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Stephanie Costello

@stephaniecostello.bsky.social
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Journalist (currently on a study break) at Dublin Inquirer and elsewhere PhD candidate in trust and social class in Irish media and journalism lecturer at TU Dublin.

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Paul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well done McKinsey for keeping up their report that forecasts the value of the Metaverse as $5 trillion by 2030. www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 18/09/2026
The council has approved a new apart-hotel in Blackpitts, which will add to the 9,600 hotel beds within walking distance. "There is just a ridiculous overconcentration of short-term accommodation," in Blackpitts and Newmarket, says Sinn Féin Councillor Ciaran Ó Meachair.
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Council gives nod to new apart-hotel in Blackpitts, to add to the 9,600 hotel beds within walking distance
"There is just a ridiculous overconcentration of short-term accommodation," in the Blackpitts and Newmarket Square area, says Sinn Féin Councillor Ciaran Ó Meachair.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 30/08/2026
Really hammering home what I've been saying about performance and make-believe as a form of collective reality-changing magic that has come to dominate the imaginary, and ultimately the techology and technopolitics, that emenate out of Silicon Valley (it even mentions Erik Davis' TechGnosis).
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Call me biased, but we're lucky to have this service-oriented public interest journalism that @dublininquirer.com excels at. It's covered council housing for years in a way that is genuinely trying to solve the problem rather than (only) rake in clicks www.dublininquirer.com/the-mystery-...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 15/08/2026
#OtD 15 Aug 1971 the urban guerrilla group the Angry Brigade bombed a Territorial Army recruitment office in Holloway, north London, appealing to unemployed workers not to join the army and be sent to brutalise ordinary working people in Northern Ireland workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e83-...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 Rumour control & influence operations with @lizcarolan.com, The Briefing, @aidanobrien.bsky.social European Digital Media Observatory Ireland/DCU, & @stephaniecostello.bsky.social Monday 19 October, Dublin NUJ/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Data centres use a lot of water, but they use even more during hot periods. While the government is set on growing the number of water-intensive data centres without any understanding of the implications, the media tells us to stop watering plants 1/3 www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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New heat warning as people urged to conserve water
Met Éireann has issued a new high temperature warning for 10 counties, while people have been urged to conserve water.
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I've always felt the best way to get people subscribe to @dublininquirer.com, is just to publish good articles and wait and hope. But I'm told, that people are busy and might have other things on their minds than us, so I'd better make a pitch, better ask. So here goes. 1/
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Got CouncilVoteTracker.ie back up and running and am now starting to go and fill in votes, like this one about sending back to committee the proposed denaming of Herzog Park and renaming of Diamond Park. If you want to see which way your local councillors voted, here's the run-down. 1/
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To send back to committee proposed Herzog Park and Diamond Park (de/re)namings
Passed: 35 for, 25 against, 0 abstentions
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/03/2026
'Modern Love' with a dash of AI? A 'New York Times' contributor acknowledges using chatbots, and artificial intelligence seems to be turning up in major news publications, Vauhini Vara writes:
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How AI Is Creeping Into ‘The New York Times’
Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications.
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 18/03/2026
In Ringsend, 176 new social homes sit empty due to funding paperwork delays. There are over 1,000 households on the council’s social housing lists for the area.
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In Ringsend, 176 new social homes sit empty due to funding paperwork delays
There are over 1,000 households on the council’s social housing lists for the area.
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 13/03/2026
An Israeli fund backs one of Ireland’s biggest landlords, but who else? As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
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An Israeli fund backs one of Ireland’s biggest landlords, but who else?
As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Grammarly will face a class action lawsuit over [a] feature that dispensed writing advice using the names of prominent journalists, academics, and authors" "Contrary to the apparent belief of some tech companies, it is unlawful to appropriate peoples’ names and identities for commercial purposes"
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Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s AI “sloppelgangers”
Grammarly will face a class action lawsuit over its "Expert Review" feature that dispensed writing advice using the names of prominent journalists, academics, and authors, Wired reported on Wednesday....
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 06/03/2026
Tusla inspectors found problems with the use of physical restraint in seven children’s homes. In two cases, inspectors found that staff were using restraint to try to manage children’s behaviour, and one of those children was restrained 78 times.
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Tusla inspectors found problems with the use of physical restraint in seven children’s homes
In two cases, inspectors found that staff were using restraint to try to manage children’s behaviour, and one of those children was restrained 78 times.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13/02/2026
Premium Newsletter: AI data centers are low-margin, high-capex time bombs with low gross margins possible only in perfect circumstances, fueled by junk-grade debt. Without $100bn+ in new, non-hyperscaler demand by 2028, the majority of these loans go unpaid. www.wheresyoured.at/data-center-...
