Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 11hClicked on a YouTube video and within seconds I could tell the script was straight out of an LLM. Which made me think the voice and slides probably were as well. The Turing test survives a little longer. 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 11hMind Boggling is LITERALLY the last thing this is. I’d visit Chernobyl before I’d set foot in that country again. You elected Trump ***TWICE***. That’s not a Trump problem. That’s a USA problem. 111
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 30/09/202680th Birthday next weekend and the kids will be playing some music, but we're getting them to play some Irish music, ballads etc. Which isn't their thing at all. So, I'm needing to explain their Beatles followed in the footsteps of a lot of Irish Music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=08NE...youtube.comYoko Ono discussing John Lennon singing the song Liverpool Lou by Dominic Behan to their son SeanYouTube video by Daniel Tobias Behan 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A new stash of tech goodies arrived. A new house temperature dashboard is in the works in time for Winter. 100
Reposted by Richard DaltonBrian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That's all we need, these fuckers on the rampage. Public opinion is not going to be so kind this time around. Where were you all when the man responsible was over for a golf tournament? Certainly weren't protesting, you fuckers. 27517
Reposted by Richard DaltonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way. 210122423883
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I listen to Country music. I've been on a more country than usual kick over the past few weeks because I've also been listening to the Cocaine and Rhinestones podcast. I heard *about* Choosin Texas last week. I've never heard the song and I didn't go and listen to it. I'll hear it eventually. 100
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm reading Molly Nic Céile's book Gaeilge i mo Chroí and the first paragraph is about the fact that most Irish people coming to the book probably had a bad experience of Irish in school. She's right. The odds are in that direction. But, isn't that shameful? Is there any desire to fix this? 110
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When they tell you they can’t help everyone, remember that helping people who inherit more than €400,000 euro is a choice that they are happy to make. 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If only there was some way to know the mind of god. God: 000
Reposted by Richard DaltonEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321005543
Reposted by Richard DaltonLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7459772006
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've been musing about the possibility of an XBOX/playstation game where the kids put on headsets, log into a networked game with their friends, and solve maths problems on a shared whiteboard of some sort. Naturally they can earn coins to buy better costumes to solve math problems in.static.klipy.comSteve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?ALT: Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? 000
Reposted by Richard DaltonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574017511811
Reposted by Richard DaltonBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Should be reposted every month.... 338109603828
Reposted by Richard DaltonMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Man Who Saved The World. May his memory be a blessing. 131425451
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Shania Lawstatic.klipy.comLarry David's Exasperated ReactionALT: Larry David's Exasperated Reaction 000
Reposted by Richard DaltonPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A former staff member of Tony Blair Institute said they had serious concerns that this was “very much trading money for access”, but was instructed by a colleague not to describe it that way. ‘They were saying you have to be really careful not to make it seem as if they’re paying money for access’😬 25352177
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If any of this Irish government dare to darken my door canvassing I wont be holding back. The Far right are on the March. Fascist blackshirts on UK streets. And these absolute cunts who have utterly failed to deliver housing are spewing Far right rhetoric about foreigners being the problem. 100
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Me: When’s your next history test? 14yo: Not for ages. Me: When? 14yo: 25th of September Me: Today is the 24th of September 14yo: Fuck Me: If you don’t know what’s happening tomorrow I’m not sure you’ll be up to speed on 1939. Can’t wait to see if last nights cram session on WW2 worked. 120
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I just realised that Buddy Holly would have turned 90 this month. That is mind blowing to me. He could easily have lived until quite recently or even still be alive. 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Palestine Action were accused of damaging property, with no attempt to hurt anyone, and they were proscribed as terrorists. This guy runs a platform that organises uniformed balaclava'd thugs to intimidate people, obstruct traffic, attack police, and attempt murder. We're watching you Burnham. 130
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Palestine Action was proscribed as a Terrorist Organisation for less. Your Move Government. Let’s see if you have standards, or double standards. 010
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026While this “flurry of discussion” is happening, it means less discussion is happening about Epstein, Iran, Gas, Midterms, stock market manipulation, corrupt dealings with foreign regimes, personal enrichment etc etc etc. Focus People. FOCUS 100
Reposted by Richard DaltonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Pretty impressive data viz 741695
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Anyone saying they’re stopping their RNLI donations because the RNLI saves migrants is flat out lying about making donations to the RNLI. 000
Reposted by Richard DaltonNick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just emailed Burnham to ask him why the fuck he’s not doing anything about the coked-up blackshirts infestation. Will almost certainly achieve nothing but: subject ‘Blackshirts’ to andy.burnham.mp@parliament.uk from enough people might. 1221665
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hey, remember how your parents benefited from extraordinary growth in house prices and you can’t even afford to buy one? What if we did that with your state pension too? 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026God creates humans and gives us free will. We displease him with this “free will”. Which he knew would happen because he knows everything. Still, he wipes out everyone except one family with a boat. We recover with the second great inbreeding campaign of the bible, after Adam and Eve. 110
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You know one thing every single politician who opposes taxpayer funded healthcare has? The absolute best healthcare money can buy, paid for by taxpayers. 110
Reposted by Richard DaltonKreml Plots | #standwithukraine @kremlplots.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Auch nicht schlecht... 45010
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My MX-5 is 20 years old this year. It had it's NCT earlier today. I do literally nothing to prepare for the NCT. I just rock up and hope for the best. Breezed through. No Issues. It cost 1/10th the price of some of the Tesla's that regularly fail NCTs with suspension issues. 010
Reposted by Richard DaltonAnne-Line 📎 @ithildancer.com · 21/09/2026"The people that built their heaven on your land are telling you yours is in the sky." – Nina Simone 0175
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't know if anyone in Ireland needs to hear this, but take a bit of time and check your PRSI contributions. Make sure they're all there. The full pension is moving to needing 40 years worth of contributions for the full payment, with pro-rata reductions for less. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...gov.ieRequest a Contribution StatementLearn how to read and check your Contribution Statement to help you calculate your rate of State Pension. 100
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Amazing how people can vote for deliberate cruelty to their fellow humans because “principles”. But as soon as it affects them, turns out the other team aren’t so bad after all. Is voting to help other people, not just yourself, really that alien an idea? 110
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This story has been told thousands of times. I wasn’t even alive and I k ow this story well enough to tell it. Does anything matter any more in the click bait economy? 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A little bit of related trivia. When Tom Petty released “The Last DJ” Clearchannel banned it. Proving that they were exactly the fuckers Petty said they were. 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This message brought to you by Music Executives who were actually killing music. Home taping fans and artists have been fighting to keep music alive forever, and still are. 110
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Desert Island Disk. You only get 1 song. But you get all the cover versions of it. What do you pick? 200
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Old AV Receiver finally packed up. My Electronics guy was stumped and it’s not worth shipping somewhere hoping they’ll fix it. So day trip to Belfast to Richer Sounds to sort a replacement 100
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Saw this comment about the new season of Ted Lasso and totally agree. I stopped watching after a few episodes. The idea seemed to be make a season focused on Women. Women’s football. Women in Philanthropy and Business. But it’s done a huge disservice to both. Just terribly written and unfunny. 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Don't just read the headline and move on to the next post. Click in to this and read the story. The initial diagnosis and prognosis must have been absolutely terrifying for the parents. If you want a little bit of hope that humans might eventually prevail over cancer this will give it to you.static.klipy.comBreaking Bad: Yeah, Science!ALT: Breaking Bad: Yeah, Science! 020
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Cool youtube.com/shorts/IHlIt...youtube.comSpot Erasing Demonstrated!YouTube video by Stephen DeAcutis 000
Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Such bullshit. Bands have been screwed out of earnings from sales od physical media by streaming. The only source of money is playing live and selling merch, and the venues want to screw them out of that too. 130
Reposted by Richard DaltonSexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening 171188399
