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Shamim Malekmian

@shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social
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Journalist for @DublinInquirer.com mostly covering immigration. Send tips/stories/hellos to Shamim@dublininquirer.com

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 25m
[literally murdering you] look i’m a comedian, it’s my job to make you uncomfortable
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 13h
Sharing this bit about how NGOs' reliance on the state for funds impacts their advocacy from a piece I did earlier this year, in light of the MoJ causing a DRCC ad to be pulled
Kennedy says at ICCL – a non-profit which isn’t reliant on state support – they’d actually looked into whether dependence on government funding causes NGO workers to tone down activism.

And they found that the majority of non-profit workers they talked to strongly agreed that the “government would prefer it if we engaged in no advocacy and only in service delivery”.

“Funding is used bluntly as a lever to silence dissent,” it says. 

It quotes one worker as saying, “We have been in the room when a senior civil servant said it was not our role to criticise government policy”.

Some of that manifested itself when some NGOs quickly endorsed the government’s position in the 2024 Family and Care Referendum, says Kennedy.
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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 15h
1. A minister should not be able to censor the work of an NGO or advocacy group. The point of NGOs is to challenge, influence policy or act in the interests of their issue. 2. No one should touch a child without consent. 3. Jim O'Callaghan wants to be in the media every day this is a tactic.
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Conor Sheehan 🌹 @conorsheehan.bsky.social · 20h
Hysterical and predictable reaction to an advert on Liveline and earlier in the Dáil from the usual suspects. Text DRCC to 50300 to donate to DRCC. They really do fantastic work!
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
poor baby out there in the city in the cold 😭
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
Poor lil' guy 😔
Lost Ferret please help. His name is Luck. Last seen On Parnell Street he is very gentle and friendly and has never been outside so must be frightened. If seen call 087 7016450.
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
holy crap
Fraud or not, these schemes are making Meta a lot of money. The company’s internal projections attribute $16 billion of its 2024 ad revenue to scams and prohibited goods.
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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
He’s now apologised after there was backlash to him after he sat down and decided to re share making this joke he made to promote his standup. But it’s the perfect example of how no matter how ‘leftist’ a man projects himself to be, you can never ever assume that includes decency towards women
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
He was always a cruel person who doesn't give a damn about upsetting people who are going tru stuff. I know from personal experience.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
Facing delays renewing his residence permit, a hospital doctor is stuck unable to work. Some have been submitting complaints to the Ombudsman over delays.Recently, the Ombudsman asked for its remit to expand, so it can examine immigration-related complaints. www.dublininquirer.com/facing-delay...
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Facing delays renewing his residence permit, a hospital doctor is stuck unable to work
"His inability to work will have a direct impact on the provision of the medical services and our ability to maintain adequate staffing and patient care,” reads a letter from the Rotunda to the Depart...
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
Facing delays renewing his residence permit, a hospital doctor is stuck unable to work. Some have been submitting complaints to the Ombudsman over delays.Recently, the Ombudsman asked for its remit to expand, so it can examine immigration-related complaints. www.dublininquirer.com/facing-delay...
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Facing delays renewing his residence permit, a hospital doctor is stuck unable to work
"His inability to work will have a direct impact on the provision of the medical services and our ability to maintain adequate staffing and patient care,” reads a letter from the Rotunda to the Depart...
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 20/10/2026
A solicitor working in criminal legal aid has described the comments by the Minister for Justice that solicitors had deliberately targeted rape cases in their dispute as beneath the dignity of his office.
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Minister's claims over solicitors' dispute action 'false'
A solicitor working in criminal legal aid has described the comments by the Minister for Justice that solicitors had deliberately targeted rape cases in their dispute as beneath the dignity of his off...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/10/2026
Democrats are preparing to investigate Musk if they win control of the House in November, Politico reports. Potential probes would focus on his DOGE leadership, federal job cuts, alleged data breaches, government contracts and Starlink’s role in Ukraine.
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Myles na gCup O'Lean. @executivesteve.bsky.social · 20/10/2026
15 years since his passing, and five years since this mysterious notice appeared in the In Memoriam section of the Irish Times. I haven't seen today's paper yet but I wonder were his friends here in Ireland sufficiently on the ball to get the notice in on time.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
For sure. It's yours if you want them.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
I have two 3KGs that I don't use anymore cause I'm on 10 now. Would you want them?
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
It's so impossible to drag under-18s away from the TV nowadays.
Our cats Roscoe, Jim and Professor Charles Cardigan watching some wood pigeons on the telly.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026
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Nino Brown Meme
ALT: Nino Brown Meme
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
Defo worth watching, Trumbo wrote its screenplay under a pseudonym.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
Watched this amazing movie tonight, it's about how if you're a woman you should probably avoid calling the cops under most circumstances.
Poster for the film The Prowler (1951).  featuring Van Helfin creeping at the window and Evelyn Keyes standing in a white sexy dress
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
don't look up the Daily Mail's editorial stance in the the 1930s 🫣🫣
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
The man loves free speech.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
his wife said on their prayer show that he has bad breath 😷
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
stay classy, Jay
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 17/10/2026
For 10 weeks, we asked five AI chatbots the same questions every day. None repeated the core misinformation they were tested on, but they reported proposals as law, quoted outdated figures and gave different answers on different days. Our first report: fullfact.org/ai-benchmark...
Millions of people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for timely responses to factual questions. Our findings show the answer comes back in the same confident tone whether it is correct, out of date, or describes something that has not yet happened.

