'A Microsoft spokesperson said their products are rigorously tested before deployment, fully GDPR compliant, and designed to give organisations full control over how their data is managed. "This is backed by contractual safeguards and commitments to store and process data in the EU."' Bollocks. 1/3

Dublin Inquirer@dublininquirer.com · 2mo ago

The Oireachtas is leaning into Microsoft for its comms, even as other European governments abandon US tech. Switching to the US big tech provider, for phone systems and more, comes at a time of fierce debate about tech sovereignty.

nodYESYES@nodyesyes.com · 3mo ago

Níl aon scamaill sa spéir. #SpéirGhorm

Loving reminder from the Muppets that your compassion for others and desire for a better world is never a bad thing even if it feels most people disagree

Brilliant. The image is attributed to Bruno Pontiroli. He often used animals to illustrate weird and wonderful scenes.

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

Hi all. Are ye ready? 2 important notes: - Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset. - Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)

He’s on a mission from God.

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end. Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president. #VMNews

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

My human has finally updated the Dublin events listing spreadsheet. New gigs, new cinema listings, new events, etc. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #speirgorm

The Crackdown

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Rich Christianity at work

Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner

Rory

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

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Those dystopian books we read in school are looking less like fiction and more like a blueprint. No wonder they’re being banned—they want to keep us in the dark.

Snoopy knows

Cartoonist unknown.

Barry Heneghan got elected getting the highest transfer from four successive counts; Burke (ind-far right), Morris (Aontú-catholic right), Folan (labour-centre left) and Macdonncha (Sinn Fein-far left) #GE24

#GE2024 I just met a campaigner for the #DublinBayNorth candidate Kevin Coyle (of "National Alliance", whatever that is). I asked the lady what Kevin's main issue is. "Uncontrolled immigration" she tells me. What type of immigration is uncontrolled, and what's uncontrolled about it? I (1/5)

If your home/livelihood are ever more frequently wrecked or threatened by severe flooding, and you've been wondering why, this graphic (plus climate breakdown) tells you all you need to know.