Eoin D
@eoindjk.bsky.social
Irish Mechanical Engineer in London England.
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German far-left leader Sahra Wagenknecht, dubbed “Putin’s friend”, claims Russia won’t attack NATO because “Putin isn’t suicidal” and knows NATO’s military edge. She also opposes sending more weapons to Ukraine and once said Russia had no interest in invading.
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
German far-left leader Sahra Wagenknecht, dubbed “Putin’s friend”, claims Russia won’t attack NATO because “Putin isn’t suicidal” and knows NATO’s military edge. She also opposes sending more weapons to Ukraine and once said Russia had no interest in invading.
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I need to know who the guy in the hat is.
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I need to know who the guy in the hat is.
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Former Irish Ambassador Bobby McDonagh argues that statements made by Catherine Connolly would be picked up by important Irish allies as being anti-EU.
October 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Former Irish Ambassador Bobby McDonagh argues that statements made by Catherine Connolly would be picked up by important Irish allies as being anti-EU.
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🍷 New research overturns the “light drinking protects the brain” myth. Even a drink or two a day isn’t risk-free — any alcohol use is linked to higher dementia risk. Using genomics data from 2.4 million people, researchers found that every threefold increase in drinking
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
No amount of alcohol is safe, at least for dementia risk, study finds
Even a drink or two a day is linked to a chance of developing dementia as you age.
wapo.st
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Germany's anti nuclear stance is baffling and I wish I knew more Germans to ask them wtf they thought they were doing.
Germany could have gotten rid of coal by 2023 if it hadn't shut down its nuclear power plants.
The German nuclear phaseout (Atomausstieg) was decided in 2002, with the first plants shutting down in 2003 and 2005. After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the […]
[Original post on greennuclear.online]
The German nuclear phaseout (Atomausstieg) was decided in 2002, with the first plants shutting down in 2003 and 2005. After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the […]
[Original post on greennuclear.online]
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Germany's anti nuclear stance is baffling and I wish I knew more Germans to ask them wtf they thought they were doing.
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🇫🇷 France: 15g CO2/kWh 🟢
⚛️ 87% Nuclear
🌊 7% Hydro
💨 3% Wind
🇩🇪 Germany: 450g CO2/kWh 🔴
🪨 26% Coal
🔥 22% Gas
💨 16% Wind
Data: Electricity Maps (05:00 UTC)
⚛️ 87% Nuclear
🌊 7% Hydro
💨 3% Wind
🇩🇪 Germany: 450g CO2/kWh 🔴
🪨 26% Coal
🔥 22% Gas
💨 16% Wind
Data: Electricity Maps (05:00 UTC)
September 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
🇫🇷 France: 15g CO2/kWh 🟢
⚛️ 87% Nuclear
🌊 7% Hydro
💨 3% Wind
🇩🇪 Germany: 450g CO2/kWh 🔴
🪨 26% Coal
🔥 22% Gas
💨 16% Wind
Data: Electricity Maps (05:00 UTC)
⚛️ 87% Nuclear
🌊 7% Hydro
💨 3% Wind
🇩🇪 Germany: 450g CO2/kWh 🔴
🪨 26% Coal
🔥 22% Gas
💨 16% Wind
Data: Electricity Maps (05:00 UTC)
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Good thing the Green Party haven't consistently opposed the necessary carbon neutral energy generation in practice then. It's why we have had a nuclear building programme going back decades and why there is no opposition to expanding solar farms. Oh...
This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Good thing the Green Party haven't consistently opposed the necessary carbon neutral energy generation in practice then. It's why we have had a nuclear building programme going back decades and why there is no opposition to expanding solar farms. Oh...
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Finally the sensible steps to keep all nuclear plants in operational condition.
Maybe Belgium won't need to build all those gasplants.
Maybe Belgium won't need to build all those gasplants.
Federal government wants to extend life of third nuclear reactor
Federal government wants to extend life of third nuclear reactor
The Belgian government not only wants to extend the life of the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear reactors by another 10 years, but also hopes to keep...
www.belganewsagency.eu
August 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Finally the sensible steps to keep all nuclear plants in operational condition.
Maybe Belgium won't need to build all those gasplants.
Maybe Belgium won't need to build all those gasplants.
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Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive.
Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock).
What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @economist.com. (🧵)
Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock).
What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @economist.com. (🧵)
July 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive.
Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock).
What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @economist.com. (🧵)
Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock).
