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  A clever solution for #SolarPower advocates. The space between rail lines represents an untapped low cost resource #GreenEnergy #CleanEnergy #Renewables https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/climate/solar-power-railway-train-tracks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.H3Me.ZB_B1KM94O0L&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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  Chances are, you’re using cobalt as you read this. That element is central to the creation of lithium ion batteries which power most of our mobile tech. The Democratic Republic of #Congo is the primary supplier of cobalt and the labor practices behind is extraction mirror the worst shameful colonial practices #NPR’s Throughline tells the story masterfully in an important reminder of rapacious capitalism and brutal geopolitics A must listen #podcast for the week https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1...

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  American #politics has been turned into a corrupt infotainment circus by Trump and has enablers What would a sensible #USPolitics look like? If you’re looking for a new blueprint, then #PeteButtigieg is worth listening to. With the #midterms coming up, there is an opportunity to replace a rubber stamp Congress but it will only succeed if it avoids restoration or reversion. It’s time for a new way. What came before will not solve America’s problems. https://youtu.be/M9UZ7ZGD2vE?is=JuLMjej15...

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  This is a sad, and I believe true, indictment of the Silicon Valley #SocialMedia giants From Mark Little’s excellent new book: The Last Good Day on the Internet Well worth your time should you want to understand the toxic impact of technology on civil society #Books @marklittle #Mastodaoine

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  RE: https://mastodon.ie/@IrishStewPodcast/117348544339007623 André Archimbaud on a place and moment which refreshed his soul Do you have a place? What was your moment? #Joy #WestCork #Mastodaoine

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  1) This Pete Buttigieg video is worth 17 mins of your time as: a) a good analysis of the midterms 2 weeks out b) a masterclass in political communication #USPolitics #Politics #PeteButtigieg #midterms https://youtu.be/W0oLO0OJg_U?is=xi61w5GJFO1Z2W5J

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  RE: https://mastodon.ie/@IrishStewPodcast/117496997972004651 This week we have a returning guest on Irish Stew Podcast - here are some word cloud clues #Gaeilge #IrishPodcast

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  Another case of #TechFascism in action We may never know the full truth of this as there will be no effort to investigate by our compromised #DOJ Another reason to institute a #WealthTax for #billionaires #GeoPolitics #Politics #Brazil #Zuckerberg #SocialMedia #Oligarchy @gilduran @davetroy https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/meta-employees-said-lulas-accounts-were-hindered-during-brazil-election-folha-2026-10-16/

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  There is blood on the hands of whoever launched the #SocialMedia campaign which led to a surge of some 50k Moroccan migrants to #Ceuta The surge is over and most have returned home with dreams of a life in the EU dashed, but at least 67 people lost their lives Who ever launched this #disinformation campaign is guilty of multiple homicides. Who will investigate and prosecute? #EUPolitics #Spain #Politics https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41890840.html

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  One of the greats of #IrishMusic has left us under tragic circumstances Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorbike crash https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/motorcyclist-dies-in-crash-in-dublins-strawberry-beds/ #MastoDaoine

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  America is no longer the indispensable nation. The post war order was predicated on a stable United States. Trump’s chaotic #politics has destroyed the post war order. New alliances are being formed by former allies and a decoupling of dependence on American institutions is grinding forward. It will be expensive, but the alternative is eternal instability @pluralistic@mamot.fr with the call #GeoPolitics #USPol https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/#graveyard-of-indispensable-na...

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  Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Action Those who suffer from NPD cannot conceive of yielding the stage, of not being at the center of things. #WorldCup #USPol #Politics https://youtu.be/HNYDCPkm55E?is=FvGf3rkMQ1a7xyRa

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  A speech worthy of celebration on this Fourth of July. Mayor Zohran #Mamdani captures the past and the present that is America and what it might become if it commits to its “We the people” ethos rather than “I alone” selfishness. The country has much to celebrate but also to accept its failures and flaws. It has the capability of forming “a more perfect union” but only if it is unflinchingly honest in coming to terms with its past. #USPol #FourthOfJuly #NYC #Politics https://www.youtube.com...

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  FOT’s column is as good a piece on #GlobalWarming as I’ve read and all the more punchy as I swelter today in #NYC. The mercury now rests at 101 F or 38 C as I tap this out Perhaps the @irishtimes@mastodon.ie might move this from behind the firewall as a public service? I know it will by ignored by #Petrogarchs who will not rest easy until the last drop of carbon has been released into the atmosphere. Maybe the rest of us eill commit ourselves to safer alternatives #ClimateCrisis #Mastodaoine

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  @coolimbooks@mastodon.ie That's an extraordinary photo a blend of the pagan and Christian - uniquely Irish

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  Increasingly #Ukraine is bringing the war to Moscow. For more than four years #Putin has shielded Muscovites from the consequences of his aggression. That is no longer possible as Ukrainian drone technology brings the front line to the Russian capital The drip drip drip of regime destabilization is being delivered by drone https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-17/record-drone-attack-on-moscow-kills-three-targets-refinery?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2Ui...

