Aidan O’Brien
@aidanobrien.bsky.social
Talks about: internet governance, counter-violent extremism, and counter-disinformation but (mostly) movies
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Turns out the answer is 8.5m or 27ft
My kitchen scales are broken but I have a tape measure. How many metres of spaghetti is a standard portion?
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Turns out the answer is 8.5m or 27ft
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Dublin City Council meetings has a meetings and keyword alert system councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/mgRegisterKe...
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Dublin City Council meetings has a meetings and keyword alert system councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/mgRegisterKe...
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If you're planning to shop for books this Black Friday weekend, Ireland's iconic @kennysbookshop.bsky.social - which is family-owned/ run & ships abroad - has several of my novels & non-fic titles at special prices
Check them out on this dedicated page on their website
shorturl.at/dFyQ4
#booksky
Check them out on this dedicated page on their website
shorturl.at/dFyQ4
#booksky
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you're planning to shop for books this Black Friday weekend, Ireland's iconic @kennysbookshop.bsky.social - which is family-owned/ run & ships abroad - has several of my novels & non-fic titles at special prices
Check them out on this dedicated page on their website
shorturl.at/dFyQ4
#booksky
Check them out on this dedicated page on their website
shorturl.at/dFyQ4
#booksky
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
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techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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For anyone wondering what the public price - in water and ecological quality -of the nitrates derogation is - and how Irish farming is being poorly led for the future - read the EPA report; www.epa.ie/news-release...
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
For anyone wondering what the public price - in water and ecological quality -of the nitrates derogation is - and how Irish farming is being poorly led for the future - read the EPA report; www.epa.ie/news-release...
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Guess who's behind X accounts like RedPilledNurse or Ivanka Trump News? People outside the US. And social media companies are rewarding the creators for it. @evystadium.bsky.social has more:
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Guess who's behind X accounts like RedPilledNurse or Ivanka Trump News? People outside the US. And social media companies are rewarding the creators for it. @evystadium.bsky.social has more:
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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