Fionn
@insomniwrench.bsky.social
📍Cork 🇮🇪
🎮 Gamer
🎬 TV/Movie enjoyer
📖 Occasional reader
🗳 Politcal enthusiast
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🎮 Gamer
🎬 TV/Movie enjoyer
📖 Occasional reader
🗳 Politcal enthusiast
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Stocks are running particularly low for O negative blood, with supplies expected to fall below three days by tomorrow
www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
Blood Transfusion Service issues urgent donor appeal
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal for people with RhD negative blood to donate, as stocks run particularly low for O negative blood.
www.rte.ie
October 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Stocks are running particularly low for O negative blood, with supplies expected to fall below three days by tomorrow
www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
Just got an ad that said "AI generated performers" at the bottom. I really hate this timeline.
October 4, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Just got an ad that said "AI generated performers" at the bottom. I really hate this timeline.
Oh fuck that lol. We need to bully them into keeping physical like we bullied them into not shutting down the PS3 store.
Sony announces they will stop producing physical discs for PlayStation from January 2028.
New video games will be released in digital formats only, through retailers and the PlayStation Store.
(blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...)
New video games will be released in digital formats only, through retailers and the PlayStation Store.
(blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...)
July 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Oh fuck that lol. We need to bully them into keeping physical like we bullied them into not shutting down the PS3 store.
All the game events this week, I didn't expect my favourite news to come from Xbox Showcase. #Spyro
Spyro: A Realm Beyond announced by Toys for Bob, coming to Xbox (Game Pass), PS5, Switch 2 and PC in Spring 2027
#Xbox #XboxShowcase
#Xbox #XboxShowcase
June 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM
All the game events this week, I didn't expect my favourite news to come from Xbox Showcase. #Spyro
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This makes me angry on so many levels. As a Dublin woman who avoided O'Connell St that week, as a queer librarian who's heard the impact on public librarians harassed by some of these men, but also we've seen in Belfast and over in Britain that arrested far right are majority domestic abusers.
Jesus Christ, this is fucking APPALLING. Sinn Fein have made their decision on the far right apparently, and it’s that they’re a great bunch of “lads”.
April 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This makes me angry on so many levels. As a Dublin woman who avoided O'Connell St that week, as a queer librarian who's heard the impact on public librarians harassed by some of these men, but also we've seen in Belfast and over in Britain that arrested far right are majority domestic abusers.
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"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF is Leaving X
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
www.eff.org
April 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
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This is not a trend I'm enjoying. #SpéirGhorm
Popeyes, the US fast food chain famous for its fried chicken, has announced that it will open two new restaurants in Ireland this year. jrnl.ie/6971971
US fried chicken chain Popeyes is opening two restaurants in Dublin this year
One outlet will open in spring, with the other coming in the summer.
jrnl.ie
March 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This is not a trend I'm enjoying. #SpéirGhorm
The best idea in this is one the Greens came up with while in government. And no mention of protecting/incentivising remote working, one of the best and quickest solutions they could do. #SpéirGhorm
March 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The best idea in this is one the Greens came up with while in government. And no mention of protecting/incentivising remote working, one of the best and quickest solutions they could do. #SpéirGhorm
Protecting remote working, incentivising companies to adopt/keep it, and a 4 day work week, are all long overdue at this stage. #SpéirGhorm
As housing, transport and climate pressures mount, the government's remote working policy is dragging the workforce backwards, writes Labour's George Lawlor
jrnl.ie/6948406
jrnl.ie/6948406
Stuck in the past: Ireland’s remote working policies are built for a world that doesn't exist
As housing, transport and climate pressures mount, Government remote working policy is dragging employees backwards, writes Labour’s George Lawlor.
jrnl.ie
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Protecting remote working, incentivising companies to adopt/keep it, and a 4 day work week, are all long overdue at this stage. #SpéirGhorm
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No. It should instead regulate provider and enforce existing laws around the generation of CSAM and image-based sexual abuse content.
