Gulp.
Last night/this morning.
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Snowy Blast Causes Havoc on the Roads (New York Times)
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Mother – We Will Dance Again
Buzz O’Neill Maxwell writes:
Our lovely pals at Mother [old school club night located at Lost Lane, Dublin. for disco loving queer folk and their friends] made this… there is something in my eye ( not the vaccine :)
Words: Cormac Cashman; music: Daithí; videographer: Joe McGovern and narration by Shaun Dunne.
Mother merch here
This morning.
Luas maintenance workers on scene of a suspected cable fire on Marlborough Street which brought the Luas Red line to a halt this morning.
There is no Red Line service operating from Smithfield and The Point/Connolly. Red Line services are operating from Tallaght/Saggart to Smithfield only.
Green Line services are operating from Brides Glen to St Stephens Green only and from Dominick to Broombridge only.
The Snug Project writes:
On March 15th 2020, with the full force of a global pandemic upon us, the pubs of Ireland were forced to close. Their absence has been felt by many, but none more so than those who rely on pubs for social interaction.
The Snug Project is a calendar and limited edition print sale in aid of ALONE, a national organisation that strives to enable older people to age at home, safely and securely, for as long as they wish. The series features 12 images by photographer Finn Richards, resurfaced from a commercial project commissioned almost ten years ago.
The project is led by Stills & Motion, a network of image makers and thinkers telling powerful stories through stills and motion.
Otis Blue writes:
Here’s a really nice idea for the year that’s in it. All beautifully done and in a great cause. Name those pubs, anyone?
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’
Behold: the colliding galaxies of the Bullet Cluster, as you’ve never heard them before. To wit:
This massive cluster of galaxies (1E 0657-558) creates gravitational lens distortions of background galaxies in a way that has been interpreted as strong evidence for the leading theory: that dark matter exists within. Different analyses, though, indicate that a less popular alternative — modifying gravity– could explain cluster dynamics without dark matter, and provide a more likely progenitor scenario as well. Currently, the two scientific hypotheses are competing to explain the observations: it’s invisible matter versus amended gravity. The duel is dramatic as a clear Bullet-proof example of dark matter would shatter the simplicity of modified gravity theories. The featured sonified image is a Hubble/Chandra/Magellan composite with red depicting the X-rays emitted by hot gas, and blue depicting the suggested separated dark matter distribution. The sonification assigns low tones to dark matter, mid-range frequencies to visible light, and high tones to X-rays. The battle over the matter in the Bullet cluster is likely to continue as more observations, computer simulations, and analyses are completed.
(Image: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI, Magellan/U.Arizona; Lensing Map: NASA/STScI, ESO WFI, Magellan/U.Arizona; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
Last evening.
Richmond Street South, Dublin, with the Slievecourt development in the background.
(Thanks Colum Cronin)
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has doubled down on his claim made yesterday in the Dáil that the “banks were not bailed out”
One still hears allegations about
The banks all getting a bail out
This is rather unfair
As the price of a share
Quite rapidly went down the spout
Yesterday: 2020 Revision
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MORE to follow
Bill Hicks
“Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?”
Comedian Bill Hicks was born on this day in 1961.
Johnny Keenen writes:
Bill Hicks would be 59 if he was with us today.Taken at the tender age of 32, in 1994..
Since the 20th Anniversary of his passing, The Laughing Stock Comedy Club have been commemorating the comedy legend.
Last year Bill’s brother Steve came over to Dublin from Texas, and joined fans and and friends in arguably the best show of 2020, Check out the videos here and here below to see what it was all about..
And be prepared to go #Billistic2021 on Friday, February 26, 2021. Somewhere…