Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸
@kieranoconnor.com
Rushbrooke, Cork, Ireland. Mostly here for the mainstream media. Occasional reposts. Almost no original content. https://donate.unrwa.org/-landing-page/en_EN
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This is major.
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
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Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is major.
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We (the “developed” nations) need to either choose bikes, transit, and infill development — or cataclysmic change to habitability on the planet.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Going after the last 5% of electricity supply CO2 reduction without reducing transportation emissions is lunacy.
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
Good figure from a recent ESIG report showing how marginal abatement costs in the electric sector start out low but increase sharply as you approach zero emissions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We (the “developed” nations) need to either choose bikes, transit, and infill development — or cataclysmic change to habitability on the planet.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
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"OVER 80% OF badgers culled by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) tested negative for TB, The Journal Investigates can reveal." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease
More than 8,000 badgers destroyed by DAFM in a nation-wide crackdown to eradicate bovine tuberculosis were found to be infection free following post-mortems.
www.thejournal.ie
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"OVER 80% OF badgers culled by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) tested negative for TB, The Journal Investigates can reveal." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
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Just adding to the “please read this” comments.
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just adding to the “please read this” comments.
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I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
Why Rest Is Not Lazy: The Truth About Resilience | Hilary Rose | TEDxTraleeWomen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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Up to €2.7m worth of energy ‘wasted’ every day by State, committee told
Wind farms wound down or shut down at night while households are in fuel poverty, says energy charity chief
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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Nice to I’m not the only one doing this at the very last minute
The hardest and most annoying part of doing your taxes is peering at faded receipts trying to find *where they put the goddamn date* on this one
[Petition to get the EU to force standardisation of receipts like they did with charging cables]
[Petition to get the EU to force standardisation of receipts like they did with charging cables]
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Nice to I’m not the only one doing this at the very last minute
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cloudflare outage?! talk to us about the clouds flaring out fossil gas and oil drilling, methane and co2 heating the planet!! but seriously folks...
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
cloudflare outage?! talk to us about the clouds flaring out fossil gas and oil drilling, methane and co2 heating the planet!! but seriously folks...
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If you've ever wondered what it would look like if Hieronymus Bosch had designed Christmas cards, you're in luck!!
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you've ever wondered what it would look like if Hieronymus Bosch had designed Christmas cards, you're in luck!!
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This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
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Why are we on repeat here?
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France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
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November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
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Why are we on repeat here?
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It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
I would say Not so great Amazon
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I would say Not so great Amazon
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Annual endpapers appreciation post. Designed by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com #endpapers
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Annual endpapers appreciation post. Designed by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com #endpapers
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For the first time in EU history, someone faces criminal charges for organising a Pride march.
Géza Buzás-Hábel, a teacher and organiser of Pécs Pride in Hungary, could be jailed for up to a year, simply for leading a peaceful march for equality. 🧵
Géza Buzás-Hábel, a teacher and organiser of Pécs Pride in Hungary, could be jailed for up to a year, simply for leading a peaceful march for equality. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
For the first time in EU history, someone faces criminal charges for organising a Pride march.
Géza Buzás-Hábel, a teacher and organiser of Pécs Pride in Hungary, could be jailed for up to a year, simply for leading a peaceful march for equality. 🧵
Géza Buzás-Hábel, a teacher and organiser of Pécs Pride in Hungary, could be jailed for up to a year, simply for leading a peaceful march for equality. 🧵
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I spoke this week at Cork City Council about immigration. No form of violence is ever acceptable. Ireland is, and must remain a country of peace, unity, and welcomes. When we stand together, we are stronger.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I spoke this week at Cork City Council about immigration. No form of violence is ever acceptable. Ireland is, and must remain a country of peace, unity, and welcomes. When we stand together, we are stronger.
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They’ve been at this a long time!
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
They’ve been at this a long time!
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Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says a leading scholars in her final piece.
Car Harms: The Physical and Mental Health Effects of Noise and the Lessening of Social Values - Streetsblog New York City
Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says one of the leading scholars in her final piece.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says a leading scholars in her final piece.
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Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
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Anyway, as possibly the Irishman who is least interested in sports in recorded history, Saipan is my favourite football film ever because there's very little football in it, and because it has a Nancy Sinatra joke in it. And Eanna Hardwicke is going to be a super-massive movie star, no argument.
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Anyway, as possibly the Irishman who is least interested in sports in recorded history, Saipan is my favourite football film ever because there's very little football in it, and because it has a Nancy Sinatra joke in it. And Eanna Hardwicke is going to be a super-massive movie star, no argument.
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I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
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«If you lack an intricate understanding of the task you’re using an LLM for, you have no idea what nuance was lost, or worse, what facts it made up.
[…]
in the next 5 years we’ll start to see an abundance of studies showing overuse of LLMs actually results in significant cognitive decline.»
[…]
in the next 5 years we’ll start to see an abundance of studies showing overuse of LLMs actually results in significant cognitive decline.»
«You’d think that a machine with access to every book ever written, every paper ever published, every speech ever recorded, and every study ever produced could do a lot better than some person who can read maybe 1 book per day. Yet, nothing.»
One of the best more technical pieces on LLMs I’ve read.
One of the best more technical pieces on LLMs I’ve read.
Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too
maybe it's anti-innovation, maybe it's just avoiding hype. But one thing is clear, I'm completely done with hearing about AI.
malwaretech.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
«If you lack an intricate understanding of the task you’re using an LLM for, you have no idea what nuance was lost, or worse, what facts it made up.
[…]
in the next 5 years we’ll start to see an abundance of studies showing overuse of LLMs actually results in significant cognitive decline.»
[…]
in the next 5 years we’ll start to see an abundance of studies showing overuse of LLMs actually results in significant cognitive decline.»
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James Watson the perverted racist is dead?! Well that means it's time to celebrate the true hero of DNA discovery: Rosalind Franklin
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
James Watson the perverted racist is dead?! Well that means it's time to celebrate the true hero of DNA discovery: Rosalind Franklin
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...