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Clare Dillon
@claredillon.bsky.social
Loves InnerSource and Open Source.
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It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...

applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome

pls share with your networks
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.

The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.

Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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sorry can’t talk. my smart toaster and my smart bed is trying to kill me www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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📣 Exciting news! NORF is delighted to announce funding for four #OpenResearchNetworks under the 2025 NORF Open Research Fund: Diamond Capacity Hub Ireland, Open Repositories Ireland, Sonraí and TROPIC.

Read about the funded projects on the NORF website👉 norf.ie/2025-norf-op...

@dri.ie @ria.ie
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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I was thrilled to be invited to participate in the Turing Way fireside chat about governance along with @richlitt.bsky.social and @claredillon.bsky.social with hosts Jennifer Tridgell and Arielle Bennett-Lovell. Here's a summary with a link to the video. fastwonderblog.com/2025/10/16/t...
The Turing Way Fireside Chat about Governance | Fast Wonder
fastwonderblog.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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AI costs more money to run than it can possibly earn, how is this ever supposed to work?

bsky.app/profile/edzi...
Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
October 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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We’re excited to welcome Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal Foundation, to ADVANCE 2025, ADAPT’s flagship AI, industry & policy forum happening tomorrow.
Join leading voices shaping the future of AI.
#ADVANCE2025 #AI #Innovation
@researchireland.ie @signal.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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I don't usually say this about people I've never met but Manchán Magan's death at just 55 is such a loss to the world www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
October 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Here’s another good summary of the disturbing growth of drone as first responder programs in the U.S. from the EFF:

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Drone As First Responder Programs Are Swarming Across the United States
Law enforcement wants more drones, and we’ll probably see many more of them overhead as police departments seek to implement a popular project justifying the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UA...
www.eff.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-caused climate change
Record temperatures linked to human-caused climate change
New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-ca...
www.rte.ie
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I have been logged out of my toothbrush.
May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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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”
August 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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A short thread on digital ID (cards) just to bear in mind. There are a few myths that I keep hearing about this idea that need clarifying/debunking. 1/10
September 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Ireland will soon have one of Europe’s fastest ageing populations, Makhlouf warns
Ireland will soon have one of Europe’s fastest ageing populations, Makhlouf warns
Central Bank governor highlights ‘stark’ implications of State’s shifting demographics
www.irishtimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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617 of the world’s top scientists, cryptographers and security researchers have released an open letter today (10 September) calling on governments to reject the upcoming final vote on the EU’s ‘Chat Control’ legislation. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/c...
Scientists urge EU governments to reject Chat Control rules
As the final vote draws closer, an open letter has highlighted significant risks that remain in the EU’s controversial ‘Chat Control’ regulation.
www.siliconrepublic.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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It explains so much about the Irish state’s attitude to privacy and technology if it did not even attempt to secure its own communications. I have no trouble believing that sensitive calls about Brexit were held in the clear on public networks. archive.is/3H4gK
September 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I hate this so much
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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LHN: Many respondents disliked 'go figure it out yourself' mentality, so they did not provide access to the data.
Do not just sign up for 'membership' and then ignore open science practices.
We need practical solutions, more training, and rewards!
Link:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PRC10
UK Reproducibility Network open and transparent research practices survey dataset
Scientific Data - UK Reproducibility Network open and transparent research practices survey dataset
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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First time in half a century that Queen has countenanced one of their songs being published in a language other than English.
And it is beautiful.

youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?....
Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version
YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Okay the Earl of Grantham I wasn’t familiar with your game
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM