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Engineering Manager(Quality) | Speaker | Co-organiser Ministry of Testing Cork ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช. Tech Economics Politics Views my own. Politically liberal.

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Armed robots take to the battlefield in Ukraine war Ukraine has embarked on a programme to deploy armed robots on the battlefield against Russian forces.

โ€œUkrainian and Russian killer robots are even said to have clashed without humans being present at the site of the battle.โ€

07.03.2026 08:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From a ยฃ1bn dream to a brutal collapse: How Brewdog hit the rocks The rise and fall of the garage start-up which set out to revolutionise the brewing industry.

โ€œLeft to survey the wreckage are the hundreds of staff summarily culled in a brutal 11-minute Teams call from HQ and the 200,000 plus investors, or Equity Punks, who will likely see no return for the more than ยฃ100m they ploughed into the company.โ€

07.03.2026 07:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

โ€œThe hiring downturn sent shares on Wall Street lower and raised new pressure on US President Donald Trump, who campaigned on promises of improving the economy.โ€

06.03.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have the houses
We don't have the political will to tirn them into homes
Too much money to be made in speculation & hoarding

@judesherry.bsky.social & I collated this data for our 2024 report "This is #DerelictIreland. The Solutions."

02.03.2026 12:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Democrats thrown into disarray as US offensive on Iran creates cracks Lawmakers from Sanders to Mark Kelly offer mixed feelings on Trumpโ€™s action and killing of Iranian supreme leader

Democrats thrown into disarray as US offensive on Iran creates cracks.

02.03.2026 13:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know, Ukraine has never blown up a school full of little girls. Sometimes an accident is not an accident, especially with countries like the US, Russia and Israel that repeatedly commit the same crimes against children.

28.02.2026 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1566 ๐Ÿ” 419 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

When oligarchs talk of โ€œpersonal liberties and free marketsโ€ they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.

When oligarchs speak of โ€œfreedom,โ€ what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Know the truth.

22.02.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 8731 ๐Ÿ” 2774 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 203 ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
This is not A.I.

This is what legacy looks like
North Main St
Cork citys historic core
Heritage buildings date from mid 18thC
Vandalised for years while successive Governments & local authorities look other way
This street violence of neglect, hoarding & speculation is city wide

This is not A.I. This is what legacy looks like North Main St Cork citys historic core Heritage buildings date from mid 18thC Vandalised for years while successive Governments & local authorities look other way This street violence of neglect, hoarding & speculation is city wide

This is not A.I.

This is what legacy looks like
North Main Street
Cork citys historic core
Heritage buildings date from mid 18thC
Vandalised for years while successive Governments & local authorities look other way
This street violence of neglect, hoarding & speculation is city wide

#speirgorm

21.02.2026 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 42 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

Why isnโ€™t the right excited about technology?

21.02.2026 05:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 5365 ๐Ÿ” 1245 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131 ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago Company behind ChatGPT last year flagged Jesse Van Rootselaarโ€™s account for โ€˜furtherance of violent activitiesโ€™
21.02.2026 06:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hacker who booked luxury hotels for one cent arrested Spanish police said they had arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly hacked a hotel booking website to reserve luxury rooms for as little as one cent, in the first known cybercrime of its kind.
19.02.2026 06:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Government to introduce social media ban for under-16s in online safety push Cabinet to prioritise legislation and pilot age verification tool as Ireland weighs EU-wide or unilateral social media restrictions
18.02.2026 07:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grok 'nudify' scandal: Data Protection Commission to investigate X over its AI app Ireland's data protection watchdog, the lead supervisory authority across the EU/EEA, has announced 'a large-scale inquiry' into X / Twitter's compliance with obligations under the GDPR

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Data Protection Commission to investigate X over its AI app

17.02.2026 08:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

13.02.2026 22:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 6791 ๐Ÿ” 2202 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98 ๐Ÿ“Œ 186
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Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epsteinโ€™s sordid menโ€™s club Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

โ€œThe Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not.
The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information.โ€

07.02.2026 06:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns It makes China the first country to stop the use of designs first made popular by Elon Musk's Tesla.
03.02.2026 07:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
02.02.2026 12:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk's X down for tens of thousands of users - live updates Users across the globe are reporting they are unable to access the social media platform.

๐Ÿคญ

16.01.2026 16:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How much money President Trump and his family have made : Planet Money Before President Donald Trumpโ€™s first term, he was in a โ€œtight spotโ€ financially, according to New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick. At the start of his second term, David says, Trump was in an โ€œeven t...

How much money President Trump and his family have made.

15.01.2026 21:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gardaรญ to tell committee of 'abhorrent' AI abuse imagery Senior gardaรญ will tell the Oireachtas Committee on Media that the recent use of an AI app to present children and adults in an undressed state is "an abhorrent disregard of personal dignity and an ab...

โ€œSenior gardaรญ will tell the Oireachtas Committee on Media that the recent use of an AI app to present children and adults in an undressed state is "an abhorrent disregard of personal dignity and an abuse of societal trust" that cannot be tolerated.โ€

14.01.2026 07:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

10.01.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 8355 ๐Ÿ” 2691 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 162 ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
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The Dictator - Democracy Speech
The Dictator - Democracy Speech YouTube video by flaviogago

Rewatching the โ€œdemocracyโ€ speech from The Dictator.
What was meant as satire now lands uncomfortably close to documentary.

04.01.2026 11:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œOf course. Fear is smart until . . .โ€
He headed for the door, paused as he reached for the knob. โ€œUntil what?โ€ He looked back at her. โ€œUntil you realize youโ€™re afraid of the wrong thing"

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

03.01.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Casual reminder that the myth of โ€œpulling yourself up by your bootstrapsโ€ is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

27.12.2025 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 21320 ๐Ÿ” 5836 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 534 ๐Ÿ“Œ 220
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Beyoncรฉ, Labubu and Sydney Sweeney's jeans: 15 viral moments that defined 2025 Dubai chocolate, Adolescence and the parodied Jet2 advert were some of the other most talked about moments.
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ESRI: AI bubble a 'larger' risk to Irish economy compared to other economies outside of the US If AI does not pay off, it could impact tech employment and corporation tax receipts

The risk to the Irish economy posed by AI is โ€œlargerโ€ compared to other economies outside the US, and if the investment tech firms have put into the technology does not pay off, it could have an impact on employment as well as corporation tax receipts, the (ESRI) has said.

19.12.2025 09:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ukraine deal: EU leaders agree โ‚ฌ90bn loan, but without use of frozen Russian assets After talks ended in the early hours of Friday, the president of the European Council, Antรณnio Costa, told reporters: 'We committed and we delivered'

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19.12.2025 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Former Defence Forces officers say Ireland is under threat and may be at the mercy of drones Ireland has been left scrambling to catch up amid the heated geopolitical situation and the emergence of 'hybrid warfare'

Former Defence Forces officers say Ireland is under threat and may be at the mercy of drones.

13.12.2025 12:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Winners of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.

06.12.2025 22:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0