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Julie Reidy

@juliereidy.bsky.social
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Old Age Psychiatrist. Here for news, medicine, cooking, biodiversity. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine

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Steve B @steveb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I think about this article a lot. Genuine 1912 NZ newspaper.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."
Richard Brooks photographed the three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a local church one evening in July after staking out the site most evenings over a three week period. Anglia News on 23 February 2010.  http://www.richard-brooks.co.uk/3BarnOwls.html
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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Moon is tidally locked so one side always faces us. From that side, Earth is a permanent fixture in the sky 13 times larger and 43 times brighter than the Moon appears from Earth. Four humans photographed this. Every crater in this frame is older than any life on land. Artemis II
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
‘I'm pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, decided not to destroy an entire civilisation. But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, The Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.’
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🇮🇪 Presidential Election Day 1918 was the first time Irish women were permitted to vote, & even then only ~women over 30 who owned property~ Is é do vóta do ghuth 🗳️ #Aras25 #SpeirGorm
Old cartoon of woman leaning over a ballot box & holding a hammer 
Caption: “When she gets it, what will she do with it”
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Julie Reidy @juliereidy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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'They're a very elusive species': The 10-year effort to photograph the rare hyena stalking a diamond mining ghost town
Ten years in the making: The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena stalking Namibia's diamond ghost towns.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The steadily growing population of rare lesser horseshoe bats in the shed (roughly 100) attests to the level of flying insect life in the forest outside, since each bat catches around 3,000 per night. Healthy nature depends on healthy, wild, functioning *ecosystems*. Rewilding delivers that. 🌏
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This is a shocking indictment of public policy.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
More science good news!! A temperature-stable, single injection rabies vaccine is in animal trials and they hope to move to human trials soon. This would be a fucking game changer for vaccination programs!
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Cyclist in collision with truck. Pedestrian struck by bus. The driver is absent from the account. The vehicle is given agency. The vulnerable road user is positioned as the active party. A subtle but powerful way of shifting blame, shaping how we think about road deaths diminishing accountability.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This only happens to you once
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Deena Mousa @deenamousa.com · 25/09/2025
In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton said “we should stop training radiologists now" since AI would soon be better at their jobs. He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade. Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k. Why?
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Take a bow, @apnews.com - perfectly framed reporting.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found. www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
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Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigati...
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is what happens without vaccinations. The ducks are adorable. The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic. And now preventable.
1956 university of Michigan Children’s Hospital. Three-year-old Peggy Kennedy enjoyed these ducklings paddling around in a tub. Peggy, a polio patient, wore a plastic chest respirator. The ducklings were donated by a local farmer to help cheer up the children.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Madagascan Comet Moth (Argema mittrei). 20cm (7.9in) wingspan. This is a moth native to the rain forests of Madagascar. The adult moth cannot feed and only lives for 4 to 5 days. It is sadly endangered in the wild due to habitat loss. Brilliant photo shared by Stuart Gopee. #moths #nature #wildlife
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Thus made me laugh quite hard. Surely a film in the making. 3 defiant nuns in their 80s fled the care home in Austria they said they were moved to without consultation to return to the convent where they had spent decades www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 13/09/2025
With 12,500 bike parking spaces, Utrecht Centraal Station is one of the best examples the Dutch have to offer of the seamless way they’ve chained the bicycle and the train into a single form of mobility that connects people to all of their daily needs: housing, employment, education, and healthcare.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
One day … everyone will have always been against this.
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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 11/09/2025
Heartbreaking 💔. "Infants too young to be vaccinated rely on all of us to help protect them thru community immunity. Vaccination is not just about protecting yourself-it's about protecting your family, your neighbors, & especially children who are too young to be vaccinated."
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Terrorism: - picking up a flag - putting paint on a war plane Not terrorism: - executing 250 journalists - murdering 20,000 children - bombing 37 hospitals - allowing babies to decompose in ICU beds - starving 2million people - shoot people queuing for food
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
While Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of forest, Ireland continues to do little to protect the 1% natural forest coverwe have left. The same with all our other habitats + wildlife. For nature, WE are the third world country. www.independent.co.uk/news/mexico-...
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How Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of Mayan forest
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The capital of Finland hasn't had a traffic death in a full year. Lower speed limits, plentiful speed cameras, 1,500+ km of bike lanes, infrastructure for pedestrians, and a new tram line. When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"Children of Gaza are being intentionally starved as a weapon of war." - Dr Mike Ryan, WHO.
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Angus Hervey @angushervey.com · 10/09/2025
Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink! Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back. f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The Predator in Monsters, Inc.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 04/09/2025
I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
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a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Aaaaand the main business case for consumer LLMs is revealed. It's for gathering data on users, creating profiles, and targeting us with ads and propaganda. Hooray -- it's Web 2.0 with chatbots!
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I love how music transcends not only every human but every species. That’s why I love all musicians because they share a message that resonates with every living being on this planet.
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Sunny Marvel @sunnymarvel.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A great way to party as you explore #Dublin from a different angle If you’re visiting - grab a bikeshare and join us, you’ll love it @bleeperactive.bsky.social #Moby #DublinBikes
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🇨🇦 NanaGale in Alberta @nanagale.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Regardless of what RFK, Jr. thinks, if you're an adult w/ heart disease, the American College of Cardiology wants you to get vaccinated against RSV, covid, pneumococcal infection (pneumonia), shingles, & influenza (flu). The experts are chiming in, folks; let's listen. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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Heart disease patients should get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, cardiology experts say
This season’s emerging set of guidelines stand out because they urge the need for vaccine-based protection against respiratory illnesses, including COVID, contradicting statements from Health Secretar...
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/08/2025
'It was devastating for all of us.' Marian Quinlan was diagnosed with cancer and died less than three months later with no curative or palliative treatment. Her family want answers. jrnl.ie/6793139
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No treatment, no dignity: 'If she knew she was going to die, she would have had a party'
Marian Quinlan was diagnosed with cancer and died less than three months later with no curative or palliative treatment. Her family want answers.
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Astronomy & Space @astronomyspace.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The Rosette Nebula blooms like a cosmic flower, a vast expanse of gas and dust sculpted by stellar winds. Located 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, this glowing cloud harbors young, hot stars that illuminate its petals, creating a celestial masterpiece in the depths of space.
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Quote of the day: "Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -- FDR
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
WATCH THIS: This is quite possibly still the most comprehensive interview I’ve ever done on smart urban transportation for better cities. Filmed in Vienna for a planned Paris-based documentary. Watch it, quote it, and please help spread it around. Thanks!
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Brent Toderian on sustainable mobility
YouTube video by opascaud
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 21/08/2025
This is Watson. She doesn’t support testing cosmetics on animals unless it’s like this. 12/10 (TT: x.larajane)
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc. Via @theconversation.bsky.social
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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