Super Fragile
08.03.2026 18:13
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Super Fragile
The problem with common sense is... that it's not too common, the problem with Aontú is that it's not too common people...
"If I were to rely solely on what the platform X has fed me, my entire knowledge of figure skater Alysa Liu would amount to what other men think about how she looks."
Our FactCheck editor @stemcdermott.bsky.social details how social media algorithms influence what he sees online.
Prof Regina Connolly
Men’s acts of legitimacy can help boost women in tech.
“If we want more women in tech, we need the men around them to say, credibly and clearly: ‘This is your field too’,” says Prof Regina Connolly of DCU Business School.
Read more via Irish Examiner: launch.dcu.ie/4stt03S
Trump up the volume
When you get that IrishJobs.ie alert
Your attention is being sold. "Pay attention" a term we hear a lot. But if you are giving it attention and not paying for it, chances are, your attention is being tracked, stored, profiled and SOLD.
#cop30 the #bbc is always impartial and well heeled
How unwise is it to not have a state owned bank when we have a housing crisis. Selling PTSB at a loss, or owning a state owned bank? Is today's coverage balanced? Did you hear the alternatives or just the pro competition sellers argument? #ptsb
Uncle Andy to protest live eviction on BBC
A rainbow for the day that's in it. #Aras25
But surely the fix is not for spoiled voters, but for non voters to vote.
as big media focus on ~168,000
spoiled votes they quietly ignore a massive ~2,100,000 who did not vote #Aras25
The Point
Connolly
The Point
The Point: less than 2 hours to be part of history. vote. #Aras25
Today I made an observation to the new @cnam-ie.bsky.social policy on Pluralism/Plurality.
The difference between those 2 terms was one of the points observed.
Also AI and it's place in media plurality. Where would AI fit in in the Declaration of Human Rights. What about Workers Rights. And SDGs. ?
The time Dave on 98FM made a meme of my election poster #Aras25
Expect a quick 1st preference count
#Aras25 the ballot design was very plain. Blue background for HH would fail the passport test. No home or office addresses or party affiliation. Instructions width not full width. JG&HH listed former roles. HH listed 2. CC listed none, just the current role T.D. picture beside square box seemed odd
Do get out and VOTE
Another reminder - the only poll worth anything is on polling day, and your job is not done until your vote is in the box.
Hundeds of thousands of Irish citizens around the globe have no right to vote - we are depending on you to elect a president we can be proud of.
#Aras25
5-4-3-2-1 Go
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)
When the radio show is over and the camera still rolls.
No Kings sign 10/18 reads in bright color: Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS. I couldn't stop singing it with visions of Julie Andrews' Mary Poppins in my head.
My favorite No Kings sign today.
"Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS." Once I saw it I couldn't stop hearing voice & visuals of Julie Andrews' Mary Poppins in my head. 👇
Helen McEntee gets thanked after free run at Catherine Connolly over repossessions on @rteradio1.bsky.social This Week
6p Tayto
When you finish a shift with a presidential debate @rteradio1.bsky.social
Alan Dukes didn't survive 17% for Austin Currie in 1990
@barrygardiner.bsky.social is one sharp MP. Called out an error by Nick Watt on Newsnight.
