Emmet Ó Briain
@emmet.quiddity.ie
research. language. lay ethnomethodologist. broadstone based.
mundane methods of pedestrianism + active travel
also: D7 Play Streets, almost always (running) in the phoenix park
worst taste in music: @yesboyicecream.bsky.social
mundane methods of pedestrianism + active travel
also: D7 Play Streets, almost always (running) in the phoenix park
worst taste in music: @yesboyicecream.bsky.social
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Emmet Ó Briain
@emmet.quiddity.ie
· Nov 18
On not being a “burden for others”: Bringing your children to weekend activities using public…
Dublin Inquirer’s recent launch of their NoShowBus.ie website, which allows people to report cancelled or disappearing buses, is very dear…
medium.com
Here's some very unstructured thoughts I wrote a few weeks ago about bringing children to weekend activities using public transport as a form of radical (if still generally impractical) sustainable transport advocacy! medium.com/p/f45389f4e1d8
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Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
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“When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capitalist market?”
Review of alternative ownership structures in Sweden’s residential construction sector
“When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capitalist market?”
Review of alternative ownership structures in Sweden’s residential construction sector
Is construction best left to the capitalist market? No. Let's learn from history and build new non-profit construction companies!
💥 new paper with Maria Wallstam in @housingjournal.bsky.social 💥
💥 new paper with Maria Wallstam in @housingjournal.bsky.social 💥
Building beyond profit: the history and potential future of non-profit construction companies
When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while the actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capi...
www.tandfonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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“When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capitalist market?”
Review of alternative ownership structures in Sweden’s residential construction sector
“When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capitalist market?”
Review of alternative ownership structures in Sweden’s residential construction sector
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An inspiration for our efforts to achieve in Dublin what @playingout.bsky.social did in the UK!
(the beauty of the temporary closure approach to street play provision is that it's flexible enough to reflect changing needs and demands of communities) #d7playstreets
An inspiration for our efforts to achieve in Dublin what @playingout.bsky.social did in the UK!
(the beauty of the temporary closure approach to street play provision is that it's flexible enough to reflect changing needs and demands of communities) #d7playstreets
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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An inspiration for our efforts to achieve in Dublin what @playingout.bsky.social did in the UK!
(the beauty of the temporary closure approach to street play provision is that it's flexible enough to reflect changing needs and demands of communities) #d7playstreets
An inspiration for our efforts to achieve in Dublin what @playingout.bsky.social did in the UK!
(the beauty of the temporary closure approach to street play provision is that it's flexible enough to reflect changing needs and demands of communities) #d7playstreets
slowly decolonising my word processor by forcing it to learn irish spellings one word at a time ... today's was "plámás"
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
slowly decolonising my word processor by forcing it to learn irish spellings one word at a time ... today's was "plámás"
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“Yes, you're once (the father), twice (the son), three times (the holy spirit) a deity…And I love you”
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“Yes, you're once (the father), twice (the son), three times (the holy spirit) a deity…And I love you”
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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Please don't take him even though you can
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“Yes, you're once (the father), twice (the son), three times (the holy spirit) a deity…And I love you”
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“Yes, you're once (the father), twice (the son), three times (the holy spirit) a deity…And I love you”
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Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
jack russells chasing the panoramic google maps camera car in coolock (2022)
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
jack russells chasing the panoramic google maps camera car in coolock (2022)
Ireland's most keenly-contested athletics event, the national cross-country championships, is on today. The senior races will feature current/former national record holders and champions, olympians, at various distances from 1500m to marathon, all battling for the titles (and selection for Euro XC).
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ireland's most keenly-contested athletics event, the national cross-country championships, is on today. The senior races will feature current/former national record holders and champions, olympians, at various distances from 1500m to marathon, all battling for the titles (and selection for Euro XC).
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Using AI as a catch-all term also helps tech companies and their representatives to confuse the governments and public institutions they've been selling to, who now perpetuate this use.
Using AI as a catch-all term also helps tech companies and their representatives to confuse the governments and public institutions they've been selling to, who now perpetuate this use.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Using AI as a catch-all term also helps tech companies and their representatives to confuse the governments and public institutions they've been selling to, who now perpetuate this use.
