Derek Brauders
@derekbrauders.bsky.social
Explorer of new horizons. Irish, EU, Retd Irish Military. Interests in politics, wine, photography, and really anything else of interest. On Mastodon, Threads, IG. Same name.
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#Breaking Cabinet reshuffle sees Simon Harris nominated as Minister for Finance, Helen McEntee as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Hildegarde Naughton as Minister for Education | Follow live
Simon Harris announced as new Minister for Finance
Follow developments after the resignation of Paschal Donohoe and ahead of the announcement of a new Minister for Finance
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#Breaking Cabinet reshuffle sees Simon Harris nominated as Minister for Finance, Helen McEntee as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Hildegarde Naughton as Minister for Education | Follow live
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A High Court judge has ordered Enoch Burke to return to prison for contempt after repeatedly trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School.
Judge Cregan said the issue was not about transgenderism, criticising Burke’s “grotesque behaviour” and the cost of security to keep him out.
#VMNews
Judge Cregan said the issue was not about transgenderism, criticising Burke’s “grotesque behaviour” and the cost of security to keep him out.
#VMNews
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A High Court judge has ordered Enoch Burke to return to prison for contempt after repeatedly trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School.
Judge Cregan said the issue was not about transgenderism, criticising Burke’s “grotesque behaviour” and the cost of security to keep him out.
#VMNews
Judge Cregan said the issue was not about transgenderism, criticising Burke’s “grotesque behaviour” and the cost of security to keep him out.
#VMNews
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AI is making us into morons and subverting democracy, Ireland’s parliamentary (Oireachtas) Committee heard today.
Full story: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Full story: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
AI is making us into morons and subverting democracy, Ireland’s parliamentary (Oireachtas) Committee heard today.
Full story: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Full story: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
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This opening statement from @danmcquillan.bsky.social to the Oireachtas committee on AI is well worth a read. (A masterclass in concision, too.)
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This opening statement from @danmcquillan.bsky.social to the Oireachtas committee on AI is well worth a read. (A masterclass in concision, too.)
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
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The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away fro...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
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Latest on the major internet outage currently underway, courtesy of a Cloudflare issue
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Latest mass internet outage at Cloudflare knocks out X and other web services
Parts of the internet are currently unresponsive to millions of users after the online infrastructure host firm Cloudflare reported an outage.
www.independent.ie
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Latest on the major internet outage currently underway, courtesy of a Cloudflare issue
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
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(Bluesky sees surge)
Latest on the major internet outage currently underway, courtesy of a Cloudflare issue
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Latest mass internet outage at Cloudflare knocks out X and other web services
Parts of the internet are currently unresponsive to millions of users after the online infrastructure host firm Cloudflare reported an outage.
www.independent.ie
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
(Bluesky sees surge)
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Ireland fears UK will drive migration through Belfast back door (remember in Brexit the Brexiteers concerned invisible border would mean non-EU nationals getting to UK over border into NI and over to GB. Turns out the other direction is the issue)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ireland to act if tougher asylum rules create Belfast back door for migration
Jim O’Callaghan says he will closely monitor changes proposed by Britain amid concerns over impact
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ireland fears UK will drive migration through Belfast back door (remember in Brexit the Brexiteers concerned invisible border would mean non-EU nationals getting to UK over border into NI and over to GB. Turns out the other direction is the issue)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is to stand down today from his role in Government and take up a senior position at the World Bank.
Paschal Donohoe to step down as Minister for Finance
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is to stand down today from his role in Government, to take up a role at the World Bank.
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
BREAKING: Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is to stand down today from his role in Government and take up a senior position at the World Bank.
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The chairperson of the North Central Area Committee of Dublin City Council has described the suspected arson attack of a playground as "appalling"
Suspected arson attack on Dublin playground 'appalling'
The chairperson of the North Central Area Committee of Dublin City Council has described the suspected arson attack of a playground as "appalling".
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The chairperson of the North Central Area Committee of Dublin City Council has described the suspected arson attack of a playground as "appalling"
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The permutations and ramifications of Paschal Donohoe stepping down as a Minister and TD could be pretty major.
