Stephen McManus
@zynks.bsky.social
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#LiveableCities #SocialEnterprise #Inclusion #Sustainability
Leisure & utility cycling
Dublin, Ireland
#LiveableCities #SocialEnterprise #Inclusion #Sustainability
Leisure & utility cycling
Dublin, Ireland
Reposted by Stephen McManus
If Ireland can't get organized to avoid huge climate action fines by 2030, what's the chance that it can prepare for the actual impact of climate change?
Governments with five year horizons and without green credentials will never be part of an effective solution.
We're stuck.
Governments with five year horizons and without green credentials will never be part of an effective solution.
We're stuck.
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If Ireland can't get organized to avoid huge climate action fines by 2030, what's the chance that it can prepare for the actual impact of climate change?
Governments with five year horizons and without green credentials will never be part of an effective solution.
We're stuck.
Governments with five year horizons and without green credentials will never be part of an effective solution.
We're stuck.
The debate about building safe cycling infrastructure always seems to be about those who cause the pain and destruction opposing protection for those they hurt. How is this even tolerated?
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The debate about building safe cycling infrastructure always seems to be about those who cause the pain and destruction opposing protection for those they hurt. How is this even tolerated?
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
I've heard this type of observation a few times before. Misinformation and manipulation should not be tolerated. Speech must be free, but not without consequences when toxic and harmful.
Dad has been in hospital for a few weeks. No access to GB News. It has been very refreshing being able to have a normal conversation with him again, not one mention of immigrants or liberals.
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've heard this type of observation a few times before. Misinformation and manipulation should not be tolerated. Speech must be free, but not without consequences when toxic and harmful.
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Halloween bike bop through the centre of Dublin at 6pm tomorrow!
👻Dig out your ghoulish fancy dress
🪩Light up your bike
🎃Join us for a 1 hour family friendly #IBIKEBop through Dublin to a Halloween inspired playlist
🗓️31 Oct 25
🕕6PM
📍Parnell Sq N
@ibike.ie #IBIKEBoo #CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #FreeTheCycleLanes
🪩Light up your bike
🎃Join us for a 1 hour family friendly #IBIKEBop through Dublin to a Halloween inspired playlist
🗓️31 Oct 25
🕕6PM
📍Parnell Sq N
@ibike.ie #IBIKEBoo #CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #FreeTheCycleLanes
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Halloween bike bop through the centre of Dublin at 6pm tomorrow!
I'm having a philosophical moment
.
Climate change and religion.
They are similar as in people make binary choices about them:
On one side are the hard facts and unknowns, which aren't easy to take and require one to face their problems.
As an alternative, there's comfort in the choice of denial.
.
Climate change and religion.
They are similar as in people make binary choices about them:
On one side are the hard facts and unknowns, which aren't easy to take and require one to face their problems.
As an alternative, there's comfort in the choice of denial.
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm having a philosophical moment
.
Climate change and religion.
They are similar as in people make binary choices about them:
On one side are the hard facts and unknowns, which aren't easy to take and require one to face their problems.
As an alternative, there's comfort in the choice of denial.
.
Climate change and religion.
They are similar as in people make binary choices about them:
On one side are the hard facts and unknowns, which aren't easy to take and require one to face their problems.
As an alternative, there's comfort in the choice of denial.
While women are targeted with"pink tax", many men tend to buy into other marketing tricks like these. Being gullible is gender agnostic.
15 Worst Audiophile Snake Oil Products That Break the Laws of Physics but Still Sell in 2025
Real engineers explain why these expensive upgrades can’t work, no matter the brand or the price.
www.headphonesty.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
While women are targeted with"pink tax", many men tend to buy into other marketing tricks like these. Being gullible is gender agnostic.
Reposted by Stephen McManus
Saw her twice - in the Park and Rialto. Thought I was hallucinating
Co parent spotted CC out cheering on the the runners today. #Dublinmarathon #speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Saw her twice - in the Park and Rialto. Thought I was hallucinating
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An ambulance glides through the midtown rush hour traffic thanks to the 6th Ave bike lane
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
An ambulance glides through the midtown rush hour traffic thanks to the 6th Ave bike lane
Types of headaches:
- from migraine
- from hypertension
- Stress related
- from dinner with fascist family members
- from migraine
- from hypertension
- Stress related
- from dinner with fascist family members
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Types of headaches:
- from migraine
- from hypertension
- Stress related
- from dinner with fascist family members
- from migraine
- from hypertension
- Stress related
- from dinner with fascist family members
Cryptocurrencies are a huge backwards Game of Chicken that can wipe out 3.84 TRILLION US Dollars overnight. Not enough to sink the global economy, but enough to hurt a lot of greedy people. It is a question of when it will happen.
