Madeleine Lyes
cityintersect.bsky.social
Madeleine Lyes
@cityintersect.bsky.social
Critical urbanism and climate transitions. UCD Architecture and UL/LCCC Citizen Innovation Lab Limerick.
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it can be hard work being an active citizen and lots of people don't have the time or capacity to do it. which means opportunities to participate in civic life are not equally distributed.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Jim O'Callaghan is looking to charge refugees for sleeping in tents and doesn't seem to think careers should have family members with them.

It sounds like he wants FF to become Ireland's version of Reform.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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they've started bringing their buddies with them. 4 of the portentous fuckers in my garden today. i wonder could i get them to follow me on BlueSky, seems only fair.
do i have to wave every time the same magpie visits my garden during the day? who has eddie lenihan's phone number?
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
For shame, Ireland. This behaviour by our state is repellant.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I work in an entirely different field, and I have a job, but am still actively considering applying for this job to be a VIKINGS EXPERT. The Dublin Millenium year had a big impact on me.
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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The world met Ferdinand de Saussure on a night like this (in 1857)

A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow

#WorldLinguisticsDay
circumvent bsky image compression in the link
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Well put @sadhbhoneill.bsky.social
Those who have no choice but to drive should be arm-in-arm with pedestrian, cycling & public transport advocates when it comes to supporting traffic reduction measures.
When I'm part of traffic I wish everyone in front of me was walking, cycling or on the bus.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?

Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.

If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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🔖 Must read

“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”

a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social

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 5:28 PM
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things demons do tho
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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🏗️Buildings Beo
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30

👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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In this work from 1905, John Singer Sargent depicts a view of a sotto portego, or passageway, off the Rio della Misericordia in Venice. Painting in watercolour, from a gondola, allowed him to quickly capture the effects of light on architecture and the movement of water.
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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The magic of an Irish rainforest in fungi season.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Tax the rich, they actually love it!
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Look at this amazing round-up of the faith-based communities active in North-East inner city Dublin! The report is a fascinating look at how these communities help with integration and transition into Irish society for new arrivals. What a lovely insight into the support networks of the city.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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I hope this book has this level of political analysis by @jaseomcn.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Guess which of us didn't vote for this #SpéirGorm #housingcrisis
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The bloody "good name" thing does a lot of damage in this country. So much suffering and injustice covered up to protect "good names."
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.

This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM