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Bernie Goldbach "topgold"

@topgold.ie
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topgold.ie teaches digital transformation in Ireland. Works with Ireland's Youth Media Team. #authenticstorytelling #AndAcyclist ORCID 0000-0003-3431-0747 direct: 8647

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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 1h
One of the most interesting facets of AI note-takers is seeing how they can run rudimentary sentiment analysis. Helpful for sussing out strengths of collaborators. Your text trains a model. www.economist.com/business/202...
economist.com
You’re not sending an email. You’re training a model
Privacy, employee data and the demands of AI
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 3h
I've highlights from "The Last Good Day" saved by my @readwise.bsky.social inside my @obsidian.md vault where I can see semantic connections to "The Day the Good Internet Died" www.theringer.com/2021/07/21/t...
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The Day the Good Internet Died
For a small slice of time, being online was a thrilling mix of discovery, collaboration, creativity, and chaotic potential. Then Google Reader disappeared.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 3h
Missing @eoghan.eurosky.social RIP www.gofundme.com/f/our-friend...
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Donate to Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney, organized by Joseph Galvin
Our friend, colleague and comrade Eoghan Sweeney has been diagnosed with termina… Joseph Galvin needs your support for Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 3h
Missing you . . .
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 3h
If LLMs continue using DroidSpeak there's no way humans will be able to understand what autonomous LLM agents are communicating. Their speed and efficiency is much higher than what passes during standard human natural language.
Ethan Mollick complex LLM convos
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 4h
Essential throwback from October 2025 in my Gospel of Effective Collaboration h/t @danabra.mov
From October 2025
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 4h
Making Joyful Christmas Shoeboxes: insideview.ie/2026/10/05/making-joy… There are twice as many women jogging around my local area during the past month and many of them are training for the Irish Life Dublin Marathon. One of the daily joggers is Frances O’Donn...
Team Hope delivers gifts in shoeboxes
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 7h
I used three different colours of highlighters while reading The Last Good Day on the Internet: Finding Hope and Humanity in a Superhuman World by @marklittle.bsky.social 📚 The pink colour is for my 15 yo son so he can compare what I highighted to what Mark says in the audiobook version.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 7h
And here is a screenshot that will forever burn in my personal history because of the precursors of the sleep stress.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 7h
Inspired by reflections like @cygnoir's #weeknotes cygnoir.net/2026/10/2026...
cygnoir.net
cygnoir.net · 2026 Week 40 Notes: Sounds like a me problem
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 20h
I have to sort out Android log-in in Loop and I will be a happy bunny. insideview.ie/2026/10/04/l...
insideview.ie
Looping with @educatefran
I follow @educatefran.bsky.social ’s advice on many things edtech so when she loops back to MSFT Loop I listen. I start another six week set of online workshops with the IRDG Innovation Skillnet and I...
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 20h
Happy enough when Claude gives me marginal gains.
Atomic Habits
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 21h
Two years ago, @educatefran and I were creating a full day @oebconference.bsky.social workshop. It was the first time dozens of educators in those workshops would use "generativism" for curriculum development.
Mairead Pratschke Gen AI education
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 23h
I pulled to the kerb of the Old Dublin Airport Road to watch landings while the dedication played. Have you heard the flying video on my account? youtu.be/2vsDjVwXuG4?...
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Smart Futures Start with STEM
YouTube video by topgold
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 04/10/2026
Starting a looong trip to County Donegal.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 03/10/2026
insideview.ie/2026/10/03/h...
insideview.ie
Honey Fungus Near Fav Tree
After sustained raindkfall, we ​noticed dense, overlapping clusters of mushrooms emerging directly from underground tree roots of our favourite tree. This is not a good sign. The honey-yellow and tawn...
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026
They have erased the history of the tech industry and tech innovation so that their workers don’t ask what happened to prior generations of innovators and innovations. It’s a very intentional strategy.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 02/10/2026
And when Mark reads the name of the publisher, I realise my American ears always called the publisher a hatchet not as most Europeans pronounce Hachette.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 02/10/2026
Today's Throwback shows me several activities I should be doing to improve life. Like walking along ivy walls and playing handball. And journaling moments of banality.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 02/10/2026
So glad to hear real @marklittle.bsky.social in this audible.
Mark Little reads
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 02/10/2026
I use a Whoop and it ruthlessly tells me I have tonsjed weight if I want to live longer. The current Whoop metrics have me on track to outlive my three most recent ancestors.
Whoop age
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 02/10/2026
I support this ethical use of AI.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 02/10/2026
If Google has your Drive and Gmail and Chrome History it can tell you what you missed if you ask Gemini.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
I will never be able to say "Shop still open?" again. The three most chilling words in the Cornell rape case texts www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
Column | The three most chilling words in the Cornell rape case texts
Were these young men discussing a 7-Eleven or a young woman? It's both gobsmacking and banal.
