Dr Captain McIntyre
@cathmci.bsky.social
I'm a scientitian. Not sure exactly what my brand is here other than if I see a wild animal, you're gonna hear about it!
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Found this incredible project at the Green Party conference: Stitch their Names
Hundreds of women stitching the names of the tens of thousands of Palestinians murdered by Israel.
Red are women, Black are men, Green are kids.
www.stitchtheirnamestogether.com
Hundreds of women stitching the names of the tens of thousands of Palestinians murdered by Israel.
Red are women, Black are men, Green are kids.
www.stitchtheirnamestogether.com
October 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Found this incredible project at the Green Party conference: Stitch their Names
Hundreds of women stitching the names of the tens of thousands of Palestinians murdered by Israel.
Red are women, Black are men, Green are kids.
www.stitchtheirnamestogether.com
Hundreds of women stitching the names of the tens of thousands of Palestinians murdered by Israel.
Red are women, Black are men, Green are kids.
www.stitchtheirnamestogether.com
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Arya Satheesh, an 18-year-old student from Letterkenny in County Donegal, Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/t...
This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades
Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word
You let someone in when you are speaking to someone who doesn't have English as a first language. (Annoying habit of an otherwise delightful colleague.)
#speirghorm
Do you 'let' someone in, or do you 'leave' someone in? Which? and where in Ireland are you from?
Do you 'let' someone in, or do you 'leave' someone in? Which? and where in Ireland are you from?
September 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
You let someone in when you are speaking to someone who doesn't have English as a first language. (Annoying habit of an otherwise delightful colleague.)
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But they're using renewables! a) they're not, they're all quietly pivoting to dedicated natural gas plants, built by their oil buddies, b) renewables should be used to power useful shit c) this makes it so that renewables don't displace fossil fuels, they just add to supply for increasing demand
September 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
But they're using renewables! a) they're not, they're all quietly pivoting to dedicated natural gas plants, built by their oil buddies, b) renewables should be used to power useful shit c) this makes it so that renewables don't displace fossil fuels, they just add to supply for increasing demand
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We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
September 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
www.optimistdaily.com
September 24, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
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September 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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The €1bn spent on fossil fuel sinces April would have put 8kw battery & solar on 100,000 homes buying them energy freedom for 20+ years.
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
September 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The €1bn spent on fossil fuel sinces April would have put 8kw battery & solar on 100,000 homes buying them energy freedom for 20+ years.
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
Out for a run yesterday. Saw a guy in a car on his phone at a junction. He was still on it as he turned into the main road. His window was down so I called out "Put your phone away!" Got a thumbs up. Success?
September 21, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Out for a run yesterday. Saw a guy in a car on his phone at a junction. He was still on it as he turned into the main road. His window was down so I called out "Put your phone away!" Got a thumbs up. Success?
6 months of the year I have my retinas burned out of my head. I also find more and more people just driving along with their full beams on constant. Such is their ignorance, they don't switch them down when they get flashed.
Dazzling headlights a worrying feature of night-time driving
Dazzling headlights a worrying feature of night-time driving
Modern LED systems can produce extremely high luminance from small light sources
www.irishtimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:31 AM
6 months of the year I have my retinas burned out of my head. I also find more and more people just driving along with their full beams on constant. Such is their ignorance, they don't switch them down when they get flashed.
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I still think there is not a good awareness out there of just how much the AI industry plans to run off fossil fuels. This is a *conservative* estimate that excludes many planned projects.
These are weak plans and they can be stopped.
au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data...
These are weak plans and they can be stopped.
au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data...
September 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I still think there is not a good awareness out there of just how much the AI industry plans to run off fossil fuels. This is a *conservative* estimate that excludes many planned projects.
These are weak plans and they can be stopped.
au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data...
These are weak plans and they can be stopped.
au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data...
Me: *Clicks Update and Shut Down*
Laptop: "Restarting"
Me: "Motherf....!"
Laptop: "Restarting"
Me: "Motherf....!"
September 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Me: *Clicks Update and Shut Down*
Laptop: "Restarting"
Me: "Motherf....!"
Laptop: "Restarting"
Me: "Motherf....!"
They weren't confused. It's just that the acceptability of their level of racism hasn't arrived yet.
Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...
Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
www.portsmouth.co.uk
September 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
They weren't confused. It's just that the acceptability of their level of racism hasn't arrived yet.
I just hate our spineless government so much! Only in it for themselves and for business interests.
Data centres in Ireland to get cut-price gas in exchange for possible disruption of supply
Data centres in Ireland to get cut-price gas in exchange for possible disruption of supply
Data-centre expansion will make it hard to source enough gas to meet demand during extreme cold events, state regulator warns
www.irishtimes.com
September 7, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I just hate our spineless government so much! Only in it for themselves and for business interests.
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by the way you will hear talk of public transport needing to be ‘sustainable’ or ‘viable’. this is free-market neoliberalism speaking. public transport should be properly funded and to not do so at a time when we have billions in surpluses is a deliberate ideological choice
September 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
by the way you will hear talk of public transport needing to be ‘sustainable’ or ‘viable’. this is free-market neoliberalism speaking. public transport should be properly funded and to not do so at a time when we have billions in surpluses is a deliberate ideological choice
Ok. I've just had my FOURTH incident of finding a spider on my person in the last 2 months. This time it was a giant house spider 😨 Previously, it was false widows. What the hell is going on?
September 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Ok. I've just had my FOURTH incident of finding a spider on my person in the last 2 months. This time it was a giant house spider 😨 Previously, it was false widows. What the hell is going on?
