AI boosters are. not. all. there.
a. neural. network. is. not. a. dog
I'll be checking into my padded cell, now...
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
AI boosters are. not. all. there.
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FF & FG have had literally over 100 unbroken years of governance to do something. Yet they constantly act like they popped into existence five minutes ago and throw a strop if you suggest otherwise. Refuse to govern, refuse to take responsibility, refuse to do anything except say "DONT BLAME ME"
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
FF & FG have had literally over 100 unbroken years of governance to do something. Yet they constantly act like they popped into existence five minutes ago and throw a strop if you suggest otherwise. Refuse to govern, refuse to take responsibility, refuse to do anything except say "DONT BLAME ME"
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To suggest that a country as wet and flood-prone as Ireland shouldn't have established mechanisms in place for rapid delivery of flood relief is absolutely nuts. This isn't a surprise act of God. It's common.
Disaster preparedness should be a basic aspect of any government's portfolio. #Spéirgorm
Disaster preparedness should be a basic aspect of any government's portfolio. #Spéirgorm
The Government cannot "wave a magic wand and just deliver" flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in Co Wexford
Govt cannot 'wave magic wand and deliver' flood relief
The Government cannot "wave a magic wand and just deliver" flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in Co Wexford.
www.rte.ie
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
To suggest that a country as wet and flood-prone as Ireland shouldn't have established mechanisms in place for rapid delivery of flood relief is absolutely nuts. This isn't a surprise act of God. It's common.
Disaster preparedness should be a basic aspect of any government's portfolio. #Spéirgorm
Disaster preparedness should be a basic aspect of any government's portfolio. #Spéirgorm
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“Every day, I lead with purpose and devotion,” she says, meaning nothing. Melania’s chronicle of her own life in and around the White House has a vague and eerie ChatGPT-like quality—anodyne statements full of clichés seemingly drafted for an educational video for third graders.
Some brave journalists go to war zones and get shot at. I went to the Melania movie, and would probably opt for being shot at over having to sit through it again www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Melania at the Multiplex
Packaging a $75 million bribe from Jeff Bezos as a vapid, content-challenged biopic.
www.thenation.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
“Every day, I lead with purpose and devotion,” she says, meaning nothing. Melania’s chronicle of her own life in and around the White House has a vague and eerie ChatGPT-like quality—anodyne statements full of clichés seemingly drafted for an educational video for third graders.
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Followup: this thread is getting re-posed in German, Swedish, Norwegian and French because apparently governments across Europe are contemplating contracts with Palantir.
Europe, do me a favor and don't contribute to a worldwide tyranny machine.
Europe, do me a favor and don't contribute to a worldwide tyranny machine.
February 1, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Followup: this thread is getting re-posed in German, Swedish, Norwegian and French because apparently governments across Europe are contemplating contracts with Palantir.
Europe, do me a favor and don't contribute to a worldwide tyranny machine.
Europe, do me a favor and don't contribute to a worldwide tyranny machine.
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Takeaway:
Any time the Trump administration says "AI" or anything about software or data, what you should hear is "repression as a service"
This has 2 parts:
1. AI as an excuse to consolidate data
2. AI to execute orders that humans would refuse
Any time the Trump administration says "AI" or anything about software or data, what you should hear is "repression as a service"
This has 2 parts:
1. AI as an excuse to consolidate data
2. AI to execute orders that humans would refuse
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Takeaway:
Any time the Trump administration says "AI" or anything about software or data, what you should hear is "repression as a service"
This has 2 parts:
1. AI as an excuse to consolidate data
2. AI to execute orders that humans would refuse
Any time the Trump administration says "AI" or anything about software or data, what you should hear is "repression as a service"
This has 2 parts:
1. AI as an excuse to consolidate data
2. AI to execute orders that humans would refuse
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Voter data unlocks the possibility of ICE targeting key polling precincts, swing districts, election officials or individual voters. ICE leadership could conceivably order voter repression up at any address, like an Uber.
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Voter data unlocks the possibility of ICE targeting key polling precincts, swing districts, election officials or individual voters. ICE leadership could conceivably order voter repression up at any address, like an Uber.
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Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
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"moot is in the epstein files" is the completely true sentence that has finally convinced me this is all an extremely stupid simulation and that we're all being used to power a robot overlord's game gear or something
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 AM
"moot is in the epstein files" is the completely true sentence that has finally convinced me this is all an extremely stupid simulation and that we're all being used to power a robot overlord's game gear or something
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My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
Lauren forgot to include guitar repair and maintenence
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Lauren forgot to include guitar repair and maintenence
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🤦♀️ Science is science. Data are data.
