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Thomas Cummins

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Soil Science at University College Dublin, archaeology and environmental resource management, urban and anthropogenic soils. Committee member @sssireland.bsky.social Repost means I've read it And a little budburst survey (since 1994) #phenology

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Deep Dive 10/03/2026 – Unwrapping the present forecast – Met Office weekly weather forecast UK
Deep Dive 10/03/2026 – Unwrapping the present forecast – Met Office weekly weather forecast UK This is an in-depth Met Office UK Weather forecast for the next week and beyond. A positive North Atlantic Oscillation will dominate the UK’s weather during the next few days and beyond. But what…

A positive North Atlantic Oscillation is set to take charge of our weather in the coming days - but what does that actually mean? 🌬️ 🌦️
How will it shape the days ahead? and how long could it stick around?
Met Office meteorologist Aidan breaks it down in this week’s deep dive.

10.03.2026 16:30 👍 47 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease By watching Alzheimer’s-related protein clumping unfold second by second, researchers have uncovered new clues about the role of metal ions.

This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure.
This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research.
Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease share.google/Vm0hfSMfkGIc...

10.03.2026 15:56 👍 3826 🔁 1123 💬 81 📌 64
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No. Might does not make right.

10.03.2026 18:23 👍 1579 🔁 388 💬 61 📌 25

Pls don’t let the new CEO ruin this platform. Please.

09.03.2026 19:13 👍 205 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1

You can be anything you want if you get us an edit function.

09.03.2026 20:05 👍 28 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Great thread!

09.03.2026 14:12 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Longish thread about cycling a cargo bike around Limerick and the bike itself. After trialing a cargo bike Pat and @limerickecargobike.bsky.social - we decided to buy this bike from Decathlon. We have over 1000km done since October. We go every morning - regardless of the weather.

09.03.2026 11:42 👍 107 🔁 14 💬 4 📌 4
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I have a magical device in my driveway that protects me from oil price shocks, emasculates petrothugs, slows the rising seas, and powers my car. During times like these, worth considering!

09.03.2026 14:11 👍 343 🔁 57 💬 26 📌 21

Absolutely Northern Hemisphere. Also for woody plants with distinct buds.

08.03.2026 12:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you prefer to record on a card, print this pdf version
drive.google.com/file/d/1t_lB...

08.03.2026 10:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Budburst 2026 Observe convenient buds on a tree you see each day Record the first date that each stage is se get pdf record card

This budburst survey is a way to follow the spring by observing tree buds daily. Since 1994
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

08.03.2026 10:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you prefer to print a card, use this pdf version
drive.google.com/file/d/1t_lB...

08.03.2026 10:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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PhD-Candidate (4 years) for the project “The Late Scholastic Transformation of Hylomorphism. Philosophical Discussions of Form and Matter in Context, 1400-1600” (TRANSFORM) Intested in core concepts of medieval metaphysics?

Funded PhD position for medieval scholasticism:

www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

#philosophyjobs

07.03.2026 13:19 👍 32 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1

Huge congratulations to our fabulous friend @commonbynature.bsky.social!
His #UrbanFlora of Newcastle and North Tyneside will be out on Monday.
Essential reading for everyone interested in #UrbanBotany.
It'll be interesting to read it alongside @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social's #UrbanPlants book!

06.03.2026 18:22 👍 37 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s official!

The 'Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside' will be published on Monday 9 March 🌿 📖

I’m hugely proud of this, and ever so grateful to @nenature.bsky.social and @bsbibotany.bsky.social for their support in making it happen. #botany #urbanflora

21.02.2026 17:48 👍 77 🔁 17 💬 6 📌 3
Director of documentary, A Cree Approach talks world premiere, and language preservation | APTN News
Director of documentary, A Cree Approach talks world premiere, and language preservation | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

Tristin Greyeyes is the director of the documentary, A Cree Approach, which will have its world premiere this week at Vancouver GEMFest.

The documentary is about Cree author Freda Ahenakew who dedicated her life to saving the Nehiyawewin language.

04.03.2026 20:11 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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A high resolution satellite image from earlier today showing a rare clear sky for most of the island.

03.03.2026 17:42 👍 56 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
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There are two weeks until my election, and AIPAC has spent $150,000 to create the worst attack out against me I have ever seen.

Let’s watch it:

03.03.2026 17:53 👍 1777 🔁 378 💬 71 📌 19
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Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

28.02.2026 15:55 👍 10772 🔁 2961 💬 110 📌 94

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

28.02.2026 17:50 👍 17257 🔁 3594 💬 186 📌 218
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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

28.02.2026 17:05 👍 22527 🔁 6331 💬 1319 📌 399

This is the only way.

27.02.2026 13:51 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...

Justice sure took a long while…

apnews.com/article/henr...

27.02.2026 02:32 👍 5095 🔁 1439 💬 163 📌 124

Yes to a Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) under which the Labour Court would set the basic rate of pay.

25.02.2026 20:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Great news to hear Met Éireann are moving to more detailed weather warning system rather than county by county.

25.02.2026 15:00 👍 44 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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A SOTU Like No Other So little truth, so much time

Good analysis of the #SOTU transcript from @pkrugman.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

25.02.2026 13:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Traffic restrictions in place on the Malahide Road inbound at DID as Firefighter/Paramedics respond to a road traffic collision.

A specialised EV plug is in use which prevents the car from entering drive mode.

24.02.2026 19:30 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 2
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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (SDSSJ1326+4806). RGB Filters: 444, 150, 115
PI: Dahle, Haakon, program 06675. CRVAL: 201.493635, 48.10045
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

24.02.2026 05:06 👍 397 🔁 41 💬 4 📌 4
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Yes. We need a moratorium on data center construction.

23.02.2026 21:41 👍 2106 🔁 426 💬 53 📌 30
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"Cashell in the County of Tipperary" c. 1750-1780 (BL)

22.02.2026 22:30 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1