Paul Commane
@pcommane.bsky.social
He/him. Former VMware Tech Support engineer,current Liebherr Container Cranes systems engineer. Transformers enthusiast, Star Citizen. I suffer from too many hobbies.
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Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it
October 2, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it
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We are thrilled to announce our new Mysterious Mansions bundle with The Incident at Galley House.
https://bit.ly/4yybMWr
https://bit.ly/4yybMWr
October 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We are thrilled to announce our new Mysterious Mansions bundle with The Incident at Galley House.
https://bit.ly/4yybMWr
https://bit.ly/4yybMWr
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20,000 secondary school teachers are starting industrial action next week because the government refuse to pay them properly but sure let’s spend €300m on training people to use the fraud machine that turns your brain to porridge
Higher Education Minister pushes for €300m to fund AI upskilling in budget talks www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Higher Education Minister pushes for €300m to fund AI upskilling in budget talks
Proposed €60m annual allocation over five years expected to come from National Training Fund €2bn surplus
www.independent.ie
September 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
20,000 secondary school teachers are starting industrial action next week because the government refuse to pay them properly but sure let’s spend €300m on training people to use the fraud machine that turns your brain to porridge
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Most TV is just this now.
September 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Most TV is just this now.
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Hey so in case you don't want to do the math, I've got you.
0.00006934%
That's how much 150000 is of Zuck's estimated between worth of 254.4 billion.
0.00006934%
That's how much 150000 is of Zuck's estimated between worth of 254.4 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg donates €150,000 to Waterford GAA clubs after buying castle in the area
Mark Zuckerberg donates €150,000 to Waterford GAA clubs after buying castle in the area
Meta founder and his wife Priscilla Chan bought Strancally Castle in August
www.irishtimes.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Hey so in case you don't want to do the math, I've got you.
0.00006934%
That's how much 150000 is of Zuck's estimated between worth of 254.4 billion.
0.00006934%
That's how much 150000 is of Zuck's estimated between worth of 254.4 billion.
I mean I could also give a euro to my local clubs over the course of 2 years and would have given away a significantly greater proportion of my wealth than Zuck has done here
September 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I mean I could also give a euro to my local clubs over the course of 2 years and would have given away a significantly greater proportion of my wealth than Zuck has done here
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I would urge people to recall, as we hear the government justify their choices in the coming budget, that long before the fuel protests, this govermment gave a massive and economically unjustifiable VAT cut to hospitality, which cost more than half of what an additional child benefit payment would
September 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I would urge people to recall, as we hear the government justify their choices in the coming budget, that long before the fuel protests, this govermment gave a massive and economically unjustifiable VAT cut to hospitality, which cost more than half of what an additional child benefit payment would
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If Anthropic would like to give me $12.6 billion in order to receive $4.6 billion back, I'd like to make it known that I have a gap in my schedule that could work well for both of us.
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
September 29, 2026 at 8:27 AM
If Anthropic would like to give me $12.6 billion in order to receive $4.6 billion back, I'd like to make it known that I have a gap in my schedule that could work well for both of us.
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I'll be at NYCC Booth 3560 next month, come get a really stupid sketch drawn badly by yours truly
September 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I'll be at NYCC Booth 3560 next month, come get a really stupid sketch drawn badly by yours truly
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Ireland will go the same way if the gov doesn't get a hold of the narrative that immigrants work, pay taxes and spend their money in the communities they live in.
They are allowing the conversation to be hijacked by a bunch of lumpen do-nothings who want everyone dragged down to their level
They are allowing the conversation to be hijacked by a bunch of lumpen do-nothings who want everyone dragged down to their level
Britain paying the price, in cash money, for indulging anti-immigration rhetoric and action.
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn.
Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all.
There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all.
There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
September 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Ireland will go the same way if the gov doesn't get a hold of the narrative that immigrants work, pay taxes and spend their money in the communities they live in.
They are allowing the conversation to be hijacked by a bunch of lumpen do-nothings who want everyone dragged down to their level
They are allowing the conversation to be hijacked by a bunch of lumpen do-nothings who want everyone dragged down to their level
Really can't be overstated how many more sex workers, queer folk and furries were visible on here and it's through their efforts the tech bros and crypto weirdos were driven off
Dear Bluesky Elders,
Tell us stories of the days when Bluesky was fun.
Tell us stories of the days when Bluesky was fun.
September 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Really can't be overstated how many more sex workers, queer folk and furries were visible on here and it's through their efforts the tech bros and crypto weirdos were driven off
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Bloody hell! Over €100k in 48 hours! Absolutely blown away.
This means that we've just unlocked an original soundtrack created by the amazing @sirutherford.com ! Can't wait to hear what Si cooks up
#ttrpg #horror
This means that we've just unlocked an original soundtrack created by the amazing @sirutherford.com ! Can't wait to hear what Si cooks up
#ttrpg #horror
September 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Bloody hell! Over €100k in 48 hours! Absolutely blown away.
This means that we've just unlocked an original soundtrack created by the amazing @sirutherford.com ! Can't wait to hear what Si cooks up
#ttrpg #horror
This means that we've just unlocked an original soundtrack created by the amazing @sirutherford.com ! Can't wait to hear what Si cooks up
#ttrpg #horror
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With respect, Abeba, if we don’t allow big tech to consume all of our resources and dominate our economic model, how are we supposed to pay-off voters with “budget goodies” so as to distract them from the slow decline of social cohesion?
this is absurd. the Irish government has consistently shown it favours big tech over ordinary citizens
Government shamefully votes down our proposal for a €500 energy credit for every household paid for by a levy on energy usage of data centres.
