Frankenstein (2025) is cinematic. Wonderful movie..

Great morning teaching our MSc Organic Ag & Hort students how to use belt transects to survey plant diversity. Lots of curiosity, teamwork & learning in the field today! #Fieldwork #Biodiversity #Horticulture #SETU

McCarthy stressed that his nomination of Steen was “not an endorsement …voters will have the right to decide who is best suited to serve.” Aubrey: you’re a senator cos people voted for YOUR PRINCIPLES & expect you to REPRESENT THEM in your actions, not support opposing views potentially into power.

USA haven't shown up! #wrwc #womensrugbyworldcup

Irish government is blocking these children's visas. Please sign this petition. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie

I'm quite enjoying seeing our local anti-LGBT+ activists going absolutely apoplectic over Una's article this week. Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

At the #TUI Congress 2025 - General Secretary Michael Gillespie delivers his report. #FreePalestine

Honestly, the pope wasn't perfect, but as an LGBT+, and an environmentalist, I can't help but thinking of future could be hugely influenced by the new pontiff..

So impressed with all the anti-trans folks worried about womens' rights who are also diligently campaigning for increased sentences for rapists, for increased funding of womans sports, for domestic abuse shelters etc. while also punching down on a vulnerable minority. Multi-tasking heroes!

426.55 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 30-Mar-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Word of the day: Sycophant

Come one Ireland! 🇮🇪 #sixnations

We're hiring! Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers? Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad... Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March

I interviewed the very talented and brave accidental activist Dr Lydia Foy: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

I'm on to recommend the Star Walk app.. I've the free version and it really brings the night sky to life ⭐🌍☄️ Explore the planets, stars, comets, and satellites. It's amazing..

Why is public Irish media @news.rte.ie @rte.ie not changing its digital and social media strategy and is still sending public media audiences to places like X that now resemble Truth Social? It's using this platform but has not adapted share buttons or policy/playbook for journalists?

@waterfordlibraries.bsky.social Hi Folks, is your online membership tool working? I've tried it a few times in the past few weeks and it's telling me that my registration was unsuccessful. waterford.spydus.ie/cgi-bin/spyd...

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Registration is open for this online music module at South East Technological University. Ideal for music enthusiasts 🎶 #music

I have updated the Academic Workload Tracker for 2025. I strongly encourage all academics to track how long you actually work, and at what tasks. It's a crucial way to counter the deliberate wage-theft of obfuscatory university workload models. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Garden peas, steeped (?) peas, and sugar snap peas, turnip, parsnip, roast potatoes, celery, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. This is not my shopping list, it's just the vegetables my mother prepared for the Christmas dinner. A record breaking year. #Christmas2024

Despite attempts to address it, such as increasing the gender quota to 40%, Dáil Éireann has the worst gender diversity in western Europe. Out of 174 seats in last month's general election, 44 went to women in a representation of slightly more than 25%. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

LOOK at wee Zara’s face - what an incredible chance for a girl who loves science, getting to meet the first Irish Woman going into Space. Unreal. #LateLateToyShow

So #Ireland is on course for a penalty of a scale not seen since the bank bailout, and we hear about it the week after the election? In which climate action was barely covered in the #GE24 debates? Who's the RTÉ Environment Correspondent again? www.rte.ie/news/busines...

that latest episode of #BadSisters... Boom! 💥

Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025! We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research. Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists: bsbi.org/grants

Irish friends! The Irish Garden Bird Survey started this week. It makes winter completely bearable. Plus, it allows you to legitimately stare out various windows over the next 13 weeks: "I'm not wasting time! I'm contributing to a citizen science project!" birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/sur...

Outlook being problematic at the moment. Did the Russians cut the undersea cables? :p

Shoutout to Dave and the SETU Arena grounds crew for embracing sustainability! 🌱 They’re tackling weeds with steam-heated corn starch instead of herbicides, promoting eco-friendly, chemical-free groundskeeping. #Sustainability #SETU #GreenCampus

We saw this cinema with its gorgeous art deco facade in an estate agent’s window last weekend in Dingle, and hoped it would find a sympathetic buyer. Great news today - Cillian Murphy and his wife Yvonne McGuinness have bought it and will reopen it as a cinema.

Necessary reading for anyone who cares about human rights..

We have been keeping this under wraps for a few months in preparation for the N-TUTORR showcase and Autumn Lecture Series. Special thanks to Corina Power for organising it all and Sean Corcoran (The Art Hand) for making it a reality. #ntutorr #SETU It was worth waiting for...

Hello Brave new Generative-AI fuelled world! I am playing around with NotebookLM this evening. Here's a podcast about Seed Saving based on one of my older Irish Garden Magazine Articles. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/fb2...

Clare LGBT group on the far right: ‘If they pick on one minority, they will pick on another. We would be in the firing line’ www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

The nitrates derogation disproportionately benefits large-scale, intensive farming operations, particularly in the dairy sector. Small farmers and those practicing sustainable methods gain little to nothing from this policy.

These tete-a-tete are keen to get going... #NotSpringYet

Perfectly at eye level Ken 😉🏳️‍🌈.. If anyone else in SETU would like one, the LGBT+ Staff Network have loads available! email [email protected]

Our family got amazing news this week. A loved one has been approved to go on the transplant list. I'm telling everyone so I'm telling you lot too. Now, anyone got a spare kidney?!😂

The seventh and final lecture in the N-TUTORR Autumn Lecture Series took place last night in SETU. Speaking on the theme of EDI we heard from Dr Allison Kenneally and Dr Cara Daly on how now more than ever EDI needs to be reflected in all of what we do in higher education.

Is the sound balance off on the newest season of #BadSisters or is it just my deaf head??

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The 7th and final lecture in the N-TUTORR Autumn Lecture series has started at SETU Waterford. Lovely opening from SETU President Veronica Campbell. Tonight's lecture is on the topic of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. #NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning @kenmccarthy7.bsky.social