Elaine Burke

everything a good neighbourhood

A post from Instagram stories with a swipe up link for the Irish Times. A composite image of Leinster House, Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe is titled "Budget 2026: Main Points" but the bullet points that follow comprise non-sensical filler text (Lorem ipsum) and snippets apparently borrowed from a restaurant review (One point reads: "Borgo review: Well-priced and welcoming", the next "everything a good neighborhood", and finally "restaurant needsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet")

Someone at the IT is having a 'mare rushing out the Budget coverage.

This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.

The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.

Make this universal 🙏🙏🙏

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Catherine Connolly has issued a statement following allegations she can only do 4 keepy uppys not 7.:

"I made a mistake that was not in keeping with my character and the standards I set myself. I am now taking steps to address the matter."

The amount of people I know who were suspect of Connolly's keepy-uppy video being AI and who looked closer to be sure of it is a good sign for media literacy.

Techmeme front page:

Mock interview with Elaine Burke.

Ready for the interview at #ICSB2025!! Great workshop on media communication with @claireoconnell.bsky.social and @elaineburke.bsky.social (is it working yet?). I hope that the next time we will be doing some nice scientific outreach.

It is a whale of a time.

Joe I'm pretty sure The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is on either Ch4 or Film 4 soon and you should defo check it out if you haven't already!

the EU parliament is looking for a native-level irish speaker for a press officer traineeship, starting next march

it's paid (€1660/month, no tax) and is a pretty sweet opportunity to see how the EU sausage is made, and a chance to try brussels (if you're not already here)

deadline end of october!

Daniel O’D with t-shirt with a photo of CMAT wearing a t-shirt with his face on it!

Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.

Seinfeld's George Costanza with a touche, touches Elaine's nose saying "was"

Wikipedia editors seconds after someone dies:

FFS

Even if he's the Final Girl, I'm guessing it'd be the most stressful watch imaginable. Watching a good boy in peril!

In ‘Good Boy,’ a Retriever Is the Breakout Star in a Horror Film The director and producer enlisted their family pet and filmed in their home for more than 400 days to meet the challenges of working with a pooch.

“I cannot stress enough that he does not know he is in a movie.” The director Ben Leonberg wants to make sure that when discussing the lead actor in “Good Boy,” there are quotes around the word “performance.”

Irish UN troops are safe and well after UNIFIL said Israeli troops dropped grenades near peacekeepers in Lebanon.

Manchán 🕯️

In memoriam...

It's a short podcast, but to summarise: To me, this is an experimentation in ad-tech, and an example of well-executed PR for a start-up pitching for investment.

We also had a chat about AI slop and justice for the Luddites.

05 - The Inception AI Podcast Factory

The story about Inception Point AI, the company setting out to produce as many as 3,000 podcasts a week from a catalogue of 5,000 shows fronted by an array of AI-generated 'hosts', was doing the rounds on here.

I gave my take on the Irish Marketing Podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/6RDW...

An déantóir clár faisnéise is ceannródaí teanga Manchán Magan imithe ar shlí na fírinne Bhain sé cáil amach as a leabhair is a chláir theilifíse a léirigh a thuiscint ar Ghaeilge, stair agus an saol ársa.

Tá an scríbhneoir agus an déantóir cláir fhaisnéise agus taistil, Manchán Magan, imithe ar shlí na fírinne.

jrnl.ie/6833855

In my experience following this industry, I'm sorry to say it's not even a little bit surprising to me. There have been various, cacophonous preludes to this scene.

But it was the immigants, you see.

An overview of the situation in Gaza City ⬇️

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I had some wine, tuned into Bluesky, and in the space of five minutes got the economist lusting after the AI actress, Chappelle celebrating the free speech he's been allowed in Riyadh, and an accusation of woke destroying The Simpsons.

So I guess the internet is good again actually.

That's fair.

The picked-clean skeleton of what a conversation has been documented to be.