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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 1h

My old place of work (on floor 10)

Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 2h

When Voyager 1 flew past Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, during its 1980 encounter....it looked a lot like a certain Star Wars battle station

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 3h

The new seasons of Scrubs are great

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 7h

As if things weren't bad enough for me on the dating front..

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 7h

At least the Islamic takeover will finally defuse tensions on the Garvaghy Rd

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Leo ᚑ ᚄᚓᚐᚉᚆᚅᚐᚄᚐᚔᚌᚆ @leoie.bsky.social · 7h

This report by Gavin Cooney about the treatment Irish players, journalists and officials received at the hands of everyone even tangentially associated with Israel, the Israeli FA and Israeli "news" outlets is jaw dropping. These people are not ok. www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

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Ireland v Israel was no ordinary match assignment. Irish journalists were watched and filmed

Recurring presence of out-of-place people combined with blatant filming of reporters made for a deeply uncomfortable week

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10h

“She asked the powers at NASA to let her add a safeguard to prevent that error in a real flight, and they laughed it off as too unlikely… When an astronaut did make that blooper during the Apollo 8 mission, it caused necessary navigational data to vanish, and they called Hamilton in to get it back.”

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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 23h

i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 10h

My wife: Can we go to counselling? Me: We can just watch Marriage Story instead. My wife: I'm leaving you. Me: That's OK, Claudia understands me better than you ever will. My wife: I'm taking the baby with me. Me: What baby?

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 11h

The US now directly copying the playbook of the Communist Party of China which leaned on the government of Zambia to cancel digital freedom event #RightsCon earlier this year, just days before the conference. Authoritarian governments HATE anyone calling out what they do. So let's keep doing it.

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 11h

Someone told an American - who repeated it back to me - that Irish dancing came from ‘during colonialism’ people trying to hide when they were dancing in bars - cos the Brits didn’t like it - so they didn’t move their arms incase soldiers were looking through windows. Best laugh i’d had in ages!

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 13h

ESA is hosting a hackathon event following the first big Euclid data release will n November, on our Datalabs platform. Follow @davidoryan.bsky.social for more info!

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 13h

This is AWFUL — it’s exhausting being an author in the age of mass AI copyright fraud. If you can, support Alex (a real historian) against the fake copy 👇

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 07/10/2026

To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter. Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually?

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To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter

Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually?

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 17h

Holy shit you guys there are so many things to see in this video. My favorite detail is one I recognize from studying Curiosity’s landing sequence. The vehicle rolls alternately left and right to control its lift as it enters the atmosphere in order to target its landing range

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Spéirghorm, Your occasional public service reminder that the entire 11 seasons of Frasier are available on the much maligned RTÉ Player. Y’know, I don’t revisit it half enough.

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was immensely amused to come across a Dundalk the first time I ever visited Baltimore

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The American Candy/vape shop of the sporting world

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

OpenAI are parasitic scum. As Wikimedia says; “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” These are DDOS attacks by a corporation's software doing exactly what it was designed to do. Why are we not seeing criminal charges?

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's catching, Bosnian U21s refuse to shake hands with Israeli players #stopTheGame #SpeirGorm bsky.app/profile/wear...

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Alan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh this is soooo good

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“The allure of university courses” as though studying sociology in Reading is like a sultry siren coaxing you to your doom

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The New Caprica arc was one of the finest bits of TV, ever.

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Shazzy @shazbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thousands in emergency accommodation, HSE in an absolute mess, Teachers striking over wages, Generations now unable to even rent, never mind buy a home, but yea, millions for organised crime groups, I mean for horses and greyhounds pfffffffffft #SpéirGorm #Budget2027

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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A lot of people lamenting the Paramount/Warner merger and fearing David Ellison's control over the media are forgetting that we have three secret weapons at our disposal, currently lurking high up in the Warner water tower.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026

I attended a seminar by freshly minted Nobel Laureate Francis Halzen many years ago and something he said stuck with me, but it takes some explaining, so this will be a (short) thread. The talk was about neutrino telescopes, and he started by explaining how rarely neutrinos interact with anything.

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The inability to deal with the Houthis in their Blowfish era has irreparably damaged the country

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

She is ineligible to join, like all other ballast on such flights

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An ex-astronaut association does limit membership to those who have at least done one orbit of the Earth, ruling out space tourists/ballast who have done short suborbital flights. www.space-explorers.org

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes - there have been quite a few members of the astronaut and cosmonaut teams that trained for flights and never flew.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Was moving - and now we've been informed of another failure at Hazelhatch. Up to 90 minute delays.

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's actually a signalling fault at Hazelhatch

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Train ahead of ours (we're currently at Athy) has broken down. Expecting to be stuck for a considerable time - heads up if you are on that route into Heuston this morning

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My prize this evening. I also won the "honourable mention" prize for the grade, for my Andromeda pic! So I will be getting another medal prize for that too! Still shocked and delighted. I had lost the fun of doing astrophotography - I think this might be the spark to get me back to it again.

Medal with "Waterford Camera Club Print Competition Grade 2 1st 2026"

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Tríona Cunnane @trionac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So grateful to hear the support for teachers work-to-rule in the media today. Nobody wants things to get to this point but needs must. The INTO and public sector unions have been looking for a negotiated pay agreement since June. Schools are underfunded, we are still seeing supersized classes of 30+

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