@thoscummins.bsky.social
Soil Science at University College Dublin, archaeology and environmental resource management, urban and anthropogenic soils. Committee member @sssireland.bsky.social And a little budburst survey (since 1994) #phenology
#timfitzwater new video ‘everything I know about bikes in 3 minutes’ . It’s a hell of a lot and FUN to watch. Tim knows bikes are fun. Bikes should never be pompous. When people say a-b I say what about the line in the middle . That’s the good bit. 😆♥️🚲
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Small chute-waterfall on the Niobrara River in Nebraska
Do I have any river nerds (preferably east coast) who wanna talk about a book idea?
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👨🎓✨ Ireland's Fastest Man! UCD Athletics Club sprinter Bori Akinola has just set a new 60m Irish record at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in Serbia.
12.02.2026 14:31 — 👍 159 🔁 16 💬 5 📌 1
Inspector has ‘deep reservations’ over injuries to inmate who died while restrained
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Going car-free is the best thing most people can do for climate. To reduce car dependency, cities should promote car-free living, supporting compact cities through policy, and investing in public transportation, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and shared mobility options.
12.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 307 🔁 87 💬 13 📌 15
The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
11.02.2026 22:22 — 👍 6554 🔁 2924 💬 432 📌 193
Lecture poster for a local history talk at the Source in Thurles at 7pm Feb 17th 2026
If you are in Tipperary or environs on Tuesday and would like to hear about Catholic architecture before and after Emancipation, I have just the event for you! #speirgorm
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
11.02.2026 23:03 — 👍 15350 🔁 7175 💬 449 📌 329🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
11.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 810 🔁 495 💬 36 📌 56
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
11.02.2026 17:15 — 👍 40305 🔁 13768 💬 1370 📌 895
Gallup ends presidential approval polling. There are plenty of alternatives but having one firm back the 1930s was a great continuity. Here is my last update of their series. RIP.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Buddhist monks in orange robes leaving a church, with snow around them.
Members of the Buddhist Walk for Peace, leaving the National United Methodist Church, beginning their walk to the National Cathedral this afternoon.
DC Metro police—with name tags, badges, masks only as needed for the cold—accompanied the procession on a fleet of bicycles.
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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4 stories in the @irishtimes.com highlight the crazy approach to climate action by the government. 3 articles detailing the heavy financial & social cost of climate breakdown, and 1 where the govt celebrates increasing climate emissions for the airport by lifting the passenger cap. 🤯 #SpeirGorm
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Background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou standing on a snowy mountain. “BREAKING We're taking Canada to court over Southern Mountain Caribou protections” Ecojustice logo in top right corner. Arrow icon in bottom right corner. “Photo: David Moskowitz” at bottom of image.
Background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou crossing a road. Ecojustice logo in top right corner. “For more than 11 years, Canada has delayed mapping Southern Mountain Caribou critical habitat. In mid-2014, the federal government said it would be done by the end of the year…” “Photo: David Moskowitz” at bottom of image.
White text box over previous background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou crossing a road. “Since then, we've watched the population deteriorate. Of the eighteen herds in Southern B.C., eight have already been lost, with more herds drifting to the edge unless the government intervenes. Under the Species at Risk Act, critical habitat must be mapped as part of a greater recovery strategy.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
White text box over previous background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou crossing a road. “Without mapped habitat, logging will continue, destroying old-growth forests that the population depends on.” Photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou walking through a snowy forest. “Photo: David Moskowitz” at bottom of image. Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
After more than a decade of broken promises, we’re taking Canada to court. 🧵
#ClimateSky
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
08.02.2026 17:07 — 👍 44512 🔁 16974 💬 969 📌 969
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
As a former competitive gymnast for 13 years, I can tell you definitively this video is AI-generated. Anf AI will destroy everything if we dint stop it now. The negative environmental impact of AI use alone is enough to never use it for anything ever.
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We're hiring text graphic with image of woman working on a computer
📣 We're #hiring: #DigitalArchivist
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm
Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA:
lataco.com/captive-loti...
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
07.02.2026 04:23 — 👍 23671 🔁 7876 💬 658 📌 615Lake Erie has complete #ice coverage - the perfect account for #limnology fans everywhere.
07.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Yes, beavers can live with a frozen-over pond
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#NewDIBLives As a geographer, Dr Anne Buttimer placed human lived experiences at the centre of geographical studies. Amongst many other honours and awards, in 2012 she won the Vautrin Lud prize, widely regarded as the discipline of geography’s equivalent of a Nobel prize. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...
06.02.2026 10:23 — 👍 2604 🔁 367 💬 34 📌 7Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
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Here’s a story published yesterday, the day before the current president posted a video depicting the first black U.S. president and First Lady as gorillas.
mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
A parliamentary question in the Dáil yesterday raised by TD Aidan Farrellly remains unanswered with answer overdue…
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