So the guy was trying to pay attention to the meeting, the summary of the meeting and the reply suggestions all at the same time. Not surprised he got flustered and shared the wrong screen.
I was on a group Zoom call where one of the participants was sharing his screen. He accidentally shared the one where Gemini is ingesting our call, summarizing it in realtime, and offering reply suggestions. I didn’t even know that was a thing!
So even when talking to a human, it might be a bot.
So even when talking to a human, it might be a bot.
I'm texting UPS about a lost package, asked for a human agent and not a bot, was assured I'd get an actual person, and then this popped up
August 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
So the guy was trying to pay attention to the meeting, the summary of the meeting and the reply suggestions all at the same time. Not surprised he got flustered and shared the wrong screen.
I see gmail is pretending there are new emails in the Updates and Promotions folder all the time now, on top of freaking out that my storage is 87% full after 23 years. Yeah. I'll get right on that...
August 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I see gmail is pretending there are new emails in the Updates and Promotions folder all the time now, on top of freaking out that my storage is 87% full after 23 years. Yeah. I'll get right on that...
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JFC! Part 1
NB. They survived
📹 via Deepak Kumar (@talktokumarjpr)
NB. They survived
📹 via Deepak Kumar (@talktokumarjpr)
August 28, 2026 at 2:42 PM
JFC! Part 1
NB. They survived
📹 via Deepak Kumar (@talktokumarjpr)
NB. They survived
📹 via Deepak Kumar (@talktokumarjpr)
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A County Sligo #painting now. "Benbulben I" is, as you might guess, the first time I painted the iconic Irish mountain. It's featured in a few more of my paintings since, but I suspect I'm not finished with this corner of the world yet.
#SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape
#SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape
August 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
A County Sligo #painting now. "Benbulben I" is, as you might guess, the first time I painted the iconic Irish mountain. It's featured in a few more of my paintings since, but I suspect I'm not finished with this corner of the world yet.
#SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape
#SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape
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A reminder, again, that Ireland has *chosen* not to take regulatory action against this abuse factory, whose office sits in Fenian Street in Dublin.
I think this failure to act in the face of clear knowledge is an unforgivable act.
I think this failure to act in the face of clear knowledge is an unforgivable act.
August 28, 2026 at 6:14 AM
A reminder, again, that Ireland has *chosen* not to take regulatory action against this abuse factory, whose office sits in Fenian Street in Dublin.
I think this failure to act in the face of clear knowledge is an unforgivable act.
I think this failure to act in the face of clear knowledge is an unforgivable act.
The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered most off the top of my head
1. Willie hears ya. Willie doesn't care.
2. Do *I* know what rhetorical means?!
3. Like a little Rory Calhoon
4. See you in the car, Millhouse (with an eyebrow wiggle)
5. Ahhh. The hammock district
1. Willie hears ya. Willie doesn't care.
2. Do *I* know what rhetorical means?!
3. Like a little Rory Calhoon
4. See you in the car, Millhouse (with an eyebrow wiggle)
5. Ahhh. The hammock district
The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered most off the top of my head
1. You're a dull boy, Billy
2. I don't know... coastguard?
3. Hey! He's still got it!
4. A little from column A, a little from column B
5. ...the red thing's connected to my wristwatch
1. You're a dull boy, Billy
2. I don't know... coastguard?
3. Hey! He's still got it!
4. A little from column A, a little from column B
5. ...the red thing's connected to my wristwatch
The 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head
1. No! Not in my mouth! … is what that kid would say.
2. Everything’s coming up Milhouse!
3. The goggles! They do nothing!
4. [whisper] I think he’s talking to you
5. AND I SAID you fly boys crack me up!
1. No! Not in my mouth! … is what that kid would say.
2. Everything’s coming up Milhouse!
3. The goggles! They do nothing!
4. [whisper] I think he’s talking to you
5. AND I SAID you fly boys crack me up!
August 25, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered most off the top of my head
1. Willie hears ya. Willie doesn't care.
2. Do *I* know what rhetorical means?!
3. Like a little Rory Calhoon
4. See you in the car, Millhouse (with an eyebrow wiggle)
5. Ahhh. The hammock district
1. Willie hears ya. Willie doesn't care.
2. Do *I* know what rhetorical means?!
3. Like a little Rory Calhoon
4. See you in the car, Millhouse (with an eyebrow wiggle)
5. Ahhh. The hammock district
I don't have to create a profile and sign in to read my book. I don't need to remember a password. My book doesn't send me notifications. If someone next to me is reading a book and they put it down, I can pick it up and read it too without being in their account.
Increasingly convinced that the enduring popularity of books is that they're the one medium left that you buy and then own forever; can loan out, pass on, or sell; and which never become obsolete.
August 23, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I don't have to create a profile and sign in to read my book. I don't need to remember a password. My book doesn't send me notifications. If someone next to me is reading a book and they put it down, I can pick it up and read it too without being in their account.
Sorry. No. We're just going to have to fix climate change. My skin is DESTROYED by the office air con. This is IRELAND. A window propped open when it's not raining should be ENOUGH!
August 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Sorry. No. We're just going to have to fix climate change. My skin is DESTROYED by the office air con. This is IRELAND. A window propped open when it's not raining should be ENOUGH!
Hook it to my veins
"For generations as a nation we’ve drained wetlands, straightened rivers and moved water off the land as quickly as possible. Here, we’ve reversed that approach and the results are remarkable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Hook it to my veins