Did CK make it to Dublin for ShipItCon 2026?

If this is true we are at the stage where we've handed toddlers nuclear weapons. It's like that cartoon where the guy is trying to hit the bomb with a hammer.

The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations

The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English

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England’s water network pushed to breaking point by decades of privatisation pulling profit out of public utility while loading it with debt in the hope of public bailout when drought comes to an island. FTFY.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · last wk.

England’s severe “flash drought” is pushing an already strained water network toward breaking point

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

Yesterday it was the music I used to listen to in my parents car. Today it's the guy I used to watch on my favourite VHS when I got home as a kid. Sadtimes.

The day I’m back in Ireland from HOPE and now I read we are getting proposals for Flock here. This is why I support the EFF and ICCL and you should too www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Garda bosses want public’s view on the force using live CCTV run by third parties

Widespread use of security cameras could help fight crime, but there could be human rights concerns

irishtimes.com

@hope.net you ran an amazing conference this year. Thank you so much for everything it took to make that happen. I hope the team has a well deserved rest.

Someone asked for my social media today at HOPE and I went into a blind panic. It’s been so long since anyone asked for anything other than my LinkedIn I didn’t know what to do.

I am super done with Github not being available. Right now I can't create PRs and it's not even on the status page.

The Minister has repeatedly stated that this Bill would provide gardaí with the power to compel a person to remove a face covering but after the completion of pre-legislative scrutiny and Dáil debate, and on the day of the final Seanad debate. The minister has published amendments to do this!

People have been cynical and corporate pride involvement but I’ve always enjoyed seeing Mickey in the rainbows and continue to do so. It’s a great feature of DLP.

DLPReport@dlpreport.com · 2mo ago

🌈 Mickey and Minnie together in their rainbow outfits, for Disneyland Paris Pride

Oh yes, OF COURSE, it's to “protect kids”. This comic again and always: 🔽

Gro-Tsen@gro-tsen.bsky.social · last yr.

As usual, it's either “we need this to protect you against the dangerous terrorists” or “will someone please think of the children?”. (This cartoon is at least 20 years old, by the way. Some things just don't change. People fall for it every time.)

Thanks to the new Krispy Kreme collaboration with Masters of the Universe, you get to tongue Skeletor's glazed hole.

Notifications for deleted shouldn't remain in any OS notification database, and we've asked Apple to address this. In the meantime, you can prevent any preview text from your Signal messages from appearing in your notifications. Signal Settings > Notifications > Show “No Name or Content”

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

NEW: The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device’s push notification database, multiple people present for FBI testimony in a trial told 404 Media.

I am going to be heading to ShipItCon this year in Dublin and I hope some of you will too. Thanks @matthewskelton.com for this.

Curious how organisations are using Team Topologies in practice? Explore real-world examples, experiences, and case studies here → https://teamtopologies.com/examples

Case Studies — Team Topologies - Organizing for fast flow of value

Examples of Team Topologies used in industry

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I agree with this and too often I see the green debate being centred around not using energy rather than just making it sustainable so we can enjoy life and all modern science has to offer.

The Economist@economist.com · 3mo ago

Europe’s southerners think coddled Americans don’t know how to cope with heat naturally. Northern Protestants regard buying an air-conditioner for a few scorchers as an expensive environmental sin. Climate change is putting such attitudes to the test

Digital Pride submissions are open! Join EFF and the Queer Arts Collective in building a creative space at the intersection of digital justice and artistic expression. We're looking for works that convey the importance of digital liberation and ways of achieving it. Send your submissions by June 30.

Call for Submissions: Digital Pride

This Pride season, join EFF and the Queer Arts Collective in building a creative space at the intersection of digital justice and artistic expression. We’re looking for fresh, untold, historically cen...

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We’re looking for a Policy Officer who will help shape the party’s platform. If you love the sound of researching legislative changes and collaborating with members to create fairer policies for Ireland - we want to hear from you. www.socialdemocrats.ie/jobs/policy-...

“Many people may feel they have really little choice but to agree to share personal data, and that’s when you wonder, are people signing up for discounts, or are they just signing up to not be charged for not signing up?” - @olgacronin.bsky.social. www.thejournal.ie/consent-supe...

Can consumers really opt out of supermarket loyalty schemes when some price differences are so big?

Civil liberties campaigners say consumers have a right to consent to their data being collected – but when opting out means paying more, do we really have a choice?

thejournal.ie

Merges gone awry, DNS stumbled, APIs fail— Code rolled back at dawn #HugOps for all of the GitHub people.

Emotional empathy i've never struggled with but technical empathy I am not strong on. It comes from imposter syndrome vibes of "Everyone understands this better than me". Being able to describe intent to a text generation engine and have it write the documentation that people need is empowering.

I have always been awful at writing documentation. It is really hard to write for an audience you don't understand.

I have always been awful at writing documentation. It is really hard to write for an audience you don't understand.

It's no surprise that surveillance tech is being pushed in creepy and invasive ways. It should also be no surprise that EFF is fighting back. We just need your support. eff.org/spring

Claw Back Your Privacy

Support free expression and fight the mass surveillance used for control and intimidation.

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I like Kurzgesagt, i've watched the videos for a while now and have a few of the posters. Recently quite a few of their videos have been about depopulation. I can't help get the impression there's a summary video coming soon called "Let's get f**king people!".

I've just had to rewrite a simple Nomad Enterprise feature in Terraform using the http provider, of course I did this with Claude (other agents are available). The days of "enterprise" gated features are numbered…it's a big number but still…

I’ve realised the AI coding tools are a force multiplier for my workaholic tendencies. Unsure how I feel about this.

Loving the big brain here. He couldn't even move a few pages further in the dictionary when naming the new party. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe launches Restore Britain party

The new party is set up by former Reform UK member, Rupert Lowe.

bbc.co.uk

Yesterday someone crashed into me while I was on my motorcycle. Spent the morning checking over the bike and figuring out what parts it needs only to find the supplier was just about to close. At least the rugby was full of win today.