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Dandy, flâneur, philosopher, appreciator of art, follower of current affairs, consumer of the finer things. Professional fundraiser. He/him

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 8h
Ysabel Yates'... I mean Cookie Monster's superb takedown of why GenAI in the workplace sucks.
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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 2h
A show of strength from the community today to send An Post a clear message - Save our Sorting Office in Edmonstown! It makes no sense to force people to go to Grange Castle to pick up missed packages. Without a car it would take hours! People power will stop this move.
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
one of the problems about keeping yourself in a constant state of mobilized agitation is that you become a poorly trained dog that is always looking for someone to bite
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The replies demonstrate that this is a text-based platform full of illiterate people.
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Rob Whelan 🌱 @robw.bsky.social · 21h
OH in the office: - hey, how often should we touch base on this? Fortnightly? Weekly? ...uh, Scaramuccly? - no no, this is a critical initiative for Q4. I want zoom calls *Zacharially*
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Major Kong to Ground Control @bigstape.bsky.social · 22h
How many Zacharias in a Cabbage?
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This is a truly startling paper. It shows that mRNA can perform regulatory functions *in addition to* its role in encoding a protein. In other words, the distinction between protein-coding RNA and noncoding regulatory RNA is fuzzy. /1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Regulation of target gene expression by chromatin-associated protein-coding transcripts in plants
Protein-coding transcripts are regarded as intermediates that mediate DNA-to-protein information flow, leaving their noncoding regulatory potential largely underappreciated. Genome-wide profiling of R...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 16/10/2026
"Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding." www.ahmath.org/statements
AHM Statement on OpenAI’s October 6 Release of Mathematical Documents

Yesterday, on October 6th, 2026, OpenAI – which is currently defending lawsuits against accusations of illegal plagiarism, copyright infringement, and trademark dilution – released a repository of manuscripts purporting to contain solutions to a number of high-profile problems in mathematics.

Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done. The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, from whom OpenAI has claimed to derive its legitimacy, opened their initial advisory statement by saying that frontier AI corporations should not test advanced mathematical problems on internal models. In ignoring the central premise of the Advisory Group’s position, OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest.

Mathematicians have a particular vision of progress that is informed by history and field-specific considerations. We reject OpenAI's assertion that this release advances our subject, and we urge mathematicians and the public to view the value of this publication model with due skepticism. 

Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding.

