Gary O’S

Still. 36K is nowhere near enough and they are clearly failing.

I do think these data are more complex. 2025 is clearly lower for commencements because of some front loading effect in 2024 (development rule changes?).

Data also show that commencements are a poor predictor of completions in 12 months, as ~70K 2024 commencements resulted in 36K 2025 completions

The best present 🥺

Fiyero castle oh no wait it’s Mario party hexagons

Fiyerrrooooo

I enjoy the otter getting their meal

Doubles as an extra paint palette

Ooh so we can keep our luscious spiral arms

Alignment Anxieties & Persuasion Problems - Enough About AI Dónal and Ciarán continue the 2025 season with a second quarterly update that looks at some recent themes in AI development. They're pondering doom again, as we increasingly grapple with the evidence ...

New @enoughaboutai.com episode with @ciaranoconnor.bsky.social out, covering alignment issues, the problems of powerful AI persuasiveness, AI in academia, and letting superintelligence out of the box. Find it wherever you get podcasts, or on the site here:
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@donalmulligan.com After three years I’m calling it, the bindweed infiltrators have been eradicated. Now we move to phase II - war on the chickweed nation.

Geologist happy in front of a magnolia

@acabral.bsky.social got me with my favourite magnolia in full bloom. can’t resist a living fossil

soon eroded to just bedrock 😑

Basically a readybaked episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social

How much of that EU pharma total is accounted for by just Ireland.

Wow these are gorgeous!

This was a quiz app thing that was huge for like a month. QuizUp

If the airport and/or NTA took measures to significantly increase the modal share of PT would that satisfy fingal planners on road capacity? Or is the cap extremely rigid?

Probably need some stick to keep cars away in addition to PT carrot

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

“slammed” should be a flogging offence

Ile de Groix in Brittany. Beautiful rocks and beautiful part of the world.

YouTube video by WOWPresents Divine David on Christmas

Divine David inspo!

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A slide containing bits of Earth’s mantle. With nice big purple garnets.

Earth’s Sub Continental lithospheric mantle says hi 👋

Today we look at those nice purple garnet under SEM

Partly the answer is that other inner suburbs have rail or tram access. HC has poor public transport (as noted in article)

Surely not Haynesville of the Haynesville Baggins’?

It’s extremely useful to use as a search for Python stuff. Even as a learning tool to some extent

October heat wave about to hit Western Europe with a high pressure system from the North Atlantic, with temperatures of 10-14C above average!

In the Cordoba region of Spain a new record for October was already set over the weekend: 38.2 Celsius - in October!

What is the southern theoretical limit for beavers? Are there, or could there be, any in North Africa?

Act of Union 1801 making United Kingdom of GB&I probably. Whatever your opinion on that or whether it counts