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Franwald

@franwald.bsky.social
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Queer, crafty, geeky, humanist. AuDHD, menopause, PMOS (PCOS), mental health - knowledge is power.

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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 2h
How would you describe your social media reach?
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Penguins Eating Rocks in Snow
Alt: Penguin bringing a pebble to the nest.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13h
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 15h
Friends, 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....
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Surveillance Watch
This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 15h
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 10h
says 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
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Well, That Was Spooky @thediscoveryofzero.com · 20h
This 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.
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There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit Gebru
Podcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · September 29 · 32m
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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 19h
"I see Earth! It is so beautiful!" ― Yuri Gagarin (1961)
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19h
Huge 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...
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ICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - Enforce
Landmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The “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.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why women choose the 🐻
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 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/e1smak
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Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Always a favourite.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google 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.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brilliant 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.
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.blue · 28/09/2026
Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl
a pygmy owl resting on a branch.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This 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.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that Gavin Bazunu had to say "just me, personally, not big into huge death tolls"
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Britpop fans graffiti in the Slieve Bloom forest.
Logged timber with "Pulp" spray painted on one end.Logged timber with "Pulp" spray painted on one endLogged timber with "Pulp" spray painted on one end
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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My cartoon in today's @independent.ie.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The moon last night.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ESB box needs lessons in consent.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My kind of Boyfriend Material.
Logged timber with B/F sprayed on it.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a perfect library joke 📚
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MAWriterGirl 🇸🇪🇸🇯🇮🇸🇫🇮🇩🇰🇫🇴🇦🇽🌍 @mawritergirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Put the King from King crisps in the middle and then there's even a monarch on the flag. Everyone is happy then.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nice. 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.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A little #poem for cat lovers. Happy #Caturday
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Head-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.
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What 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.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
omg. i love this version so much
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely wild to hear "is computer human" from dickheads who treat large groups of people as if they're not
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interested 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...
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Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist 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
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oooh the RTE Listen app has had an update. Playlists! Realising I know all the words to Bob Dylan's 115th Dream. Yay me!
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Late Date - 25 September 2026
The perfect musical end to the day, presented by Ray Cuddihy.
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Uncle Rascal's Comic Panels ... @comic-panels.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seems like today is for whimsy.
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We need so much more of this sort of whimsy in our lives...
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tomorrow, 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?
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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Integrity. Bring back integrity.
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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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kelly @earley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
so 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
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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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Franwald @franwald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As 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.
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Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims
The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
If you only read one piece on the criminal legal aid fiasco in Ireland, read this.
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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Aide: “Just don’t do Monty Burns hands…ah for f.. ”
Micheál Martin and Zohran Mamdani on subway: MM has the fingertips of each hand about to touch those of the other hand
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TallFroGuy - Shape Decider @tallfroguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
up periscope #critterposting
Crude drawing of two cats by the a window with slat blinds. One is orange and circular. The other is brown and slat shaped. Light from the window slats checkboards the blue wall behind them. Shaped like shapes.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How 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 .
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