I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
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Sí/Í; Gaeilge Líofa #CorcaDhuibhne Abú #RefugeesWelcome https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/%C3%A9id%C3%ADn-n%C3%AD-sh%C3%A9/
There has been lots of recent work on understanding the why of all of this lead by @niamhhumphries.bsky.social #RTÉ #speirghorm
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We are basically paying for these lads with our cans biggest racket ever
Re-Turn chief executive and board share six-figure pay rise
Delighted for this woman but we have normalised people having to go to some public lengths to access basic supports from the state and to leave the country for it RTÉ News: Hip surgery for woman after mother confronted Taoiseach www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Hip surgery for woman after mother confronted Taoiseach
A 19-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, a dysplastic hip, a twisted femur and a retroverted pelvis is to receive specialised surgery in the US following years of campaigning by her family.
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Evidence of this emerging in Ireland also from conversations with some staff
"There's a real thing going on in the composition of the staff...does that not have to be looked at as well?" Nick Robinson, on Today, discussing this news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...
"Our role as academics is to protect this one institution. This is why we receive tax money; why we're basically civil servants. The role of the university is even lost on many, so bears repeating: produce knowledge and educate at the highest level. AI destroys both at their core"
If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
Just saw the #odyssey in a booked out cinema in Galway…which is fab to see. Nice Brian drain but could have been half an hour shorter also can see why one tech bro is fuming 😂end of review
Ceuta "an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast." -enough said.
Jeepers we have suffered enough www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Donald Trump likely to travel to Doonbeg for Irish Open
US President Donald Trump is likely to travel to Ireland next month for a visit that will include his attendance at the Irish Open at his golf course in Doonbeg and events in Dublin.
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This month marks the centenary of the Gaeltacht Commission report in 1926. See my article in @thejournal.ie today about the anniversary and my forthcoming book on the topic. Alt liom inniu faoi 100 bliain den Choimisiún na Gaeltachta 1926. www.thejournal.ie/readme/irish...
The Irish language: 100 years after the first Gaeltacht Commission, our support still matters
As the centenary of the first Gaeltacht Commission looms, we must do more to ensure Irish remains a living language in the communities where it’s strongest.
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Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater
Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules
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Irish Times, Saturday.
One of the most distressing injustices in our country finally some relief for this couple but so much harm caused RTÉ News: Couple who had FGM convictions quashed awarded costs www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Couple who had FGM convictions quashed awarded costs
A couple whose convictions for the female genital mutilation of their one-year-old daughter were quashed and declared a miscarriage of justice have been awarded their costs at the Court of Appeal.
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RTÉ News: Call for HSE to take exceptional measures at UHL amid overcrowding www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Call for HSE to take exceptional measures at UHL
The INMO has said the HSE needs to take exceptional measures at UHL, after the hospital appealed to the public to consider alternative healthcare services.
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So #UEFA wants to boycott the World Cup but won’t let #Ireland boycott a soccer game
Betty White as Rose Nylund: Math Confusion
ALT: Betty White as Rose Nylund: Math Confusion
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From voice cloning to deepfake videos, scams powered by AI are now the biggest fraud threat facing consumers Social media ads, phishing emails and scam texts the main tools of fraudsters www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...
From voice cloning to deepfake videos, scams powered by AI are now the biggest fraud threat facing consumers
Social media ads, phishing emails and scam texts the main tools of fraudsters
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Louise Duffy in radio one doing an hour of #Glenhansard now 😭
Really dislike going home over the summer place is jammed packed with zombie tourists ticking a insta box massive collective push back needed….what will it take? districtmagazine.ie/features/who...
Who Is Dingle For?
The irony is that the thing that is drawing tourists here, is the very thing being hollowed out. Open any short term-letting site and search for Dingle Peninsula, and you’ll find whitewashed cottages ...
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Beyond grim
If this is happening at freaking #Harvard, imagine what is happening at #communitycolleges or low resource #regional #universities. I think the $57 billion endowment could be tapped to pay a person teaching the most critical adult skill of the 21st century - how to #read and #write
There is a more effective solution
Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The plastic, non-lethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers will be at the ready at certain schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...