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Stephen McCarthy

@misterjabsticks.bsky.social

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Latin, Epicureanism, data protection and AI, dogs, photography, legislation, science fiction. (he/him). Fervently #TransRightsAreHumanRights. 📷 photography is currently without a home, having left Meta's evil influence.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · May 23

"When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning."

HackerNewsTop5 @hackernewstop5.bsky.social · May 23

The Copilot Delusion

#HackerNews

<a href="https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1h

I feel like this was one of the few good things about this budget.

Hacker News 100 @hn100.atproto.rocks · 1h

Ireland is making basic income for artists program permanent
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ireland-basic-income-artists-program-permanent-1234756981/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590900

Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.

www.artnews.com

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1h

What I want in the online Loeb, is either for the arrows to stay in the same bloody place on each page, so I can quickly move forward and backward, or for the stupid thing to obey the arrow keys. Stupid thing.

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1h

I mean it was from the 70s. I should've come across the damn thing...

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1h

I dislike it when someone points to an article you should have read (and when you read it you realise it brilliantly solves a multitude of questions), but it was never mentioned in all of the hundreds of other articles and books you've read for a thing that shall not be named. But I should've known.

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know why there's a surge in Tom Bombadil posts (in my neck of the Old Forest), but I'm all for it! I just re-read that section and love it. #unapologetic

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 7h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 4h

I was scrolling too quickly, thought it was Val Kilmer.

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Puppius Caledonius @skanedog.bsky.social · 18h

Every single word of this was written with the intent of taking the world further down the road to darkness.

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 19h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 19h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 19h

Good. Just because there's a nominal ceasefire (Israel still killing Palestinians regardless), doesn't mean they should get away with what they've done.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xhyzpq

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

🔗 www.404media.co/lawyer-using...

Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

www.404media.co

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

I'm shocked.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-opened-fire-suspects-gaza

Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in Gaza

<article data-history-node-id="430162" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-opened-fire-suspects-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-opened-fire-suspects-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in Gaza </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">The Israeli army issued a statement stating that Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians calling them "several suspects" who came closer to troops stationed in northern Gaza on Tuesday morning.</p> <p>"Attempts were made to distance the suspects. The suspects did not comply and continued approaching the troops, who opened fire to remove the threat," the statement said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Spanglish @spanglish51.bsky.social · 2d

Is Netanyahu still a War Criminal or has that all been forgotten this morning ??

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

"Are the staff here treated with dignity and respect?"

Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 1d

“What is the clamping release fee?”
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

What questions should a prospective third-level student ask?

Going to college open days can help you figure out what might suit your student life

www.irishtimes.com

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 7d

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

Message from my mother once:

"The popups are everywhere!"

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

Urgent: CoreHR Data Breach

Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

The first time I unsuccessfully went to college was in Dundalk in 95. I fell hard for a girl from across the border in Newry. I foolishly called her for hours on end from my parents' phone line. My mother was as far from impressed as it's possible to be. The phone bill. So much for romance.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

I still remember the old phone numbers of school friends. I suppose if I am struck by the light of the sun I will burn slowly down to ash.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 1d

Tenure in Texas means nothing anymore.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.bsky.social · 1d

Just got a mail advertising a new range of Harry Potter Lamy fountain pens. I guess that's the end of me ever buying another Lamy! Big fat NO to anything linked to JK Rowling.

Screenshot of an ad for Lamy Harry Potter fountain pens.

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Karen Mulreid @beatingblog.bsky.social · 1d

No no. No, we won't be doing that. We won't be brushing the last two years under the carpet just because there is a current ceasefire. This is appalling, Israel should not be allowed to participate until Palestine is free and Netanyahu is behind bars for war crimes, where he belongs.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union said

Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision

www.rte.ie

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, and that scale of DC expansion would probably account for 30% of energy on the grid - unsustainable at every level.

'If you look at the level of investment that we've lost over the past 12 months - billions to the UK, the Nordics, central Europe, the Mediterranean.'

www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Call for clarity on Ireland's data centre policy

Tens of billions of euro of investment is being diverted to other countries due to uncertainty around Ireland's data centre policy, according to Digital Infrastructure Ireland.

www.rte.ie

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