Andrew Breen

Today is 2025-11-07, the sun sets at 16:40:51 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 35 mins and 08 secs. #GrandStretch #GrandDrawingIn

The Greens have a very robust prescence on here, some Soc Dems post on here, some Labour prescence, but it's very telling that Sinn Féin doesn't have a prescence on Bluesky yet the party + reps still actively post and engage on Twitter. No doubt, it's giving them a skewed view of the electorate..

what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???

This is such an amazing opportunity to work with a leader in the field doing really important work!

As much as I'd love to apply, I already know I can't move to Dublin for 2 years. But someone else out there is going to get this awesome job. Is it you?

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

Happy Halloween

"This fucking guy" could just refer to too many fucking guys at this stage...

In a boxing club with ties to Conor McGregor, some non-white and immigrant athletes seek to connect and belong Crumlin Boxing Club is run by Philip Sutcliffe Snr, McGregor’s boxing coach, a Dublin city councillor who – like McGregor – has voiced anti-immigrant views.

In a boxing club w/ ties to Conor McGregor, some non-white and immigrant athletes seek to connect & belong. Crumlin Boxing Club is run by Philip Sutcliffe Snr, McGregor’s boxing coach, a Dublin city councillor who, like McGregor, has voiced anti-immigrant views www.dublininquirer.com/in-a-boxing-...

“I would like to send the biggest congratulations to Catherine on her resounding election victory, which is a seismic moment in our history. “Catherine is someone I have admired since I was first elected to the Dáil, not least because her values so closely align with those of the Social Democrats. I will always be proud that we were the first party to endorse her as a presidential candidate – a decision that has been validated by today’s decisive result. “The momentum behind Catherine’s presidential bid was incredible, growing from a small campaign run by dedicated volunteers to the grassroots movement it became. From day one, her message of inclusion, equality and social justice resonated with voters in every corner of Ireland. “Catherine had a clear vision for the Presidency and was determined to speak out on issues that mattered to people – housing, cost of living, disability services, climate action, the Irish language and neutrality. “Catherine’s considered, focused and compassionate approach to this campaign was hugely impressive. It is an experience that I will always remember. “In electing Catherine as 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann, the people of Ireland have put a President in the park who will always act with courage and integrity and give a voice to the vulnerable; a President who will promote peace over conflict, fairness over injustice. Like her predecessor, I know she will do our country proud both at home and on the world stage. “This is a stunning victory for Catherine which will have ramifications far beyond the Presidency. It shows there is a huge desire out there for a different Ireland – of fairness, compassion and inclusivity – and we want to help deliver it. “Catherine lit a spark and started a movement – we are determined to keep that flame burning.”

The Social Democrats have put a candidate in the Áras for the first time - they were the first party to back Connolly in July - and party leader Holly Cairns has said “Catherine lit a spark and started a movement – we are determined to keep that flame burning.” #Aras25

Dublin City Council has paused CPOs of derelict homes – but also promises “zero tolerance” on dereliction The council promised to start taking legal action against owners of derelict homes who don’t pay the levy going forward.

Dublin City Council has paused CPOs of derelict homes – but also promises “zero tolerance” on dereliction. It promised to start taking legal action against owners of derelict homes who don’t pay the levy going forward.

This was unique circumstances for spoiled vote: no anti-gov candidate anywhere on the right, loud online campaign, week of riots. It’s still going to end up with less than half the vote Peter Casey got as a similar protest. The “political earthquake” here is the thumping victory for the united left

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold. [In some cases, to zero.] Story by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

CERN welcomes Ireland as an Associate Member State

Read more: home.cern/news/news/ce...

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

Ireland disinformation update:

Reddit locked down one of the most-used parts of its platform in Ireland (r/ireland, claiming 1.2m members) due to what moderators called a “wave of new and inactive accounts spreading disinformation and hate speech connected to recent events.”

Years after promise of a new integration strategy, Dublin City Council still doesn’t have one There’s a desperate need for a roadmap to improve efforts to help people navigate immigrant life, and connect, say councillors and community workers.

Years after promise of a new integration strategy, Dublin City Council still doesn’t have one. There’s a desperate need for a roadmap to improve efforts to help people navigate immigrant life, and connect, say councillors and community workers. Read more here: www.dublininquirer.com/years-after-...

"Viewpoint diversity" about whether human activity is warming the planet, or whether vaccines work, is like "viewpoint diversity" about whether the sky is blue or whether the Earth is round. It falls outside the range of good faith scientific and academic discourse.
#ScienceUnderSiege

And it's not like rural areas get well served by this, it's never for stuff like reducing dereliction, it's always nonsense like blood sports, and letting people continue to pollute our drinking water or letting people build holiday homes everywhere. It's so frustrsting

In a perfect world, Mirror's crime reporters would have to publicly explain why they think ethnicity of alleged perpetrators of crime is relevant to what had happened.

Fine Gael getting in the mud for 500 likes in a fight that’s almost certainly already lost. You love to see it

This needs to be corrected by @news.rte.ie repeatedly throughout the day. There is no equivocation here.

Part of the Corlea Trackway on display at the Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre. This trackway is made of oak planks laid transversely on large parallel runners.

The Corlea Trackway • Longford

This 2km ancient routeway was discovered beautifully preserved in the bog.
It was dated to c.148 BC.

A section of the trackway from Cloonbreany Townland was excavated and conserved, and is now on display in the Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre.

#Archaeology 🏺

You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.

Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Women don't like the vehicle

nothing says hard left like .... legal proceedings?

WOKE. CULTURE WARS. CULTURE WARS.

A powerful day for Fingal. A sad day for columnists.

You’re think *you’re* depressed? Try being at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association right now with 5,000 political scientists presenting their work on the state of democracy, public opinion, and media.

They are also drinking heavily.

We need to treat social media as humanity's demented id - which is pretty much what it is - and stop feeling like everything on here is a thought out policy position that requires a response. Everyone on the internet is basically mad & drunk & has a real job/family somewhere they're neglecting.