# dunbar (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dunbar. Page: Feed: --- ## [‘Peace at last’: The 1994 Loyalist ceasefires](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/peace-at-last-the-1994-loyalist-ceasefires/a/160162534.html) _2026-08-20 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ On the 13 October 1994, six weeks after the IRA announced a ‘complete cessation’, the Loyalist paramilitary groups declared their ceasefires. The UVF’s Gusty Spence announced loyalist violence was over, in a step that is seen as one of the vital steps towards a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by former PUP leader Billy Hutchinson, Historian Aaron Edwards, and journalists… ## [Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/tell-me-what-is-it-you-plan-to-do-fbf) _2026-08-20 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Mary Oliver - The Summer Day ## [Jon Burrows and the UUP in a fix as Mike Nesbitt resigns](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/jon-burrows-and-the-uup-in-a-fix-as-mike-nesbitt-resigns/a/160248171.html) _2026-08-19 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ The UUP’s Mike Nesbitt has resigned as health minister – with a stinging public resignation letter aimed at his UUP leader Jon BurrowsThe row is over retaining emergency general surgery at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine. The Northern Trust had recommended its closure, despite widespread local opposition.Jon Burrows told a public meeting in Coleraine that he wouldn’t support any closure –… ## [‘It’s Over’: The 1994 IRA ‘ceasefire’](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/its-over-the-1994-ira-ceasefire/a/160162875.html) _2026-08-18 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ After 25 years of what it termed ‘Armed Struggle’ and the ‘Long War’ , the Provisional IRA called a “complete cessation of military operations” on 31st August 1994. By that stage, the organisation was responsible for the deaths of 1,700 people. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Journalists Brian Rowan and Allison Morris, Former Belfast Telegraph Editor Ed Curran and historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh.… ## [Mown meadows skirt the standing wheat; I linger, for the hay is sweet, New-cut and curing in the sun. Like furrows, straight, the windrows run,](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/mown-meadows-skirt-the-standing-wheat) _2026-08-18 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Sophie Jewett - In Harvest ## ['Almost a third of us are economically inactive': Does Northern Ireland need more workers?](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/almost-a-third-of-us-are-economically-inactive-does-northern-ireland-need-more-workers/a/160124355.html) _2026-08-18 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ As chief executive of Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce, Suzanne Wylie is a woman at the top of her game, having grown the chamber into one of the best performing chambers in the UK with a strategic focus on skills, infrastructure, and trade. Under her leadership, it won British Chambers of Commerce Chamber of the Year 2024, and she remains passionate about helping Northern Ireland’s businesses… ## [Families search for truth over 1983 south Armagh murders](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/families-search-for-truth-over-1983-south-armagh-murders/a/160030157.html) _2026-08-17 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ Paddy Mackin and Eamon MacMahon’s bodies were found on the morning of the 13th of July, 1983. They both had been blasted with a shotgun as close range. The murders of the 34 year olds were first blamed on INLA leaders Dominic and Mary McGlinchey. But their families don’t believe that – they believe “other republicans” were involved. They claim that an informer recruited by Captain Robert Nairac… ## [Then a flash of sun on a waiting hill, Streams laugh that erst were quiet, The sky smiles down with a dazzling blue And the woods run mad with riot.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/then-a-flash-of-sun-on-a-waiting) _2026-08-15 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Paul Lawrence Dunbar - ## [Culture war rages in the wake of Prof Jason Arday resignation](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/culture-war-rages-in-the-wake-of-prof-jason-arday-resignation/a/159989316.html) _2026-08-14 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ UPDATE: Professor Jason Arday was found deceased in London on Friday afternoon. He was found at an address in Battersea and pronounced dead at the scene. At 37, Jason Arday became the University of Cambridge’s youngest black professor. But he found himself at the center of a plagiarism accusations which cast a shadow over his career – and thrust him into the international limelight. Parts of his… ## [Fleadh Cheoil hailed as an enormous success for Belfast](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/fleadh-cheoil-hailed-as-an-enormous-success-for-belfast/a/159903390.html) _2026-08-12 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann took over Belfast City Centre for over a week drawing huge crowds. The all-Ireland traditional Irish music competition and festival has been near universally hailed as an enormous success. It has been cited as having made a massive cultural, social, and economic impact on the city. How much money was made? What impact will it have on the Fleadh, and can any lessons be… ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZKmz8P8Hom3N) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [The Dogs present - If Dogs Run Free - a Bob Dylan interpretive event](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/the-dogs-present-if-dogs-run-free) _2026-08-11 