Call for Papers for the Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics (IPECE) Workshop 2026 29th and 30th of January 2026, Maynooth University Call for papers We invite early career economists and PhD students to submit

We invite early career economists and PhD students to submit their extended abstracts or research papers for consideration for the Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics (IPECE) Workshop 2026.

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I guess you saw OpenAI asking the US government to back its debt. As I saw people discussing on Mastodon, you don't ask something like that unless you think there's already a noteworthy risk of default. Trump and his buds are now in a position to make shed load of money by timing a market short.

It can't be long now before the Economists start explaining why it was totally obvious that the AI bubble was going to burst.

BSDCan 2026:

www.bsdcan.org/2026/

We once had a visitor to the University, whose name was Fuchs. Our first instinct was to pronounce it so it didn't have a colourful homophone, and he told us "No! Fuchs rhymes with books!". I had to explain to him that that explanation might not work in Dublin.

Parish sale today at North Strand church / St Columbas School. Starts 10am.

Well done Sam!

The good people at @diasdunsink.bsky.social are looking for your aurora photos from 2024! www.dias.ie/cosmicphysic...
@dias.ie

me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?

students: no AI

I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion

📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...

applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome

pls share with your networks

You know, I think I've stumbled on that before! Seems very likely!

Do I know anyone who know local history in Rathgar? Various bios of economist W. M. Gorman say that he went to "Mount Temple School, Rathgar" or "Mount Temple College", before 1941. I can't see a school of that name in Rathgar, and it is too early to be The High School or Mount Temple Comprehensive.

If you like a a traditional parish sale, and you're somewhere near North Strand next Saturday, then you could do worse than this...

Is "New Testament Holy Spirit" likely to be an answer? Born without a mother or a father, after three days in the womb? Probably not Jesus or God, based on the wording. Someone who is a brother (so a companion) but whose parent is my father (god)?

Fixed...

As ballots are counted, misleading claims that the election was ‘rigged’ spread online Spoiled votes and low turnout were cited to say the election should be re-run.

As ballots are being counted across Ireland today, fringe figures online are celebrating the high number of votes that were spoiled in the election.

Some point to the number of spoiled votes as evidence the election result is illegitimate.

jrnl.ie/6855692

Looks like the spoiled vote group will get their deposit back, at this rate...

Seemingly, at least a fraction of the vote spoilers were not particularly private about it, and were telling the polling staff as they were voting.

I read the 1992 electoral act in a lot of detail once, and the 1993 act is similar.

Section 45 and 48 seem fairly clear that a lone X should be respected...
www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act...
www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act...

Slightly puzzled by the narrative that independent people can't get on the ballot - CC is an independent and had enough support before any large party rowed in behind her. If you're a conservative candidate who can't get MMD onside, that may be your problem.

This year, the Hamilton Institute's annual Dangerfield Lecture is at 19:00 on Friday 7th Nov 2025. Prof. Monahan from @maynoothuniversity.ie's computer science department will talk on "Using Computational Thinking to Ensure Dependable Software".

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/hamilton/eve...

This is how votes are counted in an Irish presidential election The ins and outs of counting the votes in an Irish presidential election, as we prepare to vote in our 10th head of state

I wrote a thing for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social about how votes are counted in presidential elections in Ireland. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Is Blackthorn's voice inspired by Avon?

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

This week’s violence has raised serious questions for some of the main social media platforms. Livestream content depicting violence outside Citywest was broadcast on YouTube, TikTok and Twitch, with streamers rewarded by viewer donations, as they captured protesters shouting racist expletives towards Citywest. In one eight-minute segment of an hour-long livestream I watched on YouTube that night, the user broadcast the burning of the Garda van, referred to migrants in horrific terms and proclaimed they were there to show people “the real truth”. During the video, they received the equivalent of €56 in donations from viewers around the world. The notion that violence can be monetised on social media illustrates a glaring failure of platforms to adequately enforce their own community guidelines around violence.

That people are now being paid handsomely to hate, is a huge, huge social problem. Regulation is desperately needed. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

A group of seven people stands in front of a teal backdrop with the Maynooth University logo. They are dressed in business attire, smiling. The background design features geometric shapes.

Maynooth University (MU) has officially launched its new School of Nursing, marking a significant development for both the University and Irish healthcare. 👏👏

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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I get this with "we're" and "were". As someone with crappy spelling, I should probably be more forgiving, but I still find it irksome.

I guess you also do the Cobra Effect?