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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 01/10/2026
Obsidian October is back! This year we're launching "State of Obsidian" a survey about how you use Obsidian that we will compile into a public report for the community. Take the survey: 2026.obsidian.md
2026.obsidian.md
State of Obsidian 2026 Survey
Tell us about your favorite plugins, themes, tools, and ways to use Obsidian. We’ll share the results publicly by the end of the year.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
I spent 35 minutes today chatting with a dementia therapist. We both knew who needs immediate therapeutic intervention: time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
A real good news story: www.wsj.com/world/the-38...
wsj.com
The 38-Year-Old Captain Who Fought Off Cockpit Attack on FlyDubai Flight
Machchhar, who didn’t always want to be a pilot, was hailed for his heroism after being stabbed on Flight 1073.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Hmm. I don't use speech tosntxt with Obsidian. I was using speech to txt with Gemini for most ofnthe day. Thought I closed Gemini more than an hour ago.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Screen was active with Obsodian primary. I am trying to figure out what was transcribing random voices. Never saw this before.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
@sm2n.bsky.social my mic recorded snippets of a cafe convo next to me in a noisy venue when mobile Obsidian was in focus. I have never seen this happen before.
Recorded by Obsidian mobile
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Seth Myers and Jimmy Kimmel had great fun with snippets from the hearing.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
It turns out me and Filipe and Frances have time traveled to several places. Proof:
Three 21st century posers with a real 20th century shopkeeper
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
That's @educatefran outside D'Arcy's Garage in 1930s Tipp Town
Printed Selphy for "Put yourself in history" micro-course
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Testing Selphy wireless printer before workshop
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Lots of the workshop prep work done by Chris the intern insideview.ie/2026/09/30/p...
insideview.ie
Progress with Chris the intern
When I asked my AI to summarise my 30 Sep morning notes in my Rhodia Notebook, my Claude said “30 September: A Day of Progress and Small Wins”. The best news of the day came from Chris, who shared how...
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Bonus training aid: wireless Canon Selphy printer
Canon wifi printer with Rhodia notebook
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Meeting with 10 OAPs to show them how to put historic photos #AI insideview.ie/2026/10/01/p...
insideview.ie
Putting OAPs into historical photos
Several times a month, I show pensioners interesting things they can do with their phones. Today I am chatting with a group of 10 people about faces and places they might remember from Tipperay town. ...
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 01/10/2026
Just read HSE flu jab reminder.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 30/09/2026
One reason I use @inoreader.com is because its easy listening option to most of my OPML subs.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 29/09/2026
Chad shares what many vibe coders have discovered.
aicoding.leaflet.pub
The Spec Can Come Later
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 29/09/2026
I make Apple Cake. Occasionally with cranberries too.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 29/09/2026
I still use AI while shopping. Handy: "Can Aldi match this price?"
Shopping
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 28/09/2026
Even teens on buses glare at my specs. Getting run out of some edtech workshops with them: insideview.ie/2026/09/22/b...
insideview.ie
Before pitchforks came for Metaview
Long before the pitchforks came rushing after people using Metaview, Geraldine McDermott from N-TUTORR visited Ground Zero where Ray-Ban Meta Glasses roamed the hallways. She snapped a photo of me as ...
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 28/09/2026
In case you need to know what pervert glasses look like.
Bernie Goldbach
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 28/09/2026
What I've learned about engagement while listening to creatives: insideview.ie/2026/09/28/what-ive-l… Things that have changed in this decade about how creatives engage.
Making a storylineOutside Books UpstairsLast Good Day on the Internet
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 28/09/2026
Most of the handsets in my gadget drawer won't work by the end of the year because Ireland will silence the 3G spectrum for other uses.
Xperia with 3G
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 28/09/2026
Changing tyres with perfect nails. Rite of Passage.: insideview.ie/2026/09/28/changing-t… Kneeling on wet or cold surfaces to change tyres on your car is a rite of passage in our home.
Dirty work with tyresAuto-generated description: A person with painted nails is using a socket wrench to tighten or loosen a lug nut on a car wheel.Auto-generated description: A person with red hair is kneeling on the ground and using a tool to work on the wheel area of a blue car.
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 26/09/2026
Republicans purchase eight heavy-duty trucks for every one purchased by a Democrat. Those trucks suck diesel. I won't be surprised when those truckers vote against politics that spike fuel prices.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26/09/2026
12-year-old: Why did humans invent money? Me: It makes trade easier--a hat-maker can get milk even if the milk-maker doesn't need hats 12: Why not give everyone the same amount of money? Me: The idea is to make people work harder 12: But once someone has more, they can just cheat to stay ahead
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold" @topgold.ie · 26/09/2026
My newfeeds show me how Googlebooks run a full terminal environment with agentic coding tools like Claude Code or Antigravity CLI. The premium build of the hardware is exceptional.
Googlebook
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