iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

you should feel uncomfortable with frontier AI models not because the tools lack uses but because everyone who works in hyperscale AI wants to worship these machines and every algorithm that behaves unexpectedly is an enfant terrible they admire, love, and hope to have care for them in their dotage

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.

A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion
E extreme shivering or muscle pain
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured

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Cathy @cathyby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The "120m barrels of diesel over the next 6 months" figure seems widespread. EU held 39 million tonnes (286m barrels) of gas/diesel oil in May as reserves in case of supply disruption. It's meant to be enough for 90 days. Trump wants 42% released over the winter to keep US diesel prices down.

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There are only 3 possible paths: Continue as-is forever; Force the parade through; Secretary of State on public safety grounds either prohibits the parade, or amends/revokes the Parades Commission determination. None are good, and all because the PSNI and the PC will not admit they made an error

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Adopting the same PR tactics as Shell in Mayo eh?

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The only* important questions around Drumcree and the Garcaghy road are: Who within the PSNI assessed there would be no disorder if the march went ahead? Who was in the chain of command that approved this assessment? Did the Parades Commission correctly interpret the assessment?

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New New Labour have shown themselves clueless about Northern Ireland. I wonder if Mr Bryant realises he’ll almost certainly be doing direct rule, probably for years, because power sharing will collapse? Stormont desperately needs reform, but there’s little appetite among politicians for that

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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah, Ireland. Road closures during rush hour this morning and rush hour this evening to facilitate a meeting of transport ministers. Rush hour. Transport ministers.

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We can simulate fish schools or ants in ways that solve complex problems (gradient detection, bridge building, nest selection) but no one would create this weird soul/no-soul dichotomy to argue they these that multi-agent swarms of extremely simple rules are “thinking”.

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Friday: Ireland signs order with France to acquire €500m long-range [land-based] military radar Saturday:

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good points well made from @squidgerugby.bsky.social particularly on the current world rugby focus on growth that feels like simply “moar money is moar better” youtu.be/jxzFrR5vSns

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So World Rugby have a plan to crack the USA- Is it working?

YouTube video by More Squidge Rugby

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The lifeboats is hands down the best, most altruistic charity in the UK and Ireland. That the British government and police seem unwilling to deal with this urgently and vocally is telling

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One step closer to defining them as publishers rather than nebulous “platforms” which I reckon would solve the vast majority of problems they cause – rather than the “give them all your data including official ID” plans that govts seem keen on (cos that’s what these “platforms” actually want)

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And the Irish digital state ID wallet requires you to have a valid MyGov account, which in turn requires you to submit information that the DPC has ruled to be illegal !! So its going to be interesting to square that circle

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Kieran Cunningham @kcsixtyseven.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ed Sheeran seemed to enjoy Kneecap in Vicar Street.

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A former* MI5 agent who was an IRA bomb maker and member of the “nutting squad” torture and murder unit is working for Lennon/Robinson eh? Seems a significant story that should be widely covered …

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“British-led Northern Ireland reunification with the independent Ireland” is a very weird way to put it

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ve just tonight learned that Ireland has an invasive shrew from France/Spain that was first identified here in 2008. I’ve also leaned that the Pygmy Shrew it’s displacing is likely not native either, probably brought here (intentionally or otherwise) by early colonisers several thousand years ago

Screenshot from the Seek app identifying the Hreater White-toothed Shrew

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At least this is open, direct corruption of an election, rather than pre-election govt actions or party policy “pledges” to win votes

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026

But the information that they passed on to the police – that these men intended to go to Dover on the next day and attack Muslims – was apparently of no interest. The caller was told to ring 999. They did.

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ballymena last year and Belfast this year were the testing grounds. Only a matter of time before similar violence erupts, unless authorities become significantly more proactive

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I see the EU has a president now

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/08/2026

The reason why people think Dolly was “politically neutral” is because they don’t understand being political as a series of actions born of commitment to an idea. Being political as defined by the pundit class is to be in front of a microphone delivering sound bytes, it’s something to be devoured

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My neighbour in rural western Ireland has been selling their surplus eggs and other produce from an honesty box using QR codes for payment by phone for nearly 2 years now

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

No sign of Oracle on this annoying chart for some reason?

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What stage of fascism is it when the secret police use special gloves to give painful electric shocks to anyone they touch?

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Winning is losing, actually. These voters voting is not telling us what voters want.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New Bobby Fingers video, the first in two years, drops at 10 GMT, if you know, you know

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oof. Google told Henk van Ess "if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was Al-generated." That works if I upload the original screenshot, but not if I crop out the TEXT THAT SAYS IT'S AI. (Funny with the crop it thinks this is Iran)

Screenshot of Google Images AI mode saying the AI image is AI because of "interface artefacts", literally text that says "experimental" and a "create image button". The button for control prompts is also visible, so Google picks up on that.

Screenshot of Google Images AI mode on the altered image, in which I very crappily cut out the text that triggered it last time, and this time AI Mode says it's a satellite image showing destruction of military aircraft in Shiraz, Iran, with no mention that the image was made by Google's own AI.

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Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A Government investigation into Aughinish Alumina was unable to get hold of "confidential" documents from Sweden relating to the plant's alleged ownership by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska It turns out the documents are available publicly for a €25 admin fee www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

irishtimes.com

Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee

Authorities said they were unable to obtain specific information – but judgment is publicly accessible

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Myles na gCup O'Lean. @executivesteve.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Whoever drives the Mayo team's bus home now has the opportunity to do the funniest thing in 75 years.

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Irish media outlets just tell us what a thing is challenge: impossible A bomb in a car is not necessarily a car bomb. A bomb designed to be attached to a car is very different to a 1,000 pound device carried in a car. My favourite pointless phrase in this is “portable car bomb”

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The hosepipe “ban” is a perfect illustration of who Irish officialdom works for. You can’t water your own garden or wash your own car, but if you can afford to pay someone else to do it, not a problem. Business and the comfortable classes will not be inconvenienced, only the little people

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

To solve this, houses must be painted hi-vis

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is the counter-piracy operation near Somalia, and this sort of mission creep (rather than standing up a new mission) is one of the main reasons people don’t trust the EU on defence. The counter-piracy operation has a UN mandate, false flag operations do not

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Notable that the regime that’s allowed nuclear enrichment is the one most responsible for the Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

All the talk of barbecues in national parks makes this video even more important youtu.be/_dKI0tQmBuM

youtu.be

Who Keeps Setting the Mourne Mountains On Fire?

YouTube video by Stephen J Reid

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Much as he hated arguments or any kind of unpleasantness, Ron Shirt thought things had gone too far when, returning from a weekend in Clacton, he found that his neighbour had trimmed the enormous hedge dividing their gardens into the shape of a human leg

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