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Premium: The AI Data Center Financial Crisis
Since the beginning of 2023, big tech has spent over $814 billion in capital expenditures, with a large portion of that going towards meeting the demands of AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.  B...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
One of the extraordinary features of the Irish Coroners' Courts system is that Gardaí are actively involved in recruiting jurors – sometimes off the street The Gov made a specific exception for the second Stardust Inquest: www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bil... But that was a once-off
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SwampLizard @swamplizard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star) Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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Mike Rosenwald @mikerosenwald.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
She was almost 90 before she received any recognition for her work. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
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Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95
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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"The Simpsons": Bart looking sad and used and lonely after saying his catchphrase, which his class & teacher peer-pressured him into saying - they're now going wild in excitement, throwing their arms in the air, Ms. Krabbappel included
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
And the university did what?!!
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Man chatgpt is so depressing. Grading essays, and even the ones without overt usage are all monotone, non descript, and robotic.
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Kicking off today's Climate MESS seminar; panel on Data Centres, Dependency, Ecology and Inequality with Donal Lally, Deirdre Duffy and Dylan Murphy, moderated by Ciara Graham
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
As a colleague noted, they have only been calling for civil unrest in response to one of these reports, the one reportedly involving an immigrant. 2/
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A research group I'm part of is hosting its first conference this Friday. Free to join, set to be thought-provoking and engaging! www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-me...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto. ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
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The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 28/07/2025
#FreelanceForum -20 OCTOBER ti.to/freelance-fo... * Laura Davison NUJ * Yvonne Hogan (Independent), Amy Forde (Farmers Journal), Deirdre Reynolds (Sunday World+) * Sound+Vision; Democracy & Courts Reporting schemes * Simon Cumbers fund, Lyra McKee bursary Copyright Briefing - Samantha Holman, ICLA
Freelance Forum Autumn 2025 — for Photographers/Writers/PR
NUJ Dublin Freelance — Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
An unexpected surprise today from the @lawsocireland.bsky.social I've been shortlisted in two categories of the Justice Media Awards for a @dublininquirer.com story about the family of Terence Wheelock and their near 20 year long battle for an independent public inquiry into his death
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This has the potential to be absolutely hilarious
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Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Japanese poster for BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty - BOTD in 1937
Poster features a color picture of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in ecstasy as they flee in a car with bullet holes in the window shield.
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I am starting to see a pattern in who is always threatening to take us to court: it's landlords.
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 30/03/2025
Past! Pass it on to the freelance journalist/student in your life. Only two weeks to go to #FreelanceForum. Reserve a space today
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today! Looking forward to talking women in media and class!
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Journalists with digital only publications, how are we saving good quality PDFs of our work (that doesn't look like shit?) x
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A GOOD TIME 🙏🙏🙏
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Looking forward to heading up to Queens University Belfast this time next week to chat with student led radio The Scoop about being a woman in journalism. 📰 How cute are these graphics! 💗
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Closest thing to compare it to for me is wrestling, you get grand slams, hell in a cell etc "It is the spectacle of excess" as Barthes famously wrote
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Just excitedly sung "that pom po pom pom pom" to myself as I clicked my 20 min pomodoro timer so yeah you could say I'm having a pretty normal and not stressful at all Sunday
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
spoiler: the answer it spat out was from an already published paper but the BBC is basically the yellow pages for llm scams at this point so that part was conveniently left out of this piece
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 19/02/2025
A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway. In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.” More here: dublininquirer.com/2025/02/19/a...
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A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway - Dublin Inquirer
In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.”
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 16/02/2025
PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert
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Filmography: David Lynch : David Lynch : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Posted in respects of the late David Lynch (1946–2025). All of Lynch's feature-length content.Eraserhead (1977): A hapless factory worker tries to survive...
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Stephanie Costello @stephaniecostello.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Excellent opportunity here for some budding reporters who want to work in independent media
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 09/02/2025
Three people believed to have been stabbed in attack in Stoneybatter, Dublin
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Three people believed to have been stabbed in attack in Stoneybatter, Dublin
Gardaí apprehended a suspect nearby
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 29/01/2025
Come join us for a conversation with Bluesky’s head of trust and safety on the future of social media, algorithms, and speech. dublininquirer.com/2...
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Come join us for a conversation with Bluesky’s head of trust and safety on the future of social media, algorithms, and speech - Dublin Inquirer
Why’s this new social media network different? What does it mean to be able to pick your own algorithm, instead of having Musk or Zuckerberg pick for you?
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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