That is the real problem here. These models are not necessarily peddling misinformation, but their responses can be incomplete, lack context or be poorly sourced.  

The bosses of these AI companies say they are happy for others to mark their homework, so we have started doing it for them.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
The most laughable part for me was when he said he thinks people on the right respect the paper cause they said so privately...
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
Merriam-Webster needs to say god be with you to X.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
Aw Saoirse, I'm so sorry, what a beautiful angel 🌈🐾
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
Imagine being offended cause a store owner said you can order the product that is for sale for 15k which needs to be shipped or better buy a simillar one for 2k on the spot 🤦‍♀️
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
❤️❤️ 🙏 🙏
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 15/10/2026
Like I said, they want all the advantages of personhood, the only change here is they want none of the obligations of personhood
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Aw no I hope not
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404 Media @404media.co · 14/10/2026
Men find yet another way to film and harass women without consent, this time, using a remote controlled robot to push against a "16-year-old girl's buttocks", and this is how the most well-resourced news agencies cover it: Read *our* piece here: www.404media.co/theres-nothi...
The English coverage by even well-resourced outlets like CNN, CBC, and the BBC have almost no information beyond the police press release, which is lazy and stupid, because it is possible to figure out everything that happened here with three seconds of clicking around the internet. The Associated Press wrote that the entire phenomenon is "new territory" for the police, which, I'm sorry to say, men using tech to harass women on livestreams in 2026 is not "unusual" or "new territory" and hasn't been for many years.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Also it seems that comments from his annonymous FG colleagues speculating about his fitness had been pressing on his mind that day.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
It was very very this haha
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 15/10/2026
I wrote about how access journalists are slinking back to Twitter using some of the thinnest justifications imaginable
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Casey Newton And John Gruber Slink Back To Elon Musk’s Right-Wing Propaganda Machine
Tech journalism mainstays are feebly rationalizing their return to a broken, billionaire-run right-wing propaganda website.
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
i think it's easier to just say "immigration is fine" than come up with increasingly strained descriptions of why moving from france to germany for 6 years or whatever isn't immigration somehow
Freedom of Movement is not Immigration, it's the equivalent of living in Worcestershire and travelling to London to work during the week and renting a flat. Which I did for nearly ten years. 

And before that I did the same to Leiden in NL, though it was company accommodation. 

No visas,taxed in UK
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Minister for further education James Lawless promotes government’s AI summit… … with picture of a six-fingered hand typing on a laptop
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ICYMI, Anthropic is advertising an executive assistant role for senior management in London, and the job description has me asking a lot of questions, like "Aren't these all things you keep telling us AI can do?"
Curated Al Jobs
• Scheduling and managing calendars for leader(s) and their organization(s),
supporting with tracking and execution of action items
• Building and maintaining organizational systems for tracking and managing inbound requests
• Managing the leader's inbox and communications with precise attention to detail, maintaining rapid response times and ensuring all messages are swiftly triaged
• Providing seamless and welcoming experiences for in-person visitors, ensuring prospective external partners feel valued and appreciated
• Handling travel logistics and coordinating logistics for conferences and events in partnership with comms, sales, and marketing teams.Handling travel logistics and coordinating logistics for conferences and events in partnership with comms,
sales, and marketing teams.
• Coordinating with internal stakeholders to gather necessary information and materials for meetings
• Managing expense claims and reimbursements for leaders, ensuring timely processing and accurate record-keeping
• Assisting with ad-hoc projects using your problem-solving skills and proactive mindset to drive positive outcomesJames T Kirk in Star Trek V, asking "why does god need a spaceship", only the caption reads, "EXCUSE ME
EXCUSE ME, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION. WHY DO EXECUTIVES AT AN AI COMPANY NEED A PERSONAL ASSISTANT?|
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
a victim of spending too much time on X
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Great turnout and lots of fun on the picket lines in Maynooth. So much support from the public and from service providers refusing to cross the picket lines.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
At Dublin Summit two translators tell how AI re-shaped their craft. www.dublininquirer.com/at-dublin-su...
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At Dublin summit, two translators tell how AI re-shaped their craft
These days, a growing cohort of clients see the translator's job as just cleaning up after the machine, they said.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
At Dublin Summit two translators tell how AI re-shaped their craft. www.dublininquirer.com/at-dublin-su...
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At Dublin summit, two translators tell how AI re-shaped their craft
These days, a growing cohort of clients see the translator's job as just cleaning up after the machine, they said.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Today is probably the only day drivers' honking hasn't bothered me when they do it whizzing by picket lines
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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'd wager that most lawyers, by now, have had clients come to them with fully-"drafted" pleadings and affidavits for a case and they say "how much of a discount do I get since I've done all the work?!" You cannot make them understand that you are going to have to scrap it all and start from scratch
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/10/2026
The first of these ICE removals has taken off, an Eastern Airlines 767, likely headed for a fuel/crew change stop in Senegal. This will be a thread for all three trips over the next few days.
A screenshot of an ADSBx map showing an Eastern jet (N700KW) leaving Alexandria and heading east over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
I feel like this post needs one of these disclaimers
I'm one of the dozens of people worldwide that live in a country that's not America
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
The government having failed to prevent tomorrow's strike:
Elaine in Seinfeld tells her boyfriend: Fine. you wanna be a communist? Be a communist
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
same
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Homer Simpson's Shocked Scream
ALT: Homer Simpson's Shocked Scream
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