Evanna
@evanna.bsky.social
Hoping this place might even partially live up to the hype of being like Irish Twitter c.2010 cos I loved that place.
Dublin, politics, history, random interesting stuff, football, the world.
I suppose I should say Labour Party member, for transparency.
Dublin, politics, history, random interesting stuff, football, the world.
I suppose I should say Labour Party member, for transparency.
If I was Scottish and met this racist numpty I would simply channel every Scottish colloquialism and word of Scots or even Gaelic I’d ever heard and make myself incomprehensible to him.
A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If I was Scottish and met this racist numpty I would simply channel every Scottish colloquialism and word of Scots or even Gaelic I’d ever heard and make myself incomprehensible to him.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
Sounds about right 😅
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Sounds about right 😅
Oh goody
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Oh goody
Mwah ha ha ha ha did they not realise that their key customer base is penny pinching people who will make their own lives less convenient just to save €2.50 by flying to somewhere further away… they’re obviously going to max out any discount or freebie going. They probably had spreadsheets.
Ryanair closes members club after 8 months as customers took too much advantage of discounts and free seats
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ryanair closes frequent flyers club after members take advantage of discounts
Airline says 55,000 people signed up to Prime, making €4.4m, but passengers benefited by more than €6m
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Mwah ha ha ha ha did they not realise that their key customer base is penny pinching people who will make their own lives less convenient just to save €2.50 by flying to somewhere further away… they’re obviously going to max out any discount or freebie going. They probably had spreadsheets.
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
I’ve a slightly different, though overlapping, list of things making me feel insane. But this sums up the feeling very well.
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’ve a slightly different, though overlapping, list of things making me feel insane. But this sums up the feeling very well.
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I think I’m in shock. And in love.
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Parrott's magnificent hat-trick sends Ireland to play-offs in amazing comeback win jrnl.ie/6876681
Parrott's magnificent hat-trick sends Ireland to play-offs in amazing comeback win
Ireland’s 3-2 win in Budapest sealed another night for the ages.
jrnl.ie
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I think I’m in shock. And in love.
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜
💚💚💚💚💚
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
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🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜
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November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It takes a rather epic fail to be getting Irish people to defend LHR on the internet. Impressive work.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It takes a rather epic fail to be getting Irish people to defend LHR on the internet. Impressive work.
Cans of (Christmas) beer apparently look like containers of coins on X-ray??? (Pre liquid ban)
& a perfectly normal torch (going somewhere prone to electricity cuts) looked like ammunition and apparently tested positive for explosive residue…🤷♀️
Both incidents Frankfurt airport over a decade apart.
& a perfectly normal torch (going somewhere prone to electricity cuts) looked like ammunition and apparently tested positive for explosive residue…🤷♀️
Both incidents Frankfurt airport over a decade apart.
Here’s a tip: if you’re travelling with a cowbell and laptop adaptors in hand luggage, don’t put the adaptors inside the cowbell because that looks suspicious.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Cans of (Christmas) beer apparently look like containers of coins on X-ray??? (Pre liquid ban)
& a perfectly normal torch (going somewhere prone to electricity cuts) looked like ammunition and apparently tested positive for explosive residue…🤷♀️
Both incidents Frankfurt airport over a decade apart.
& a perfectly normal torch (going somewhere prone to electricity cuts) looked like ammunition and apparently tested positive for explosive residue…🤷♀️
Both incidents Frankfurt airport over a decade apart.
Was he getting lost and wandering past the door too often?
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Was he getting lost and wandering past the door too often?
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April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
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Dept of Finance report on economy says: "Continued inward migration will be vital to maintain growth in the labour force."
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Dept of Finance report on economy says: "Continued inward migration will be vital to maintain growth in the labour force."
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
It’s funny some of the people they call socialists in the states would be considered the most centrist of social democrats (small letters) here.
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It’s funny some of the people they call socialists in the states would be considered the most centrist of social democrats (small letters) here.
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Gaza Government Media Office says just 24 percent of agreed aid allowed into Gaza since ceasefire deal came into force.
Israel still blocking most Gaza aid as military carries out more attacks
Gaza Government Media Office says just 24 percent of agreed aid allowed into Gaza since ceasefire deal came into force.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Gaza Government Media Office says just 24 percent of agreed aid allowed into Gaza since ceasefire deal came into force.
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Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
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Strongest condemnation from a local politician so far coming from Labour's Ged Nash - underlining how close we may have been to having several lives lost in Drogheda overnight as a result of this attack.
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Strongest condemnation from a local politician so far coming from Labour's Ged Nash - underlining how close we may have been to having several lives lost in Drogheda overnight as a result of this attack.
Was watching some old TOTP from 1998 and I’ve had the revelation that Farage and Reform and all the rest of the gammon think they’re in the Three Lions on a Shirt video but actually they’re in the Vindaloo video (which I’d quite forgotten existed).
And don’t get me started on Bewitched.
And don’t get me started on Bewitched.
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Was watching some old TOTP from 1998 and I’ve had the revelation that Farage and Reform and all the rest of the gammon think they’re in the Three Lions on a Shirt video but actually they’re in the Vindaloo video (which I’d quite forgotten existed).
And don’t get me started on Bewitched.
And don’t get me started on Bewitched.
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New Oxfam data shows that the rich account for a huge proportion of total CO2 emissions, with 10% causing half of global warming. Their emissions are even rising. The high costs of the energy transition should also be paid for out of their assets. oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/ha...
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New Oxfam data shows that the rich account for a huge proportion of total CO2 emissions, with 10% causing half of global warming. Their emissions are even rising. The high costs of the energy transition should also be paid for out of their assets. oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/ha...
What they don’t say in articles lauding these schemes (of which there are obviously nowhere near enough for the couples/families looking for them) is that a single person has to be earning over about 45k NET to meet the rent criteria. What are single people earning average incomes supposed to do?
Over 3,300 applications have been received in 48 hours for a total of 67 cost-rental apartments in Sandyford in Co Dublin
jrnl.ie/6860920
jrnl.ie/6860920
Over 3,300 applications in 48 hours for 67 cost-rental apartments in Dublin
Within 48 hours, there were 3,345 applications for the properties.
jrnl.ie
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What they don’t say in articles lauding these schemes (of which there are obviously nowhere near enough for the couples/families looking for them) is that a single person has to be earning over about 45k NET to meet the rent criteria. What are single people earning average incomes supposed to do?
Taxing airline fuel would be a start. And banning SUVs.
Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962
Ireland's richest 10% produce almost as much carbon as the bottom 50%, report says
Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to increase taxes on the rich.
jrnl.ie
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Taxing airline fuel would be a start. And banning SUVs.