Using AI as a catch-all term also helps tech companies and their representatives to confuse the governments and public institutions they've been selling to, who now perpetuate this use.
Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
From the department whose job is to make sure things fit in with their surroundings !!
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
From the department whose job is to make sure things fit in with their surroundings !!
my alternative thesis is that our planning and delivery of infrastructural projects, esp. transport and housing, relies too heavily on engineers’ and economists’ visions and priorities (which gives rise to familiar issues)
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
my alternative thesis is that our planning and delivery of infrastructural projects, esp. transport and housing, relies too heavily on engineers’ and economists’ visions and priorities (which gives rise to familiar issues)
TIL the last time there was a by-election in Dublin Central was 2009 and Paschal Donohoe actually contested it (he finished behind Maureen O'Sullivan, but ahead of Ivana Bacik).
There was also an Immigration Control candidate, who finished ahead of the Workers’ Party’s Malachy Steensen.
There was also an Immigration Control candidate, who finished ahead of the Workers’ Party’s Malachy Steensen.
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
TIL the last time there was a by-election in Dublin Central was 2009 and Paschal Donohoe actually contested it (he finished behind Maureen O'Sullivan, but ahead of Ivana Bacik).
There was also an Immigration Control candidate, who finished ahead of the Workers’ Party’s Malachy Steensen.
There was also an Immigration Control candidate, who finished ahead of the Workers’ Party’s Malachy Steensen.
Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
And support your community radio stations, folks - that's where your pals, family and wider community are.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
And support your community radio stations, folks - that's where your pals, family and wider community are.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
In Dublin, between the canals, there is very little public green space for football (or other field sports). I can't think of any on the Northside, south of the North Circular Road. There are private pitches in Blackhall Place and Grangegorman but nowhere for children to play or practice publicly.
So much of this could be said more broadly for play for children and young people - the safety, accessibility and inclusivity of our neighbourhood outdoor spaces in the context of the climate crisis is a growing challenge.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In Dublin, between the canals, there is very little public green space for football (or other field sports). I can't think of any on the Northside, south of the North Circular Road. There are private pitches in Blackhall Place and Grangegorman but nowhere for children to play or practice publicly.
Collection of essays on "Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship" - looks super interesting. Available as a PDF download from the link below.
And, based on the chapter titles, Lots of relevance beyond Digital Humanities too!!
And, based on the chapter titles, Lots of relevance beyond Digital Humanities too!!
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Collection of essays on "Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship" - looks super interesting. Available as a PDF download from the link below.
And, based on the chapter titles, Lots of relevance beyond Digital Humanities too!!
And, based on the chapter titles, Lots of relevance beyond Digital Humanities too!!
Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
One ticket available (face value) for tonight’s very secret #mbv gig at National Stadium to anyone who can meet me there in about an hour.
#ticketfairy
@foggynotions.bsky.social
#ticketfairy
@foggynotions.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One ticket available (face value) for tonight’s very secret #mbv gig at National Stadium to anyone who can meet me there in about an hour.
#ticketfairy
@foggynotions.bsky.social
#ticketfairy
@foggynotions.bsky.social
"...if you were to test out some form of official transfer pact Dublin Central would be ideal"
@electionlit.bsky.social on why Dublin Central might be the best chance for parties & individuals to explore the viability of a ‘Catherine Connolly Alliance' ...
cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
@electionlit.bsky.social on why Dublin Central might be the best chance for parties & individuals to explore the viability of a ‘Catherine Connolly Alliance' ...
cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"...if you were to test out some form of official transfer pact Dublin Central would be ideal"
@electionlit.bsky.social on why Dublin Central might be the best chance for parties & individuals to explore the viability of a ‘Catherine Connolly Alliance' ...
cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
@electionlit.bsky.social on why Dublin Central might be the best chance for parties & individuals to explore the viability of a ‘Catherine Connolly Alliance' ...
cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
It me:
"I am definitely not the target audience of this book. Either because I am not a university student, or because I am not Mike Lynch, Wes Sharrock, or Bob Anderson. ... Anyway, I’ve read it, because I love to read stuff about ethnomethodology."