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ If dogs run free, then why not we Across the swooping plain?If Dogs Run Free - Bob Dylan My ears hear a symphony Of two mules, trains and rain The best is always yet to come That's what they explain to me Just do your thing, you'll be king If dogs run free ## [Silence and a deeper silence when the crickets hesitate](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/silence-and-a-deeper-silence-when) _2026-08-10 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Leonard Cohen - Summer Haiku ## [Leopard Skin Pill Box - Barncat does Dylan](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/leopard-skin-pill-box-barncat-does) _2026-08-09 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ An Interpretive Event by Barncat ## [The mist has left the greening plain,/ The dew-drops shine like fairy rain,/ The coquette rose awakes again/ Her lovely self adorning.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/the-mist-has-left-the-greening-plain) _2026-08-07 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Paul Lawrence Dunbar - "Morning" ## [Come away, O human child!/ To the waters and the wild/ With a faery, hand in hand/ For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/come-away-o-human-child-to-the-waters) _2026-08-06 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ W.B. Years - The Stolen Child ## [Belfast’s first Night Czar on Troubles nightlife, Hollywood A-Listers in Belfast, and why he almost left NI for good](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/belfasts-first-night-czar-on-troubles-nightlife-hollywood-a-listers-in-belfast-and-why-he-almost-left-ni-for-good/a/159386230.html) _2026-08-03 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ Belfast’s first Night Czar, Michael Stewart, reflects on 40 years in hospitality—from managing Bob Cratchit’s in 1987 amid the Troubles to helping shape the city’s post-peace nightlife through venues like The Fly, The Apartment, and The Northern Whig. He joins Cathy to talk about his pivotal early career choice not to join the Hong Kong Police, one Hollywood A-Lister’s visit to Belfast, and his… ## [What if you painted a picture of a tree, and the leaves began to rustle, and a bird cheerfully sang from its painted branches?](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/what-if-you-painted-a-picture-of) _2026-08-02 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Mary Oliver - " How Would You Live Then?" ## [I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good /And beautiful and kind?](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/i-am-so-tired-of-waiting-arent-you) _2026-08-01 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Langston Hughed - Tired ## [Always in unison, they are the rapt voice of silence, so singleminded I cannot tell if the sound is rich or thin,](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/always-in-unison-they-are-the-rapt) _2026-07-30 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Lisel Mueller " Cicadas" ## [Busting the biggest mortgage myths: Do you really need a massive deposit?](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/busting-the-biggest-mortgage-myths-do-you-really-need-a-massive-deposit/a/159255111.html) _2026-07-28 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make—but thanks to social media, online forums and well-meaning advice from friends and family, it can also feel like one of the most confusing. Do you really need a 20% deposit? Is one missed payment enough to ruin your chances? Should you wait for interest rates to fall before buying? Cathy is joined by Ann Marie Rollo, Mortgage… ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IQ3KNQyGG80w) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Doctor, you say there are no haloes around the streetlights in Paris and what I see is an aberration caused by old age, an affliction.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/doctor-you-say-there-are-no-haloes) _2026-07-26 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Lisel Mueller - Monet Refuses The Operation ## [The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green, and shed her richest perfumes abroad. It was the prime and vigour of the year, and all things were glad and flourishing.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/the-earth-had-donned-her-mantle-of-c98) _2026-07-23 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ ~Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1838 ## [The Moon is a Madness, A Madness of mine. I made her of mustard And mulberry wine.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/the-moon-is-a-madness-a-madness-of) _2026-07-19 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Walt Kelly -Lines Upon a Lunar Tune Arune ## [I was walking by. He was sitting there. It was full morning, so the heat was heavy on his sand-colored head and his webbed feet. I squatted beside him, at the edge of the path. He didn't move,](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/i-was-walking-by-he-was-sitting-there) _2026-07-16 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Mary Oliver - Toad ## [The oriole sings in the greening grove/ As if he were half-way waiting,/ The rosebuds peep from their hoods of green, Timid and hesitating.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/the-oriole-sings-in-the-greening) _2026-07-11 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Paul Lawrence Dunbar - Summer in the South" ## [The dandelion is there by the sidewalk, smiling its wondrous smile, singing the song of eternity. Lo! You have ears capable of hearing it. Bow your head. Listen to her.