Cornelius (aka Con) Traas
@theapplefarmer.bsky.social
Fruit Grower. University Lecturer. Horticultural Scientist. Drinks Manufacturer (juices, cider, spirits). Sustainable Food Production Systems. Statistics hobbyist.
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"Evidence we do have suggests that values of care make women much more open to the alarming nature of the scientific evidence and the visceral impact that weather events have on people." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Forty per cent of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change, survey finds
More than a third of Coalition voters believe temperatures will not rise at all, poll shows
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Evidence we do have suggests that values of care make women much more open to the alarming nature of the scientific evidence and the visceral impact that weather events have on people." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
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Years of right wing bias in BBC news and current affairs and nothing happens, but upset Trump and the Tory director general resigns…
We are in such a bad place in the UK
We are in such a bad place in the UK
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Years of right wing bias in BBC news and current affairs and nothing happens, but upset Trump and the Tory director general resigns…
We are in such a bad place in the UK
We are in such a bad place in the UK
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Fiction!
It is a painful truth that the amount of fiction read by Middle Aged Men is orders of magnitude less than by their female contemporaries. Overall, Men make up about only 20% of the market for fiction.
It is a painful truth that the amount of fiction read by Middle Aged Men is orders of magnitude less than by their female contemporaries. Overall, Men make up about only 20% of the market for fiction.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Fiction!
It is a painful truth that the amount of fiction read by Middle Aged Men is orders of magnitude less than by their female contemporaries. Overall, Men make up about only 20% of the market for fiction.
It is a painful truth that the amount of fiction read by Middle Aged Men is orders of magnitude less than by their female contemporaries. Overall, Men make up about only 20% of the market for fiction.
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Most of those will also be in the jewellery and watch shop in your local shopping centre and it would be good to buy them from them. To make sure we still have shops, and again also, because you can look at the sizes and feel too, which is really helpful for a thing meant to be worn on your body.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Most of those will also be in the jewellery and watch shop in your local shopping centre and it would be good to buy them from them. To make sure we still have shops, and again also, because you can look at the sizes and feel too, which is really helpful for a thing meant to be worn on your body.
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Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
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We've transformed our city in many ways in the last five years. This street used to be full of cars. Now there's music, laughter, food, people sitting down. Life slows down a little bit on Parliament Street.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We've transformed our city in many ways in the last five years. This street used to be full of cars. Now there's music, laughter, food, people sitting down. Life slows down a little bit on Parliament Street.
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In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
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“How do you build a local food community when the money is not going towards the people who are trying to do that?”
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
Nick and Cass McCarthy's Lúnasa Farm
In 2021, Nick and Cass McCarthy set up Lúnasa Farm on 30 acres of land in Co. Clare. Neither of them comes from a farming background. Nick’s an engineer by trade, and he met Cass while working in her ...
www.rte.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“How do you build a local food community when the money is not going towards the people who are trying to do that?”
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
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HEADS UP! We just had an X1.7 flare from AR 4274 which is directly facing Earth! There is a complex, hull halo CME on the way with a clear northward propagation bias. Models will be important to see how much of this is actually coming at us. I’ll post later with more updates.
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
HEADS UP! We just had an X1.7 flare from AR 4274 which is directly facing Earth! There is a complex, hull halo CME on the way with a clear northward propagation bias. Models will be important to see how much of this is actually coming at us. I’ll post later with more updates.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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AI is terrible as everyone steals the design off a successful campaign to use for memes
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
AI is terrible as everyone steals the design off a successful campaign to use for memes
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Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon jrnl.ie/6869005
Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon
No injuries were reported for Irish peacekeepers in the incident.
jrnl.ie
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon jrnl.ie/6869005
This has to be the truest analysis I've ever read. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation does not help. The conditions that allowed for its creation should never have existed.
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This has to be the truest analysis I've ever read. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation does not help. The conditions that allowed for its creation should never have existed.
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Edited title: “DNA scientist who built on the groundbreaking discovery made by Rosalind Franklin dies”
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Edited title: “DNA scientist who built on the groundbreaking discovery made by Rosalind Franklin dies”
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Tesla shareholders approving a $1 trillion payout for Elon Musk is the the most blatant and the most literal example of the sunk costs fallacy to date
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Tesla shareholders approving a $1 trillion payout for Elon Musk is the the most blatant and the most literal example of the sunk costs fallacy to date
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One of the two men accused of plotting an attack on immigrants in Ireland is called Karolis Peckauskas and I have nothing to add to that
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
One of the two men accused of plotting an attack on immigrants in Ireland is called Karolis Peckauskas and I have nothing to add to that
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By critical I don't mean "here's how you use genAI responsibly in schools." I'm looking for "genAI should not be anywhere near K-12 education" and "genAI is actively harmful to K-12 education."
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
By critical I don't mean "here's how you use genAI responsibly in schools." I'm looking for "genAI should not be anywhere near K-12 education" and "genAI is actively harmful to K-12 education."
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could do without this piece reproducing loads of those images, tbh
OpenAI's Sora 2 is flooding social media with videos of women being strangled. Yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content.
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
could do without this piece reproducing loads of those images, tbh
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My council colleague Paddy Monahan and I made a short video about an unsafe junction in Whitehall in Dublin. Yet again, #motonormativity putting our kids in danger. We’re working to get this fixed before someone gets hurt. #speirgorm #ActiveTravel #StreetsAreForPeople
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My council colleague Paddy Monahan and I made a short video about an unsafe junction in Whitehall in Dublin. Yet again, #motonormativity putting our kids in danger. We’re working to get this fixed before someone gets hurt. #speirgorm #ActiveTravel #StreetsAreForPeople
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Report link www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-...
Man jailed for animal cruelty acts linked to protests against asylum seeker housing | BreakingNews
Darren Jackson (40) of Rivermeade, Co Dublin admitted driving four pigs from a farm in Cavan to the site, but said that an accomplice used a scalpel to injure the animals.
www.breakingnews.ie
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Report link www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-...
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Tesla's actual future is swirling the toilet bowl while investors buy into Elon's vaporware promises about robots, robotaxis and AI. Gonna be a rude awakening... #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/tesla-again-posts-steep-monthly-sales-declines-across-europe
Tesla Again Posts Steep Monthly Sales Declines Across Europe
Tesla Inc. posted some of its steepest sales declines this year in European markets, where the Elon Musk-led automaker is mired in a protracted slump.
bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tesla's actual future is swirling the toilet bowl while investors buy into Elon's vaporware promises about robots, robotaxis and AI. Gonna be a rude awakening... #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/tesla-again-posts-steep-monthly-sales-declines-across-europe
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@larisa-a-white.bsky.social hi, maybe this is interesting for the book on human learning you are working on www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
Frontiers | Disembodied creativity in generative AI: prima facie challenges and limitations of prompting in creative practice
This paper examines some prima facie challenges of using natural language prompting in Generative AI (GenAI) for creative practices in design and the arts. W...
www.frontiersin.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@larisa-a-white.bsky.social hi, maybe this is interesting for the book on human learning you are working on www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph: