Nadia Williams (she/her)
@racingboo.bsky.social
Media studies PhD with focus on discourse related to cycling and cyclists: applied social dominance theory to the roads network. Interested in social justice and equality. I share anything i find interesting. 🇿🇦🇮🇪
I'm scrolling BlueSky after about three months of deliberately cutting myself off from everything for my own mental health: I love you all but I'll see you again in another three months. Or more.
February 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I'm scrolling BlueSky after about three months of deliberately cutting myself off from everything for my own mental health: I love you all but I'll see you again in another three months. Or more.
I bought myself proper, decent quality in ear nose cancelling earphones and I live here now, in this heavenly headspace. I'm never leaving again. Well, maybe to recharge them but except for that, this is my home now.
February 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I bought myself proper, decent quality in ear nose cancelling earphones and I live here now, in this heavenly headspace. I'm never leaving again. Well, maybe to recharge them but except for that, this is my home now.
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There are 3.4 million girls 14 and under in England.
Elon Musk just wrote that 1 out of every 13 such girls is right now being “systematically raped by migrant gangs.”
The man has gone utterly insane. He’s a sociopath. His latest post is—unambiguously—neo-Nazi rhetoric intended to incite violence.
Elon Musk just wrote that 1 out of every 13 such girls is right now being “systematically raped by migrant gangs.”
The man has gone utterly insane. He’s a sociopath. His latest post is—unambiguously—neo-Nazi rhetoric intended to incite violence.
January 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
There are 3.4 million girls 14 and under in England.
Elon Musk just wrote that 1 out of every 13 such girls is right now being “systematically raped by migrant gangs.”
The man has gone utterly insane. He’s a sociopath. His latest post is—unambiguously—neo-Nazi rhetoric intended to incite violence.
Elon Musk just wrote that 1 out of every 13 such girls is right now being “systematically raped by migrant gangs.”
The man has gone utterly insane. He’s a sociopath. His latest post is—unambiguously—neo-Nazi rhetoric intended to incite violence.
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July: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO says the City Centre Transport Plan will reduce retail activity and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs
August: City Centre Transport Plan is implemented
December: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO reports 5% increase in sales
August: City Centre Transport Plan is implemented
December: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO reports 5% increase in sales
December 30, 2024 at 10:53 PM
July: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO says the City Centre Transport Plan will reduce retail activity and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs
August: City Centre Transport Plan is implemented
December: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO reports 5% increase in sales
August: City Centre Transport Plan is implemented
December: Brown Thomas Arnotts CEO reports 5% increase in sales
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Without evidence, Israel has arrested the last doctor at the last hospital in North Gaza and declared that he's a "militant". Here is his piece from earlier in December for NYT Opinion www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
Opinion | I’m One of the Last Doctors in This Hospital in Gaza. I’m Begging the World for Help.
Most of the medical staff members at Kamal Adwan Hospital are gone. One of the last doctors working there shares his story.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Without evidence, Israel has arrested the last doctor at the last hospital in North Gaza and declared that he's a "militant". Here is his piece from earlier in December for NYT Opinion www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
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“hole in the ozone layer” levels of erasure. my mom was a project manager who busted her ass for years to make sure IBM was ready for Y2K and completely succeeded, only for it to get turned into a late night joke. funny how the stories of mass collective action to avoid disaster rarely get told
DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
December 29, 2024 at 4:24 AM
“hole in the ozone layer” levels of erasure. my mom was a project manager who busted her ass for years to make sure IBM was ready for Y2K and completely succeeded, only for it to get turned into a late night joke. funny how the stories of mass collective action to avoid disaster rarely get told
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Everyone's teeing off, so I might as well join in. What people are mostly responding to is the ill-advised use of the word "hype" in the headline. It wasn't hype, there was a real problem, and it was ultimately adequately addressed. Which the story says. But ...
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Everyone's teeing off, so I might as well join in. What people are mostly responding to is the ill-advised use of the word "hype" in the headline. It wasn't hype, there was a real problem, and it was ultimately adequately addressed. Which the story says. But ...
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Surround yourself with people smarter than you. If you are often the smartest person in the room, you are either an arrogant ass or need to find some better rooms.
December 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Surround yourself with people smarter than you. If you are often the smartest person in the room, you are either an arrogant ass or need to find some better rooms.
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Need more Irish design / Dublin-y / public sector / civic-y people in my feed - any recommendations greatly appreciated.
December 11, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Need more Irish design / Dublin-y / public sector / civic-y people in my feed - any recommendations greatly appreciated.
