Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 2hHow would you describe your social media reach?static.klipy.comPenguins Eating Rocks in SnowAlt: Penguin bringing a pebble to the nest. 000
Reposted by FranwaldIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13hBREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 11454961292
Reposted by FranwaldTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 15hFriends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 3202121
Reposted by FranwaldSailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 15hGood advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it! 13738861343
Reposted by FranwaldAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 10hsays something about the workings of Ireland's democracy that we have no mechanisms to keep the government in check on climate. Climate Action Plan delayed, public transport not funded, Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity ignored 13512
Reposted by FranwaldWell, That Was Spooky @thediscoveryofzero.com · 20hThis interview with @timnitgebru.blacksky.app does a good job puncturing some of this BS. I think the private sector often profits off of just this sort of move: hiding ‘expertise’ behind proprietary doors and then making public claims that can’t be scrutinized is par for the course in business.podcasts.apple.comThere Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit GebruPodcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · September 29 · 32m 312642
Reposted by FranwaldH e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 19h"I see Earth! It is so beautiful!" ― Yuri Gagarin (1961) 0134
Reposted by FranwaldDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19hHuge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...enforce.ieICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - EnforceLandmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions 15726
Reposted by FranwaldJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The “protect women” crowd hasn’t said a word about the Cornell rapists… It’s like they almost don’t actually care about women and abuse trans folks just to prop up their misogyny. 461519401
Reposted by FranwaldPat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why women choose the 🐻 24063682231
Reposted by FranwaldMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 121358519
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The comparison images are a visceral indication of how entirely Israel has obliterated Gaza. Wiped out. Nothing left. War crimes evidence is clear as day and still nothing is done. Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war aje.news/e1smakaje.newsSatellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal warGoogle Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed. 000
Reposted by FranwaldAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9251953180
Reposted by Franwaldwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt 21600301
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Brilliant idea. If you've taken money from a business or have a second job, you have to wear a nice little sash with all your sponsors badges on. Like a transparently corrupt little girl guide. 110
Reposted by Franwalddawn of the debb @debbshock.blue · 28/09/2026Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl 603673538
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This film is genuinely brilliant. It *is* hypnotic; the combination of the music and editing style. Off to see if I can find a copy of the soundtrack for my commuting playlist. 010
Reposted by Franwaldℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University. 843167903
Reposted by FranwaldLouise @selkies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that Gavin Bazunu had to say "just me, personally, not big into huge death tolls" 2736
Reposted by FranwaldHarry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My cartoon in today's @independent.ie. 19527
Reposted by FranwaldJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a perfect library joke 📚 535842
Reposted by FranwaldMAWriterGirl 🇸🇪🇸🇯🇮🇸🇫🇮🇩🇰🇫🇴🇦🇽🌍 @mawritergirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad 17573062516
Reposted by FranwaldAoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Put the King from King crisps in the middle and then there's even a monarch on the flag. Everyone is happy then. 0213
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nice. I haven't been in ours very often as I work 9 to 5 but my wife works shifts and has been to a few classes there and done some study there without getting distracted. I do use their BorrowBox app nearly every day though. 010
Reposted by FranwaldRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A little #poem for cat lovers. Happy #Caturday 311225209
Reposted by FranwaldOla Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Head-in-the-sand stuff from RTE. “Exceptional weather” = means months of climate-change-driven heatwaves, but somehow RTE seems baffled that trolley numbers are high. Extreme heat doesn’t stop being dangerous because we call it a “great summer”. This is climate denial by euphemism.rte.ieWhat will this winter trolley season bring?On any given day, there remain hundreds of patents waiting for admission to a hospital bed, placed on a trolley, chair, or other area of a hospital. 0114
Reposted by FranwaldDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026omg. i love this version so much 4631134
Reposted by FranwaldSebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Absolutely wild to hear "is computer human" from dickheads who treat large groups of people as if they're not 81117307
Reposted by FranwaldLaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Interested to read just how well the left did in ‘other’ elections in Germany. Apparently 54% of young women voted left. Completely under reported and considered of no consequence to the Media. The media only offer biased reporting seemingly. Who knew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comLook again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas MuddeDefeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde 10459190
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oooh the RTE Listen app has had an update. Playlists! Realising I know all the words to Bob Dylan's 115th Dream. Yay me!rte.ieLate Date - 25 September 2026The perfect musical end to the day, presented by Ray Cuddihy. 000
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We need so much more of this sort of whimsy in our lives... 000
Reposted by FranwaldSocial Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tomorrow, the 15th March for Choice will take place in Dublin. That’s 15 years of calling for an end to this paternalistic view of reproductive rights. 8 years after Repeal, there are still too many barriers to abortion access. The Dáil voted to remove the three day wait, when will it happen? 22713
Reposted by Franwaldkelly @earley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026so we need thousands of staff for transport infrastructure, thousands of staff for nursing homes and thousands of young people are leaving the country... and we are turning away people who want to come to ireland to work, while making those who are here wait longer for citizenship. ok grand 612251
Reposted by FranwaldPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Myself, 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 25040
Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As a public body, supposedly neutral, if you commission a report with public money, you publish the whole report. If you're using KPMG, the terms of reference must be specific about neutrality to prevent issues of competing interests or even the appearance of them.thejournal.ieGovernment report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claimsThe study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere. 000
Reposted by FranwaldWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026If you only read one piece on the criminal legal aid fiasco in Ireland, read this. 0136
Reposted by FranwaldJ @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Aide: “Just don’t do Monty Burns hands…ah for f.. ” 68422
Reposted by FranwaldTallFroGuy - Shape Decider @tallfroguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026up periscope #critterposting 71405464
Reposted by FranwaldTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How I feel right now about the British/ 🇬🇧English( whatever) political landscape is that some one wrapped in a Union Jack could whack me over the head with a flag pole & the BBC would shove a microphone in my face asking why I provoked the attacker & the Home Sec would invite the attacker for tea . 271368379