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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watch the Irish government pretend that Spain is a fictional country (again).
bbc.com
Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's eviction
The ban is part of a number of proposals that must be approved in parliament within 30 days.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If it’s good enough for Gorillaz …
musicradar.com
Damon Albarn reveals that the beat from one of Gorillaz’ best-loved songs was an Omnichord loop preset
The Blur frontman was clearly feeling lucky when he wrote Clint Eastwood
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The government caved before. Of course they’re going to come back looking for more. 🤦‍♂️
rte.ie
Further fuel protests not ruled out, says hauliers group
Further fuel protests cannot be discounted as hauliers are unable to sustain current diesel prices, the president of the Irish Road Haulage Association has said.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fines of this size are a rounding error to a company like Google. It should be 100x this for them to even take notice of it. If it takes 6 years to do this investigation there is no hope of the DPC keeping a lid on the harms the AI companies are going to inflict on us. Something needs to change.
rte.ie
Google fined €403m by data watchdog for location tracking
Tech giant Google has been fined €403m by the Data Protection Commission over the processing of location data.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Was watching this series with my mum recently. It’s 50% TV as Xanax and 50% pure Irish pride. Amazing wildlife and nature film work. Catch it on RTÉ and Sky / Now.
rte.ie
Ireland's Wild Islands
Three years in the making, this spectacular three-part series features the wildlife wonders of Ireland’s Atlantic islands. Watch Ireland's Wild Islands on RTÉ Player for free
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe we can park all the buses on O'Connell Street for a few days and the government can shake the magical money tree like last time. 🤷‍♂️
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You've got mail. 📬
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was promo’d this in 2014 so it’s probably an mp3 or m4a but decent quality I’m sure. I’ll check when I’m home.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Proud that our president can achieve this level of side-eye to be honest. 10/10 no notes.
President Connolly of Ireland looking askance at President Trump (out of shot).
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A combination of living in their own Twitter bubbles and believing the noise (and bots), and a fear of losing their anti-immigrant voters to Aontú and Sinn Féin. An infuriating lack of critical thinking paired with a total lack of political backbone.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
All algorithmic feeds should be opt in only, and even then they should be heavily regulated. Good to see Australia taking a step towards this. I know PBP have been raising this here too, but the chances of the current government doing anything against the financial interests of X et al are zero.
bbc.com
'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms
The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Spent about 2 hours trying to do two simple things (and failing one) for my mum with 2 major service providers. Both offer self-service customer service systems with virtual assistants online rather than humans. Both are unfit for purpose. Problems could have been solved with 1 minute conversions.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gone be the days of the Tuesday late bar / afterparty! 😅😴
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cracking gig by Marie Davidson in Whelan’s there now. #mariedavidson #whelans #selectivememory
Marie Davidson performing in Whelan’s in Dublin on September 1st 2026. Shot from the back of the crowd, there are multicolour lights above her head as she performs in front of the Whelan’s logo on stage.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Momentarily blinded.
Me sitting cross legged on a bed against a white wall, with the shadow of a Venetian blind crossing my face and body. I am looking to the left of the photo so the sunlight catches my face.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rick spent over a year editing and mixing it apparently. The sound is head and shoulders above the vast majority of live dance recordings.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
2manydjs (re)introduced a lot of my generation to Dolly by including “9to5” on their “As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt2” mix CD. So here’s my tribute featuring “Jolene” and Soulwax’s “Perfect We Are Not”.
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Jolene Is Perfect (Short Version)
Bootleg / Edit of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and Soulwax's "Perfect We Are Not".
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This fine is meaningless to a company like Meta. All it is doing is paying to be able to decide its own minor changes to its platforms and avoiding any meaningful regulation that could have resulted from losing the court case.
rte.ie
Meta reaches $16.68bn settlement over social media harms
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay a maximum $16.68 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims by states across the US that it designed those platforms to addict children...
