larry krasner you a badass and we love you

Curious Colonialism...

So let me get this straight- Teagasc think the fact that agriculture is the biggest pressure on water quality should be a source of pride for farmers? m.independent.ie/farming/forest…

🗳️ Have you ever been bamboozled by Ireland’s electoral system, or how election counts work under the PR-STV system? Fear not: I can explain… 🔴 using 🟠 a 🟡 well-known 🟢 chocolate 🔵 sweet 🟣 snack 🟤. (Other tasty confections are available. #notspon.)

Crazy how the punishment is a fine and not the immediate liquidation of the company and disbursement of all its assets as reparations to the workers and communities.

Volume 40 - Nigel Monaghan reviews fossil records of The Brown Bear (Ursus arctos L.) in Ireland which inhabited the island at three discrete periods during the late Pleistocene and through the Holocene up to 3,000 years ago. For subscription details: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

Summary of what is known so far about brown bears in Ireland, on ResearchGate if anyone wants a PDF

DBN herbarium staff have collaborated with National Parks and Wildlife Service colleagues to publish a study on assessing genetic variation and taxonomic integrity of rare bryophytes in Ireland. Colin Kelleher Christina Campbell Fionn Ó Marcaigh NBG Ireland npws.ie/sites/default/…

Volume 40 – Reidy Darren Reidy and Bond discuss Herbivory of an invasive aquatic plant (Parrot's feather) by an invasive insect (Light brown apple moth) in Ireland and what this might mean for invasive success of both species. For subscription details: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

Real shame & disappointment that Dublin City Council DCCParksBiodiversity have suddenly decided to install an obstructive barrier on the bathing steps at Griffith Park! No longer an inviting place to sit with friends, dip your toes or let your dog swim! Why disconnect people from nature?

As if its any more visual clutter than a car and three wheelybins in the drive 🙄😫 irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…

🇺🇳 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders Michel Forst has issued a damning statement following the draconian sentencing of JSO protestors 📄 The sentence in clear violation of Art 3 (8) of the Aarhus Convention, to which the UK is signatory. ⚖️ States

Got a little behind the scenes of the Dublin's Dead Zoo decant recently. Bet nobody can guess what this is 💁‍♀️

Squint closely to catch a glimpse of 🙋‍♂️ & the National Seed Bank in Paula T Nolan's images for National Library of Ireland/EPA Ireland project #ReViewingIreland. Paula is documenting challenges posed by climate change, the pressures on our landscape & biodiversity & the ppl working to address it

The INJ Grant Scheme 2024 is open for applications from 1 Sept. to 13 Oct. 2024. The object of the INJ Grant is to encourage and support activities which will increase our knowledge of the biology and geology of the island of Ireland. See: irishnaturalistsjournal.org/inj-grant/

Luronium natans - one of Ireland's most elusive aquatic plants. An overlooked native or cryptic alien? With a range of leaf shapes its a Potamogeton/Baldellia lookalike ?! An absolute thrill to see this weekend, thanks to BSBI Ireland aquatic plants project.

One Hundred and One (101) quick and low cost ways to make cycling in Cork safer and more attractive. 1. Restore/replace all the low plastic barriers on Pope's Quay to prevent vehicles reversing, parking, or rolling into the cycle lane. x.com/michaelposull/…

€1400 for a 1 bed in Condalkin isn't exactly 'affordable' tho is it...

📖 A tale about public transport with a baby in Cork. Today I wanted to attend a baby yoga class 7 km from my house, or a 10minute drive. There’s no direct bus from Glanmire to Glounthaune, and baba is still too small for the bike, so I’ll get the 214 bus & the commuter train

Most of my Gaelscoil primary education was in a two classroom prefab, with actual mushrooms growing out of the wall, in the field at the back of an old news agent. #Elite