This 20c per kWh levy would just mean data centres paying the same as ordinary households.
But that's too much for this government!
This 20c per kWh levy would just mean data centres paying the same as ordinary households.
But that's too much for this government!
September 23, 2026 at 9:17 PM
With respect, Abeba, if we don’t allow big tech to consume all of our resources and dominate our economic model, how are we supposed to pay-off voters with “budget goodies” so as to distract them from the slow decline of social cohesion?
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this is absurd. the Irish government has consistently shown it favours big tech over ordinary citizens
Government shamefully votes down our proposal for a €500 energy credit for every household paid for by a levy on energy usage of data centres.
This 20c per kWh levy would just mean data centres paying the same as ordinary households.
But that's too much for this government!
This 20c per kWh levy would just mean data centres paying the same as ordinary households.
But that's too much for this government!
September 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
this is absurd. the Irish government has consistently shown it favours big tech over ordinary citizens
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I'm telling you guys, you gotta put killcodes in the games you make now and hold them hostage. Day 0 patch set to automatically apply and delete everything if you aren't there to manually pause it. Go full Pandora Tomorrow. Your bosses don't know anything about coding, they can't fix it!
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold
The Gears dev had been at the Coalition since 2022 and was excited for people to play the game
kotaku.com
September 23, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I'm telling you guys, you gotta put killcodes in the games you make now and hold them hostage. Day 0 patch set to automatically apply and delete everything if you aren't there to manually pause it. Go full Pandora Tomorrow. Your bosses don't know anything about coding, they can't fix it!
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Educate Together CEO Dr Emer Nowlan has signed a joint letter calling for more funding for primary schools 📚 We're asking for the capitation grant to increase to €300 per pupil in #Budget2027 #EducateTogether
Read the RTÉ article here: www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
Read the RTÉ article here: www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
September 22, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Educate Together CEO Dr Emer Nowlan has signed a joint letter calling for more funding for primary schools 📚 We're asking for the capitation grant to increase to €300 per pupil in #Budget2027 #EducateTogether
Read the RTÉ article here: www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
Read the RTÉ article here: www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
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Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
September 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Oh boy I've not participated in one of these in a hot minute, thank you for hosting!
I'm Scorp, I'm a concept artist and I specialise in ✨spaceships ✨
I'm Scorp, I'm a concept artist and I specialise in ✨spaceships ✨
September 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Oh boy I've not participated in one of these in a hot minute, thank you for hosting!
I'm Scorp, I'm a concept artist and I specialise in ✨spaceships ✨
I'm Scorp, I'm a concept artist and I specialise in ✨spaceships ✨
Greetings from Trazyn the Infinite, Archaeovist of the Solemnace Galleries. Please accept, on loan, this tesseract labyrinth containing a wonderful specimen of Late Cretaceous megafauna. Do be careful, the release glyphs are a tad sensitive to melodic droning, but I'm sure you'll manage
Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
September 18, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Greetings from Trazyn the Infinite, Archaeovist of the Solemnace Galleries. Please accept, on loan, this tesseract labyrinth containing a wonderful specimen of Late Cretaceous megafauna. Do be careful, the release glyphs are a tad sensitive to melodic droning, but I'm sure you'll manage
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A really good way to deal with this would be to invest heavily in public transport, way more buses and trains, and give free/discounted fares.
*Gets passed a note*
THEY DID WHAT?!"
*Gets passed a note*
THEY DID WHAT?!"
Pressure is mounting on the government to do more to ease the prices at the pumps for motorists, with petrol and diesel now exceeding the €2 mark jrnl.ie/7165540
Pressure mounts on government as prices at the pumps exceed €2 per litre for petrol and diesel
The government has been accused of “raking in” additional VAT receipts while motorists are being hit with sky-high fuel prices.
jrnl.ie
September 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
A really good way to deal with this would be to invest heavily in public transport, way more buses and trains, and give free/discounted fares.
*Gets passed a note*
THEY DID WHAT?!"
*Gets passed a note*
THEY DID WHAT?!"
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This is IT! I've had enough! SC IS PAY TO WIN NOW!!! Ignore all of the capital ships, the high damaging combat ships, the late-game industrial ships; it's the ITKI that's pay to win. Ya know, the thing almost no one uses because while fun, it sucks.
People are insane lol
#StarCitizen
People are insane lol
#StarCitizen
September 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
This is IT! I've had enough! SC IS PAY TO WIN NOW!!! Ignore all of the capital ships, the high damaging combat ships, the late-game industrial ships; it's the ITKI that's pay to win. Ya know, the thing almost no one uses because while fun, it sucks.
People are insane lol
#StarCitizen
People are insane lol
#StarCitizen
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Absolutely fuck this from a great height. It was only a few months ago they had all the money in the world to throw at motorists and farmers
Falling revenue and rising costs have created a deficit of more than €800m in funding for public transport services, an Oireachtas committee has heard
Fare hikes needed due to cost of expanding services - NTA
Falling revenue and rising costs have created a deficit of more than €800m in funding for public transport services, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
www.rte.ie
September 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Absolutely fuck this from a great height. It was only a few months ago they had all the money in the world to throw at motorists and farmers
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