Colin McGovern
@cmcgovern.bsky.social
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Strange: we're told Ireland is Full and also that remote working is bad and should be halted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Strange: we're told Ireland is Full and also that remote working is bad and should be halted.
This would have been an incredibly dark ending to Toy Story 3.
I buy stuffed animals at yard sales for my dog. They never hit the floor before being savagely eviscerated of their stuffing, then gnawed to shreds. The children selling their old toys often say "I hope your kid likes it as much as I did." I say "thanks" like a monster.
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This would have been an incredibly dark ending to Toy Story 3.
Seems the obvious point is people making investment decisions see the most benefit from those decisions. Feels like this pattern exists in politics too and the tragedy of our current democratic system is that it's too blunt to give even politicians who care insight into the reality of people's lives
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Seems the obvious point is people making investment decisions see the most benefit from those decisions. Feels like this pattern exists in politics too and the tragedy of our current democratic system is that it's too blunt to give even politicians who care insight into the reality of people's lives
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I think a lot of the conflict that happened in the Wild West could’ve been avoided had town planners in those days just made their towns big enough for everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I think a lot of the conflict that happened in the Wild West could’ve been avoided had town planners in those days just made their towns big enough for everyone.
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Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
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Anyone posted this one yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone posted this one yet?
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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"Hey Kev it's me, Marty. I got this new picture I want you to star in! It's about a piece of shit rapist who lives in hotels so technically isn't homeless at all. It's a documentary. You in?"
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The blistering irony of this is that the internet was designed to be distributed so that it could lose network elements and still remain running.
Crowdstrike (Microsoft), AWS, Cloudflare failures:
"These incidents are not random. They reflect a deeper, structural issue: Internet consolidation has reached a point where the failure of a single provider can destabilize significant parts of the global Web."
"These incidents are not random. They reflect a deeper, structural issue: Internet consolidation has reached a point where the failure of a single provider can destabilize significant parts of the global Web."
"How Consolidation is Eroding Internet Resilience" by Amreesh Phokeer @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The blistering irony of this is that the internet was designed to be distributed so that it could lose network elements and still remain running.
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So… the Epstein File Transparency Act has this exception. What can go wrong….
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So… the Epstein File Transparency Act has this exception. What can go wrong….
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A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
Why wait until they're gone? Why not merely have the version of your relatives you always wanted?
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Why wait until they're gone? Why not merely have the version of your relatives you always wanted?
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If there were people around the country committing violence against Catholic priests and attempting to burn them to death in their beds, would Simon Harris and the rest of our politicians, the very next day, take to the media to demand a debate on whether there were too many priests in Ireland?
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If there were people around the country committing violence against Catholic priests and attempting to burn them to death in their beds, would Simon Harris and the rest of our politicians, the very next day, take to the media to demand a debate on whether there were too many priests in Ireland?
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In a world where all we seem to talk about is what the far right are doing, it's nice to be able to elevate a voice from the north inner city who's trying to do something positive in her community: www.thejournal.ie/readme/elect...
Canvasser: I knocked on over a thousand doors and learned to turn fear into hope. Here's how.
In communities that have long been ignored by politics, it’s more important than ever to get out and talk to people, writes Niamh McDonald.
www.thejournal.ie
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In a world where all we seem to talk about is what the far right are doing, it's nice to be able to elevate a voice from the north inner city who's trying to do something positive in her community: www.thejournal.ie/readme/elect...
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
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What John Collision gets right & wrong
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
What Stripe's John Collision gets right - and wrong - about Ireland's infrastructure failures
A 2,500-word analysis by the tech billionaire has caused a stir in Irish political circles.
www.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What John Collision gets right & wrong
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
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I've been repeating this ad-nauseum at work - a university where they've whole-heartedly embraced GenAI. It's unconscionable as far as I'm concerned.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I've been repeating this ad-nauseum at work - a university where they've whole-heartedly embraced GenAI. It's unconscionable as far as I'm concerned.
France's Crown Jewels? Do they know who Napoleon was?
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
2 arrested over jewel heist at the Louvre, French prosecutors say
One of the men was arrested while "preparing to leave the country" from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, officials said.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
France's Crown Jewels? Do they know who Napoleon was?