Conor Harrington
@conortheharry.eurosky.social
Muddling through
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Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
September 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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a tale of two 15-year-olds. on raheem sterling, jj gabriel and football's army of child labour
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face | Jonathan Liew
The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
a tale of two 15-year-olds. on raheem sterling, jj gabriel and football's army of child labour
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Join the conversation!
September 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Join the conversation!
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Ed Sheeran shitebag
September 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Ed Sheeran shitebag
Congratulations to newsrooms still falling for this seven years later
2019: “GPT2 is groundbreaking in two ways. One is its size, says Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s research director. The models “were 12 times bigger, and the dataset was 15 times bigger and much broader” than the previous state-of-the-art AI model”
September 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Congratulations to newsrooms still falling for this seven years later
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This is insanity.
It appears the entire Seanad voter register has been junked without letting any of the voters know and we all (TCD and NUI) have to re-register on this 1996-flavoured website to use our vote.
seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
It appears the entire Seanad voter register has been junked without letting any of the voters know and we all (TCD and NUI) have to re-register on this 1996-flavoured website to use our vote.
seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
September 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is insanity.
It appears the entire Seanad voter register has been junked without letting any of the voters know and we all (TCD and NUI) have to re-register on this 1996-flavoured website to use our vote.
seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
It appears the entire Seanad voter register has been junked without letting any of the voters know and we all (TCD and NUI) have to re-register on this 1996-flavoured website to use our vote.
seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
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Was not expecting the McGahern memoir to open with football, or to reveal that John’s first date with Madeleine was United V West Ham at Upton Park in 1967. United won 3-1, and Nobby Stiles, George Best and Bobby Charlton all played that day.
Two John McGahern arrivals today:
Frank Shovlin's landmark biography (out October 8th)
Amongst Women (foreword by me, out now). The other reissues are That They May Face the Rising Sun (Kevin Barry), Memoir (Yiyun Li) and The Dark (Colin Walsh) @faberbooks.bsky.social www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
Frank Shovlin's landmark biography (out October 8th)
Amongst Women (foreword by me, out now). The other reissues are That They May Face the Rising Sun (Kevin Barry), Memoir (Yiyun Li) and The Dark (Colin Walsh) @faberbooks.bsky.social www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
September 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Was not expecting the McGahern memoir to open with football, or to reveal that John’s first date with Madeleine was United V West Ham at Upton Park in 1967. United won 3-1, and Nobby Stiles, George Best and Bobby Charlton all played that day.
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"Danger is my middle name." —Sir Coward Danger Giantpussy
September 4, 2026 at 5:15 AM
"Danger is my middle name." —Sir Coward Danger Giantpussy
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I got the shot.
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
August 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I got the shot.
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
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Irish folk, if you don't like the Irish government spending public money on fossil fuels, here's your chance to have your voice heard.
A public consultation is open until Friday 4 September and all you have to do is copy/paste the response at the below link into an email and press end.
A public consultation is open until Friday 4 September and all you have to do is copy/paste the response at the below link into an email and press end.
Ireland's electricity capacity mechanism funds fossil fuel infrastructure, works against climate action and in favour of large energy users such as data centres. It is coming up for its 10-year renewal, so this is a key moment to intervene
Learn more at electricityactionireland.wordpress.com
Learn more at electricityactionireland.wordpress.com
September 1, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Irish folk, if you don't like the Irish government spending public money on fossil fuels, here's your chance to have your voice heard.
A public consultation is open until Friday 4 September and all you have to do is copy/paste the response at the below link into an email and press end.
A public consultation is open until Friday 4 September and all you have to do is copy/paste the response at the below link into an email and press end.
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"maybe Scrooge was right" Scrooge wasn't real! He was invented specifically for the purpose of being wrong!
"Maybe Scrooge was right-" he was not. He was a miserly asshole facing the same demise as his former business partners if he didn't make some serious changes with how he treats the people around him. That's the point.
August 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"maybe Scrooge was right" Scrooge wasn't real! He was invented specifically for the purpose of being wrong!
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A break from all the bleak news!
Nepalese school principal saved the lives of 1643 children with his foresight. Listen in.👇🏽
WHAT A HERO!!🎖️🎖️🎖️
Nepalese school principal saved the lives of 1643 children with his foresight. Listen in.👇🏽
WHAT A HERO!!🎖️🎖️🎖️
August 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM
A break from all the bleak news!
Nepalese school principal saved the lives of 1643 children with his foresight. Listen in.👇🏽
WHAT A HERO!!🎖️🎖️🎖️
Nepalese school principal saved the lives of 1643 children with his foresight. Listen in.👇🏽
WHAT A HERO!!🎖️🎖️🎖️
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This shit is so dumb. No kidding, a helmet isn't going to help you if a car nails you at high speeds.
But what if you go down at 10-15 mph because of another cyclist or pedestrian being a moron, or hitting something you didn't see? It's regularly the difference between Hospital and No Hospital.
But what if you go down at 10-15 mph because of another cyclist or pedestrian being a moron, or hitting something you didn't see? It's regularly the difference between Hospital and No Hospital.
