Jeremy
@jakwilde.bsky.social
Teacher (physics + CompSci) & learner. Love to cook & eat + drink. Climate change is a worry. Coaching younger people thru sport (rugby) for 20 years. Enjoying improving myself, with books or podcasts. Bit obsessed with kebabs.
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Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
Electricity bills in states with the most data centers are surging www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...
Data centers are concentrated in these states. Here's what's happening to electricity prices
Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
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Israeli soldiers who raped to death a Palestinian hostage got a standing ovation in court.
God's Chosen Rapists; Israel is a sick country.
God's Chosen Rapists; Israel is a sick country.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Israeli soldiers who raped to death a Palestinian hostage got a standing ovation in court.
God's Chosen Rapists; Israel is a sick country.
God's Chosen Rapists; Israel is a sick country.
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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Every journalist doing any interview on the housing crisis with a member of the Oireachtas, especially ones from the government parties, needs to check in advance if that person is a landlord and take them to task on it. Anything else isn't journalism.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Every journalist doing any interview on the housing crisis with a member of the Oireachtas, especially ones from the government parties, needs to check in advance if that person is a landlord and take them to task on it. Anything else isn't journalism.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
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Not banning disposables shows a real lack of care for children, the environment and risk of fires at recycling plants etc
Not a tax based on health benefits but to replace revenue from tobacco sales.
I went from 20+ cigs/day, to 18mg, 12mg, 6mg and now 3mg liquid. The cost of my 2x10ml liquid/week goes from €10 to €20.
Disposables, stronger & favoured by kids, go up €1-2 each. Banning those would be a health measure.
I went from 20+ cigs/day, to 18mg, 12mg, 6mg and now 3mg liquid. The cost of my 2x10ml liquid/week goes from €10 to €20.
Disposables, stronger & favoured by kids, go up €1-2 each. Banning those would be a health measure.
I support taxing vapes, banning disposables outright, mandatory plain packaging and making their sale dependent on a licence - a much stricter regime than the current one.
I'll try to explain again why the recently introduced vape tax is irrational, counter-productive, and in some cases harmful🧵
I'll try to explain again why the recently introduced vape tax is irrational, counter-productive, and in some cases harmful🧵
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Not banning disposables shows a real lack of care for children, the environment and risk of fires at recycling plants etc
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Maria Steen says this. Maria Steen says that.
Journos forget she also says women shouldn't have access to reproductive healthcare, that 2 people of the same sex shouldn't be able to get married, that you you can't call someone who says homophobic things a homophobe, and so on.
Pass. #SpeirGorm
Journos forget she also says women shouldn't have access to reproductive healthcare, that 2 people of the same sex shouldn't be able to get married, that you you can't call someone who says homophobic things a homophobe, and so on.
Pass. #SpeirGorm
October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Maria Steen says this. Maria Steen says that.
Journos forget she also says women shouldn't have access to reproductive healthcare, that 2 people of the same sex shouldn't be able to get married, that you you can't call someone who says homophobic things a homophobe, and so on.
Pass. #SpeirGorm
Journos forget she also says women shouldn't have access to reproductive healthcare, that 2 people of the same sex shouldn't be able to get married, that you you can't call someone who says homophobic things a homophobe, and so on.
Pass. #SpeirGorm
5 months of the correct time on the car clock, for the W
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
5 months of the correct time on the car clock, for the W
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Shingles vaccine in Ireland costs €480. In 2024 HIQA declined adding it to the national immunisation programme for adults saying it would not be a good use of HSE resources.
Push yer TDs to keep raising this issue
#SpéirGhorm #SpéurGorm
Push yer TDs to keep raising this issue
#SpéirGhorm #SpéurGorm
The shingles vaccine was found to lower the risk of heart disease, dementia and death. According to the new study, adults 50 and older who get the shingles vaccine have a 50% lower risk of dementia.
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Study: Shingles vaccine helps protect against heart disease, dementia - UPI.com
The shingles vaccine also lowers the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia and death for patients over the age of 50, researchers reported in a new study.
www.upi.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Shingles vaccine in Ireland costs €480. In 2024 HIQA declined adding it to the national immunisation programme for adults saying it would not be a good use of HSE resources.
Push yer TDs to keep raising this issue
#SpéirGhorm #SpéurGorm
Push yer TDs to keep raising this issue
#SpéirGhorm #SpéurGorm
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Remember when Micheál and Simon stood on stage and went at Mary Lou for SF not having a climate crisis plan and simon harris kept sayin "were in a crisis!"
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Wheres your plan gone? Ye lorded it over SF but FF and FG have done fuck all.
#speirgorm
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Wheres your plan gone? Ye lorded it over SF but FF and FG have done fuck all.
