Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 5hCut it down the middle, they're both responsible. 000
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 16h"Today's AI summit brings together businesses, governments and civil society together" Minister Peter Burke TD (fact: there are no civil society representatives, not in the list of speakers) #AISummitIE 1325091
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It's been coming for a while, complete contempt from the govt for a few years now. 000
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyChris Whittall @chriswhittall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Here's Morgan Stanley's global head of fixed income research: “There’s a lot of issuance...; people are exposed to the sector in many different ways; there’s a perception that if something goes wrong here it could have systemic implications.... So there should be a risk premium.” 182
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyAdrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Weird that 3 US companies -- Apple (€4.1bn), Microsoft (€5.6bn) and Eli Lilly (€5.7bn) -- now pay for people's heating oil, pension increases and tax cuts in this Budget. Near directly. They file windfall taxes = we hike social spending and cut our income tax. Utter, depressing dependence. 21513
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyDaryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 04/10/2026Well done Jennifer Whitmore! Oireachtas Committee testimony created solely from AI should most definitely not be accepted as expert opinion. 📽️@jen_whitmore_td & @social-democrats.bsky.social on insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DeCetuV... #IrishPol 513141
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It was in fact not mind-boggling at all. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The more I hear apocalyptic statements from these companies, the less I believe in the fundamentals. 010
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyDr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Colm McCarthy also said both the DART and the Luas would be disasters but sure look I guess he will be right about something one day. 04815
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyMaria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026I cannot ever forget how the marching bands refused to be silent, as requested, going past the house where the mother of those three murdered boys took refuge in the weeks after her unthinkable loss. A small detail that exposes everything this march is for. 6542170
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Actually just a had a fucking record scratch moment over this. Is this fucker paraphrasing Wreck it Ralph!youtube.comWreck It Ralph clip: "I'm bad and that's good." HD 1080pYouTube video by Flash of Memory 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It does feel like we live in a Philip Dick novel these days. Invasive technology mixed with people who need psychiatry. 100
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3334131271
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don't worry, we'll house people in the hollowed out shells of data centres. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wouldn't fix education and definitely won't fix the housing fuckup FF/FG have presided over. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We're being accused because that's precisely what we did. 052
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fortunately we have a govt that is definitely focused on housing outcomes and not short-term profits... 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Data centres aren't the reason for the current housing crisis, but if private builders all abandon house building for data centres the crisis will go completely to hell. 100
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There isn't much different between this and what Orban did with Chinese investment btw. The height of cynicism with this govt. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The more I think of it, the more amateurish this is. FF/FG seriously thought they could broach this like this and no one would see the American hand on our shoulder...seriously. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I can see an ultimatum being passed down on us by the EU in the next 15 years if we don't cop the fuck on with this shit. We've been nothing but a thorn in the side of the bloc for a decade now with our antics. 100
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So they've Bloody Mary'd themselves into a collective hysteria. 030
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Yeah this is just a confidence scheme. The giveaway is the second half of the last sentence. 000
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyDr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026subjecting singularitarianism to the frameworks of religious studies is the surest way to understand it imho thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/silicon-vall...thereader.mitpress.mit.eduSilicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like ReligionThe tech world’s obsession with artificial intelligence has spawned beliefs and rituals that resemble religion — complete with digital deities, moral codes, and threats of damnation. 26322
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026There's dogwhistles and there's foghorns. 010
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Big talk for two parties that had no issue selling citizenship to oligarchs. 072
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We're at near full employment. Everyone who needs to is already getting up in the morning... 040
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkySimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 03/09/2026aside from the more significant issue of their patron also supporting a project run by someone who promotes rampant racism and calls for mass deportations, but if Progress Ireland’s whole deal is promoting building, is it not fair to expect their head to read the Development Plan? 43611
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 03/09/2026Commuter groups have described increases in public transport fares as "absolutely unacceptable", accusing the Government of asking bus, rail and tram users to "in effect" cover the "astounding cost" of an extension in cuts to Excise Duty on petrol and dieselrte.ieBus, rail users funding excise cuts, commuter groups sayIncreases in public transport fares for adults have been described as "absolutely unacceptable" by commuter groups. 711745
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In the first six months of 2026 an average of 70,412 tonnes of Irish alumina a month went to Russia. An increase on the average of 64,665 tonnes a month last year This year 49% of all Aughinish's alumina went to Russia, up from 43% last year www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...irishtimes.comAughinish Alumina’s exports to Russia continue to riseRussian-owned plant in Co Limerick denies its material is being used in Russian weapons 32319
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Think I've seen how this plays out in film so nah. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I can't remember who on here said AI slop is the contemporary aesthetic of fascism, but it's damn hard to argue with the view. 020
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 30/08/2026No undergrad should be using an LLM and it's absurdly irresponsible to suggest otherwise. 371517243
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If an Englishman stuck his hand in a fire would you? 020
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyJukesie @jukes.ie · 29/08/2026I found this screenshot I took from somewhere last year in my Downloads and I think it sums up why I get angsty about "AI" - in my head it defaults to meaning LLMs/GenAI and not all the things I think are probably useful 😅 05217
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Big piece from Fintan O'Toole in this morning's Irish Times, about Ireland's big tech payoff and the harm to children it allows www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...irishtimes.comWill Ireland continue to take TikTok’s money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we willWe are living off the immoral earnings generated by deliberately addictive and toxic content aimed at children 11311
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ukraine imposes sanctions on Aughinish Alumina customers in Russia www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comUkraine imposes sanctions on Aughinish Alumina customers in RussiaMove aims to raise pressure on Ireland and EU to sanction Aughinish parent company and stop exports to Russia 12718
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyTomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is so bad (even for Haldane) to the point of being outright embarrassing for the FT to have published it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comWhy Britain needs a Messi budgetThe playing style of the great Argentine footballer demonstrates that less can be more 10398
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyJakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🇺🇸💵🇪🇺 The US State Dept "CERV programme but evil" gets expanded to support civil society action on yet another civilisational danger to the World of White People: mass migration, and to help NGOs *checks notes* defend US Big Tech from regulation. 1/ 16220
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 17/08/2026The EU has passed a regulation saying that AI generated text should be labelled as such I’ve just read a very long piece by an irate American on how this requirement is a “perversion of writing.” I thought it was A.I. that was perverting writing but it turns out its us wicked Europeans. 32210
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This bubble can't burst soon enough. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 15/08/2026static.klipy.comChristian Bale's Smile in The Big ShortAlt: Christian Bale playing Michael Burry in The Big Short smiling at the camera. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Will be interesting to see what happens when America actually crosses the 40 trillion threshold. 000
Ghost in the BlueSky @ghostinthebluesky.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I would wag my finger at the Americans over this, but it's basically the majority opinion of Ireland. 031
Reposted by Ghost in the BlueSkyLeslie Ehrlich @leslieehrlich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Worth your time to read Still entirely applicable Remarkably prescient 1124
