Sinead O'Brien
@sinebrien.bsky.social
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Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
Electricity bills in states with the most data centers are surging www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...
Data centers are concentrated in these states. Here's what's happening to electricity prices
Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
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Nothing makes me stop paying attention quicker than hearing or reading 'I asked ChatGPT...'
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Nothing makes me stop paying attention quicker than hearing or reading 'I asked ChatGPT...'
Because I have FOMO being unable to add live readings of the CO2 concentrations in my environment today for @cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirday ; here's one of the best readings I've ever recorded with an @airspothealth.bsky.social CO2 monitor I borrowed from a friend for my travels in October.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Because I have FOMO being unable to add live readings of the CO2 concentrations in my environment today for @cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirday ; here's one of the best readings I've ever recorded with an @airspothealth.bsky.social CO2 monitor I borrowed from a friend for my travels in October.
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👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
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Various indoor readings -from the readings in the first example it looks like more windows need to be opened.
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Various indoor readings -from the readings in the first example it looks like more windows need to be opened.
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
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Soon I will focus on a crucial topic for our industry: How Global Open Air Quality Standards Help Accelerate Decarbonization.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Soon I will focus on a crucial topic for our industry: How Global Open Air Quality Standards Help Accelerate Decarbonization.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
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When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
It should be a national scandal that the official government excuse for not recognising COVID-19/ Long Covid as an occupational illness is because community transmission is now so prevalent. This is an admission of failure and abandonment of public health. The repercussions will be felt for decades.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It should be a national scandal that the official government excuse for not recognising COVID-19/ Long Covid as an occupational illness is because community transmission is now so prevalent. This is an admission of failure and abandonment of public health. The repercussions will be felt for decades.
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Failure to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease places the continued delivery of long-term sick payments needed by so many workers on a precarious footing.
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
Government’s failure to recognise Covid-19 as occupational disease shows lessons from pandemic not being learned
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has today (11 November) expressed its deep disappointment at the Government’s refusal to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Failure to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease places the continued delivery of long-term sick payments needed by so many workers on a precarious footing.
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
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Ireland remains among a small number of EU Member States that have not formally recognised Covid-19 as an occupational disease or injury, contrary to recommendations from the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ireland remains among a small number of EU Member States that have not formally recognised Covid-19 as an occupational disease or injury, contrary to recommendations from the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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“Who knows how many children I & my friends would have with [secure high quality affordable housing] certainly enough to maintain pension-paying workforce. Govt’s strategy of pinning pension hopes on migrant workers is short-sighted & a tragedy for Irish women” 💯 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
‘I cannot express how seriously the housing crisis has impacted me (35 years old and female) and my friends’
On a recent visit to a friend in Copenhagen, I was struck by how many couples in their young 20s had multiple babies
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Who knows how many children I & my friends would have with [secure high quality affordable housing] certainly enough to maintain pension-paying workforce. Govt’s strategy of pinning pension hopes on migrant workers is short-sighted & a tragedy for Irish women” 💯 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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What a mystery it is that so many can’t work. Might it be long COVID 🤦♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fix IPC!
Fix IPC!
Inquiry to review rising levels of youth inactivity
Former Labour Health Secretary Alan Milburn will lead the investigation, with conclusions set to be published next summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
What a mystery it is that so many can’t work. Might it be long COVID 🤦♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fix IPC!
Fix IPC!
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Covid is spread through the air. It lingers in the air like smoke, often for hours in poorly ventilated buildings. To prevent long covid numbers from increasing, we must reduce the spread of covid infections. We must improve ventilation in our shared buildings and clean the air.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Covid is spread through the air. It lingers in the air like smoke, often for hours in poorly ventilated buildings. To prevent long covid numbers from increasing, we must reduce the spread of covid infections. We must improve ventilation in our shared buildings and clean the air.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
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We are immensely proud of CAAI member Lydia Fischer Dooley, Long Covid Advocate and Campaigner, for speaking openly and publicly about how a repeat Covid infection changed her life.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone
The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she…
www.independent.ie
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are immensely proud of CAAI member Lydia Fischer Dooley, Long Covid Advocate and Campaigner, for speaking openly and publicly about how a repeat Covid infection changed her life.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
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There are a wide range of institutions (including several major climate advocacy groups) encouraging "responsible" and "ethical" use of generative chatbots, eg 'checking outputs'
This only worsens the harm: the people most compelled to trust ChatGPT are also the least likely to check.
