iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Steph

Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 22m

With the notable and singular exception of Gavin Bazunu, the FAI made us all complicit in this, and we just forgot about it and ignored it.

013

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 2h

We have yoto players which are similar but it doesn't replace story time, it's more like a toy. We have cards for music as well as books and they have a lot of dance parties. But I also see where you're coming from, parent need to know that story time isn't just about children hearing a story.

030

Reposted by Steph

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16h

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

14497482455

Reposted by Steph

Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 16h

Fine Gael: Regina Doherty, Nina Carberry, Seán Kelly Fianna Fáil: Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher Independent Ireland: Ciaran Mullooly

42611

Reposted by Steph

James Greene, Jr. @jamesgreenejr.bsky.social · 17h

wife: honey, can you read to the baby? husband: grok, do a vulgar roast of the baby grok: hello baby, your mind is not fully developed yet husband: no, more vulgar, use a gilbert gottfried voice

91894219

Reposted by Steph

Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lots more detail can be seen in the full length YouTube version of this video. I would apprechiate if you had acknowledged the source. youtu.be/7a4Z8h3K7pY

youtu.be

Artemis II Reentry video with Cabin Audio (full length)

YouTube video by Simeon Schmauß

112228

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 16h

Jesus fucking christ. Can you give me names please?

1100

Reposted by Steph

Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 21h

Would like to see a journalist ask the 7 of Ireland's 14 MEPs (3 FG, 3 FF, 1 II) who just voted to: -endorse burqa bans -call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence" -identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors" to justify themselves

Believes that the practice of concealing the face in public spaces and premises open to the public poses an unacceptable challenge to public security, identification and effective law enforcement; supports, therefore, all national measures aimed at prohibiting full-face coverings (niqab or burqa) in public spaces and premises open to the public as a necessary step to ensure social cohesion, public safety and the protection of the rights and freedoms of others, in particular women

whereas separatist narratives, systematic victimhood, antisemitism, anti-Christian hatred, hatred of Israel, conspiracy narratives, challenges to secularism, the use of religion as a tool of social control or the contestation of equality between women and men may constitute markers of ideological radicalisation or Islamist influence;

whereas the ongoing investigations into suspected electoral fraud in Borlänge and Järva, Sweden, illustrate the particular vulnerability of diaspora communities to organised attempts at electoral influence; whereas such vulnerabilities may be exploited by malign foreign actors or transnational ideological networks pursuing covert agendas

812893

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah I can understand that

010

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 17h

This made me laugh aloud

100

Reposted by Steph

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 20h

Community pharmacies are currently prioritising vaccinating patients in at-risk groups against flu as stock comes on stream. A short supply of vaccines in recent weeks stalled vaccinations in pharmacies across Ireland jrnl.ie/7187200

jrnl.ie

Pharmacies prioritising flu vaccines for at-risk groups as stock comes on stream

A short supply of flu vaccines was reported in the last few weeks.

051

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 22h

I've got three kids and I've used white noise machines and I get what you're saying but there is something different about it. I think it's substituting a human voice shushing that got me, both as a parent and someone who works with babies. Like I can't make a womb like swishing noise or white noise

120

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 23h

In short - if you plan to do this please get a vasectomy instead.

030

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 23h

As someone who works with infants professionally I need people to know it's not the word "Shush" that soothes the baby. It's the blowing of your breath as you say it. The warmth of your body. The vibration they feel from your chest as you make the noise. The smell of your skin as they lie on you.

150

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 23h

Oh also a few weeks ago I was in H&M and there was a woman browsing while her bBaby slept in the buggy. Her phone was wedged between the bag Y and the buggy and playing a voice making shushing sounds.

320

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 23h

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?

012

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 23h

Putting this one in the back pocket for any time I think my colleagues in paediatric SLT and psych are sounding too upbeat.