Mayor Mamdani's focus on a helmet paints deadly crashes as the failure of vulnerable road users to protect themselves, rather than as the failure of government to stop completely avoidable carnage. buff.ly/0HIM3RQ
A Helmet Won’t Save Mayor Mamdani From a Crash - Streetsblog New York City
Mamdani’s announcement entrenched a persistent narrative that assigns responsibility for road safety to individual cyclists while downplaying the government’s role in designing safer streets.
nyc.streetsblog.org
August 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This shit is so dumb. No kidding, a helmet isn't going to help you if a car nails you at high speeds.
But what if you go down at 10-15 mph because of another cyclist or pedestrian being a moron, or hitting something you didn't see? It's regularly the difference between Hospital and No Hospital.
But what if you go down at 10-15 mph because of another cyclist or pedestrian being a moron, or hitting something you didn't see? It's regularly the difference between Hospital and No Hospital.
Savage show from Deftones and @idlesband.bsky.social tonight in Dublin
August 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Savage show from Deftones and @idlesband.bsky.social tonight in Dublin
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[drunk as hell trying to remember joanna newsom's name] natalie harp
August 22, 2026 at 2:59 AM
[drunk as hell trying to remember joanna newsom's name] natalie harp
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Sometimes we get so caught up in the ethical and wider consequences discussion of AI that we forget the immediate proximate effect: it is extremely shit
August 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Sometimes we get so caught up in the ethical and wider consequences discussion of AI that we forget the immediate proximate effect: it is extremely shit
Consistently one of the most funny and creative artists out there. There's always such a good pay-off on these vids. youtu.be/2RIEPKEhE2s?...
Fabio and the Goose
YouTube video by Bobby Fingers
youtu.be
August 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Consistently one of the most funny and creative artists out there. There's always such a good pay-off on these vids. youtu.be/2RIEPKEhE2s?...
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That might silence the impatient for a couple of minutes before they switch to expert analyst mode and point out why this would be a crazy transfer. I see those comments have already started.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United closing in on deal to sign Carlos Baleba from Brighton & Hove Albion. #MUFC offer for 22yo Cameroon midfielder ~£60+5m; below #BHAFC valuation but amicable talks ongoing as all parties work to reach agreement 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...
Manchester United and Brighton closing in on deal for Carlos Baleba
United have made an offer of around £60million (€70m, $81m) plus £5m in add-ons for the 22-year-old midfielder.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2026 at 9:56 AM
That might silence the impatient for a couple of minutes before they switch to expert analyst mode and point out why this would be a crazy transfer. I see those comments have already started.
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Awkward moment in the Brazilian top flight: Coritiba player falls into a tunnel celebrating against Chapecoense, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside
August 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Awkward moment in the Brazilian top flight: Coritiba player falls into a tunnel celebrating against Chapecoense, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside
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Oh no. Exactly what everyone who knows literally *anything* about it said would happen did in fact happen. Wow.
So now all the other know nothings in other governments around the world who are planning on giving away everyone's privacy will stop and think for a single second, right?
Right??
So now all the other know nothings in other governments around the world who are planning on giving away everyone's privacy will stop and think for a single second, right?
Right??
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage.
We traded our privacy for no reason.
theconversation.com/more-than-80...
We traded our privacy for no reason.
theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
theconversation.com
August 3, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Oh no. Exactly what everyone who knows literally *anything* about it said would happen did in fact happen. Wow.
So now all the other know nothings in other governments around the world who are planning on giving away everyone's privacy will stop and think for a single second, right?
Right??
So now all the other know nothings in other governments around the world who are planning on giving away everyone's privacy will stop and think for a single second, right?
Right??
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These "we have made an AI so powerful" warnings are straight-up advertisements, btw. No different than "we have made an Oreo so delicious all other snack artists must relent."
OPENAI, ANTHROPIC STAFF CIRCULATE PETITION URGING US TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO 'DELIBERATELY PACE' FRONTIER AI DEVELOPMENT, WARNING OF RISK IT ADVANCES FASTER THAN HUMANS CAN CONTROL; LETTER ALSO SHARED WITH GOOGLE DEEPMIND STAFF, EXPECTED PUBLIC THIS WEEK
July 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
These "we have made an AI so powerful" warnings are straight-up advertisements, btw. No different than "we have made an Oreo so delicious all other snack artists must relent."
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A short comic about Lenny #TheSimpsons #comics
July 8, 2026 at 7:36 AM
A short comic about Lenny #TheSimpsons #comics
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July 4th is very rough on my dog (he is a royalist and considers George Washington a traitor)
July 4, 2024 at 1:04 PM
July 4th is very rough on my dog (he is a royalist and considers George Washington a traitor)
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Trans athletes in sports and voter fraud fall into the same stupid category: Both happen rarely, have little effect on most people's lives, and take up a huge amount of wasted discussion that should be focused on affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare.
July 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Trans athletes in sports and voter fraud fall into the same stupid category: Both happen rarely, have little effect on most people's lives, and take up a huge amount of wasted discussion that should be focused on affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare.