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Fergal

@fergalyyz.bsky.social
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Irish emigrant. Canadian immigrant. Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room.

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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We’ve reached the limits of human endurance on roller coasters. It’s always been bigger, faster, more features. Now we have people with TBIs and subdural hematoma when the rides work as intended, and people thrown from them when they don’t.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m in the tech mogul’s fountain of inspiration…
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More here… bbaumann.substack.com/p/why-they-w...
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Why They Want You to Watch
The Legal Spectacle of Public Executions
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wonder if it’s in the capability of the type of person that would seek out this viewing opportunity, to be introspective about the disgust and horror they experience, and what it means for their character, and that of their government.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A reminder that people can be judged by how they treat those on their perceived lowest rungs of society. I was surprisingly shocked at the news that the US was going to broadcast an execution by firing squad. This is one disgusting decision away from making these a pay per view event.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cartoon levels of evil from billionaires unfortunately pairs perfectly well with building technology from sci-fi warning novels. What is with this Lex Luther level of gibberish?
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A nation takes the soup…
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a similar spot with a 17 yo who has a stare into nothingness that reminds me of the final scenes in Gladiator where he’s in the colosseum but his hand is reaching for the wheat. Condolences
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Gladiator: Russell Crowe's Hand in Wheat Field
ALT: Gladiator: Russell Crowe's Hand in Wheat Field
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reading about people who were punched in the face is not the same as being punched in the face.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Lots of people saying it’s about reducing burn
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Also 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
But not stop 🤔 for some unknown reason (💰💰💰) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m almost ready to say someone at one or two “of a certain group of companies” should destroy something important, but I’ve read about Roko’s Basilisk and Harland Ellison’s I have no mouth and I must scream. Awkward
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An important thread on vaccinations, monopolies and oligarchies. Ireland had incredibly harrowing road-safety and drink driving ads 30 years ago. We should create the equivalent for vaccine adverts. youtu.be/Wv1rKHGeMRk?...
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This Irish Road Safety Ad Is So Horrifying, It's Banned On TV Before 9PM
YouTube video by Plus Channel
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026
The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Safe to predict that they’ll be claiming a 99% survival/success rate if AI systems were to kill 80M people.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Lake Ontario SNAFU is the closest North Americans will get to understanding the politics of naming Derry City in conversation
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Amazing that the worlds largest economy is being propped up by an unprofitable industry sector that will destroy the environment and drinking water. But also it doesn’t work well, no one wants it and it might kill us all.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reacher is supposed to be my emotionally light temporary escape from *gestures wildly* reality Latest episode was more like Toy Story 3 😬 IYKYK
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Jack Reacher Says Yup
ALT: Jack Reacher Says Yup
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Apart from the blatant theft from Beksinski’s work, there’s lots to be concerned about
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nightmare fuel. I haven’t seen the prompt and the backstory is vague, but this allegedly is Claude’s response to a “draw yourself” request.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The billionaire class will fail at this because they have enough wealth to be transactional in every respect. But loyalty requires relationships which is contradictory to their value systems www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se...
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is more than an abstract failure mode
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
When it comes to billionaire bunkers and apocalyptic survival strategies, I’m less interested in food supplies and the quality of the amenities, and more interested in the options and strategy to ensure billionaire’s security teams don’t or can’t take over.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rajendra Dawadi is a hero
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reading some (very much) unconfirmed rumours that are terrifying. I hope the exposure was limited to just one person.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dimethyl Mercury is about the most terrifying chemical exposure I can think of. Exposure means a guaranteed slow, painful death. I wouldn’t set foot in this building.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“I’m learning to read again after a serious head pineapple” What a line! 😁
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is a worthy read 👆
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is the most depressing decade to be playing Dead Pool…
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hydronyms 👀
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We need a function on #BlueSky (& other SM apps) that allows you to repost someone’s post AND a reply to it, where together they represent an expanded story, deeper meaning, or message of note or otherwise share-worthiness, or whatnot.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
They’re not wrong
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’ll never know the pleasure because his Irish Cream was terrible enough to qualify his distilled products for my personal blacklist
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“One day a bridge collapsed and no one came to fix it”
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
17 year old furry friend is getting that faraway look in her stare. Hoping she makes it through Christmas. This seems like a reasonable, attainable goal
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
❤️
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Frequency of finding human remains at Lake Mead is a climate crisis indicator
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
All of this. 👇 With regards AI use and the double standards applied to people of colour, and predominantly to black people, in positions of seniority.
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Half-way through. We don’t hate Facebook/Meta enough
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1. Buy the AI 2. Fire the worker 3. Lose money 4. Can’t afford to rehire/admit mistake 5. Self-imposed leverage/dependency on defective AI to fill gap 6. Miserable staff 7. Attrition 8. More AI The AI business model 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One of the unintended outcomes of this dystopian product is that people are ditching regular Ray-Bans so they can avoid the shame of being accused of having the Meta glasses. 👌
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This book is wild. And recommended reading!
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just 3 pages into Sarah Wynn-William’s book ‘Careless People’ and…
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Poor Edward
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
To be exact, there are 9 submarines in the Great Lakes at all times. The US Navy & Canadian Coastguard coordinate patrols in Ontario, Erie, Superior and Huron, with US having sole responsibility for Lake Michigan. The treaty is known as the North American Lake Defence Command
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
When rich people’s holiday homes are in danger of forest fires…
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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
How about a sustainable campaign to replace dependence on fossil fuels with clean energy derived from solar, wind and geothermal power?
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