What happens when you deliberately create choke points in an otherwise distributed and resilient system, for the purposes of restricting access? This!
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 2d ago🚫 After the nightly attacks on Yandex, the Internet in Russia went down
Sometimes you just need a bit of a brain cleanse to reset between tasks. Now, which one to pick up?
A titan of science, engineering & space exploration has passed on. Margaret Hamilton programmed the computers & nav systems for the Apollo programme. When women faced discrimination in every workplace, she led a team of 100 engineers at NASA. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/07/s...
Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died | CNN
The groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA win the 20th century space race, has died at 90.
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The irony meter is well and truly beyond full scale deflection... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy
The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow.
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#BlockchainIreland is partnering with #TEDxDublin for its annual summit on 22 October with a theme of The Next Era of Finance: The Onchain Age! #Blockchain #DLT #Web3 #Onchain #DeFi For more information and to join us: www.blockchainireland.ie/blockchain-i...
Blockchain Ireland Summit 2026 | Dublin, 22 October
Join Blockchain Ireland Summit 2026 in Dublin on 22 October. Explore onchain finance, tokenisation and stablecoins. Book your ticket.
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I'd be willing to bet that this was an entirely unforeseen and unintended consequence... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
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[Drums fingers] Is it the 20th yet?... What about now? 😁
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · last wk.Hot damn! My first UK review of SLEUTH-HOUND and it's amazing! Huge thank you to @ollie-randall.bsky.social for his thoughtful analysis of my book, which is out on October 20! You can get SIGNED & DEDICATED copies from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social: shorturl.at/KeFvY
The point that scuppers this is that no one, including AI, is able to predict what will go viral in music. No one yet knows what'll appeal to our human sensibilities, otherwise there'd be AI engineered hits all the time—but there isn't. Without knowing the secrets, how can AI displace human genius?
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 2w agoWhen you have no concept of how people engage with music
It's not often I feel proud of our political leaders, but this is one of those times. www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
Taoiseach says world has 'failed Palestine' in UN address
When the true horrors of Gaza "are finally and fully revealed, it will shame the world", Micheál Martin has said in his New York address at the UN.
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SCOOP: Israel Is Funding AI Chatbot Propaganda Yet another website appears precision-engineered to propel favorable AI narratives. Read today's 'First Draft' by @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/scoop-isra...
As if any proof were needed to show the lies of Trump and Rubio about what's driving diesel prices... well, here it is in one easy graph.
ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 3w ago11/ In fact, as this graph shows, the price rise is driven overwhelmingly by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, resulting from Trump's war against Iran. The Administration appears to want to shift the blame from its own actions to those of Ukraine. /end
Every bibliophile's dream: finding a rare first edition in a charity shop! www.bbc.com/news/article...
To Kill a Mockingbird first edition found in London Oxfam shop
An original US edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is found in an Oxfam store in west London.
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Some strong words here from #JensenHuang Almost as if he's trying to quiet the horses that got spooked. #AI #PacetheFrontier www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nvidia boss rejects AI extinction fears as 'doomsday narratives'
Jensen Huang's comments come after warnings from AI researchers that the technology could lead to human extinction.
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Huge congratulations to the #DCUSolarRacing Team finishing 15th in their first ever 24hr Race! Immense achievement to finish an endurance race on the first outing! #Zolder #SolarRacing
The best of Irish luck to the #DCUSolarRacing Team who compete for the first time in Zolder today! Immense achievement just to get to the start line.
Just tried to log into a public service website on this this: "We are experiencing a high volume of traffic and using a virtual queue to limit the amount of users on the website at the same time. This will ensure you have the best possible online experience." A queue for a website? #WTAF?
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
So, as if the apocalyptic news from various quarters was not enough, the cosmos reminds us what's really worth worrying about... www.euronews.com/next/2026/09...?
A chunk of the Sun blasted off and could trigger storms on Earth
A cloud of material blasted from the Sun on Monday is due to reach Earth on Thursday, forecasters say, with a minor geomagnetic storm possible and auroras likely visible at high latitudes.
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