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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Good to see some long-overdue attention to climate fund travel policies. Many developed countries make their civil servants fly economy, so it's only fair that international officials funded by taxpayers do the same. This money is supposed to help communities to deal with climate impacts.
With just $69m in the bank so far, the new boss of the loss and damage fund is under pressure to keep spending down to leave more money for the victims of climate change
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/10/n...
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/10/n...
New loss and damage fund boss urged to keep costs down
Spending on consultants, business class plane tickets and a deputy executive director was questioned at the loss and damage fund board meeting
www.climatechangenews.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Good to see some long-overdue attention to climate fund travel policies. Many developed countries make their civil servants fly economy, so it's only fair that international officials funded by taxpayers do the same. This money is supposed to help communities to deal with climate impacts.
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As conditions become more extreme everywhere, people will have to move. We need to plan #NomadCentury
Good thread here:
Good thread here:
How to do Managed Retreat, and how not to.
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
December 11, 2024 at 7:51 AM
As conditions become more extreme everywhere, people will have to move. We need to plan #NomadCentury
Good thread here:
Good thread here:
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"Thousands of Australians showed up on the coast to express their support for the peaceful protesters. Local law enforcement officials, on the other hand, threw the book at the newly-arrested activists while depicting them in disparaging terms."
www.salon.com/2024/11/26/1...
www.salon.com/2024/11/26/1...
170 arrested as climate activists in Australia block one of the world’s largest coal ports
Members of the protest group Rising Tide Australia halted maritime traffic in Australia’s Port of Newcastle
www.salon.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:17 PM
"Thousands of Australians showed up on the coast to express their support for the peaceful protesters. Local law enforcement officials, on the other hand, threw the book at the newly-arrested activists while depicting them in disparaging terms."
www.salon.com/2024/11/26/1...
www.salon.com/2024/11/26/1...
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#VoteBikeTransferBike
Whatever your politics please use your vote today if you can. Half the people don’t have a vote. Then half of those who can vote often don’t.
If you don’t know a candidate personally then this article might help you choose based on a candidate's party affiliation.
Whatever your politics please use your vote today if you can. Half the people don’t have a vote. Then half of those who can vote often don’t.
If you don’t know a candidate personally then this article might help you choose based on a candidate's party affiliation.
General Election manifestos: Which parties are promising more funding for roads or public transport? Which support active travel? irishcycle.com/2024/11/27/g...
General Election manifestos: Which parties are promising more funding for roads or public transport? Which support active travel?
What’s mentioned in the General Election manifestos ahead of the election on Friday? IrishCycle.com has looked at funding, public transport projects and fares, and active travel commitments o…
irishcycle.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:28 AM
#VoteBikeTransferBike
Whatever your politics please use your vote today if you can. Half the people don’t have a vote. Then half of those who can vote often don’t.
If you don’t know a candidate personally then this article might help you choose based on a candidate's party affiliation.
Whatever your politics please use your vote today if you can. Half the people don’t have a vote. Then half of those who can vote often don’t.
If you don’t know a candidate personally then this article might help you choose based on a candidate's party affiliation.
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“It should not have taken 30 years” says Minister Ryan as Dublin’s first continouslly segragated suburbs to city centre cycle route is opened
-- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport…
-- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport…
“It should not have taken 30 years” says Minister Ryan as Dublin’s first continouslly segragated suburbs to city centre cycle route is opened
-- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said that planning and building Dublin's first continuously segregated suburbs to city centre cycle should not have taken 30 years. As reported yesterday, the opening of the Clontarf to City Centre Cycle and Bus Project means that it is now possible to cycle 12km from Sutton Cross to the city centre and Docklands.
irishcycle.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:45 AM
“It should not have taken 30 years” says Minister Ryan as Dublin’s first continouslly segragated suburbs to city centre cycle route is opened
-- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport…
-- Minister questions if the incoming Government will fund public transport, walking and cycling enough to allow progress to continue. Outgoing transport…
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Today might be a good day to acknowledge that twelve decades of near-continuous French military involvement in Chad has been utterly ruinous for that country and its population. If you'd like to know more, there's a good book about it.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
France's Wars in Chad
Cambridge Core - European Studies - France's Wars in Chad
www.cambridge.org
November 29, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Today might be a good day to acknowledge that twelve decades of near-continuous French military involvement in Chad has been utterly ruinous for that country and its population. If you'd like to know more, there's a good book about it.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
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What a quote…
On the one hand: kids’ freedom, independent mobility and health..
