Jerome Mounsey

🌲 Forest cover of Europe.

🔎 Milos Popovic

Fun fact: India’s population (🔴) is similar to the combined total of the Americas and EU (🔵).

I really don't understand why a film of Casement's life has never been made. It's an incredible tale.

And yes I'm free to write it Mr Spielberg

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave | Climate crisis | The Guardian Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961

"A weather station in the Norwegian part of the Arctic Circle recorded temperatures above 30C (86F) on 13 days in July." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Picture of our wildflower meadow, planted in a location where we previously had an apple orchard. The meadow is there for pollinating insects, and to encourage various beneficial organisms that are important for our other fruit crops.

*Biodiversity is essential to human survival. (See Alt text).

From a majority tongue in 18th‑century Ireland, Gaelic fell under systematic suppression—Penal Laws outlawing its schools, 19th‑century National School curriculum enforcing English, and the Great Famine accelerating rural depopulation—shrinking native speakers from provinces like Munster and Connacht into isolated pockets. Although the 20th‑century Gaelic Revival and state policies have rekindled interest, the map lays bare centuries of colonial, legal, and economic forces that all but erased Irish as a living vernacular.

🗣️ The near disappearance of the Irish language in just 200 years.

Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes “I have failed you completely and catastrophically,” wrote Gemini.

Vibe code at you own risk >>

Two major #AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes

arstechnica.com/info...

#agenticAI

A lovely lovely glass of Kasteel Rouge.

Well, I'm officially on holiday so I'm starting it all off with a Kasteel Rouge. Sitting on a bit of a windy and fresh terrasse in town. Got my raincoat just in case. #BskyBeer

Securing the forest carbon sink for the European Union’s climate ambition - Nature Actionable research recommendations are outlined to improve the monitoring and modelling of forest resources and their carbon sink, and to better inform forest management decisions and the European Gr...

Why is the European forest carbon sink declining?
How science can help reversing this trend?

A perspective paper in Nature discusses these questions, highlighting the importance to better monitor forest resources and their resilience.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How old do you think you will live to be? Irish people say 81 years, on average, and that's nearly spot on - life expectancy in Ireland today is 82 years. In the mid-1970s, it was only 72 years. We're living longer, healthier, and happier than ever. 🇮🇪🧓

resources.ipsos.com/rs/297-CXJ-7...

A long, concrete pier stretches into the distance under a dramatic blue sky with wispy white clouds. A metal railing lines the left side of the pier, separating it from the dark, choppy water. In the far distance on the right, a lighthouse is visible. The perspective is low, emphasising the length of the pier and the vastness of the sky and sea.

Piering into the Distance. #Wicklow #pier #sea #ocean #sky #clouds #horizon #waterscape #coastal #Ireland #Travellreland #smartphonephotography #photography

A historic stone church with a tall, pointed spire stands prominently on a grassy cliff overlooking a vast, calm blue sea under a bright, partly cloudy sky. To the right of the church, a cemetery with numerous old headstones is visible, arranged along a winding path. The church building features intricate stone work, arched windows, and a dark grey slate roof. A wooden bench sits outside the church wall, offering a peaceful spot to view the ocean.

Chapel by the Sea. #churchbythesea #chapel #coastalireland #irishhistory #bluesky #seaviews #graveyard #historicalarchitecture #travelireland #eastcoast #ireland #smartphonephotography #photography

🐄 Raw milk cheese isn't just food; it's the memory of a place, the echo of a pasture. 🌿 It carries the signature of its land, preserving culture & ecosystems.

Join us at #Cheese2025 to protect raw milk & its world!

Learn more: cheese.slowfood.it/en/

#SlowFood #RawMilk

The first ever recorded snowball fight in Lyon, France (1897)

WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.

My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.

5.6 million Ukrainians are currently refugees. Germany hosts 1.2 million. And 561,000 live outside European countries.

Relative to population size (and distance from Ukraine), Irelands intake is impressive.

The EU’s ‘fantasy’ $750B energy promise to Trump Technical issues, limited U.S. supplies and the EU’s minimal control over imports render the pledge infeasible, experts say.

The EU has narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war with Trump by pledging to buy $750 billion of U.S. oil and gas by the end of his term.

But achieving that will be almost impossible.

A new cost-benefit analysis reveals that cutting food loss & waste by 26% to 47% globally by 2030 could create valuable policy space for governments seeking to maximize social welfare or to minimize overall waste.

Explore the scenario⤵️
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
#SDGs2030

A quiet summer morning in the center of #Paris

🍇 The world's largest wine producers—Mediterranean nations lead, with perfect climates, rich soils, and centuries-old winemaking traditions.

The Protein Bar Arms Race

Reality: protein craze mostly (manosphere fuelled) hype.

Most already get more than enough protein. Trend nothing more than a new marketing "health halo."

Slapping word "protein" on a product ain't gonna make it healthy.

The Protein Bar Arms Race www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/b...

Swaggering Kerry sweep past Donegal to win 39th title Written off in mid-summer, Kerry won their 39th All-Ireland title with a breathless display of attacking football to overcome a Donegal side whose characteristic efficiency deserted them

Swaggering Kerry sweep past Donegal to win 39th title www.rte.ie/sport/footba...

Great win for the #lions against #australia in the #rugby today. Hopefully the grumbles against the number of #irish players can stop now :-)

Nice of Ireland to let a few others play in the Lions Game. 🤣
#Lions #Rugby

WTO members are slow to ratify the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement That was June 17, 2022. Now the third anniversary has come and gone, and still the much-celebrated “consensus” agreement isn’t in force anywhere in the world. Speaks volumes for governments’ commit…

Argentina ratified the 2022 WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement on Tuesday. Only 5 more are needed to reach 111 (two thirds of the 166 members) and activate it in ratifying countries. In the pipeline: Brazil, Kenya and Mali. A special General Council meeting is being planned to celebrate 111

Details⬇️

Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the soil in the Alps Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, jeopardising the ecosystem and putting the mountains at risk of further erosion

Grazing #livestock & farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of #soil loss in the #Alps, jeopardising the #ecosystem & putting the mountains at risk of further erosion: www.newscientist.com/article/2488... #grazing #erosion

Deal reached! 🇪🇺🤝🇲🇩

With this trade agreement, new doors open for Moldovan & EU producers.

Stronger economic ties, more opportunities & protected mutual interests, all supporting Moldova's European path!

Keen to visit Moldova soon
europa.eu/!mbxt96

The conversationalists, 2025 - by Preeti & Prashant Chacko, Dubaite (United Arab Emirates)

Indonesia is truly beautiful,

But it’s striking to see so little mechanisation of agriculture. Whether I visit tobacco, rice, or fish farms, much is still done by hand.

So many potentially brilliant minds still trapped in drudgery - “Lost Einsteins”.