#speirgorm
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Remember when Micheál and Simon stood on stage and went at Mary Lou for SF not having a climate crisis plan and simon harris kept sayin "were in a crisis!"
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Wheres your plan gone? Ye lorded it over SF but FF and FG have done fuck all.
#speirgorm
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Wheres your plan gone? Ye lorded it over SF but FF and FG have done fuck all.
#speirgorm
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Great to see @richmondroadra.bsky.social using people power to demand safer roads but really, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social, it shouldn't have to be this hard.
Give them the trial modal filter that they are asking for.
www.thejournal.ie/richmond-roa...
Give them the trial modal filter that they are asking for.
www.thejournal.ie/richmond-roa...
Fed up locals occupy Dublin's Richmond Road as part of long-running road safety campaign
Residents occupied Richmond Road during the morning rush hour today in protest against Dublin City Council’s refusal to trial filtered permeability on the road.
www.thejournal.ie
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Great to see @richmondroadra.bsky.social using people power to demand safer roads but really, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social, it shouldn't have to be this hard.
Give them the trial modal filter that they are asking for.
www.thejournal.ie/richmond-roa...
Give them the trial modal filter that they are asking for.
www.thejournal.ie/richmond-roa...
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Apple Press Festival with Community Roots is here! Bring your apples to press into juice, swap Halloween costumes, and pick up apple-themed sourdough bakes (plus a free starter). A day of community, food, and fun.
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Apple Press Festival with Community Roots is here! Bring your apples to press into juice, swap Halloween costumes, and pick up apple-themed sourdough bakes (plus a free starter). A day of community, food, and fun.
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Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
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Dairy Industries Ireland wants free licence to pollute our waterways despite the evidence of collapsing ecosystems from the Blackwater in Cork, Lady's Island Lake in Wexford, Lough Neagh etc etc...
I say no: the polluter must pay.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
I say no: the polluter must pay.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
Nitrates Derogation loss could slash milk payments by €555 million annually
Dairy farmers across Ireland could face an economic hammer blow of €45 billion between now and 2035 if the country loses its nitrates derogation, according to the sector’s representative body, Dairy I...
www.independent.ie
August 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dairy Industries Ireland wants free licence to pollute our waterways despite the evidence of collapsing ecosystems from the Blackwater in Cork, Lady's Island Lake in Wexford, Lough Neagh etc etc...
I say no: the polluter must pay.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
I say no: the polluter must pay.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
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This is the replica of the car in which 6-year-old Palestinian child Hind Rajab was killed while fleeing Gaza City with her family
It was displayed in Bradford, UK, on what would have been her 7th birthday
The original vehicle had been shot 335 times by Israeli forces
It was displayed in Bradford, UK, on what would have been her 7th birthday
The original vehicle had been shot 335 times by Israeli forces
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is the replica of the car in which 6-year-old Palestinian child Hind Rajab was killed while fleeing Gaza City with her family
It was displayed in Bradford, UK, on what would have been her 7th birthday
The original vehicle had been shot 335 times by Israeli forces
It was displayed in Bradford, UK, on what would have been her 7th birthday
The original vehicle had been shot 335 times by Israeli forces
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Waiting and hoping for the Dear Leader to die - bcos that's the ONLY way things can change - is not something that people living in functioning democracies do.
August 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Waiting and hoping for the Dear Leader to die - bcos that's the ONLY way things can change - is not something that people living in functioning democracies do.
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Altruistic August - Day 29: Do something kind to help in your local community actionforhappiness.org/altruistic-a... #AltruisticAugust
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Altruistic August - Day 29: Do something kind to help in your local community actionforhappiness.org/altruistic-a... #AltruisticAugust
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It’s devastating. Maximum rental €€ & unimaginable for
anyone who deigns to dream.
But it is going as predicted by Rory Hearne in GAFFS (districtmagazine.ie/news/rory-he...) & exactly as planned by those who developed the social policy…many of whom are landlords 🤦🏾♀️ #FFFG
#IrishPol #speirgorm
anyone who deigns to dream.
But it is going as predicted by Rory Hearne in GAFFS (districtmagazine.ie/news/rory-he...) & exactly as planned by those who developed the social policy…many of whom are landlords 🤦🏾♀️ #FFFG
#IrishPol #speirgorm
Rory Hearne explains how we can all get houses in “Gaffs”
Rory Hearne’s new book “Gaffs” will explain why no one can get a house, and what we can do to solve that. Social policy expert and housing activist Rory Hearne has released his first book “Gaffs”…
districtmagazine.ie
August 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s devastating. Maximum rental €€ & unimaginable for
anyone who deigns to dream.
