Joe Mansfield

helvick@mastodon.ie

Aging tech nerd. I live and work on the edge of the Celtic Sea. It’s very nice, but means I talk about the weather a lot. Sometimes I take bad pictures. I hang out here for fun so I block and mute anyone and anything that I find even vaguely annoying. If it helps then yes, you totally are way smarter than me and I am a clueless n00b. I’m OK with that.

Posts

Post #4047681
The extended hot spell has given us bazillions of butterflies on the Cunnigar at the moment. I was literally getting mobbed by clouds of them at one point. They are particularly attracted to the Sea Holly and Ragwort. #waterford #butterflies #biodiversity #ireland
Post #2348996
The one thing that remains ever constant is that any system, party, or religion built around ideological purity will end up turning on its own. #AltShite https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0508/1572454-gript-editor-mcguirk/
Post #1996586
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@Tupp_ed/116517509972989178 Once again Simon McGarr clearly explains how our politicians and media are failing us all miserably by insisting on keeping themselves plugged into algorithmic social media services that are being used to manipulate them. The analysis of the alt-shite focus topics compared to our recent election cycles shows how badly distorted the media narrative around what issues get covered has been manipulated by interest groups from outside Ireland.
Post #1941893
RE: https://dice.camp/@Dataless/116506160244239745 Yet again we have politicians giving testimonials to people who casually assault children. It’s a bit of a pattern isn’t it?
Post #1124506
RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116394167830935982 That’s fairly cheap when you think about it. The ships are carrying an average of 2 million barrels of oil so the cargo on them is worth at least $30m more than it was before the war. And that’s how much extra Iran are already earning for each of their own shipments. So they are absolutely raking in cash despite how heavily the US and Israel have been bombarding them. Wait until Trump figures that one out.
Post #919726
One of my neighbours is a fisherman and has effectively domesticated this guy by regularly feeding him fish scraps. It makes him very easy to photograph. Especially with Storm Dave providing some wind to give a bit of an artistic ruffle to his feathers and head plume. #birdphotography #ireland #wildlifephotography
Post #448456
I’ve still got a working online account that I’ve retained since 1996. (It’s a @hotmail.com email address). Admittedly it’s gone through a lot of transformations but it still sends and receives email. I used to have an iol.ie email that was older but it got lost during one of that domain’s many acquisitions in the early 2000s. I’m curious about the oldest still functional accounts out there. Some academic orgs I assume? Anyone willing to share if they have one? #mastodaoine #internet