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  2) sitting through 10 years of Trump, I can certainly testify to the power of messaging devoid of logic or depth. The past 10 years in the US are a reminder it can can take a decade or more for an electorate to begin to realize that types like Trump or Farage or incapable, unwilling, or both to deliver solutions. Some certainly have good reason to question whether the realization has truly crystallized in the States. I think polling has captured that shift #UK #Brexit #UKPolitics #Politics

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  Gotta love Andy Borowitz. In the bleakest of times satire is a salve #USPol #USPolitics #PopeLeo https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/trump-claims-popes-election-was-rigged

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  Not a great time to be looking for work in the tech world https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/meta-layoff-thousands-of-employees-in-may/4070910/?utm_campaign=morning_paid&utm_content=morning_paid-2026-04-20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email Given Meta’s questionable interest in fact and truth, I’m sure they’re comfortable outsourcing to AI #SocialMedia #AI #SiliconValley

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  The ridiculousness of American politics captured in one panel by #cartoonist David Horsey #USPol #Cartoon #Politics https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/25/800025656/cartoon/the-news-loop/

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  It’s a predictable truism, Ireland needs to move away from #FossilFuels as fast as possible. This has been crystal clear since the #UkraineWar began Real leadership demands a coherent and aggressive policy to electrify everything via #renewables. Ireland should be a #WindPower giant. I don’t get a sense of urgency from the current government rather we just see reactive “policy” #CleanEnergy #GreenEnergy #MastoDaoine https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/27/energy-crisis-harris-alludes-t...

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  This year in #Russia, May’s parade season is curtailed as the national mood darkens in the face of bleak economic news and a war in #Ukraine where little is gained and whose duration exceeds WWII As skepticism grows, internal security is increased and dissent strangled along with internet access. #Putin’s Russia becomes more Orwellian by the day and there is little joy on the streets of #Moscow #UkraineWar #GeoPolitics https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/europe/russia-mood-victory-day.ht...

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  Excellent piece shining a light on how the #StraitsOfEpstein crisis is speeding up the #Gretacene Thanks to @pluralistic and the Nerve for shining a light on this moment, a reminder that when things are dark, the seeds of dramatic positive change may be spouting #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange https://www.thenerve.news/p/cory-doctorow-column-enshittification-trump-cleantech-green-revolution-pakistan

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  I wonder if we’ll look at this year’s #MetGala as some kind of tipping point? The gushing #billionaire owned press foist fawning imagery on us normies. It all smacks of the self absorbed Capitol Elite at the center of the #HungerGames. Is this the year when backlash coalesces? Where the 99% say enough and demand a #WealthTax? https://www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-walter-column-feminism-for-a-world-on-fire-met-ball-jeff-bezos-amazon

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  To call Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor’s music #IrishTrad, is to do it a disservice. These two men are musical innovators and there is little traditional about their approach. Let’s say they’re masters of the indigenous sound but are extending that fuaim into new territories Maybe there work would be better served by calling it #CeolDúchasach. Regardless, give this a listen, and a watch,both music and imagery are superlative #IrishArts #mastodaoine #IrishMusic https://youtu.be/ZZ0pFdRb3e...

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  This feels like it captures the absurdity of the current US moment in all its sycophantic glory #USPol #Politics #Cartoon https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/11/800036393/cartoon/further-tributes/

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  This HCR piece points to an escalation in presidential paranoia. Americans have become accustomed to presidential shit posting, but the pace is increasing as public dissatisfaction with Trump becomes more overt. This account👇 points to an increased tempo of absurd behavior. Increasingly the possibility of a 25th amendment palace coup seems likely #USPol #Politics #Invoke25 #TrumpIsNotWell https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-12-2026

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  This is very good from #AnnTelnaes #Cartoon #NewsMedia #USPol https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/the-wh-correspondents-dinner?r=3alg6&utm_medium=ios

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  A ray of Sunday sunshine Down goes Orban in #Hungary. Kiss of death delivered by Vance and Trump Autocrats are frowning today #USPolitics #EUPolitics #GeoPolitics #Politics https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt?post=asset%3Ac53cf903-f724-4987-945c-111392460034#post

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  Two masterful #StPatricksDay speeches in #NYC yesterday at Gracie Mansion from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Irish President Mary Robinson. Both speeches emphasize the importance of community and solidarity in an era when toxic individualism is lionized by the technobros et al. The current struggle pits the warmth of community vs the relentless pursuit of individual wealth accumulation #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics #USPol https://www.youtube.com/live/y4vWE2bIqsQ?si=imauLlwAjvtiYCqu