Shane O Sullivan
@shaneosullivan.bsky.social
Born at 336 ppm. Solar PV engineer, occasional eBiker, 2 EV and HP at 200yr old cottage. Husband to @wildfelter and dad to two super intelligent autistics.
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2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
January 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
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Here's #MultiPass in action in The Netherlands by marcje74
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A beautiful overview of "the Dutch fast charging market"
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/electricfeli...
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A beautiful overview of "the Dutch fast charging market"
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/electricfeli...
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here's #MultiPass in action in The Netherlands by marcje74
⚡️⚡️⚡️
A beautiful overview of "the Dutch fast charging market"
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/electricfeli...
⚡️⚡️⚡️
A beautiful overview of "the Dutch fast charging market"
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/electricfeli...
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Ireland just became Europe’s newest coal-free country
Ireland just became Europe’s newest coal-free country
Ireland has officially pulled the plug on coal power – the country shut down coal operations at Moneypoint, its only coal-fired power station and largest electricity generation station. That makes Ireland the sixth European country to fully kick coal out of its electricity mix.
more…
electrek.co
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ireland just became Europe’s newest coal-free country
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Chinese HSR does Beijing-Shanghai – which is about the distance as NYC-Atlanta – in just over four hours, and gets six times the ridership of airlines. $1.8 billion in net profit last year. scmp.com/economy/chin...
‘More convenient’: why China’s travellers are ditching planes for bullet trains
More passengers on busy Beijing-Shanghai route are choosing high-speed rail, which offers flexibility, comfort and stable internet access.
scmp.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Chinese HSR does Beijing-Shanghai – which is about the distance as NYC-Atlanta – in just over four hours, and gets six times the ridership of airlines. $1.8 billion in net profit last year. scmp.com/economy/chin...
A film that takes place where you are from
April 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A film that takes place where you are from
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Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
April 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
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There’s cheeky advertising claims and there’s this: an Irish cereal box claiming to be provide one of your five-a-day of fruit, as long as you chop up some fruit and add it in!
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There’s cheeky advertising claims and there’s this: an Irish cereal box claiming to be provide one of your five-a-day of fruit, as long as you chop up some fruit and add it in!
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Guy who doesn’t even respond to the mothers of his children: reply to my email or you’re fired
February 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Guy who doesn’t even respond to the mothers of his children: reply to my email or you’re fired
Sun shining on the Midleton to Youghal greenway today
February 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sun shining on the Midleton to Youghal greenway today
The Munich Security Conference 2025, a watershed moment in European history
Heusgen’s Emotional MSC Closing Address | Europe’s Response to Vance’s MSC Speech
YouTube video by The Express Tribune
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Munich Security Conference 2025, a watershed moment in European history
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Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
February 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
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I never understood the musicians playing music while the Titanic sank.
Now I do.
Now I do.
February 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I never understood the musicians playing music while the Titanic sank.
Now I do.
Now I do.
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"When you see people tweeting information that was already public and pretending it was a secret, you should immediately distrust that person."
— @reckless.bsky.social of The Verge
— @reckless.bsky.social of The Verge
Elon Musk's computer coup | The Vergecast
YouTube video by The Verge
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"When you see people tweeting information that was already public and pretending it was a secret, you should immediately distrust that person."
— @reckless.bsky.social of The Verge
— @reckless.bsky.social of The Verge
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What once seemed like a fringe theory is now being carried out by the corporate powers that have wholly captured our government.
1. Install a CEO Dictator
2. Purge the Bureaucracy
3. Build a Loyalist Army
4. Dismantle Democratic Institutions
5. Seize Media and Information Control to Maintain Power
1. Install a CEO Dictator
2. Purge the Bureaucracy
3. Build a Loyalist Army
4. Dismantle Democratic Institutions
5. Seize Media and Information Control to Maintain Power
February 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What once seemed like a fringe theory is now being carried out by the corporate powers that have wholly captured our government.
1. Install a CEO Dictator
2. Purge the Bureaucracy
3. Build a Loyalist Army
4. Dismantle Democratic Institutions
5. Seize Media and Information Control to Maintain Power
1. Install a CEO Dictator
2. Purge the Bureaucracy
3. Build a Loyalist Army
4. Dismantle Democratic Institutions
5. Seize Media and Information Control to Maintain Power
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Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
The platform is seeing a surge in popularity.
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
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“Just five rich global north countries are responsible for the majority (51%) of planned new oil and gas extraction to 2050: the US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK. These countries have the responsibility to move first to phase out fossil fuel production.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report
Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2023 at 9:52 AM
“Just five rich global north countries are responsible for the majority (51%) of planned new oil and gas extraction to 2050: the US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK. These countries have the responsibility to move first to phase out fossil fuel production.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We have got to the stage where the 1.5°C carbon budget is so small that it’s losing meaning.
If your face is about to slam into a wall at 100 miles per hour, it is sort of irrelevant if your nose is currently 1 millimeter or 2 millimeters from the wall.
apnews.com/article/warm...
If your face is about to slam into a wall at 100 miles per hour, it is sort of irrelevant if your nose is currently 1 millimeter or 2 millimeters from the wall.
apnews.com/article/warm...
November 3, 2023 at 2:14 PM
We have got to the stage where the 1.5°C carbon budget is so small that it’s losing meaning.
If your face is about to slam into a wall at 100 miles per hour, it is sort of irrelevant if your nose is currently 1 millimeter or 2 millimeters from the wall.
apnews.com/article/warm...
If your face is about to slam into a wall at 100 miles per hour, it is sort of irrelevant if your nose is currently 1 millimeter or 2 millimeters from the wall.
apnews.com/article/warm...
Incredibly low barometric pressure here in Fermoy today as #StormDomingos passed off the coast of south Kerry, silent like a ship in the night.
November 4, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Incredibly low barometric pressure here in Fermoy today as #StormDomingos passed off the coast of south Kerry, silent like a ship in the night.
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Mapping changes in temperature: every year from 1850 to 2023
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-ch...
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-ch...
November 1, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Mapping changes in temperature: every year from 1850 to 2023
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-ch...
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-ch...
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Which countries lead the global race in offshore wind?
China tops the list but the UK and north-west Europe remain the largest offshore market in the world.
China tops the list but the UK and north-west Europe remain the largest offshore market in the world.
October 31, 2023 at 11:23 AM
Which countries lead the global race in offshore wind?
China tops the list but the UK and north-west Europe remain the largest offshore market in the world.
China tops the list but the UK and north-west Europe remain the largest offshore market in the world.