iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 2h

every single ESL course offered in Tipp is oversubscribed and has a waiting list. as in so many aspects of integration, volunteers are working to help fill gaps as much as possible with English speaking clubs, etc. while the govt is only interested in making things worse

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Alan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 14h

A rarely seen Victorian cotapult

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15h

Solid chance Openai goes belly up and takes softbank and oracle with it. Couldn't happen to more deserving companies.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 5h

Oh wow, this reminds me of that time I nearly took gold at the Olympics 100m sprint.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 14h

the state has been in breach of its obligation to provide disabled children with assessments of need within six months for almost twenty years, which is as long a statutory right for disabled children to get an assessment of need within six months has existed

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 6h

Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 21h

How Gender Criticalism has moved on from “We just have legitimate concerns” to cheering on those who killed a trans person.

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 17h

Btw, some of these refusals are so clearly unlawful that the Department of Justice will end up paying ***HUGE*** sums in legal fees. Jim obviously counting on that being another Minister for Justice’s problem.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We should treat genAI in publishing the way you’d treat a vampire trying to enter your home. You never give it permission to enter. It doesn’t matter if it‘s polite or makes generous offers or it’s *only* going to take the ones *you* don’t care about. It’s here for your blood. Don’t let it in.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 23h

Puts it far better than I ever could.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There’s something that bothers me about BBC News changing the job title of its Technology Editor to Technology & AI Editor.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 23h

Uhh. This is totally fine. Definitely.

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Marta Zboralska @marta-zboralska.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well this is quite funny because Nigel Farage himself once argued that people “from India and Australia” are preferable to migrants from “behind the Iron Curtain” because they are more culturally aligned with Britain (0:45 to 2:00)… youtu.be/G6nZ37OLV3E?...

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Nigel Farage on immigration preferences - Newsnight

YouTube video by BBC Politics

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 01/10/2026

Me: "Maybe we should cut these chapters on customs unions and single markets, they're a bit technical and no one will care now that Brexit is behind us, right?" My editor, for whom the future has no secrets: "Fool! All that once was will come again. There are no endings on the Wheel of Brexit."

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The beaver has an inherent, natural instinct to damn bodies of running water but did you know human beings have a similar instinct but specifically for the aisles I need to walk down in Lidl.

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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So apparently immigrants are both expected to stay transient and to integrate and I don’t know how to put it without shouting expletives but that stance is fucking idiotic

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 01/10/2026

Entire generation of tech nerds never realized that talking to the computer on star trek was a narrative device and it is very rare that anyone wants to so this except necessary hands free situations

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We live in such an incredibly stupid era

Gavin Newsom: I just signed an executive order permanently declaring Artificial Intelligence "Artificial Intelligence" in California.
You're welcome, America.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
EXECUTIVE ORDER N-10-26
WHEREAS California dominates Artificial Intelligence ("Al") innovation. even as no state has taken more aggressive action to strengthen the safety. security, and consumer privacy of Al; and
WHEREAS, while language and choice of terminology can have significance, purporting to change something's name cannot distract a person of normal intelligence from recognizing the impotent and craven failure to take action to address well-documented emerging security and safety risks posed by that thing.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California. in accordance with the authority vested in me by the State Constitution and statutes of the State of California, further informed by common sense, do hereby issue the following Order to become effective immediately:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: All agencies and departments subject to my authority shall refer to Artificial Intelligence and Al as "Artificial Intelligence" and
"Al," notwithstanding any rebranded or different terminology used by the federal government, unless inconsistent with the law.
I FURTHER DIRECT that as soon as hereafter possible, this Order be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and notice be given of this Order.
This Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits. substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State of California, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused pe Great Seal of the State of lifornia to be grixed this 30th day September 20
AVIN
Governor
ATTEST:
alifornia
SHIRLEY N. WEBER, PH.D

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is horrific. Lethal injection has never been a reliable means of execution, because doctors with the necessary expertise refused to help develop the process, and most drug companies don’t want to supply the substances used. It is a story of cruelty and incompetence.

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is fantastic!

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That 1980s boom he’s talking about is because we sold off the family silver, which lead to decades of the highest energy & rail fares in Europe plus sewage in rivers.. oh and being held to ransom by fat cats warning that if we want anything to improve we need to pay all over again. Fuck off Simon.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 30/09/2026

Iceland looks set to join Ireland in boycotting next year's Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to participate. A majority of the board of Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV has said the country should not take part in the 2027 contest unless Israel is barred. jrnl.ie/7178678

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Iceland looks set to join Ireland in Eurovision boycott again over Israel's participation

Six of the nine members of Icelandic broadcaster RÚV’s board have said the country should not take part unless Israel is barred from the contest.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

if I were a party with a traditionally working-class base, I would simply not follow the strategies of the UK Labour Party or propose the policies of US Democratic Party, two parties who annihilated their working-class bases and left them open to capture from the right, but I'm just a dumb dumb, me

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

sorry, are Sinn Féin seriously proposing EBT cards for poor families? fucking food stamps?

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

She’s been banging this drum since before the Hunger Strikes. This pretence of being in the process of abandoning her Irish republican background, mar dhea, has always been her USP.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 01/10/2026

For National Poetry Day, another favourite of mine and brother, Ginsberg knew what he was talking about.

Howl By Allan Ginsberg
Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
They're taking control

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Narrator: it wasn’t mind-boggling. It was entirely predictable.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Funny you should mention it - the Poles just started doing exactly that. notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/01/a...

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Activists launch world's first abortion pill delivery locker in Poland

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Drumcree becomes all the excuse Michael McDowell needs to unleash his favourite and most oft-repeated column theme: Northerners are scary. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Witness this instance of clever linguistic framing: 'we need to be honest' about [insert extremely reactionary talking-points that frame migrants as objects, rather than subjects]. Okay, I'm being honest: this is a load of bollocks that deserves nothing but explaining its rhetorical chicanery

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.

A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion
E extreme shivering or muscle pain
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today we filed a formal complaint against the European Commission for failing to protect our right to free movement. What’s a stake isn’t only Schengen but the rule of law in EU, what has led former Commissioner Josep Borrell, Nicolas Schmit, Laszlo Andor to join thegoodlobby.eu/the-commissi...

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Once again it needs to be stressed that this is something happening across the board in Irish immigration- changes in practice leading to refusals that would not have occurred in previous years. We are in a very dark time for the rights of people migrating to Ireland and their families.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Timely...

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, not exactly. Partnership comes with risks and rewards. Partners don't get statutory sick pay or maternity benefit, for example. Not to mind the fact that they're personally liable for the debts of the partnership. It's a bit simplistic to say that they're like any other employee.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Department of Justice justifies cost of settling cases because "costs incurred could only have been avoided if the department had proceeded with greater expenditure for services that the department did not want or need." It's still fighting at least two cases. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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Substantial sums paid to asylum seeker accommodation providers represented ‘no value’

Settlements were reached with three providers who sued after precontract deals cancelled, State spending watchdog says

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh I understand them all right - they’re antisemites!

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We rightly give Home Office ministers a hard time here for many things, but in their defence, not one of them has ever ordered the Identity & Passport Service to mail out passports in envelopes that might as well be printed with the words ‘Important identity document enclosed: please steal’.

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Alex Parsons @alexparsons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The anti-TBI business model feels like it's far less financially rewarding than the TBI business model.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Shall we adopt this aggressive media and legal strategy?" - No. - No. "Thank you for your media and legal advice, but we are going to do it anyway."

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was reminded of a very Dublin insult this morning - “oh he’s such a martyr, Padre Pio has a picture of him on his windscreen”.

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