This only worsens the harm: the people most compelled to trust ChatGPT are also the least likely to check.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
There are a wide range of institutions (including several major climate advocacy groups) encouraging "responsible" and "ethical" use of generative chatbots, eg 'checking outputs'
This only worsens the harm: the people most compelled to trust ChatGPT are also the least likely to check.
This only worsens the harm: the people most compelled to trust ChatGPT are also the least likely to check.
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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
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Professor Lidia Morawska received the Australian Prime Minister’s Top Prize for Science, for “pioneering research about the air we breathe”
Pivotal work to confirm the airborne mode of COVID-I9 transmission
Lead to the WHO updating its public health guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pivotal work to confirm the airborne mode of COVID-I9 transmission
Lead to the WHO updating its public health guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Professor Lidia Morawska received the Australian Prime Minister’s Top Prize for Science, for “pioneering research about the air we breathe”
Pivotal work to confirm the airborne mode of COVID-I9 transmission
Lead to the WHO updating its public health guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pivotal work to confirm the airborne mode of COVID-I9 transmission
Lead to the WHO updating its public health guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Israel is fully supported by the European Union. It should really put up those Sponsored by the EU signs in the territories.
‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlers
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Israel is fully supported by the European Union. It should really put up those Sponsored by the EU signs in the territories.
Given what scientists know about COVID-19 now, it's surprising that it isn't being given the same status as TB. It's spread through the air, it can cause chronic illness, neurovascular disease, and immune system damage. Why do we accept the casual spread of this virus for ourselves and our children?
COVID-19 remains unrecognised as an occupational illness in Ireland. The argument is that it's too difficult to prove an infection source, as COVID-19 is so pervasive in our communities. This is an admission of failure and not a justifiable excuse. #cleantheair #cleanairforall
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Given what scientists know about COVID-19 now, it's surprising that it isn't being given the same status as TB. It's spread through the air, it can cause chronic illness, neurovascular disease, and immune system damage. Why do we accept the casual spread of this virus for ourselves and our children?
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I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee
COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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“Housing tsar will control €3bn budget and be paid more than €200,000 a year”
.. €3bn budget & we have people looking to remove our systems of control & oversight of public spending (OGP), payments to politicians (SIPO) & access to information (FOI)? Just no
www.businesspost.ie/politics/hou...
.. €3bn budget & we have people looking to remove our systems of control & oversight of public spending (OGP), payments to politicians (SIPO) & access to information (FOI)? Just no
www.businesspost.ie/politics/hou...
Housing tsar will control €3bn budget and be paid more than €200,000 a year
www.businesspost.ie
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Housing tsar will control €3bn budget and be paid more than €200,000 a year”
.. €3bn budget & we have people looking to remove our systems of control & oversight of public spending (OGP), payments to politicians (SIPO) & access to information (FOI)? Just no
www.businesspost.ie/politics/hou...
.. €3bn budget & we have people looking to remove our systems of control & oversight of public spending (OGP), payments to politicians (SIPO) & access to information (FOI)? Just no
www.businesspost.ie/politics/hou...
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Imagine reading “Surgeon General wanted, detailed knowledge of anatomy is helpful but is not a requirement where candidate can quickly acquire an understanding of surgery, anaesthetics, pharmacology & acute hospital management”
#Housing Tsar job description:
#Housing Tsar job description:
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Imagine reading “Surgeon General wanted, detailed knowledge of anatomy is helpful but is not a requirement where candidate can quickly acquire an understanding of surgery, anaesthetics, pharmacology & acute hospital management”
#Housing Tsar job description:
#Housing Tsar job description:
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I appreciate Andrew Nikiforuk at @TheTyee for highlighting the continuing science of COVID and the importance of prevention.
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I appreciate Andrew Nikiforuk at @TheTyee for highlighting the continuing science of COVID and the importance of prevention.
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...