Met Eireann publish the math. It's up to others to make the judgement call: local authorities, government 🤷♀️
Met Eireann publish the math. It's up to others to make the judgement call: local authorities, government 🤷♀️
Minister James Browne said Met Éireann needs to make a 'judgement call' rather than solely relying on mathematical formulas when it comes to issuing weather warnings jrnl.ie/6940649
Housing Minister criticises Met Éireann for 'withholding information' on severity of floods
The flooding mainly affected Co Wexford, Co Wicklow, and south Dublin.
jrnl.ie
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 AM
🤦♀️ Science is science. Data are data.
Met Eireann publish the math. It's up to others to make the judgement call: local authorities, government 🤷♀️
Met Eireann publish the math. It's up to others to make the judgement call: local authorities, government 🤷♀️
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We need to get real. Met Éireann is not to blame for flooding damage - poor planning, building on flood plains, not implementing over 20 years of remedial action are. We were warned decades ago winter rain would increase, but continued doing nothing and built on space needed for water #spéirghorm
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
We need to get real. Met Éireann is not to blame for flooding damage - poor planning, building on flood plains, not implementing over 20 years of remedial action are. We were warned decades ago winter rain would increase, but continued doing nothing and built on space needed for water #spéirghorm
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Imagine an Ireland in which the road traffic legislation was enforced
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Imagine an Ireland in which the road traffic legislation was enforced
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Irish Politicians
Vs
Irish Policy Experts
Vs
Irish Policy Experts
January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Irish Politicians
Vs
Irish Policy Experts
Vs
Irish Policy Experts
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€200 on the spot fine for people who watch videos or play music without headphones.
Dublin Bus are offering €15,000 for innovative ideas on how to improve their services
www.dublinbus.ie/press-releas...
www.dublinbus.ie/press-releas...
Dublin Bus - Dublin Bus launches DBI – Dublin Bus Innovation
Dublin Bus
www.dublinbus.ie
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
€200 on the spot fine for people who watch videos or play music without headphones.
Not a rugby person, but this made me smile in what is a very grim time line at the moment 💜
It appears this is actually two teams - Cardiff Lions, a gay/inclusive team, and 'Diff Drag, a team of local drag queens, who play an annual charity match. Glorious.
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Not a rugby person, but this made me smile in what is a very grim time line at the moment 💜
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OK so in 1992 a girl I know went with her brother to Lepre-con and she was one of the only girls there. The shy nerdy boys acted like she was the goddess Aphrodite and it did wonders for her self-confidence. Then one boy approached her with a figurine and said "I have painted you an orc".
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 AM
OK so in 1992 a girl I know went with her brother to Lepre-con and she was one of the only girls there. The shy nerdy boys acted like she was the goddess Aphrodite and it did wonders for her self-confidence. Then one boy approached her with a figurine and said "I have painted you an orc".
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You Know When Something Just Clicks*
January 24, 2026 at 10:37 AM
You Know When Something Just Clicks*
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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This isn't a company, it's a performance.
Altman et al have spent the last few years building out offices, staffing with overpaid chuds, appearing at conferences, at Davos, everywhere, inviting academics like Pavlo to their fancy offices, etc., etc. On and on.
All of it a kabuki performance.
Altman et al have spent the last few years building out offices, staffing with overpaid chuds, appearing at conferences, at Davos, everywhere, inviting academics like Pavlo to their fancy offices, etc., etc. On and on.
All of it a kabuki performance.
January 23, 2026 at 6:29 AM
This isn't a company, it's a performance.
Altman et al have spent the last few years building out offices, staffing with overpaid chuds, appearing at conferences, at Davos, everywhere, inviting academics like Pavlo to their fancy offices, etc., etc. On and on.
All of it a kabuki performance.
Altman et al have spent the last few years building out offices, staffing with overpaid chuds, appearing at conferences, at Davos, everywhere, inviting academics like Pavlo to their fancy offices, etc., etc. On and on.
All of it a kabuki performance.
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Extremely funny to realize that the reason Western Europeans are getting mad enough to start chastising random Americans is because they realize that the Faustian bargain they struck after WWII is going sour and the Mongoose they let live in their crawlspace and kill communists has rabies now
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Extremely funny to realize that the reason Western Europeans are getting mad enough to start chastising random Americans is because they realize that the Faustian bargain they struck after WWII is going sour and the Mongoose they let live in their crawlspace and kill communists has rabies now