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Ruth OBrien

@ruobrien.bsky.social
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Irish woman navigating menopause while thriving in the tech world. Automation evangelist, technical diver, and geek at heart. Passionate about books and movies. If you don't like my comments please be an adult and don't follow me

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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I have popcorn. The "I'm more MAGA then you!" whinefest is the gift that keeps on giving🍿
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Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’
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Željko Rimac @zeddydado.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Good Morning Blue Sky World Central Kitchen Is in PASADENA, ALTADENA, & LA CANADA/FLINTRIDGE Pass it on for those who might need The world is a better place with a man like Chef Jose` Andres` Who has fed millions Who started this great organization WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN Thank you CHEF
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Керрі Світ🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @carriesweet.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
And donate! I contribute monthly to wck.org because the need never ends.
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World Central Kitchen
Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick ac...
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The Eaton fires destroyed a youth care facility my friend worked at. They had no time to pack, and everything is lost. Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires. www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...
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Donate to Provide Aid to support youth Displaced by Fire, organized by Hwesu Cobb-Phillips
As a member of Bourne Family Services, our organization and members… Hwesu Cobb-Phillips needs your support for Provide Aid to support youth Displaced by Fire
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Julie @julie3500.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
@theguardian.com does a fabulous end of year quiz. I managed to get most of the questions but the Wagatha answer really surprised me. Answers are at the end but try not to cheat
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It’s quiz time: how well do you remember 2024?
Sports, scandals, music, memes… Take our bumper quiz of all the highs and lows of the year that was
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Own the libs...
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Make this go viral
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Had to share so I can keep track. This is pure genius 😍
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Randy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Happy holidays! New video out now! 🎁🎶😵‍💫 See the extended directors edit exclusively on YouTube: youtu.be/BmrNhbn8KI8 As always, the ad-free version available on all other social media platforms. #Annie #Musical #ChristmasSpecial #Parody
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I Think I'm Gonna Hate It Here - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Reading between the lines RFK Jnr is coming for HRT treatment. The republicans think they have issues now with angry women wait until they try to take away their HRT.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The Misinformation Cliff. From "Health in Pictures," the American Public Health Association, 1930
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This made me laugh so thought I would share. I especially like the nod to data driven decision making with "Naughty/Nice Behaviour Data Analytics"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/12/2024
AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns
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AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns
Friends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use Ireland has allowed itself to become a “data dumping ground” for big technology companies such as Amazon and Meta which are…
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
We had an absolute abortion ban in Ireland as part of our constitution. When we were voting to rescind the article American evangelicals poured money into the "prolife" coffers. It took Irish sisters, mother's, aunt's and grandmothers to come out and tell their stories. Ireland voted pro-women
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WIRED @wired.com · 03/12/2024
Signal is famous for knowing as little about its users as possible. The app isn’t hoarding metadata, tracking you, or showing you ads. President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social sees a shift underway as the monoliths of big tech lose popularity and the old economics of Silicon Valley become brittle.
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With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’
At WIRED’s The Big Interview event, the president of the Signal Foundation talked about secure communications as critical infrastructure and the need for a new funding paradigm for tech.
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Wow. Isn't science amazing 😍
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Lung cancer ‘could be detected by world-first urine test’
Scientists hope for earlier detection after creating injectable sensor that releases compound into urine
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I can't believe that it has taken so little time for voter apathy to set in Ireland. We only became a Republic in 1949. Both my mother and father were born as British citizens
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Decisions decisions... Do I 1. Play with my new laptop and defeat the mighty Microsoft and McAfee spam installations or 2. Scroll through Vkuesky for pictures of the cosmos by the pool . . . Bkuesky and the pool for the win
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Automation isn't just for large infrastructure and network teams it's for your day to day work
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7 ChatGPT Prompts To Slash Your Workload By 50%
With the right prompts, ChatGPT can help you hit your productivity goals without sacrificing quality. Here’s how.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
They knew and the world is burning because of it. If you lost a home to climate catastrophe sue the living crap out of these guys who for years have known it would happen and have only lied and muddied the waters of scientific study to stop action. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show
Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests
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Aaron J. Waltke @goodaaron.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hey everybody! I’m Aaron Waltke. I’m a screenwriter and showrunner of film and TV on stuff like Star Trek, Trollhunters, DC Comics and Transformers One. If you like all that — or just want to help me out — I’d appreciate it if you’d give me a follow and a repost as I get settled here on BlueSky!
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Trump literally sells pardons. Media: *crickets* Biden pardons his only living son. Media: OUTRAGE!
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
So proud of our engineering team red.ht/3ZA8oeN
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Established as the Leader in Infrastructure Automation by Industry Research Firm
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform has been named the leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure Automation Platforms, Q4 2024.
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Ruth OBrien @ruobrien.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This is what government should look like. If you don't like a policy affecting your area don't complain do something about it
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Success for local residents as Florida council toppled over sewage plant plan
Entire slate of councilors in Milton defeated after grassroots challenge to proposal for facility close to treasured river
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