Yann Lebout
@ylebout.myatproto.social
Belgian-born, immigrant in Ireland (Kerry). Pansexuel cisgender father, also gay, and slightly queer. Definitely leftist. Cocktail enthusiast, digital all-rounder (business analyst is my current job, at a public institution - views are only mine).
I have supported Ghost for a long time, from their first crowdfunding. If this functionnality works well, Ghost will become an even-more interesting option for those trying to escape substack. I might even try to get the skills to make Ghost running somewhere for myself...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have supported Ghost for a long time, from their first crowdfunding. If this functionnality works well, Ghost will become an even-more interesting option for those trying to escape substack. I might even try to get the skills to make Ghost running somewhere for myself...
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It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated
As debates over the ‘disappearing’ young male novelist rumble on, some authors and critics push back against claims that fiction has closed its doors to men. Hannah Ewens learns that the real problem ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
To be honest, I am not sure videogame exist because there are white teens to buy them. I think they exist because there are women/queer/neurodivergent/... artists that want to create that kind of experiences
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
To be honest, I am not sure videogame exist because there are white teens to buy them. I think they exist because there are women/queer/neurodivergent/... artists that want to create that kind of experiences
Great piece, but I really believe that we have to stop saying that right-wing parties adopt xenophobic legislation to fight far-right. We know from experience that it doesn't and has never worked.. They know it too. I believe they see a strong far-right as an opportunity for them to stay in power.
Excellent piece by my colleague, Professor Ciara Smyth:
The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about
‘Politics of affect’ stokes anxieties about immigration, allowing Government to then respond
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Great piece, but I really believe that we have to stop saying that right-wing parties adopt xenophobic legislation to fight far-right. We know from experience that it doesn't and has never worked.. They know it too. I believe they see a strong far-right as an opportunity for them to stay in power.
I posted something on Google Wave and it got me a job as community manager.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I posted something on Google Wave and it got me a job as community manager.
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One pair of numbers nicely illustrates where the Irish housing crisis actually originates.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
One pair of numbers nicely illustrates where the Irish housing crisis actually originates.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
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A terrific analysis of what the interventions of the billionaire Collison brothers into Irish politics is really about, ie: the disaste of the ultra rich for democracy and laws.
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A terrific analysis of what the interventions of the billionaire Collison brothers into Irish politics is really about, ie: the disaste of the ultra rich for democracy and laws.
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
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"Il a 45 ans, il a assez vécu."
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
Pitié-Salpêtrière : une famille saisit la justice pour Abdenour, devenu tétraplégique - Bondy Blog
Malgré une alerte signalant un risque vital, Abdenour Belhouli a été renvoyé chez lui par les services de l’hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris XIII). Il est aujourd’hui tétraplégique. Sa famille c...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Il a 45 ans, il a assez vécu."
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
Rising sun on the first snow on Carrauntuohill
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Rising sun on the first snow on Carrauntuohill
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Au delà du fait que Witkoff soit un grand fan du Kremlin, ce plan est avant tout un rappel que les US ne savent plus quoi faire pour boucler le dossier ukrainien. Alors ils ressortent la capitulation régulièrement. Poutine acceptera toujours sans enthousiasme puisque - www.ft.com/content/2353...
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan for Ukraine
Sweeping 28-point proposal would include territorial concessions and rollback of American military assistance
www.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Au delà du fait que Witkoff soit un grand fan du Kremlin, ce plan est avant tout un rappel que les US ne savent plus quoi faire pour boucler le dossier ukrainien. Alors ils ressortent la capitulation régulièrement. Poutine acceptera toujours sans enthousiasme puisque - www.ft.com/content/2353...
Le pire dans ceci, ce sont les gens qui argumentent en réponse. Pourquoi? Toute interaction avec cet outil ne fait que le renforcer. Et vous n'allez pas "battre" un algorithme conversationnel dans une joute écrite.
Maybe the Nazi flag wasn’t turned off for French?
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November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le pire dans ceci, ce sont les gens qui argumentent en réponse. Pourquoi? Toute interaction avec cet outil ne fait que le renforcer. Et vous n'allez pas "battre" un algorithme conversationnel dans une joute écrite.
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If passed, the EU Omnibus covering data and AI will be the most extraordinary reversal of digital rights in a generation.
Read our response to the official text of the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...
Read our response to the official text of the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...
Our response to the official text of the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal
If passed, the Omnibus will be the most extraordinary reversal of digital rights in a generation
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If passed, the EU Omnibus covering data and AI will be the most extraordinary reversal of digital rights in a generation.
Read our response to the official text of the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...
Read our response to the official text of the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...
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"The Minister states that “the chatbot was tested extensively...checking responses to “55 questions out of which 53 were deemed successful"
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Department of Justice chatbots mislead people seeking information
Irish Department of Justice internalises the AI hype and takes no responsibility for misleading chatbots.
www.iccl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"The Minister states that “the chatbot was tested extensively...checking responses to “55 questions out of which 53 were deemed successful"
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
I think I really like coding. It's weird to think that I've loved that for a long time (I bought a Visual Basic 6 license when I was 16) but never really explored it as an adult. I am forty now and I wonder why i didn't do that as a career...
