Peter Tanham
petertanham.bsky.social
Peter Tanham
@petertanham.bsky.social
Working at the intersection of tech and public policy. Data nerd. Social Democrat. Irish
Over half of Irish people said they would support the Occupied Territories Bill, even if it caused us economic harm. Makes me proud to be Irish. ☘️ 🇵🇸

(From the print version of today’s Sunday Independent)
August 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Panda waste will now photograph bin contents and email you if you put general waste in the recycle bin.

Likely a big deterrent effect on the minority who abuse the green bins. I wonder if it will nudge regular customers into doing it properly, or to under-use recycling for fear of doing it wrong?
May 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
2040: The Greater European Union
March 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My favourite piece of writing this week was from @jeremiahdjohns.bsky.social about the 1 million US teenagers joining RedNote open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
January 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Another interesting proof point that we have capacity problems in Ireland which we can’t solve by throwing money at.

Vacancy rates in public sector jobs (via PWC great quarterly digest www.pwc.ie/issues/the-l...)
January 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A remarkable outcome from #GE24 is that the Social Democrats have continued their run of (approximately) doubling seats in every Dáil and Local elections since forming
December 2, 2024 at 11:21 AM
How does Ireland even begin any sort of sensible, long-term fiscal planning when you’re looking at such a wide spread of potential outcomes, mostly outside of our control? (Graph via @lizcarolan.bsky.social )
November 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Hello from a misty Cavan
November 12, 2024 at 1:16 PM