Ann O’Dea
@annodea.bsky.social
Lifelong journo, media founder and CEO Silicon Republic; personal interests: four+ legged critters, birds, history and old stuff, biodiversity, geopolitics, art and culture and great gigs https://www.siliconrepublic.com/
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
Michael E. Carter@deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · last mo."The Pope is the puppet of the Chinese authoritatian government" is a take you would make if you made billions by drinking paint.
Something lovely for the weekend! 🤩❤️ Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology
Faults and all a free and independent press is important. www.cnn.com/2026/06/27/c...
A small plane slammed into the tallest skyscraper in China’s capital. Hours later, it was like nothing had happened. | CNN
On Friday afternoon a small plane appeared to evade some of the world’s strictest aviation controls and slam into the tallest skyscraper in Beijing, the 109-story CITIC Tower that dominates the city’s...
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Irish street artist Joe Caslin unveils new 50ft mural ahead of Pride weekend in Dublin jrnl.ie/7081575
Irish street artist Joe Caslin unveils new 50ft mural ahead of Pride weekend in Dublin
The collaborative project took over one year to complete.
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Let me be explicit. The massive heat waves we're seeing around the world more extreme and frequent due to human-caused #climatechange. And these heat waves are going to continue to worsen because of our failure to reduce carbon pollution. Just one of the many costs of #climate change.
The auto industry is worse off Care homes and the NHS are worse off British travellers are worse off Fisherman are worse off What's not to like? Brexit - So much winning...
Boats, bankers and borders: five symbols that sum up Brexit a decade on
What do the touchstones of the referendum debate tell us about the complex legacy of Britain leaving the EU?
theguardian.com
A bill to enforce the EU’s AI Act in Ireland has been approved. Once enacted, the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 will establish the AI Office of Ireland – an independent statutory body which will act as Ireland’s central coordinating authority to implement the landmark EU law on AI.
New Irish bill to supervise EU AI Act gets green lit
The new bill is only a technical regulation needed for the supervision of the EU AI Act and does not add to its existing obligations.
siliconrepublic.com
Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
Catherine Frieman@cjfrieman.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism.
Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it
Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
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And here's the entire Scott Pelley interview via YouTube... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqd...
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ‘60 Minutes’ | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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I just go a newsletter link with the headline ‘Pete Hegseth’s softer side’. Yeah not opening that, but still hoping it’s ironic 🙄
This is the greatest description of humanity I have ever read.
Lauren Deschain@thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 2mo agoThanks, Vonnegut. 💜
Sign the petition to protect the laws that protect us - our health, nature, and water. Give nature a voice! #HandsOffNature birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
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🧵 🧵🧵 The constant bitching about Bluesky community and the obsession around it in certain parts - is not really any different than the dynamic around blogosphere/netroots circa 2003-08 (until those spaces became coopted). (1/6)
True. That's how Iran is beating him. They aren't physically obstructing the strait. They're creating a situation where insurance companies refuse to provide coverage to ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time
On this day in 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Music Store.
New: Manosphere influencer Clavicular is everywhere, and that’s not an accident. A paid marketing campaign is spreading video clips of his controversial antics across social media. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Video Clipping Machine Behind Clavicular’s Viral Fame
Videos of the influencer Clavicular are inescapable online. Social media is awash with clips of his sharp-featured face and muscular body — the result of a “looksmaxxing” regimen that can include test...
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Normally I would assume this was a joke
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoSam Stein on X posted an image of a US passport with Trump's face on it
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
Google expands Pentagon's access to its AI after Anthropic's refusal | TechCrunch
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
techcrunch.com
OTD d Mary Wollstonecraft,author of Vindication of Rights of Women,argued women weren't inferior to men but lacked access to education.One of 1st feminist philosophers.Against radical Fr Rev, she wrote "I cannot yet give up the hope, that a fairer day is dawning on Europe."Also Mom of Mary Shelley.
