Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺

Niamh Smyth remembering that the Special Responsibilities part of her job title may require more that finger-wagging, tutting loudly and rolling her eyes.

Yes Sir, I can Ghibli. Here is a little tribute piece I made of a scene from Spirited Away. I've worked on it over the past three weeks and have ONE WHOLE SECOND of animation to show for it. Everything is drawn, rigged and animated in Moho 14.
#Moho #animation #2danimation #spiritedaway

Press release from CAAI calling on Public Health to emphasise the airborne route of transmission of respiratory viruses in order for people to take appropriate action to ventilate indoor spaces and use air filtration to reduce flu infection spread

Did you know the main route of transmission of respiratory illness is through the air?.
We call on public health to emphasise this root of transmission so people can take appropriate action to reduce spread of infection during this flu surge.

Some of those gates we are really, REALLY going to regret not keeping! Sadly, that 5-legged horse has already bolted.

Angry? Most of us are fucking livid!

The most boring, long-winded waffler ever to develop the power of speech.

What one weird take you have but it's a hill you would die on?

Mine? Autistic people should be running the government. Like a team of them.

Corners would not be cut. Fairness would be evident in everything the government does. Vulnerable minorities would be a priority over the rich. Transparency!

My wife: Why did you let the cat into the bedroom?

Me: Sorry, can't hear you over the purring.

Showing your ass to everyone as you reach around the back for the paper. Ergonomics were not considered here either.

Ireland declared a Climate Emergency 6 and a half years ago. Government action on it has been slow-walked for much, much longer.
When 'leaders' refuse to lead or are utterly incapable of it, can we please, for the love of God, hold their feet to the fire over it?!!

Ireland declared a Climate Emergency 6 and a half years ago. Government action on it has been slow-walked for much, much longer.
When 'leaders' refuse to lead or are utterly incapable of it, can we please, for the love of God, hold their feet to the fire over it?!!

I wonder if extending the monthly reporting to 4 months this year was a response to the January levels being so low. I hope the HPSC rethink this approach for 2026 as it really impacts the granularity of the data for the Wave that, so far, has always arrived during those months. /4

Don't get complacent, though. The viral load picked up again, peaking in most places 2 months later than previous years, in September. 2025.

One location is even reporting the highest viral load in wastewater since January 2021! I'm looking at you, Swords. /3

Not only did it not show up, but the 2024 autumn dip continued for 6 whole months, right into January 2025, making it the month with the lowest levels of Covid in wastewater since January 2021. /2

Looking at the graphs, I noticed that there has been a January Wave and a June/July Wave in Ireland every year since 2021, EXCEPT for this year. A January Wave completely failed to materialise in 2025. I don't know why. /1

It is a shame that, despite saying weekly reporting would resume in October, the HPSC still hasn't released a Wastewater Surveillance report yet this month.

A black cat and a tortoiseshell cat lying on the red carpet of some stairs

Please Note: A number of Treat Checkpoints have been set up on the stairs and will continue until further notice, or until today's Treat Quota has been met.

#cats

Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'

Got my performance review.

Black cat with leg extended, lying on a cat tree

COVID increases your risk of cancer recurrence.

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This is so good! I know everyone's workrate is different, but I'd love to know how long this took to rig.

"... railway network consumes ~1.2 terawatt-hours electricity annually, roughly equivalent to energy usage of all households in Amsterdam. By switching to wind energy, the Netherlands has reduced its carbon footprint, saving over 1.4 billion kilograms of CO₂ emissions each year"
via Brainy Monkey

Also, what's with food scientists making every veggie offering spicy?

That's a mouthful. Lol

That's not the Mcplant burger, is it? Such a shame. We got the McPlant in Ireland nearly 4 years ago. It's SO freakin tasty!

Here’s some authentic disability representation in animation for you all.

Until they treat housing as essential infrastructure requiring state intervention and not a commodity that exists to maximise profit, it's only going to get worse.

This government is the boiling frog watching a national emergency unfold while demanding the chef add more salt!

An internal struggle with external consequences.

After 5 mins deep thought yesterday, I worked out how to instantly solve the traffic problem of getting into the Beacon Hospital.

I'm available for think tank work. For a reasonable fee, of course. My preferred unit of payment is (the monitary equivalent of) 1 Government Bike Shed per idea.

What's the opposite of Scope Creep?

Seriously, congrats.