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Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it. Based in Ireland. Personal account. Call me old-fashioned but I don't like fascists. He/him/his. Blog: telescoper.blog
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This game is developing in a manner not necessarily to the advantage of Greece.

#DENGRE #WorldCupQualifiers
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Heather Humphreys has revealed herself to be an even nastier piece of work than I previously thought, which is saying something.

#Áras25 ##SpéirGorm
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Spent a couple of hours in the garden. Odd weather today. Mild, overcast, humid but no rain, no wind. Above all, eerily quiet. Only a few birds chirping now and again.
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When will the AI Bubble burst?

I'm not a financial expert, but I have noticed a significant number of articles in the media suggesting that the Generative AI industry is a bubble waiting to burst. There are recent pieces here on the BBC website, here in the Financial Times (from which I stole the…
When will the AI Bubble burst?
I'm not a financial expert, but I have noticed a significant number of articles in the media suggesting that the Generative AI industry is a bubble waiting to burst. There are recent pieces here on the BBC website, here in the Financial Times (from which I stole the cartoon), and here in the Irish Times, to name but a few.
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My calendar for the week ahead includes a short work trip to a foreign land which, by a fortuitous coincidence and weeks of planning, includes a rendezvous with you-know-how.
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Yay! @brianconnell.bsky.social has created a feed to capture the variants in spelling for #SmearTheBejaysis #SmearTheBejaysus etc.
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a man applauds with the #schitts creek logo behind him
Alt: a man applauds with the #schitts creek logo behind him
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Catherine Connolly publishes in Elsevier journals

#SmearTheBejaysus #Spéirgorm
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When I first played D&D (back in the 70s) my character was a halfling called Brando Biggles.
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Oh. My Local Property Tax bill has arrived.

#SpéirGorm
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Catherine Connolly built the RTÉ Player #Smearthebejaysus
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Shackleton: a Lesson in Leadership

two things exemplify Ernest Shackleton's leadership qualities: one is that he would never ask any of his men to do anything he wouldn't do himself, and the other is that he put the wellbeing of his men at the centre of all his decisions. Can you say those things…
Shackleton: a Lesson in Leadership
two things exemplify Ernest Shackleton's leadership qualities: one is that he would never ask any of his men to do anything he wouldn't do himself, and the other is that he put the wellbeing of his men at the centre of all his decisions. Can you say those things about your "Leader"?
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Catherine Connolly likes golf.

#SmearTheBejaysus #SpéirGorm
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Catherine Connolly doesn’t know what a tracker mortgage is!
#SpeirGorm
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Catherine Connolly has no bank account.

#SmearTheBejaysis
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> 10000 university jobs lost in 2024-25

"People could, even if they lost their job, get a job at another institution. That's not happening now"

"They're probably looking not only at the end of the a job, but really the end of their career in academia."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
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I hope you appreciate the effort I put into the acute and the grave there.