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Volume of people on Dublin cycle route "like Amsterdam" says local Cllr as 400 bicycle lights handed out within an hour
@donnacooney1.bsky.social “I’ve never seen so many people of all ages cycling in Ireland, and this was a wet, dark January evening; it was amazing,
irishcycle.com/2026/01/15/v...
@donnacooney1.bsky.social “I’ve never seen so many people of all ages cycling in Ireland, and this was a wet, dark January evening; it was amazing,
irishcycle.com/2026/01/15/v...
Volume of people on Dublin cycle route “like Amsterdam” says local Cllr as 400 bicycle lights handed out within an hour
A Dublin councillor has described standing on North Strand Road handing out bicycle lights with Dublin Cycling Campaign volunteers as being like in Amsterdam — with many people not even stopp…
irishcycle.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Volume of people on Dublin cycle route "like Amsterdam" says local Cllr as 400 bicycle lights handed out within an hour
@donnacooney1.bsky.social “I’ve never seen so many people of all ages cycling in Ireland, and this was a wet, dark January evening; it was amazing,
irishcycle.com/2026/01/15/v...
@donnacooney1.bsky.social “I’ve never seen so many people of all ages cycling in Ireland, and this was a wet, dark January evening; it was amazing,
irishcycle.com/2026/01/15/v...
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"The seventy-two-year-old Fed chair put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House."
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
www.newyorker.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
"The seventy-two-year-old Fed chair put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House."
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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An Irish journalist reflects on being in the press pool for a state visit to China:
“We were strongly warned not to attempt to interview anyone out in public and that if we did so we risked detention.”
This is the gov Ireland seems so keen to jump into bed with.
(I gave quotes for this story)
“We were strongly warned not to attempt to interview anyone out in public and that if we did so we risked detention.”
This is the gov Ireland seems so keen to jump into bed with.
(I gave quotes for this story)
Taoiseach's China visit tests Ireland's global position
While Micheál Martin was in China for an official visit aimed at improving economic and diplomatic ties with Beijing, it ended up being events on the other side of the world that garnered much of the ...
www.rte.ie
January 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
An Irish journalist reflects on being in the press pool for a state visit to China:
“We were strongly warned not to attempt to interview anyone out in public and that if we did so we risked detention.”
This is the gov Ireland seems so keen to jump into bed with.
(I gave quotes for this story)
“We were strongly warned not to attempt to interview anyone out in public and that if we did so we risked detention.”
This is the gov Ireland seems so keen to jump into bed with.
(I gave quotes for this story)
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"The deportations were better when I could pretend I didn't know about them"
Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 AM
"The deportations were better when I could pretend I didn't know about them"
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As videos and accounts trickled through Iran's communications blockade yesterday, we managed to report on some of what was happening. BBCPersian also has coverage. Latest with long-time Iran corro, Farnaz Fassihi:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
As videos and accounts trickled through Iran's communications blockade yesterday, we managed to report on some of what was happening. BBCPersian also has coverage. Latest with long-time Iran corro, Farnaz Fassihi:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
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The US military's ability to invade a neighboring nation, capture its leader, and return to the US without suffering any fatalities is truly spectacular.
It also demonstrates how easily suspected drug runners could have been intercepted at sea and brought to trial, rather than murdered.
It also demonstrates how easily suspected drug runners could have been intercepted at sea and brought to trial, rather than murdered.
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The US military's ability to invade a neighboring nation, capture its leader, and return to the US without suffering any fatalities is truly spectacular.
It also demonstrates how easily suspected drug runners could have been intercepted at sea and brought to trial, rather than murdered.
It also demonstrates how easily suspected drug runners could have been intercepted at sea and brought to trial, rather than murdered.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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IMO, this isn’t a mainland vs HK issue but an unsafe vs safe one.
Taiwan also allows tinted screens and it’s a safety disaster: drivers can’t visually communicate with each other and pedestrians have no way of knowing drivers’ intentions either. It’s one of the reasons Taiwanese roads so dangerous.
Taiwan also allows tinted screens and it’s a safety disaster: drivers can’t visually communicate with each other and pedestrians have no way of knowing drivers’ intentions either. It’s one of the reasons Taiwanese roads so dangerous.
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
IMO, this isn’t a mainland vs HK issue but an unsafe vs safe one.
Taiwan also allows tinted screens and it’s a safety disaster: drivers can’t visually communicate with each other and pedestrians have no way of knowing drivers’ intentions either. It’s one of the reasons Taiwanese roads so dangerous.
Taiwan also allows tinted screens and it’s a safety disaster: drivers can’t visually communicate with each other and pedestrians have no way of knowing drivers’ intentions either. It’s one of the reasons Taiwanese roads so dangerous.
