Dave Mathieson
@tinydbass.bsky.social
Likes jazz, cycling and software development. Opinions my own only and don't reflect anyone I work for, know, am related to, make eye contact with.
Drivers: If you're waiting for a cyclist to pass so you can come out of a side road, edging forward is a great way to slow the cyclist down since it signals to them that you're not in full control of your car and that they need to be extra careful.
February 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Drivers: If you're waiting for a cyclist to pass so you can come out of a side road, edging forward is a great way to slow the cyclist down since it signals to them that you're not in full control of your car and that they need to be extra careful.
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“Strategic importance” of air travel pushes all else aside; there’s no need for planning apprently
Comment & Analysis: News coverage of the lifting of the Dublin Airport’s passenger cap is missing one phrase, and no, I’m not referring to climate change. It’s missing that as well, but I’m thinking…
Comment & Analysis: News coverage of the lifting of the Dublin Airport’s passenger cap is missing one phrase, and no, I’m not referring to climate change. It’s missing that as well, but I’m thinking…
“Strategic importance” of air travel pushes all else aside; there’s no need for planning apprently
Comment & Analysis: News coverage of the lifting of the Dublin Airport’s passenger cap is missing one phrase, and no, I’m not referring to climate change. It’s missing that as well, but I’m thinking of the M50. The M50 and the lack of transport capacity to/from the airport are the main reasons for the airport’s planning cap, not climate change.
irishcycle.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“Strategic importance” of air travel pushes all else aside; there’s no need for planning apprently
Comment & Analysis: News coverage of the lifting of the Dublin Airport’s passenger cap is missing one phrase, and no, I’m not referring to climate change. It’s missing that as well, but I’m thinking…
Comment & Analysis: News coverage of the lifting of the Dublin Airport’s passenger cap is missing one phrase, and no, I’m not referring to climate change. It’s missing that as well, but I’m thinking…
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BTW this is what I was wearing at 3pm today in broad daylight when, in the space of less than 200m, and while cycling on a painted insult (AKA an unprotected cycle lane) TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS swung in across me causing me to swerve into traffic/slam on my brakes because they "didn't see" me
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
BTW this is what I was wearing at 3pm today in broad daylight when, in the space of less than 200m, and while cycling on a painted insult (AKA an unprotected cycle lane) TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS swung in across me causing me to swerve into traffic/slam on my brakes because they "didn't see" me
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If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
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Plans to expand Dublin Airport clash with global effort to slow climate change. Adding more flights and passengers would mean more greenhouse gas emissions, planning documents submitted last month by airport operator DAA show. (2024) www.dublininquirer.com/plans-to-exp...
Plans to expand Dublin Airport clash with global effort to slow climate change - Dublin Inquirer
Adding more flights and passengers would mean more greenhouse gas emissions, planning documents submitted last month by airport operator DAA show.
www.dublininquirer.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Plans to expand Dublin Airport clash with global effort to slow climate change. Adding more flights and passengers would mean more greenhouse gas emissions, planning documents submitted last month by airport operator DAA show. (2024) www.dublininquirer.com/plans-to-exp...
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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I’d say about 12-15 years ago I was at a seminar about climate change and social justice and someone from (I think) the EPA said we knew all the things we needed to do in Ireland to combat climate change, but there was just no political will. Seems nothing has changed.
Each of these thirty failures to take climate action reads like an episode description for each of the thirty programmes in the RTÉ Radio series Hot Mess. All available to download for free. Link in next post. #Climate #SpeirGorm
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Thirty obstacles to meeting climate targets identified by all-party committee
Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I’d say about 12-15 years ago I was at a seminar about climate change and social justice and someone from (I think) the EPA said we knew all the things we needed to do in Ireland to combat climate change, but there was just no political will. Seems nothing has changed.
