Neil Armstrong on the moon, July 20th, 1969.
Correspondence published recently in the book ‘A reluctant Icon: Letters To Neil Armstrong’, to wit: a letter to the first human to set foot on the Moon from a teacher (just let that sink in for a moment) followed by Armstrong’s reply.
Green Party former General Election and EU Parliament candidate Saoirse McHugh
For anybody unsure as to how they will vote on coalition I understand the pressure is being put on that
“the alternative is way worse”
We don’t know what the alternative is.
I contend that the alternative could be way better.
The Q is whether this pfg is good enough?/1
— Saoirse McHugh (@saoirse_mchugh) June 19, 2020
I’ve been told that I mustn’t understand the urgency of climate breakdown but that’s pure rot.
I can’t breathe properly when I think about it but I have no interest fighting for a world where those with safe homes and communities cycle past tent cities on their way to work.
/3— Saoirse McHugh (@saoirse_mchugh) June 19, 2020
Instead of thinking that the alternative will be way worse I think we need to imagine that the alternative can be way better.
Climate Justice is the only way we will tackle climate breakdown.
Please vote no to this government 🙏/5
— Saoirse McHugh (@saoirse_mchugh) June 19, 2020
This afternoon.
Earlier: Behind You
Previously: Losing Saoirse
Behold: the normally faint emission nebula IC 410 enhanced with narrowband filters to capture two remarkable inhabitants of this cosmic gas and dust ‘pond’. To wit:
Below and right of centre are the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionised gas while their tails trail away from the cluster’s central young stars. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away, toward the nebula-rich constellation Auriga.
(Image: Trevor Jones)
Jane Willow and Dave McGuinnness – Day Is Done (Nick Drake cover)
Today would have been Nick Drake‘s 72th birthday.
Dublin-based, Netherlands-born singer Jane Willow writes:
Me and [guitarist Dave McGuiness did a version of this song at the Whelan’s ‘I Heart Nick Drake’ gig a while ago. Nick is such a pivotal part of my life. I just love him.
Nick says: Not to be confused with Drake Day.
A post-societal world imagined by the digital artists of Universal Everything, who obviously had time on their hands during the lockdown.
Am looking forward to the Green Party (if in government) abolishing this special higher rate of mileage that applies only to ministers and judges for gas-guzzling cars. There’s no way they could stand over it, is there ;-) https://t.co/4iwgawMBXU
— Ken Foxe (@kenfoxe) June 19, 2020
Anyone?
Former England football international Ian Wright
These aren’t isolated incidents!!! It’s daily!! This is what I received for posting and talking about #BlackLivesMatter yesterday. The abuse started a week earlier, the taunting is terrifying. Coming back and back again. pic.twitter.com/2un0ZbqOlV
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) June 19, 2020
This morning.
Nat King Coleslaw writes:
Yet another little spotty Instagram fupphead – with a Union Jack in his bio and ‘Up the ra ‘in his feed – is about to get famous for all the wrong reasons…
The Igo Inn.
Military Road, Ballybrack, County Dublin.
Unspecified date, 1960s/early1970s.
Name that jammer, anyone?
Via Photos of Dublin
Yesterday.
Ardmore Road, Mullingar, County Westmeath
Parents of pupils of the Holy Family (Curraghmore) National School visited the site of their new school complex,
Work started on the school in September 2017 as a 12 month contract. It is currently on its 10th missed completion date.
Still No School writes:
Groundhog Day. Facing in to a third summer of not knowing if our children have a school in September. The reason? Not #COVID19 but pure incapability turning a 12 month contract into 36 months….
Previously: Yes, Still No School
