Ken McDonagh
@kenmcdonagh.bsky.social
Associate Prof in IR, DCU, research EU security & defence, occasional runner, dad of triplets, mo thuairim fèin
New @bloomberglaw.com article by Olivia Carville - TikTok experimented on users, putting 10% (about 15M people) in a "filter bubble" exposing them to repetitive content that the algorithm thought they wanted, but was toxic. If you want to know why these cases are going to be massive...
The SpaceX moon vandalism story has reminded me of this…he really is a b-list supervillain!
BBC breakfast talking about this and it's all fun and games and not SpaceX being wildly irresponsible with their equipment.
Sky News@news.sky.com · yesterdaySpaceX latest: Abandoned rocket about to slam into moon at high speed
Norman@noaasm.bsky.social · 3d agoWow, I am positively surprised - Irish government has kicked a Microsoft procurement potentially worth €1 billion into touch amid a political debate about the nation's overreliance on US tech providers and a move to free and open source software www.theregister.com/public-secto...
"A city doesn't get hollowed out by too many visitors. It hollows out when too little of the city remains underneath them, when the thing they queued to see has been quietly sold off around them while they queued." Great piece on #Dublin by Conor McGuire in Western People.
Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People
Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People
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Since the booktok girlies are the only ones still reading, military theory needs to adapt
Dead Carl@deadcarl.bsky.social · 6d agoAny excuse to post the classic
“The map showed Nigeria, where the U.S. has several hundred troops deployed, as landlocked in the Sahara Desert. Mozambique, which is in southeastern Africa, was relocated to the Horn of Africa, while Ivory Coast in West Africa was placed on the other side of the continent.”
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 7d ago“They all look alike.” US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference - www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Meta is spending $600 billion+ to build out its AI model. That model is being aggressively integrated into platforms used by 3.9 billion people. This week, Meta announced its AI will be trained on content from Newsmax, the far-right website with a history of promoting pro-Trump conspiracy theories.
"The Communications Workers' Union (CWU)...has written an open letter to emphasise the necessity for properly resourced trust and safety departments in companies like TikTok, as well as calling for greater regulatory oversight of the platform." www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...
Loss of up to 300 Irish jobs at TikTok will have 'knock-on impact' on user safety, warns union
Some 300 jobs are currently at risk at TikTok's European hub in Dublin
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Apparently, pre-release there were concerns that that use of exclusively traditional instruments on the score of The Odyssey could lead to civil unrest. Thankfully though there have been no reports of widespread luting.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · last wk.Kate O'Connor has won a gold medal in the heptathlon event at the Commonwealth Games. The Newry native was the overnight leader after the opening four events on Tuesday and continued to sit at the top of the leaderboard after the long jump and the javelin today. jrnl.ie/7117180
In 2020, a new plague swept across the Earth, killing millions. Before that year was even over, wizards working in an invisible world had devised a shield that everybody could use. The result wasn't a new era of scientific appreciation but of preening frauds lying more shamelessly than ever before.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.TUBERVILLE: Fauci killed 9 million people FOX BUSINESS: Yeah. We can't prove that, right? TUBERVILLE: We can
That's an Offaly bad mistake to have in the headline!
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last wk.A Lotto player who won over €8.2 million in Saturday night's draw bought the winning ticket at Obama Plaza in Moneygall, Co Tipperary
What drives me absolutely mad, is that gobshite billionaires will do anything to avoid contributing fairly, offshoring accounts etc, and then still get column inches to spout shite about how society needs to be fixed.
Nothing says "I'm being over taxed" more than having $7 million dollars to spare to splosh on lobbying...
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.Irish entrepreneur Patrick Collison donated $7m to group opposing California wealth tax
A Government investigation into Aughinish Alumina was unable to get hold of "confidential" documents from Sweden relating to the plant's alleged ownership by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska It turns out the documents are available publicly for a €25 admin fee www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee
Authorities said they were unable to obtain specific information – but judgment is publicly accessible
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MSPC Release 20 is now live! Access all new 1,035 entries and all new 2,500 files at www.militaryarchives.ie (MSPC). Access the release breakdown and the full list of individuals whose files are being released. 👇🏽 lnkd.in/dhUHgqYB Search the whole database: lnkd.in/dkc85wKg
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Since 1990, the Military Archives has been the official place of deposit for records of the Irish Defence Forces, the Department of Defence and Ireland's…
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Sean writing about my parish here. It’s resolutely not hip or flash or genteel or elegant, but it’s a proper community. Creating the conditions for new communities like it to grow ain’t rocket science, but it has to be intentional. They can’t grow in a vacuum.
Seán Moncrieff@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · last wk.
My op-ed in today's "Irish Examiner" The report on the Russian alumina plant in Aughinish allows Irish ministers to claim they examined the issue while sidestepping the harder question of how governments should respond when the evidence is incomplete but the potential consequences are profound.
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
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Let me correct this headline for you. White supremacist and extremist Musk... #Musk takes 'crusade' to Europe with Armie Hammer film. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk takes 'crusade' to Europe with Armie Hammer film
Musk has backed a European film, called Citizen Vigilante, that critics say spreads an anti-immigrant message.
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A huge congratulations to DCU Alumna Lara Danaher and her mother Sonya Bissett who made history last week after becoming the first mother and daughter to operate a commercial flight together for Aer Lingus! Read more via @news.rte.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4x3rOq4
Pilots become first mother and daughter to fly together
Two Aer Lingus pilots made history earlier this week after becoming the first mother and daughter to operate a commercial flight together for the airline.
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Calling on the Irish government and state agencies to immediately close their X accounts. Continued use of a fascist agitator's social media site is both incompatible with democratic values and immoral.
Former US President Joe Biden has led tributes to the Mayo team after their All-Ireland win yesterday.
Biden leads tributes to Mayo after All-Ireland win
Former US President Joe Biden has led tributes to the Mayo team after their All-Ireland win yesterday.
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On RTÉ this morning Peter Burke said the reason exports of Irish alumina to Russia doubled after the invasion is because European companies refused to continue doing business with Aughinish, citing 'reputational damage'. Which is not a great look however you spin it.
"Britain risks losing language skills to understand its enemies" The Times quotes @pjdelacour.bsky.social and @emile-chabal.bsky.social, directors of Scottish Council on Global Affairs www.thetimes.com/article/5df4...
Britain risks losing language skills to understand its enemies
Experts have warned Britain’s defence drive is overlooking the language and regional expertise needed to understand adversaries including Russia, China and Iran
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#CallforApplications 📢 You can now register for the #ChangingTIDE Media Literacy Incubator in Tartu 🇪🇪 The workshop organised by the @icds-tallinn.bsky.social will take place on 27 August and focus on fighting propaganda networks and foreign interference. Apply here 🔗 tepsa.eu/events/call-...