But it is going as predicted by Rory Hearne in GAFFS (districtmagazine.ie/news/rory-he...) & exactly as planned by those who developed the social policy…many of whom are landlords 🤦🏾♀️ #FFFG
#IrishPol #speirgorm
anyone who deigns to dream.
But it is going as predicted by Rory Hearne in GAFFS (districtmagazine.ie/news/rory-he...) & exactly as planned by those who developed the social policy…many of whom are landlords 🤦🏾♀️ #FFFG
#IrishPol #speirgorm
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I should have posted about this before the night before, but there a free video game event in Cork City tomorrow :
#irishgamedev #speirgorm #irishcreatives
triskelartscentre.ie/events/video...
#irishgamedev #speirgorm #irishcreatives
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Video Game & Electric World Showcase
Sun 17 Aug 2025 | Like collective dreams, video games and virtual worlds are the digital fairytales of the 21st century, both shallow and deep, they are bottomless in their potential for adventure. D...
triskelartscentre.ie
August 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I should have posted about this before the night before, but there a free video game event in Cork City tomorrow :
#irishgamedev #speirgorm #irishcreatives
triskelartscentre.ie/events/video...
#irishgamedev #speirgorm #irishcreatives
triskelartscentre.ie/events/video...
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We spoke to @NewstalkFM earlier today about our call for the Government to recommit to default 30kph speed limits in Urban areas
Vulnerable road user deaths are up on last year despite less collisions, #VisionZero has failed, and we’re going backwards
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Vulnerable road user deaths are up on last year despite less collisions, #VisionZero has failed, and we’re going backwards
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Why the Government is yet to reduce urban speed limits | Newstalk
The Government must recommit to the reduction of speed limits in urban areas after promising t...
www.newstalk.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We spoke to @NewstalkFM earlier today about our call for the Government to recommit to default 30kph speed limits in Urban areas
Vulnerable road user deaths are up on last year despite less collisions, #VisionZero has failed, and we’re going backwards
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Vulnerable road user deaths are up on last year despite less collisions, #VisionZero has failed, and we’re going backwards
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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Years and years of waiting for safe cycling routes in Cabra.
The cycle tracks on the Clontarf route are too narrow, which is an issue that users keep mentioning.
But here on the North Circular Road, the council are going for even narrower cycle tracks, even where the general lanes are wider than they need to be. Why? irishcycle.com/2025/06/16/n...
But here on the North Circular Road, the council are going for even narrower cycle tracks, even where the general lanes are wider than they need to be. Why? irishcycle.com/2025/06/16/n...
North Circular Road plan shows Dublin City’s Active Travel office is not listening to feedback
— After years of delay, the project covering the least constraint section of the route falls far short of delivering cycling for all. Comment & Analysis: A number of councillors have call…
irishcycle.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Years and years of waiting for safe cycling routes in Cabra.
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“Cost of #unitedIreland would be just ‘€3bn in first year’ and disappear within a decade”
Peer-reviewed academic research shows cost of #Irishunity much lower than previous estimates.
Radio silence from RTÉ, Irish Times, Indo, & the southern establishment
#SpéirGorm
www.irishnews.com/news/politic...
Peer-reviewed academic research shows cost of #Irishunity much lower than previous estimates.
Radio silence from RTÉ, Irish Times, Indo, & the southern establishment
#SpéirGorm
www.irishnews.com/news/politic...
Cost of united Ireland would be just ‘€3bn in first year’ and disappear within a decade
New academic research indicates that the cost of Irish unity would be much lower than previously thought
www.irishnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“Cost of #unitedIreland would be just ‘€3bn in first year’ and disappear within a decade”
Peer-reviewed academic research shows cost of #Irishunity much lower than previous estimates.
Radio silence from RTÉ, Irish Times, Indo, & the southern establishment
#SpéirGorm
www.irishnews.com/news/politic...
Peer-reviewed academic research shows cost of #Irishunity much lower than previous estimates.
Radio silence from RTÉ, Irish Times, Indo, & the southern establishment
#SpéirGorm
www.irishnews.com/news/politic...
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we choose to pay more to punish people for being poor.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
we choose to pay more to punish people for being poor.
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If you’re getting upset at political chants used by a pop group at #Glastonbury, wait till you hear what the #Israel government and #IDF have said…
This is #Genocide … so have the courage to call it #Genocide.
This is #Genocide … so have the courage to call it #Genocide.
June 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you’re getting upset at political chants used by a pop group at #Glastonbury, wait till you hear what the #Israel government and #IDF have said…
This is #Genocide … so have the courage to call it #Genocide.
This is #Genocide … so have the courage to call it #Genocide.