Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialechancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One thing is sure. I will never write a single line of code ever again. 011
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialJames Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 09/09/2026great 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... 1224
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026On 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. 1182256356
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 29/05/2026Russia’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. 2412820910
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/08/2026www.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.comNTMA increases State savings rates for first time in three yearsIncreased rates in prize bond fund will see top weekly prize double to €100,000 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 15/08/2026www.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.comThomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countriesFrench economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100 02211
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 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 31/07/2026reporterre.net/La-France-so...reporterre.netLa France sous les flammes : la faillite criminelle du néolibéralismeLa 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... 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 25/07/2026www.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.ieIreland plans to be key quantum computing player by 2030The Government has published a new plan to make Ireland a key player in quantum computing by 2030. 020
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Thank God for @fotoole.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...irishtimes.comFintan O'Toole: Women believed they had to pay to be safe giving birth. Why? The Rotunda implied itIn order to maintain the fear factor that drives women towards private care, the hospital’s board implicitly insulted its own staff 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Excellent: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...irishtimes.comSinéad O'Sullivan: People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressingIreland spends €250,000 training doctors to work in Australia. That’s just one symptom of a much bigger problem 000
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialechancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Sinn 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.🤮 001
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/05/2026www.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 homeownersTens of thousands of period homes in Dublin have no driveway where they can park their car off-street and charge on private property 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We primarily radically need to reduce our urge to travel. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...irishtimes.comWe must radically reduce dependence on the private carLeaders must convey the harsh reality to the population 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 14/04/2026www.irishtimes.com/business/202... We are talking 1.5 square kilometres to generate 20% of households' electricity needs in Kildare.irishtimes.comFarmer growing 70% of Irish broccoli says solar farms threaten food securityPlan for 140MW solar farm on 338 acres in Kildare is sited on ‘some of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in Ireland’ 000
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialechancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/04/2026In England Just Stop Oil protesters went to jail for delays on M25 001
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Italy, 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! 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Message 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. 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Claude is so good at programming... Except when it is not. Example of output: int *ptr; int **pp = &(*ptr); // ✅ (though this simplifies to just ptr) 000
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialBrian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 10/02/20264 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 611362
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I despair: Irish government to remove passenger cap in Dublin airport. 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 03/02/2026If 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. 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 27/01/2026That's good and sustainable: www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comFirst of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in DevonProject employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Between 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.ieMetroLink 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. 100
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialGrady Booch @booch.com · 21/01/2026Let 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...x.com 1119115
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Catch up on Mussolini to try to understand what Trump might do next. 010
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialEamon 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.socialthegist.ieThe Gist: The Abuse FactoryX, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist. 02712
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/12/2025Breaking 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/ 514554
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I 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. 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Just reread this, and I think it still stands up. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...rte.ieWhy Ireland needs to appoint a Chief Software OfficerGiven the increasing reliance on software for public administration, do we need a government-wide figure to provide advice and guidance? 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Worst MR cringe from reviewer: " You committed a merge conflict" 😱 Not my day. 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/11/2025methink 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. 000
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Partly 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. 671241304
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialLeon Simons @leonsimons.com · 08/11/2025The 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. 411435
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 24/10/202530 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.ieRyanair says 'likely' to operate flights from WaterfordThe 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. 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 21/10/2025So 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.frFIP – Écouter la radio en direct et les radios thématiquesTout 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. 100
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 13/10/2025extra.ie/2025/10/13/n...extra.ie'How could you say the EU is good?' - Connolly scrambles over views on EuropeCatherine Connolly was scrambling last night to explain her pro-European Union claims after being unable to recall any instance where she supported EU treaties. 000
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 13/10/2025So 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... 100
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialIrish Politics Newsletter @tullmcadoo.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Catherine Connolly is a Thundering Disgrace www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/catherine-...irishpoliticsnewsletter.ieCatherine Connolly is a Thundering DisgraceConnolly's historical amoralism. 282
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Ah 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.comWealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest manLVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’ 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Trump 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 010
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Putin attacks Poland: no doubt presidential candidate Catherine Connelly as a pacifist would start peace negocations with him immediately. 010
Reposted by @echancrure.bsky.socialNaomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Chatting to Pat about EU inaction on Israel and the killing of journalists at Nasser hospital 02313
echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 27/08/2025They should leave it like that: there is no need for that road. 000
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. 020