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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Dec 20

#artvsartist 2024

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder if extending the monthly reporting to 4 months this year was a response to the January levels being so low. I hope the HPSC rethink this approach for 2026 as it really impacts the granularity of the data for the Wave that, so far, has always arrived during those months. /4

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 3d

Don't get complacent, though. The viral load picked up again, peaking in most places 2 months later than previous years, in September. 2025.

One location is even reporting the highest viral load in wastewater since January 2021! I'm looking at you, Swords. /3

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 3d

Not only did it not show up, but the 2024 autumn dip continued for 6 whole months, right into January 2025, making it the month with the lowest levels of Covid in wastewater since January 2021. /2

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 3d

Looking at the graphs, I noticed that there has been a January Wave and a June/July Wave in Ireland every year since 2021, EXCEPT for this year. A January Wave completely failed to materialise in 2025. I don't know why. /1

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 5d

It is a shame that, despite saying weekly reporting would resume in October, the HPSC still hasn't released a Wastewater Surveillance report yet this month.

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 12d

Please Note: A number of Treat Checkpoints have been set up on the stairs and will continue until further notice, or until today's Treat Quota has been met.

#cats

A black cat and a tortoiseshell cat lying on the red carpet of some stairs

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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 17d

Got my performance review.

Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 17d

Black cat with leg extended, lying on a cat tree

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Mairéad @drmaireaddb.bsky.social · 17d

www.facebook.com/share/1JWMWA...

COVID increases your risk of cancer recurrence.

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 24d

This is so good! I know everyone's workrate is different, but I'd love to know how long this took to rig.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 27d

"... railway network consumes ~1.2 terawatt-hours electricity annually, roughly equivalent to energy usage of all households in Amsterdam. By switching to wind energy, the Netherlands has reduced its carbon footprint, saving over 1.4 billion kilograms of CO₂ emissions each year"
via Brainy Monkey

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 27d

Also, what's with food scientists making every veggie offering spicy?

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 27d

That's a mouthful. Lol

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 27d

That's not the Mcplant burger, is it? Such a shame. We got the McPlant in Ireland nearly 4 years ago. It's SO freakin tasty!

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Tom Caulfield 🏳️‍🌈♿️☘️ @tomcaulfield01.bsky.social · 28d

Here’s some authentic disability representation in animation for you all.

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Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 28d

Until they treat housing as essential infrastructure requiring state intervention and not a commodity that exists to maximise profit, it's only going to get worse.

This government is the boiling frog watching a national emergency unfold while demanding the chef add more salt!

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · 29d

An internal struggle with external consequences.

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Sep 10

After 5 mins deep thought yesterday, I worked out how to instantly solve the traffic problem of getting into the Beacon Hospital.

I'm available for think tank work. For a reasonable fee, of course. My preferred unit of payment is (the monitary equivalent of) 1 Government Bike Shed per idea.

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Sep 9

What's the opposite of Scope Creep?

Seriously, congrats.

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Sep 9

Cool wind and drizzle this morning. Oh, how I've missed you!

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Sep 7

September is Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month.

Age is a risk factor. If your neighbour is approaching 250 years of age, they are at significantly higher risk of suicide.

Why not reach out to a USA near you? A friendly chat could save a country.

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Aug 27

They've done this for search in Gmail, too. I hate it.

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hey, billionaires! Radical idea...

How about you Move Fast and Fix Things, instead of [gesticulating at the world in general] whatever the fuck this is?

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nice time to be hiding the numbers - during the post Oasis surge.

Mark Wilson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @zeroability.bsky.social · Aug 23

Well, Mondays always feel like a day and a half, and the sooner humpday starts, the better. So I'd say you're halfway there already.