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/the-dandelion-is-there-by-the-sidewalk) _2026-07-07 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Thich Nhat Hanh "The Good News " ## [Woman claims Jeffrey Donaldson sexually assaulted her in Westminster DUP offices](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/woman-claims-jeffrey-donaldson-sexually-assaulted-her-in-westminster-dup-offices/a/158406936.html) _2026-07-07 · Belfast Telegraph - Podcasts_ Jeffrey Donaldson looks set to be investigated again after a further allegation of sexual assault on a woman in the DUP offices at Westminster. The young woman at the heart of the allegations says that the former DUP leader tried to get her to drink vodka shots in his office, that she refused to do, before he allegedly tried to kiss her on the mouth and put his hand up her skirt.The DUP has… ## [From the balcony, you can’t see the wild ginger. Below the steps, it’s just a wild riot of green. Stand still here and look. It’s as lovely as the First bloom of morning clouds that dye the palace red](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/from-the-balcony-you-cant-see-the) _2026-07-02 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Xue Tao (c.768-832). Gold-Lantern Blossoms ## [Oh, summer has clothed the earth In a cloak from the loom of the sun! And a mantle, too, of the skies' soft blue, And a belt where the rivers run.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/oh-summer-has-clothed-the-earth-in-125) _2026-06-29 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Paul Lawrence Dunbar "In Summer" ## [I’ve sent my empty pot again/ To beg another slip; The last you gave, I’m grieved to tell /December’s frost did nip.](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/ive-sent-my-empty-pot-again-to-beg) _2026-06-28 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Christian Milne "Sent with a Flower-Pot Begging a Slip of Geranium" ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ITU2kZVxNvTS) _2026-06-28 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Blue July, bright July, Month of storms and gorgeous blue; Violet lightnings o'er thy sky, Heavy falls of drenching dew;](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/blue-july-bright-july-month-of-storms) _2026-06-26 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ George Meredith - "July" ## [Then summer came, announced by June, With beauty, miracle and mirth. She hung aloft the rounding moon, She poured her sunshine on the earth,](https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/then-summer-came-announced-by-june) _2026-06-21 · Worriedman · Worriedman’s Substack_ Leslie Pinckney Hill - "Summer Magic" ## [Matrices of Boolean Nets](https://johnhearn.github.io/posts/2024-12-17-boolean-matrices/) _2024-12-17 · John Hearn_ When studying the boolean networks on the last post I wondered what the state update rule would look like as a matrix. These things can always be represented by matrices . Working out how to do it led to some nice links to quantum computing and category theory. A few things led me to the way to construct the boolean net matrices. I knew that representation theory says it should be so but that… ## [Kauffmann’s Basic Gene Nets](https://johnhearn.github.io/posts/2024-12-05-kauffman-networks/) _2024-12-05 · John Hearn_ Stuart Kauffman’s 1969 paper Metabolic Stability and Epigenesis in Randomly Constructed Genetic Nets introduced a simple model of gene interaction which seemed to capture certain characteristics of real biological systems. It was a precursor for later work on NK-models and cellular automata . They have come up recently in different forms such as Stephen Wolfram’s work on biological computability 1… ## [Christopher Alexander and Network Theory](https://johnhearn.github.io/posts/2024-11-16-christopher-alexander-network-theory/) _2024-11-16 · John Hearn_ The aim of this article is not to give a complete picture of 60 years of his work. I suggest you read his books for that. Rather it is to explain just enough to see the arc and place it in context. In his early work, “ Notes on the Synthesis of Form (1964) ” (abbreviated in the following as NotSoF ), Christopher Alexander explored a mathematical, network-based approach to design. He conceptualised… ## [Predictability and batch size](https://johnhearn.github.io/posts/2024-09-29-predictability-and-batch-size/) _2024-09-28 · John Hearn_ Some results from a little Monte Carlo simulation of delivery times posted on LinkedIn showed that predictability decreases with larger batch sizes . A little maths shows clearly why this is the case. The model The post compared a team delivering one work item per day with a team delivering 5 work items together every 5 days. The teams have a batch size of 1 and 5 respectively. In this situation… ## [Dunbar’s number deconstructed (again)](https://johnhearn.github.io/posts/2024-09-17-dunbars-number-deconstructed-again/) _2024-09-17 · John Hearn_ Last week I was looking at how Dunbar arrived at his famous number and learnt a lot about the effects of different types of linear regression and the limits of their predictive power. I concluded that, while the science was good, the wide error margin in the linear regression over log transformed data means that we need to apply a good deal of caution about arriving at any specific number. The… ## [Investigating Dunbar’s number](https://johnhearn.github.io/posts/2024-09-10-dunbars-number-good-science-within-limits/) _2024-09-10 · John Hearn_ In a seminal paper 1 from 1992, Robin Dunbar extrapolated from the brain measurements of different animal species and their typical social group sizes, to make a now famous prediction about human social group size. His analysis led him to what has become known as Dunbar’s number , 150, which has had multiple applications in different organisational contexts. 1 Dunbar, R. I. M. ‘Neocortex Size as a…