Alan Day (Kilsally)
@kilsally.bsky.social
Unionist. Tech/Sci-Fi geek. C64, Amiga, Raspberry Pi,Linux. Video Analytics & CCTV. Ulster-Scots. Lived in West Germany, Essex, Scotland & Ulster.
Thatcher urged SAS member not to risk his life again after ambush of IRA unit www.belfasttelegraph...
October 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Thatcher urged SAS member not to risk his life again after ambush of IRA unit www.belfasttelegraph...
Drumcree: High prosecution rates for blocking roads show 'clear precedent' for Garvaghy Rd - DUP MLA www.newsletter.co.uk...
October 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Drumcree: High prosecution rates for blocking roads show 'clear precedent' for Garvaghy Rd - DUP MLA www.newsletter.co.uk...
Mural unveiled in memory of victims of October 7 attack in Israel www.newsletter.co.uk...
October 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Mural unveiled in memory of victims of October 7 attack in Israel www.newsletter.co.uk...
Don’t rejoin EU ‘psychodrama’, Ryanair boss warns Britain
Don’t rejoin EU ‘psychodrama’, Ryanair boss warns Britain
Michael O’Leary says Brexit was a ‘disaster’ and returning to the bloc risks years of uncertainty
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Don’t rejoin EU ‘psychodrama’, Ryanair boss warns Britain
Scots, Irish and Welsh turn on England in whiskey war
Scots, Irish and Welsh turn on England in whiskey war
Scotch association lodges appeal after rivals south of the border were granted protected status
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Scots, Irish and Welsh turn on England in whiskey war
Trump eyes Nord Stream deal with Putin
Trump eyes Nord Stream deal with Putin
White House envoy discusses gas pipeline investment with Kremlin official as key to restoring peace
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Trump eyes Nord Stream deal with Putin
Two Latvians arrested inside RAF base
Two Latvians arrested inside RAF base
Men arrested within perimeter of RAF Molesworth, the ‘crown jewel’ of Nato intelligence gathering, after police discover breach in fence
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Two Latvians arrested inside RAF base
Google, Unity Launch Platform To Create Video Games From Prompts - Slashdot
Google, Unity Launch Platform To Create Video Games From Prompts - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Alphabet's Google and gaming tools developer Unity Software announced a new platform that will allow people to create video games from simple text prompts, marking the latest incursion of generative artificial intelligence into artistic and creativ...
games.slashdot.org
October 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Google, Unity Launch Platform To Create Video Games From Prompts - Slashdot
OpenAI Unleashes Hundreds More Math Results Upon a Field Already In Shock - Slashdot
OpenAI Unleashes Hundreds More Math Results Upon a Field Already In Shock - Slashdot
OpenAI says an unreleased internal model has produced 372 results that either resolve or make substantial progress on open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science. The company says almost all were generated by a single AI agent from a single prompt. "This would be a striking differe...
science.slashdot.org
October 8, 2026 at 6:03 PM
OpenAI Unleashes Hundreds More Math Results Upon a Field Already In Shock - Slashdot
Chrome 155 Ships Decoding Support For JPEG XL - Slashdot
Chrome 155 Ships Decoding Support For JPEG XL - Slashdot
Google has released Chrome 155 with support for decoding JPEG XL images, a format that offers 30-50% better compression than JPEG along with lossless compression, JPEG transcoding, HDR, animation, and progressive decoding. From a blog post: We expect that JPEG XL is most helpful for high-fidelity o...
slashdot.org
October 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Chrome 155 Ships Decoding Support For JPEG XL - Slashdot
The lesson of the Russian plague unherd.com/2026/10/t...
October 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The lesson of the Russian plague unherd.com/2026/10/t...
Stormont MLA receives letter from police around Garvaghy protest www.newsletter.co.uk...
October 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Stormont MLA receives letter from police around Garvaghy protest www.newsletter.co.uk...
Patients are still paying the price of political failure on health reform in Northern Ireland - The Irish News view – The Irish News
Patients are still paying the price of political failure on health reform - The Irish News view
Prof Bengoa has shown remarkable patience with Northern Ireland’s politicians
www.irishnews.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Patients are still paying the price of political failure on health reform in Northern Ireland - The Irish News view – The Irish News
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents in Drumcree dispute | Northern Ireland | The Guardian
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents in Drumcree dispute
Actors and musicians sign open letter urging government to protect residents amid impasse over Orange Order parade
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents in Drumcree dispute | Northern Ireland | The Guardian
Agreement between Orange Order and residents the only solution – McEntee | Bournemouth Echo
Agreement between Orange Order and residents the only solution – McEntee
The Fine Gael minister said that ‘irrespective’ of the Court of Appeal judgment, both sides in the Drumcree parade row should come to an agreement.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Agreement between Orange Order and residents the only solution – McEntee | Bournemouth Echo
Drumcree: First Minister Michelle O'Neill to face no-confidence vote - BBC News
Drumcree: First Minister Michelle O'Neill to face no-confidence vote
The motion comes amid a major political row over a planned Orange Order march in Portadown.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Drumcree: First Minister Michelle O'Neill to face no-confidence vote - BBC News
Nationalist residents' groups from across Northern Ireland have warned that long-standing agreements on Orange Order parades could unravel if the institution continues to insist on parading along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
Nationalist groups warn parades agreements could unravel
Nationalist residents' groups from across Northern Ireland have warned that long-standing agreements on Orange Order parades could unravel.
www.rte.ie
October 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Nationalist residents' groups from across Northern Ireland have warned that long-standing agreements on Orange Order parades could unravel if the institution continues to insist on parading along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
Drumcree: Garvaghy Road dispute could lead to issues with marches in other areas, say residents - BBC News
Drumcree: Garvaghy Road dispute could lead to issues with marches in other areas, say residents
There have been 11 days of deadlock between Garvaghy Road residents and the local Orange Order over the proposed march in Portadown, County Armagh.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Drumcree: Garvaghy Road dispute could lead to issues with marches in other areas, say residents - BBC News
European AI flag bearer Mistral's new open weights model is 'Le Chonk'
European AI flag bearer Mistral's new open weights model is 'Le Chonk'
Oh lawd it is coming ... to Hugging Face later this month
www.theregister.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM
European AI flag bearer Mistral's new open weights model is 'Le Chonk'
Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative
Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative
Email and calendars move in-house in 2027, with European open source tools to follow
www.theregister.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative
"A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?"
A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?
Shared by Alan, a level 4 collaborator at Beehive
The lengthy campaigns to protect kids on social media offer some lessons for those looking to protect children using artificial intelligence
app.beehive.news
October 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?"
"Meta’s Muse personal AI creates a detailed file on everyone in your life, code shows"
Meta’s Muse personal AI creates a detailed file on everyone in your life, code shows
Shared by Alan, a level 4 collaborator at Beehive
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been keen to sell its artificial intelligence agent as a helpful friend – but that requires detailed data about people’s actual friends
app.beehive.news
October 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Meta’s Muse personal AI creates a detailed file on everyone in your life, code shows"
"Russia’s plague shouldn’t scare us – its secretive bioweapons should"
Russia’s plague shouldn’t scare us – its secretive bioweapons should
Shared by Alan, a level 4 collaborator at Beehive
The facts about the laboratory accident in Russia are scant. A lab technician at the Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Siberia is dead, 200 people have been quarantined, and the state security services are saying “nothing to see here, folks”.
app.beehive.news
October 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"Russia’s plague shouldn’t scare us – its secretive bioweapons should"