"I am definitely not the target audience of this book. Either because I am not a university student, or because I am not Mike Lynch, Wes Sharrock, or Bob Anderson. ... Anyway, I’ve read it, because I love to read stuff about ethnomethodology."
There are proper book reviews, there are rogue book reviews, and there are hooligan preudo-book-reviews. I've done the last one for "Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology" by Graham Button. My verdict: don't read it. #EMCA
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
On the Certain Blindness of the Excavators of Ethnomethodology’s “Heart”
Kind of review of: Graham Button. Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology: The Prospect of an Alternate and Adequate Sociology. London: Routledge. 232 p. ISBN 9781041112877
www.academia.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It me:
"I am definitely not the target audience of this book. Either because I am not a university student, or because I am not Mike Lynch, Wes Sharrock, or Bob Anderson. ... Anyway, I’ve read it, because I love to read stuff about ethnomethodology."
"I am definitely not the target audience of this book. Either because I am not a university student, or because I am not Mike Lynch, Wes Sharrock, or Bob Anderson. ... Anyway, I’ve read it, because I love to read stuff about ethnomethodology."
Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
As the world moves towards pedestrianising streets, and creating space for people, in #Wexford we're closing off streets to pedestrians and businesses
Bringing cars through Mallin Street 24 hours a day can only damage local cafes
The same with Henrietta Street - one step foward, two steps back
Bringing cars through Mallin Street 24 hours a day can only damage local cafes
The same with Henrietta Street - one step foward, two steps back
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As the world moves towards pedestrianising streets, and creating space for people, in #Wexford we're closing off streets to pedestrians and businesses
Bringing cars through Mallin Street 24 hours a day can only damage local cafes
The same with Henrietta Street - one step foward, two steps back
Bringing cars through Mallin Street 24 hours a day can only damage local cafes
The same with Henrietta Street - one step foward, two steps back
Reposted by Emmet Ó Briain
Bar chart of sweet tub popularity vs brand in my local supermarket. #DataVis #FoundDataVisualization
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bar chart of sweet tub popularity vs brand in my local supermarket. #DataVis #FoundDataVisualization
The original AGI ("A Guy Instead")
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The original AGI ("A Guy Instead")
"There's no discounting the very real possibility that the best, coolest, most emotionally affecting moment of the entire soccer season has already happened."
Sunday's match between Ireland and Hungary very well could go down as the most iconic game of the season. defector.com/the-world-cu...
The World Cup Is The Best, Even When It's Not The World Cup | Defector
There’s no discounting the very real possibility that the best, coolest, most emotionally affecting moment of the entire soccer season has already happened. The moment in question came in a match…
defector.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"There's no discounting the very real possibility that the best, coolest, most emotionally affecting moment of the entire soccer season has already happened."
Re-upping this idea on the back of the Dublin Central by-election announcement.
Would love to see local councillors standing as pro-Dublin candidates in a general election, with funding of the city council as a national issue..
Would love to see local councillors standing as pro-Dublin candidates in a general election, with funding of the city council as a national issue..
How many #ge24 candidates standing in Dublin had funding of the city council as part of their platform? It's a national issue..
Demands for better services are legit but the council can’t meet them with its current funding, the council's CEO says. The council's been told to divert €58m of local property tax next year to cover things that used to be paid for by central govt grants. dublininquirer.com/2...
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Re-upping this idea on the back of the Dublin Central by-election announcement.
Would love to see local councillors standing as pro-Dublin candidates in a general election, with funding of the city council as a national issue..
Would love to see local councillors standing as pro-Dublin candidates in a general election, with funding of the city council as a national issue..
Dublin Central by-election???
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Dublin Central by-election???
Fascinating reading about The British Musicians’ Union via www.muhistory.com - based on project (with accompanying book) conducted at the University of Glasgow by its School of Culture and Creative Arts...
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Fascinating reading about The British Musicians’ Union via www.muhistory.com - based on project (with accompanying book) conducted at the University of Glasgow by its School of Culture and Creative Arts...