Gavin Sheridan

Why not buy more, but only pay a dollar each?

Nothing surprises me anymore.

Putin awarded the Order of Lenin to Trump’s special envoy so that it could be passed on to Deputy Director for Digital Innovation at the CIA — whose son was killed in 2024 in Donetsk region of Ukraine after voluntarily joining the Russian army in its illegal invasion www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-a...

PUTIN’S CAPTURED BRITISH ‘TOURISTS’ HOW STRANGE that, despite their copious coverage of the war in Ukraine, RTÉ and the major Irish media – print and broadcast – haven’t bothered to mention the most revealing Ukrainian war story of the year so far: that Russian special forces recently captured two... Read more »

It's still there! No deletion no retraction lol. www.thephoenix.ie/article/puti...

Tried the same as w/ GPT5. Are we closer to super intelligence now? @kjhealy.co

ChatGPT File • • Edit View Window Help ChatGPT 5 > How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry The word "blueberry" has the letter b three times: • Once at the start ("B" in blueberry). • Once in the middle ("b" in blue). • Once before the -erry ending ("b" in berry). Total: 3 O92 Show me where the letter b appears in the word please. Sure — here's "blueberry" with each b highlighted: B lue b erry Positions (counting from 1): 1 B - first letter 4 b - in blue 6 b - in berry D9< Spell that out with all three bs please. I mean, just spell the word. Sure — here's the full spelling with all three b's shown in place: BLUEBERRY That's exactly how blueberry is spelled, with the b's in positions 1, 5, and 7.

ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help E ChatGPT 5 > You wrote "BLUEBERRY". There are only two bs there. Ah - I see the mix-up. Let's slow it down and spell blueberry carefully, letter by letter, showing all three b's. blueberry Now you can see them: • 1st b → position 1 • 2nd b → position 5 • 3rd b → position 6 blueberry Exactly — blue berry has three b's: • 1st b → at the very start • 2nd b → right after the e in blue • 3rd b → immediately after the second b, starting berry So the "bb" in the middle is really what gives blueberry its double-b moment. Its double-b moment; I see. Yep - blueberry is one of those words where the middle almost trips you up, like it's saying "b-b-better pay attention." That little bb moment is satisfying, though — it makes the word feel extra bouncy.

 ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help 巴 • ChatGPT 5 > My students get you to write their essays for them, you know. Ah, the old "ChatGPT, do my homework" routine — I'm familiar with that one. I can see why they'd be tempted, but here's the thing: I'm a lot more useful as a coach than a ghostwriter. If they use me to brainstorm ideas, plan structure, or clarify tricky concepts, they'll actually learn and still have their own voice in the work. If they just hand in what I write, they're skipping the thinking part - and it usually shows. I'm good, but I still leave a trail of... telltale ChatGPT-isms. A trail of blueberries, as it were. Exactly — a trail of blueberries: easy to follow, a little sweet, and maybe just obvious enough for a watchful teacher to notice. If your students really are leaving me to bake the whole blueberry pie for them, they might forget that the best part of pie is making it themselves... even if it gets a little messy. "Blueberry" only has two bs. Nope - blueberry really does have three b's. Here it is spaced out: bluebberry Positions: b- at the start 5 b - in the "blue" part 6 b - right next to it, starting "berry" That middle double-b is easy to miss if vou just glance at the word.

I had to try the “blueberry” thing myself with GPT5. I merely report the results.

mRNA vaccines are, without exaggeration, one of the greatest inventions in human history.

We basically hacked our immune systems. “Here’s the secret code for this new virus, prep to fight exactly that.” A promising avenue for addressing some cancers too.

And the US is throwing it away. For what?

Russian sources report FPV drones being launched from cars, similar to the June 1 “Pavukyna” operation against airfields. They urge calling police with the location if such vehicles are spotted. An alert has been declared at Engels airbase.

Fact Check: Fake claim of UK officers 'captured' in Ukraine – DW – 08/07/2025 A demonstrably made-up story of British military officers being "captured" during a Russian raid in Ukraine has spread online this week, even being repeated by former British lawmakers. DW takes a loo...

