Nadia Williams (she/her) @racingboo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I'm scrolling BlueSky after about three months of deliberately cutting myself off from everything for my own mental health: I love you all but I'll see you again in another three months. Or more. 030 3
Nadia Williams (she/her) @racingboo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I bought myself proper, decent quality in ear nose cancelling earphones and I live here now, in this heavenly headspace. I'm never leaving again. Well, maybe to recharge them but except for that, this is my home now. 020 2
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025There are 3.4 million girls 14 and under in England. Elon Musk just wrote that 1 out of every 13 such girls is right now being “systematically raped by migrant gangs.” The man has gone utterly insane. He’s a sociopath. His latest post is—unambiguously—neo-Nazi rhetoric intended to incite violence. 39456871700 5.7K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 30/12/2024July: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO says the City Centre Transport Plan will reduce retail activity and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs August: City Centre Transport Plan is implemented December: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO reports 5% increase in sales 719573 195
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Without evidence, Israel has arrested the last doctor at the last hospital in North Gaza and declared that he's a "militant". Here is his piece from earlier in December for NYT Opinion www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m One of the Last Doctors in This Hospital in Gaza. I’m Begging the World for Help.Most of the medical staff members at Kamal Adwan Hospital are gone. One of the last doctors working there shares his story. 4542336 542
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)ceej @ceej.online · 29/12/2024“hole in the ozone layer” levels of erasure. my mom was a project manager who busted her ass for years to make sure IBM was ready for Y2K and completely succeeded, only for it to get turned into a late night joke. funny how the stories of mass collective action to avoid disaster rarely get told 246125342786 12.5K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Everyone's teeing off, so I might as well join in. What people are mostly responding to is the ill-advised use of the word "hype" in the headline. It wasn't hype, there was a real problem, and it was ultimately adequately addressed. Which the story says. But ... 2305 30
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Surround yourself with people smarter than you. If you are often the smartest person in the room, you are either an arrogant ass or need to find some better rooms. 1191 19
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Ré Dubhthaigh @redubhthaigh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Need more Irish design / Dublin-y / public sector / civic-y people in my feed - any recommendations greatly appreciated. 336 6
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 16/05/2023Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus 204258982 4.3K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Joe Thwaites @joethwaites.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Good to see some long-overdue attention to climate fund travel policies. Many developed countries make their civil servants fly economy, so it's only fair that international officials funded by taxpayers do the same. This money is supposed to help communities to deal with climate impacts. 062 6
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 11/12/2024As conditions become more extreme everywhere, people will have to move. We need to plan #NomadCentury Good thread here: 12611 26
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Rising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024"Thousands of Australians showed up on the coast to express their support for the peaceful protesters. Local law enforcement officials, on the other hand, threw the book at the newly-arrested activists while depicting them in disparaging terms." www.salon.com/2024/11/26/1...salon.com170 arrested as climate activists in Australia block one of the world’s largest coal portsMembers of the protest group Rising Tide Australia halted maritime traffic in Australia’s Port of Newcastle 35719 57
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · 29/11/2024#VoteBikeTransferBike Whatever your politics please use your vote today if you can. Half the people don’t have a vote. Then half of those who can vote often don’t. If you don’t know a candidate personally then this article might help you choose based on a candidate's party affiliation. 074 7
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 29/11/2024“It should not have taken 30 years” says Minister Ryan as Dublin’s first continouslly segragated suburbs to city centre cycle route is opened -- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport…irishcycle.com“It should not have taken 30 years” says Minister Ryan as Dublin’s first continouslly segragated suburbs to city centre cycle route is opened-- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said that planning and building Dublin's first continuously segregated suburbs to city centre cycle should not have taken 30 years. As reported yesterday, the opening of the Clontarf to City Centre Cycle and Bus Project means that it is now possible to cycle 12km from Sutton Cross to the city centre and Docklands. 2215 21
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Nathaniel Powell @natkpowell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Today might be a good day to acknowledge that twelve decades of near-continuous French military involvement in Chad has been utterly ruinous for that country and its population. If you'd like to know more, there's a good book about it. www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...cambridge.orgFrance's Wars in ChadCambridge Core - European Studies - France's Wars in Chad 1198 19
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Emmet Ó Briain @emmet.quiddity.ie · 29/11/2024What a quote… On the one hand: kids’ freedom, independent mobility and health.. On the other hand: air and noise pollution, transport poverty, tolerance of pedestrian and cyclist deaths 062 6
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Matt Ross @ncmattrossie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Today is my first general election as an Irish citizen. It is staggering to me just how much more democratic Ireland’s voting system is than the country I grew up in, the US, where the binary is really the only choice. 1/4 42911 29
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht @tudublinsustain.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Who is looking forward to a safer, healthier, more sustainable and active travel commute along the new Clontarf-City Centre segregated cycle track?? 🚲 🌳 🐿️ Good news for north-side students and staff bound for campuses in Dublin’s City-based campuses. #SmarterTravel www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...rte.ieNew Clontarf-city centre cycle path officially opensA new cycle path along one of the busiest routes into Dublin city centre has officially been opened. 4132 13
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Did you know that a “kissing canopy” is when trees above a street or sidewalk grow to touch overhead, creating a cool, shaded place? Despite it being colder and darker these days, let’s remember the beauty and value that #StreetTrees add to our cities, IF we design for them. #KissingCanopies 22838147 838
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Interesting that the far right in this country are now putting abortion top of their agenda. Always has been part of it, as my book states, but I wondered when this would start ramping up… 3327591 275
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 28/11/2024Now we’re talking 3105 10
