These mediocre, bland, business-as-usual managers are going to lip service us into a full-on climate catastrophe that we won't be in any way prepared for.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 11h ago

Climate Act curbs could be considered to avert infrastructure ‘paralysis’, Chambers says

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

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 · 18h 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 We repealed the 8th.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.

If anyone is wondering, I don't use generative AI. It offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy as research. The environmental impact is appalling and the companies who developed it stole copyright intellectual property knowing that is illegal. GenAI is dishonest at every level.

168. Where the Shadows Hide by @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social Thoroughly enjoyable YA paranormal mystery set aboard a luxury cruise, with really well-drawn characters and relationships, and particularly interesting exploration of chronic fatigue. @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Philosophers used to moan about the assumption that things are only real if you could measure them. But honestly that’s a lot better than the assumption now that things are only real if you can monetise them.

So in order to avoid being sued, the Christian Bros declined to put forward a 'nominee', leaving abuse victims to sue individuals rather than the org. The judge said, fine, we will just publish the names of all 341 members of the order and summons you all. And that's what happened.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2d ago

The names of 341 former Christian Brothers have been published in the Irish Independent following an order from the High Court in relation to an abuse case. None of those named are accused of abuse, but their names have been published in the hope that they will come forward. jrnl.ie/7120723

Great 🧵

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3d ago

The greatest magic trick of them all is *lying*. The reason you can't figure out that coin vanish even after the conjurer performs it three times in a row is that they *didn't* do the same trick three times in a row! 1/

Next time someone asks you the bad faith question “Have any women come forward?”, here you are.

socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3d ago

I despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...

NEW: after our coverage of this company's little scheme to use printed books to train AI, it calls it a "test of the market" and walked the entire thing back: www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

404media.co

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

"Being trans is sad Being trans is horrid." Shut up. Being trans is great. Look. I've got inner peace and a fucking scythe.

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4d ago

Today at the convent: the nuns have been teaching me to scythe.

Seems like 2026 is the year the "Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it" post lands for everyone.

Sam Altman's kids

Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 5d ago

Sinead O'Sullivan has written an article on how the only way to get a passport quickly in Ireland is to contact your TD. This sounds like the kind of thing you'd write if your most recent experience of getting a passport in the late 1970s.

Actually the lack of social mobility and erosion of intergenerational milestones is good, losers.

The IFA must surely know there is no future in this policy which has already resulted in so much damage www.farmersjournal.ie/sheep/news/r...

Well, shit.

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 6d ago

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Never want to hear any of these tech companies talking about their ethics again. This has zero use cases outside of generating disinformation, and they pushed it out there anyway

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

is it good that you can just put anything you want into Google Earth with AI now: www.404media.co/google-earth...

Why does transphobia in particular so often lead to psychological collapse? This makes Morrissey look like a live-and-let-live kind of guy

Miffythegamer@miffythegamer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Roisin Murphy trawled through Instagram and found one of her old pop songs. When she saw that almost every commentator was critical of her newfound status as a deranged swivel-eyed TERF, she screenshotted their profiles & made a video of them. All completely normal behaviour 😬

Double the sides, double the pleasure.

I hate these people so fucking much.

that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."

Why is everything so transparently evil now?

There's lots of actual people who would do a much better job. Unbelievable how local authorities, LEOs are absolutely blasting us with AI. Never seen the like of it for anything else

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last wk.

Visitors to Co Tipperary can now use artificial intelligence to plan a personalised holiday itinerary, as Tipperary Tourism launches a new digital tool aimed at showcasing the county's attractions

The O’Brien Press believes in the fundamental importance of human voices and the processes of writing and illustrating. Please check our website for all submission guidelines (including guidelines on the use of AI) when sending in your work. obrien.ie/ai-policy

“boy george admits he used AI to create his new pro-israel song” is now a sentence we can say