Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It does seem like Putin is rushing fo get the most possible out of his client Trump before the electoral bloodbath of 3 November. 511401479
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 14/10/2026a statement provided to RTÉ Rooney said that continuing to publish her work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. 000
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighCllr Hazel Chu @hazelchu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We joined the 10,000 strong demonstraton today in Dublin in support of Palestine. Survivors of the war speaking of what they hoped for the future was particularly poignant. #palestine #gaza #westbank #Ireland #dublin 9494134
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 01/10/2026“How are you supposed to sleep when your whole flat is vibrating?”: Slough residents tell Brenna Spain about the unsettling noise pollution from the data centres next door www.thenerve.news/p/slough-dat... 313897
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Na srotha nach mbíonn ró-dhomhain, is iad a labhras go dána". 001
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighLucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you were to take the cost of my labour into account the value of each single cherry tomato should be £12.50. But the satisfaction of finally getting to gorge on them is priceless. 11092
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our blueberryrte.ieNaturefile - The BilberryThis weeks Naturefile looks at Vaccinium myrtillus L. The Bilberry. One of the richest natural sources of anthocyanins. 000
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026may have "..consumed as much water in Ireland last year as about 340,600 homes, some 18.5 per cent of the total number of occupied dwellings in the Republic, researchers have estimated in a new report"irishtimes.comData centres ‘may have used as much water’ last year in Ireland as more than 340,000 homesNew research highlights poverty of information about energy-intensive sector’s footprint 100
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighKildare County Council @kildarecoco.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Farmers are reminded that slurry spreading is prohibited from 1st October 2026 to 12th January 2027. Farmers are encouraged to spread slurry during suitable weather and soil conditions and to empty tanks as soon as possible. More: ow.ly/h0BP50ZOmfe #Kildare #YourCouncil 002
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yesterday marked a year since I got thrown to the pavement at Broadview. Next week will be a year since a car hit us, leading to the indictment of myself and five others. So little has changed. I will be at Broadview next Friday for the weekly protest and I hope you will too. 281583294
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026According to the investigation, the Pentagon relied on outdated intelligence that still identified the site as an IRGC facility, while personnel placed too much trust in Maven to flag stale or conflicting information. It didn’t. The school ultimately appeared as a recommended target.bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 561502535
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighDiogo Almeida @typesafeai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Message from our CEO: After co-inventing ChatGPT, I kept asking myself: why have superhuman chat models not led to AGI? I’ve spent the last 2 years in stealth building a new way to train models (RLCD), and a new type of frontier AI model that we are releasing today: Jev 925130
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighDiogo Almeida @typesafeai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence so check out our release blog for more technical info: typesafe.ai/blog/introdu... Join our waitlist for early access: typesafe.aitypesafe.aiIntroducing System One Models and Jev - TypeSafe AI BlogTypeSafe AI is a new AI lab operating in stealth 2481
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The dumb and the devious in unholy harmony, fuelled by retribution.independent.ieFergal Keane: 9/11 gave us today’s wars of vengeance, waged by the dumb and the deviousI did not sit down to write an elegy. This piece was meant to reflect on UK sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements. I will come to that, but as part of a much bigger picture. This is a story ab... 000
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighFriends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026UPCOMING EVENT Dear Friends, Join us on Saturday 3 October in the JM Synge Theatre (Room 2039), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 27th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of @historytcd.bsky.social as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/2] 159
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145181509
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢 524225742736
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They also act as monuments to climate chaos. A Financial Times analysis of 60 of the largest planned data centres being built in the US . found that they could together emit 101 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year ..(=) emissions of 27 coal plants or 24 million petrol-powered cars.irishtimes.comFintan O'Toole: Ireland can’t be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don’t wantThey have become a defining question everywhere – except Ireland. Why? 000
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026🌱 A good news story from Norfolk. A decade ago, this was intensively farmed arable land. Today, 1,200 acres are alive with wildflowers, birds and insects – including species not seen locally for 15 years. Sometimes, give nature a chance and it comes roaring back. 🦋eastangliabylines.co.ukMiracle recovery of Norfolk heath after decade of rewildingRare butterflies, birds, and wildflowers thrive in 1,200 acres of new, biodiverse Norfolk grassland 327180
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighJames West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I wrote about how, in fact, Dolly was very, VERY Mother Jones:motherjones.comHere's to Dolly: union member, vaccine hero, literacy giant, staunch gay ally.Community-based philanthropy and fighting for the underdog defined the superstar’s legacy. 325836
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The intensifying backlash against data centers is inspiring panic among the tech sector. Good. But the Irish government will plough on with its hugely unpopular policy of support regardless, because its core ideology is to *always* back big money. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...politico.comData centers’ ‘oh s--t’ momentSome industry leaders fear voter backlash is turning into a lasting political crisis. 2130294
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 21/08/2026¿indcatholicnews.comUSA: Retired Anglican priest detained by ICE | ICNA 78-year-old Colorado priest has been in ICE detention for almost a year. He is now malnourished, in a wheelchair, has a persistent cough, and with chest pain. The only treatment he gets is cough med... 000
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“War does not begin when the tanks roll across the border. It has already begun,” Hakki Haliste, a security consultant to the council, argues, in Russia’s hybrid campaigns from cyber attacks, to drone incursions, border provocations and sabotage in the Baltic States.irishtimes.com‘It has already begun’: Finland prepares for the unthinkable from RussiaFormerly neutral, the country is taking a whole-of-society approach to defending its people along the longest line of defence between the EU and Russia 100
