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2026-08-03 22:23:14 UTC

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I had a series of attempts to quit smoking in the 2010s.
Tried and quickly failed a few times, then got serious and managed to stay quit for most of a year. Fell off that wagon because of life stress.
Around 2014 I decided I had to try again and stick with it. Made a detailed plan, including a conscious effort to change habits that aligned with smoking. I also took up a new habit / hobby I didn’t associate with smoking and that really helped.
Never looked back.

2026-07-28 21:25:22 UTC

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I love the detail in the rigging on boats like this.
#sailing #ireland
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2026-07-28 16:13:30 UTC

We got quite the visitor moored off Helvick today.
The 100 year old A.K. ILEN, a 56-foot wooden sailing ketch, built in 1926 in Baltimore, Cork. It is notable as Ireland's last remaining traditional ocean-going wooden sailing ship.
Spent a lot of its life working in the Falklands before being repatriated in 1997 and is now operated by https://sailingintowellness.ie/fleet/
#sailing #ireland #
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2026-07-09 23:18:22 UTC

Work has been a bit intense lately so I was very happy to get out last night to stroll around among the wild flowers.
#Waterford
#bloomscrolling
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2026-07-07 22:12:27 UTC

We had a very interesting visitor anchored outside Helvick Harbour this evening.
The Mauritius. A 23-meter research and expedition schooner sailing under the Swiss flag. Operated by the Swiss non-profit organization Association Pacifique.
#ireland #sailing
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2026-05-20 20:13:39 UTC

We had a visitor in the bay this evening which has sailed from Horta Portugal apparently, the Kanoa. It’s Polish making this the first boat flying that flag I’ve seen here.
#Dungarvan #sailing
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2026-05-01 22:05:39 UTC

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For some reason I can’t get the Father Ted scene out of my head where Ted is trying to explain the difference between small and far away to Dougal using plastic toy cows.
I know that’s very unfair, and this is really technically fascinating but it is funny that we can have things out there that we thought might have been really hot and 14bn ly away but now seem to be very cool and a helluva lot closer.

2026-04-07 21:33:40 UTC

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Exhibit A:
Extra judicial assassination of what is generally accepted to have been more than 3000 people under Obama.
Trump is a lot less polite and substantially more erratic but they all do it.
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2026-03-07 05:39:28 UTC

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/116186197588838371
The plan to rehabilitate Russia is well under way.
#note1962…edxj

2026-02-15 05:09:16 UTC

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There were over 3600 measles cases in the UK last year, up from 350 in 2023 and well above the ~ 500 cases per annum rate of the last 15 years or so.
This year is probably going to be worse.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-and-rubella-elimination-uk/uk-measles-and-rubella-elimination

2026-02-10 03:07:37 UTC

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The APF is worth browsing through whenever you take a trip into any of his books.
#gnuterrypratchett
https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html

2026-01-30 21:39:38 UTC

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I started with Pyramids and got hooked. If the flood of characters in books like Hogfather was putting you off the Pyramids has a tighter cast and is a much more self contained story.
Small Gods is also more or less a stand alone book and is in my opinion one of his very best.

2026-01-26 07:41:54 UTC

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Same. This is one of the major features of Mastodon for me.
It means I can collapse my feed in a way I mostly control so things I probably want to avoid permanently ( e.g US politics ) and stuff I just want to be able to control how much I see by default ( TV/movie spoilers , Sports results) show up just with my custom label that I need to click to expand before I see what’s behind it.
It’s not perfect but it absolutely improves the experience.

2025-07-24 21:58:18 UTC

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I’m seeing messages that indicate it’s back so phew I suppose.

2025-07-24 21:54:00 UTC

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If they use the network itself for some of the command and control traffic then this sort of outage could become really bad news very quickly.
It will be very interesting to see how this unfolds.

2025-06-29 20:28:04 UTC

Some of the other flowers and plants from the sand dunes today.
A very Fibonacci spiral form Thistle, a Blackberry flower, Sea Holly, and Sea Sandwort.
#bloomscrolling #waterford #ireland #biodiversity
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