The number of garda investigations into images generated by the Grok AI tool has risen from 200 to 244
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
The number of garda investigations into images generated by the Grok AI tool has risen from 200 to 244
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
An infographic with weighing scales showing that the majority of universities not on X outweigh those still using the platform
If you are part of a university or UK facing research organisation, publisher, funder, learned society and they are still posting on X - they're in a rather uncomfortable minority now. Perhaps point them to the eXit.
My piece for the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Oh now I get it. Dubai is Golgafrinchan Ark B.
03.03.2026 15:00 β π 1811 π 409 π¬ 198 π 108Five year Astro career development fellowship in Oxford open for applications, broadly in survey astronomy including transients and cosmology. College teaching and research. Do think about joining us. Happy to answer questions! π
03.03.2026 15:35 β π 26 π 19 π¬ 1 π 0Composite image made up of 6 frames, 2 images wide by side repeated 3 times, zooming in further on the faces each time. On the left, a woman holds her hand in the air to attract attention while kneeling next to a man who has fallen down clutching his chest, on the right, a serious-faced man holding a briefcase Woman: Y a t'il un docteur ici?. Man: Je suis docteur. Que se passe t'il? Woman: Une attaque cardiaque ! Man: Je suis docteur en philosophie ! Woman: Il va mourir... Man: Nous allons tous mourir. Translation in English: Woman: Is there a doctor here? Man: I am a doctor, what happened to him? Woman: - a heart attack Man: I am a doctor of philosophy Woman: He's going to die... Man: We're all going to die
I've only got 2 French jokes, this is the best
02.03.2026 10:14 β π 306 π 84 π¬ 7 π 7Friends, I'm working on allowing people to access PayGap.ie in Irish. I'm close to finished on the code work needed to support translatable strings everywhere, and will do my best at a first pass of the translations too, but if there's any Irish speakers willing to give it a look, let me know!
01.03.2026 15:19 β π 8 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0Welcome to SeanadVoter.ie. You can use this portal to apply to be entered on the Register of Electors for the Seanad Γireann Higher Education constituency. You are eligible to register as an elector if you: Are a citizen of Ireland AND Are 18 years of age or older AND Hold a degree from a designated institution The deadline for applications for the 2026 Register is 26 February 2026. The 2026 Register of Electors will be published on 1 June 2026.
Last day to register for the Seanad, if you aren't on the list already. There's some feckers in there that desperately need voting out.
www.seanadvoter.ie
#Seanad #SpeirGhorm
Good question. For most of those, I feel like an interloper but one that feels they have been made welcome!
09.02.2026 19:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am much closer to "Everton Football Club Supporters" than I expected, and also further from the "Tolkien and Fantasy Fandom" than you might have guessed.
09.02.2026 19:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm close to quite a lot of fun things, like "British Wildlife and Birding", "Creative Professions and Nerd Culture", "Queer Creative Left-Leaning", "Star Wars Fan", "Autism Research and Neurodiversity Advocates", "Norwegian Progressive Intellectuals" and "Star Trek Roleplay".
09.02.2026 19:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
28.01.2026 13:12 β π 1080 π 203 π¬ 13 π 37I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
28.01.2026 12:07 β π 1129 π 504 π¬ 43 π 346The problems with coining terms like 'rage bait' and 'brain rot'. The words, metaphors and ideas we use to describe experiences and phenomenons may not necessarily be able to explain them, writes @emmaefarrell.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
22.01.2026 15:55 β π 2 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
"If people experience mental health and/or substance use issues, but services cannot adequately respond, then they can find the symptoms of their illness and subsequent behaviour are being criminalised."
- Dr Daniel McFadden, Applied Social Studies
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
After reviewing your submission of notice 52465e5e-Π°914-4Π°3Π°-8a07- 31b9187ec3b4, we notified the X content provider regarding the identified content. We also found the content violates the App Review Guidelines and requested the content provider take action to come into compliance.
Just received a notice from Apple saying that it has found X to be in breach of the App Store rules due to its nudification functions.
29.01.2026 08:58 β π 67 π 24 π¬ 6 π 0Poll: Is Met Γireann To Blame For Government Not Funding Flood Relief Systems That Were Asked For 10 Years Ago? https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/28/poll-is-met-eireann-to-blame-for-government-not-funding-flood-relief-systems-that-were-asked-for-10-years-ago/
28.01.2026 04:26 β π 34 π 9 π¬ 0 π 2
Ourselves, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @galwaycommuters.bsky.social, & Cork Commuter Coalition wrote to IarnrΓ³d Γireann & the NTA today, asking them to cease posting real-time service updates exclusively on X. This vital info should be widely available. Read below:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
27.01.2026 16:24 β π 3731 π 1066 π¬ 39 π 40Does Jurgen Klopp count? :-)
28.01.2026 14:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
For those of you already preparing an entry, it may overlap with some of your research or if you are still to decide, it could provide some inspiration.
Remember the closing date for this yearβs award is Tuesday 7th April at 12.25am. The overall award winner will take home a β¬2000 cash prize.
A stained glass window depicting a serene woman wearing a blue hooded cloak and a white garment underneath. She is surrounded by intricate red and gold patterns, with a golden staff partially visible next to her.
Will the real St Brigid please stand up? π
Here's the evidence which indicates that the Kildare woman was real - and why this is worth emphasising today, writes Dr Niamh Wycherley from the Dept of Early Irish (Sean-Ghaeilge).
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
Should museums return artefacts to where they came from? My Oxford colleagues have been working on a moral decision aid for cultural institutions. Link here darca.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
26.01.2026 13:31 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0One small consolation to come from the tragic situation - we wonβt have to listen to philosophers debating the finer points of whether the US is descending into fascism or not any more
26.01.2026 13:24 β π 28 π 4 π¬ 3 π 2
Was a little surprised that @seanferrick.bsky.social didn't give biceps-with-cheerios an explicit up.
Interesting that they let cloned eyeballs work. I believe iris patterns aren't genetically determined, so a cloned eyeball doesn't have the same iris as original.
Thanks for explaining dedication!
None - you forgot to upload it?
09.01.2026 13:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Waterford Whispers News particularly on point.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbTo...
This is what I told Farageβs biographer quite a few years ago. Now corroborated by more than 30 others
08.01.2026 17:55 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0I have a hunch that we should count leaving cert home economics as a science subject, at least some of the time, for CAO entry.
07.01.2026 20:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BBC More or Less had an item on it last summer: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
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