Ronan McManus

Yep. "We posted on the racists' favourite website and got racist replies. 😢" doesn't wash anymore.

Normally we in Ireland would say that if they had brains they would be dangerous, but now it seems like a false dichotomy.

I wonder how long it takes for the mess Trump created with his illegal tariffs to become the fault of the SCOTUS.

"Caluan had admitted calling a colleague a “b***h” in the course of a workplace inquiry into bullying and harassment complaints from three workers, a manager told the tribunal."

Its never really wokeness

All our communally-managed apes, gone

Janey. What did he say?

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan By trusting the US, we handed Trump a kill switch. Yet Europe’s digital sovereignty is an achievable goal, says civil liberties campaigner, Johnny Ryan

My piece in The Guardian this morning: Europe’s path to technological independence from the U.S.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why do they say "social media" when they mean Twitter?

That kinda depends on your starting point

ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.

You can no more be 'betrayed' by AI than you can be 'gaslit' by a spreadsheet or 'stabbed in the back' by a spellchecker.

This language humanises AI and it needs to stop. It's a (bad in all sorts of ways) LLM. Nothing more.

Also, don't write screenplays with AI. Thanks

www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...

Britain bringing out the big anti-Trump guns now.

If you can't do, MAGA.

History repeating: Ireland must not import America’s War on Drugs, again America’s return to a punishment-first drug policy risks dragging Ireland backwards, unless we anchor reform in evidence and human rights, writes Lynn Ruane.

Lynn Ruane: America’s return to a punishment-first drug policy risks dragging Ireland backwards...

jrnl.ie/6952723

Every year

I wonder if it wouldn’t make more sense to speak of fossil fuels and biofuels as ‘single-use fuels’?
It is what makes them economically inferior to renewables, including for those who insist on ignoring or belittling global warming.

YouTube video by Technology Connections You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

100% agree.
@techconnectify.bsky.social is very persuasive on the subject.
youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...

Everyone should love themselves like Gregor Townsend drinking coffee

#rugby #rugby #sixnations #SCOvENG

If this goes the way it has been going, this could be the most Scotland start to the Six Nations in history.
#rugby #rugby #sixnations #SCOvENG

Whenever I see one of these chancers push yet another poorly-thought out AI "solution" I'm reminded of Milo Minderbinder expecting Yossarian to eat his surplus stock of cotton.

#Catch22

Some #rugbyhistory ahead of #IREvITA in Dublin.

Images here are from Italy's 37-29 win at Lansdowne Road (pre 6N).

Remarkably, it was the 2nd win in a three match winning sequence for the Italians.

#sixnations

"No George, you're thinking of this all wrong! Your money is in Winklevoss's Tether! It's in Andreesen's apes!"

4 stories in the @irishtimes.com highlight the crazy approach to climate action by the government. 3 articles detailing the heavy financial & social cost of climate breakdown, and 1 where the govt celebrates increasing climate emissions for the airport by lifting the passenger cap. 🤯 #SpeirGorm

The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.

I think he predicted Scotland coming third this year. I dont think he could be more Scottish. ;-)

He's probably recording on his/Rugby Pod's setup, which is why he sounds different

Sounds like Jim Hamilton to me

I thought Cian Prendergast had a decent game too. His maul defence was really solid.

Hundreds of Beavers (2022) BOSS MODE. After losing everything in the frozen wilderness, a hapless applejack salesman is forced to survive the brutal winter by outwitting an ever-escalating army of relentlessly clever beavers. A...

In this trying time, it's good to know you can rent Hundreds of Beavers from the Letterboxd store.
letterboxd.com/video-store/...

How else are they going to get people to buy the idea that resisting ICE means that you can be shot without recourse to the law.