Some people have the same knee jerk reaction to any issue raised with non car modes of transport as car brained people do to any criticism of cars.

This article is stark.. We have a very serious problem with eScooters. "These children are coming off e-scooters like little catapults. Their skulls are crushed against the pavement. They're crushed against the lamp post. They damage their internal organs, and they're life changing,"

While The Irish Times marketed itself under the tagline "the story of why", they are doing their bit again of not giving context why someone like Government advisor Sean O’Driscoll might be against environmental legislation, so here's this article again: irishcycle.com/2026/01/17/w...

If I read one more reference to 'gold plating' of EU law in Ireland....Can anyone show me the evidence? Should we look to the over half our rivers and lakes polluted? The trend which is getting worse? The 25% of our most pristine waterbodies now lost? A 🧵 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

NEW: I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that involved a real LLC’s fictional website and a search engine that’s thrusting unreliable answers on users. By @justinelliott.bsky.social

This is such a clear FU to voters. He does it because he knows Fox would never air it. Independent media is the lifeblood of this country and without it we will all suffer.

In Ireland, regional competition could drive change, but there's been a lot of cultural walls built the last few years in rural areas, and unfortunately the 'rural'='diesel' link is now going to be much harder to sever than in the 90s, early 2010s.

In @irishtimes.com I spoke to Irish people travelling abroad about how they coped during the 'heat dome'. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

I especially love this diagram.

I see people characterize the student protests against Israel as failures, and I really don’t think that’s true. They may not have toppled the U.S.-Israel alliance or ended the genocide, but they have helped usher in a generational turning point in attitudes toward Israel and Palestine

The independent is running PR for the Collisons think tank now.

HYDRATION BREAK

“oooo, he went on a BIKE RIDE, look at him having a nice time on a beautiful sunny day, what a monster” it just doesn’t work

Everyone from SciAm should be hired again, but the # of jobs in journalism – especially sci/enviro journalism – has been plummeting, and freelance wages haven't risen (not even with inflation) since at least the 90s. Science media is getting quieter, even if you don't notice it all at once.

The ultra-rich only have themselves to blame for people detesting them at unprecedented levels. They had choices for how to behave.

I live in France. We are not prepared. We haven't learnt. It will need a major death toll for people to realise it's serious, then it'll be forgotten the following year, thanks to climate change deniers. The "It's hot? Well, it's summer" types, you know what I mean.

Mégane eTech makes the leap to LFP, great news.

Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says. OK then: climate goals, please. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Let's name this one as "TotalEnergies SE heat dome", after one of the seven supermajor oil companies, this one based in Paris, France.

Norway announces that it intends to ban all trade with illegal Israeli settlements, which will bring it into line with the International Court of Justice's ruling in July 2024 which says states must not be complicit in Israel's illegal occupation. Spain and the Netherlands have already done so.

So he's threatening to run us over with his AI?

It does kind of have the feel of postwar Britain not fully grasping that they don't have the power to force everyone to do what they want anymore

What kinda weird 'Spectre' level madness is this 'Dialog' organisation of Thiels?

Astonishing stuff.. The conspiratorial global elite having a meetup at Powerscourt on August 12th to 16th

Dutch consumer electronics retailer and energy supplier Coolblue is adding a new 'free' to its range (following 'free washing' and 'free drying'): 'free dishwashing', available every day between 12:00 and 15:00 with connected Bosch/Siemens dishwashers.

Oh for god's sake: most of Prussia St is derelict, and now Dublin City Council wants to get rid one of its only bright spots. www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-...

Excellent analysis of what the drop in petrol demand means: “Europe reaches the breaking point first, for a reason that is almost tidy. Its refining system was built to export petrol, and the export markets are vanishing faster than its own demand” therewnewableguru.substack.com/p/the-great-...

the world is not ready for how little competitive edge any company is going to have in the language model space for any meaningful length of time, it's IBM PC compatibles all over again

A generation of children confined to exclusively posting on LinkedIn, humbled to share that they have been recognised as thought leaders in vertically integrating your mom's supply chain.

We need to put American Bluesky takes permanently and verifiably beyond use.

This Aussie is spot on, it will take years or decades to get rid of capitalism from the government. It’s not just Trump, it’s everything behind him, oligarchs, money, corruption, corporations etc. How can we fix this?

IBEC are looking to delay pay transparency legislation.. They knew it was coming, they just don't like it and want to ignore it a little longer. I wonder what our Govt will do 🤔 ..

Insanity.. but this Govt will rubber-stamp anything that turns a profit.

Getting people out of cars requires more than just exposed street racks. Cities can easily transform vacant commercial spaces into sheltered, staffed bike parking hubs. Safe parking is exactly what the curious but cautious need to finally start riding.

FF & FG once again showing business interests trump the national interest. Everyone should also be aware that this place is a pollution nightmare, and nobody in this govt is going to make the owners clean it up, so it'll fall back on the Taxpayer again.. Just like with Mittal group and Cork Steel

My adult life has been defined by a series of trillion dollar bonfires lit by the people telling us we can't afford a better world, and its the same people every time.

In other words, the transport minister admits that he outsources transport policy to the transport industry. In exactly the same way that he outsourced housing policy to the property development industry.

The EU's wider rules, which kick in from February 18th, 2027, are simple: Users must be able to remove and replace batteries with basic tools, or specialized tools that are provided with the product for free, and compatible spare batteries must be sold for at least five years.

Interesting to see something like this only gathering momentum because of [checks notes] *bin fires*. Good, nobody likes a bin fire, but it's another example of where the green agenda often isn't enough on its own to cut through & drive action on a circular economy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Finally a conspiracy theory I have no interest in debunking.. Have at em guys.

Well said by Richie. Shouldn't fall to a TV pundit to have to say this either.

Every bank holiday this year has seen some or all of Dublin Dart service shut down, causing chaos for thousands and huge congestion across city. The Dart shuts down for 5-6 hours EVERY night, mind boggling that routine maintenance can’t be carried out then. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/t...