Trying to get the hang of Reaper software to make a few tunes after about 10 years of little or no jamming is both exciting and a form of torture. The emotional rollercoaster of figuring it out hasn't changed though!
December 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Trying to get the hang of Reaper software to make a few tunes after about 10 years of little or no jamming is both exciting and a form of torture. The emotional rollercoaster of figuring it out hasn't changed though!
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they could've picked up a DAW like Reaper, but they would still unfortunately prefer writing prompts over making something original that has talent and soul.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
they could've picked up a DAW like Reaper, but they would still unfortunately prefer writing prompts over making something original that has talent and soul.
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Imagine being so lazy you cant even type your own prompts
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Imagine being so lazy you cant even type your own prompts
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Apart from the obvious fact that the KMT's cross-strait exchanges have failed to prevent Chinese military exercises, the more interesting point is that neither does China seem to care about giving them the optics that through conducting exchanges, they can lower tensions
"Chiang Wan-an's Trip to Shanghai Fails to Prevent Chinese Military Exercises" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Chiang Wan-an’s Trip to Shanghai Fails to Prevent Chinese Military Exercises | New Bloom Magazine
Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an traveled to Shanghai for the annual Twin Cities Forum last weekend. The event is held annually as a city-based exchange that takes place between Taipei and Shanghai…
newbloommag.net
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Apart from the obvious fact that the KMT's cross-strait exchanges have failed to prevent Chinese military exercises, the more interesting point is that neither does China seem to care about giving them the optics that through conducting exchanges, they can lower tensions
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An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages. restofworld.org/2025/kenya-c...
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages.
restofworld.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages. restofworld.org/2025/kenya-c...
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Hey remember when it was a delusional fantasy to suggest that Russia was going to invade Ukraine?
December 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hey remember when it was a delusional fantasy to suggest that Russia was going to invade Ukraine?
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Yep, we are all so keen to be reconquered by England here in English speaking Galway. /s
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Yep, we are all so keen to be reconquered by England here in English speaking Galway. /s
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I knew my Uncle’s plans to conquer Galway would be vindicated at some stage
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I knew my Uncle’s plans to conquer Galway would be vindicated at some stage
Lol. Big thread about citations without citing the artwork owners
people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Lol. Big thread about citations without citing the artwork owners
Or perhaps Europeans will know their history from WW1 when small nations such as Belgium will be targetted in retaliation if they did otherwise, while the US flounders as to whether it would live up to NATO Article 5 responsibilities if the event of a Russian attack.
It will be hard for many European citizens not to wonder whether Belgium forced EU taxpayers to assume a multi-billion euro risk in order to protect Russian money — whatever the actual technical mechanisms of the arrangement.
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Or perhaps Europeans will know their history from WW1 when small nations such as Belgium will be targetted in retaliation if they did otherwise, while the US flounders as to whether it would live up to NATO Article 5 responsibilities if the event of a Russian attack.
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In particular this part from around 14 minutes in, where he drove up to Dabancheng, the largest detention facility we're aware of and the site of a new prison large enough to hold 10,000 people. This is the first film I'm aware of of this place.
youtu.be/cI8bJO-to8I?...
youtu.be/cI8bJO-to8I?...
寻找新疆集中营 - 城乡随拍[5/8]
YouTube video by guanguan
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December 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In particular this part from around 14 minutes in, where he drove up to Dabancheng, the largest detention facility we're aware of and the site of a new prison large enough to hold 10,000 people. This is the first film I'm aware of of this place.
youtu.be/cI8bJO-to8I?...
youtu.be/cI8bJO-to8I?...
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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The RTE article misses a crucial part of the policy - that initially, data centres will not be powered by renewables, but mostly by fossil fuels. It is also very unbalanced in its coverage of reaction, only including positive industry responses - no voice for climate.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
80% of data centre energy must come from renewables - CRU
Data centres will be required to meet at least 80% of their annual energy demand with additional renewable electricity projects generating in the Republic of Ireland.
www.rte.ie
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The RTE article misses a crucial part of the policy - that initially, data centres will not be powered by renewables, but mostly by fossil fuels. It is also very unbalanced in its coverage of reaction, only including positive industry responses - no voice for climate.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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And here it is: the EU’s first big fine against X under the Digital Services Act www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
Elon Musk’s X Hit With $140 Million Fine in Europe
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And here it is: the EU’s first big fine against X under the Digital Services Act www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
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It's based on my article from earlier in the week: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's based on my article from earlier in the week: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
The level of stereotyping of mainland Chinese on show here is quite something
www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...
www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...
After the Hong Kong fire, Beijing confronts a grief it can’t easily police
Thousands queue to mourn victims, highlighting tensions between public grief and Beijing’s strict controls on dissent
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The level of stereotyping of mainland Chinese on show here is quite something
www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...
www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...