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Harmonious Bosch

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This didn't happen in Ronan Collins' day. Also at mastodon.social/@loughlin sometimes.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 1h
We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs
Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 2h
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 4h
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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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 11h
The countdown to the renaming of days of the week is progressing
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 2h
The old maxim 'A solution in search of a problem' strikes again. Maybe "infinite personalized music" has been solved but I'm very, very certain the number of people who regarded the lack of it as a problem is vanishingly small.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 17h
Bonjour, l'Amerique. Are many US government websites available in English, Spanish and *French*? america.gov/?lang=fr
A screenshot of the america.gov website. All the text is in French and there is a background photograph of a child lying face down on ice.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 23h
This is the banning-plastic-straws of the planning world.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 21h
The systems in this country for diluting, diffusing, obfuscating and ultimately disappearing responsibility and accountability are very well developed.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Ben Austwick / BiggusBennus @biggusbennus.bsky.social · 23h
I still find it astonishing that Sir Ian Livingstone is the only person knighted for services to the UK games industry. Film, TV and sport are constantly recognised with knighthoods, yet one of Britain's biggest creative industries has had just one.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 29/09/2026
The UK right's current political project is to co-opt the language of antidiscrimination to make bigotry legally unimpeachable.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The raw visceral hatred some men have for women, at least women who step out of line, is shocking. I know it sounds like some sorta "one of the good ones" ploy but I am genuinely taken aback when I see it because I think: I had a fairly normal socialisation as a man in the west, how did I miss this?
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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We really would want to care more about who has the ear of our government and where their advice is going to lead.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To quote @desfitzgerald.bsky.social from only a few days ago, these lads are operating within a "theory of governance centred entirely around the work of distributing responsibility for your own failures."
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
seriously, SpaceX showed the way and Anthropic is following it. Selective leaks of the "confidential" prospectus to gin up enthusiasm for the IPO, which is wildly illegal under the federal securities laws but no one cares about that anymore www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic leaders to control AI lab via 'Founder LLC' to promote public good over market forces
Anthropic has long positioned itself as the virtuous AI company. An early look at its IPO filing shows how it is creating a new "Founder LLC" vehicle ​aimed at serving the common good, while insulatin...
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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Publication day. The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning, edited by Danielle Hynes, Rob Kitchin and Samuel Mutter. Published by Policy Press. Open access download at: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-data-pol...
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The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning
The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning; This pioneering book critically examines how governments, industry and civil society use housing, property and planning data, offering a vital refl...
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One would think finding out which government department and hence which minister this proposed text came from shouldn't be beyond the capabilities of our intrepid political correspondents.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Again, this proposal- accurately denounced here as incompatible with the EU Chart of Fundemental Rights- is the product of our Government. One of our Ministers has proposed it. Amongst other changes, it proposes that the rights of AI companies to harvest data should stand above humans’ data rights.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The iPhone - a good product that people like and want, and are willing to pay a lot of money for - makes about 200 billion per year.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
This goes for Ireland too. I have not seen one single MSM journalist ask O’Callaghan, Burke, or Lawless how they reconcile their desire to cut immigration numbers with their own governmental reports showing an economic need for MORE inward migration. #speirghorm
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One to add to the pile alongside the Minister for Foreign Affairs treating a Meta lobbyist as if he's an ambassador or visiting head of state.
A screenshot of a post by Helen McEntee, Minister for Foreign Affairs, posing for a photo with Dualta O Broin of Meta. The text in the post reads "Great to meet with Meta yesterday to discuss priorities for Ireland's upcoming EU Presidency. Our discussion focused on the importance of strengthening European competitiveness, reducing unnecessary regulatory complexity, and creating the conditions for innovation to thrive. As Europe faces increasing global competition, it is vital that we support businesses to scale, attract investment and drive digital transformation across the Union."
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Google event in Brussels this evening “to celebrate Ireland’s Presidency” of the EU Council. “Google is delighted to bring together Irish policymakers…” rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/irish... (they have wisely now removed some of this text)
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"A handful of men rewriting the rules of the economy and geopolitics out of greed and a hunger for power makes for a duller plot than killer robots. It’s still plenty dangerous." www.densediscovery.com/issues/408
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Dense Discovery #408: When the foxes want better fences
Read the archived version of Dense Discovery #408: When the foxes want better fences.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Operating at a vast scale can also have its drawbacks ...
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 28/09/2026
honestly if you pick any random terrible rich man the math of human social networks guarantees they're no more than 2 degrees from epstein/maxwell but usually it's 1
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Presumably all these people are wholly opposed to NGOs, while they've created a (sentient Facebook) group which is non-governmental and attempting to influence government policy.