030

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And they never ever doubt that they are right in what they "know"

020

Reposted by Steph

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That’s the people she’s playing to, and what’s worse, they’re decision makers. They move up the ranks in planning and policy development jobs, finance, medicine, law etc, jobs that have real impact on people’s lives, and they take their class prejudice with them - it bleeds into their decisions

1202

Reposted by Steph

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Moving classes has opened my eyes to what upper middle, class people think “welfare” is. They don’t know what it means. I overheard 3 wealthy quantity surveyors tell each other council houses were free, no rent to be paid, they all genuinely believed this to be true. The gulf is enormous

34511

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My sister and her pals were on J1 in Long Island and convinced the other staff where they worked that in Ireland we have potato college instead of middle school.

071

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

All of ye taking the piss out of the poor yank when you know full well people refer to caterpillars as hairy mollys

051

Reposted by Steph

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Artists as the world economy crumbles around us

The Danny Devito Egg In This Trying Time meme, with the egg replaced with one of my prints. Please keep buying prints from artists. They're probably less expensive than US eggs at this point.

#Art #ArtSky

6973223

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Brighten your home for winter by using this ancient folding technique to make a fetching centrepiece out of your unpaid electric bills. Eco and wallet friendly!!

140

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Soundness begets soundness ❤️

120

Reposted by Steph

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

We’ve had to listen to some very unimpressive TDs talk shit about public sector workers needing to prove their worth and up their game. Meanwhile the sight of an almost-empty greyhound track and the yelping of mistreated animals gets them humming the national anthem as a tear rolls down their cheek

318253

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Disappointed" implies there was some positive expectation to begin with.

020

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

May your recovery be swift and the procedure effective!

220

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE www.independent.ie/budget/a-cap...

161

Reposted by Steph

Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

7069831909

Reposted by Steph

Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Checking in on the budget. Wondering which voters’ needs are being prioritised.

THE IRISH TIMES
• Reductions in tax for middle-income earners will be worth up to €1,500 for a couple with a combined income of €100,000
• Minimum wage set to rise 79 cent to €14.94
• Tax-free threshold for earnings under the rent-a-room relief will rise to
€16,000

1269

Reposted by Steph

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 06/10/2026

This is neoliberalism in action. Private businesses cannot provide satisfactory public services because the profit motive has primacy.

1219

Reposted by Steph

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hell yeah they're raising new build house prices by €5,000

47114

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That cap reduction by the way was moving from 198 per week to 183 per week. So that would have been about €60 saving per month per child if that hadn't been the straw that broke the camel's back for our creche

021

Reposted by Steph

Rose Mullen's The Mummy 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is helpful, especially in January, but it's also less than two weeks disability allowance payments. I do not feel like they give a fuck about me or anyone else.

0104

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In January this year 40,000 children were on waiting lists for childcare 1,000 childcare facilities closed between 2020 and 2026 49 facilities left the core funding scheme between 2023 and 2025

131

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm so fucking angry about this again. The amount we're paying for childcare went *up* by NINE HUNDRED EURO and the headlines were about the cost of childcare going down.

12011

Reposted by Steph

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've said it before. A Government party isn't your team to root for, it's a utility provider. You don't have to like them, you just pick the one that works best. The utilities that keep giving you some of your own money back are the ones acknowledging a failure to provide the service you requested

02914

Reposted by Steph

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Taxes are fucking great. They offer the benefit of bulk buying power while reducing my day to day admin. Not getting the services you need because your government can't figure out how to invest in the country to provide those services SUCKS. Don't get rid of the taxes - Get rid of the government

04717

Reposted by Steph

ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think it reflects a fundamental (likely wilful) misunderstanding of the concept of "cost of disability" to restrict this only to those on disability allowance

0147

Reposted by Steph

The Booooobarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

THIS. There's a very large university near me that offers forgivable loans to its staff/students for buying a house in a defined set of city blocks around the uni. All this means is the price within the catchment area is $30k higher than across the street.

024

Reposted by Steph

Daragh @shutupdaragh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every year Ireland gets stern warnings about how reliant it is on corpo tax revenue and every year it cuts its other tax nets to make that reliance worse.

29833