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Mr O’Donovan said the Public Services Card “floundered because some interest groups outside of the House, interested more in privacy than other issues, got their way”. Funny way to characterise something which the independent regulator found illegal, imposing a €550,000 fine on the state.
Plan to verify people’s ages on line with Government ID a ‘disproportionate response’
Civil liberty and digital privacy campaigners question legal basis for proposed digital wallets
www.irishtimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Mr O’Donovan said the Public Services Card “floundered because some interest groups outside of the House, interested more in privacy than other issues, got their way”. Funny way to characterise something which the independent regulator found illegal, imposing a €550,000 fine on the state.
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The media successfully convinced itself all the humorless scolds were on the left, and while we certainly have our share of them, oh, baby, is it not even CLOSE to how many there are on the right.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The media successfully convinced itself all the humorless scolds were on the left, and while we certainly have our share of them, oh, baby, is it not even CLOSE to how many there are on the right.
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why is @news.rte.ie using a discredited platform of disinformation to simply repeat a Met Eireann storm warning - when they already have that information direct from ME? Why is @rte.ie continuing to drive traffic to X ? #spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
why is @news.rte.ie using a discredited platform of disinformation to simply repeat a Met Eireann storm warning - when they already have that information direct from ME? Why is @rte.ie continuing to drive traffic to X ? #spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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"After removing restrictions on weapons exports.. Germanys signed the largest weapons export deal in Israels history"
The point of the 'ceasefire'. Not to stop genocide but to allow countries to more easily resist calls to put pressure on Israel & reverse actions already taken
The point of the 'ceasefire'. Not to stop genocide but to allow countries to more easily resist calls to put pressure on Israel & reverse actions already taken
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"After removing restrictions on weapons exports.. Germanys signed the largest weapons export deal in Israels history"
The point of the 'ceasefire'. Not to stop genocide but to allow countries to more easily resist calls to put pressure on Israel & reverse actions already taken
The point of the 'ceasefire'. Not to stop genocide but to allow countries to more easily resist calls to put pressure on Israel & reverse actions already taken
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Or the government could use the power vested in them by our democratic process to ban products with non removable single-use batteries. Work shy layabouts, do your job!
The waste management industry is urging people not to bin batteries following a rise in fires sparked by batteries, vapes and electronics being thrown into household wheelie bins, skips and public street bins.
Public urged not to bin batteries due to risk of fire
The waste management industry is urging the public not to bin batteries following a rise in fires sparked by batteries, vapes and electronics being thrown into household wheelie bins, skips and public...
www.rte.ie
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Or the government could use the power vested in them by our democratic process to ban products with non removable single-use batteries. Work shy layabouts, do your job!
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I love him I love him!!
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I love him I love him!!
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Here’s the thing….
Where’s the Misandry when you need it???
See this what i be talmbout
Where’s the Misandry when you need it???
See this what i be talmbout
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here’s the thing….
Where’s the Misandry when you need it???
See this what i be talmbout
Where’s the Misandry when you need it???
See this what i be talmbout
This is what I thought but maybe I was deluding myself.
Because every character in David Fincher's The Social Network was deeply recognisable to me from my student days studying CS in a similar environment.
Because every character in David Fincher's The Social Network was deeply recognisable to me from my student days studying CS in a similar environment.
Remember when 25 years ago, the tech entrepreneurs were actual computer nerds who just wanted to make things more convenient? Or am I just dreaming that and everyone involved in tech has always been extreme psychopaths?
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is what I thought but maybe I was deluding myself.
Because every character in David Fincher's The Social Network was deeply recognisable to me from my student days studying CS in a similar environment.
Because every character in David Fincher's The Social Network was deeply recognisable to me from my student days studying CS in a similar environment.
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This guy is going to get an Amazon driver killed, and then Amazon should lose an enormous big dollar lawsuit because they were publicly forewarned that it would happen if they kept delivering to him. (Also, this guy should be prosecuted under Wyoming statute 6-5-210: False reporting to authorities.)
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This guy is going to get an Amazon driver killed, and then Amazon should lose an enormous big dollar lawsuit because they were publicly forewarned that it would happen if they kept delivering to him. (Also, this guy should be prosecuted under Wyoming statute 6-5-210: False reporting to authorities.)
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Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
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A sop to the Christian nationalists. Get rid of it.
There is "no scientific support" for a mandatory waiting period for abortions in Ireland, according to the chief medical director of the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA).
jrnl.ie/6894839
jrnl.ie/6894839
'No scientific support' for mandatory abortion waiting period, IFPA says
The Irish Family Planning Association found that between 2021 and 2024, 98% of IFPA clients went on to access abortion services after the waiting period.
jrnl.ie
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A sop to the Christian nationalists. Get rid of it.
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Why is the EC using X?
Why is the EC buying adverts on X?
Why are government and public bodies in Ireland still using X?
Why is the EC buying adverts on X?
Why are government and public bodies in Ireland still using X?
The European Commission has lost access to its control panel for buying and tracking ads on Elon Musk’s X — after fining the social media platform €120 million for violating EU transparency rules.
X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”…
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Why is the EC using X?
Why is the EC buying adverts on X?
Why are government and public bodies in Ireland still using X?
Why is the EC buying adverts on X?
Why are government and public bodies in Ireland still using X?
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Harry McGee, on the IT politics podcast, just asserted that the recent drones seen around Zelenskyy’s visit were military grade weapons launched from within the Irish state by foreign agents. There’s no evidence for any of this, it’s absolutely unhinged.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Harry McGee, on the IT politics podcast, just asserted that the recent drones seen around Zelenskyy’s visit were military grade weapons launched from within the Irish state by foreign agents. There’s no evidence for any of this, it’s absolutely unhinged.
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
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"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink..."
A large part of Dublin's north inner city is without water tonight as work continues on major leaks at the junction of Dorset St & North Frederick St. Two traffic lanes closed from Dorset St to Gardiner Row.
A large part of Dublin's north inner city is without water tonight as work continues on major leaks at the junction of Dorset St & North Frederick St. Two traffic lanes closed from Dorset St to Gardiner Row.
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink..."
A large part of Dublin's north inner city is without water tonight as work continues on major leaks at the junction of Dorset St & North Frederick St. Two traffic lanes closed from Dorset St to Gardiner Row.
A large part of Dublin's north inner city is without water tonight as work continues on major leaks at the junction of Dorset St & North Frederick St. Two traffic lanes closed from Dorset St to Gardiner Row.
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At a dance class I complimented a woman on her grippy-bottomed socks. “I love the psych ward socks,” I said. And she goes “I call them Pilates socks.” And those, my friends, are the two types of people.
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
At a dance class I complimented a woman on her grippy-bottomed socks. “I love the psych ward socks,” I said. And she goes “I call them Pilates socks.” And those, my friends, are the two types of people.
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Bitch, please. The guillotines are already sharpened.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Bitch, please. The guillotines are already sharpened.
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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On a Grinch themed toy show this is simply brilliant casting #latelatetoyshow @latelateshow.rte.ie
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
On a Grinch themed toy show this is simply brilliant casting #latelatetoyshow @latelateshow.rte.ie
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The Four Stages of #LateLateToyShow emotion
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Four Stages of #LateLateToyShow emotion
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A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
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Oooh, that's a low ball - the TV licence ad just before #LateLateToyShow last segment.
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oooh, that's a low ball - the TV licence ad just before #LateLateToyShow last segment.
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I was hoping to hear a bunch of kids sing about how Bertie Ahern ruined the country. #ToyShow #LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I was hoping to hear a bunch of kids sing about how Bertie Ahern ruined the country. #ToyShow #LateLateToyShow