Spain accounted for 40% of the total economic growth in the EU last year, and their green transition has been a very important factor in that.

I find at Court that there is some bad news from Ireland of an insurrection of the Catholiques there, which puts them into an alarm.

"Byrne edges Prendergast at 10..." You've given us the time but what channel can I watch on? www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...

I've tried this. It's completely horrible. The only possible use for it is clearing drains.

BREAKING: An Israel-backed terror group called "the United States of America" has blown up a bridge in Iran

The post of Chief of Staff of the US Army is not to be confused with that of Commander-in-Chief which continues to be held by Benjamin Netanyahu. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...

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Making decisions based on moral principles doesn't make all decisions easy but basing them on whatever you think is expedient at a give time is guaranteed to tie you in knots. Plus, you have to have moral principles in the first place.

Owing to (his) family commitments I'm sans Boy for the Easter weekend, but will make up for it next weekend and in the meantime seize the opportunity for total self-indulgence.

Happy "Start Delayed by Rain" Season to all celebrating! #CountyChampionship #Cricket

Just practicing for when I ride through London on a Russian tank.

The general says, you that have so traitorously discover’d the secrets of your army, and made such pestiferous reports of men very nobly held, can serve the world for no honest use

As Gaeilge, "moon" is "gealach" but "The Moon" is "An Ghealach" (the initial consonant undergoes lenition after the definite article "An").

Guy Chap Bottoms www.findagrave.com/memorial/688...

Streets full of people all alone Roads full of houses, never home A church full of singing out of tune Everyone's gone to the moon. youtube.com/watch?v=r-BX...

This history-making event needs your support 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Read 👉 buff.ly/Ti6hAJD #GCNnews

When someone doesn't take your advice, does something their own way, fucks it up, and then asks you to sort out their mess for them. That.

Winding Down for Easter When I was a lad, back in England, the name for the Thursday before Good Friday was Maundy Thursday. That term isn't used here in Ireland, where it seems to be known as Holy Thursday. Anyway, Maynooth University is closed tomorrow (Good Friday) but not today (Holy…

I saw a bit of Trump's speech. He's very good at giving the impression of being a blithering idiot.

It's a bit foggy this morning.

I searched for a gif for #Artemis and it gave me this... #ArtemisII #Artemis2

"ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO" seems very ungrammatical to me. #ArtemisII

Donald Trump is about to announce a change of plan for #ArtemisII - it is going to be fired at Iran.

The first Day’s Night had come – Emily Dickinson The first Day's Night had come—And grateful that a thingSo terrible—had been endured—I told my Soul to sing—She said her Strings were snapt—Her Bow—to Atoms blown—And so to mend her—gave me workUntil another Morn—And then—a Day as hugeAs Yesterdays…

Is there an effective treatment for golf?

We had the test and I've even corrected the scripts. One student answer included "this process is not allowed on the grounds that +1 ≠ -1"...

Tomorrow is the last day before the Easter break. All I have to do is give a 9am lecture, grade the submissions from the last lab test, meet with my masters project student, supervise a computer lab session, meet with my undergraduate project student, go home, and collapse in a state of exhaustion.

Once there one can reflect on the make-up of the Universe, its foundation, etc...

Absolutely not. Nip this in the bud. Our Gardaí do not need to take steps towards the kind of impunity seen in the states. It's beyond dangerous. Their job is to protect the public above all else. If their role is to uphold the law they need to be beholden to it #spéirgorm

I sincerely hope the people who design the questionnaires we receive from the University every now and then are not the same people whose job it is to teach students how to design questionnaires...

April Fool is dead and gone. Now you're the fool, and I am none.

Note: a "tryangle" is an old instrument like a harpsichord, not one of these...

That wolf has been patiently biding its time... www.rte.ie/news/europe/...

In France the geographical spread of #AprilFool pranks is described statistcally by a Poisson distribution.

Particle Physics class test this afternoon at 2pm. #NotAJoke #Seriously #NotAprilFool

Is there an effective treatment for golf?

I see that Sexual Harassment Guy has a paper in the arXiv mailing this morning... #notajoke

Self-portrait. The night wanderer 1924 https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25818

This one is hilarious! #AprilFool

My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL

I can't wait to wade through dozens of unfunny April Fools arXiv posts tomorrow morning...

Today on International Trans Day of Visibility, Rainbow Rose and @ivanabacik.bsky.social of @labour.ie stand in solidarity with trans people in Europe. Your lives, your voices, and your contributions matter. We celebrate you — today and every day. #TDOV #TransgenderDayOfVisibility

I see that #Denmark and #Italy have followed #Ireland in making the correct decision to boycott the #WorldCupFinals

We are used to hearing from a handful of academics in the media on foreign policy, defence and security, and geopolitics. They all dismiss Ireland's tradition of neutrality and its basis in international law and decades of peacekeeping. They are not the majority. www.thejournal.ie/academics-an...

"These tests that the IOC and a lot of sports federations are now presenting as new technology. They have literally used these before and found that they were, on one hand, inaccurate in creating these false positives, and on the other hand, just in violation of people’s human rights.”

Manly Nickers United States, Census, 1850

That's three of them in prison now. Will we get the full set? www.rte.ie/news/ireland...