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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 9h

Those folk down the hall can’t help themselves, but sure that’s what the music is for. Oiche Mhaith, Hookland.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Local theater

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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 23h

I had not realised that Michel Foucault and Winnie-the-Pooh were practically the same age: Winnie-the-Pooh was first published by Methuen on 14 October 1926, and Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers on the following day.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 20h

Ulster woman can be both awesome and and terrible in the best most Galadriel fashion, so not surprised this was thw origin of one of the Irish words for Witches.

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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 21h

In the bill, 4(i) notes "expert-level" to exclude AI outputting false and unreliable information, which is actually what would cause a catastrophic accident if deployed in critical systems. B (ii) and B(iii) legitimise such faulty uses. Existing thresholds already exist for 4(ii)!

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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 21h

We warned about this exact scenario last year: That AI companies will situate themselves as the arbiters of life or death, taking over the arbitration of risk determinations and subverting democratic processes. All through the co-option of safety engineering terminology.

Risk thresholds provide a measure of the level of risk exposure that a society or individual is willing to withstand, ultimately shaping how we determine the safety of technological systems. Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the first risk analyses, such as those devised for nuclear systems, cemented societally accepted risk thresholds against which safety-critical and defense systems are now evaluated. But today, the appropriate risk tolerances for AI systems have yet to be agreed on by global governing efforts, despite the need for democratic deliberation regarding the acceptable levels of harm to human life. Absent such AI risk thresholds, AI technologists-primarily industry labs, as well as "AI safety" focused organizations-have instead advocated for risk tolerances skewed by a purported AI arms race and speculative "existential" risks, taking over the arbitration of risk determinations with life-or-death consequences, subverting democratic processes.
In this paper, we demonstrate how such approaches have allowed AI technologists to engage in "safety revisionism," substituting traditional safety methods and terminology with ill-defined alternatives that vie for the accelerated adoption of military AI uses at the cost of lowered safety and security thresholds. We explore how the current trajectory for AI risk determination and evaluation for foundation model use within national security is poised for a race to the bottom, to the detriment of the US's national security interests. Safety-critical and defense systems must comply with assurance frameworks that are aligned with established risk thresholds, and foundation models are no exception. As such, development of evaluation frameworks for AI-based military systems must preserve the safety and security of US critical and defense infrastructure, and remain in alignment with international humanitarian law.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

IRISH BOOK WEEK starts today - woo hoo!! In a shock to absolutely no one, I will be posting about Irish books & bookshops for the next 8 days!!

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Jaap-Henk Hoepman 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬛️ @xotoxot.eurosky.social · 23h

Come work with us! We are looking for a 2 year fully funded postdoc on Usable Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and Attribute-Based Identity Wallet Technology in a large EU project. www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

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Postdoc Position: Usable Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and Attribute-Based Identity Wallet Technology | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Postdoc at the REAL-PETS project at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

But Kelty's book is far less likely to be an obvious buy and I'd really recommend ordering it if you, like me, are immediately attracted by (and laugh out loud at) this table of contents

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Not only do I see that Alan Garner is still alive, he’s 92 today. Some fella.

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Happy birthday to Alan Garner. I'm inclined to think that Elidor is an undervalued book.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Wikipedia is freaking amazing AND ALSO because of when and how it was created, it's a product of early 00s Internet culture and has adjacency to open source culture, which is ... well, interesting. There are both tacit and community norms that govern who contributes and who is represented

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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Friday night

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EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @fra.europa.eu · 17/10/2026

Poverty makes it harder to afford a home. Rising housing costs can push people deeper into poverty. Across the EU, this cycle increases the risk of eviction and homelessness, putting fundamental rights and dignity at risk. On #WorldPovertyDay, we call for stronger protection.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Jesus fucking Christ. You slap down money for a car nearly 10 years ago and you’re still not getting it? But the owner of the company is valued at over/under 1 trillion dollars? What the fuck? How did I miss that capitalism is now THAT PROFOUNDLY FUCKING BROKEN. Lookit I am not naive. But fuck.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Because I know nahin about cars, I had not realised that a car promised by Tesla in 2017 is now making a run at Duke Nukem Forever’s 14 year record of development-to-point of sale. I also stupidly thought car manufacturers made money by selling cars, instead of generating interest free loans.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 17/10/2026