Another thorough debunking here via @alanlawlor.bsky.social www.dw.com/en/fact-chec...

Before and after satellite imagery showing devastation in Abasan al-Kabira in Gaza on 19 July 2025, captured by Planet Labs PBC

The UN’s satellite centre (Unosat) has published its most recent assessment of damage in Gaza: around 78% of buildings there were damaged or destroyed by Israel by July this year. More than 40% completely destroyed. Here's an example of what that looks like in Abasan al-Kabira in the south.

Drone footage published at end of July shows former city of Beit Hanoun in north Gaza now rubble. (POV starts about here: 31.534634, 34.542251).

Was just going to say that! It must have been very bad from them to do that lol

Pål Steigan - Wikipedia

Wikipedia article about the guy behind the blog:
'He later founded the alternative news website Steigan.no that is described by mainstream Norwegian media as a platform of Russian propaganda, conspiracy theories, racism and transphobia.'

The story spread among all the usual tankie publications and influencers (Galloway, ugh), so I guess that fits with The Phoenix's usual tankie takes on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

PUTIN’S CAPTURED BRITISH ‘TOURISTS’ HOW STRANGE that, despite their copious coverage of the war in Ukraine, RTÉ and the major Irish media – print and broadcast – haven’t bothered to mention the most revealing Ukrainian war story of the ...

Story here, before it gets deleted I guess? www.thephoenix.ie/article/puti...

False claim of UK colonels captured in Ukraine spreads A Russian claim about two UK colonels captured in Ukraine is spreading online. Many including former MP George Galloway have shared the story, though no evidence supports it.

Plus the images associated with were AI generated. One debunking here from, er, 2 days ago. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/false-claim-...

Lads. Did anyone in The Phoenix do any checking on this story? Because the Norwegian publication that it likely originated from has deleted it.

Elon Musk’s X fuelled racist riots in England and Northern Ireland Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, played a central role in spreading misinformation and hate which fuelled racists riots across England and Northern Ireland last summer, according to a new report.

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, played a central role in spreading misinformation and hate which fuelled racists riots across England and Northern Ireland last summer, according to a new report.

*Extremely* poor behaviour from the BBC and its reporter here.

PS: You may have read this story already. The BBC ran a version of it yesterday

We shared our FOI docs with their reporter and press office.
Their response? To publish the story - our story - without even notifying us.

A £6bn public broadcaster selling out a tiny investigative newsletter. Nice. 😔

Air Force Wants Tesla Cybertrucks To Launch Missiles At The Air Force says enemies may use Cybertrucks in the future, so its Test Center needs to add them to its live fire target fleet.

Finally! An actual need for the Cybertruck! www.twz.com/land/air-for...

Chaotic Parnell street pedestrian infrastructure

This is my personal favourite of Dublin’s equivalents- a footpath extension on Parnell Street temporarily put in during Covid times but misunderstood and forgotten about …

How to get street clutter removed?
A convoluted process

For 20yrs this sign lay unused
Nov 24 we created Street Art
Jan 25 our art was altered with paint style not repeated anywhere else in city
Feb 25 board is knocked off & twisted away from road
July 25 board is removed totally
#speirgorm
#FFUD

We got this board removed but it was a convoluted process

For 20yrs this sign lay unused
Nov 24 we created Street Art
Jan 25 our art was altered with paint style not repeated anywhere else in city
Feb 25 board is knocked off & twisted away from road
July 25 board is removed totally
#speirgorm
#FFUD

Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.

“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

«The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.» 🤷🏻‍♂️

futurism.com/white-house-...

I also can hear the answer from the council: works are planned to renovate this part of the city.

Thing is: in the meantime Corkonians and visitors alike have to put up with this nonsense FOR YEARS.

I think I'll name it the Winthrop Street Pole: A Monument To Inaction.

They don't have to be even cut out - they're designed to be lifted out of the holes that exist for them. Someone could do it in 15 minutes. A fecking decade of inaction - and I'm being generous.