2016 – Page 8 – Postcards

Awkward to Use = Not Used

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 No Comments

There’s a set of underpasses for cycling/walking at the M50/N81 junction in Tallaght which connect Tallaght village with Templeogue and Firhouse. This puts the underpass into the routing for Firhouse-City and Tallaght-City, in addition to local cycle routes e.g. Firhouse-Tymon Park. I rarely if ever use this route, even though it’s much nicer, quieter and […]

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Nature & Gardens

Peony, 2016

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 No Comments

My peony bloomed late this year, not until 11th May. April was unusually cold. Previously: 2015, 2014

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Humour Oddities Politics

“John Major warns” (again)

May 20, 2016 No Comments

The elder statesman has been wheeled out: The Former Prime Minister John Major is set to issue a thinly veiled attack on Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, warning that Tories leading the campaign to leave the EU risk “morphing into Ukip”. In a speech on Friday Sir John will say that as the economic arguments in favour […]

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Health

Blood Types

May 20, 2016 No Comments

Fascinating long read in the BI: Why do 40% of Caucasians have type A blood, while only 27% of Asians do? Where do different blood types come from, and what do they do?To get some answers, I went to the experts – to haematologists, geneticists, evolutionary biologists, virologists and nutrition scientists.In 1900 the Austrian physician Karl Landsteiner […]

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Environment

“April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs”

May 20, 2016 No Comments

Feels like we’re participating in a slow-motion disaster. More scary news: Latest monthly figures add to string of recent temperature records and all but assure 2016 will be hottest year on record Source: April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs

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Arts Sounds

Fresh New Retro

May 18, 2016 No Comments

Got Honeyblood’s eponymous debut album on lovingly crafted vinyl today. Lo-fi pop rock tastic.

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Arts Sounds

This week I have been mostly listening to …

May 13, 2016 No Comments

Some indie lo-fi pop-rock from Honeyblood, the Master of Rock that is Iggy Pop, who’s new (and possibly final) album is excellent, and some classic grunge (if that was ever a thing, like Britpop, it’s a bit of a label put on some things in retrospect, but hey) from Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.

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Do Not Adjust Your Set

I’m going to have to make time for Game of Thrones

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 No Comments

I’ve still not started watching GoT, but I admit I’m running out of reasons not to, and Laurie Penny has added a few more in the Statesman: What sets it apart is not the monsters, the nudity or the festering gallons of gratuitous gore, but the overwhelming sense that the plot got run off […]

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Life

Why are so many celebrities dying in 2016?

April 28, 2016 No Comments

Ironically enough, the work of many recently deceased celebrities tells us what we ought already to know: we are all going to die eventually – the trappings of fame provide no armour against this. We are all just human in the end. Via Why are so many celebrities dying in 2016?

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Cities for People Cycling Transport

The Car is the Star

April 25, 2016 No Comments

In the 14 years following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, there were eight crashes on American soil of passenger planes operated by regional, national, or international carriers. The death toll in those crashes totaled 442. That averages out to fewer than three fatalities a month. The death toll on America’s streets and highways during that […]

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Who?

Murf

Awkward to Use = Not Used

Peony, 2016

“John Major warns” (again)

Blood Types

“April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs”

Fresh New Retro

This week I have been mostly listening to …

I’m going to have to make time for Game of Thrones

Why are so many celebrities dying in 2016?

The Car is the Star

Year: 2016