David Ó Muircheartaigh
@davidmoriarty.bsky.social
Ireland, Music, Sport, Politics, all the usuals really.
Medecins sans Frontieres - Gaza Emergency - Donate what you can, if you can.
https://www.msf.ie/issues/gaza-emergency
Medecins sans Frontieres - Gaza Emergency - Donate what you can, if you can.
https://www.msf.ie/issues/gaza-emergency
It's the so-called free political discourse that's part of the problem...
Message board website Reddit has filed a lawsuit in Australia's highest court seeking to overturn the country's social media ban for children, calling it an intrusion on free political discourse and setting the stage for a protracted legal battle
Reddit in legal challenge to Australia social media ban
Message board website Reddit has filed a lawsuit in Australia's highest court seeking to overturn the country's social media ban for children, calling it an intrusion on free political discourse and s...
www.rte.ie
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It's the so-called free political discourse that's part of the problem...
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
The EU should take note
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The EU should take note
Here's an interesting one. Iniesta and his company have bought a World Tour cycling team and are expected to compete in all the biggest races... www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...
World Cup winner Andres Iniesta excited by new NSN cycling team
Spain's World Cup winner Andres Iniesta says owning his new World Tour cycling team is
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Here's an interesting one. Iniesta and his company have bought a World Tour cycling team and are expected to compete in all the biggest races... www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...
Wellbeing is a word frequently used in education, but rarely does it apply to teacher wellbeing.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Wellbeing is a word frequently used in education, but rarely does it apply to teacher wellbeing.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel…
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel…
Whenever a footballer raises their head up and uses their profile to raise awareness about an issue, they're shouted down for politicising the game and told to stick to football. Could this flaccid excuse of a man be any more political and any less interested in actual football?
Infantino said this isn’t “a normal draw”
That was at least thing said on stage that was true
There were moments that approached propaganda, especially in the highly politicised interpretations to justify Trump’s Peace Prize - a debasing of football
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
That was at least thing said on stage that was true
There were moments that approached propaganda, especially in the highly politicised interpretations to justify Trump’s Peace Prize - a debasing of football
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Trump, Infantino and Ferdinand’s bad jokes: Inside Fifa’s shameful World Cup draw
The drawn-out ceremony at Washington’s Kennedy Center was a highly politicised show and a glimpse into football’s dystopian future
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Whenever a footballer raises their head up and uses their profile to raise awareness about an issue, they're shouted down for politicising the game and told to stick to football. Could this flaccid excuse of a man be any more political and any less interested in actual football?
What does the research into drummers say?
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What does the research into drummers say?
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Post a movie where you are from
Trump went out of his way to repeatedly and explicitly warn every American voter what he was going to do if he got back into power - and they voted for him anyway. It would be hard not to feel a certain sense of schadenfreude if it weren't for the fallout beyond American borders.
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Trump went out of his way to repeatedly and explicitly warn every American voter what he was going to do if he got back into power - and they voted for him anyway. It would be hard not to feel a certain sense of schadenfreude if it weren't for the fallout beyond American borders.
This is one of the most challenging articles I've read in a while. The darkness and exploitation detailed here is quite distressing.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is one of the most challenging articles I've read in a while. The darkness and exploitation detailed here is quite distressing.
A hilarious line from Murph on @secondcaptains.bsky.social, paraphrase - never mind McIlroy at the Masters, Troy Parrott has had the greatest Thursday to Sunday run in the history of Irish sport. #COYBIG #speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A hilarious line from Murph on @secondcaptains.bsky.social, paraphrase - never mind McIlroy at the Masters, Troy Parrott has had the greatest Thursday to Sunday run in the history of Irish sport. #COYBIG #speirgorm
Heimir Hallgrímsson "They wasted their own time. It was kind of funny." #COYBIG #speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Heimir Hallgrímsson "They wasted their own time. It was kind of funny." #COYBIG #speirgorm
Can't believe that match. What an ending. #COYBIG #speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Can't believe that match. What an ending. #COYBIG #speirgorm
Didi, go back to bed. #COYBIG #speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Didi, go back to bed. #COYBIG #speirgorm
"The American people desperately deserve what they voted for." Indeed.
A heartbreaking response
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"The American people desperately deserve what they voted for." Indeed.
A famous night in Dublin. Let's follow it up in Budapest. #COYBIG #speirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A famous night in Dublin. Let's follow it up in Budapest. #COYBIG #speirgorm
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏
Fifa to award new ‘peace prize’ in Washington next month - on.ft.com/3LoXd40 via @FT
What an embarrassing man.
What an embarrassing man.
Fifa to award new ‘peace prize’ in Washington next month
Head of football governing body is close ally of Donald Trump, fuelling speculation that US president may be first recipient
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Fifa to award new ‘peace prize’ in Washington next month - on.ft.com/3LoXd40 via @FT
What an embarrassing man.
What an embarrassing man.
Spreading disinformation about immigrants is the last refuge of someone all out of ideas.
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Spreading disinformation about immigrants is the last refuge of someone all out of ideas.
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
Give it a rest...
Recent ‘political shifts’ endanger Irish ties to Nato, says ex-UK defence chief
Recent ‘political shifts’ endanger Irish ties to Nato, says ex-UK defence chief
Individual tailored partnership programme between Ireland and Nato is under ‘threat’, Jock Stirrup warns
www.irishtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Give it a rest...
I watched A House of Dynamite last night. That will stay with me for a while.
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I watched A House of Dynamite last night. That will stay with me for a while.