Truly, never a dull moment.
Truly, never a dull moment.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The permutations and ramifications of Paschal Donohoe stepping down as a Minister and TD could be pretty major.
Truly, never a dull moment.
Truly, never a dull moment.
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A perfectly timed exposé of the Russian Orthodox Church’s role in Putin’s influence operations in the West & military operations against Ukraine - though I doubt the useful idiots inviting these dubious characters into the White House to spread lies about Ukraine will read it, unfortunately.
OMG 😳 Last week I wrote about Russia’s Orthodox Church being an arm of intel (part of my new series on the far right) and just read that the White House will meet clergy with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church this week thehill.com/policy/inter...
Chapter 2: Russia's Orthodox Church
Welcome to my new series, Inside the Kremlin’s Global Far-Right Operations.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
A perfectly timed exposé of the Russian Orthodox Church’s role in Putin’s influence operations in the West & military operations against Ukraine - though I doubt the useful idiots inviting these dubious characters into the White House to spread lies about Ukraine will read it, unfortunately.
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The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives will vote later today on forcing the release of investigative files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with passage seen as all but guaranteed after President Donald Trump dropped his long-standing opposition
After Trump reversal, US House to proceed on Epstein vote
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives will vote later today on forcing the release of investigative files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives will vote later today on forcing the release of investigative files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with passage seen as all but guaranteed after President Donald Trump dropped his long-standing opposition
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We are testing La Matinale Européenne in English.
Today we publish an OpEd by @thierrybreton.bsky.social on the Digital Sovereignty: “Courage is required (not an Omnibus)”.
Don’t miss our brief. With @grimmse.bsky.social and @cspillmann.bsky.social👇
europemorningpost.substack.com/p/digital-so...
Today we publish an OpEd by @thierrybreton.bsky.social on the Digital Sovereignty: “Courage is required (not an Omnibus)”.
Don’t miss our brief. With @grimmse.bsky.social and @cspillmann.bsky.social👇
europemorningpost.substack.com/p/digital-so...
Digital Sovereignty: Breton Calls for Courage, Not an Omnibus
Good morning!
europemorningpost.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We are testing La Matinale Européenne in English.
Today we publish an OpEd by @thierrybreton.bsky.social on the Digital Sovereignty: “Courage is required (not an Omnibus)”.
Don’t miss our brief. With @grimmse.bsky.social and @cspillmann.bsky.social👇
europemorningpost.substack.com/p/digital-so...
Today we publish an OpEd by @thierrybreton.bsky.social on the Digital Sovereignty: “Courage is required (not an Omnibus)”.
Don’t miss our brief. With @grimmse.bsky.social and @cspillmann.bsky.social👇
europemorningpost.substack.com/p/digital-so...
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This is deeply depressing. I’d thought it might apply in manufacturing, like SPuMonI that’s used in pharma production for quality control (the kind of sensible thing specifically trained AI is really good at). AI’s been used in recommendation engines for years. But marketing AI output for cosmetics?
I guess I already knew beauty ads were fakey but now they’re fakey-fakey at scale.
www.wsj.com/articles/lor...
www.wsj.com/articles/lor...
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is deeply depressing. I’d thought it might apply in manufacturing, like SPuMonI that’s used in pharma production for quality control (the kind of sensible thing specifically trained AI is really good at). AI’s been used in recommendation engines for years. But marketing AI output for cosmetics?
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Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
![Roughly speaking those who work in connection with the [automatic computing engine] will be divided into its masters and its servants. Its masters will plan out instruction tables for it, thinking up deeper and deeper ways of using it...The masters are liable to get replaced because as soon as any technique becomes at all stereotyped it becomes possible to devise a system of instruction tables which will enable the electronic computer to do it for itself. It may happen however that the masters will refuse to do this. They may be unwilling to let their jobs be stolen from them in this way. In that case they would surround the whole of their work with mystery and make excuses, couched in well chosen gibberish, whenever any dangerous suggestions were made.
