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Irish data nerd.
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An Coimisiún Pleanála has granted planning permission to Amazon Web Services for three data centre buildings with a combined power load of 73MW on a 65-acre site at Cruiserath Road, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202... #DataCentres #Planning #Christmas
www.irishtimes.com/business/202... #DataCentres #Planning #Christmas
Amazon secures permission to build three data centres in North Dublin
Green light for Amazon Web Services for data centre buildings on site near Mulhuddart
www.irishtimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An Coimisiún Pleanála has granted planning permission to Amazon Web Services for three data centre buildings with a combined power load of 73MW on a 65-acre site at Cruiserath Road, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202... #DataCentres #Planning #Christmas
www.irishtimes.com/business/202... #DataCentres #Planning #Christmas
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My dad wasn't well today so my mum and I did the cooking today. The turkey turned out very tasty. Traditional dinner as that's what they all like. A really lovely day today.
December 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My dad wasn't well today so my mum and I did the cooking today. The turkey turned out very tasty. Traditional dinner as that's what they all like. A really lovely day today.
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Did you know that each region of Ireland has its own figure who traditionally delivers presents on Christmas Eve??
December 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Did you know that each region of Ireland has its own figure who traditionally delivers presents on Christmas Eve??
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
Esme and Hammer should drive around in a van solving crimes #sewingbee
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Esme and Hammer should drive around in a van solving crimes #sewingbee
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My absolute favourite Christmas image. Happy Christmas everyone and God bless.
December 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My absolute favourite Christmas image. Happy Christmas everyone and God bless.
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Data poem: Air
Real time air quality index from the world’s 100 largest cities. I had to look up Riyadh and Beijing to make sure the numbers were right, I was sure I had accidentally multiplied something.
Real time air quality index from the world’s 100 largest cities. I had to look up Riyadh and Beijing to make sure the numbers were right, I was sure I had accidentally multiplied something.
Global Air Quality - Real-time AQI Map
Interactive visualization of real-time air quality for the world's 100 largest cities
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December 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Data poem: Air
Real time air quality index from the world’s 100 largest cities. I had to look up Riyadh and Beijing to make sure the numbers were right, I was sure I had accidentally multiplied something.
Real time air quality index from the world’s 100 largest cities. I had to look up Riyadh and Beijing to make sure the numbers were right, I was sure I had accidentally multiplied something.
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babe wake up new rivals-to-lovers hallmark movie just dropped: they're calling it
Ham For the Holidays
Ham For the Holidays
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
babe wake up new rivals-to-lovers hallmark movie just dropped: they're calling it
Ham For the Holidays
Ham For the Holidays
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Some seasonal chills, courtesy of the BBC and the wonderful people at the Internet Archive.
A complete drop of the BBC’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ specials.
Including:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Complete series, 1971-78, 2005-13, 2018-
archive.org/details/a-gh...
A complete drop of the BBC’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ specials.
Including:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Complete series, 1971-78, 2005-13, 2018-
archive.org/details/a-gh...
A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971 - 78, 2005 - 13, 18 -) Complete Series inc. Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) : BBC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
British supernatural anthology series which airs its episodes at Christmas, the majority based on short stories by the master of the English ghost story and...
archive.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Some seasonal chills, courtesy of the BBC and the wonderful people at the Internet Archive.
A complete drop of the BBC’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ specials.
Including:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Complete series, 1971-78, 2005-13, 2018-
archive.org/details/a-gh...
A complete drop of the BBC’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ specials.
Including:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Complete series, 1971-78, 2005-13, 2018-
archive.org/details/a-gh...
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A #painting for you. "Mayo Trees" came out of a ridiculously happy day in the west of Ireland. I could tell you about that day, but I'll let the trees do the talking. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A #painting for you. "Mayo Trees" came out of a ridiculously happy day in the west of Ireland. I could tell you about that day, but I'll let the trees do the talking. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
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Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
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Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Commencing Christmas week on the blog with an assortment of appropriate Irish beers: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/12/chil...
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Commencing Christmas week on the blog with an assortment of appropriate Irish beers: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/12/chil...
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings .
1. Giacomo Balla, 1912, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, oil on canvas, 89.8 x 109.8 cm, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1. Giacomo Balla, 1912, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, oil on canvas, 89.8 x 109.8 cm, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
December 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings .
1. Giacomo Balla, 1912, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, oil on canvas, 89.8 x 109.8 cm, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1. Giacomo Balla, 1912, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, oil on canvas, 89.8 x 109.8 cm, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
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Just found my old collection of return tickets. They took me back.
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just found my old collection of return tickets. They took me back.
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oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
Freedom fries 1917.
The Windsor Royal family were the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Until gotha zeppelins bombed London
The Windsor Royal family were the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Until gotha zeppelins bombed London
December 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Freedom fries 1917.
The Windsor Royal family were the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Until gotha zeppelins bombed London
The Windsor Royal family were the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Until gotha zeppelins bombed London
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Nominative determinism at its finest.
December 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Nominative determinism at its finest.
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Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now.
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
Newgrange Winter Solstice 2025 | Heritage Ireland
Newgrange is the best known of the 3 great passage tombs in the Brú na Bóinne complex. The passage and chamber are aligned in a
heritageireland.ie
December 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now.
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
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An MKII card where Raiden and Johnny Cage slide toward each other when the card is opened.
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
An MKII card where Raiden and Johnny Cage slide toward each other when the card is opened.
My suggestion to number trees has finally been started
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My suggestion to number trees has finally been started
Finally I can get coffee roasted in Italty
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Finally I can get coffee roasted in Italty
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I tried to convince the ten year old that we could become the microwave plate burglars.
Stealing not to make money but just to mildly inconvenience people.
He is not up for it
Stealing not to make money but just to mildly inconvenience people.
He is not up for it
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I tried to convince the ten year old that we could become the microwave plate burglars.
Stealing not to make money but just to mildly inconvenience people.
He is not up for it
Stealing not to make money but just to mildly inconvenience people.
He is not up for it
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And as a digital preservation-adjacent person and ex-archivist, sure, there’s the Wayback Machine, but in an ideal world, there’s a lot more planning and redundancy.
December 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
And as a digital preservation-adjacent person and ex-archivist, sure, there’s the Wayback Machine, but in an ideal world, there’s a lot more planning and redundancy.