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A seashell jumble in a rockpool corner. An impressive mix of colours, shapes, patterns and textures in an area smaller than the palm of my hand.
County Clare, Ireland.

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the brilliance of the UN Charter's ban on and conditions for use of force -- legitimate individual or collective self-defense, or Security Council authorization -- is that it challenges governments to justify what is the most devastating use of state power. it's also intuitive.

While not the headline subject, I love how Pamela renounced the laboursome rituals of being a women because one day she decided she'd prefer to walk around Paris then get her make up done for fashion show! How wonderfully liberating & life affirming. Clearly also the better option in that instance!

Thank you for tv rec. Susan 😊 Isn't such a lovely thoughtful speech! Really genuine & not in anyway affected. So grateful for his career & those who helped him along the way. I also think he could be the finest male specimen to ever grace the screen. Just loved him in Indiana Jones & Blade Runner.

This is a gorgeous speech from Harrison Ford. A man who always appeared uncomfortable with trappings of fame reflecting on a successful lifetime acting career with gratitude & humility. Really inspiring & thoughtful speech. I've also crushed on this guy for possibly all of my own lifetime. #Indyfan

This is a lovely speech. Thank you for sharing Julia 😊

Thank you for sharing Dan! It's a lovely speech. Genuine, thoughtful & humble reflection of the expanse of a lifetime & success of his career. He always came across as someone removed from fame of it all.
From a fellow long term adoring fan....

The US killing one and hundred fifty school children in a single attack on Iran has apparently been universally decided to be a non story by the Western press. Not front page news, not in the highlights, instantly memory holed. Profession and institutions worse than worthless.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

I stand officially corrected on the provenance of @quaybooks.bsky.social's book collection. I also need to pay a visit!

I think sometimes family owned shops may not open weekends etc. Fry's Antique store comes to mind. I'm bewildered everytime someone says there is nothing in Limerick city centre....there are some amazing independent family owned businesses around.

Ah you are right. I just felt they were very competitively priced so thought some were second hand. Anyhow we are blessed with some fine options here. Celtic bookshop was an absolute find. Bought a book on Irish wildflowers impossible to source elsewhere.

I really need to highlight two wonderful book shops in Limerick city....Celtic Bookshop opposite Hunt Museum which I only ventured to recently. Fabulous curated selection of books of Irish interest. Absolute treasure trove! Quay books as a wonderful second hand book option in Sarsfield St.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful....🍄

That's always a problem with any substantive consultative process. Some groups can vocalise more strongly & take hold of narrative. Do you engineer better deliberative processes or revert to paternalistic approach to development. A centralised style of govt exists here that makes it hard for former

But has there been proper consultation? In an information vacuum, people are easily misled if such claims are spurious. I'm deeply committed to low carbon transitions but not one that sidelines communities. Our current planning system is an insult to idea of engaged & inclusive public participation

FWIW from me, as someone who’s watched almost all full Limerick Council meetings since John Moran became mayor (and a considerable number before as well), I wouldn’t describe it as “credible”.

I’d describe it as “accurate”.

I could take a thousand words to say that, but that’ll do.

It’s accurate.

Thanks for post Seamus. Your hilarious reporting on LCCC monthly council meetings informed my tentative statement in part. Its a really sad indictment of local politics in Ireland. Horse trading is too polite a description. Lack of real power at councillor level means this type of chicanery prevails

GLORIOUS pelican roll this morning! Thank you, bird! 🪶

Prompted by image of Dublin pub in feed, I have to shout out about former Central Hotel & its Library Bar after checking it out recently. What was one a cosy charming old world sanctuary in city centre is now just horror show of slick contemporary beige. Is there any respect for old city heritage 🤷‍♀️

This is ultimately where this will head to. We really need to reckon with this whole sale capitulation to the percieved "wonders" of tech. This is an amazing innovation but in the wrong hands....

From few Limerick posters here, this is credible. Frustrating that collaboration/collegiality/healthy debate is not a cornerstone in LImerick local politics. The faff over wording seems extreme & lack of transparency seems a key feature in LCCC public meetings with needlessly long adjournments.

John Moran's blog post is remarkable and required reading for anyone in Limerick, or anyone interested in local politics

www.johnmoran.ie/from_your_ma...

Such an excellent article....please read. I'm based in Ireland but we should never underestimate the slow erasure of liberal political norms that has prevailed in U.S. through media, culture & political system. It sets a worrying template in other countries.

Some excellent thoughtful posts from Bluesky community today.....the thread of this post & the science article it is in response to is a really interesting articulation of the prevailing sentiments that can bias scientific discovery.

The sheer wildness of the woods at the moment, full of winter rain, waiting for the spring to unleash a new eruption of life and colour. Soon.

Irish Atlantic rainforest magic.

Painting of a view of a park with figures and tall bare trees in front of a rising early spring sun causing long shadows on grass

Emma Haworth, contemporary London-based painter known for her observations of the streets and parks, with a hint of otherworldliness #womensart

The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn't Britain? | Pippa Neill I met people living with dangerous levels of Pfas, including in their food. The government is failing them, says environmental journalist Pippa Neill

As the EU explores a ban on forever chemicals, the UK announces a plan to make a plan of what to maybe do about PFAS. How many people are being exposed to harmful chemicals while the government dithers?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'I kayaked Greenland’s ‘pristine’ waters. What I found was terrifying' One scientist is on a mission to reveal the far-reaching spread of microplastics after kayaking around a remote glacier in Greenland.

One scientist is on a mission to reveal the far-reaching spread of microplastics after kayaking around a remote glacier in Greenland.

Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015 Provide that: Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015. Explanatory Note This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.

An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.