Lorcan O’Toole
@lorcanotoole.bsky.social
Kilkenny (on the pale blue dot)
Brilliant and eye opening by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Even if you are enthusiastic about the potential of AI, it’s essential to stop to ask if the emperor has any clothes
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Brilliant and eye opening by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Even if you are enthusiastic about the potential of AI, it’s essential to stop to ask if the emperor has any clothes
Thank you Michael D Higgins for your service as Uachtarán na hÉireann @president.ie over the past 14 years. You led through your principles, compassion, humility, intellect and have represented everything that is best about Ireland. Enjoy your well earned retirement 🇮🇪
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thank you Michael D Higgins for your service as Uachtarán na hÉireann @president.ie over the past 14 years. You led through your principles, compassion, humility, intellect and have represented everything that is best about Ireland. Enjoy your well earned retirement 🇮🇪
Irish marathon running is on a major up - incredible new Irish record and race victory for Fearghal Curtin in Korea 👏👏👏👏
www.rte.ie/sport/athlet...
www.rte.ie/sport/athlet...
Curtin smashes Irish marathon record in South Korea
Fearghal Curtin has broken the Irish national marathon record with a brilliant victory at the Gyeongju Marathon in South Korea.
www.rte.ie
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Irish marathon running is on a major up - incredible new Irish record and race victory for Fearghal Curtin in Korea 👏👏👏👏
www.rte.ie/sport/athlet...
www.rte.ie/sport/athlet...
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Keeping an eye on our planet's recent temperature trend and variability (12-month running mean). Many of the temporary peaks and dips are related to upper ocean heat anomalies in the Pacific (like ENSO).
+ Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
+ Climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
+ Climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
October 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Keeping an eye on our planet's recent temperature trend and variability (12-month running mean). Many of the temporary peaks and dips are related to upper ocean heat anomalies in the Pacific (like ENSO).
+ Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
+ Climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
+ Climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
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100 goal contributions in 200 premier league appearances
Arsenal 2 - West Ham 0
Arsenal 2 - West Ham 0
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
100 goal contributions in 200 premier league appearances
Arsenal 2 - West Ham 0
Arsenal 2 - West Ham 0
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🏅 Less than a month to go!
The Dublin Marathon 2025 medal has been unveiled, with Dublin’s bridges, monuments and even Molly Malone stamped into the design!
The Dublin Marathon 2025 medal has been unveiled, with Dublin’s bridges, monuments and even Molly Malone stamped into the design!
Dublin Marathon 2025 Medal Revealed Ahead of Race Day Later this Month
The Dublin Marathon 2025 finisher’s medal has been revealed, featuring iconic city landmarks including the Custom House, Ha’penny Bridge, Wellington Monument, Samuel Beckett Bridge, James Joyce and Molly Malone.
runrepublic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🏅 Less than a month to go!
The Dublin Marathon 2025 medal has been unveiled, with Dublin’s bridges, monuments and even Molly Malone stamped into the design!
The Dublin Marathon 2025 medal has been unveiled, with Dublin’s bridges, monuments and even Molly Malone stamped into the design!
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Well done, and thank you, everyone at @officialbha.bsky.social.
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Well done, and thank you, everyone at @officialbha.bsky.social.
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Caught today’s @arsenalfc.bsky.social match with Spike Lee in Fort Greene (not a sentence I ever thought I'd get to write).
September 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Caught today’s @arsenalfc.bsky.social match with Spike Lee in Fort Greene (not a sentence I ever thought I'd get to write).
5 weeks to Dublin. Feeling good at the KCH tempo session today 💪 #DublinMarathon2025
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
5 weeks to Dublin. Feeling good at the KCH tempo session today 💪 #DublinMarathon2025
Some guts to compete through injury and buckets of class with 5 PBs and obliterating the Irish record. Brilliant Kate O’Connor 🥈🇮🇪 #worldathleticschampionship
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Some guts to compete through injury and buckets of class with 5 PBs and obliterating the Irish record. Brilliant Kate O’Connor 🥈🇮🇪 #worldathleticschampionship
Another towering episode from Alex and the team. It’s one of the only podcasts I don’t listen to on a run - you need to sit, listen and savour very morsel of it’s beauty 🏛️ I’ve supported the team at @ko-fi.com to help them put together a second season - please consider doing the same 🙏
🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m
podcasts.apple.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Another towering episode from Alex and the team. It’s one of the only podcasts I don’t listen to on a run - you need to sit, listen and savour very morsel of it’s beauty 🏛️ I’ve supported the team at @ko-fi.com to help them put together a second season - please consider doing the same 🙏
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Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up!
Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
August 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up!
Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
This should be the biggest story in Ireland now! @micheal-martin.bsky.social and @simonharrisireland.bsky.social need to lead and not follow on this as we are marching our grandchildren into the abyss and we don’t seem to care!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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 10:26 AM
This should be the biggest story in Ireland now! @micheal-martin.bsky.social and @simonharrisireland.bsky.social need to lead and not follow on this as we are marching our grandchildren into the abyss and we don’t seem to care!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Famine has not “struck” Gaza.