What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @economist.com. (🧵)
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Happy Daniel Hannon Day to all who celebrate it. I hope you all enjoy the fireworks as we mark perhaps the worst piece of political forecasting going.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Happy Daniel Hannon Day to all who celebrate it. I hope you all enjoy the fireworks as we mark perhaps the worst piece of political forecasting going.
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www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
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This is it, they’re finally going to liberate the Postcode Address File!
BREAKING: Iranian State TV has said: "Tonight, a great surprise will occur, one that the world will remember for centuries."
June 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is it, they’re finally going to liberate the Postcode Address File!
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A quiet battle is unfolding in Brussels.
It could decide who controls the future of food—and whether Europe leads the world in climate-smart farming, or falls further behind.
It’s time to talk about the EU’s New Genomic Techniques regulation. 🧬🌾
Our position:
www.weplanet.org/post/growing...
A🧵
It could decide who controls the future of food—and whether Europe leads the world in climate-smart farming, or falls further behind.
It’s time to talk about the EU’s New Genomic Techniques regulation. 🧬🌾
Our position:
www.weplanet.org/post/growing...
A🧵
June 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A quiet battle is unfolding in Brussels.
It could decide who controls the future of food—and whether Europe leads the world in climate-smart farming, or falls further behind.
It’s time to talk about the EU’s New Genomic Techniques regulation. 🧬🌾
Our position:
www.weplanet.org/post/growing...
A🧵
It could decide who controls the future of food—and whether Europe leads the world in climate-smart farming, or falls further behind.
It’s time to talk about the EU’s New Genomic Techniques regulation. 🧬🌾
Our position:
www.weplanet.org/post/growing...
A🧵
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Durant les 365 derniers jours, le charbon utilisé pour produire l'⚡️électricité 🇩🇪allemande a rejeté dans l'atmosphère 113.31 millions de tonnes de 🏭CO2 (+ les particules fines).
En 🇫🇷France, sur la même période, le charbon a généré 630008 tonnes de CO2, soit 179.85 fois moins.
En 🇫🇷France, sur la même période, le charbon a généré 630008 tonnes de CO2, soit 179.85 fois moins.
June 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Durant les 365 derniers jours, le charbon utilisé pour produire l'⚡️électricité 🇩🇪allemande a rejeté dans l'atmosphère 113.31 millions de tonnes de 🏭CO2 (+ les particules fines).
En 🇫🇷France, sur la même période, le charbon a généré 630008 tonnes de CO2, soit 179.85 fois moins.
En 🇫🇷France, sur la même période, le charbon a généré 630008 tonnes de CO2, soit 179.85 fois moins.
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The carbon emissions intensity of electricity,
and the retail price of electricity to domestic consumers for the "big four" European economies,
Germany, the UK, France and Italy, in 2024.
Germany had both the highest emissions and the highest prices,
France had the lowest emissions and prices.
The carbon emissions intensity of electricity,
and the retail price of electricity to domestic consumers for the "big four" European economies,
Germany, the UK, France and Italy, in 2024.
Germany had both the highest emissions and the highest prices,
France had the lowest emissions and prices.
June 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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The carbon emissions intensity of electricity,
and the retail price of electricity to domestic consumers for the "big four" European economies,
Germany, the UK, France and Italy, in 2024.
Germany had both the highest emissions and the highest prices,
France had the lowest emissions and prices.
The carbon emissions intensity of electricity,
and the retail price of electricity to domestic consumers for the "big four" European economies,
Germany, the UK, France and Italy, in 2024.
Germany had both the highest emissions and the highest prices,
France had the lowest emissions and prices.
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US gas-fired turbine wait times as much as seven years; costs up sharply www.spglobal.com/commodity-in...
$2400/kilowatt for a combined cycle!
🔌💡
$2400/kilowatt for a combined cycle!
🔌💡
June 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
US gas-fired turbine wait times as much as seven years; costs up sharply www.spglobal.com/commodity-in...
$2400/kilowatt for a combined cycle!
🔌💡
$2400/kilowatt for a combined cycle!
🔌💡
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India barely produced 50 million tons of food grain at its independence in 1947. This year, it is set to produce a whopping 355 million tons. Norman Borlaug & MS Swaminathan are looking down with a smile. Vandana Shiva can go suck her organic lime :)
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May 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
India barely produced 50 million tons of food grain at its independence in 1947. This year, it is set to produce a whopping 355 million tons. Norman Borlaug & MS Swaminathan are looking down with a smile. Vandana Shiva can go suck her organic lime :)
eng.ruralvoice.in/latest-news/...
eng.ruralvoice.in/latest-news/...
