IrishGooner
@irishgooner.bsky.social
All things Arsenal (and other random musings) from a Green Gooner. Silver Member.
What a pleasure it is to speak to Hector Bellerin. Today he plays against Arsenal, his Arsenal, for the first time. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Héctor Bellerín: ‘When you leave a club like Arsenal, it’s scary. It hurts’
Spanish full-back Héctor Bellerín tells Sid Lowe about his elation at his old club ending their title drought and how Mikel Arteta has helped prolong his career
theguardian.com
Aaaaaaand Google is rolling back the AI function for Google Earth:
Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d agoBREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.
Google is creating an epistemological crisis.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6d agoI used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
Wow, it's almost like all those protests weren't really about fuel... www.independent.ie/county/wexfo...
Fuel Support Scheme for farmers ‘under subscribed’ despite €87m budget and nationwide protests over costs
The deputy president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) says she does not know why the Fuel Income Support Scheme for farmers and agricultural contractors was significantly “under subscribed.”
independent.ie
It is very hard to see how anything other than a secession of all UEFA countries from Fifa (which other confederations would follow, as the WC is worth very little without European teams and markets) can put a stop to the assault Infantino and his US friends are leading on football.
We’ve certainly approached dystopian sci-fi territory. Whilst this was an unintentional AI sandbox escape - You’d have to fear, given how advanced & easily accessed AI models are becoming - What will happen when bad-faith human actors actively access the technology. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
A rogue AI just gave us a warning. Australia isn't prepared
Far-fetched scenarios about artificial intelligence became more realistic last week when an OpenAI model hacked another company.
abc.net.au
Between Saliba, Saka, and Rice… Gonna have three crocked and knackered players returning after the World Cup. Hard to see them being 100% till at least October, at best.
Hahaha. That VAR call is as soft as you’ll see. Stick a cone on it.
John Terry & Gianni Infantino - Cosied up in the same section. The snakes lair. 🐍🐍
Ten years ago today the whole country and its future were sacrificed on the altar of Boris Johnson’s ego, David Cameron’s stupidity and Nigel Farage’s prejudice. A decade thrown away and a nation left angrier and poorer. Thanks, you absoute pricks.
Burnham is not the answer. Let’s see how long the coronation lasts. (The ten year elephant is still in the room)
"A solar farm on a rewetted peatland is home to more types of bird than drained agricultural fields nearby, suggesting that land used for renewable energy can make money for landowners, lock away carbon and boost biodiversity at the same time."
Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland
A diverse range of bird species has been recorded at a solar park on rewetted peatland in Germany, suggesting that combining energy generation with habitat restoration could benefit biodiversity, the climate and the economy
newscientist.com
www.independent.ie/comment/opin...
Fergal Keane: Elon Musk is a race-baiting demagogue who stirred up the Belfast riots. It’s time our governments took a stand
In the middle of the Rwandan genocide, I stood amid a group of Hutu extremists at a roadblock outside the town of Butare in the south of the country. By then, more than 800,000 people — mostly members...
independent.ie
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
A note to those trashing their own cities, burning buses, and terrorising people out of houses… www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/immi...
Immigrants make higher fiscal contribution than Irish-born, study finds | BreakingNews
New research suggests immigrants in Ireland contribute more to the public finances than Irish-born residents
breakingnews.ie
Tommy Robinson is marching through London again today. He presents himself as a patriot, a journalist, and a victim of the establishment. But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long. Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵
Note to America: The World is a necessary component of a World Cup
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo agoSome World Cup players and team staff are being questioned or barred from entering the U.S., angering fans and heightening concerns about how immigration enforcement will be carried out during one of the world’s most international sporting events. https://wapo.st/4dYKWPx
Yes. The big trick of fascism is to keep on moving the definition of what's normal. Bit by bit, dose by dose. Here's what Stefan Zweig had to say about the Nazis doing the same thing ...
Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy
Gianni Infantino, 2025: "It’s important to clarify this. There is a lot of misconception out there. Everyone will be welcome in Canada, Mexico and the United States for the FIFA World Cup next year." FIFA today: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 👉 🇺🇸
Somali referee denied entry to U.S. ahead of World Cup (Gift Article)
Omar Artan arrived in Miami from Istanbul on Saturday but was barred from entering the country following a "routine" inspection, CBP said.
nytimes.com
"FIFA is not involved in host country immigration processes" is the part that gets me. In past World Cups where a match ticket served as your visa, FIFA was absolutely involved in host country immigration processes. They should not be let off the hook.
Jeff Carlisle@jeffreycarlisle.bsky.social · 2mo agoFIFA statement on referee Omar Artan being refused entry into the US.
Award-winning referee Omar Artan was 'determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns' after arriving in Miami https://aje.news/udying
