Nicki ffrench Davis
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Nicki ffrench Davis
@nickibopp.bsky.social
Cyclist, mother, arts worker based in
Cork, Ireland
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Need some inspiration today?✨
Check out the newly resurfaced Marina Promenade, stop by the Marina Market & Cortado Coffee, and explore the beautiful, family-friendly Blackrock Greenway! 💚

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@cyclingincork.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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"Worse, they [livestock feed additives intended to reduce GHG emissions] could be used as a smokescreen, distracting and delaying us from the fundamental need to reduce food loss and waste and shift some diets away from such heavy consumption of ruminant protein." drawdown.org/insights/are...
Are livestock feed additives the future or folly?
In 2022, I gave a presentation about climate change solutions to the Canadian Parliament. During that meeting, I had the opportunity to hear a presentation from a beef producers group about how they i...
drawdown.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Sad, but true.
I think Europe should ask 🇺🇸 to remove its troops and arms from Europe’s shores.

I no longer have confidence that 🇺🇸 would not turn them against us.
February 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is without doubt the coolest sport I never knew existed. That girl is my hero, what an amazing human! youtu.be/GDwVXxYbLeM?...
Viola Brand Finale - WM 2017 in Dornbirn | Kunstrad
YouTube video by Soli Bayern
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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My hot take on the environmental commitments in Ireland's 2025 Draft Programme for Government (published yesterday) is summarised in 4 pages on OSF: doi.org/10.17605/OSF... 1/x

#GE2024
Ireland's 2025 Programme for Government
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
doi.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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"I’m aware of the environmental arguments against flying, but that should probably be the subject of another column." [Nope: should *definitely* have been the subject of this one! Indeed, the *only* subject of it. #ImplicatoryDenial]
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
David McWilliams: No single location captures global nature of Irish economy more than Dublin Airport
Look up at the screen in Dublin Airport and marvel at all those destinations and what they mean. Think of all the people coming and going. Consider all the ideas, schemes and plans, the commerce, the ...
www.irishtimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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While the #ParisAgreement 1.5C limit refers to a decadal average, this news from Copernicus is a cause for alarm, particularly when we should have seen some cooling post-El Niño after May 2024.

I have never been more worried for civilization.
January 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM