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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Israel 8th happiest country in the world per World Happiness Report 2025: (data.worldhappiness.report/table) 🤮

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Everyone talking about Adolescence, but why is nobody talking about how it was shot? Presuming it was seamed together in some new techy way or how the hell did they transition from handheld to drone to car rig? Insane. Let alone choreograph 160+ perfect single-take scenes? Jaw-dropping!

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ostonox @ostonox.com · 20/03/2025

mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be

mr beast tweet reads: I have a pilot living in a $2,500,000 private jet and if he doesn’t leave for 100 days he keeps it, a cop/criminal in a jail and if they don’t leave for 100 days they win $500,000, and someone living in a gym until he loses 100 pounds for $500,000. Can’t wait to upload these 🥰

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Three things: 1. Israel doesn’t get to unilaterally ‘propose’ extensions of a ceasefire that it has repeatedly violated. 2. Netanyahu was already indicted for starvation. Here’s more of the clear starvation policy. 3. It’s the beginning of Ramadan, the cruelty is just so brazen and shameful.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

A long and depressing history led to this headline.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Sick. What should be a headline in itself, now buried in a pile of chaos: Netanyahu is cutting off goods, supplies & aid to Gaza in a move approved by Trump: "An Israeli official said the decision to suspend aid was made in coordination with the Trump administration" www.foxnews.com/world/israel...

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Israel blocks humanitarian aid into Gaza after Hamas rejects ceasefire extension proposal

Israel has cut all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip and warned Hamas it would face "additional consequences" if it does not accept a new deal for an extended ceasefire.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Going through some old things. I tend to look back with a very critical eye at my younger self: I remember all the bad things I did, and none of the good ones. Found this today. I have no context or memory of it, but is nice to think I had my moments.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

For years I kept asking myself why don't they just attach the lid to the milk bottle or toothpaste or whatever and that will be the problem solved we'll never have to look for a lid again. It's staring us right in the face...

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Very exciting stuff: Deep Research landed in the lowest-tier paid models of ChatGPT yesterday (which is fantastic timing, tbh 😆). I am currently assessing accuracy with some of my Irish colleagues in research. If you would like me to run a research question for you, ... 🧵

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Anyone with experience of the new system doubly appreciated. AAARRGGHH!!

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

What surprises me is that this is so off brand for Trump. I would have expected something gross and tacky, but this is fragile, provocative, delicate - a really vulnerable piece of personal art to share. Makes you think.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Do you have an AI usage policy in your workplace? If not - would you like me to run a session on how to build one? As AI becomes increasingly integral to business operations, crafting a comprehensive AI policy is essential. More than that, (1/10)

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much. The real #TwoTierPolicing www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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Hundreds of tractors block Westminster

Farmers from across the UK protesting in London against changes to inheritance tax.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Nor SHOULD you have to respond to my post. 😂

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Sometimes it's hard to know the right question to ask, isn't it?

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This free Ask-Me-Anything webinar is happening today at 3pm if you have any questions at all about how to take the next step in using AI tools at work or in your business! Scan the QR to register!

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This free Ask-Me-Anything webinar is happening today at 3pm if you have any questions at all about how to take the next step in using AI tools at work or in your business! Scan the QR to register!

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

If, like me, you are looking to cut hours out of your working day and get your precious time back, I am running a Get Started With AI bootcamp using low-cost AI tools. It's just 15 people - we really get into your documents and your workflows and show you how to really boost your productivity. Scan👇

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A reminder that I will be hosting a FREE AMA on using AI in your small business, consultancy or practice with Tony Peacham on Friday at 3pm! Scan the QR code to register!

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Want to know if AI can do that thing you hate doing? Join me and Tony Peacham, AI implementation wizard, as we answer any question you have on AI tools, chatgpt, building your own tools, Langchain and so on. Aimed at a non-expert, non-techie audience. See you Friday 3pm!

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Out foiling this evening. Even without much wind, and I mostly looked like this guy it's such a nice thing to be out on the water in Seapoint. If you are interested in giving it a try, and live coastally, I cannot recommend it enough.

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a person carrying a surfboard along a sidewalk with failarmy written on the bottom

ALT: a person carrying a surfboard along a sidewalk with failarmy written on the bottom

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

More about this next week, but AI implementation wizard Tony Peacham and I will be online for a free AMA next Friday at 3pm to answer your questions on how to use AI in your day-to-day and to solve workflow issues. Join the mailing list at the bottom of our webpage: getstartedai.com

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GET STARTED WITH AI

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

HATE Powerpoint? I gave myself just 5 minutes to create a well-structured, well researched presentation on the topic of alternatives to plastic waste using Storm, Gamma and ChatGPT. www.loom.com/share/e288dd...

