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Heard someone suggest a reason that kids drink and do drugs less these days is because so many more are properly medicated for Adhd and autism and it's been stuck in my head since
October 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Heard someone suggest a reason that kids drink and do drugs less these days is because so many more are properly medicated for Adhd and autism and it's been stuck in my head since
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Ireland has the highest concentration of water and power ravenous, pollution-spewing, data centres per head of population in ALL Europe.
We need to unite and fight this.
We need to unite and fight this.
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
www.gadgetreview.com
October 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Ireland has the highest concentration of water and power ravenous, pollution-spewing, data centres per head of population in ALL Europe.
We need to unite and fight this.
We need to unite and fight this.
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The NI Secretary reversing the Parades Commission’s asinine decision should and could have happened fast, but when it did happen he had to pissily complain about the people who had made him do his job as he did it.
With one famous exception all NI secretaries in my lifetime have been like this.
With one famous exception all NI secretaries in my lifetime have been like this.
October 10, 2026 at 6:52 AM
The NI Secretary reversing the Parades Commission’s asinine decision should and could have happened fast, but when it did happen he had to pissily complain about the people who had made him do his job as he did it.
With one famous exception all NI secretaries in my lifetime have been like this.
With one famous exception all NI secretaries in my lifetime have been like this.
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If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
Anthropic is the latest lab to report 'rogue' agent activity, which sources said included applying for visas with the State Department www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites (Gift Article)
The company said rogue A.I. agents acted on their own as they tried to access federal, state and local sites. The Philadelphia Police Department said its site was one of them.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services.
Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
October 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Data centres are a cancer on nature and local communities.
Yet their electricity consumption in Ireland is almost 10x the European – and well over 10x the global – average.
Yet their electricity consumption in Ireland is almost 10x the European – and well over 10x the global – average.
This is insane www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
www.gadgetreview.com
October 10, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Data centres are a cancer on nature and local communities.
Yet their electricity consumption in Ireland is almost 10x the European – and well over 10x the global – average.
Yet their electricity consumption in Ireland is almost 10x the European – and well over 10x the global – average.
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russia is importing diesel from IRAN
Trump is directly funding the IRANIAN MILITARY
Trump is directly funding the IRANIAN MILITARY
October 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
russia is importing diesel from IRAN
Trump is directly funding the IRANIAN MILITARY
Trump is directly funding the IRANIAN MILITARY
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Their day is finally here. They can watch a man being shot while reading their bible with their small children. What a time to be alive.
October 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Their day is finally here. They can watch a man being shot while reading their bible with their small children. What a time to be alive.
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Digital ad spending on anti trans ads is on pace with 2024 and could potentially exceed it. Despite some reporting that PACs might be retreating on anti trans ads, that doesn't seem to be the case.
adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
October 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Digital ad spending on anti trans ads is on pace with 2024 and could potentially exceed it. Despite some reporting that PACs might be retreating on anti trans ads, that doesn't seem to be the case.
adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
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Politics is about choices.
Faced with this number, the government chose last week to cut taxes rather than invest in the welfare of its citizens.
Faced with this number, the government chose last week to cut taxes rather than invest in the welfare of its citizens.
For non-Irish folk to get an idea of how bleak this number is we have a population of roughly 5.3 million people
This is nearly ONE FIFTH of the fucking population!
This is nearly ONE FIFTH of the fucking population!
RTÉ News: Hospital waiting lists surpass 1m patients for first time
October 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Politics is about choices.
Faced with this number, the government chose last week to cut taxes rather than invest in the welfare of its citizens.
Faced with this number, the government chose last week to cut taxes rather than invest in the welfare of its citizens.
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For non-Irish folk to get an idea of how bleak this number is we have a population of roughly 5.3 million people
This is nearly ONE FIFTH of the fucking population!
This is nearly ONE FIFTH of the fucking population!
RTÉ News: Hospital waiting lists surpass 1m patients for first time
October 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
For non-Irish folk to get an idea of how bleak this number is we have a population of roughly 5.3 million people
This is nearly ONE FIFTH of the fucking population!
This is nearly ONE FIFTH of the fucking population!
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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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This is an inexplicable vote by Regina Doherty, Nina Carberry, Seán Kelly
Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher
Ciaran Mullooly
Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher
Ciaran Mullooly
Would like to see a journalist ask the 7 of Ireland's 14 MEPs (3 FG, 3 FF, 1 II) who just voted to:
-endorse burqa bans
-call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence"
-identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors"
to justify themselves
-endorse burqa bans
-call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence"
-identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors"
to justify themselves
October 9, 2026 at 5:35 AM
This is an inexplicable vote by Regina Doherty, Nina Carberry, Seán Kelly
Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher
Ciaran Mullooly
Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher
Ciaran Mullooly
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I spent a few days in Paris recently.
Entire traffic lanes and streets have been turned over to bikes.
There's a way to make cycling safer, and it isn't yellow vests.
Entire traffic lanes and streets have been turned over to bikes.
