Notices by Joan of Contention 😷 (clickhere@mastodon.ie), page 2

Paging Doonbeg:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/jeffrey-epstein-memorial-plaque-appears-35879910

h/t @JackTheCat

#MastoDaoine #Doonbeg #Clare

@selzero I'm glad I read this on social media.

Oh FFS.

"This decision undermines software freedom principles that have defined Android's open ecosystem since its inception. Privacy-focused users who specifically avoid Google services now face forced participation in Google's verification infrastructure."

EU Age Verification App sparks ban on non-Google licensed Android apps:

https://www.talkandroid.com/512861-eu-age-verification-app-google/

How on earth can @EUCommission possibly justify this in any way?

#OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #FLOSS #Interoperability

IT'S HAPPENING. Parliament Street seating planters are going *in*! 🥳

Meanwhile, scabby cycle parking is being taken *out*.

#Dublin #ParliamentSt #MastoDaoine

Cyclers of Dublin (#rothar)! FYI: registration will soon be opening for the Dublin to Belfast Cycle for Palestine, in aid of Gaza Sunbirds - taking place on 16 and 17 August 2025.

https://gazasunbirds.org/

Cycle all or part of it, you decide.
Save the date and watch this space.

🇵🇸 🚲 🇮🇪

@palestine

#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #GazaSunbirds #ParaCycling #MastoDaoine #Dublin #Belfast #BikeTooter

More information about this Dublin to Belfast event is available on the Cycle for Palestine Ireland website:

https://cycleforpalestineireland.com/national-events

DAY 1: Sat 16 August 2025 Dublin to South Armagh

DAY2: Sun 17 August 2025 South Armagh to Belfast

cc @palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #CycleForPalestine #Rothar #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine

⚡ REGISTRATION IS OPEN ⚡ Lapwing & Sunbird Solidarity Cycle

🚲 Dublin to Belfast Cycle for Palestine - in aid of Gaza Sunbirds: https://gazasunbirds.org/

Registration link: https://eventmaster.ie/event/LdvWSp3H76

Fees apply - reduced fees are available for unemployed, senior citizen, etc. (These may still be a bit steep, so maybe contact the organisers directly to see if you can be accommodated.)

🇮🇪 ❤️ 🇵🇸

@palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #CycleForPalestine #Rothar #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine

An online shop for the Dublin to Belfast Cycle for Palestine has opened!

Shop link: https://cycleforpalestineireland.com/shop

Might be of interest to those who aren't in a position to join all or part of the cycle on 16-17 August, but can support financially.

Proceeds are in aid of Gaza Sunbirds: https://gazasunbirds.org/

🇮🇪 ❤️ 🇵🇸

@palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #CycleForPalestine #Rothar #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine #Dublin #Belfast

So tell me cycling people of these parts: is there an open source cycling tracker-type tool anywhere (an alternative to the likes of Strava, MapMyRun, etc.?).

I know Open Street Map exists, but don't know if it's something you can use in these cases? (Need involvement a device's accelerometer, GPS, etc.)

Also paging followers of #Rothar and #BikeTooter.

🚲

#Cycling #CyclingIreland #BikePacking #BikeTouring #UltraCycling

I absolutely love, LOVE that a post *about a rock* has gone viral here. You won't get that on selfie-addled, clout-chasing closed proprietary platforms. No siree.

Kudos, @CiaraNi! 👏🏼👏🏼

https://mastodon.green/@CiaraNi/114861482768461950

#MastoDaoine #rocks

🎵Hello, lamppost, what'cha knowin'?
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't'cha got no rhymes for me?
Doot-in doo-doo, feelin' gravy
Ba da da da da da da, feelin' gravy 🎵

#gravy

@Ciaraioch Oh my god. That is stunning.

It's absolutely awful news from Morocco. 820 people are now believed to have been killed in last night's earthquake.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66759069

#Marocco #earthquake

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said that all Irish citizens in the affected areas should “follow safety instructions from local authorities and monitor local media”.

They added: “If urgent, the Embassy of Ireland in Rabat, Morocco can be contacted in-country on +212 6 66 933 599.”

Any family members in Ireland concerned about people in Morocco can contact the Department at 01-4082000.

https://www.thejournal.ie/earthquake-morocco-6164301-Sep2023/

#Morocco #earthquake

Grab a cuppa and settle in for this in-depth, myth-busting long-read on the attempt at whipping up moral panic in Ireland over trans people - an excellent article (with a terrible headline) by Stephen McDermott in The Journal.

https://www.thejournal.ie/transgender-misinformation-spread-ireland-factcheck-6098952-Aug2023/

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransDub #TheJournal #MastoDaoine

⚡️ALL OUT ON 16 SEPT⚡️ - in solidarity with our trans, intersex & nb siblings

There are plans for a TERF "Let Women Speak" event in #Dublin on that date, led by Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker)

This is the same person who last year was supported by neo-Nazis in Australia, run out of New Zealand, and who cancelled her tour date in Dublin

And so, we go again. Save the date. Details TBC. TERFs OUT.

#DubTrans #TERFsOut #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Solidarity #Ireland #MastoDaoine

🚨 THE DETAILS 🚨

Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin rally against transphobia & the far right:

🗓️ 16 Sept 2023 @ 12 noon
📍 Meet @ the Dáil
- then march to the location of KJK/PP's event.

Bring your flags, banners, horns, megaphones, signs and drums to drown this anti-trans and far right event out!

MAKE SOME NOISE!
NO PASARÁN! ✊🏽

"With an emboldened far right growing in Ireland, we call on everyone to show fascists & their sympathisers aren’t welcome here!"

#DubTrans #MastoDaoine #Solidarity

Yes, #WhatsApp is down.

(Your wifi / phone signal is not the problem.)

#MastoDaoine

While we're talking about #WhatsApp, be sure to use something like Signal app or Threema instead, and delete WhatsApp.

https://signal.org/

https://threema.ch/en

#MastoDaoine

@padraig Aha, thank you! Okay, I'll try re-loading notifications next time I see it, and see if what happens.

Much appreciated!