Joe Fitzmaurice

Best of luck Guy. Go you!

In the age of LLMs, deciding to write more strongly in my own voice feels both liberating and like an act of resistance. I've decided I don't care if Reviewer 2 inevitably hates the style, I'm going to write for me.

#FeedingOurselves is back - 2026 version! This is our annual gathering in Cloughjordan, 4 days and 3 nights of farming food environment justice events and activities.
We're really focusing on #foodSovereignty this year - it's time has come!
Booking and info here:
sustainable.ie/feeding-ours...

The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Ha,, just looked at the trailer.
Columbo and The Wonder Years.
What's not to like!
Thanks.

The world was saved because a human being didn't trust a computer.

What's the movie/ I could do with one too. Thnx

Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

“I may fall out of the chair onto the road” — video highlights impact of footpath parking The "real and often overlooked challenges caused by illegal and inconsiderate parking" is the theme of a new video launched by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, but that applies across the country. In the video, Duncan Byrne, a council staff member who uses a wheelchair, said: “I’ve encountered situations where a car is parked partially or fully on the path. In those situations, I’ve had to backtrack to a safe place to cross where there’s either a dip or a pedestrian crossing.

“I may fall out of the chair onto the road” — video highlights impact of footpath parking

The "real and often overlooked challenges caused by illegal and inconsiderate parking" is the theme of a new video launched by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, but that applies across the country. In…

If you’re in Ireland or Northern Ireland and there’s no indie comic shop nearby, please consider Little Deer! Free postage for orders over €100 and my next post office run is Wednesday! You could have fresh comics for the weekend!

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

Good to keep the pressure on folks - the deregulation and so called simplification agenda is relentless! 🌍 #HandsOffNature
handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

source: @infobeautiful.bsky.social

And then we have Norway with zero child deaths from cars. Achieved through government policy informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...

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L L SLOVENIAN COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF A NEW STUDIO ALBUM,  THEIR MOST POP OUTING TO DATE

Laibach announce new album and tour 'their most pop release yet...' louderthanwar.com/laibach-anno... via @louderthanwar

Legends!! Thanks all for signing. Just 203 more signatures to go from Irish citizens, and we'll have passed the Ireland threshold, and become 1 of 7 legendary countries to get this past the post

C'MON!!!! Let's get it done. 📝🇵🇸

#SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IrishSky #Ireland

Hup!! We need just 39 more signatures and then we've done it, Ireland will have passed her threshold.

PLEASE SIGN!!!

🇵🇸🙏✊🇮🇪

#JusticeForPalestine #Ireland #FreePalestine #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IrishSky

This takes a very short amount of time to do. Please sign it.

One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Ireland’s Food systems have a huge impact on climate and biodiversity. Join @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social and GFI on 17 Feb in TUS Athlone for a day of discussion and sharing on how Universities can help shape better food systems. More details here: greenfoundationireland.ie/in-person-co...

A rehare would be much appreciated!
@profjohnbarry.bsky.social @jenniecstephens.bsky.social @climatealarmclock.bsky.social @thinkorswim.bsky.social
@ejni.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social

C'mon Ireland, we're nearly there.
Ireland:
8,305 signatures
10,080 quota
82.39%of quota

#gaza #israel #eu #petition #ireland #speirgorm #EuropeanUnion

It's baffling to me how Ireland is only on 65.30% of our quota for this (see citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...) given our apparently vehement support of Palestinians. If you've not signed yet, do it, and get 5 friends to do it too. eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#... #speirgorm

You begin your morning with intention, perhaps with a cup of tea and a quiet moment of gratitude. Then—ping—a notification arrives. Suddenly, that carefully cultivated calm evaporates like morning mist, replaced by a knot of anxiety Our joy has become so fragile.

Put in a compensation request to Eurail this morning in relation to yesterday's train delay. Request accepted and money back on my card this evening. #Speirgorm

Live from Lerwick, Shetland: Up Helly Aa 2026 torchlit procession and Viking galley burning. YouTube video by Promote Shetland

The Up Helly Aa torch procession is underway!

www.youtube.com/live/T2VbPaz...

Just after Argentière. A flavour of the French side of this journey. #Speirgorm #MontBlancExpress

Church on a hill in a valley

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn train

Passing valley churches and then we hit Göschenen where I change trains - the other one continues through the Gotthard Tunnel. #Speirgorm #Switzerland