@caitrionalee.bsky.social
Health librarian. Ní neart go cur le chéile. Beatha teanga í a labhairt. Fáilte roimh chách! Sos cogaidh anois - Ceasefire now. Stop an cinedhíothú. Éiceolaíocht, Gaeilge, evidence synthesis, leabharlanna, medlibs.
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If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Great piece from @hannahdaly.ie countering the nihilism of the 'we don't matter' arguement
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Great piece from @hannahdaly.ie countering the nihilism of the 'we don't matter' arguement
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Library Ireland Week is taking place from Sunday 30th to Saturday 6th December. Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! Remember when posting, to use the hashtag #LIW25
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Library Ireland Week is taking place from Sunday 30th to Saturday 6th December. Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! Remember when posting, to use the hashtag #LIW25
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The Our Future Memory Movement has just announced IReL’s support of the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. IReL's Governance Committee has also given its support to the Statement: tinyurl.com/2fat2z4c #OurFutureMemory #InternetArchive
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Our Future Memory Movement has just announced IReL’s support of the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. IReL's Governance Committee has also given its support to the Statement: tinyurl.com/2fat2z4c #OurFutureMemory #InternetArchive
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HSLG Conference 2026: “Celebrating our collective power: finding strength in difference.” 🙌
12 March 2026, Ashling Hotel, Dublin.
Call for abstracts open!
Submit by 13 Jan 2026 to [email protected]
Successful presenters attend free.
Tickets €35 - €80
Further info: hslg.ie
12 March 2026, Ashling Hotel, Dublin.
Call for abstracts open!
Submit by 13 Jan 2026 to [email protected]
Successful presenters attend free.
Tickets €35 - €80
Further info: hslg.ie
Health Sciences Libraries Group
hslg.ie
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
HSLG Conference 2026: “Celebrating our collective power: finding strength in difference.” 🙌
12 March 2026, Ashling Hotel, Dublin.
Call for abstracts open!
Submit by 13 Jan 2026 to [email protected]
Successful presenters attend free.
Tickets €35 - €80
Further info: hslg.ie
12 March 2026, Ashling Hotel, Dublin.
Call for abstracts open!
Submit by 13 Jan 2026 to [email protected]
Successful presenters attend free.
Tickets €35 - €80
Further info: hslg.ie
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Our Samhain newsletter is a bittersweet one, dear readers, ❤️ Lots of changes ahead & exciting news!
✨ Wiki Science deadline extended
✨ Collab with The Hunt Museum
✨ PLURILINGMEDIA Conference in Warsaw
and more!
🗞️ wikimedia.ie/2025/11/27/n...
✨ Wiki Science deadline extended
✨ Collab with The Hunt Museum
✨ PLURILINGMEDIA Conference in Warsaw
and more!
🗞️ wikimedia.ie/2025/11/27/n...
Nuachtlitir Samhain 2025/ November Newsletter 2025 - Wikimedia Community Ireland
This month's newsletter, dear readers, feels very bittersweet, as it will be my last time writing it. I, Sophie Fitzpatrick, will be stepping down from my role as Projects and Communications Manager. ...
wikimedia.ie
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our Samhain newsletter is a bittersweet one, dear readers, ❤️ Lots of changes ahead & exciting news!
✨ Wiki Science deadline extended
✨ Collab with The Hunt Museum
✨ PLURILINGMEDIA Conference in Warsaw
and more!
🗞️ wikimedia.ie/2025/11/27/n...
✨ Wiki Science deadline extended
✨ Collab with The Hunt Museum
✨ PLURILINGMEDIA Conference in Warsaw
and more!
🗞️ wikimedia.ie/2025/11/27/n...
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Looking for the latest library and information news? Never fear, the libfocus link-out is here! Read about the incredible Internet Archive milestone, the latest AI and Open Access updates, librarians as keepers of truth and libraries of the future. This and much more at www.libfocus.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Looking for the latest library and information news? Never fear, the libfocus link-out is here! Read about the incredible Internet Archive milestone, the latest AI and Open Access updates, librarians as keepers of truth and libraries of the future. This and much more at www.libfocus.com
Imperfect Days, a new Science on Screen documentary highlighting how clinical trials are transforming healthcare for people living with diabetes, to premiere at Pálás Cinema Galway Dec 7th www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=r... @iftn.bsky.social Directed: David Qualter, produced: Laura Qualter, Prospect Films
Science on Screen film ‘Imperfect Days’ to have Galway premiere | The Irish Film & Television Network
www.iftn.ie
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Imperfect Days, a new Science on Screen documentary highlighting how clinical trials are transforming healthcare for people living with diabetes, to premiere at Pálás Cinema Galway Dec 7th www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=r... @iftn.bsky.social Directed: David Qualter, produced: Laura Qualter, Prospect Films
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💼 Senior Library Assistant, Collections and Content (Specified Purpose Contract and half-time) in @mulibrary.bsky.social
📅 23:30, Wed 3rd December 2025
🔗 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resour...
