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Shell @risu.bsky.social · 11h

Around five weeks until “let’s circle back in the new year” season begins.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 18h

A prize if anyone can explain what this drink offer is selling.

A bar menu with two confusing offers:
2 x 1 drinks:
2x whiskey & ginger
2x vodka & splash
2x Cuba Libre
2x Moscow mules

3 x 17 shots
Baby Guinness
Tequila
Sambuca
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Chert @chert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

please help… my son…

photo of a forklift w/ a pallet jack sitting on its forks like it was an adult carrying a child across its arms

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me returning home from a shop at Aldi #CelebrityTraitors

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

God this shit was cool as fuck

Still from the movie Jurassic Park showing a raptor with genetic code projected onto it

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There is a fraudulent email circulating inviting people on to Burning Books. They don't ask for money immediately, but will invoice you at a later stage in the process, so a more elaborate scam than we've become used to—so please be aware, avoid, and if in doubt, contact us directly.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Astoundingly, not a headline from The Onion.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

"What podcasting holds in the promise of its open format is the proof that an open web can still thrive and be relevant, that it can inspire new systems that are similarly open to take root and grow."

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 30/09/2026

Eight years ago, government made it easier to turn old shops and offices into homes. How's it panning out?More than 10 percent of the notified homes turned into, it seems, holiday lets.

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Eight years ago, government made it easier to turn old shops and offices into homes. How's it panning out?

More than 10 percent of the notified homes turned into, it seems, holiday lets.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

can anyone on here suggest who to talk to about unofficial but rampant WhatsApp mods used in many African countries? (I'd forgotten just how US/Anglo-centric this site's user-base is, compared to - alas - Old Twitter)

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can you get through a whole interview about the OpenAI hack of Australia's Medicare data portal without ever using the term AI? Challenge accepted.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why yes, of course you can build out your gigantic 72,500 m2 energy and resource-sucking data centre, but be sure to “encourage staff to use public transport, cycling & walking”. Beyond parody from the crack squad at An Coimisiún Pleanala. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

historically accurate massachusetts content

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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

This #IrishTimes poll sets a record for the most blatantly partisan and mendacious framing I have ever seen in any #OpinionPoll anywhere about anything. 😡 Despite the bias, 68 per cent favour the current model of neutrality over the loaded alternative option […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Collecting examples of a genre where a piece opens with a dad (often but not always a tech bro) using a chatbot to extrude a story to or with his kid. Sal Khan opens his book on AI in ed with a story like that and there was a Guardian article recently (please reshare) with a similar story. Others?

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 26/09/2026

Who’s lobbying their former colleagues - and about what? Our new analysis shows the revolving door between politics and lobbying in Ireland. We identify 63 people, including Taoisigh, Táinistí and ministers, involved in lobbying those they once worked alongside. jrnl.ie/7170656t

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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 25/09/2026

Hands up please if you *haven't* been hacked by an OpenAI agent.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The absolute fucking state of these lads.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On with Claire Byrne shortly debunking the AI doomer chat.

A TV screen displaying a promo image for the Claire Byrne Show on News talk, featuring a smiling Claire Byrne amid bold pink and purple branding.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another story published today about OpenAI's failing safeguards that's worth reading: ChatGPT Helped Tumbler Ridge Shooter Focus on Guns, Tactics, and Terror www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI. Van Rootselaar had been using ChatGPT to discuss committing potential acts of violence—including a mass shooting at a shopping mall—and now OpenAI had banned that account. But the troubled teen living in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was not deterred and soon logged back on with a second account.

What happened next was astonishing: Van Rootselaar told ChatGPT about the account ban, noting she had specified “a famous real-world mall as the target” and herself as the perpetrator, but also claiming the scenario hadn’t been real. In response, ChatGPT explained why such violent content would be flagged—and then offered tips on how to evade its own safeguards. It advised Van Rootselaar to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation systems.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BTS at Prime Time. On with Miriam shortly to talk about OpenAI's Aussie hack.

A news studio with stage lighting visible in the rafters and two broadcasters seated at a desk readying to go to air. The floor team are visible in the foreground, gathered around monitors.