Táimid ag cur tús le Seachtain na Leabhar Éireannach trí cheiliúradh a dhéanamh ar @ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social, siopa leabhar speisialaithe Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath. We’re beginning #IrishBookWeek by celebrating An Siopa Leabhar, Dublin’s specialist Irish-language bookshop.

Conradh na Gaeilge and Siopa Leabhar shopfront in Dublin.

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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

How do you even survive as an indie in the current landscape? This is insane.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Oh, happy Caturday, by the way

An old tweet from Myusernameisfartoolongtobepractical:
“Half an orange on your cats head makes a great budget Eye Of Sauron.” Plus photo of black cat with half an orange placed on its head so the vertical gap where the segments meet looks like the pupil of Sauron’s eye. Next to it, Sauron from the LOTR films

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

France has fallen behind in addressing #cybersecurity & has still not adopted the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (2024) that mandates security for internet-connected devices. “It’s a text that’s not political & that everyone agrees on but is delayed because there’s always more urgent legislation”

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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezers

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

I laughed

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

The hit of schadenfreude you’d get as you made that purchase. Good Jesus.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Killing Joke remain great tunes for the bereft.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

PUT ME IN COACH I’M READY

silly digital #SciArt sketch of a green mantis in a little red baseball cap holding a mantis sized baseball bat looking very determined, on a white background

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Elevated door Lomax, IL

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

American photographer Charles Weaver Cushman College Green at 5 15pm, Dublin, Ireland, 1961 #Photography #Dublin

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I really wish I could stop stumbling across meeja about great women and the fellas who determinedly stumble after them. It’s not helping my frame of mind one month on. Anyhow. Yes. Lovely.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

But sure, empathy is devil and I have to much of it and they are laser guided on a future far from now, so what would I know.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Watching final episode of season 2 of for all mankind, and my conclusion is the folk who want to go to Mars couldn’t be a Mickey and deffo couldn’t think through parameters of a tense geopolitical situation. Those fucks couldn’t prioritise to see clearly to save their lives, never mind the world.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

This is some serious Belter shit. Klaes approves.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Watching it now. Good Jesus. duct tape. Really? Fuuuuuuuuuck.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Jeezo. Colour me surprised. I will keep that in mind.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Oliver Callan best be broadcasting to a variety of afterlives because he just made a claaaaas joke about cloneycavan man in NMI and the strikes and herself is not on this plane of existence to hear it.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Jesus god, latest Callan’s Kicks first two sketches cooking with diesel.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

“Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias *** A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.” share.google/AyNwzT9NX2wm...

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Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias

A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

On the one hand, I don’t know how you do it. On the other, you chose your fate.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Watching the brewers slice through the dodgers like soft cheese just underscores how far the Phillies are away from doing that. Great to see them back in the WS though. Long overdue.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I will be finishing season two this weekend, so it’s good to know that’s ahead of me. Slightly surprised they are touching on class, but it’s good to hear!

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Dammit the cork folk got to you. Is there no end to their propaganda.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I have yet to get an update from the friend, but no horrible stories yet so I am assuming it is all good. And the child in question has Rena’s eldest on speeddial in case an emergency arises.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

As a Dubliner it pains me to say, but Cork is bonny. You just have to fortify yourself against the the constant assumption of corkonians that, god love you, you aren’t from cork so life must be terrible.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I have not. Was Blue Lights any use? I was somewhat sceptical.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Ignore the Cork people’s over abundance of self confidence, Elia.

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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Unrelated but a friends kid has just started at QUB law. I am looking forward to hearing what they make of it next time I am over in Belfast.

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