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ᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
I really think people like this should have to wear the logos of their sponsors on their clothing when they are being interviewed
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He holds a number of paid positions as an adviser for lobbying and consultancy companies.[51] He is paid chair of the Purpose Defence Coalition, members of which include arms manufacturer Leonardo, which has "extensive links" to Israel’s military.[52] He is paid chair of the Purpose Business Coalition, members of which include Leonardo and oil company BP. He is a paid senior adviser to Rud Pedersen, a lobbying company with expertise in security and defence, which has oil and gas companies Glencore and Enwell Energy as clients.[53
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's a strong smell of *history* around at the moment.
A screenshot of a headline from the Irish Examiner which reads "Ireland's biggest landlord Ires Reit set for €726m takeover by UK investor Barings"
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Who's saying the situation was well handled?' 'Oh, you wouldn't know them. They go to a different school.'
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A small thing that will really stick with me from the book Careless People is the author recounting how Zuckerburg’s inner circle would let him win at Settlers of Catan. Broken culture.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Navan currently has 8 police CCTV cameras. Meath County Council has decided to increase this amount almost twenty five-fold, to 187 CCTV cameras. A highly curious situation. An equivalent increase in Dublin would mean going from the current 209 cameras to around 4,800. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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CCTV among measures aimed to improve safety in Navan
A total of 187 CCTV cameras will be installed across Navan in Co Meath to "contribute to the overall safety of Navan town".
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
I 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.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Incredible scenes as a man who posted something which suggested he might have the mind of an incurious child follows up to confirm this is indeed the case.
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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The problem with John Self’s post is that he reviews fiction for the Irish Times and that can have a real effect on an author’s career. So when he equates the Garvaghy Road protestors against unionist supremacy with anti-immigrant fash, that’s a real problem for authors writing about these topics.
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sometimes I wonder if whoever gave the Lesser O'Malley a job in DCU a) disliked their colleagues immensely and b) was retiring the following year.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Extra-constitutional action, to put it politely, is part of governance in NI. Jamie Bryson was not shouting about how horrified he was at illegal actions when the DUP were defying a series of court orders during their Brexit walkouts. None of this is a good thing, but one group can't claim virtue.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 31/07/2026
My car went rogue after I turned on cruise control and jumped out
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you're having doubts about whether you'll be remembered more for your books or for being a vindictive egomaniac you can try this one weird trick: attach yourself, limpet-like and uninvited, to someone else's legacy!
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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I will simply be the millionth person to say that an LLM is made up of a bunch of servers owned by a company. OpenAI is committing crimes in broad daylight, and we're all supposed to collectively act like we don't understand this because computer or whatever.
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
dublininquirer.com
The Oireachtas leans into Microsoft for its comms, even as other European governments abandon US tech
Switching to the US big tech provider, for phone systems and more, comes at a time of fierce debate about tech sovereignty.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
GenAI evangelists: there is no deskilling. You become as a god, a machine god, you- Every GenAI CEO: no one needs to know how to read and also I don't know how to put my pants on anymore
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From Pat's Perennially Piss Poor Polling Design to Michael's regular 'I'm Not A Racist But ...' column there really is something for everyone in The Irish Times.
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I would be willing to consider changes, such as changing the flag and anthem and joining the Commonwealth" Now why would you include the Commonwealth in the question but not the headline? And then paywall the article? This is deliberate, misleading, atrocious journalism and abuse of polling data
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yeah I wonder who this is. Completely different topic: don't watch the Harry Potter TV show.
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Call me old fashioned but I don't think the mission of Irish universities is to educate Chinese students in China or American students in America. We are not budding multinational businesses- we are a public service for students in Ireland, wherever they come from. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Irish colleges should focus on teaching abroad, not attracting foreign students – Minister
State already has insufficient accommodation for those in higher education, James Lawless says
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Stephen Bourke @anburcach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We do have to address the local authority institutional culture that fails to punish local officials who permit it to be announced on their behalf that X is so and then come out and say say words to the effect of "well actually the truth is in fact Y and was never X" www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
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Dublin Winter Lights in December 'not a U-turn' - DCC
Head of Events at Dublin City Council Tony Smithers has said that the capital's Winter Lights programme was always intended to run in December as before, and had been extended to February, after Lord ...
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Eoghan is a mighty journalist with a career spanning decades that’s inspired many, but he’s also a doting husband and father. Please support this fundraiser for his family and share if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/our-friend... #ireland #irish
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Donate to Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney, organized by Joseph Galvin
Our friend, colleague and comrade Eoghan Sweeney has been diagnosed with termina… Joseph Galvin needs your support for Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Literallly every day a government minister walks up to a microphone and says "no we can't fix anything but have you considered living under the sea"
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 25/09/2026
it's been less than a year, and already the socialists are forcing people to go to the opera
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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This government's ideological commitment to ensuring property remains unaffordable and unreachable and rents continue to rise is so total that it's spreading into what would have previously been entirely unrelated policy areas.
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