

IMPORTANT STUDY: “On average, the implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in European cities demonstrated a 23%, 37% & 38% reduction in road crashes, fatalities & injuries respectively. Lower speed limits also yielded environmental benefits.” www.nrso.ntua.gr/review-of-ci...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Sep 6

Impressive Farage is hitting this threshold before even winning power.

Sky News
Women asylum seekers could be sent back to Taliban, says Farage - as he changes position on deportations again

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Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm a bit of a connoisseur of Western Special Forces operations and one common thread running through their adventures is that these highly trained "Operators" usually end up torturing and killing farmers, labourers and/or passers by as part of the job.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 5

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

If the SEALs were unsure whether the mission had been compromised before they fired, they had no doubt afterward. The plan required the SEALs to abort immediately if they encountered anyone. North Korean security forces could be coming. There was no time to plant the device.

The shore team swam to the boat to make sure that all of the North Koreans were dead. They found no guns or uniforms. Evidence suggested that the crew, which people briefed on the mission said numbered two or three people, had been civilians diving for shellfish. All were dead, including the man in the water.

Officials familiar with the mission said the SEALs pulled the bodies into the water to hide them from the North Korean authorities. One added that the SEALs punctured the boat crew’s lungs with knives to make sure their bodies would sink.

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Jul 12

Big turnout for trans & intersex pride in #Dublin today - this is as the march was forming up so there is the same number again still in the city hall square to the left.

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Anthony McIntyre @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social · Jul 5

A Morning Thought

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Jun 11

Cycling the Gap of #Dunloe & Black Valley near #Killarney by eBike
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#eBikeLife

Cycling the Gap of Dunloe & Black Valley near Killarney by eBike

YouTube video by Ebike touring life

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · May 24

This guy is like one of 4 Americans who actually went and got their REAL ID and immediately they said it was a fake.

Just so everyone knows when they toss your ass in a truck it won't matter what passport or identification you have they'll throw it in the street and you're gone

NBC News @nbcnews.com · May 23

The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released

The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · May 22

Hearing this morning of the assassination of two Israeli embassy staff reminded me that the Nazi excuse for Kristallnacht was a similar assassination of a German embassy staffer in Paris by the then 17 year old Herschel Grynszpan en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersche...

Herschel Grynszpan - Wikipedia

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social · May 12

Any media outlet that posted the news of two young boys who drowned in Donegal - who happened to be seeking asylum with their families - on the most toxic platform in the world without closing comments, should be ashamed of itself. Makes you physically ill to look at some of the comments.

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · May 12

Cycling the Santiago #Greenway - the Via Verde Compostela in #Galicia about 20km north of Santiago
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Cycling the Santiago Greenway - the Via Verde Compostela in Galicia

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Ed Moynihan @emcreative.ie · May 7

Great video on the new Dublin Port Greenway as it highlights the impact it will have on cycling tourists arriving to Ireland, and how they will be able to continue on their journey to the Eurovelo 2 Route / Royal Canal Greenway, and on to further connections across the country.

Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · May 6

Cycling the #DublinPort #Greenway - safe family outing but also a safe route from the ferry terminals for your #EuroVelo2 #cycletour
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Cycling the Dublin Port Greenway - a safe route from the ferry terminals

YouTube video by Ebike touring life

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · May 6

Cycling the #DublinPort #Greenway - safe family outing but also a safe route from the ferry terminals for your #EuroVelo2 #cycletour
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Cycling the Dublin Port Greenway - a safe route from the ferry terminals

YouTube video by Ebike touring life

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I BIKE Dublin @ibike.ie · May 5

The Strand and Beach Road Residents group, and the Climate and Health Alliance are the latest groups to join the call for Dublin City Council to go ahead with a 12-month trial of the Strand Road cycle path.

Add your name to the petition today my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...

IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · May 4

Local group and Climate and Health Alliance join call for trial of Strand Road cycle path

-- A petition echoing the call has so far gained 773 signatures on my.uplift.ie. The call to support the trial was made after politicians and others are continuing to try to block the trial after Dublin City…

Local group and Climate and Health Alliance join call for trial of Strand Road cycle path

-- A petition echoing the call has so far gained 773 signatures on my.uplift.ie. The call to support the trial was made after politicians and others are continuing to try to block the trial after Dublin City Council won years of legal argument over the project. The move to stop the project comes after the Court of Appeal last month ruled that council officials can go ahead with a trial of the route without planning permissions or further environmental assessments.

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · May 1

34km #Connemara loop cycle between #Roundstone & #Clifden that takes you across the stunning Roundstone bog road & #Mannin bay coral strand, the #Marconi transmission site, Dogs Bay, Errisbeg & Roundstone

Video at
youtu.be/msOwRgd72Xw

#ebikeadventures #ebikelife

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Apr 28

Good question @aaocarroll.bsky.social may know if it is

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Apr 22

Day 14 #cycletouring northern Spain now along the ‘seafood coast’ of #Galica as I continue my #eBikeLife - this summer the Pyrenees! (I’m a little scared)

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Apr 21

This is a 12km loop cycle with all but 600m on local roads in #Connemara about 4km from #Clifden where you could rent bikes - the YouTube of the route ends with the route from Clifden. Or park at the Marconi loop walk
#cycleConnemara #connemaratourism #ebikeadventures

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Apr 21

Only about 3 or 4 years ago, a deathly silent sitka plantation was clear felled here. Now it's thick with wild native trees, NONE of which was planted. It's already heaving with insects + birds, and will keep getting better if left alone.

THIS is how we should be bringing our forests back.
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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Apr 16

Continuing my cycling trip around #Connemara, this is the ‘road’ that runs above #Roundstone on the side of Errisbeg

A lot of the Atlantic coast is fantastic for cycling guides to several possible routes (and will be adding todays) at

Connemara cycles
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Tom Cosgrave @socmot.bsky.social · Apr 10

Pretty amazing seeing that someone I actually knew personally and campaigned with in the 00's has an archive and it's in a library. Alan was truly brilliant to campaign along side - I learned a lot from him.

Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Apr 10

For anyone interested in the history of #anarchism in Ireland - Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive | Dublin City Council www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...

Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive

The Alan MacSimóin Collection is a wonderful collection for researchers interested in left wing activism in Dublin over the past few decades.

www.dublincity.ie

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Andrew Flood @andrewflood.bsky.social · Apr 10

For anyone interested in the history of #anarchism in Ireland - Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive | Dublin City Council www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...

Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive

The Alan MacSimóin Collection is a wonderful collection for researchers interested in left wing activism in Dublin over the past few decades.

www.dublincity.ie

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