John O Loughlin
@joloughlin.bsky.social
Irish, crops farmer, cyclist, science nerd, sports fan
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I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Play Moate, Co. Westmeath Again). Only a couple of years before his 1993 comeback, Meat Loaf was reduced to touring the provincial towns of Ireland: here's a brilliant piece on how that went for him www.loudersound.com/features/mea...
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Play Moate, Co. Westmeath Again). Only a couple of years before his 1993 comeback, Meat Loaf was reduced to touring the provincial towns of Ireland: here's a brilliant piece on how that went for him www.loudersound.com/features/mea...
Headwind all the way to Athy this morning on the Blueway, but hopefully it will push me home before the rain. Really starting to see the autumn colours now after the quiet spell of weather.
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Headwind all the way to Athy this morning on the Blueway, but hopefully it will push me home before the rain. Really starting to see the autumn colours now after the quiet spell of weather.
I walked all day at the ploughing championships and saw exactly one plough...
September 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I walked all day at the ploughing championships and saw exactly one plough...
this is shocking but it's everywhere you go on the roads
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
this is shocking but it's everywhere you go on the roads
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Ashley Gruber is an artist, episode 483 🥹🇫🇷💛🤩
This image took my breath away.
From her instagrqm
This image took my breath away.
From her instagrqm
August 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ashley Gruber is an artist, episode 483 🥹🇫🇷💛🤩
This image took my breath away.
From her instagrqm
This image took my breath away.
From her instagrqm
After getting up at stupid o clock, I'm 50 kms into an #audax, I'm as far south as I'll be going but this makes me feel like I'm in the Loire valley #sunflowers
July 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
After getting up at stupid o clock, I'm 50 kms into an #audax, I'm as far south as I'll be going but this makes me feel like I'm in the Loire valley #sunflowers
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A moving piece by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk - on why the rewards of virtue are often 'ignominy and anonymity', but we should do what is right regardless.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-ballad...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-ballad...
The Ballad of Christophe Bassons
What One Honest Cyclist Tells Us About Integrity and Power
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A moving piece by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk - on why the rewards of virtue are often 'ignominy and anonymity', but we should do what is right regardless.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-ballad...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-ballad...
Worth a look if you're thinking of more sustainable travel with your bike.
I’m going on a 3-day cycling trip in the Dolomites for a Rouleur piece.
I’m worried about the amount of flying I/we do, and have resolved to travel sustainably, wherever possible.
So I’m travelling overland from Exeter to Badia, using public transport/cycling. This thread will document my journey.
I’m worried about the amount of flying I/we do, and have resolved to travel sustainably, wherever possible.
So I’m travelling overland from Exeter to Badia, using public transport/cycling. This thread will document my journey.
June 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Worth a look if you're thinking of more sustainable travel with your bike.
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In the last few weeks traveling around the country I recorded a lot of wildlife and livestock enjoying spring. I put them all together in one place. The radio audience loved it, you might find it a bit of a refuge too.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Spring is here!
A montage of spring sounds recorded in the last few weeks.
www.rte.ie
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In the last few weeks traveling around the country I recorded a lot of wildlife and livestock enjoying spring. I put them all together in one place. The radio audience loved it, you might find it a bit of a refuge too.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Looks like I'll be doing a bit of the night shift
April 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looks like I'll be doing a bit of the night shift
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Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%.
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
Comune di Bologna
www.comune.bologna.it
April 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%.
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
When you cut one side of a hedge and leave the other you can really see the difference rotational cutting makes, plenty of blackthorn here to keep the pollinators happy #farming #agriculture #pollinators
April 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When you cut one side of a hedge and leave the other you can really see the difference rotational cutting makes, plenty of blackthorn here to keep the pollinators happy #farming #agriculture #pollinators
The dry spring so far has been great for getting through farm work but not so great for building back up my fitness after an injury disrupted winter. I skipped the club spin this morning to go solo to the hills around Wolfhill, and the results were predictable, better to suffer alone #cycling
March 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The dry spring so far has been great for getting through farm work but not so great for building back up my fitness after an injury disrupted winter. I skipped the club spin this morning to go solo to the hills around Wolfhill, and the results were predictable, better to suffer alone #cycling
A very interesting article
Oh hey, we just covered this, incl the land part sentientmedia.org/rfk-promise-...