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Across the rocks to Sandycove and the Forty Foot before the weather turns tomorrow. 🛳️☀️🏖️
Sandycove shot from the coastal walk from Glasthule. There is a cruise ship in the bay beyond the Forty Foot on the left of the shot. The tide is half way out and the rocks take up the lower quarter of the photo. Above that the houses, tress and people at Sandycove can be seen below a blue sky with a few wispy clouds.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I use DuckDuckGo, it has an ad blocking YouTube player built in.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Things you wouldn’t see in Ireland (without a riot 😅)
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Creepy invasive video cameras at supermarket checkouts, plus AI, delivers exactly the stupid results any rational person might expect. How long before they are analysing the videos to assess your weight and health, linking it to your loyalty account, and doing creepier things? Probably already are!
bbc.com
Sainsbury's branch pauses AI cameras use after shopper ejected
Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
An alternative headline here is that roughly €1 billion of tax payer money has been gifted to developers since 2020 to artificially inflate the cost of all housing by €20k - €30k per unit.
rte.ie
Almost half of Help to Buy applicants get no support
Almost 49,000 people have received financial support from the Government's Help to Buy scheme since July 2020, new figures show
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Very true. From what I can see online the three of them get a writing credit on Illegal. I remember they had to credit Moroder and Summer for the baseline on King Of Snake! 🐍
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Another one with a great Ashley Beedle remix 🙂
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There were definitely some tracks that were mostly Darren, and vice versa I’m sure. Kittens for one I’m pretty sure. But it would make sense that Dark Train was one too as it really is a DJ tool style track.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Have you seen the upcoming Sasha & Digweed Northern Exposure redux, where the recreate the mix again? Presumably for legal reasons à la Taylor’s Versions etc. Dark Train is credited as a recreation by Darren Emerson. No mention of Underworld. Odd! 🤷‍♂️
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ashley Beedle’s remix was a constant in my record bag for many years.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New Blue Peter badge unlocked. ☀️🌖👀
A homemade eclipse viewer made using a cereal box, sellotape, tinfoil and paper.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For the Dublin sea swimmers out there, I spotted what looked like a lion’s mane between Dun Laoghaire baths and Sandycove today. 🏊🏻‍♂️ I was safely on land. 😅
A large reddish jellyfish in the sea above the rocks beside Dun Laoghaire in Dublin bay.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sometimes I am that guy. Choose your own adventure by guessing which single word in that sentence gets the emphasis.
A man with a tightly shaved head and a bad moustache, me, wears a dark grey tank top with a pink red and white Japanese design on the right of the chest. I have a small fake gold chain around my neck. I am standing in front of some brickwork to the right, the roofs of some buildings on the left, and a blue sky with wispy clouds above.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Windowsill shower sunset.
Droplets of water on a windowsill after a shower catch the yellow pink light of a sunset and the blue of the sky creating a stark colour contrast.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Yeah I love them. First new pair in a while.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Birthday kicks from my Mother club family. 50 never looked so fresh. 😎 #airjordan #jordan4 #jordan4popart #nikeair #j4 #sneakers #kicks
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Agreed. What’s worse is when they let these single topic experts become generalist talking heads and presenters.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I remember speaking to a radio producer years ago who said that they rely on people with some media training so they (the radio station) don’t get sued all the time. The defamation laws have big payouts and defending a case is costly. That’s why we see the same few “experts” rolled out constantly.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Yeah it really is beautiful. Been over to the beach there a few times this summer.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It’s a different world. (I grew up there. 🤷‍♂️😅)
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s funny watching Madonna follow the Brat release strategy but no complaints from me. 🙂
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
As long as shareholders can get rich in their lifetimes they are willing to literally burn the world for current and future generations. $5.7bn profit in 3 months.
bbc.com
BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Haven’t booked for a while but some of the aggregators used to show full prices for comparison which was useful.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Most people don’t stay working at the same restaurant more than a couple of years … 🤷‍♂️😅
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
They can also count me as less likely to buy from them again after that 😅
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tried to use the chatbot on the Dyson website recently, with zero success for what I wanted as expected. No human option, no email address. Total contempt for customers because looking after them after selling them something costs a couple of Euro extra. 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile the chatbot company is quids in.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My mum insists this should be on the front page of the Irish Times. So that’s good enough for me. 🙂
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sandycove sunset silvertone
5 people standing on a harbour wall at Sandycove overlooking Scotsman’s bay towards the Dun Laoghaire skyline. The sunset is reflecting strongly on the sea on the left of the photo and the 5 people appear only as shadows against the bright water.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is kinda cool in fairness. 😎
rte.ie
Jonathan Anderson to hold Dior fashion show at Trinity College
Derry-born designer Jonathan Anderson announced today that the Dior Fall/Winter 2027 runway show will take place in Trinity College Dublin.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
OpenAI admits an autonomous agent it was testing broke out of its “secure” testing environment and hacked a real company. How long before an “accident” like this kills people when it’s a hospital, a drug or food company, or an energy provider that gets hacked? But hey, invest invest invest! 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
rte.ie
OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing
OpenAI said that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced AI models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Get well soon mister. Loads of rest.
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excellent news 👏
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