iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

AI researchers warn technology 'months away' from being able to connect to wifi using eduroam

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I found out today that only 2,000 people are getting Basic Income for the Arts. I thought it was 10,000. The pilot was successful, why wasn't it expanded? It costs the state €34m a year, and we just gave the greyhound and horse racing industry €102m in the last budget. FFS

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Thomas @thomaslstrickland.bsky.social · 9h

Not so sure I’d use the severed head of Lady Liberty to advertise my AI slop service, but okay.

Ad on the uptown 2/3 train. “If you can say it, OpenArt can create it.” With an image of the head of the Statue of Liberty strapped to a Crown Victoria Yellow Cab

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 1h

Good work, everyone ✊🏻

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 23h

This does NOT go where you're expecting. It goes somewhere much much better.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 19h

📣 Article #5 of #SI #womensgrassrootsactivism is now out 📣. Here @annefhlogan.bsky.social & @carolinea31.bsky.social delve into the history of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social housing activism in Tunbridge Wells & Manchester. @sitwd.bsky.social @soroptimistglobal.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

The text from the abstract of Anne Logan and Caroline Auckland's article in the special issue of Women's History Review on Women's Grassroots Activism.

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StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, full stop.

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12/10/2026

Bit of positive news to start the week: the online voter registration system voter.ie is now live nationwide (having previously worked only for Dubliners) - now anyone in the State can register or update their details on the electoral register in a couple of minutes using only their PPS number.

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dropped in to see him/her in @nmireland.bsky.social National Museum of Ireland Country Life Turlough Park, Co Mayo recently. The Irish Hallowe’en ur-turnip from Baile na Finne, Co Donegal, getting ready to carve one again for October 31st #Samhain

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SIPTU @siptu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

SIPTU has a clear message for public servants scheduled to work from home on Wednesday. Don't do it. Don't open your laptop. Don't check your emails. Don't teach online. Don't answer your phone. A strike only works when the work stops. Remote work is work. #UnionStrike

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"Whereas the AI users got answers wrong or gave up entirely when the AI assistance was withdrawn, the group without AI stuck with the task and were more successful at the end."

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Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Delighted to be part of this publication. I really enjoyed working on this article with @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @susiedeedigan.bsky.social The article seeks to reappraise Anglo-Irish relationships in the twentieth century through female activism.

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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent.

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hmm, have you tried taking a lactase tablet at the same time? Am currently dabbling with them and they are certainly effective at the shallow end of my dairy issues

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Nomski Cee @nomskic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You can still participate until tomorrow, the online form is easy to fill in and navigate and the final page allows for general suggestions. #disability #disabilityact #ireland www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

gov.ie

Public Consultation to inform the Review of the Disability Act 2005

This consultation will inform the review of the Disability Act. Share your views by Wednesday 9 September 2026.

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The first conversation I have with pretty much every new person I have met, for my entire life.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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anfearbui.bsky.social @anfearbui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Picked up in an auction for my twin sister. She studied fashion design & I did Architecture. A gas heated Iron with trevit from the 1930-50s & frankly terrifying. Health & safety...wha..

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Added to the constant flow of invites to submit an article to journals in fields that I don’t practice in e.g. engineering, sociology, etc

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Are you doing essential 'wife work' at your job without getting promoted? In The Irish Times, Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons of DCU Institute of Education, highlights how women perform invisible labour, like mentoring and supporting colleagues, that goes unrewarded. Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4j3IBpv

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/10/2026

I know most of you guys don't go on the other app but the pope posted an anti AI/ pro artists statement yesterday, and the ensuing cope and memes is really funny

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

2016: I will never fight a holy war

2019: Pope Leo I am ready launch me towards the nearest data center

some AI guy saying he makes christian children's books with AI asking the pope if that is ok then and someone posting a meme react with the pope holding a baseball bat saying 'did I stutter'

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was at the Tippett studio sale and there were drawers of this stuff. For those concerned about archiving, I understand that most of the important materials had already gone to museums before the sale.