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"We're for the jobs the comet will bring..." #DontLookUp
February 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
"We're for the jobs the comet will bring..." #DontLookUp
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Galway cyclists seek a ‘safe space’ four years on from collapse of Salthill project www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Galway cyclists seek a ‘safe space’ four years on from collapse of Salthill project
‘You are caught between parked cars where you could be ‘doored’ at any moment, or fast-moving traffic’
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Galway cyclists seek a ‘safe space’ four years on from collapse of Salthill project www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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I keep thinking about this tweet.
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I keep thinking about this tweet.
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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There are literally 100s of flood relief schemes in place, and only a handful have been judicially reviewed. Enniscorthy hasn't even got planning permission but judicial review is being blamed for delay.
Jack Chambers should be put into a cannon and shot off Roche's Point into the Atlantic.
www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
'Paralysis from culture of judicial reviews’ a ‘major issue’ in progression of flood relief schemes
‘Certain resident associations brought judicial review proceedings against flood relief schemes in communities that have been flooded in recent days,’ said Jack Chambers.
www.thejournal.ie
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
There are literally 100s of flood relief schemes in place, and only a handful have been judicially reviewed. Enniscorthy hasn't even got planning permission but judicial review is being blamed for delay.
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This is freaking insane and one main reason why I keep on in this space - absolutely absurd what we’ve normalized on our streets.
Too late!
See below from recent #RSA campaign for 2nd Class (8 year olds) asking them to pledge to wear hi-vis clothing in pretty much every outdoor situation nigh or day. Full pledge in Alt-Text
See below from recent #RSA campaign for 2nd Class (8 year olds) asking them to pledge to wear hi-vis clothing in pretty much every outdoor situation nigh or day. Full pledge in Alt-Text
February 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This is freaking insane and one main reason why I keep on in this space - absolutely absurd what we’ve normalized on our streets.
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It's going to be "but helmets are good!" all day from people who don't cycle and won't read anything about it, isn't it?
People who'll tell you the Dutch and the Danes etc got it all wrong and they should listen to the guy who is thinking about it today for the first time
People who'll tell you the Dutch and the Danes etc got it all wrong and they should listen to the guy who is thinking about it today for the first time
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
It's going to be "but helmets are good!" all day from people who don't cycle and won't read anything about it, isn't it?
People who'll tell you the Dutch and the Danes etc got it all wrong and they should listen to the guy who is thinking about it today for the first time
People who'll tell you the Dutch and the Danes etc got it all wrong and they should listen to the guy who is thinking about it today for the first time
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Galway City Council now on Bluesky having stopped posting to X this time last year. Thanks to the team in Communications for taking these steps.
Our Active Travel team has published a newsletter with updates on:
Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road Cycle Network Scheme
Bóthair Stiofáin Cycle Network Scheme
Salmon Weir Bridge Pedestrian Crossing
See https://tinyurl.com/yyr883d5
Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road Cycle Network Scheme
Bóthair Stiofáin Cycle Network Scheme
Salmon Weir Bridge Pedestrian Crossing
See https://tinyurl.com/yyr883d5
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Galway City Council now on Bluesky having stopped posting to X this time last year. Thanks to the team in Communications for taking these steps.
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They can fuck off
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
They can fuck off
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irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
Believing that slightly self-deprecating people with posh accents are universally loved by all cultures.
What "core British values" has "the left" not defended? Can someone ask this sentient fucking saucepan what he means?
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Believing that slightly self-deprecating people with posh accents are universally loved by all cultures.
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The Irish government looking at two countries: one with the internationally lauded cycling infrastructure and renowned best practice, and a second one where everything is terrible and cyclists all die
"We like the second one"
"We like the second one"
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The Irish government looking at two countries: one with the internationally lauded cycling infrastructure and renowned best practice, and a second one where everything is terrible and cyclists all die
"We like the second one"
"We like the second one"
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What a helmeted cyclist in hi viz in broad daylight looks like to motorists:
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
What a helmeted cyclist in hi viz in broad daylight looks like to motorists:
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All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM