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Thanks! The guys are over the moon

Blacknight Takes Home Technology Award at Guaranteed Irish Business Awards Blacknight has been named Technology Award Winner at the Guaranteed Irish Business Awards 2026, marking a major milestone after more than two decades supporting businesses online.

The team and I are proud and delighted that we took home an award this week www.blacknight.press/262940-blac...

Winners of the 2026 Guaranteed Irish Business Awards revealed Now in their fifth year, the annual awards shine a spotlight on Ireland's leading businesses that are committed to supporting jobs, communities and provenance.

Very proud of the team getting some well deserved recognition
www.rte.ie/lifestyle/l...

If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!

Be careful - there’s a lot of scammers setting up fake #socialmedia profiles targeting stranded travellers. Lots of fake Etihad / Emirates etc profiles. Do NOT give them personal data or payment details

Air France va suspendre ses vols vers Cuba à cause de la pénurie de carburant sur l’île La compagnie aérienne va interrompre ses trois vols hebdomadaire depuis Paris à partir du 29 mars et jusqu’à mi-juin.

Air France va suspendre ses vols vers Cuba à cause de la pénurie de carburant sur l’île

Iran has now been largely offline for 18 hours, with an #Internet shutdown put into place following strikes by the US & Israel. However, small amounts of Web & DNS traffic are still getting through, and IPv4 routes remain available, suggesting some users and sites are allowlisted for access.

I was there last year

I’m fairly sure it rained on my side of the town every single day

No. It rained here

This rain situation is nuts. I can’t remember the last time we had a dry day in Carlow. @carlowweather.bsky.social have we had any since January 1st??

UK Govt to demand AgeVerification of “ALL regulated user-to-user” services, and VPNs for anyone under 18; well that would end online anonymity in the UK… …or else it’ll just teach the teens to download TorBrowser and other circumvention tools. See page 54 & 55 of the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill:

UK Govt to demand AgeVerification of “ALL regulated user-to-user” services, and VPNs for anyone under 18; well that would end online anonymity in the UK…
https://alecmuffett.com/article/146692
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #ofcom #surveillance

The RIPE Labs Article Competition - RIPE 92 The RIPE Labs article competition is open! Have something interesting to say about the past, present, or future state of the Internet? Tell your story on RIPE Labs and win a chance to join us at RIPE 92 this May in Edinburgh.

Nice little competition from RIPE - win a full package to attend RIPE92 in Edinburgh in May:
labs.ripe.net/competition...

Local pizza place menu includes such delicacies as "sweat corn"
Hard pass!

Poster with a house in a pink pot plant, writing reads wanted, a house for Taryn. Seeking a 2-4 bedroom house to rent in Ennis or surrounds. References available

Wanted #Speirgorm Looking for a house to rent in Ennis or surrounds for my family & I. I'm working for Clare County Council and have excellent rental references available. If you hear of anything available in the coming weeks or months please let me know. Shares very appreciated! ☺️

They’re great “fun” to deal with on internet policy stuff *sigh*

You’re going to give us positive news soon. Right?

Explaining to foreign visitors that there’s no train to the airport (any of them!) is so embarrassing.

They also want to ban ALL encryption, block VPNs and have a horrible track record when it comes to internet freedoms.

Pour les fans portoricains de Bad Bunny, «il a hissé notre petite île au niveau planétaire» Le chanteur portoricain a marqué les esprits en organisant 31 concerts à San Juan, la capitale, à l’été 2025, dont neuf réservés à la population locale. Deux étudiants racontent l’événement.

Pour les fans portoricains de Bad Bunny, «il a hissé notre petite île au niveau planétaire»

Le chanteur a marqué les esprits en organisant 31 concerts à San Juan, la capitale, à l’été 2025, dont neuf réservés à la population locale. Deux étudiants racontent l’événement.

I’ll be watching the show tomorrow - it’s the middle of the night for us in Europe. Good read from @elpais.com on the entire thing

Trying to escape the rain by heading to Madrid for a few days

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

The stupid is real

From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...

1Password not mincing words here:

"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."

"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."

1password.com/blog/from-ma...

This evening’s tunes have been a mix of Courtney Pine and Carlos Nuñez.

Bad Bunny won big at the 2026 Grammys. It’s a boost at a dark time for U.S. Latinos Bad Bunny’s album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the first all-Spanish language album to do so.

Bad Bunny’s album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the first all-Spanish language album to do so.