Association for Human Mathematics
Communications Working Group
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Christopher J Stevens @metaphysiology.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
BREAKING: Dublin, Ireland. In world first, entire statue erected in response to letter to the editor of the Irish Times:
Statue in Dublin of world famous Irish socialist, republican, and trade union leader 'Big' Jim Larkin, portrayed with his arms raised (or, for purposes of joke, thrown) up.
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Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
@kindredisles.eurosky.social do you think liking a post that uses a slur for Irish people helps you achieve your stated aims?
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Sally Rooney: To publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
irishtimes.com
Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine Action
Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/10/2026
A memo from senior insurance-industry officials warning that insurance modelers are being pressured to downplay climate in their models & that many insurers are already planning their exist from key markets. An explosive fuckup on the scale of the mortgage crisis is building.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Baltimore had the lowest crime rate recorded in decades last year and a big part of it was that the city funded summer programs for kids.
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Raysident Evil @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026
I have some sympathy for Harry Du Bois. You might crack too if every time you wanted to use a phone, you had to change your entire outfit to min/max your volition so it doesn't kill you.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
13-10-1934 USA: The American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all products made in Germany in order to protest Nazi antagonism towards German unions.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A parliamentary investigation found that Poland's previous government paid $7.65 million for Israeli-made spyware Pegasus and used it to target opposition politicians and legal officials. Netanyahu had full access to all this data just as he does to the data of every Pegasus client.
haaretz.com
Polish PM: Israel had access to data on Polish opposition via Pegasus spyware
A parliamentary investigation found that Poland's previous government paid $7.65 million for Israeli-made spyware Pegasus and used it to target opposition politicians and legal officials
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“It is simply not acceptable to respond to a worsening road safety record by spreading responsibility so widely that it becomes almost impossible to establish who is accountable for anything.” #spéirghorm #RoadSafety #RSA
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Can we take just a few seconds to acknowledge the birth of a new classic meme
Vertical split screen of William Shatner appearing as a guest on Brent Spiner's podcast: referring to the 2025 romantic film Pillion, Shatner asks Spigner "The world of homosexuality I'm not familiar with. Are you?" Spiner, with an expression that seems at once weary and astonished, replies "to a degree."
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ooooh its leg day in the studio
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 21/08/2026
I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")
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Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Perfect in one take! They’ll be starring in a Clint Eastwood film next.
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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · 10/10/2026
Our investigation into an online suicide forum facilitating the deaths of vulnerable people has made the longlist for the Shine Mental Health Media Awards Audience Choice category. Voting is now open to the public: shine.awardsplatform.com
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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Picked up a GAA annual from 1969 recently. Irish graphic design had no earthly reason, none whatsoever, to go as hard as it did. #spéirghorm #ireland
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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A reminder, as it's not in this story, that the condemned man is a paraplegic. So this would presumably be a snuff movie featuring a wheelchair user, which is pretty twisted even by Hegseth's standards www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dr Belal Adnan is a paediatrician in Gaza. He joined us a few moments ago to talk about the children who could be saved or treated, except that Israel won’t allow in the medical supplies needed for him to do his job. Pls watch this clip👇 Full podcast here soon: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 08/10/2026
we're in a time where "this email chain could have been a simple meeting" is a bizarre new truth that clashes wildly with just a few years ago where academics were whinging about meetings
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Maarten Schenk @mschenk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An example of FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) in action at the @disinfo.eu conference? Apparently someone in the U.S. did not agree with the topic of a session named "USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back" and applied pressure on the sponsors...
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What I suspect has happened is that they've run out of bombs, and there's no point in forward deploying your most expensive aircraft if there's nothing to hang on them. It'll suit the USAF to cite "security concerns" at Fairford, rather than say their magazine's empty or their logistics are shit.-
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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Israel is at risk of internal collapse or civil war because of tensions among Israelis, an August report by CIA experts tasked with providing “alternative analysis” said, according to a report by Drop Site News published on Monday.
middleeasteye.net
CIA report warns of civil conflict and 'collapse' in Israel: Report
The agency's 'alternative analysis' notes Israel's domestic fissures over conscription, settler violence and mental health of returning soldiers
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026
it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA
theguardian.com
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What a terrible loss.
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
we are going to have to find an alternative to meta products for local communities and advertising, right now, it’s almost impossible to do any kind of local business or art project without it, but both their rules and support are so arbitrary and capricious that you can’t rely on them
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Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not knowing makes it worse! There really should be a way to charge people in elected office with criminal negligence if they get stuff this badly wrong. The evidence of negligence would have to be very compelling but this definitely clears any bar.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video. 
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I marvel at how Jim Henson’s brain worked. This was a presentation piece to the executives at CBS when he was trying to get them, ultimately unsuccessfully, to pick up THE MUPPET SHOW... But if you’re a TV executive sitting in a boardroom watching this, there’s no way it’s not leaving an impression.
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Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I really believe vigilante justice is called for in these situations.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
like i just don’t think it’s cope to say my life is better than all these people’s. there’s no reason to spend time with me other than genuinely enjoying me. i can’t imagine life when you don’t have that and instead the people who hang out with you want something else out of it
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Read this thread.
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rich uncle skeleton @alexeptable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nothing quite says “innocent” like blackmailing a country to get away with systemic cheating
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A glorious bit of How It Works here, being said openly in public
Alex Wickham € @alexwickham
X.com
Exclusive with @AlexDooler @DNair5
UAE officials have warned the UK government that the severity of Man City's punishment could undermine their appetite for future grand-scale commitments in Britain, according to people familiar with the matter
They consider the Premier League's actions to have an influence on the bilateral state relationship, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing undisclosed information
The extraordinary pressure comes after Andy Burnham faced criticism, including from within government, for saying Man City's Abu Dhabi owners should not be disqualified specifically because of the investment they bring to Britain
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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How militarization of borders inevitably erodes domestic liberties The US is a test-case in how “tough on migration” quickly evolves into criminalization of dissent LATEST podcast for Pirate Wire Radio (full episode below)
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 02/10/2026
Got a really scary one to start off the month @erinbiba.bsky.social don’t watch in a dark room!
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not a novel observation by any means but the irony here, of course, is that it is precisely the UK’s successful approach to multiculturalism that has allowed us to generate a brown white nationalist.
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