— Alan Turing (1947) Lecture on the Automatic Computing Engine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tbqqvyv6pjjww44glrmycaxl/bafkreiajgzfaixqslnz2oftyxfcz2htgwbfisxfeyoospb5o6f3arqwfgu@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
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Northern Ireland's public transport operator has confirmed it is investigating a claim that one of its drivers prevented three young people from boarding a bus this morning because they were students at an Irish language school
Claim Irish language students refused from Belfast bus
Northern Ireland's public transport operator has confirmed it is investigating a claim that one of its drivers prevented three young people from boarding a bus this morning because they were students ...
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Northern Ireland's public transport operator has confirmed it is investigating a claim that one of its drivers prevented three young people from boarding a bus this morning because they were students at an Irish language school
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“When the CIA makes an assessment of whether someone is likely to want to spy for them, to risk everything and betray their country in order to pass secrets to America, they talk about “MICE”…namely: Money, Ideology, Compromise and Ego.“
Which applied to Gill?
Which applied to Gill?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/arthur-snell...
Using the CIA’s analytical tools to explain Nathan Gill’s treachery.
Using the CIA’s analytical tools to explain Nathan Gill’s treachery.
How Reform's Nathan Gill became a Russian agent
Nigel Farage’s close friend was recruited and paid by Moscow - we should not be surprised if there are others
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“When the CIA makes an assessment of whether someone is likely to want to spy for them, to risk everything and betray their country in order to pass secrets to America, they talk about “MICE”…namely: Money, Ideology, Compromise and Ego.“
Which applied to Gill?
Which applied to Gill?
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How could we not recommend! 👇
Mad about Literature? Not mad about literature? Shopping for something for the Bluestocking in your life? Looky here!
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How could we not recommend! 👇
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🎄✨ Make Memories This Christmas! ✨🎄
Looking for a festive family day out?
Join us for Snowflakes and Songs, a fun-filled, Christmas open day
📅 Sunday, 30th November- 13:30-16:00
📍 Collins Barracks Admission Free, all welcome
🎨 Crafts, music, & festive cheer for all ages
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Looking for a festive family day out?
Join us for Snowflakes and Songs, a fun-filled, Christmas open day
📅 Sunday, 30th November- 13:30-16:00
📍 Collins Barracks Admission Free, all welcome
🎨 Crafts, music, & festive cheer for all ages
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🎄✨ Make Memories This Christmas! ✨🎄
Looking for a festive family day out?
Join us for Snowflakes and Songs, a fun-filled, Christmas open day
📅 Sunday, 30th November- 13:30-16:00
📍 Collins Barracks Admission Free, all welcome
🎨 Crafts, music, & festive cheer for all ages
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Looking for a festive family day out?
Join us for Snowflakes and Songs, a fun-filled, Christmas open day
📅 Sunday, 30th November- 13:30-16:00
📍 Collins Barracks Admission Free, all welcome
🎨 Crafts, music, & festive cheer for all ages
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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#Speirgorm #Spéirghorm hive mind shoutout.
Is "bang to rights" an expression you'd hear these days in Ireland?
All reposts/responses appreciated
Thanks
Is "bang to rights" an expression you'd hear these days in Ireland?
All reposts/responses appreciated
Thanks
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#Speirgorm #Spéirghorm hive mind shoutout.
Is "bang to rights" an expression you'd hear these days in Ireland?
All reposts/responses appreciated
Thanks
Is "bang to rights" an expression you'd hear these days in Ireland?
All reposts/responses appreciated
Thanks
👇 This is some thread from @devezer.bsky.social . Drama, popcorn, incredulity, FedEx, and more besides! 😀👏👏👏.
Would you trust your parcels with these ?
Would you trust your parcels with these ?
Oh no! The sudden noises outside weren't for nothing. The FedEx truck fell into the ditch. On a totally normal, dry day with no water, snow or ice on the ground. I drive up that hill every day and I don't get it. How did they do that?
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
👇 This is some thread from @devezer.bsky.social . Drama, popcorn, incredulity, FedEx, and more besides! 😀👏👏👏.
Would you trust your parcels with these ?
Would you trust your parcels with these ?
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Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings