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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's also backwards... For most people the surname is locked in before the first name. He was presumably a Scrooge before his parents picked Ebenezer.

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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Definitely seems to be a form of 'logic' common to denialism at least.

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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's the same logic as saying vaccines are pointless because they're not 100% effective.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Additionally, these AIs are run by private companies. They are not without bias or beyond influence. We saw Musk interfere to ensure his bot became more right-wing. What's to stop a Microsoft AI "summarising" a report on the corporate tax rate in a way that omits any suggestions of increases?

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’

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Conor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

@stephencollins.bsky.social made the point best

Stephen Collins comic on Twitter addiction

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R @liburghal.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

There is always an XKCD

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

'What is that supposed to mean? That the law is obsolete in the face of a white supremacist sexual exploitation material-generating machine?' It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.

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Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders

Am I going completely insane?

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 10/01/2026

I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount

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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Speaking like an American gun nut after a mass shooting...

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

So let's be clear and honest on the scope and scale of what has to be done here. This cannot only be about cracking down on a few porn apps; this has to be a large scale effort to bring the tech industry to heel. And I'm not sure advocacy groups have really internalised that

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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I just donated to the MASI Toy Drive to help children in Direct Provision centers experience the joy of Christmas. Every little bit counts, and your support can truly make a difference. Please consider contributing or sharing this cause to help brighten a child's holiday. gofund.me/9ef3a3317

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Donate to MASI Christmas Toy Drive 2025 for children in DP, organized by MASI Organisation

MASI Toy Drive: Make a Difference This Christmas Your Kindness Br… MASI Organisation needs your support for MASI Christmas Toy Drive 2025 for children in DP

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Generative AI is amazing at tasks where I am not qualified to judge the output.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

This has popped up on my feed again so your occasional reminder that, if your business cannot turn a profit when acting within the law, you don’t have a legitimate business

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John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Was clearly on my prophecy game a couple of weeks ago.

Absolutely enraging self-pity from a xenophobic rag that has contributed more than most both to actual decline and perceptions of decline.

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

"It’s harder to date. Harder to think about having children. It’s harder to come to your own conclusions about what you earnestly want from life. It’s harder to realise who you are. It’s impossible to feel as though you are meeting your potential." This week's column, more personal than usual.

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Surrealing in the Years: 'How To Suffer Indignity' - a documentary by the Department of Housing

Narrated by Liam Neeson.

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Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

ISD’s new guide helps families and practitioners spot warning signs of a child or loved one being drawn into nihilistic violence subcultures. This resource will help parents and educators understand risks and approach conversations with care ⬇️ www.isdglobal.org/isd-publicat...

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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

But they're so close to figuring out just the right tax breaks for developers and landlords! It'll fix everything!

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

What we see in Palestine, for example, gives the lie to this EU boast.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever

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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Absolutely disgraceful use of technology to give wrong information to asylum seekers

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

“That’s impossible,” you say. “There’s absolutely no need for generative AI in this service and no logical way to incorporate it.” Ha ha. Don’t worry. They found a way.

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.

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Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The European Commission uses ChatGPT outputs in public documents. @iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties www.iccl.ie/news/europea...

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European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents

ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

There's a good faith and bad faith interpretation of the Minister's removal of targets. The bad faith interpretation is that the government have cynically removed targets so we lack a metric by which to judge their failures. The good faith interpretation is that the minister is just incompetent.

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.eurosky.social · 12/11/2025

the laziness of prompting a genAI slop machine to squirt out the most uninspiring picture of a crocodile, when I can think of a dozen artists off the top of my head who would jump at the chance to draw a crocodile leaping out of a tree to ambush prey for a fair price

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve. I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.

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fae⁷ @onthistangent.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

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Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Far-right agitators exploited a local tragedy to incite violence in Citywest, Dublin—and platforms let it spread. A new ISD & Hope and Courage Collective report shows how the unrest was coordinated, not spontaneous, & communities stepped up where platforms failed. Read it below ⬇️

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The Online Playbook Behind the Violence in Citywest | H&CC

All of us want to believe that our children are safe no matter where they are. It is also true that we want a community where every child is safe and cared for by systems that work, whether they live in care, in the community or are seeking international protection.

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Jacob @tullamore-jew.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I actually feel better about the nomination process after this, excepting that party leaders can make their electeds stonewall anyone who isn't their choice. Treat the contest with the seriousness it deserves and you'll get on otherwise don't bother

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Full solution to all of ethics here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ethics-8 #smbc

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The EU wasn't a bystander. It was an active perpetrator by virtue of its members supplyimg Israel with arms to commit genocide.

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

"Through their own negligence, Fianna Fáil have given us a presidential election with an asterisk — the last thing that any state needs at a time when democracy across the world is being undermined." This week's column. Fair warning, the first few paragraphs are me saying I told you so.

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Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences

Jim Gavin’s catastrophic campaign was predictable, but the Taoiseach couldn’t predict it.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

If I was a tutoring company and I wanted to convince you that I could teach your kids maths, I would probably not have an advert that said “3=2” on it! That’s just me though.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/09/2025

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars.

Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded. If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.

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Fiona @fionasmall.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

"They are criminal... I have never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population". www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

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Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC

A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

people who use AI as a replacement for thinking, learning and communicating should be shamed and punished. the same way we shame and punish drunk drivers, or people who negligently discharge firearms. it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/07/2025

I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything. Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine. But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires? No.

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tombrophy.bsky.social @tombrophy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Unless there are too many layers of this and all your wishes are used up before getting to X.

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