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think I really like coding. It's weird to think that I've loved that for a long time (I bought a Visual Basic 6 license when I was 16) but never really explored it as an adult. I am forty now and I wonder why i didn't do that as a career...
There is a reason why Hannah Arendt has become such an important political influence these last years, and it's because how premonitory her work has been revealed to be.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There is a reason why Hannah Arendt has become such an important political influence these last years, and it's because how premonitory her work has been revealed to be.
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It makes me mad that governments are mad for GenAI, but also completely unwilling to imitate their economic model of 'money doesn't matter! It's worth throwing money at things to get an outcome you want!'
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It makes me mad that governments are mad for GenAI, but also completely unwilling to imitate their economic model of 'money doesn't matter! It's worth throwing money at things to get an outcome you want!'
There is definitely something to say about Irish richest men's opinions being presented as facts on anything and everything, even if completely outside of their knowledge and expertise. On remote working, I believe I have a small story to share...
Why is RTE uncritically reporting this bullshit ? What evidence has Denis O'Brien, tax exile in Portugal, produced ? What commercial property does Denis O'Brien own that might influence what he says on working from home ? Since when did he care about the civil service ?
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien
Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There is definitely something to say about Irish richest men's opinions being presented as facts on anything and everything, even if completely outside of their knowledge and expertise. On remote working, I believe I have a small story to share...
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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Ireland takes over the EU presidency next July.
Let them know what you think their priorities should be.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Let them know what you think their priorities should be.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ireland takes over the EU presidency next July.
Let them know what you think their priorities should be.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Let them know what you think their priorities should be.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Cette utilisation des LLM est une des rares que je peux voir comme innovante, au sens où elle permet de réaliser des recherches matériellement impossibles à faire sans. Ça pourrait permettre par exemple de détecter des évolutions sociétales sur le long-terme.
Fun fact le "debunk" est sorti et sans surprise il se met le doigt dans l'oeil en disant que comme les chercheurs ont annoté les données avant de les faire analyser par un algorithme (BERT, en l'occurrence), ça a "biaisé" leurs données.
L'occasion d'expliquer comment ces travaux marchent.
L'occasion d'expliquer comment ces travaux marchent.
La clique de l'observatoire des clowns est fâchée parce que quelqu'un a fait avec sérieux ce qu'ils prétendaient avoir fait en 2021.
Nocap cette étude témoigne d'un des usages utiles d'un LLM qu'on peut identifier (et en plus l'outil peut tourner, certes avec lenteur, sur un chipset :3).
Nocap cette étude témoigne d'un des usages utiles d'un LLM qu'on peut identifier (et en plus l'outil peut tourner, certes avec lenteur, sur un chipset :3).
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Cette utilisation des LLM est une des rares que je peux voir comme innovante, au sens où elle permet de réaliser des recherches matériellement impossibles à faire sans. Ça pourrait permettre par exemple de détecter des évolutions sociétales sur le long-terme.
Today, I configured the DNS of my domain managed through OVH to be able to use my own mail with Proton. A step to get rid of Gmail but also stay quite independent if a single provider.
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today, I configured the DNS of my domain managed through OVH to be able to use my own mail with Proton. A step to get rid of Gmail but also stay quite independent if a single provider.
I'm more and more convinced that right-wing party don't promote racist policies because they think they will get votes out of it, they know the votes will get to the far-right. But they also know that a bigger far-right gives them a better chance to stay in power, through alliance or anchoring.
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I'm more and more convinced that right-wing party don't promote racist policies because they think they will get votes out of it, they know the votes will get to the far-right. But they also know that a bigger far-right gives them a better chance to stay in power, through alliance or anchoring.
A noter que la réaction saine à cette annonce, si elle était vraie, serait: "Cette mesure d'exclusion est donc raciste". La réaction qui vise à donner à tour positif à cette annonce erronée est elle-même raciste.
Le ministre affirme que 57% des exclus du chômage ne sont pas Belges, Sud Presse en fait sa une et son président de parti en conclut qu’une part de la Sécu est envoyée à l’étranger, alors que ce n’est en réalité que 19%. C’est de la désinformation raciste décomplexée. www.rtbf.be/article/57-d...
'57% des exclus du chômage ne sont pas Belges' : le chiffre est faux, c'est 19% - RTBF Actus
Tout est parti d’une question écrite posée, le 10 juillet 2025, par la députée socialiste Sophie Thémont, au ministre...
www.rtbf.be
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A noter que la réaction saine à cette annonce, si elle était vraie, serait: "Cette mesure d'exclusion est donc raciste". La réaction qui vise à donner à tour positif à cette annonce erronée est elle-même raciste.