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 28/11/2024How dare this Indigenous community & their lawyers try to deprive a giant fossil fuel company of its god given right to profits? SLAPP suit of a new kind decided on technical grounds could shake up climate litigation in Australia & beyond Legal defense NGO ordered to pay $9 million to gas co:abc.net.auLawyers for Tiwi Island group that tried to block gas project ordered to pay $9 million to SantosLawyers representing Tiwi Islanders trying to stop a gas pipeline running through their traditional sea country have been ordered to pay more than $9 million to gas giant Santos for its legal costs. 43520 35
Nadia Williams (she/her) @racingboo.bsky.social · 28/11/2024www.thejournal.ie/investigates... How much of this data is genuinely useful?thejournal.ieIreland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity gridClimate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators. 110 1
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Hi, Conrad here. I spread intriguing research from Pew Research Center and beyond. I'm a sociologist and demographer paid to study global religious change. If you think your peeps would be interested in my posts, please share this #introduction. 07431 74
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The situation at Whitefield wasn't isolated. There are still autistic children around the country facing abuse because lessons continue to be ignored for their protection, including application of utterly harmful applied behaviourial analysis (ABA) approaches. #r4today www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comCCTV shows pupils abused and locked in padded roomPolice have said staff will not face action over abuse of autistic children shown in videos leaked to the BBC. 55522 55
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Switzerland—Rejects a referendum to spend $5.6 billion on highway widening. Paris—Moves to replace 60,000 parking spaces with trees and green spaces. Oslo—Eliminates cars from city center, cutting greenhouse emissions 35%. Kathy Hochul and Doug Ford—Let’s ask suburban boomers what they prefer. 321249215 1.2K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Thank you to the trolls for bringing the Twitter energy here. If I say "I like bikes", someone will ask "So why do you hate disabled people?" 1620915 209
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Drivers keep getting angry at for me saying that they are only limited by what we allow them to do. But reality keeps proving me right. 834134 341
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Kate de Selincourt @katedes.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Road in the village is flooded - next village has it worse with several buildings flooded. (photo shows the little (!) brook between the two) This is bad enough but what you don't see in the photos is the faint sewagey smell. Not sure our infrastructure is very resilient against climate change 😐 1163 16
Nadia Williams (she/her) @racingboo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Found this via a skeet and now can't find it again too repost. Fascinating read. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/11/erik...lawyersgunsmoneyblog.comErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,759 - Lawyers, Guns & MoneyThis is the grave of Emma Lazarus. Born in 1849 in New York City, Lazarus grew up in a wealthy Jewish family. Her father Moses was a big merchant in the sugar trade (which yes, of course meant involve... 010 1
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Kristaps Andrejsons @theeasternborder.lv · 24/11/2024Explaining civilisation to a vatnik 16310 63
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/11/2024A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923... 26977861690 7.8K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/20245. A far right supported by large numbers of young men is far more dangerous than a far right supported mostly by older people. The potential for mobilisation and the chances that this mobilisation tends towards mass violence become much greater. 553939 539
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 22/11/2024One of my fav Bluesky things is that it shows the thumbnail for a Youtube link unlike X which majority of time shows just a link. That said, new here or been following me for 20 years here is perhaps the most important Streetfilm since Covid. Please give it a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPz...youtube.comParis School Streets: Safe for Children, Safe for EveryoneYouTube video by Streetfilms® 610333 103
Nadia Williams (she/her) @racingboo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Troubling question: carbon tax is an issue in our upcoming election. I'm all for making driving a less attractive option, but Ireland has serious forced car dependency issues. It feels like just punishing those who can't afford to live where you have other options. What do you think?thejournal.ieFactCheck: Has the carbon tax led to a reduction in Ireland's emissions?Mary Lou McDonald said this week that the tax has NOT led to a reduction. 010 1
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The magic of an Irish rainforest. 🌏 753828244 3.8K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 24/11/2024A sound and practical friend is looking for a room to rent to use as a small music studio in Dublin. Does anyone on here know of anything to fit the bill? 0415 15
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Here's 5 people & 4 bikes you might cross paths with on a cold Saturday afternoon in Utrecht. 1-2 A parent helpfully holding his child while the wind blows hard. 3-4 Two young women, one carefully balanced on the back rack. 5 An Uber Eats driver, the only person on an ebike. Just ordinary people. 4709 70
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This poem could be about COP29 0307 30
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s 1271308099286 30.8K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 24/11/2024this is very good 1329794 297
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)DitzyFlama @ditzyflama.com · 23/11/2024good morning blueskiers look at this loaf 1421719483665 71.9K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This post uses a stronger more direct approach and tone. But it seems to be the required tone, given the levels of obfuscation delay and fossil fuel apologist nonsense. 27414 74
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 23/11/2024Ferndale allows their residents dump leaves in the bike lane like this for pickup, and this happens for like six weeks? Pretty stupid system IMO. 0284 28
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Here are some nice mushrooms 1274764943567 76.5K
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 24/11/202461.8% renewables. 3334 33
Reposted by Nadia Williams (she/her)Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 24/11/2024It would be great if, just for once, we had a government focused more on protecting people than enforcement. These "crackdowns" have minimal overall impact on majority of businesses affected. They specifically hit workers, who often are already being exploited 1/6 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...standard.co.ukFirms illegally employing workers in UK face 'stronger' action, says Yvette CooperThe Home Secretary admitted some of the pull-factors attracting people to risk their lives crossing the Channel in ‘small boats’ needed to be tackled 912348 123
Nadia Williams (she/her) @racingboo.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This question is one that's been at the forefront of my mind lately. I've given an answer along these lines to a loved one who asked, but I like the additional depth and thoughtfulness given here. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe climate crisis and all the evil in the world drives me to despairThe world will continue to be absurd, but you, with all your passion, can still make your corner of it more bearable 010 1