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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One thing is sure. I will never write a single line of code ever again.
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
great thread from terence tao on the openai navier stokes news - on how maths automation diminishes the field. the opacity of AI solutions removes hints to any promising future areas of inquiry, while fear of AI sniping restrains ppl from sharing research mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1172373...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 29/05/2026
Russia’s war of aggression has crossed yet another line. A Russian drone incursion struck a densely populated area in Romania, injuring civilians. On EU territory. We stand in full solidarity with Romania and its people.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Google AI makes up words:
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.irishtimes.com/business/202... This is a much better way to incentivise savings. More should be done on these rather a new scheme to incentivise betting on the US stock market... Reduces Irish State from funding itself in volatile gloabl markets. Reward citizens etc.
irishtimes.com
NTMA increases State savings rates for first time in three years
Increased rates in prize bond fund will see top weekly prize double to €100,000
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... Excellent from @naomiohreally.bsky.social. Nothing hidden in that interview; it was worth it to persevere. Ireland's selfish runaway capitalism does not sort housing, environment, health, inequality, or multilateralism. More debate like this is needed.
irishtimes.com
Thomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countries
French economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@tg4.bsky.social It would be much easier to learn Irish as a non-Irish person if you put the Irish writing as well as the English words. It would allow us to identify syllables as they are pronounced, and recognise basic words. Please get advice about pedagogy from a linguist. xoxo
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
reporterre.net/La-France-so...
reporterre.net
La France sous les flammes : la faillite criminelle du néolibéralisme
La France brûle, et nos dirigeants ne font qu'aggraver une situation qu'ils connaissent pourtant parfaitement. Sont-ils totalement irrationnels ? Non, répond cet éditorial, ils appliquent juste le dog...
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
www.rte.ie/news/ireland... Omg i can't cope with such rubbish. Quantum computing has only about 11 algorithms it is useful for... great but not universal.
rte.ie
Ireland plans to be key quantum computing player by 2030
The Government has published a new plan to make Ireland a key player in quantum computing by 2030.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thank God for @fotoole.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Fintan O'Toole: Women believed they had to pay to be safe giving birth. Why? The Rotunda implied it
In order to maintain the fear factor that drives women towards private care, the hospital’s board implicitly insulted its own staff
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Accelerating
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Excellent: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Sinéad O'Sullivan: People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressing
Ireland spends €250,000 training doctors to work in Australia. That’s just one symptom of a much bigger problem
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Sinn féin is such a disappointment. From refusing water charges, taxing houses fairly and their anti-nature pro-fossil fuel stance. They could be visionary leaders in social reform. Instead, they are just short-termist populists.🤮
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... This is ridiculous. Dublin is ugly as shit anyway. It is a sprawling mess. Is it gonna be held at ransom by red bricks?
irishtimes.com
‘Punished for being a good citizen’: The EV charging battle facing some Dublin homeowners
Tens of thousands of period homes in Dublin have no driveway where they can park their car off-street and charge on private property
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We primarily radically need to reduce our urge to travel. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
irishtimes.com
We must radically reduce dependence on the private car
Leaders must convey the harsh reality to the population
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
www.irishtimes.com/business/202... We are talking 1.5 square kilometres to generate 20% of households' electricity needs in Kildare.
irishtimes.com
Farmer growing 70% of Irish broccoli says solar farms threaten food security
Plan for 140MW solar farm on 338 acres in Kildare is sited on ‘some of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in Ireland’
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In England Just Stop Oil protesters went to jail for delays on M25
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Italy, Spain, and France all deny US death planes in an illegal war to fly over their country. What about the so-called 'neutral' Ireland? Does it deny US (and Iranian, and Israeli) planes? I don't think so: show some balls. Respect international laws!
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Message from Bank of Ireland Life : "At the moment, on average, it’s taking us 10 working days to complete an encashment request. " This is 2026... not 1956. What an absolute joke of a service; stay clear.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Claude is so good at programming... Except when it is not. Example of output: int *ptr; int **pp = &(*ptr); // ✅ (though this simplifies to just ptr)
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
RIP to The Clobberer, Ranken ♥️
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
4 stories in the @irishtimes.com highlight the crazy approach to climate action by the government. 3 articles detailing the heavy financial & social cost of climate breakdown, and 1 where the govt celebrates increasing climate emissions for the airport by lifting the passenger cap. 🤯 #SpeirGorm
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I despair: Irish government to remove passenger cap in Dublin airport.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If Gen AI had a body, could it do everything I do today? As a lecturer in software development, a runner, a familly man I would say yes. Often better than me. Even be more social.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
That's good and sustainable: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon
Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Between 2030 and 2050 oil production is likely to fall by 50% of current levels. Forget cheap flight seats... A new white elephant in 2040: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
rte.ie
MetroLink paying €30m+ for Ranelagh homes a 'no brainer'
The head of MetroLink has said it is likely to pay over €30 million to buy homes in Dartmouth Square in south Dublin, as part of a deal with residents to withdraw their judicial review of the project.
