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This is not being discussed by anyone, except like two dozen guys in the UK MoD who have a colonial mindset about the whole thing, and maybe twice that number in Dublin - most Fine Gael-adjacent desperate for the big boy countries to like Ireland and/or them personally
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is not being discussed by anyone, except like two dozen guys in the UK MoD who have a colonial mindset about the whole thing, and maybe twice that number in Dublin - most Fine Gael-adjacent desperate for the big boy countries to like Ireland and/or them personally
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Would they marginally prefer Ireland were not neutral? I don't doubt it at all. But if this is some massive strategic vulnerability, it's super weird that it's never discussed as such by the people in charge of worrying about massive strategic vulnerabilities
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Would they marginally prefer Ireland were not neutral? I don't doubt it at all. But if this is some massive strategic vulnerability, it's super weird that it's never discussed as such by the people in charge of worrying about massive strategic vulnerabilities
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I've said this before and I'll say it again: almost all of the arguments deployed in favour of Ireland joining European military structures are based on obfuscation, made-up threats, and scaremongering
This is particularly stupid given *there are good arguments in favour of it*. They're never used
This is particularly stupid given *there are good arguments in favour of it*. They're never used
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I've said this before and I'll say it again: almost all of the arguments deployed in favour of Ireland joining European military structures are based on obfuscation, made-up threats, and scaremongering
This is particularly stupid given *there are good arguments in favour of it*. They're never used
This is particularly stupid given *there are good arguments in favour of it*. They're never used
“Ireland is Ground Zero” says Cathal Berry. Do these military types ever pause to listen to themselves?
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
“Ireland is Ground Zero” says Cathal Berry. Do these military types ever pause to listen to themselves?
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This is outrageously propagandistic
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is outrageously propagandistic
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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All I can think of this morning is this, from Alan Bennett's "The History Boys".
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
All I can think of this morning is this, from Alan Bennett's "The History Boys".
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I'll be appearing in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration later today to discuss Irish transposition of the NIS2 Directive; @ciananbrennan.bsky.social has a preview of the issues in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts
The National Cyber Security Bill will also give “extremely wide” internet-blocking powers to the State's cyber security unit if passed, the director of Digital Rights Ireland has warned.
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'll be appearing in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration later today to discuss Irish transposition of the NIS2 Directive; @ciananbrennan.bsky.social has a preview of the issues in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“Rather than address the real root causes of political dissatisfaction in Ireland, it suits the Government to point to asylum seekers as the problem – something the far right is happy to capitalise on.”
Excellent piece by my colleague, Professor Ciara Smyth:
The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about
‘Politics of affect’ stokes anxieties about immigration, allowing Government to then respond
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“Rather than address the real root causes of political dissatisfaction in Ireland, it suits the Government to point to asylum seekers as the problem – something the far right is happy to capitalise on.”
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
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Yeah, you do suddenly realize that your Gmail (or whatever you use as your main personal email) basically contains your entire life and must be protected at all costs
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yeah, you do suddenly realize that your Gmail (or whatever you use as your main personal email) basically contains your entire life and must be protected at all costs
Someone is trying to reset my password on almost every account I have.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Someone is trying to reset my password on almost every account I have.
Wasn’t a massive housing plan, much delayed and months in the making, just announced the other day? And now we return to the usual ad hoc stuff.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Harris proposes investment programme for housing delivery
A new investment programme to support housing delivery across Ireland by small and medium-sized developers will be brought forward next month by Minister for Finance Simon Harris.
www.rte.ie
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Wasn’t a massive housing plan, much delayed and months in the making, just announced the other day? And now we return to the usual ad hoc stuff.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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This guy asked this question in 2016 and was literally never heard from again.
February 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This guy asked this question in 2016 and was literally never heard from again.
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she was doing okay for a while there and then 😵💫
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Dana Bash: "You should have Nick Fuentes on your show"
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
she was doing okay for a while there and then 😵💫
Someone’s blue pilling MAGA!
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Someone’s blue pilling MAGA!
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
If Trump suggested such a thing, notwithstanding that it is a domestic measure of no relevance to us, we’d be hearing about it regularly. But when such a proposal is made here?
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If Trump suggested such a thing, notwithstanding that it is a domestic measure of no relevance to us, we’d be hearing about it regularly. But when such a proposal is made here?
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...