Damien Rogan
@damienrogan.bsky.social
Former Barman, Customer Service rep, Quality Analyst and Machine Operator currently masquerading as a sustainable Furniture Designer.
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Slugs tend not to get much love compared to the likes of butterflies, birds, or flowers.
But maybe this gorgeously patterned leopard slug I met on the rainforest floor might help change that, just a bit?
And remember: everything in nature is there for a reason, playing a part in the ecosystem.
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But maybe this gorgeously patterned leopard slug I met on the rainforest floor might help change that, just a bit?
And remember: everything in nature is there for a reason, playing a part in the ecosystem.
🌎
September 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Slugs tend not to get much love compared to the likes of butterflies, birds, or flowers.
But maybe this gorgeously patterned leopard slug I met on the rainforest floor might help change that, just a bit?
And remember: everything in nature is there for a reason, playing a part in the ecosystem.
🌎
But maybe this gorgeously patterned leopard slug I met on the rainforest floor might help change that, just a bit?
And remember: everything in nature is there for a reason, playing a part in the ecosystem.
🌎
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From what we've been told - its not a fish kill- its an everything kill for over 40 miles of river.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
Another fish kill, another shrug
When will Ireland respect its rivers? - A beautifully written article.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/river...
When will Ireland respect its rivers? - A beautifully written article.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/river...
Another fish kill, another shrug: When will Ireland respect its rivers?
Professor Rónán Collins is a keen angler and is horrified at the recent fish kill in the River Blackwater. He asks why we continue to treat our waterways like sewers.
www.thejournal.ie
August 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From what we've been told - its not a fish kill- its an everything kill for over 40 miles of river.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
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Top of my list of missing native species we should be looking at reintroducing to Ireland?
Lynx!!
• Never attack people
• Rarely attack livestock
• Aren't pack animals
• Help regulate deer
• Help regulate smaller predators, like fox
• Are a huge tourist draw
• Are just GORGEOUS!!
Lynx!!
• Never attack people
• Rarely attack livestock
• Aren't pack animals
• Help regulate deer
• Help regulate smaller predators, like fox
• Are a huge tourist draw
• Are just GORGEOUS!!
Happy #InternationalLynxDay 🐾
Today we’re celebrating the Eurasian lynx. This shy and elusive wild cat went extinct in Britain 1300 years ago, but now there’s hope for their return.
📹 1-3 kjekol, 2 Viktor Skalican, 4 James Shooter, 5 Sandra Dombrowski, 6 lookyfilm
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Today we’re celebrating the Eurasian lynx. This shy and elusive wild cat went extinct in Britain 1300 years ago, but now there’s hope for their return.
📹 1-3 kjekol, 2 Viktor Skalican, 4 James Shooter, 5 Sandra Dombrowski, 6 lookyfilm
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June 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Top of my list of missing native species we should be looking at reintroducing to Ireland?
Lynx!!
• Never attack people
• Rarely attack livestock
• Aren't pack animals
• Help regulate deer
• Help regulate smaller predators, like fox
• Are a huge tourist draw
• Are just GORGEOUS!!
Lynx!!
• Never attack people
• Rarely attack livestock
• Aren't pack animals
• Help regulate deer
• Help regulate smaller predators, like fox
• Are a huge tourist draw
• Are just GORGEOUS!!
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What utter nonsense. If you’re gonna make up a number, why bother?!?!
Everyone knows that there are 1000s of empty houses across Ireland.
Everyone knows that there are 1000s of empty houses across Ireland.
Nearly 800 houses are lying vacant in the State for over a year, according to data
Dublin accounts for 27% of all the derelict properties.
www.thejournal.ie
June 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
What utter nonsense. If you’re gonna make up a number, why bother?!?!
Everyone knows that there are 1000s of empty houses across Ireland.
Everyone knows that there are 1000s of empty houses across Ireland.
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Pioneer tree species like Birch are spreading out from this Ancient Remnant Old Oak Woodland on the Great Sugar Loaf, Co Wicklow. This is incredibly rare habitat that should naturally cover most of the country. We need to restore, re-establish & reconnect these precious remnants #RestoreNature
May 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Pioneer tree species like Birch are spreading out from this Ancient Remnant Old Oak Woodland on the Great Sugar Loaf, Co Wicklow. This is incredibly rare habitat that should naturally cover most of the country. We need to restore, re-establish & reconnect these precious remnants #RestoreNature
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In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
March 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
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Great headline 😅
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Stiff competition but Connemara is one of the most degraded landscapes in Ireland
It's 30 years since the damage from free-roaming sheep first became apparent. Rising awareness of the climate and biodiversity crisis should have, by now, forced the State to provide alternatives to f...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Great headline 😅
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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In case anyone doubted it - Ireland once had forests from the tops of mountains,right down to the sea.
