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If he had owed money for almost any other reason he might have got away with. The toxic behaviour of many of his fellow landlords, amplified by a power imbalance caused by the housing crisis is what did it. #aras25

A bad night for Gavin, a terrible night for Martin.

10 AI Prompts for Academics making those hard jobs a little easier ...

Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, according to a landmark report. The diet – which allows moderate meat consumption – and related measures would also slash the food-related emissions driving global heating by half by 2050. Today, a third of greenhouse gas emissions come from the global food system and taming the climate crisis is impossible without changing how the world eats, the researchers said. Food production is also the biggest cause of the destruction of wildlife and forests and the pollution of water. Continue reading...

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Worth taking a look at the previous submissions (available at the link) to see what issues arose last time out. Interesting to see the variety of viewpoints.

Until 10th October to make a submission on the Blackpool (River Bride) Flood Relief Scheme which will concrete over the last stretch of river in Blackpool. This over-engineering would have been out-dated in the 1980s never mind 2025 (Image @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social )
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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics
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Blackpool development 'needs to go to full consultation', says councillor Councillor Kenneth Collins has written to Cork City Council to request that they engage in the Part 8 process for a development beside Neptune ...

This seems to be the latest. Construction was due to commence in 2018!
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Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Unfortunately, we've had to cancel tomorrow's tree tour due to the forecasted poor weather. Hopefully we'll squeeze one in before the winter.

Planning permission for 18 apartments. The big site further up the street is in the hands of Cork City Council. Given the housing crisis, the council have sat on it for a decade.

It is next to Neptune but it's not the open site visible from GG Street. It's a site further down....this one

Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for featuring some images of the UCC Arboretum to highlight our upcoming tree tour. We are now full up but you can pop your details on the waiting list and you might get lucky. Keep an eye on the arboretum web page for more great events incoming. #Cork #UCCTrees

Screengrabs from River Bride kingfishercam. #cork

Probe into Blackwater fish kill finds no definitive cause The inter-agency group set up last month to investigate the cause of the large fish kill on the River Blackwater near Mallow in Co Cork in early August has concluded its work, but says it has not been...

A mystery.
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WHO statement on autism-related issues Follow @WHO for the latest updates

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

Vaccines, panadol, climate, common sense...it's been a big week for Trumpian anti-science bullsh*t.

To mark National Tree Day on October 2nd and as part of UCC 180 celebrations, we will host a lunchtime tour of the UCC Arboretum. For more information, and to register, see www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum/

The capitulation continues.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Trump Gets Cold Reception in England, Sues NY Times for $15B & Kooky Kash Patel on the Epstein Files

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This strikes me as performative procurement. The dogs on the street know who is going to get the gig. Whether they build it or not is another matter.

And in less than 8 minutes, #CorkCityCouncil finish their special meeting to (not) nominate a candidate for the presidential election.

I'm a member of a Credit Union & it is, on paper, a very good thing but the needless, form-filling & dopey rules (at least in mine) would make you despair & want to lump it all in a revolut account. I spent a full hour at the counter this morning dealing with perfectly routine issues. #SaturdayRant

Mary Robinson is a load-bearing human being. We barely deserve her. #latelateshow

Snail's pace...

Every cloud has a silver lining with the OPW and their advisors. Take this fine example from the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Blackpool Flood Scheme #cork. Please make a submission before October 10th 2025 here: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Why ‘no additional warming’ is a dangerous climate loophole Carbon budgets should be sent back to the climate council with clear instructions to reassess them against Paris commitments

Why ‘no additional warming’ is a dangerous climate loophole