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Please make this terrible, headline chasing, privacy and security destroying idea go away so I don’t have to keep countering and encountering it.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Ban unsafe online services for children - regulator
The media regulator has said that rather than an aged-based blanket social media ban, there should be a ban on online services that are unsafe for children.
www.rte.ie
September 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Please make this terrible, headline chasing, privacy and security destroying idea go away so I don’t have to keep countering and encountering it.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Brilliant bit of writing here. Treat yourself.
This post by the most amazing Aussie took my breath away. Pay very close attention to the part titled THE SENTENCE WITH 100 YEARS OF DYNAMITE IN IT.
ifloz.substack.com/p/carney-jus...
ifloz.substack.com/p/carney-jus...
CARNEY JUST THREATENED TO SEND AMERICA BACK TO THE FUCKING STONE AGE
Twelve hours after walking out of Washington, Carney stood up and read the old relationship its eulogy. In two languages. With the pulse of a man ordering a flat white.
ifloz.substack.com
August 24, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Brilliant bit of writing here. Treat yourself.
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FESSHOLE LIVE TICKETS: 18 Jun 2026 - New Adelphi Club, Hull; 20 Jun 2026 - Cambridge Junction https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
June 22, 2026 at 3:25 AM
FESSHOLE LIVE TICKETS: 18 Jun 2026 - New Adelphi Club, Hull; 20 Jun 2026 - Cambridge Junction https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
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one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
June 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband
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"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
June 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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This is delicious.
June 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
This is delicious.
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As of today, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gone on longer than the First World War.
June 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
As of today, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gone on longer than the First World War.
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I've written an essay in today's FT Weekend about why - and how - people are shaking off the feeling of being "frozen" in front of a "tusnami", and beginning to fight for the future they want. as.ft.com/r/cfa87609-8... (some free clicks here!)
Should AI steal your job?
The real question is not what the technology can do but what it ought to do. Sarah O’Connor on the people fighting for the future of work
as.ft.com
May 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I've written an essay in today's FT Weekend about why - and how - people are shaking off the feeling of being "frozen" in front of a "tusnami", and beginning to fight for the future they want. as.ft.com/r/cfa87609-8... (some free clicks here!)
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I might not have the regular Irish Times column that Steen has, but I do have quite a bit more than a few anecdotes to back up what I say. Maria Steen thinks the #genderPayGap is a myth but that is a hopelessly basic and naive take. Here is why.
paygap.ie/posts/maria-...
paygap.ie/posts/maria-...
Maria Steen thinks the gender pay gap is made up.
Maria Steen believes that the gender pay gap is made up. I respectfully disagree, and so does the four years of data that I have collected.
paygap.ie
April 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
I might not have the regular Irish Times column that Steen has, but I do have quite a bit more than a few anecdotes to back up what I say. Maria Steen thinks the #genderPayGap is a myth but that is a hopelessly basic and naive take. Here is why.
paygap.ie/posts/maria-...
paygap.ie/posts/maria-...
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🚨🚨special episode: I spoke to the UK’s former head of international energy strategy about what the war means for global energy supplies. It’s bad news, I’m afraid.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
March 30, 2026 at 6:08 AM
🚨🚨special episode: I spoke to the UK’s former head of international energy strategy about what the war means for global energy supplies. It’s bad news, I’m afraid.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Holy fuck.
Sorry, I copied the link incorrectly, here's the link www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/reve...
Revealed: controversial plan to boost religious lobby in Brussels, as far right pledges to fight for ‘Christian Europe’
Leaked proposals from a senior Irish politician, backed by powerful Christian lobbyists, raise stakes in European elections, where the far right is pushing for big gains
www.opendemocracy.net
March 25, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Holy fuck.
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Iran is now releasing cartoons that Trump can understand (via Bill Madden) 😂🤣👇
March 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Iran is now releasing cartoons that Trump can understand (via Bill Madden) 😂🤣👇
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
March 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Absolutely terrific piece in the London Review of Books
Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Absolutely terrific piece in the London Review of Books
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Outsourcing their what now?
Study Finds That Execs Are Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
The same class of business executives who heaped AI onto us by the shovelfull aren't immune to its effects.
futurism.com
March 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Outsourcing their what now?
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I like this cartoon so much we paid the New Yorker the fee it requested to include it in my book.
We’ve not even had the vote 100 years. Let’s not let thing backslide.
Happy International Women’s Day, one and all.
We’ve not even had the vote 100 years. Let’s not let thing backslide.
Happy International Women’s Day, one and all.
March 8, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I like this cartoon so much we paid the New Yorker the fee it requested to include it in my book.
We’ve not even had the vote 100 years. Let’s not let thing backslide.
Happy International Women’s Day, one and all.
We’ve not even had the vote 100 years. Let’s not let thing backslide.
Happy International Women’s Day, one and all.
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NEW: Ferry pollution is worse than all the cars combined in many European port cities… but more than half of European ferries could be electric by 2035.
With the average ferry being 26 years old, the fleet is ripe for renewal now.
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With the average ferry being 26 years old, the fleet is ripe for renewal now.
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March 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM
NEW: Ferry pollution is worse than all the cars combined in many European port cities… but more than half of European ferries could be electric by 2035.
With the average ferry being 26 years old, the fleet is ripe for renewal now.
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With the average ferry being 26 years old, the fleet is ripe for renewal now.
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Last day to register for the Seanad, if you aren't on the list already. There's some feckers in there that desperately need voting out.
www.seanadvoter.ie
#Seanad #SpeirGhorm
www.seanadvoter.ie
#Seanad #SpeirGhorm
February 26, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Last day to register for the Seanad, if you aren't on the list already. There's some feckers in there that desperately need voting out.
www.seanadvoter.ie
#Seanad #SpeirGhorm
www.seanadvoter.ie
#Seanad #SpeirGhorm
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It’s the 140th anniversary of the birth of Peter Freuchen, anthropologist, arctic explorer, writer, WWII resistance fighter, quiz show contestant, film star, friend of Mae West, fucking enormous geezer, and maker of tools from his own frozen excrement... 🧵
February 20, 2026 at 9:20 AM
It’s the 140th anniversary of the birth of Peter Freuchen, anthropologist, arctic explorer, writer, WWII resistance fighter, quiz show contestant, film star, friend of Mae West, fucking enormous geezer, and maker of tools from his own frozen excrement... 🧵
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“I remember the first time I saw Andy…”
February 19, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“I remember the first time I saw Andy…”
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Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.
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Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.