Notably that Mark Zuckerberg reportedly apologized to the government of India over CSAM ads running in that country. The ads @wired.com covered ran below in the US, UK, and several EU countries: www.scmp.com/news/asia/so...

Zuckerberg apologises to India over child sexual abuse content on Meta platforms

The Meta Platforms ⁠CEO also apologised for deepfake content and operational ‌lapses on the company’s platforms, according to a report.

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Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 3h ago

NEW: Dozens of ads containing video and other child sexual abuse material ran across Meta’s social media platforms, including some as recently as yesterday. @mattburgess1.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Smol Paul and his new sidekick Smolla Paula: the wobbly monochrome partnership in crime we all need right now. Thank you so much for contributing to our fundraiser so we could make this happen -- I can't stop laughing at their little faces!

I'm old enough to have seen children working barefoot in the vegetable gardens of an industrial school.

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 12h ago

Worth remembering how mind-bogglingly recent the Magdalene Laundries were. The last one closed down on 25th September 1996, which means the Magdalene system outlived Tupac by two weeks.

Worth remembering how mind-bogglingly recent the Magdalene Laundries were. The last one closed down on 25th September 1996, which means the Magdalene system outlived Tupac by two weeks.

Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin@miseryvulture.bsky.social · 12h ago

The last Magdalene laundry closed in my lifetime. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland in my lifetime. Access to condoms without a prescription in Ireland only came in 1985. We repealed the 8th. There's a lot of ways in which Ireland is still bad, but it is an entirely different country.

The last Magdalene laundry closed in my lifetime. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland in my lifetime. Access to condoms without a prescription in Ireland only came in 1985. We repealed the 8th. There's a lot of ways in which Ireland is still bad, but it is an entirely different country.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

All great families should follow this progression.

Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 21h ago

Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday Don’t be so busy planning your next meal that you forget to enjoy the one in front of you.

That is an excellent observation. Perhaps women should start wearing recording devices as a matter of course. Ones capable of recording and live streaming at the same time - for those extra special men we meet along life's path.

TheBossRoss 🧶@thebossross.bsky.social · 2d ago

If women wore smart glasses, they'd be banned. (soigomaa/x) Think about it. If millions of women wore smart glasses, recording men's behaviour, conversations, comments, their driving & bar chats ... can you imagine the panic? Trust me, smart glasses would be regulated before you can say 'Meta'.

nisey69 is back. Her account was (finally) suspended at the end of 2025. Here’s her new account, and confirmation it’s her. She used to refer to Rep. Rashida Tlaib as “Ratshida” on her old account, and is doing it again under her one. Ban evading is against the Community Guidelines.

In fantasy storytelling there is an optimum "description of cool battles to description of delicious feasts" ratio and only one author ever nailed it perfectly.

Absolutely gorgeous cat in the Italian apartment we're staying in.

Scandalous overcrowding at the Silver Strand. Numbers well into double figures in violation of the One Beach Per Person rule in Donegal.

Night night sweet dreamies If today asked a little too much of you, don’t measure yourself by what you couldn’t do. Measure yourself by the courage it took to keep going.

Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…

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Jes Staley "That was fun, say hi to Snow White" Barclays & JP Morgan Chase Chief #EpsteinFiles

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

The breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a voice… www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

“Today is Mr. Featherstone’s birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita’s marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills.”

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Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually.

And the pets :)

What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1

Shirt and sticker orders are open once more through the end of August!!! victoriascott.bigcartel.com/category/tra...

Night night, sweet dreamies 🧡🐈 Life becomes a little simpler when you stop feeling the need to explain yourself to everyone. Choose what brings you peace, trust what feels right for you, and remember — not everyone has to understand your choices for them to be right for you.

Pupdate (care edition) Baloo placed his puppy at the water bowl, to make sure he was staying hydrated in the hot Paris weather. What a sweet pup 🥹 #baloobear

You spend your whole life looking for that one perfect someone, and when you find them. You think you'll never love anything more. Then you have children, and you realise what a fool you were to believe that.

@darcyswickham.bsky.social · 3d ago

Having a kid make this all so much simpler. I’d kill for you. I’d die to you. Everything else? Easy come easy go.

No corruption too small

Uh-oh. Someone has let the cat out of the bag.

Haters focusing on Liddle's violence toward his pregnant partner, his galloping racism, or his repeated defences of paedophilia, should remember to mention he was also one of the worst writers to ever do it. A calorie-free hack of the first water. Just absolute dogshit, back to front.

So a retailer withna clothes or home division decided to defraud the Irish taxpayer. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Retailer must repay €8.87m in Covid subsidy wage payments

A major retailer must repay €8.87m to the Revenue Commissioners after wrongly claiming that amount during the Covid-19 pandemic in wage subsidy payments for its staff.

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This is outrageous. Unacceptable. And impeachable.

#Glencullen Firefighters from Rathfarnham and Dun Laoghaire are at the gorse #wildfire on the Dublin mountains. Smoke is traveling from the South over 3 Rock into South Dublin. If you are affected by smoke close all windows and doors as a precaution.