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Grady Booch @booch.com · 21/01/2026
Let me make my position clear. Donald Trump is incompetent, corrupt, and depraved. And those who continue to support him enable and encourage that behavior. x.com/politicsusa4...
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Trump is seriously dangerous
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Catch up on Mussolini to try to understand what Trump might do next.
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Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"Sure that factory has been making an industrial quantity of child sex abuse images, but the Government also gets some leaflets printed there." www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the... A great read by @tupped.bsky.social
thegist.ie
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
the irish economy has 27 masts
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/12/2025
Breaking News! Code Yikes! The CO2 data for November, 2025, was just released by NOAA, and the 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth hit yet another new record high, at 7.93 ppm per 3 years. That dip in the early 1990's is due to Mt. Pinatubo. gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I think the modern root of all evil is calculus. If it had been banned, a no-zone, we would be a steampunk world of 18th-century technology with basic computers. The planet would be in a happier state.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Just reread this, and I think it still stands up. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
rte.ie
Why Ireland needs to appoint a Chief Software Officer
Given the increasing reliance on software for public administration, do we need a government-wide figure to provide advice and guidance?
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Worst MR cringe from reviewer: " You committed a merge conflict" 😱 Not my day.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
methink that we ought to resist the power of money for all our sakes: environment & people together in a forever sustainable harmony. So that's a no on burning fossil fuels, on plastic, on destructive mining and a yes on communities. Quite a long way to go, but degrowth is a good start.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps: The right defends economic power. The left resists economic power.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 08/11/2025
The fact that the Netherlands (18 million inhabitants, ~at 52°N) has more solar installed than all of Africa (1,561 million inhabitants, entirely in the sunbelt) is a gross failure of humanity.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
30 Millions developing a non-viable commercial airport in an era of climate emergency: private money with public carbon liabilities... www.rte.ie/news/busines...
rte.ie
Ryanair says 'likely' to operate flights from Waterford
The group chief executive of Ryanair has said it is "likely" the airline will operate a number of weekly services from Waterford Airport, once an upgrade has been completed.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
So finally we have been cut off from BBC radio 6. As it happens my "student" subscription to the Irish Times has lapsed (goodbye simplex). As we just bought Netflix for the first time I am reluctant to fork our more money for subs. At least www.radiofrance.fr/fip will keep me singing.
radiofrance.fr
FIP – Écouter la radio en direct et les radios thématiques
Tout l'univers musical de FIP, sélection de titres Jazz, Electro, Rock, Pop, Groove et bien plus. Écoutez la radio en direct et les radios thématiques.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
extra.ie/2025/10/13/n...
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'How could you say the EU is good?' - Connolly scrambles over views on Europe
Catherine Connolly was scrambling last night to explain her pro-European Union claims after being unable to recall any instance where she supported EU treaties.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
So let me get this right. Catherine Connolly wished she had awakened to the "militarisation of Europe" earlier than for the Nice Treaty over 20 years ago? Seems to me those baby steps in the Nice Treaty have been proved utterly necessary in the face of Putin and Trump...
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Irish Politics Newsletter @tullmcadoo.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Catherine Connolly is a Thundering Disgrace www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/catherine-...
irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie
Catherine Connolly is a Thundering Disgrace
Connolly's historical amoralism.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Ah Ah! It's not even 2% of his wealth: it is 2% of wealth minus all the taxes he already pays... He should not worry at all. Unless, of course, his tax liabilities are currently 0... www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man
LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Trump destroys NVidia: 1 Ban NVidia selling into China 2 China develops its own chips 3 Trump allows export to China 4 China instructs its companies to only use Chinese chips [we are here] 5 China develops better, cheaper chips 6 China floods the world with its chips 7 NVidia is destroyed
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Putin attacks Poland: no doubt presidential candidate Catherine Connelly as a pacifist would start peace negocations with him immediately.
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Chatting to Pat about EU inaction on Israel and the killing of journalists at Nasser hospital
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
They should leave it like that: there is no need for that road.
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
@virginmediaireland.bsky.social your chat help is totally useless: worse than not providing any. Currently with no TV no landline 24 hours after upgrade from you... Voice agent was pleasant yesterday evening, but 18 hours later it is not resolved. Cannot ring again because no landline working.
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