#LISjobsIE
📅 23:30, Wed 3rd December 2025
🔗 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resour...
#LISjobsIE
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
💼 Senior Library Assistant, Collections and Content (Specified Purpose Contract and half-time) in @mulibrary.bsky.social
📅 23:30, Wed 3rd December 2025
🔗 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resour...
#LISjobsIE
📅 23:30, Wed 3rd December 2025
🔗 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resour...
#LISjobsIE
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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There’s still time to enter #WikiScience 2025!📸 🌋
Passionate about science? Work in a lab? Did you manage to spot the Northern Lights last week? Wiki Science is calling you!
The photo contest is open until Nov 3, lots of prizes to be won!
🌍 Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Passionate about science? Work in a lab? Did you manage to spot the Northern Lights last week? Wiki Science is calling you!
The photo contest is open until Nov 3, lots of prizes to be won!
🌍 Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There’s still time to enter #WikiScience 2025!📸 🌋
Passionate about science? Work in a lab? Did you manage to spot the Northern Lights last week? Wiki Science is calling you!
The photo contest is open until Nov 3, lots of prizes to be won!
🌍 Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Passionate about science? Work in a lab? Did you manage to spot the Northern Lights last week? Wiki Science is calling you!
The photo contest is open until Nov 3, lots of prizes to be won!
🌍 Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
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The Collison front is all front - shameful how taken in the @irishtimes.com Editor has been by this ego-tripping neo-liberal puff - but good to see a very well-written, evidence-based taken down of the vague vacuum that is 'tech rich lads' Collisonism and its agenda elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Collison front is all front - shameful how taken in the @irishtimes.com Editor has been by this ego-tripping neo-liberal puff - but good to see a very well-written, evidence-based taken down of the vague vacuum that is 'tech rich lads' Collisonism and its agenda elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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I'm conducting research for my prof doc at the Uni of Salford. I'm interested to hear from UK-based healthcare staff who've authored #systematicreviews with or without collaborating with librarians and info professionals. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/re...
#medsky #research #Health
#medsky #research #Health
Researcher version: Librarian Contribution to Systematic Reviews
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'm conducting research for my prof doc at the Uni of Salford. I'm interested to hear from UK-based healthcare staff who've authored #systematicreviews with or without collaborating with librarians and info professionals. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/re...
#medsky #research #Health
#medsky #research #Health
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A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online. Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy. www.dublininquirer.c...
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online. Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy. www.dublininquirer.c...
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We are delighted to invite you to @booksupstairs.bsky.social on November 27th for our Issue 4 launch! Eoin Greally, Matty Kennedy, Sofie De Smyter, Emily Mc Gardle and Colm Lennon will be in conversation with editors Clare Healy and Sarah Sturzel.
Free but booking is essential - see link in bio!
Free but booking is essential - see link in bio!
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We are delighted to invite you to @booksupstairs.bsky.social on November 27th for our Issue 4 launch! Eoin Greally, Matty Kennedy, Sofie De Smyter, Emily Mc Gardle and Colm Lennon will be in conversation with editors Clare Healy and Sarah Sturzel.
Free but booking is essential - see link in bio!
Free but booking is essential - see link in bio!
Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition, 15 Nov www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... Luke Clancy with Rachel McKenna (shieldbugs), Liam Lysaght (wasps), Cassia Gaden Gilmartin (earwigs), Nessa Darcy (woodlice). Recorded live at National Botanic Gardens for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? | The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition
Luke Clancy and panel make the case for loving some teeming critters of the invertebrate kingdom. Advocating for their favourites are: Rachel McKenna (shieldbugs); Liam Lysaght (wasps); Cassia Gaden G...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition, 15 Nov www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... Luke Clancy with Rachel McKenna (shieldbugs), Liam Lysaght (wasps), Cassia Gaden Gilmartin (earwigs), Nessa Darcy (woodlice). Recorded live at National Botanic Gardens for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
An Cailleach Dhubh á thriomú í féin ag an gCanáil Ríoga i gCo Chill Dara. The cormorant drying off at the Royal Canal in Kildare
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
An Cailleach Dhubh á thriomú í féin ag an gCanáil Ríoga i gCo Chill Dara. The cormorant drying off at the Royal Canal in Kildare
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Don't let our Puffins go puff! BirdWatch Ireland was proud to march alongside so many concerned people at the National Climate Demonstration in Dublin on Saturday. Special thanks to Cian O'Flaherty for wearing the very warm Puffin costume! #ClimateEmergency #StopClimateChaos
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Don't let our Puffins go puff! BirdWatch Ireland was proud to march alongside so many concerned people at the National Climate Demonstration in Dublin on Saturday. Special thanks to Cian O'Flaherty for wearing the very warm Puffin costume! #ClimateEmergency #StopClimateChaos
Nature Trail: Ireland strategically important for wintering wetland birds. Jim Hurley, Irish Independent m.independent.ie/regionals/we... #IWebs
Nature Trail: Ireland strategically important for wintering wetland birds
Scaup are diving ducks that do not breed in Ireland. They are winter visitors from Iceland, northern Europe, and western Siberia. They come here at this time of year and stay until April. However, the...
