“We don’t want your fucking love”
Cycling
Quite why a downhill race has any comparison to going down the shops is beyond me, of course. It’s like saying driving around town is the same as racing Formula One. Exactly. Via: RadWagon: Geraint Thomas Sports Crash and Helmets
Arts
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Humour
Oddities
Fascinating. A potted biography of the miscellaneous other priests that populated life on Craggy Island. I’m guessing that everybody knows about the back stories of the famous actors who played Bishop Jim Brennan (Jim Norton) and Frs Fintan Stack (Brendan Grace), Noel Furlong (Graham Norton) and Todd Unctious (Gerard McSorley). And that Clare Grogan from […]
Cities for People
Cycling
I thought this was a new cycle lane outside the school in Killinarden, but I now suspect (due to it’s intermittent extent) that it’s to allow people get out of their cars here without having to walk on grass. It’s chock-a-block with cars during term time. I hope I’m wrong, but it only extends along […]
Human Rights
Life
War
Via: War Child subverts Call of Duty games with video portraying the nightmare of being a warzone kid | The Drum
Photography
Excellent. We’re excited to unveil the new Flickr Pro for both existing and new members of our community, a subscription that offers improved stats, brings back our Pro badge, and more. The new Flickr Pro includes: New and improved stats, including improved navigation for viewing data on your photos, providing better insight on your most […]
Cycling
The "War on the Roads" explained. pic.twitter.com/mhyDmxmVvu — Bez (@beztweets) July 21, 2015
Economy
Europe
Yanis Varoufakis is pulling no punches in the Guardian today. The euro is a hybrid of a fixed exchange-rate regime, like the 1980s ERM, or the 1930s gold standard, and a state currency. The former relies on the fear of expulsion to hold together, while state money involves mechanisms for recycling surpluses between member states […]
Sounds
Some High Voltage from The Frank Popp Ensemble *leaves office*
Cities for People
Dublin
South Dublin County
There’s a proposal from council planners to create a new link road between Ballycullen and the N81 at Tallaght, according to Councillor John Lahart (emphasis his): The Council’s planners say that Oldbawn Bridge is a major bottleneck. The planners say this effects the efficiency of bus services, which regularly face long delays along the Old Bawn Road. Planners […]