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 PM
No. It should instead regulate provider and enforce existing laws around the generation of CSAM and image-based sexual abuse content.
This reads like the windfarm is being decommissioned but the actual story is they're being dismantled so better ones can be installed.
The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.
Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled
The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.
www.rte.ie
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This reads like the windfarm is being decommissioned but the actual story is they're being dismantled so better ones can be installed.
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This also applies to government officials and customer service. #SpéirGhorm
"But my people/fandom/special interest group are on X"
If your people are hanging out among the Nazis and the CSAM then fuck your people
If your people are hanging out among the Nazis and the CSAM then fuck your people
January 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This also applies to government officials and customer service. #SpéirGhorm
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The story this week is so important, in my view.
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The story this week is so important, in my view.
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
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This means that at least three ministers either don't know what the law is, including the media minister, or that they've lied publicly about it to protext X's business.
The relevant law allows for significant fines for companies, and for fines and up to 14 years in prison for directors or officers of companies that commit offences with their consent, connivance or neglect. There's no gap in the law here. X needs to be subject to criminal investigation.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This means that at least three ministers either don't know what the law is, including the media minister, or that they've lied publicly about it to protext X's business.
App stores threatened to remove Tumblr unless it cracked down on NSFW content.
X has a feature that let's people create CSA content and this is the response it's getting?
All government accounts should suspend X activity and the app should be banned in Ireland. #SpéirGhorm
X has a feature that let's people create CSA content and this is the response it's getting?
All government accounts should suspend X activity and the app should be banned in Ireland. #SpéirGhorm
Minister for Media Patrick O'Donovan has said X is not responsible for making child sexual abuse images, but that responsibility lies with the people who use the website to make the images.
He added that technology is moving too quickly for laws to keep pace.
jrnl.ie/6921190t
He added that technology is moving too quickly for laws to keep pace.
jrnl.ie/6921190t
X not responsible for child sexual abuse images, individual users are - Media Minister
The minister argued that technology is moving too fast for laws to keep pace.
jrnl.ie
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
App stores threatened to remove Tumblr unless it cracked down on NSFW content.
X has a feature that let's people create CSA content and this is the response it's getting?
All government accounts should suspend X activity and the app should be banned in Ireland. #SpéirGhorm
X has a feature that let's people create CSA content and this is the response it's getting?
All government accounts should suspend X activity and the app should be banned in Ireland. #SpéirGhorm
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Talk about taking the piss
€2.2m spent on non-Event Centre in Cork
€472,729 to project-management consultants AECOM in last year
But still to go out to tender when the 1st sod was turned in 2016 😃
#speirgorm
€2.2m spent on non-Event Centre in Cork
€472,729 to project-management consultants AECOM in last year
But still to go out to tender when the 1st sod was turned in 2016 😃
#speirgorm
January 7, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Talk about taking the piss
€2.2m spent on non-Event Centre in Cork
€472,729 to project-management consultants AECOM in last year
But still to go out to tender when the 1st sod was turned in 2016 😃
#speirgorm
€2.2m spent on non-Event Centre in Cork
€472,729 to project-management consultants AECOM in last year
But still to go out to tender when the 1st sod was turned in 2016 😃
#speirgorm
If a coffee shop isn't your vibe, this could be fun 🍺
Cork's only zero-alcohol pub is actually a great shout for a Dry January pint - Yay Cork
If coffee shops don't quite cut it, January could be a good time to check out Cork's only zero-alcohol pub.
www.yaycork.ie
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Well, that answers my question 🤦♂️ They've undone pretty much all the road safety measures started by the last government now.
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Well, that answers my question 🤦♂️ They've undone pretty much all the road safety measures started by the last government now.
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Road deaths are increasing. Do you think that's because pedestrians are becoming less visible or because drivers are becoming more reckless and irresponsible?
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Road deaths are increasing. Do you think that's because pedestrians are becoming less visible or because drivers are becoming more reckless and irresponsible?