Paddy Benson

Screenshot showing that the guardian requires paying subscriber s to pay more to remove trackers

What is this bs from @theguardian.com and how is it even legal under the GDPR?

(I am already paying subscriber btw)

For the first time, climate models show the 1.5°C goal is dead Governments have failed to limit global warming. What comes next?

New data modelling suggests that the world is on track to warm by 2°C and 3°C even if countries met every near-term climate pledge and hit their targets for net-zero CO₂ emissions

Long time DDG user here. They have recently added AI summaries

Most kids don’t need another iPad. They need a bike lane so they don’t have relay on racing in a virtual environment but can cycle alongside each other.

From the man who built a career being a craven lickspittle to school bully Clarkson.

The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/

Haunted Dancehall at the NCH was a big success. Lots of great acts and Róis the highlight of the evening for me. Well done to @foggynotions.bsky.social for another great evening

Exactly the kind of negativity we've come to expect from the Lisbon Salted Fish fan base

Yes, I want to see headlines about the millions of euros that are spent so people who were once elected can store their car in the centre of Dublin. haul them in front of an oireachtas committee!

a brutalized neon flex post with tire tracks all over it and tire tracks in the bike lane behind it.

Wear bright clothing.

Watching Ricky Gervais go dead silent about the right of a comedian to offend anyone they want now that it means more than pissing off college students is gonna be the first funny thing he’s done since The Office ended.

Momentum?

It is good, do it ✨

CMAT with "tell bertie it was me. I want him to know it was me."

People walking and biking get shamed for wearing headphones. Meanwhile, drivers sit inside sealed metal cabins with 12-speaker sound systems, fully isolated from the world and no one questions it, even as they operate 2-ton machines through crowded cities.

By my reckoning about 145 USD

Size of the largest SUV parked in a driveway

When it's a shooting, it's always "a person with a gun", but when it's vehicular violence, cars suddenly become sentient.

Hard to see a long term future for the paper. It syndicates much of its better writing from the Guardian, then pads out news content with opinion columnists like FMR. Add in regular jeremiads from the likes of McDowell to further narrow its focus to reactionary sandymount/ranelagh property owners.

"left wing unity"

Not Glastonbury
That was Primavera Sound in Barcelona earlier this month

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Climate body recommends rise in grants to buy EVs The Climate Change Advisory Council is recommending that the Government provides an additional €10,000 in grants to low income households for the purchase of electric vehicles, particularly in areas w...

We need to subside buses not private cars

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Another autonomous vehicle. The Journal is particularly reluctant to give any agency to drivers.

London has become a cycling city

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Relentless promotion of a private gardening event from @rteone.rte.ie today. Does that national broadcaster have a stake in the business? Why is there so much free to air promotion of this on @news.rte.ie ?

Three women killed in separate road incidents in 24 hours Three women have been killed in separate road incidents in Wexford, Clare and Meath in the last 24 hours.

Three women killed in separate road incidents in 24 hours - one cyclist and two pedestrians. Our roads seem to be designed for the convenience of the car at the absolute expense of the most vulnerable road users.

Lou Reed. Unfortunately.
Just terrible

Eliminate the goats - they are destroying a unique biosphere