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Bernadette Brady
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popsci.com
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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dublincycling.bsky.social
How rainy is Dublin for biking? The answer will amaze you!

(OK, probably not if you already use a bike here...)

www.dublincycling.com/cycling/how-...
How rainy is Dublin?
‘Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it’ Mark Twain
www.dublincycling.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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theauldsthretch.bsky.social
Today is 2025-12-14, the sun sets at 16:05:45 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 02 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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theauldsthretch.bsky.social
www.gibiris.org/eo-blog/2026...

2 seconds tomorrow, then 8, then 17, then 31. It will be 1 minute long before the solstice, 10 minutes long before January and 1 hour long before February.
2026 dates and times
www.gibiris.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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theauldsthretch.bsky.social
Today is 2025-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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iamreddave.bsky.social
The word dystopia was first coined by John Stuart Mill to describe the British governments rule in Ireland

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia

"they ought rather to be called dys-topians... what they appear to favour is too bad to be practicable."
Dystopia - Wikipedia
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December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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sryanbruen.bsky.social
Storm Bram high tide hitting Clontarf seafront this afternoon. #stormbram #dublin #ireland
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive:
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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harrywallop.co.uk
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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nome.bsky.social
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.

Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
felipegaonar.bsky.social Felipe Gaona @felipegaonar.bsky.social · Nov 14
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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leastactionhero.bsky.social
important reference material
leastactionhero.bsky.social Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Nov 22
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
lady of sophistication @janky_jane Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty Replying to @janky_jane I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket. Matthew @MrWeir Replying to @janky jane I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'. Replying to @janky _jane My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her 15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said, "Where are we off to now. Columbo?" Eoin O Neill @eoinjoneill Replying to @janky_jane Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's" Loic Wright @dufflest Replying to @janky jane I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it. Eóin O Coileáin @L20_MTN Replying to @janky_jane I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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samtranum.bsky.social
The survey also found a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime respondents had experiened here. And at what, then, drives that perception that town is not safe. 5/
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, new survey shows
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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samtranum.bsky.social
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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feljin.ie
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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tupped.bsky.social
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris

Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”

Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris

*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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astrokatie.com
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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carlkinsella.bsky.social
you’d think that’d be worth like… at least a seventh arrest
newschambers.bsky.social Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · Oct 22
Some of the projectiles thrown at Gardaí last night.

Rioters threw bricks, ripped from walls at a local estate, as well as fireworks, glass bottles and more at Gardaí.
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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howdoyou.guide
Hope this helps.
"How Do You Avoid Hitting People with Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down.
September 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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irishexaminer.bsky.social
Scientists successfully treat Huntington's disease for first time in medical trial 
Gene therapy slowed the progress of the disease by 75% in patients after three years.
dlvr.it
September 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM