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Scott Gibson

@scottgibson.bsky.social
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🇮🇪/🇫🇷Reluctant computer knower. Cork, Ireland.

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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 53s
Loser shit.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 1h
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16h
Still kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 15h
Sometimes I come across a screenshot of a normie using ChatGPT with memory on (viz. this from TikTok via Twitter) and people get crazy cooked even just through bare chatbot interactions. Persistent interaction with long-running agents via texting/voice will be another 4o style mass psychosis event.
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 15h
Easily one of the most stupid people to hold office in Ireland www.thejournal.ie/ruth-copping...
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TD hits back after sports minister suggests she may be 'pro-Taliban'
O’Donovan made the comment in relation to the FAI’s decision to fulfil the Nations League fixtures against Israel.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 19h
Today, @wired.com is publishing Choke Points, an 18-month investigation into how Israel’s network of checkpoints, gates, and roadblocks is reshaping daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A thread on the reporting, and what we found:
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22h
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good work. Another derelict wreck to add to the Cork collection. There is no plan, no funding, just “hopes for” and “calls for” a museum. The councillors should be able to put together a cost estimate and funding options if have truly been behind this for so long #Cork www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
corkbeo.ie
Council votes to save historic Cork city prison from demolition
Hopes to transform old barracks into a museum
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The league said the commission had found City used schemes “to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900m during the affected period, to appear to comply with financial rules”. £900 million.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
full study breakdown is here:
consumerreports.org
Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds - Consumer Reports
New study finds cars send driver data to Big Tech companies, including locations, VINs, and other identifiers.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
again, like the TikTok ban, the Chinese can just buy oodles of behavioral and driving and location and browsing data from unregulated data brokers because America is a corrupt shitshow that endlessly priortizes money over public welfare they don't even need to use their own tech
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
99% to the senior men’s team. 0.9% to under age and 0.1% to the women’s team.
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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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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Darragh O’Brien going global with a cursed statement. #speirgorm
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking forward to this building rotting for the next decade (2 years to move, RTE forgets about it for 5, three years to sell and develop) #Cork www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
irishexaminer.com
RTÉ Cork plans move from Fr Mathew Street to new city centre base
The broadcaster is negotiating with the owner of a ground-floor premises as it plans an expanded Cork production centre
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
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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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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Been to university four times (on my fifth) and never once thought to go to my graduation. Pay for robes, pay for photos, pay for cert. No thanks.
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Irish representatives expressed huge concerns when a serious country suggested reducing public transport fares, asserting that it was a drain on public finances” www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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EU ministers to discuss energy-saving measures in Dublin
European energy ministers are to hold talks in Dublin tomorrow as the EU looks to cushion the impact of soaring energy prices ahead of a winter that promises to be difficult for consumers.
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More boomer rubbish from the Examiner/Echo stable of boomer opinion writers. A series of imagined scenarios from someone who proudly shuns public transport and (very important) doesn’t even live here. www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...
echolive.ie
Trevor Laffan: Allow pets on public transport? It's a one-way ticket to disaster
A proposal to let cats and dogs hop on buses and trains with their owners really has not been thought through, says Trevor Laffan
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Jan Jęcz @jeczjan.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
Audio from the conversation with one of the kids is priceless bsky.app/profile/solo...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/09/2026
Additionally, I've added a fully interactive version of these maps to my Climate Dashboard, where you can see the up-to-date predictions from different models as well as explore impacts during past strong events El Niño events: dashboard.theclimate...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the humans who moderate chatbots say they're inundated with people trying to generate nonconsensual nudes: www.404media.co/humans-readi...
404media.co
Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2026 even worse than 2025 so far. What is wrong with this place? #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/dublin-garda...
thejournal.ie
Woman (30s) hospitalised with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Dublin
The woman was brought by ambulance to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle at around 11pm.
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“There was a time where someone would verify the accuracy of a claim made by a tech CEO or US President but this meant websites would be less likely to publish first and would lose clicks. This practise was eventually phased out….”
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
€65 to run a half marathon now. Sheesh…
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/09/2026
Almost all of Meta's PR about Muse was about how careful they had been to set it up not to do things like this, how they delayed the launch by months to carefully design it so it could be trusted. And then...
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You can chase my vote by making sound long-term decisions for the country and at least looking like you have a plan.
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David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s my latest cartoon for @faroutmagazine.co.uk faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-squire...
faroutmagazine.co.uk
David Squires on Danny Boyle's unfortunate use of AI
From 28 Years Later to Trainspotting and the Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle has plenty of credits that have been celebrated over the years.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still, it's extremely difficult to predict how tech will interact with arts businesses Take US novel sales, which had been declining for decades up to 2020. Would anyone have anticipated that short-form video apps like TikTok would reverse this trend and send book sales soaring?
a graph of recreational book sales
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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FAI senior management have brought us to this position. They need to consider their position.
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Next time someone tells you off for going to BlueSky and says you should have stayed and fought show them this.
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Hello, I’m the minister for transport. After being reminded of what a bus is and being assured people do indeed travel in such contraptions, I’m removing the residency requirement for a bus license conversion.” Done. That’s you should be doing. www.independent.ie/business/iri...
independent.ie
South African drivers recruited by Dublin Bus are sweeping yards and emptying bins amid licence hold-ups
NBRU warns bus company that it will take ‘appropriate action’
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This company just radiates predator energy
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A week of Irish weakness across the board.
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this is at least as responsible for the hostility to AI as anything else: forcing it into every corner of life even when it's just obviously not ready. It could be ready one day! But it isn't now and the people forcing it on us are not the ones who suffer arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cool!
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starting to wonder if Aston Martin F1 is one of those money laundering outfits from late 80s/early 90s F1. Show up, fail to qualify or abandon after a few laps….every one totally fine with this see you in two weeks!
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 26/09/2026
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
So much for free speech.The studio releasing Alex Gibney’s new Elon Musk documentary Musk is finding itself unable to buy an ad on the biggest social platforms.YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram and Facebook owner Meta are all declining to run the trailer for Musk, along with X itself, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.That last one is perhaps understandable, given its owner. But the rejection by the other platforms has taken distributor Bleecker Street by surprise, and it is internally scrambling to understand why the ad has been rejected, according to a person familiar with the company’s processes who is not authorized to talk about them publicly.The unwillingness of platforms to accept even paid advertising is sure to raise concerns about free speech and the dwindling number of companies that control many of the platforms in this country — and ironically provide a proof-text for the very point the film is coming to make. Gibney’s doc is a four-hour look at a title character who attempts to control the conversation in various ways, including with alleged suppressions on X, which he bought in 2022.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Its bizarre to me that progress on a tourist tax has been so slow in Dublin. Fine, tourism is down nationally but a €2-3 per night tax will not move the needle at all. #speirgorm giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Tourist taxes on the march
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Tourist taxes on the march
Governments see a revenue raiser that doesn’t annoy voters and a way to manage the tourist hordes. The leisure industry isn’t so keen
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ace Combat
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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
nytimes.com
Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
p̞̈͑̚͞ā̤̓̍͘ỉ͔͖̜͌ṇ̤͛̒̍ ā̤̓̍͘t̲̂̓ͩ̑ t̲̂̓ͩ̑ḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕ p̞̈͑̚͞ư̡͕̭̇ḿ̬̏ͤͅp̞̈͑̚͞
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Scott Gibson @scottgibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Irish Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke was due to say this during a presser but was rugby tackled by his handler.
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