Conor Malone
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Data Science/ Food/ Climate & renewables stuff. Chair of Smithfield Pride of Place. Dad in Dublin, Ireland
Very strange one tonight, I used Google Gemini AI to edit a photo, it asked if I wanted it animated (sure) but then the video *had my voice on it*. Not exactly but it's how I laugh and a pretty specific north Wicklow kind of accent. I don't voice prompt Gemini and it claims it's just a coincidence.
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
This event last night was unbelievable. Truly can’t believe how many people came out and just how passionate and energized people are here. Dublin and the people here are officially the greatest.
Niall Leahy SJ@nlsj.bsky.social · 7d agoListening to the inspirational @tomflood.bsky.social speak to a packed TCD theatre in Dublin last night I realised 1. We need to put children at the centre of our transport systems. GIVE KIDS THE FREEDOM TO CYCLE TO SCHOOL THE WAY WE USED TO
Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819...
Neither Ireland nor Luxembourg have been selling Israeli bonds since the start of September, effectively costing the Israeli state €2.2bn a year, as shock over Gaza and West Bank grows.
No Israeli bonds on sale in EU for now, in de facto €2.2bn sanction
Neither Ireland nor Luxembourg have been selling Israeli bonds since the start of September, effectively costing the Israeli state €2.2bn a year, as shock over Gaza and West Bank grows.
euobserver.com
‘Greek finance minister encourages Germany to implement reforms’ www.ft.com/content/7a28...
Antonio Banderas' Satisfied Reaction
ALT: Antonio Banderas' Satisfied Reaction
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Striking similarities with earlier Danish elections. Swedish Social Democrats copy their Danish sisters and get the same result: while they lose, the left block wins.
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“I get down on my knees and do what must be done And kiss Achilles’ hand, the killer of my son”. Layers of symbolism in Connolly giving Trump that poem. troublesarchive.com/artforms/poe...
Ceasefire | Troubles Archive
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Richard Chambers@newschambers.bsky.social · 3w agoAt the Áras, President Connolly will present Donald Trump gifts laden with symbolism. - A St Brigid’s Cross: “associated with peace, healing, care for the poor.” - St Brendan’s Voyage: “when the Irish were a people of departure”. - Poems of Michael Longley: “Ceasefire” singled out in the briefing
One guy literally found my program with a prompt that included 'make me 50 usd make no mistakes'. Others have the AI look for bounty programs specifically and normally tackle software.
In.the.zone. www.maptap.gg September 998🎯 100🎯 98🎯 100🎯 98🎯 Final score: 988
Haaretz reporting that France and Canada are set to ban trade with Israeli settlements alongside the UK, amid failed attempts at an EU ban: “The U.K. reportedly seeks to limit the measures' impact on its ties with Israel and manage a backlash from Washington” www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
France and Canada set to join U.K. in sanctioning Israeli settlements
The move comes amid a stalemate in a French-Swedish initiative to impose EU sanctions on products from the settlements. The U.K. reportedly seeks to limit the measures' impact on its ties with Israel ...
haaretz.com
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 4w agoMasked protesters block access at Port of Dover
You can use this UN-approved Equal Earth projection right now in #rstats #gis #databs
CNN@cnn.com · 4w agoThe United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.
@chrishaughton.bsky.social I'd say you got great sleep when you were writing "goodnight everyone", it's a phenomenal bedtime book
Twenty-five years ago, Catholic schoolgirls in north Belfast were forced to run a gauntlet of unionist hate on their way to Holy Cross Girls’ Primary School.
Holy Cross terror recalled
Twenty-five years ago, Catholic schoolgirls in north Belfast were forcedto run a gauntlet of unionist hate on their way to Holy CrossGirls’ Primary School.
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New etymology visual to share a pet peeve: It’s helico-pter, not heli-copter. Spiral wing.
The A's just did one of the coolest things I've seen in their broadcast: Just unfiltered audio of the live director calling a Lawrence Butler plate appearance...that went about as well as they could have hoped for.
Bonn óir buaite ag Kate O'Connor i gCraobhchomórtais Lúthchleasaíochta na hEorpa in Birmingham 🥇
Sky News legend Jon Craig points out that Nigel Farage is the first by-election winner not to turn up for the count since IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
Nigel Farage Easily Wins Clacton By-Election – But Dodges Result Declaration
The Reform UK leader said police had told him “there is an organised campaign to disrupt” the announcement.
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I'd love to know more about how JLNR are surveying the irish radio audience: apparently 78% of adults listen every day for an average of 3.5 hours, three out of five 15 to 24 year olds listen to the radio every day info.ipsosmrbi.com/assets/files...
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the xG being a perfect reversal of the actual score
Cannon Stats@cannonstats.com · 2mo agoParis SG 2 (1.0) - (2.0) 1 Villa
Strong solar yesterday -- over 10GWh, for the first time in weeks ☀️ So, it should be clear for tomorrow's partial eclipse! As the chart shows, generation will be on the wane by ~7.10pm when it reaches its peak. However, we should still be able to spot a dip in the graphs. Follow us for more! 🌑 📊
One poor bit of fact checking in this: Arklow Bay has been decommissioned, Ireland doesnt have any active offshore wind. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Marine regulator accused of performance ‘failure’ amid wind farm planning delays
Mara handles consents and licensing for big projects such as offshore wind farms and subsea cables
irishtimes.com
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