Ronie Shaw
roniejshaw.bsky.social
Ronie Shaw
@roniejshaw.bsky.social
Sys/net admin, tech generalist, 🐰 obsessed, GIY&DIYer&homebrewer, cycling commuter. 💅🏻. 🛼 derby, F1academy/F1/FE fan. 🐇he/him/sé 😷💉MSc Cybersecurity
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New Gist: Age Verification is an Epic fail

On Bluesky's introduction of age verification, selling us to the Fortnite guys, and how the arrogance of Ireland's regulator has seen it deliver the very outcomes it once called "bonkers".

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-age...
The Gist: Age Verification is an Epic fail
From the 21st July 2025, Ireland’s regulator will be enforcing age checks at the door for social media sites in the EU. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
July 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
No bluetits 🐦 this year... but we do have Bumblebees in the nestbox 🐝 ❤️
May 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This weekends project.. plant up the new border extension. I laid out and mulched the grass with cardboard and bark chip (so smelly)... Some of this years spring bulbs and a few , to be decided , herbaceous perennials. #GardenersWorld #ShoutyHalfHour
May 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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If anyone would like one of those stylish t-shirts that you saw at yesterday's Strand Road cycle you can get them at ibike.ie - including children's sizes.

If we manage to sell enough of them we might also be able to add hoodies to our stock.
I BIKE Dublin
ibike.ie
April 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Green light for Strand Road cycle path as High Court rulling overturned by the Court of Appeal

A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road…
Green light for Strand Road cycle path as High Court rulling overturned by the Court of Appeal
A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road one-way for cars. The judgment was delivered today after a long wait when the Court of Appeal reserved judgment in February 2023. The High Court ruling, which was appealed by Dublin City Council, had been in favour of Peter Carvill, of the Serpentine Avenue, Tritonville and Claremont Roads (STC) group, and Cllr Mannix Flynn (independent).
irishcycle.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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The Court of Appeal has ruled in Dublin City Council's favour in the Strand Road cycle route case. This case had the potential to further delay and increase the costs of a lot of small infrastructure projects. A very good decision!
April 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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April 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning. Here's one of the new fancy daffs i planted in autumn.
April 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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📣Event Alert📣

The High Court is due to rule on the Strand Road Cycle Route case on Friday 11th April. Whatever the result we want to see the route progress without delay.

Join us at 6pm on the 11th at Grand Canal Square for a cycle along the route to demand safe cycling infrastructure.
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:

Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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"And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"…

Disco Steve is literally in the house…
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Been chit'in my potatoes for the last few weeks.. like to aim for Paddy's Day to plant first earlies out . #GardenersWorld
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Chateau Ronie compost isn't as finessed as Longmeadow's but it does the job #GardenersWorld #ShoutyHalfHour
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Campanula isophylla 'Star of Bethlehem ' cutting has taken here... Just in time for the first #ShoutyHalfHour #GardenersWorld
March 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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It's only taken ~46 years for the 7th amendment (enabling graduates of higher education institutions vote in seanad elections) to be transcribed into law. If you're now eligible make sure to register. I've just received my confirmation. 🗳️
March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day, pick your card ❤️
February 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Love on the luas
February 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Safetynet are an amazing Dublin organisation and they have a job opening for a receptionist/administrator preferably with medical reception experience. If you know someone suitable please share. #speirgorm #jobfairy

www.primarycaresafetynet.ie/vacancies
Vacancies | safetynet
www.primarycaresafetynet.ie
February 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes.

There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.

Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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a secret fifth thing
I took and passed my Life in the UK test! Had to side eye this question big time. 👀
February 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New compost tumbler setup ... Joraform 125 'little pig' 🐷 From quickcrop.ie
February 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The start, and the end of tonight's #IBikeBop - thank you to everyone who joined us on a chilly night, and thank you to everyone who cheered us on from the streets of #Dublin tonight! Join us in four weeks time on the 28th February to do it all again!

#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM