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A North Sider. A story teller living in an absurd world. A narrator, teller of tales, spinner of yarns. Frank Sonderborg was born in Ireland, lives in the UK, and […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.ie/@FSonder, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
What a strange story. Who needs fiction when you get true stories like this;+O www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interac…
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Earling Haaland is reported to be earning £900k a week. That would buy a lot of Dodgy Football Shirts;+( www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles…
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Premier League football shirts made by workers on £1 an hour
A BBC Sport investigation traces official football shirt production to factories in Cambodia where workers are paid less than £1 an hour.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Le Chonk”, the latest version of Mistral’s flagship foundational model, which the French AI champion released on Tuesday: Source, Sifted Daily: What is “Le Chonk” Official name: Mistral Large 4 Nickname: “Le Chonk” Size: about 1 trillion parameters Type: open-weight model — Mistral intends to […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
The largest portion of the performance hit from compressed memory isn't the compression; that's tiny. No, the largest hit apparently stems mostly from the fault itself and the swap behavior. So the thinking seems to have been "what if we just do zram, but completely in memory instead of as swap? […]
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juliette @juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Is there an 18-year old EU resident in your life? Send them this so they can have a chance to get a travel pass to explore the continent a bit: commission.europa.eu/news-and-media…
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Turning 18? Apply for a free DiscoverEU travel pass
The EU is offering DiscoverEU travel passes to 18-year-olds to explore Europe. The applications are open until 15 October 2026 midday Brussels time.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
“I was so devalued as a person, as an artist,” she says. “To be a dark little South American woman, even in Latin America, is to be in a position of pain, disrespect and inappreciation.” Some have since been recreated from memory and photographs – not reconstruction, she says, but something […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
A special effects axe wielded by Jack Nicholson as he delivered his chillingly manic line “Here’s Johnny!” in the 1980 horror movie The Shining is to go on sale. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/0…
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Axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining for sale as part of Stanley Kubrick auction
Exclusive: Weapon is one of hundreds of items to be sold as part of the influential late director’s personal archive
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
And so when the ten-years dump, the base interest rate of almost everything increases, and some of the things that are becoming more expensive as a result are actively contributing to the problem. The US Government cannot afford to stop issuing debt, the wars in Iran and Ukraine aren’t going […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
“This planetary material is very rich in an element called niobium,” said lead study author Jamie Williams, a doctoral student in the department of physics of the University of Warwick in England. “It’s the first time that this element is found in a white dwarf, and this implies that the […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
The DiscoverEU programme gives 18-year-olds the chance to travel for free on environmentally friendly modes of transport, such as trains, for up to seven days within a period of no more than one month, between 1 March 2027 and 31 May 2028. Part of the Erasmus+ scheme, the programme aims to allow […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
The first problem we have here is the audience. A pretty large portion of Linux systems today are virtual machines, containers ,and cloud instances that nobody sets up by hand. Servers are created using scripts, templates and orchestration tools, and an installer wizard that asks a person to […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
The first problem we have here is the audience. A pretty large portion of Linux systems today are virtual machines, containers ,and cloud instances that nobody sets up by hand. Servers are created using scripts, templates and orchestration tools, and an installer wizard that asks a person to […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
I worked with a great but very quiet worker, who got made redundant because nobody in the managers office could remember who Gustav was, when they made their redundancy list. I've since called this, The Gustav Syndrome. It is no guarantee that the excellent work you are doing is appreciated, or […]
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE @timwardcam.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
@FSonder I have read a few self-published books, mostly because I've known the author and am interested in what they're going to say. The books have all been to a greater or lesser extent crap. This is particularly disappointing where the author clearly has something interesting to say but just […]
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Token Sane Person @tokensane.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
@TimWardCam @FSonder The marketing is key. Not just because it gets your book in front of potential readers, but because it acts as an unforgeable signal that someone other than the author thinks that this book is saleable, and therefore probably worth reading.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
The scale becomes clearer when you consider that the documentation is expected to exceed 100,000 pages. On crude math, that comes to roughly $840 per page, a figure that turns each sheet into something more valuable than a flagship smartphone. A single page costs more than an iPhone. Taken as a […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Crows are associated with death. This is because some crow species eat dead flesh, but in Ireland they are also linked to war goddesses and battlefields. There is the Morrígan, a war goddess who can transform into a crow. She is sometimes believed to have two sisters, Badb and Macha, who can […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
The gang showed me their territory: the basement where they had their club, played music and kept a lot of their weapons, and the sidewalks where Savage Skulls tags appeared on walls, doors and trash cans. They also spent a lot of time on a nearby basketball court. They didn’t actually play […]
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE @timwardcam.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
@FSonder Well, these days writers have the option to self publish, if they don't want to use the editing and marketing services of a publisher.
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE @timwardcam.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
@FSonder Wouldn't worry about that last one - the final say on the title is with the publisher anyway, so you can blame them.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Are we write. So let's start;+)
Things that make writers anxious.

Not writing.
Writing.
People reading their stories.
People not reading their stories.
Editing.
Not editing.
Not having any good ideas.
Having too many ideas and not being able to decide which to write.
Having one really good idea and worrying they're not good enough to write it.
Not having time to write.
Having time to write.
No reviews.
999 good reviews and that one fucker who thought the title was too long.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Since 2015, the contest has shared light-hearted wildlife images captured by photographers from around the world. This year, more than 10,000 images from 112 countries were submitted for consideration. After careful consideration (and likely quite a few laughs), the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
So video didn't kill the radio star? edition.cnn.com/2026/10/02/science/…
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Astronomers pick up first-ever radio signal from an exoplanet — but it’s not aliens | CNN
Astronomers say they have have detected a radio emission from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet 63 light-years from Earth, according to new research.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Pedro Sanchez is not the only EU leader going off piste. Global volatility means other EU countries feel squeezed and exposed and unsure they can rely on America under President Trump. His policy on trade and defence is seen as unpredictable and, at times, aggressive. And so EU member states are […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
From founders and investors to operators and ecosystem builders, these are 100 women changing the shape of Europe's tech scene. sifted.eu/list/100-women-in-tech-20…
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
In 2024, in a separate case against the Premier League, City tried to discredit the league’s basic governance model, arguing that the two-thirds majority required for motions to pass represented “the tyranny of the majority”, which gives you a good idea of what Abu Dhabi thinks of basic […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Israel has never publicly listed the checkpoints it operates, their staffing hours, or their closure times. On the ground, Google Maps is practically useless for Palestinians; it is blind to the checkpoints and tries to route drivers onto roads reserved for Israeli-plated cars. Instead, citizens […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
SpaceX’s original price per seat for early Dragon flights was approximately $55 million. For more recent missions, the price has increased to $78.8 million. (And if SpaceX were to magically decide to keep flying Dragon longer, the price would only go up). By contrast, the Starliner price to NASA […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
In other words, the talking point that NVIDIA’s GPU sales are proof of actual demand for AI services or, indeed, that hyperscaler growth is a result of all those capital expenditures is a complete lie. www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Every now and then, I gather the necessary forces and submit to one of these big boys. I usually hear nothing back. But it does raise the bar of my writing. I think;+) And hope, springs eternal, as one wit was overheard saying. authorspublish.com/27-respected-lit…
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
My favourite local, and very independent bookshop, for local people, in Mojacar, Almeria, Spain www.facebook.com/sunnybooksmojacar/…
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
So let me get this right... SpaceX's "successful" orbital launch of Starship lost an engine in flight, was cut from a planned six orbits to two (and SpaceX isn't saying why), neither part is reusable, and the top part blew up on splashdown.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
I enter this every year. One day.... One day...... www.rte.ie/culture/2026/0928/159322…
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Shortlist announced for RTÉ Short Story Competition 2026
RTÉ has announced details of the ten outstanding new stories which have been shortlisted for the RTÉ Short Story Competition 2026 in honour of Francis MacManus, from almost 2,500 entries submitted.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
It means no worries for the rest of your days
Name the compound:
HCOONa   Handwritten text in image:Matata
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
The fuel, deuterium, can be extracted from ordinary seawater. A single glass of water contains enough deuterium to produce the energy equivalent of 300 gallons of gasoline, if the fusion process can be made to work at scale. Tritium, the other fuel, can be bred from abundant lithium […]
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Phil Thane ✅ @pthane.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
@FSonder When Brexshit hit the fan I researched my catholic granny with an Irish maiden name. Turns out she was born in Manchester. Irish family but one generation too far back. Her husband was Welsh but that doesn't help. 😞
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Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @mikefromlfe.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
@pthane @FSonder Wife-face has an Irish passport due to her Cork born mother. (Gives her the bragging rights to tell ignorant people she's the daughter of an illegal economic migrant)
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stephen Miller's wife got threatening phone calls, leading to the FBI opening an investigation. When the Miller family were not happy with the pace of the progress the lead agents were kicked off the case and reassigned. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Wife (2)
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
“Because nearly all faces are somewhat asymmetrical, an unreversed photograph changes the relative position of features in a way that may look subtly wrong to us, even though it looks perfectly normal to other people.” www.popsci.com/science/why-look-dif…
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The reason your face looks wrong in photos
It's not you, it's physics. The post The reason your face looks wrong in photos appeared first on Popular Science.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
By some estimates, more than 70 million people worldwide claim Irish descent, and many qualify without knowing it. www.imidaily.com/analysis/five-ways…
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rAIner Agentic Quantum Rehak @rainer-rehak.mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Sehr interessantes Interview mit Cory #Doctorow on the Big #AI Lie "the #scam of the century", von Ökonomie bis hin zu Python-Loop-Agenten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTqCVJFr7XM @pluralistic
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Reversing the direction of time doesn’t prevent the equations from working. That is, time could point either way and we wouldn’t be able to tell the future from the past. Yet we see a clear difference between the past and the future. This is ‘the second problem of physical time’. How do we […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
And then they went and spoilt it all, by saying something stupid like, "We have an intact UFO, with a FTL power unit." […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), China installed 354,000 industrial robots in 2025, up 20% from a year earlier. The country accounted for 59% of global deployments, while Chinese manufacturers supplied 195,000 units and captured 55% of their domestic market […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Certain quantum-gravity models suggest that the rules of Lorentz invariance can start to bend at the highest energy levels, which would certainly apply here – and potentially make the Universe more transparent to the photon as it rockets through space. As the researchers put it, it's almost like […]
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
U2 can start a band www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/story-l…
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Drummer Seeks Musicians: the story of how U2 began
Róisín Ingle uncovers the making of Ireland’s biggest band
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Reign in Spain is Johnny Foreigners!!! www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/23/alicante-foreigners-outnumber-locals
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Back door ai. Better than spending your hard earned money money on pints of luke warm beer & Fish n Chips, I suppose. www.raconteur.net/ai/uk-staff-spend…
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UK staff spend £1b on shadow AI as official rollouts lag - Raconteur
Slow enterprise tech adoption forces workers to fund their own tools, with big productivity gains for staff and serious compliance risks for employers
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
The Johnny Appleseed Alien Dark Forest may not yet have matured. Just yet;+O (Then again they may already be here😱) phys.org/news/2026-09-nearby-advanc…
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Is a nearby advanced alien civilization out there waiting to pounce on Earth? Unlikely, says new study
Science fiction suggests that life on other planets, if it exists, is likely far more advanced than life on Earth. A recent study suggests otherwise.
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