Tony Patrickson
@anpatric.bsky.social
Originally art, nowadays lecturing in moving images. Part cirrus cloud. Functional introvert. West of Ireland. That's enough excitement for now.
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Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth are with Phoenix Law, a practice often involved in the most difficult human rights and Troubles legacy cases.
Establishment gobs in the 26 saying "Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for" doesn't just smear them, it paints a target on their backs.
Establishment gobs in the 26 saying "Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for" doesn't just smear them, it paints a target on their backs.
Two human rights solicitors have been awarded more than €400,000 each in damages after a High Court jury found they were defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey, almost ten years ago
€400,000 each for two solicitors defamed by Denis O'Brien
Two human rights solicitors have been awarded more than €400,000 each in damages after a High Court jury found they were defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey, almost...
www.rte.ie
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth are with Phoenix Law, a practice often involved in the most difficult human rights and Troubles legacy cases.
Establishment gobs in the 26 saying "Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for" doesn't just smear them, it paints a target on their backs.
Establishment gobs in the 26 saying "Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for" doesn't just smear them, it paints a target on their backs.
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People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil to demand the Occupied Territories Bill is passed in full, including services.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil to demand the Occupied Territories Bill is passed in full, including services.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
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Further rural spots gain 'dark sky friendly' status. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Three further North Yorkshire communities gain 'dark sky friendly' status
The three North Yorkshire communities are the latest to be recognised over efforts to reduce light pollution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Further rural spots gain 'dark sky friendly' status. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rosalind Franklin went to the same school - St Paul‘s in Brook Green, West London - as Cecilia Payne, who wrote the most important astrophysics PhD of the 20th century and discovered what the Universe is made of. Payne’s name is largely unknown, though she became the 1st woman professor at Harvard.
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Rosalind Franklin went to the same school - St Paul‘s in Brook Green, West London - as Cecilia Payne, who wrote the most important astrophysics PhD of the 20th century and discovered what the Universe is made of. Payne’s name is largely unknown, though she became the 1st woman professor at Harvard.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Can confirm!
Just been reminded of the absolutely marvellous collection "Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature" curated by Alberto Manguel.
A superb set of fantastic short stories by superb writers.
A superb set of fantastic short stories by superb writers.
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Can confirm!
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It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better
Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech
www.polygon.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
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Anyone writing about the influence of these thinkers really needs to provide detail on what they have actually written. Most of it is incoherent, lacking any substance and often downright weird.
Reading Thiel, Yarvin, Peterson et al. makes you realise what passes for intellectual iconoclasm these days is all absolute bollocks. Why anyone gives any of these people the time of day let alone credibility is baffling.
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Anyone writing about the influence of these thinkers really needs to provide detail on what they have actually written. Most of it is incoherent, lacking any substance and often downright weird.
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If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...
Carmakers demand EU eases ‘rigid’ 2035 petrol car ban
Environmental groups say carmakers’ demands risk halving electric vehicle sales in Europe
www.ft.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...
That's a novel way of admitting you can't deal with reality. Or don't want to.
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.
www.independent.ie
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
That's a novel way of admitting you can't deal with reality. Or don't want to.
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”
Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.
www.thejournal.ie
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”
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99.9% of human DNA is identical across all people. Yet all we dwell on are our differences.
October 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
99.9% of human DNA is identical across all people. Yet all we dwell on are our differences.
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The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland newatlas.com/energy/large...
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Pre - Sunrise on Mars a few hours ago... NASA's Perseverance Rover SOL 738 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2oo4EpA
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pre - Sunrise on Mars a few hours ago... NASA's Perseverance Rover SOL 738 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2oo4EpA
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Sad to hear Tony Harrison has died. In The early days of the Indy I suggested we print all of V in the paper, so that people could read what they were being told to be outraged about. Didn't reach the end of the sentence before Andreas Whittam-Smith said yes. Never proof read anything so carefully.
September 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Sad to hear Tony Harrison has died. In The early days of the Indy I suggested we print all of V in the paper, so that people could read what they were being told to be outraged about. Didn't reach the end of the sentence before Andreas Whittam-Smith said yes. Never proof read anything so carefully.
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NASA's Juno Mission Observes High-Altitude Hazes in Jupiter's Atmosphere - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2oMPpNP
September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NASA's Juno Mission Observes High-Altitude Hazes in Jupiter's Atmosphere - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2oMPpNP
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
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When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.
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As the Irish Minister for Agriculture vows to fight for the right to keep filling rivers with levels of agri-pollutants illegal in the rest of the EU, results show a massive leap of 16% in a single year.
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
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Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
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Fertiliser pollution of Irish rivers is getting worse - at a really bad time for the government
It comes just as the government is seeking an extension to Ireland’s nitrates derogation.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As the Irish Minister for Agriculture vows to fight for the right to keep filling rivers with levels of agri-pollutants illegal in the rest of the EU, results show a massive leap of 16% in a single year.
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
share.google/k7hbDw2O4shX...
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
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