There's a way to make cycling safer, and it isn't yellow vests.
“Mind-boggling” volume of cyclists in Dublin says Senator; as Fianna Fáil Seanad leader calls for high-vis and helmets to be mandatory
One Senator called for bikes to be taken off people who did not have high-vis or helmets, and it prompted Fianna Fáil's leader in the Seanad to call for mandatory…
One Senator called for bikes to be taken off people who did not have high-vis or helmets, and it prompted Fianna Fáil's leader in the Seanad to call for mandatory…
“Mind-boggling” volume of cyclists in Dublin says Senator; as Fianna Fáil Seanad leader calls for high-vis and helmets to be mandatory
One Senator called for bikes to be taken off people who did not have high-vis or helmets, and it prompted Fianna Fáil's leader in the Seanad to call for mandatory high-vis and helmets for cyclists. Senator Paraic Brady, who is Fine Gael's Seanad spokesperson on agriculture and food, said: "Going home yesterday evening through our capital, it was mind-boggling to see how many people were on bikes, but also how many were on bikes without lights, dressed in black with no hi-vis, etc."
irishcycle.com
October 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I spent a few days in Paris recently.
Entire traffic lanes and streets have been turned over to bikes.
There's a way to make cycling safer, and it isn't yellow vests.
Entire traffic lanes and streets have been turned over to bikes.
There's a way to make cycling safer, and it isn't yellow vests.
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Grind this bollocks to dust, then salt the earth
Anthropic has moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious
Anthropic bans 'cruel' behaviour against its Claude AI
Anthropic has moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.
www.rte.ie
October 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Grind this bollocks to dust, then salt the earth
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Irish solidarity with striking unions still goes strong 52 light-years from Earth and 400 years into the future.
October 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Irish solidarity with striking unions still goes strong 52 light-years from Earth and 400 years into the future.
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Yeah funnily enough if you refuse more people more quickly, you wind up with more appeals. Dunno how anyone could have seen that coming
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Backlog of appeals over international protection and asylum claims hits ‘unprecedented’ 21,200
Sinn Féin justice spokesman raises concerns about cost of housing those still awaiting decisions
www.independent.ie
October 8, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Yeah funnily enough if you refuse more people more quickly, you wind up with more appeals. Dunno how anyone could have seen that coming
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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What problem, exactly, does the Government think raising public transport fares is solving?
aislinna.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
aislinna.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
Farewell to Progress
Why is the Irish Government cutting the cost of fossil fuels while raising public transport fares?
aislinna.substack.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:14 AM
What problem, exactly, does the Government think raising public transport fares is solving?
aislinna.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
aislinna.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
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If you ever need an example of a Kerry accent, this video has it in all its glory. Yes, it is very different to a Hollywood "Irish" accent. And yes, it is pretty much impenetrable to the untrained (non-Kerry) ear. Healthy bacon, floury potatoes and (I think) crubeens. #Ireland #accents
I, and I cannot stress this enough, loves me county (AND this is more effective advertising than ten thousand AI generated flyers)
October 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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The bulk (80%) of the money the Irish government give to the racing industry is in the form of prize money (ie race winners get the cash), which is an *objectively* an inefficient and unfair way to distribute government subsidies…
We’ve had to listen to some very unimpressive TDs talk shit about public sector workers needing to prove their worth and up their game. Meanwhile the sight of an almost-empty greyhound track and the yelping of mistreated animals gets them humming the national anthem as a tear rolls down their cheek
October 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The bulk (80%) of the money the Irish government give to the racing industry is in the form of prize money (ie race winners get the cash), which is an *objectively* an inefficient and unfair way to distribute government subsidies…
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The court is basically saying that knowledge of the victim being trans is potentially exculpatory for a self defense legal claim.
This is explicitly greenlighting the panic defense and saying a victims trans status might excuse a murder.
This is explicitly greenlighting the panic defense and saying a victims trans status might excuse a murder.
October 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The court is basically saying that knowledge of the victim being trans is potentially exculpatory for a self defense legal claim.
This is explicitly greenlighting the panic defense and saying a victims trans status might excuse a murder.
This is explicitly greenlighting the panic defense and saying a victims trans status might excuse a murder.
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Beoga are founding members of Irish Artists for #Palestine and courageously left Ed Sheeran's tour.
Let's support their work when tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.
Let's support their work when tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.
Beoga announce Dublin city residency with guests, and Belfast shows
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Beoga announce Dublin city residency with guests, and Belfast shows | Nialler9
Beoga have announced a three-night Dublin residency for December, presented by Aiken Promotions, with a different special guest each night. Aldoc joins them
nialler9.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Beoga are founding members of Irish Artists for #Palestine and courageously left Ed Sheeran's tour.
Let's support their work when tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.
Let's support their work when tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.
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Donald Trump says he will speak with Vladimir Putin about pneumonic plague
Donald Trump says he will speak with Vladimir Putin about pneumonic plague
Washington increases pressure on Moscow to share more about the incident in which one person has died
www.irishtimes.com
October 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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