Amazing assortment of food in our takeaway Greek tea boxes from the Silk Road Cafe’s Kimmage pick up point. Help the beloved cafe stay alive and order next week’s Palestinian mezze for 2 here (also available the 26th) silkroadcafe.ie
Karlin Lillington
@klillington.bsky.social
Retired (mostly...) Irish Times tech columnist. Chair, New Music Dublin. Privacy/infosec/human&digital rights. Likes 🦇. Lots of 4-legged talls/smalls 🐕🐈⬛🫏🐴. Talkative. 🇨🇦➡️🇺🇸➡️🇮🇪 www.newmusicdublin.ie
XVI century German ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere
Fun fact: Roy Orbinson performed in Acquinas Parochial Hall, Dundrum. Also, Freddie and the Dreamers. On another night. The parish had quite the impressario. #CountyDown #SpéirGhorm
“Make no mistake: this decision to raise fares is an attack on public health and wellbeing.” Well said @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social and @irishdocsenv.bsky.social!
Increase in public transport fares ‘a Trumpian policy’ that will ‘cost lives’, Dublin protest told
Decision-makers ‘don’t step foot on the Dart or Dublin Bus’, says Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman
irishtimes.com
So saddened to see this. A groundbreaking and vital voice calling out the destruction of Dublin over the decades, whose interests and expertise crossed so many areas. That we still have so much of what makes Dublin architecturally, belovedly Dublin, is due to his years of determined campaigning
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 5h agoFrank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, has died
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... hold a piece of paper supporting #palestine, get sent to prison; block roads, and the police "engage" with you...
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
theguardian.com
By the by I'm re-reading how the 18thC master navigator of Oceania, Tupaia, who guided Captain Cook around Polynesia and to Aotearoa, produced maps that faithfully translated between the Pacific and European navigation systems, accounting for Mercator distortions, with an accuracy of <5 degrees.
Owen Blacker@owen.blacker.me.uk · yesterdayUN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out Mercator projection, which depicts continent as similar size to Greenland, in favour of Equal Earth Map www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone pumping out workslop with Claude who was temporarily delayed yesterday because the 100% fossil-fuelled ultra-polluting data centre in a black community in the US that powers them had a lil boo boo
Spain wants data centres on 80% renewables every hour, or no grid connection - thenextweb.com/news/spain-d... seems an obvious requirement; should be universal
Spain wants data centres on 80% renewables every hour, or no grid connection
A draft Spanish decree would require data centres above 1MW to source 80% renewable energy hourly and keep data inside the EU.
thenextweb.com
I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d agoFINALLY: If anyone gets a response from a publisher that is something along the lines of "yeah, we just asserted ownership for all titles that had our name listed as publisher regardless of reversion status" PLEASE send that information to me or @victoriastrauss.com.
A post for whoever needs it that even if you're so long overdue for a [whatever] appt that you've spent [x number of] years not having the courage to ring out of shame, you CAN DO THIS & once the receptionist laughs & says 'we have a lot like that' you'll be relieved you finally made the damn appt
'There is an absolute duty on Government to conduct an objective cost/benefit analysis of its policy of hosting a boundless number of data centres. Instead, all we’ve got is propaganda.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... #datacentres #climatecrisis
Fintan O'Toole: Ireland can’t be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don’t want
They have become a defining question everywhere – except Ireland. Why?
irishtimes.com
Had a short conversation with one of the people working on the Anthropic Settlement about the Disagreements form. If, like me, you don't have a US tax reference or social security number, you can email them to say you can't complete the form on the portal. 1/2
This is absolutely incredible. Farage thought he was talking to an American and his UK son about funneling foreign donations through the son and instead he was talking to investigative reporters wearing wires.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d agoWell, this is a marmalade dropper
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
Because when you lack awareness and a sense of reality, a triumphal arch must be erected at the least triumphal moment imaginable
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: President Trump is breaking ground on his 250-foot-tall triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, even before a federal review panel has approved the project.
Thread! Because Courtney is the best, and this will be helpful for a lot of folks.
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d agoHi! Anthropic Q&A re:rights reversion and publisher claims. This is not legal advice; I can't give you legal advice. What I can do is tell you what I would do under certain circumstances.
""What did he study? “Philosophy and theology. A teacher in high school said, there’s no money in that, and I said: ‘Sir, that’s disrespectful. That’s insulting, because not everybody’s about money.’" he's one of us!
‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T
He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?
theguardian.com
Timeline cleanse from the Black Flute Brigade of Los Angeles.
With this El-Sayed piece, the gap between CBS News & MAGA media shrunk. It might be the worst thing Bari Weiss has done at CBS and that’s saying a lot given the purging of journalists, editorial meddling & Trump friendly shift. My latest: jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/cbs-news-h...
CBS News hits an unsurprising new low
With the questionable Abdul El-Sayed story, it’s getting harder to tell the difference between CBS and MAGA media. That's the goal, of course.
jenniferschulze.substack.com
So I guess the idea here is, let's subsidise wealthy international golf spectators but raise prices for public transport for the Irish people. Why not copy the US's World Cup approach and instead charge the bejaysus out of spectators to get around the venue www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Ryder Cup spectator transport ‘could cost €1m a day’
National Transport Authority issues €6m tender for six-day network of shuttle services around Adare Manor venue
irishtimes.com
Increasing bus fares while passing € 1 billion in fuel subsidies is a conscious decision. Cancelling public transport infrastructure projects while approving new roads is a conscious decision. Underpaying solicitors & public servants while the country has a massive budget surplus is a....
Bus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirms
The move has been criticised by opposition parties.
thejournal.ie