When the feature of a vacuum cleaner is “improved privacy” then you know the world is truly messed up

Remembering the Dromcollogher Cinema Fire: ‘The Burning’ On 5 Sept 1926, 48 people lost their lives in a cinema fire in Dromcollogher, Limerick. Known locally as ‘The Burning’, it remains Ireland’s worst cinema fire. Explore our collection documenting the tragedy and its aftermath ow.ly/OMOf50ZIfTi

Remembering the Dromcollogher Cinema Fire: The Aftermath of ‘The Burning’

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You know what's not down? The library.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · 23h ago

ChatGPT, Claude & Grok are currently down, according to users.

Had a short conversation with one of the people working on the Anthropic Settlement about the Disagreements form. If, like me, you don't have a US tax reference or social security number, you can email them to say you can't complete the form on the portal. 1/2

A reminder: Climate change isn’t something we can recycle, bike, or shop our way out of alone. Individual choices matter. But systemic change matters more.

My grandfather, who lived outside Drumcollogher, survived this fire because he was late for the screening and standing at the back. His brother-in-law’s younger brother, James Quaid, wasn’t so lucky and is buried in the memorial plot in the town.

National Library of Ireland@nlireland.bsky.social · 2d ago

Remembering the Dromcollogher Cinema Fire: ‘The Burning’ On 5 Sept 1926, 48 people lost their lives in a cinema fire in Dromcollogher, Limerick. Known locally as ‘The Burning’, it remains Ireland’s worst cinema fire. Explore our collection documenting the tragedy and its aftermath ow.ly/OMOf50ZIfTi

My planned columns about women and the games industry return; this time I’d like to talk to women who review video games about their experiences landing and writing reviews, especially recently. If this is you, reach out via DM or eaprice.work@gmail.com

Upcoming screenings for @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social's film Designing From Home about the life and home of designer FHK Henrion include 16 September at Towner Gallery, Eastbourne 24 September @isokongallery.bsky.social More info here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

We have a decade of research that says this is a bad idea. Beyond that, we have a decade of research that says this will absolutely fuck over marginalized folks.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago

“OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients, to let clinicians import patient data and use AI to ask questions.”

I’ve had this convo privately enough times in the last week to go public: I don’t think there is any valuable way to use AI in a history classroom.

Its a poignant week for the decedents of the 48 people who died in the Dromcollogher cinema fire on 5 September 1926. A century on its hard to comprehend how an innocent night out could end so tragically. www.live95fm.ie/news/live95-...

Dromcollogher to mark centenary of cinema disaster that claimed 48 lives

A full schedule of events will take place this week.

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August 31st or, as it is conventionally known amongst academics, À la recherche du temps perdu

Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns

Exclusive: Patients identify errors in consultation transcripts that are missed by GPs, Healthwatch England finds

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Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme continues on the 4th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026

*sigh* An "AI" does not "escape containment", as breathless news articles claim. It is *told to do something by its programmers*, then it *goes and does what it's been told*, then the corporation it belongs to releases a statement to drive fear-based engagement and media laps up the lie.

As it is Skynet Day, it seems as good a time as any to share that data center based LLM Ai is caught in a death spiral which is going largely unreported in the media. In short, major insurers are creating carve outs for Ai, refusing to insure it, causing corporations to abandon its front facing use.

*Might be handy: tools.simonwillison.net/llm-cliche-h...

A reminder that we are running two Publishing Workshops at our annual conference. Session 1 looks at 'Developing an Academic Book Proposal' with Suzie Nash, Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury. Find out more and register: buff.ly/vPayhNJ

A photo of some rocks. But they're rocks on Mars. They were photographed today. And only a few hours later you're looking at them on your phone.

I’m astounded by my local yarn shop producing an AI poster - you would think that they of all people would understand the value of the handmade and the human-made…

Graeme Swanson@swansonian.bsky.social · last wk.

Even at my tiny level I see people buying dreadful AI made art from garden centres or tourist shops and while I know my stuff is way better that doesn’t help me. Most people don’t care. Relatives send me AI made birthday and Christmas cards. I made barely a hundred quid this month.

📢 Hot off the press: my new @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece on radical & innovative summer schools for rural women run by United Irishwomen/ICA 1929+. Read about adventure, dancing, crafting & rabbit pie. Joy is foregrounded as women carved out leisure time for themselves. @whaireland.bsky.social

The story of the revolutionary 1929 Tipperary school for women

Here's what happened when a group of intrepid women packed their bags, gathered hay for bedding and headed up Slievenamon in 1929

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I've realised that technically my new book isn't 'out' until 16th September, which is why I was taken a bit on the back foot when it went up just over a week ago. But! If you click the 'Open Access' tab here, you can already download the whole thing as a PDF. bookstore.emerald.com/bridging-des...

If you are ever in a position to give a large photo archive to an institution please, please also donate the copyright! Or create a clear permission path that survives you! Sending letters to random addresses in Canada that might once have been your heirs' is not it.

There’s already research connecting the Shingrix vaccine to a significantly reduced risk of dementia. Now it looks like it might also significantly reduce risks of heart attacks and strokes. NHS it at 65 in the UK but you can pay privately & get it from age 50 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds

Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication

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If you've ever thought to yourself, "I wish there were a theorist of ecological communism who also made great wallpaper," then I have an article just for you. doi.org/10.1177/1474...

I am looking for someone to go or who is planning to go to the Irish National Archives in Dublin and take a photograph of some records they hold in the outrage papers. Not urgent at all, and I will pay, of course. #spéirghorm #speirgorm

An online, and unfunded, encyclopaedia of Dublin's architectural history celebrates 30 years. Archiseek specialises in "unbuilt Irish architectural proposals and lost buildings, giving the public a rare look at 'the Ireland that almost was'", says founder Paul Clerkin.

An online, and unfunded, encyclopaedia of Dublin's architectural history celebrates 30 years

Started in 1996, the site – now known as Archiseek – specialises in "unbuilt Irish architectural proposals and lost buildings, giving the public a rare look at 'the Ireland that almost was'", says founder Paul Clerkin.

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Do you remember when a fundraising campaign for the Navajo and Hopi people went viral during the pandemic, as people recalled the generosity of native Americans to Irish people during the famine? If you were one of those who donated - you are invited to have your photo taken …

This whole thread, but especially this part. "We're going to steal the intellectual property of your faculty, then demand those faculty find use cases for our lying theft machine."

Kate Jackson@katejackson.bsky.social · 2w ago

It feels like industry is waiting for universities to come up with ideas about how they can use Ai and all I can think is: it is not my job to make your business more profitable.

No one had to think super hard about how to make a washing machine useful. A telephone. A vacuum cleaner. So why do our bosses have to constantly challenge us to find something, anything, for which AI might be helpful If your customers don’t find your product useful, that’s a you-problem