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05.03.2026 17:01
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Oh look, Virgin Broadband is done again. Quelle Surprise! :-(
Played with Cursor for a few days. I can't see any advantage over Claude Code. Even paid for a month of sub. Going back to Claude Code.
A lot of the bon mots attributed to Churchill are things he didn't say. Don't take my word for it, listen to what the International Churchill Society say: share.google/RYLuiiuddQKL...
BREAKING:
The Irish government condemns in the strongest possible terms the people asking them difficult questions which could end up forcing them to take a position on current global events
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A graphic with two vertical halves. The left half, with green background and check marks, says: "A safer internet IS MADE BY Encryption, Privacy, and Open Source"; the right half, with red background and crosses, says "A safer internet is NOT MADE BY Age verification, Scanning communication, or Tracking & data collection." #saferinternetday
Reposting this with alt text.
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
My story (and, credited and linked to within this piece)
I came out of retirement to write this story, because what the actual what
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Doh!
People agonise over their first version because they want it to be great, as a result they get writers block. Asking for their worst version gives them permission to relax.
I want to see your worst, first version asap
But he is also not including a modest 4% annual investment gain on the remaining balance so realistically he will never run out.
What a wildly stupid idea.
Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes.
That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.
Hakeem Jeffries oozes weakness and Trump only responds to strength
Claude Code was used in the making of this project.
Dashboard of rainfall in Ireland
My latest project. How much does it rain in Ireland : irish-rainfall.joedrumgoole.com Tip of the hat to the Irish MET service for the data.
Sitting across the Oireachtas Children's Committee on online safety for children.
Very much getting the impression that a lot of politicians are reaching for the Under-16 ban. Momentum behind that rather than a deeper understanding of platforms, algorithms and any alternative view.
I wonder what it is about criminalising young people that makes it more appealing to middle-aged politicians than taking on a trillionaire oligarch who loves litigation
Dublin City Council CEO Richard Shakespeare says "I have now taken the decision to suspend all posting by the City Council on the X.com platform. This applies to all City Council X accounts and will be actioned with immediate effect."
One invaluable capability of Claude Code today is the ability to inject screen shots into documentation automatically via playwright. Keeping screenshots up to date in agile environments has been a fools errand before this.
No state agency or representative should be on X
The great power behind the lies from government and assorted racists is imo that they appeal to our great national sense of begrudgery - someone out there is getting something for free and you aren't
If things continue to escalate all European nations should boycott the World Cup and Olympics.
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
You don't need to hear from the Irish regulator or the EU Commission before making a decision. Ministers need to say "right, we're not using X any more", end of. Ditto every Irish politician. And institute.
By prevaricating, waiting for someone else to take charge, you are making a choice...