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Nomski Cee @nomskic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m delighted to be taking part in the Irish Artmart Autumn Auction 2026. Catalogue: 12 Oct Bidding: 30 Oct Closes: 8 Nov irishartmart.ie/irish-artmar... #art #artauction

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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you'd like to learn more about the book Bridging Design and Fandom and hear from some of the chapter authors, I will be holding a launch event on 20th October, in Lancaster and online. Please do come and join us! lancaster-uk.libcal.com/event/4574001

lancaster-uk.libcal.com

Book Launch: Bridging Design and Fandom, edited by Naomi Jacobs

With her new edited collection Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation, Naomi Jacobs (Design, School of Arts, Lancaster University) opens new...

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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Gernsback Continuum short film - you just have to re-watch it once in a while! youtu.be/xh5QHtGmXn4?...

youtu.be

TOMORROW CALLING

YouTube video by Tim Leandro

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Paul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reminder that both the "mass vaccination = mass death" nutcases, and the "ongoing deadly pandemic" lot are proven wrong every day. Actuaries - whose jobs depend on getting death rates right regularly publish age-standardised mortality rates. Post-pandemic, back to a steady year-on-year improvement.

Chart showing standardaised mortality rates for England and Wales. After a steady improvement 2016-2019, and then a bunch of pandemic-driven bumps 2020-2022, the lines start improving again 2023-2026 which is shaping up to the best ever.

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Nomski Cee @nomskic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PSA: It has come to my attention that a couple of my designs are for sale across multiple websites without my consent. So if you see this, or any other design by SleepingFlower anywhere other than #redbubble it’s being sold without my permisson. #piracy #design www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Squ...

redbubble.com

"Square Earth" Poster for Sale by SleepingFlower

Green squares to represent earth, forests and greenery. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

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Dr. Jess Hebert @jesshebert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

stop using AI flyers Stop using AI flyers STOP using AI flyers STOP USING AI FLYERS We're not coming to your event, you look stupid, and we lose all respect for you

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Dorothy Zbornak: Knock It Off!

Alt: Dorothy Zbornak: Knock It Off!

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Journals should now probably be requiring peer reviewers to sign statements that they will not upload submissions they're reviewing into any external AI platform; wondering if any editorial boards are discussing this currently

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about

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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Would you like to work in one of Ireland’s prestigious heritage sites? The Office of Public Works is currently seeking enthusiastic people to join our dedicated Guiding team. For more information visit: heritageireland.ie/recruitment/vaca…

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Suzanne Fagence Cooper @suzannefagence.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A lovely page of leafy doodles made by William Morris in a dull committee meeting, at the William Morris Society. A little bit of joy for @silverpebble2.bsky.social this evening x

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pubic art of O’Connell Street?

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Boosting again for people getting COVID vaccines (thank you for getting vaccinated!!) because my mentions are full of people finding it helpful. There is way more detail (and citations!) in the thread both up and down but this is the key info!

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My colleague had a thesis proposal about venereal art. You know, like after people have died.

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At one point I received an entire thesis draft talking about that classic ’pubic art’

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Irish: three. My dad used to regularly put away 10 cups of tea a day, but he was definitely a previous generation.

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Michelle McCann, PhD. @mcgoffmccann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did your grandmother have egg money? For most Monaghan farm women, 1910-1950, egg money was often the only money they controlled. It paid for the boots, the schoolbooks and the shop. Get in touch: Eggmoneyinmonaghan@gmail.com A Monaghan County Council Commemorations History Bursary project

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Chris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

because that model of historical study “reading the documents and writing down what they say” is precisely what the AI boosters think history is, and that AI can do it. But making clear the historian’s choices, position, aims and objectives in writing the history forms a stark contrast with AI

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I dunno, there seems to be quite a lot of renting going on in some of the examples I’ve seen, with randomers being brought in to speak. My memories are all of nun-run Catholic school, which were tediously heavy on the communal praying

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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m glad I saw your other post about Cape Town, because I was thinking that was a bit exotic for South Kensington! Waterfront, what waterfront?!

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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Design History Society Annual Conference 2027 comes to Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, exploring Veiling/Unveiling: The Politics of the Unseen in Design. Find out more: buff.ly/EUFR0oc 📍 Chelsea College of Arts, UAL 📅 2–4 September 2027

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 19/09/2026

I like big bolts and I cannot lie

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