Eoin Licken

Eoin Licken

@wiredgoose.bsky.social

Commercial techie, or techie business principal, take your pick. Either way Irish, living in the French Alps. Views my own on current affairs, democracy (duh), technology, mountain biking, working and living in France.

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Eoin Licken
@wiredgoose.bsky.social

Happy to be quoted in this thought-provoking article on the good and bad of tracking people, I hope my wonderfully sharp and independent 93-year-old mother doesn't mind being mentioned. Glad I never tracked our kids, whom I believe benefited from growing up without that level of parental intrusion.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com

Location tracking: ‘I can easily see where 80% of the people I know currently are’

irishtimes.comLocation tracking: ‘I can easily see where 80% of the people I know currently are’We live in a world of surveillance. Our phones, our apps, security cameras and doorbells can track us. Does this enable or inhibit people’s development?
Eoin Licken
@wiredgoose.bsky.social

Hearing climate change in the Alps: cicadas have arrived at St Martin d'Uriage, 600m altitude. We've been tracking this sound coming up the valley from Grenoble over the past 4 Summers, this week they arrived chez nous with the third heatwave of 2026. Feels like the South, sounds like the South.

Eoin Licken
@wiredgoose.bsky.social

More pertinent today than 400 years ago.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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AFP News Agency
@en.afp.com

Iranian security forces on Friday "violently" arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said ➡️ u.afp.com/S727

Eoin Licken
@wiredgoose.bsky.social

Another goal hit yesterday, hiked up the unfortunately named Grand Colon, 2,394m Hot sunshine, forest and open alpage, with rocky stretches and snow patches at the top. Can't believe we've been looking at this mountain for 23 years and only climbed it now. It's a nicer ⛰️than its name suggests 😀

Eoin Licken
@wiredgoose.bsky.social

Nice thread summarising Draghi's ~400-page report

Sander Tordoir@sandertordoir.bsky.social

Draghi’s strategic economic growth agenda for the EU does not disappoint. It channels aspects of the thinking of Jean Monnet (EU defense integration), Jacques Delors (EU single market) and Bidenomics (cleantech / economic security). But above all, Draghi’s own vision. My initial observations🧵

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The Conversation U.S.
@us.theconversation.com

Fresh water flowing into the North Atlantic from melting glaciers is slowing down the Gulf Stream and other currents. At some unknown point, it will hit a tipping point that will cause dire global climate disruption. Details of new research: theconversation.com/atlantic-oce... 🌎🧪

theconversation.comAtlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study showsScientists now have a better understanding of the risks ahead and a new early warning signal to watch for.

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