Ultan Mashup writes:
Damn Hipster terms and conditions. Seen on a wall outside a nightclub, Melbourne, Vic, Aus, just now. Seems reasonable.
Dublin-born writer, diplomat’s daughter and New Yorker-staple Maeve Brennan (above in the 1950s).
She was to die destitute and homeless.
the subject of Talk of The Town. A new play by Emma Donoghue, which began rehearsals this morning at the Lab. Foley Street, Dublin, and plays the Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar, during next month’s Dublin Theatre festival.
From top: Catherine Walker (right), who plays Maeve Brennan, and director Annabelle Comyn, Emma O’Donoghue and Owen McDonnell
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Fur City
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Members of Aliberation unfurl an anti-fur farm banner off O Connell bridge, Dublin, a little earlier while (above) a Garda speed boat goes under.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Cloud Maker
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Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, 30 minutes ago.
You’d nearly do a quick pick on the strength of it.
(Pix: Oisin)
Father, I kilt a man.
Conor Nugent writes:
Seen this in Kilcullan, (sic) Westmeath on Sunday. For €5, you pick a square and if Daisy [the cow] dirties the square, you win €100. Couldn’t help thinking Enda & co are missing a huge fundraising trick.
This is not just another cute animal video compilation, sez Nature, this is science.
David Hu and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta filmed 33 wet mammals as they shook themselves dry. Some furry animals are aided by loose skin, which “whips the fluid around much faster than if the skin was tight”, says Hu. This generates forces of between 10 and 70 times that of gravity — high enough that the animals have to close their eyes to prevent damage from the extreme centrifugal forces.
Fact of the day: a drenched dog can rid itself of 70% of the water on its fur in four seconds.