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighCapitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026nos hemos puesto unas gafas violetas para detectar el sexismo, tenemos que ponernos las gafas grises para detectar conductas edadistas: infantilizar a la gente mayor; hablarles como a los niños; no tener en cuenta su opinión, ni sus decisiones, ni su privacidad; etc. En definitiva, cualquiercapitanswing.comFreixas, Anna – Capitán Swing 161
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026‘Govnt has a responsibility to lead Ireland through the energy transition. On profound national issues, people deserve the full truth: who benefits, who pays, what alternatives were considered and how decisions fit with commitments already made in law.’ www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...irishexaminer.comWe cannot build an economic model around data centres if we want to reach our climate targetsThe forthcoming Budget gives the government the opportunity to put in place measures to help us meet our climate targets, such as reforming electricity pricing to ensure data centres pay their fair sh... 01412
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We know that Reform and their ilk say this stuff because they're paid to by their big donors in the fossil fuel industry. But, come on, they have to be just downright thick as two short planks too. 1110124
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Data centers emit sounds from the humming of cooling systems, rumbling of diesel generators, and whirring of fans, which can be heard for hundreds of feet around them.eesi.orgCommunities Are Raising Noise Pollution Concerns About Data Centers | Article | EESIData centers emit sounds from the humming of cooling systems, rumbling of diesel generators, and whirring of fans, which can be heard for hundreds… 000
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Mount Usher has a beautiful Wollemia nobilisfobbg.co.ukWollemia nobilis – Friends of Belfast Botanic Gardens 001
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Enjoy the momentrte.ieO'Connor wants to 'enjoy this moment' following gold winEuropean Champion Kate O'Connor has said she wants to "enjoy this moment" after she won a gold medal in the women's heptathlon at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. 000
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Congratulations!!rte.ieEnglish strikes gold and Adeleke takes silver at EurosMark English has won the gold medal in the men's 800m while Rhasidat Adeleke grabbed silver in the women's 200m at the European Athletics Championships. 010
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Excellent episode with James O’Brien discussing how we aren’t frightened enough about climate change. He starts by emphasising it’s better to go slightly further protecting ourselves than needed rather than protecting ourselves less than we should have. It’s better to plan for the worst.open.spotify.comWe aren't frightened enough about climate changeJames O'Brien - The Whole Show · Episode 05520
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighSPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 11/08/2026President Zelensky says North Korea is sending many more missiles and troops. 21588322
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 11/08/2026Fota Wildlife Park has announced the birth of a male Indian rhino calfrte.ieFota seeking public's help in naming Indian rhino calfFota Wildlife Park has announced the birth of a male Indian rhino calf. 0499
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"Re-turn’s directors represent the following companies: Coca-Cola, Heineken, Diageo, Tesco, Howth Beer Ltd (trading as Hope Beer), Musgraves, Britvic and the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association....Everyone else has a stake in selling sugar, booze and water in plastic bottles and cans.."independent.ieSarah Carey: Re-turn shows what happens when polluters control the solutionConsumers are facing rising costs while problem of waste is not fully dealt with 100
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Today is the 81st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of #Hiroshima. Yet despite the gut wrenching horror, the 9 nuclear states have *already* amassed the equivalent firepower of 145.000 Hiroshima bombs & still want more. This is madness. #NoMoreHiroshimas @cnduk.bsky.social 241123367
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighCathey🌎🦋🗽☮️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛🇵🇷 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 ⭐️ @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegradessmithsonianmag.comThis High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It BiodegradesEighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution 8138621145
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026For me, it's far from this simple. We've been wiping nature out for a very long time. I believe that *can* change, but only if we're honest about our long-standing destructive relationship with the rest of life on Earth. 17412
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"..cut from the final version released to the public. These included the opportunity cost of supporting data centres instead of housing, calls for mandated sustainability targets on water and energy use,...despite the terms of reference..” Let's not talk about it until it's too late to change coursethejournal.ieConcerns over supporting data centres ahead of transport or housing scrubbed from government reportSeveral aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector were later cut from the final version released to the public. 020
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family. 797150892546
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighChristina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The historic amnesia on display here is stunning. Hospitals were setting up makeshift morgues in parking lots because they could not keep up. 591178216
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The influence of a book on the world is amazingiowapbs.orgBrazil Scientist Wins 2025 World Food PrizeDr. Mariangela Hungria developed more than 30 technologies related to microorganisms around soybeans, maize, wheat and other major crops to be named the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate. 000
Aindriú O Ceallaigh @blueberry5.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The more important question is whether we have invested sufficiently in the infrastructure needed to convert those abundant natural water resources into reliable drinking water supplies for a growing population living in a changing climate.rte.ieWhy wasn't winter rain stored to prevent summer water shortages?Ireland remains one of the wettest countries in Europe, but the challenge is how we manage that water and keep pace with a changing climate 000
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#ResistanceEarth Many farmers are losing the battle against climate change. Some have tried to adapt through organic practices, but the heat and drought are just too intense. On-farm reservoirs can help, but even those could run out of water in hard-hit areas. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmersDrought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable 7204125
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I'm screaming inside reading this. The implications are beyond comprehension. 921680
Reposted by Aindriú O CeallaighGrace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 31/07/2026"AI is going to revolutionise global capitalism - how can it be a bubble?" In this piece, I explain why both can be true at once: open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...open.substack.comTiming Is Everything in the AI BubbleThis week's tech sell-off is a symptom of a deeper problem: no one knows when - or how - big tech's $1 trillion bet on AI is going to pay off. 65216