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Unfortunately, because of shifting baselines, people consider the degraded landscape as normal and even beautiful, what it has always been. We need more people like Eoghan to help the land return to what her natural state.
Every spring, walking the mountain commonage, I find many native tree seedlings: rowan (circled), birch, willow... But with the next passing sheep, they're gone.
Virtually ALL Ireland is overgrazed. Lifting that artificial pressure would bring the most miraculous transformation.
#Rewilding 🌎
Virtually ALL Ireland is overgrazed. Lifting that artificial pressure would bring the most miraculous transformation.
#Rewilding 🌎
May 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Unfortunately, because of shifting baselines, people consider the degraded landscape as normal and even beautiful, what it has always been. We need more people like Eoghan to help the land return to what her natural state.
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"And what of their beloved Brexit?
So far, annually, it has delivered a 5% plunge in GDP (CER), a £27 billion loss of exports (LSE) and a 15% reduction in trade (OBR)."
So far, annually, it has delivered a 5% plunge in GDP (CER), a £27 billion loss of exports (LSE) and a 15% reduction in trade (OBR)."
Letter: Let’s make ‘Brexit betrayal’ off-limits
Letter to the editor
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"And what of their beloved Brexit?
So far, annually, it has delivered a 5% plunge in GDP (CER), a £27 billion loss of exports (LSE) and a 15% reduction in trade (OBR)."
So far, annually, it has delivered a 5% plunge in GDP (CER), a £27 billion loss of exports (LSE) and a 15% reduction in trade (OBR)."
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Not only has the speed of planning decisions for new builds absolutely collapsed since 2014; but something is going mysteriously wrong in councils that have a Local Plan. We dive into some horrifying numbers in this week's pod.
NEW ABUNDANCE AGENDA OUT NOW!
🏠 Why planning is even more broken than we thought
📈 New @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social polling reveals the British public's secret YIMBY views
🪖 @ersatzben.bsky.social on defence innovation
Listen/Subscribe:
www.abundancepod.com/p/britain-is...
🏠 Why planning is even more broken than we thought
📈 New @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social polling reveals the British public's secret YIMBY views
🪖 @ersatzben.bsky.social on defence innovation
Listen/Subscribe:
www.abundancepod.com/p/britain-is...
Britain is secretly pro-building stuff
Plus how the planning system is even worse than we thought, and how to equip the British military for the future
www.abundancepod.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Not only has the speed of planning decisions for new builds absolutely collapsed since 2014; but something is going mysteriously wrong in councils that have a Local Plan. We dive into some horrifying numbers in this week's pod.
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I am a pensioner and I think it’s insulting to all concerned to give this money to people who don’t need it. There has to be a better way.
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I am a pensioner and I think it’s insulting to all concerned to give this money to people who don’t need it. There has to be a better way.
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3/4 #pricescrapbook
I'll use a 5-year total for costs.
The 5-year total for TVO operations, 2020-2024:
Electricity generated: 93,230 GWh
Fuel costs: €416m
Nuclear waste management costs: €258m
The 5-yr average costs per unit of electricity are:
• Fuel cost: €4.46/MWh
• Waste cost: €2.77/MWh
I'll use a 5-year total for costs.
The 5-year total for TVO operations, 2020-2024:
Electricity generated: 93,230 GWh
Fuel costs: €416m
Nuclear waste management costs: €258m
The 5-yr average costs per unit of electricity are:
• Fuel cost: €4.46/MWh
• Waste cost: €2.77/MWh
May 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
3/4 #pricescrapbook
I'll use a 5-year total for costs.
The 5-year total for TVO operations, 2020-2024:
Electricity generated: 93,230 GWh
Fuel costs: €416m
Nuclear waste management costs: €258m
The 5-yr average costs per unit of electricity are:
• Fuel cost: €4.46/MWh
• Waste cost: €2.77/MWh
I'll use a 5-year total for costs.
The 5-year total for TVO operations, 2020-2024:
Electricity generated: 93,230 GWh
Fuel costs: €416m
Nuclear waste management costs: €258m
The 5-yr average costs per unit of electricity are:
• Fuel cost: €4.46/MWh
• Waste cost: €2.77/MWh