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Roel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

De video waarvan Meta niet wil dat je ‘m ziet

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For Tech’s Sake @fortechssakepod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week, @elaineburke.bsky.social and @earley.bsky.social unpack the origins of ‘superintelligence’ fantasies (and nightmares), revealing how every scary story about AI lately stems from known issues and very human failings. ▶️ S5E18: AI's doomer cult pod.fo/e/64e7b5

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am STILL redrafting my paper on AI safety and yesterday I wrote a small section on why long and boring documents are a safety risk - tbh it seems more likely to me that the way AI will expedite the end of the world is because the important point got buried at the end of page 72 and no one read it

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

youtu.be/bqHsy8KtqEg?... please watch this to understand the mess we're in. I am SO lucky to have learned about the history of "AI" at Sussex during my PhD. But this has taught me more. I might have to go and smash things, don't mind me.

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Ghost In The Machine

YouTube video by Arjav Mehta

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Priorities, a story in three parts

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Myself, Seán Fearon and Pat Brodie have published a report today examining the exaggerated benefits and significant costs of data centres to Ireland. Below is a short thread on some of the key takeaways. Read the full report here: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... 1/6

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I do my very best to keep episodes of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social within ~40 mins out of *respect*. But there was simply no way @earley.bsky.social and I could chat for less than an hour on the cracked ideologies that are seeping into everyday conversation about AI. shows.acast.com/for-techs-sa...

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AI’s doomer cult | For Tech’s Sake

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

8 years after Repeal, those seeking abortion in Ireland are still subject to an unnecessary 3 day waiting period, an unworkable 12 week cut off, and a lack of providers throughout the country. If that doesn't sound very much like Repeal to you, join the march in Dublin this Saturday!

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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the samsara enjoyer @rubot.ie · 24/09/2026

"so what's your take?" "I think the private sector can solve all of a nations problems and the government doesn't have to do anything" "100% disagree"

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BDS Victory! Genocide Israel Bonds Kicked ut of the EU! In a huge victory for the Palestine solidarity movement and the mass civil, political and legal campaign against Israel Bonds, the Development Corporation for Israel (DCI) has been unable to get authorisation to sell its bonds in the EU. #BDS

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Exclusive first look at a new report on data centres and Ireland coming up on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 5.30pm. Its authors say Ireland cannot afford to continue the 'unsustainable' data centre boom - and have rejected Government comparisons with the German car industry.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The technology isn’t rogue. The people are.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'll tell you why I don't fear the machines: it is because in this, the year of our lord twenty twenty six, despite us burning the planet for compute, it remains impossible to simply one-click share an event in a Google calendar so it becomes an event in an Outlook calendar and vice versa.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well done the editors. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #TraitorsIrl

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stark: ASML says that is currently has no live orders anywhere in Europe. Europe's most valuable and strategically significant company - and chokepoint - makes all of its money outside of it. Europe's chief problem is still a lack of investment, not regulation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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ASML Executive Says Europe’s Biggest Firm Has No Sales in Europe

A top executive at ASML Holding NV, Europe’s most valuable company, said it isn’t selling any of its chipmaking machines on the continent and that the region risks getting left behind as the US, China...

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New polling from the National Youth Council of Ireland: - 68% of 18–24-year-olds are considering emigrating - 71% believe they'd have a better quality of life outside Ireland - 83% support stronger government regulation of AI - 89% agree the housing crisis disproportionately affects young people

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RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland

RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland Young people are responding to unaffordable housing, the rising cost of everyda...

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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Why are we marching? Because the 3 day waiting period must go! "It made me feel like I was not trusted to make my own decision and caused me a great deal of mental and physical distress" Join us at 2pm at the Department of Health this Saturday (26/09/26) for the 15th annual March for Choice.

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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hear us Now! at the 15th annual March for Choice, this September 26th in Dublin. Meet us at 2pm outside the Department of Health before we march to the Dáil. Share this post far and wide and show your interest by clicking "interested" on our facebook event page, link in our tree.

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