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Brian Chamberlain

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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 15h
This story from inside Iran is absolutely shocking. The Iranians are absolutely barbaric.... www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution
A medical expert advising her legal team says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is communicating in a "basic way".
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 05/10/2026
@carlowweather.bsky.social been playing around with a very cheap weather station and just started uploading to wunderground ( woohoo! ). I can't find it in the docs anywhere but you would know :) Should I be sending the measured hpa or the relative hpa? Thanks!
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 04/10/2026
The fia will go to crazy lengths to make sure we never get to see wet starts or races 🤡 #Malaysia #f1
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 13/09/2026
#f1 have managed to create an even more boring track than Monaco! Good job 💤
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 13/09/2026
Mclaren showing Ferrari how to do pit wall tactics.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 05/09/2026
Worth reminding everyone on the weekend that's in it, Flavio Briatore received a lifetime ban from Formula 1 in 2009 for his role in fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
By the by I'm re-reading how the 18thC master navigator of Oceania, Tupaia, who guided Captain Cook around Polynesia and to Aotearoa, produced maps that faithfully translated between the Pacific and European navigation systems, accounting for Mercator distortions, with an accuracy of <5 degrees.
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Doug Sloane @dougsloane.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026
The 2 main headlines on RTE right now 1. Call to delay excise duty increases as fuel prices rise 2. 29C forecast amid high temperature warning for Leinster, Tipperary We're a fairly idiotic species at the end of the day.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 20/05/2026
Apple has definitely lost its way when it comes to desktop OS
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Eris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻 @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Irish government: YES THIS IS GOOD WE WANT THIS
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Are you really going to vote for this shit?
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 01/04/2026
For the night that's in it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2...
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Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ace Records
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 09/03/2026
Good morning
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 02/03/2026
Gmail has added emoji reactions. 😭
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Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
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How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 20/02/2026
Google AI results are basically regurgitating reddit posts at this stage. And that's leading to a massive spike in AI generated reddit posts.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This was one of the thickest acts in a veritable forest of them in the recent U.K. governance history.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 05/02/2026
Reminder, Tomorrow @bandcamp.com Friday is back! I've been building up a nice wishlist for a couple of weeks.
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Teach yourself.......
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 05/02/2026
👀
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 28/01/2026
I have a feeling it's gonna be a long six nations for irish supporters. www.independent.ie/sport/united...
independent.ie
Bundee Aki dropped from Ireland’s Six Nations squad for disciplinary reasons
Eight days out from their opening game against France in Paris, Ireland have been rocked by the decision to axe Bundee Aki from their Six Nations squad.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 21/01/2026
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Michele Neylon @mneylon.social · 19/01/2026
Looks like the scammers from IDS Ireland are back at it again. If you're an Irish SME be careful - their emails look quite plausible I wrote about them a few years ago: www.internetnews.me/2019/11/13/...
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Domain Scam Targetting Irish Small Business
There are always a few scams out there that are aimed at small businesses. Many of them are for "SEO" services where they promise "incredible" results.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 09/01/2026
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Dean @deanrmarsh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Need some soothing,warm downtempo business to get you through this chilly day? This is my very first Easter Soirée from 2022 and probably the best thing I've ever done. If it's not your thing, a simple share or like is much appreciated ☺️ www.mixcloud.com/deandeep/dea...
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Dean Marsh - Iso Easter Soiree - April 2022
So here it is, my slightly delayed one off special made for Easter last week. Unlike my regular Isolation Mixes I decided to slow things down and do a mix full of classic sunshine vibes. Spanning ever...
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 09/01/2026
Accurate!
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Dinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Nobody could have predicted this.
Headline: 90 percent of Reform-supporting comments on social media are bots
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 26/12/2025
Getting some rubbish out for recycling tomorrow and found my old crackberry. Might try fire it up and throw a sim in and see what it does.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 13/12/2025
Ahh the oul voice firewall is being touted again by our dear regulator. This will end well.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 07/12/2025
They haven't checked the skid wear yet. #f1
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Chain Bear F1 @chainbear.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Pirelli trying to skirt danger with limited tyre stints have invented all new danger with pitlane chaos
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Barry Masterson @barrymasterson.com · 21/11/2025
It will cost you nothing to share my work but it could change my year! Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love. You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
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SLATED™ @slated.ie · 21/11/2025
Hi 👋, slated.ie here. We are a small Irish family business, creating beautiful products from slate. Using our 170 yr old family knife to craft each piece. Specialising in personalised gifts, wrapped in our fully sustainable packaging. Slated.ie The voice of the wonderful @conorvoice.com
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 14/11/2025
you can pretty much track the progress of a storm using outages on powercheck.ie
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 09/11/2025
Classic Sony commercial youtube.com/shorts/h6eLf...
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"The only cassette player as small as a cassette case..." #sony #superwalkman #discogs
YouTube video by Discogs
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 23/10/2025
Woops! #f1 ian.sh/fia
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Hacking Formula 1: Accessing Max Verstappen's passport and PII through FIA bugs
We found vulnerabilities in the FIA's Driver Categorisation platform, allowing us to access PII and password hashes of any racing driver with a categorisation rating.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/10/2025
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
anildash.com
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 19/10/2025
Ferrari to try cross the line synchronised and end up taking each other out. #f1 #ferrari
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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 14/10/2025
We’ve a hedgehog house tucked away under the shrubs — and it’s one of the best things we ever added to the garden. Here’s where to put yours so they’ll actually use it: 🦋🌱🌎 #spéirgorm gardeningwell.ie/climate-action/hedgehog-house
A hedgehog chomps on some food on a log in our garden.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 15/10/2025
Hello Comreg and irish mnos! Labelling every shortcode text I get as a likely scam when I'm travelling is seriously dumb.
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
So this #SHOT2025 panel has nearly wrapped up. But if you want to read more about historical issues surrounding multimedia and the preservation of born-digital collections, check out this piece on #DigiPres at @theul.bsky.social. (Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @rhiggitt.bsky.social!)
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A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
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DerryJournal @derryjournal.com · 06/10/2025
Record wind speed recorded at Magilligan in Co. Derry
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Record wind speed recorded at Magilligan in Co. Derry
A record wind speed for the North for October was set in County Derry during Storm Amy on Friday.
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 06/10/2025
Check your pumps! Looks like practically every tucson pump installed over the last few years in Ireland could be deadly. www.ccpc.ie/consumers/20...
ccpc.ie
Serious risk of electrocution from 114,000 circulating pumps in homes in Ireland - CCPC Consumers
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is an independent statutory body that enforces competition and consumer protection law in Ireland
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 02/10/2025
Sunday world is champion of inappropriate photos. Here Simon looks like he just won the lottery. www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts...
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Man who carried out illegal electrical work which was ‘dangerously faulty’ is fined
A Wexford man wo carried out illegal electrical works on two separate domestic properties also falsely claimed to be a registered electrical contractor Wexford District Court heard last week.
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Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Trapped O'Brien, Please Free Me From This Prison @radobrien.myatproto.social · 28/09/2025
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
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Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 24/09/2025
Estate agent with no attention to detail shocker. www.daft.ie/for-sale/apa...
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Apartment 35, Priory Court, Eden Gate, Delgany, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63TX36 is for sale on Daft.ie
Apartment 35, Priory Court, Eden Gate, Delgany, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63TX36 a 1 Bed Apartment is now for sale by Gavin Kennedy on Daft.ie with an asking price of €280,000
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 21/09/2025
That's a sweet pastry. #f1
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Brian Chamberlain @brian.by · 18/09/2025
Aldi have started selling vegan steak.
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