October 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Cryptocurrencies are a huge backwards Game of Chicken that can wipe out 3.84 TRILLION US Dollars overnight. Not enough to sink the global economy, but enough to hurt a lot of greedy people. It is a question of when it will happen.
Reposted by Stephen McManus
The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
There's a certain campaign that should be told to "stay classy". Only that this would imply that they once were...
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There's a certain campaign that should be told to "stay classy". Only that this would imply that they once were...
Ideas for the housing crisis:
1. The planning process should be tested hack-a-thon style to identify weaknesses, remove wasteful delays and hinder abuse.
"Lock all key stakeholders in a room" and only let them out once a thoroughly tested and improved system is found. 1/
1. The planning process should be tested hack-a-thon style to identify weaknesses, remove wasteful delays and hinder abuse.
"Lock all key stakeholders in a room" and only let them out once a thoroughly tested and improved system is found. 1/
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ideas for the housing crisis:
1. The planning process should be tested hack-a-thon style to identify weaknesses, remove wasteful delays and hinder abuse.
"Lock all key stakeholders in a room" and only let them out once a thoroughly tested and improved system is found. 1/
1. The planning process should be tested hack-a-thon style to identify weaknesses, remove wasteful delays and hinder abuse.
"Lock all key stakeholders in a room" and only let them out once a thoroughly tested and improved system is found. 1/
AI going for white collar jobs, but blue collars are far from safe (or conservative businesses in general).
The answer to most of our problems is always in top quality education and fostering innovation. Ah, UBI is a given too.
The answer to most of our problems is always in top quality education and fostering innovation. Ah, UBI is a given too.
Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China
Western executives warn that China's heavily roboticized manufacturing industry could quickly leave the West behind.
share.google
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
AI going for white collar jobs, but blue collars are far from safe (or conservative businesses in general).
The answer to most of our problems is always in top quality education and fostering innovation. Ah, UBI is a given too.
The answer to most of our problems is always in top quality education and fostering innovation. Ah, UBI is a given too.
Drivers, eh? But, sure, they pay road tax. Driver was uninjured, etc. Nothing to see here.
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Drivers, eh? But, sure, they pay road tax. Driver was uninjured, etc. Nothing to see here.
Even the worst movies about banana Republic dictatorships wouldn't come up with something so poorly thought out.
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Even the worst movies about banana Republic dictatorships wouldn't come up with something so poorly thought out.
If you put it like that... 😯
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you put it like that... 😯
The issue with free speech, the thing that the manipulators have figured out that they can use to undermine any society with a poor education system just by deploying bots online, the reason why democracy is irretrievably broken in the US - with the UK not far behind:
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The issue with free speech, the thing that the manipulators have figured out that they can use to undermine any society with a poor education system just by deploying bots online, the reason why democracy is irretrievably broken in the US - with the UK not far behind:
I didn't expect either... and so disappointed to see MM exposing his lack of backbone so publicly. We deserve better.
October 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I didn't expect either... and so disappointed to see MM exposing his lack of backbone so publicly. We deserve better.
Written by Erika and Ian McColl, Ian being a regular of @thebikehub.ie, this is a high impact song and video campaigning for the release of Dr Abu Safiya. The official launch is tomorrow.
Set Him Free, by Artists for Humanity
track by Artists for Humanity
artistsforhumanity.bandcamp.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Written by Erika and Ian McColl, Ian being a regular of @thebikehub.ie, this is a high impact song and video campaigning for the release of Dr Abu Safiya. The official launch is tomorrow.
If you had told me 30/20/10 years ago that Japan would have a female Prime Minister before Ireland, I would have laughed. Go Japan!
Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership
Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic party
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you had told me 30/20/10 years ago that Japan would have a female Prime Minister before Ireland, I would have laughed. Go Japan!
Reposted by Stephen McManus
Up for helping with #SlowWays this weekend? This map shows 900 routes across Britain that need just one more good review to be verified🐌✅⭐️❤️
Could you check one... or even a trail of routes? And inspire others to follow in your footsteps?
Take look:
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
Could you check one... or even a trail of routes? And inspire others to follow in your footsteps?
Take look:
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Up for helping with #SlowWays this weekend? This map shows 900 routes across Britain that need just one more good review to be verified🐌✅⭐️❤️
Could you check one... or even a trail of routes? And inspire others to follow in your footsteps?
Take look:
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
Could you check one... or even a trail of routes? And inspire others to follow in your footsteps?
Take look:
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
Reposted by Stephen McManus
I may have solved the municipal speed cameras issue. We can pull the speed cameras and instead install speed regulators in all vehicles. It slows down our streets without 'punishing' drivers with a so-called cash grab.
October 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I may have solved the municipal speed cameras issue. We can pull the speed cameras and instead install speed regulators in all vehicles. It slows down our streets without 'punishing' drivers with a so-called cash grab.