Dáithí K

Serious risk of electrocution from 114,000 circulating pumps in homes in Ireland - CCPC Consumers The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is an independent statutory body that enforces competition and consumer protection law in Ireland

Urgent product recall in #Ireland - risk of ⚡️electric shock ⚡️ from a fairly common circulating pump found in up to 114,000 installations - check your heating system pumps, but don’t handle them!

CCPC (Competition & Consumer Protection Commission) notice:

www.ccpc.ie/consumers/20...

“Delivery of the package failed due to some reason”
Well that’s useful information, Thanks DHL! lol 😂

Well, it’s an unusual start to the week … a 1:00 AM (yes, really *AM*) appointment with the NCT (Ireland’s compulsory vehicle test) in a test centre approx 40km away!
To be fair to them, they are clearing a backlog, and it is largely my own fault for booking at the last minute, but even so… ☕️☕️☕️ 💨

Monday’s UK Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday

‘They’ most certainly do not!

Ahhaa!

Thank you !

That’s a lot of em dashes!

Reminds me of ‘Silo’ - a post apocalyptic, authoritarian, underground dystopia where the population’s access to tech is deliberately restricted to something resembling the late-70s, with monochrome CRTs, clunky keyboards and command line interfaces etc

Uncertainty is far from over, says Belgium’s pharma sector Latest from Euractiv

Uncertainty is far from over, says Belgium’s pharma sector

Apple Watch is with open front and screen hanging off.

I think this might be a hint that I need a tech detox. My Apple Watch decided to self destruct! The screen just spontaneously popped off.

Still very much an era of protectionism at that stage, and not only in Ireland. Opening of trade with GATT etc was probably still quite a few years off when that coat hanger was made!

That explains it!

Alt text: A close-up photo of a wooden clothes hanger with bilingual Irish / English text printed on it. The top line, in Irish, reads “An tSualainn Tír a dhéanta,” and the line below, in English, reads “Made in Sweden.”

Just doing a big tidy up and found these …
Old pre-1950s coat hangers in labelled bilingually in Irish and English and made in Sweden.

Cork must be getting a waft of the continental heat bubble —seems to be a very sharp temp difference between the south coast and the midlands in Ireland today. My car thermometer was reading 27°C in Cork City — rather humid too, yet only 19°C by the time I got to Tipperary and feels quite fresh.

So basically: let a hallucination prone, LLM-based AI claim to rewrite human knowledge using a dataset riddled with massive gaps, throw in a hefty dose of very human ideological and political bias, then retrain it on its own mistakes. Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

Just sitting out at a lovely, chilled café having brunch, but for some reason, the most tinny, irritating outdoor speakers are blaring 1970s classics like Disco Inferno 🤷‍♂️ it really doesn’t add to the ambience lol

I see ChatGPT has fallen over — resulting in a dramatic global shortage of em dashes — how will we ever survive?

The full reflection of the Andalucía captured in calm waters at Cork’s Customs House Quay, with historic buildings lining the waterfront.

The Andalucía moored along the quay in Cork city, sails furled and framed by old stone warehouses under a sky of scattered clouds

A view of the Spanish galleon Andalucía docked at Customs House Quay in Cork, Ireland, with rigging silhouetted against a blue sky

The #Spanish Galeón Andalucía visiting #Cork in #Ireland

Wish more people posted rather than just benevolently lurking and liking. It puts a huge amount of pressure on far too few of us to be consistently publicly annoying

Photograph of Tralee bay on a sunny, blue sky day with mountains in the background and the lighthouse on the right.

(I'llstopnowbut) Good afternoon from the Kingdom 🌞

So, how’s it going on Bluesky? Haven’t posted in ages!

Alt Text: A view of the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin at sunset, with its iconic white cast-iron arch spanning the River Liffey. The bridge is silhouetted against a soft, glowing sky, with pedestrians walking across and historic buildings lining the quay in the background. The street in the foreground is wet and reflects the warm light.

Went for a bit of a wander in #Dublin
— the Ha’penny Bridge

They’ve been living in a closed circuit, fact free outrage cycle for decades at this stage.

They’ve aspired towards EU membership at various points and have enhanced trade access through the customs union and some bilateral agreements—but with the political situation spiralling towards a dictatorship, talks of joining are very, VERY far away from reality.

Turkey isn’t in the EU. It has enhanced trade access through a customs union and has aspired towards EU membership at various points—but it’s not a member, and with the current political situation sliding towards dictatorship, that door’s looking pretty much shut.

Bring back Captain Shamrock!
Happy Patrick’s Day ☘️

Happy St.Patrick’s Day☘️
#zigandzag #theden

Ahhh, nightmare… blocked drain drama lol

Here’s to the flu virus’ swift defeat.
Feel better soon!!