It is not the result of some natural disaster. It has been engineered.
Famine has been inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel, who have been facilitated by their enabler allies.
It is not the result of some natural disaster. It has been engineered.
Famine has been inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel, who have been facilitated by their enabler allies.
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Famine has not “struck” Gaza.
It is not the result of some natural disaster. It has been engineered.
Famine has been inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel, who have been facilitated by their enabler allies.
It is not the result of some natural disaster. It has been engineered.
Famine has been inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel, who have been facilitated by their enabler allies.
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The push to reintroduce lynx in Britain is gathering momentum.
Come on, Ireland!!!
share.google/SIDfnJVqHlkg...
Come on, Ireland!!!
share.google/SIDfnJVqHlkg...
Specieswatch: push to reintroduce lynx into UK gathers momentum
It’s 1,300 years since apex predator known for keeping ecosystems in balance was hunted to extinction
share.google
August 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The push to reintroduce lynx in Britain is gathering momentum.
Come on, Ireland!!!
share.google/SIDfnJVqHlkg...
Come on, Ireland!!!
share.google/SIDfnJVqHlkg...
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
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The power of fossil fuels again being wielded over Europe.
Dirty energy; a dirty deal.
Dirty energy; a dirty deal.
More details - Trump and EU sign trade deal after 4 months of talks.
- 15% baseline tariffs.
- 50% tariffs on steel to continue
- pharma and semi-conductors not in deal
- EU to purchase $750bn of energy from US
- EU promises $600bn investment
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- 15% baseline tariffs.
- 50% tariffs on steel to continue
- pharma and semi-conductors not in deal
- EU to purchase $750bn of energy from US
- EU promises $600bn investment
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump and von der Leyen announce US-EU trade deal
Agreement includes 15% baseline tariff for most EU exports to US after deal reached at Scotland crunch talks
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The power of fossil fuels again being wielded over Europe.
Dirty energy; a dirty deal.
Dirty energy; a dirty deal.
Leah Williamson is an absolute legend 👏👏👏
July 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Leah Williamson is an absolute legend 👏👏👏
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🆕 AESOP II: A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other 🐬
Is truth a set of facts? Might something fake be authentic? Can you contruct a truth out of lies? And why are unreliable narrators more compelling?
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4hZ8...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Is truth a set of facts? Might something fake be authentic? Can you contruct a truth out of lies? And why are unreliable narrators more compelling?
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4hZ8...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
8. AESOP II - A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 26/07/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🆕 AESOP II: A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other 🐬
Is truth a set of facts? Might something fake be authentic? Can you contruct a truth out of lies? And why are unreliable narrators more compelling?
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4hZ8...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Is truth a set of facts? Might something fake be authentic? Can you contruct a truth out of lies? And why are unreliable narrators more compelling?
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4hZ8...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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This is a pretty alarming new study out today (doi.org/10.1126/scia... - read the abstract) and here are some great visuals and highlights from it by @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/wate...
"Since 2002, 75% of the population lives in 101 countries that have been losing freshwater water"
"Since 2002, 75% of the population lives in 101 countries that have been losing freshwater water"
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is a pretty alarming new study out today (doi.org/10.1126/scia... - read the abstract) and here are some great visuals and highlights from it by @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/wate...
"Since 2002, 75% of the population lives in 101 countries that have been losing freshwater water"
"Since 2002, 75% of the population lives in 101 countries that have been losing freshwater water"
Great Tipp goal. Thought this second half was about how much Cork crumbled but it really is about what Tipp have done to them 👏 #allirelandfinal
July 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great Tipp goal. Thought this second half was about how much Cork crumbled but it really is about what Tipp have done to them 👏 #allirelandfinal
Thank you @alexpodyssey.bsky.social for podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/a...
Inspiring that after a wonderful start that the series continues to get even better and better. Aesop1 may well be the best podcast I have ever listened to. Mythology & art intersecting so incredibly beautifully ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inspiring that after a wonderful start that the series continues to get even better and better. Aesop1 may well be the best podcast I have ever listened to. Mythology & art intersecting so incredibly beautifully ⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant?
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 13/07/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thank you @alexpodyssey.bsky.social for podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/a...
Inspiring that after a wonderful start that the series continues to get even better and better. Aesop1 may well be the best podcast I have ever listened to. Mythology & art intersecting so incredibly beautifully ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inspiring that after a wonderful start that the series continues to get even better and better. Aesop1 may well be the best podcast I have ever listened to. Mythology & art intersecting so incredibly beautifully ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Every. Single. Metric. 🌍🔥
Climate data highlights from this month:
⚠️ Arctic ice extent lowest on record for time of year: bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ New ocean heat content record: bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ Temperatures over land record high (Jan-May): bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ New CO₂ record high: bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ Arctic ice extent lowest on record for time of year: bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ New ocean heat content record: bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ Temperatures over land record high (Jan-May): bsky.app/profile/zack...
⚠️ New CO₂ record high: bsky.app/profile/zack...
🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new monthly *record high* in May 2025 - 430.51 ppm (seasonal maximum)
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
June 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Every. Single. Metric. 🌍🔥