April 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In case anyone doubted it - Ireland once had forests from the tops of mountains,right down to the sea.
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Bye, Starlink.
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bye, Starlink.
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
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We don't have a housing crisis, we have a capitalism crisis.
Portumna for example has 3 houses available for rent, but 177 available for Airbnb.
Portumna for example has 3 houses available for rent, but 177 available for Airbnb.
March 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We don't have a housing crisis, we have a capitalism crisis.
Portumna for example has 3 houses available for rent, but 177 available for Airbnb.
Portumna for example has 3 houses available for rent, but 177 available for Airbnb.
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Kinvara has 1000 properties in air B&B and racists are saying the hotel being used for people seeking protection is damaging to their tourism.
March 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Kinvara has 1000 properties in air B&B and racists are saying the hotel being used for people seeking protection is damaging to their tourism.
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Elon uses your tax dollars to build rockets that blow up like fireworks before they even reach orbit. Everything he touches turns to shit, and now he’s got his hands on the federal government.
March 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Elon uses your tax dollars to build rockets that blow up like fireworks before they even reach orbit. Everything he touches turns to shit, and now he’s got his hands on the federal government.
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This is terrible. Discarded by-catch resulting from near shore bottom trawling in Scotland. Destructive, wasteful, and should be banned outright...
March 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This is terrible. Discarded by-catch resulting from near shore bottom trawling in Scotland. Destructive, wasteful, and should be banned outright...
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"Wolf packs have become a real danger, especially for livestock."
Fatal wolf attacks in Europe are so rare its hard to even find reliable records.
Horse and Pony related deaths account for ~20-50 deaths per year across the EU.
But when Wolves kill Ursula's pony they are a real danger.
Fatal wolf attacks in Europe are so rare its hard to even find reliable records.
Horse and Pony related deaths account for ~20-50 deaths per year across the EU.
But when Wolves kill Ursula's pony they are a real danger.
In some European regions, wolf packs have become a real danger especially for livestock.
Today, we are proposing a change of EU law that will help local authorities to actively manage wolf populations while protecting both biodiversity and our rural livelihoods.
Read more → europa.eu/!GtPrdw
Today, we are proposing a change of EU law that will help local authorities to actively manage wolf populations while protecting both biodiversity and our rural livelihoods.
Read more → europa.eu/!GtPrdw
March 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Wolf packs have become a real danger, especially for livestock."
Fatal wolf attacks in Europe are so rare its hard to even find reliable records.
Horse and Pony related deaths account for ~20-50 deaths per year across the EU.
But when Wolves kill Ursula's pony they are a real danger.
Fatal wolf attacks in Europe are so rare its hard to even find reliable records.
Horse and Pony related deaths account for ~20-50 deaths per year across the EU.
But when Wolves kill Ursula's pony they are a real danger.
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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At first glance, a quintessentially beautiful Irish landscape.
But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka.
We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.
But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka.
We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.
February 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
At first glance, a quintessentially beautiful Irish landscape.
But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka.
We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.
But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka.
We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.
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This is 3 mins from my house, I love it so much I regularly drive this route just to pass it. if they attempt to touch it I'll chain myself to it
February 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This is 3 mins from my house, I love it so much I regularly drive this route just to pass it. if they attempt to touch it I'll chain myself to it
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“Hello? Is that the Irony Police? I’d like to report a crime…”
Distillation is a common practice in the AI industry but the concern was that DeepSeek may be doing it to build its own rival model, which is a breach of OpenAI’s terms of service. Here’s why: www.ft.com/content/a0df...
January 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Hello? Is that the Irony Police? I’d like to report a crime…”
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The fact that, following the DeepSeek ascendancy, uranium stocks fell 11% (on the 'fears' that the vast expansion of data centres may be unnecessary, rendering nuclear power less attractive), reveals how deeply in the void of madness crazy the stock market had fallen...
January 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The fact that, following the DeepSeek ascendancy, uranium stocks fell 11% (on the 'fears' that the vast expansion of data centres may be unnecessary, rendering nuclear power less attractive), reveals how deeply in the void of madness crazy the stock market had fallen...
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Another White Tailed Eagle shot dead in the midlands. I hope whoever is responsible is brought to justice.
www.offalyindependent.ie/2025/01/14/i...
www.offalyindependent.ie/2025/01/14/i...
Investigation underway as White-tailed Eagle shot dead in Midlands | Offaly Independent
www.offalyindependent.ie
January 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Another White Tailed Eagle shot dead in the midlands. I hope whoever is responsible is brought to justice.
www.offalyindependent.ie/2025/01/14/i...
www.offalyindependent.ie/2025/01/14/i...