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Library | Loom - 31 January 2025

Use Loom to record quick videos of your screen and cam. Explain anything clearly and easily – and skip the meeting. An essential tool for hybrid workplaces.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

If you work in research or education, you've probably been cautious about using AI. I created this version of the Get Started with AI course in consultation with researchers so you can spend less time doing admin & more time doing what you love. Learn how to cut HOURS from your working week.👇

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Feeling like Bear Grylls because I didn't use a firelog to light the fire. 💪

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macmuiris @macmuiris.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

And you may tell yourself, "those are not my beautiful bins". #eowyn

Two heavy green fuel bunkers smashed up against a bench, having been deposited there by Éowyn, who has been here for the last eight hours or so having a MAGNIFICENT time, the drunken bitch

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Windiest place in the world right now. Can't say that very often. Nor would you want to.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This is just grotesque. With all the problems in the world: www.theguardian.com/football/202... "The 24-year-old’s fresh terms ties him to the champions until 2034 and will earn him a basic salary of around £500,000 a-week." That equates with a modest rate of interest to £303bn. 🤢

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Erling Haaland’s record Manchester City deal to 2034 leaves Guardiola stunned

Pep Guardiola was so stunned when learning the length of Erling Haaland’s record new nine-and-a-half year contract that he asked Txiki Begiristain, Manchester City’s sporting director, to repeat himse...

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Someone should tell Biden that the ceasefire he's been bragging about needed to happen over a year ago while there were still people alive who could benefit from it. Even 9 months. Pathetic showboating and honestly, his and Harris' lipservice in office while bankrolling genocide is beyond shameless.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Brooks runners and Urban Outfitters: WHY?

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In Crumlin Hospital. Tiny waiting room. Very warm. Everything is dirty, children throwing up on the floor. Everyone waiting a long time, seats uncomfortable. Woman beside me says she's waiting 2 hrs since she got her child x-rayed. That new hospital couldn't come quickly enough.

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

If you think your year is off to a rough start professionally, spare a thought for the folks in Lazio's press office.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

did this person think that 'cancelled' was... a legal thing? so that the change of government means a repealing of the... cancellation laws? if you say stupid insulting stuff, the same people will still think you're a douchebag, you shit-for-brains

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Tried a few new Google Labs tools (not currently available here). Output is very impressive at at times: Prompt - 1950s fashion shoot, model looks out a Paris apartment, smoking. She wears a pixie cut, aubergine pencil skirt, neck tie and yellow turtleneck.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

He's talking about war, is he not? Am I missing something?

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The way to get Chapelle Roan's Hot To Go out of your head is not, by the way, to play it on repeat at full volume in the car to work. What a perfect pop song. A rare example of an artist with a perfect voice using it with restraint to the benefit of the music, in my humble opinion.

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

On another note, came across this awesome grotto in D8 this morning. 😍 Fair fucks to Jesus and Mary, like. Launched a hundred thousand ships with that little yarn. That one man's life story inspired so much incredible art (and, obviously, pain). Iconography FTW

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Crippled with anxiety this morning that I haven't ever achieved anything even remotely great. Happens more and more as I age. Mad that I can be wildly inspired by amazing, creative people and yet plunge simultaneously so deeply into the feeling of being unaccomplished and so far from my potential. 🫠

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Confession - I don't subscribe to any Youtube channels. I just feel weird about watching YouTube period. Must try and unpack that one day, but every once in a while I just fall upon someone doing amazingly great shit.

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Bobby Fingers

I make beautiful things, then see them buried. A bit like God. x You can buy me a coffee here if you like. https://ko-fi.com/bobbyfingers Or become a Patron so i can quit my job as a Butcher and do ...

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Jonathan McCrea @jonathanmccrea.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I think one of the things that is so conflicting about AI is that it promises to allow you do more work... but that work is unarguably less good than if you were to spend your own time properly doing it. But we're so stretched for time that we're not doing any of our work very well anyway, so... 🫠

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Anja Murray @miseanja.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It’s publication day for Wild Embrace paperback edition! I’m proud of this book for having done so well for itself out in the world. Pictured here in its favourite habitat, the hills of west Cavan. Thanks to the team Hachette Ireland & Jane Carkill for her gorgeous illustrations

Wild Embrace book nestled on a frosty rock with holly trees and blue skies in the background

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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I did a full podcast on this if you're interested. Not just japanese knotweed, but I was able to build a map of protestant colonisation in Ireland based on where giant hogweed grows as an invasive species open.spotify.com/episode/5L3E...

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Protestant Footsteps

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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I spotted that pattern during a bout of turbo autism. But then afterwards, went looking for evidence, and yes. It's a thing. Japanese knotweeds invasive growth is very much tied in with neoliberal deindustrialisation and heavy metal polution mimicking japanese volcanic soils

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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This was what lead to my big theory that japanese knotweed grows in areas with cheap houses that once had industry shut down by Reagan. It naturally thrives near japanese volcanos with toxic metal soils. In America, it now grows where industry polluted the soil, vacant land, no jobs, cheap houses

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