On the other hand: air and noise pollution, transport poverty, tolerance of pedestrian and cyclist deaths
On the one hand: kids’ freedom, independent mobility and health..
On the other hand: air and noise pollution, transport poverty, tolerance of pedestrian and cyclist deaths
November 29, 2024 at 8:37 AM
What a quote…
On the one hand: kids’ freedom, independent mobility and health..
On the other hand: air and noise pollution, transport poverty, tolerance of pedestrian and cyclist deaths
On the one hand: kids’ freedom, independent mobility and health..
On the other hand: air and noise pollution, transport poverty, tolerance of pedestrian and cyclist deaths
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Today is my first general election as an Irish citizen. It is staggering to me just how much more democratic Ireland’s voting system is than the country I grew up in, the US, where the binary is really the only choice. 1/4
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Today is my first general election as an Irish citizen. It is staggering to me just how much more democratic Ireland’s voting system is than the country I grew up in, the US, where the binary is really the only choice. 1/4
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Who is looking forward to a safer, healthier, more sustainable and active travel commute along the new Clontarf-City Centre segregated cycle track?? 🚲 🌳 🐿️ Good news for north-side students and staff bound for campuses in Dublin’s City-based campuses. #SmarterTravel
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
New Clontarf-city centre cycle path officially opens
A new cycle path along one of the busiest routes into Dublin city centre has officially been opened.
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Who is looking forward to a safer, healthier, more sustainable and active travel commute along the new Clontarf-City Centre segregated cycle track?? 🚲 🌳 🐿️ Good news for north-side students and staff bound for campuses in Dublin’s City-based campuses. #SmarterTravel
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
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Did you know that a “kissing canopy” is when trees above a street or sidewalk grow to touch overhead, creating a cool, shaded place? Despite it being colder and darker these days, let’s remember the beauty and value that #StreetTrees add to our cities, IF we design for them. #KissingCanopies
November 29, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Did you know that a “kissing canopy” is when trees above a street or sidewalk grow to touch overhead, creating a cool, shaded place? Despite it being colder and darker these days, let’s remember the beauty and value that #StreetTrees add to our cities, IF we design for them. #KissingCanopies
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Interesting that the far right in this country are now putting abortion top of their agenda. Always has been part of it, as my book states, but I wondered when this would start ramping up…
November 29, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Interesting that the far right in this country are now putting abortion top of their agenda. Always has been part of it, as my book states, but I wondered when this would start ramping up…
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Now we’re talking
Petition: Referendum on changing the Electoral System To Proportional Representation (PR) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... via @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Petition: Referendum on changing the Electoral System To Proportional Representation (PR)
We are petitioning for a National Referendum to decide whether the current electoral system should be RETAINED or REPLACED by a system where the number of MPs each party gets reflects the proportion o...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Now we’re talking
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How dare this Indigenous community & their lawyers try to deprive a giant fossil fuel company of its god given right to profits?
SLAPP suit of a new kind decided on technical grounds could shake up climate litigation in Australia & beyond
Legal defense NGO ordered to pay $9 million to gas co:
SLAPP suit of a new kind decided on technical grounds could shake up climate litigation in Australia & beyond
Legal defense NGO ordered to pay $9 million to gas co:
Lawyers for Tiwi Island group that tried to block gas project ordered to pay $9 million to Santos
Lawyers representing Tiwi Islanders trying to stop a gas pipeline running through their traditional sea country have been ordered to pay more than $9 million to gas giant Santos for its legal costs.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2024 at 10:29 PM
How dare this Indigenous community & their lawyers try to deprive a giant fossil fuel company of its god given right to profits?
SLAPP suit of a new kind decided on technical grounds could shake up climate litigation in Australia & beyond
Legal defense NGO ordered to pay $9 million to gas co:
SLAPP suit of a new kind decided on technical grounds could shake up climate litigation in Australia & beyond
Legal defense NGO ordered to pay $9 million to gas co:
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Hi, Conrad here. I spread intriguing research from Pew Research Center and beyond.
I'm a sociologist and demographer paid to study global religious change. If you think your peeps would be interested in my posts, please share this #introduction.
I'm a sociologist and demographer paid to study global religious change. If you think your peeps would be interested in my posts, please share this #introduction.
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
November 27, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Hi, Conrad here. I spread intriguing research from Pew Research Center and beyond.
I'm a sociologist and demographer paid to study global religious change. If you think your peeps would be interested in my posts, please share this #introduction.
I'm a sociologist and demographer paid to study global religious change. If you think your peeps would be interested in my posts, please share this #introduction.