Elaine Burke

Nothing quite like the shame of having to explain to a radiographer why you got a microchip implanted in your hand so you could buy a KitKat from a vending machine in Wisconsin for a story 10 years go

A photo of an Irish road sign for Banna Strand

There’s always money in the

Coming up on Ireland AM... Me! Chatting about this, Lego's Smart Brick, and being polite in your chatbot prompts.

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The answer to problems in sociotechnical systems is not always "more software", "better software" or "open source software".
A lot of the time the best solution is _less software_ and sometimes even _no software_.

Text-based social media sites are no longer popular.
However screenshots of posts from text-based social media sites with a repeating 11 seconds of music are extremely popular.

a woman wearing a black hat and a black jacket is standing on a street . Alt: Rachel Weisz, standing on a street in a black furry hat and a black jacket, nods as she is assured that watching her on TV is always enjoyable.

On @todayfm.bsky.social shortly for @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social with @josefoshea.bsky.social and some TV picks for the week. (I would say skip DTF St Louis and give Vladimir a tentative try, because even if it's a flop there's Rachel Wiesz.)

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social @aial.ie, ADAPT & @tcddublin.bsky.social, features in @researchireland.ie's inaugural strategy: Curiosity, Capability, Competitiveness – Charting Ireland’s Research and Innovation Future 2026–2030.

📌 Read the strategy here: www.researchireland.ie/news/researc...

The fascist right will *literally kill people* over the idea of voluntarily using more thoughtful and inclusive language, and yet folks on the left are constantly tripping over themselves to adopt the latest garbage terms coined by the worst rape apologists in the world, I will never understand it

Can't stop laughing at a story my friend told me yesterday about going to meet a work contact at the gates of Trinity. He went up to another waiting man and said "Are you Michael?" "Yes" "Will we go for a coffee?" "Sure." Over a coffee he realises it's not the Michael he's meant to be meeting.

A thought on the state of the support of Irish culture and heritage.
I've been invited to speak at two conferences. One in Kerry, one in Germany.
The Kerry conference is specifically about rural communities and heritage.

A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded

I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames

I dunno lads

i’m so excited for peace in the Middle East. we’re only one war away.

im starting to think the woke mind virus wasnt actually the biggest threat to civilization

Screenshot from Minute Cryptic: Today's clue "Let him bleed!' - prisoner. "Prick!" - guard. (7) 28 February 2026. By Member: Emily Caldarelli with Angas

The nerdy word game has gone dark today, lads.

Looks like I brought my own wind machine 😂😂

Should We Ban Kids from Social Media — Or ID Everyone Else? | Newstalk A heated Cabinet row, a leaked digital strategy, and one big question: should Ireland limit acces...

I was on Newstalk Daily to discuss social media on trial and the leaked concepts of a plan for age restrictions here in Ireland. Great to also have @iccl.bsky.social's Olga Cronin giving helpful background on the shaky foundations this is likely being built on. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new...

Big media story as Netflix ditches its bid for WBD 📺

Also, I happened to be reading Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert while watching the show, and it was a suitable companion (in that it also incited rage and disgust at what transpired in pop culture in the noughties, and it felt validating to see it in black and white – like, OK we all saw that, right?)

If, like me, you want more of the ANTM Reality Check discourse, this episode of The Guilty Feminist discussing the show is a perfect fix. guiltyfeminist.com/episode/?epi...

a barnes and noble display of emerald fennel movie branded copies of WUTHERING HEIGHTS. the sign over them reads: "It's Wutherin' Time!" -- Heathcliff

thought you probably needed to see this

Rude not to

A lot of AI safety is a grift and the moment they have to do anything that requires Anthropic to actually handle a safety issue that exists in the here and now they relent. They don’t care. They never have.
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...

I’m so happy this is out in the world, and I feel like people might enjoy a TV ad for TAT-8. Yes, a subsea cable with TV ad youtu.be/KklN1DCRmCU?...

Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

Me whenever a character on TV disguises themselves only wearing a wig:
Pffftt, weak. No one will fall for that.

Me whenever an actor I have seen many times before changes their hair:
I have never seen this person before in my life.

On Friday, I joined @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social to cover the week's trending news and myself and Paddy Duffy had to explain what a 'milkshake duck' is, for the not-terminally online. 🦆

www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

AND Stuart Carolan's much anticipated follow-up to Love/Hate is going to be an adaptation of @caimhmc.bsky.social's 8-book Dublin crime series.

This, and other news, all came up in the week's TV round-up with @josefoshea.bsky.social & @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

Both Trespasses and @ronanhession.bsky.social's Leonard & Hungry Paul were among my top TV picks of 2025, and I also enjoyed The Walsh Sisters, which is set to grow its audience now it's hit BBC. Plus there's more from @mariankeyes.bsky.social with the Netflix adaptation of Grown Ups coming soon.

Irish writers are getting a lot of great screentime right now.

Louise Kennedy's Trespasses was a big winner at the IFTAs and Channel 4 has now picked up Caroline O'Donoghue's The Rachel Incident for an 8-part drama. (With Máiréid Tyers, love that casting.)