RFK’s Promise to Take Farming Back 80 Years Isn’t Plausible
At least, not at current rates of meat consumption.
sentientmedia.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A very interesting article
This year's malting barley crop is in the ground, about 6 weeks earlier than last year, conditions not too bad either, the land ploughed over wet enough but got some nice slow drying. #harvest25 #farming #kildare
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This year's malting barley crop is in the ground, about 6 weeks earlier than last year, conditions not too bad either, the land ploughed over wet enough but got some nice slow drying. #harvest25 #farming #kildare
I saw a Woodcock this morning when I was out the fields working, I hadn't seen one for years. I wonder had it winter Ed around here or is it just moving through. #irishbirds #kildare #Ireland
March 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I saw a Woodcock this morning when I was out the fields working, I hadn't seen one for years. I wonder had it winter Ed around here or is it just moving through. #irishbirds #kildare #Ireland
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If you're in need of some calm this morning, here's 30 seconds of birdsong and woodpecker hammering from our native woodland area.
Sound on, eyes closed and breathe.
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #Nature #Birdsong
Sound on, eyes closed and breathe.
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #Nature #Birdsong
March 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If you're in need of some calm this morning, here's 30 seconds of birdsong and woodpecker hammering from our native woodland area.
Sound on, eyes closed and breathe.
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #Nature #Birdsong
Sound on, eyes closed and breathe.
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #Nature #Birdsong
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My letter in the @irishtimes.com this morning.
The media must do a much better job when it comes to reporting on road deaths.
The media must do a much better job when it comes to reporting on road deaths.
February 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
My letter in the @irishtimes.com this morning.
The media must do a much better job when it comes to reporting on road deaths.
The media must do a much better job when it comes to reporting on road deaths.
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It’s a cliché to say it—and no two historical scenarios offer a perfectly compelling analogy—but what each American is doing now is what they’d be doing were they a German living in Germany and were it 1936-38
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
February 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s a cliché to say it—and no two historical scenarios offer a perfectly compelling analogy—but what each American is doing now is what they’d be doing were they a German living in Germany and were it 1936-38
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
Stark....
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Stark....
My first 100km spin since I injured my leg today, 3C, more layers than an onion, damp and drizzly, dirty back roads, dropped on every little drag, my legs burning long before home and I still had a ball. #everydayadaybetter #cycling
February 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My first 100km spin since I injured my leg today, 3C, more layers than an onion, damp and drizzly, dirty back roads, dropped on every little drag, my legs burning long before home and I still had a ball. #everydayadaybetter #cycling
Fair play to Sophia, I'd rather her than me, one of those in a lifetime would be enough for me.....
Sophia Atwood Apperley (cycling club "VC167") has just completed a Super Randonneur in January, and she's planning to ride a Super Randonneur every month of 2025.
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Talk about inspirational women!
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
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Talk about inspirational women!
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
UK cyclists... complete a 200km ride from our event list, and become a Randonneur. Complete one 200km event per month for a year and become a Randonneur Time the Year. Complete each of a 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km event in a year and become a Super Randonneur for life:
February 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Fair play to Sophia, I'd rather her than me, one of those in a lifetime would be enough for me.....
Another lovely graphic
People mocking Imbolc as unscientific are unaware it's a precise astronomical calculation so it abuts the point in Earth's orbit halfway between Winter Solstice & Vernal Equinox. If it's the Gaelicness that's objectionable, it's common to many cultures eg in Finland it's called Kevättalvi. #imbolc
February 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Another lovely graphic
A lovely graphic
Where I live we now have got through the 10 weeks of the year with less than 9 hours of daylight and are approaching what I like to call the "rapidly lengthening daylight" period of the year. This #dataviz shows the weekly loss and gain of daylight at 51 degrees north.
February 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A lovely graphic