m.independent.ie
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Nature Trail: Ireland strategically important for wintering wetland birds. Jim Hurley, Irish Independent m.independent.ie/regionals/we... #IWebs
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Inspiring day at the National Climate March organised by
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Inspiring day at the National Climate March organised by
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
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If you're unsure of whether to come join the climate march today in Dublin, and whether marching even makes any difference, please have a read of my article in the Journal today. (Oh and the rain is due to ease off by noon! 😎)
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...
Opinion: I'm marching for climate action today. It might seem futile, but here's why it matters
Garry Walsh lets us in on why he’s taking part in the national climate march happening in Dublin this afternoon.
www.thejournal.ie
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you're unsure of whether to come join the climate march today in Dublin, and whether marching even makes any difference, please have a read of my article in the Journal today. (Oh and the rain is due to ease off by noon! 😎)
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...
On Saturday, 15th November, the Stop Climate Chaos coalition will assemble at 13:00 in Parnell Square, Dublin for the National Climate Demonstration #NationalClimateDemonstration birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatch-ir... @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #StopClimateChaos #BirdwatchIreland
BirdWatch Ireland will march for end to fossil fuel era and greater protection for seabirds - BirdWatch Ireland
On Saturday, 15th November, the Stop Climate Chaos coalition will assemble at 13:00 in Parnell Square, Dublin. BirdWatch Ireland calls on its members to join it, and its human-sized Puffin, at the...
birdwatchireland.ie
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On Saturday, 15th November, the Stop Climate Chaos coalition will assemble at 13:00 in Parnell Square, Dublin for the National Climate Demonstration #NationalClimateDemonstration birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatch-ir... @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #StopClimateChaos #BirdwatchIreland
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📣Wiki Science Ireland 2025 Judging Panel!
Proudly introducing the judges for the #photocontest open until Nov. 30
🧬Dr Ruth Freeman, @researchireland.ie
🔬Mark “the Science Guy” @marklangtry.bsky.social
🌟Shakeela Singh, #scienceweekireland
🔗 Learn more and submit your entries: tinyurl.com/5drdkwkk
Proudly introducing the judges for the #photocontest open until Nov. 30
🧬Dr Ruth Freeman, @researchireland.ie
🔬Mark “the Science Guy” @marklangtry.bsky.social
🌟Shakeela Singh, #scienceweekireland
🔗 Learn more and submit your entries: tinyurl.com/5drdkwkk
Announcing the Wiki Science Ireland 2025 Judging Panel! - Wikimedia Community Ireland
We’re delighted to introduce the expert judging panel for Wiki Science Ireland 2025, part of the international Wiki Science Competition, celebrating the beauty and diversity of science through photogr...
tinyurl.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📣Wiki Science Ireland 2025 Judging Panel!
Proudly introducing the judges for the #photocontest open until Nov. 30
🧬Dr Ruth Freeman, @researchireland.ie
🔬Mark “the Science Guy” @marklangtry.bsky.social
🌟Shakeela Singh, #scienceweekireland
🔗 Learn more and submit your entries: tinyurl.com/5drdkwkk
Proudly introducing the judges for the #photocontest open until Nov. 30
🧬Dr Ruth Freeman, @researchireland.ie
🔬Mark “the Science Guy” @marklangtry.bsky.social
🌟Shakeela Singh, #scienceweekireland
🔗 Learn more and submit your entries: tinyurl.com/5drdkwkk
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Draft documents show the European Commission plans to relax some privacy laws, including the GDPR, to boost AI growth and cut red tape for businesses in Europe (Ellen O'Regan/Politico)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Draft documents show the European Commission plans to relax some privacy laws, including the GDPR, to boost AI growth and cut red tape for businesses in Europe (Ellen O'Regan/Politico)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
For #WildflowerHour, a hearty Sow Thistle of some sort - can't ID the dandelion spp!!! :-)
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For #WildflowerHour, a hearty Sow Thistle of some sort - can't ID the dandelion spp!!! :-)