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Trevor Johnston

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Tracking Irish renewable generation at @greencollective.io · Google 2007-2019 · Zürich, New York, Dublin

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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 02/04/2026
People rightly laud the passport office but for a more representative sample of Irish bureaucracy on the internet, I present to you the official website for ordering an Irish birth certificate. Wash your hands! 🦠 (I've emailed the GRO instead -- quaint, but they seem active)
A screenshot of the official website by the HSE for ordering an Irish birth certificate. Amongst other anachronisms, there is a large banner saying: "Due to coronavirus (COVID 19) we are experiencing a high volume of orders and the dispatch turnaround time has increased from 10 to 10. We wish to apologise for any inconvenience caused."
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 02/05/2025
No mention in "Business Events 2030" of making it easier to...actually get into Ireland? Yet the report highlights the 35th International Geographical Congress who warned potential attendees it can take *six weeks* to obtain an Irish visa. Based on my own experiences...only a slight exaggeration 🤦
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 14/02/2025
What have I started 😬 (still think it was worth a try - guess I'm too late for the "give me a recipe" hack)
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 20/01/2025
Here we go again 😬 (Why not reshare on Facebook? Well, I don't like the company their CEO has been keeping. Also, I may actually tune in this time - if only to see who *else* is now in cahoots. Honestly, big tech right now...why even have a plutocracy if you're just going to kiss the ring anyway?)
A screenshot of a post from my Facebook feed. The date is January 20, 2017, and the caption reads: "Can't watch more, won't watch more. Closing the news windows, shuttering the live streams."
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 18/12/2024
An update on IrishEnergyBot... (long live IrishEnergyBot!)
A screenshot from the IrishEnergyBot Twitter account which reads:

Last orders, folks...after 4+ years, we'll be discontinuing our daily reports here at the end of the year.

From January, you'll only find our daily reports on Bluesky. We're already active there: follow us today! Our monthly newsletter continues as before.

See you in 2025! 🫡
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 10/12/2024
My personal favourite: fossil fuel lows. Coming soon: historical CO₂ lows and...a "loading" message (bear with me, any sort of interactive chart like this quickly balloons into a ton of work - exceptions, exceptions, everywhere).
A chart showing historical records of all-island fossil fuel output over time (orange) and historical lows of fossil fuel output to demand ratio (blue). Records are denoted with a rounded square and time passed in between is illustrated as dashed lines.
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 04/12/2024
A recent addition to my low-traffic street. (fun fact: this sign-post exists only to politely remind drivers using the underground car park opposite us to please drive the right way up the street when exiting - it doesn't always work) @thewaroncars.bsky.social @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social #zurich
A photo of a signpost covered in stickers, one of which reads "Cars Ruin Cities".
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 15/11/2024
Done! Already broken up: the fun is in the making.
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 12/11/2024
Some levity in a *horrible* story. I spent a past working life tackling online censorship and *you do not judge what people do with the free internet*. If it's not porn, it'll be soap operas or blockbusters like "Titanic" or something else you hate...but it all lights a fire. (h/t The Economist)
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Trevor Johnston @beerwithsubtitles.net · 17/09/2024
Maybe someday a seven-digit user ID will be impressive 😆
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