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"turning left wing votes into right wing policy" is a great succinct way of putting what's happening into words.

The Labour party must be destroyed. The longer it sits there acting as a machine that turns left wing votes into right wing policy, the worse it will be for us all.

Friend was showing me that there's now an Irish dating subreddit, so it's time for an Irish dating Bluesky. The format is we post a short description of who we are and what we're looking for, and an American will come and tell us that in the US you can't return books to any library you want actually

reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland

I was trying to do some research in prep for Nolan's Odyssey next year, but this profile of Ulysses was just 700 pages about the sublime agony of being, the inherent fallibility of perception, and the tyranny of the British.

Also my epub seems to be corrupted, a lot of punctuation is missing.

This is genuinely western liberalism summed up in a 30 second video. Incredible. Put it in an art gallery.

Ah yeah I can't deny it's a good painting, sort of like how I imagine the painting in Dorian Gray too look tbh, but I will not commit an unforced error of praising a monarchy, particularly that one.

Didn't America have a mass psychosis event over drones a few months ago? This will probably help that.

Had an 8month year old baba squeaking and pulling at my hair as I played hidey's with her today, I take joy in bein the fool for moments like that, I'll always take joy in it, the loudest noise a child should hear is your laughter, not hate, anger or the sounds of bombs.

Oíche mhaith a chairde.

Peter Falk as Columbo, cigar in hand, an inquisitive look on his face

Now Mr Dyatlov, before I go I just have one more question... You said the dosimeter reading was 3.6 Roentgen? Now my wife, she's got a passing interest in radiology and I remember her saying that the maximum reading on a dosimeter such as this is 3.6 Roentgen. Quite the coincidence don't you think?

Star wars canonically takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, so it's the same universe that Jesus inhabits.

Five?! I've debated whether I'd be able to manage a second one lol

Regarding the English monarchy, you do not, under any circumstances "gotta hand it to them".

Need to be careful about who is doing the full body inspections as well. Imagine the horror if a slightly taller than average woman were to speak to another woman?

Four-panel meme using scenes from “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones,” featuring Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala sitting in a grassy meadow. • Top left: Close-up of Anakin, wearing a dark tunic, speaking with the caption: “Ai is going to be used to change the world.” • Top right: Close-up of Padmé, wearing an ornate floral headpiece and an off-the-shoulder dress, smiling brightly with the caption: “As a tool to make the world better right?” • Bottom left: Close-up of Anakin looking back at her silently, without a caption. • Bottom right: Wider shot of Padmé in the same meadow, but now her dress is altered to reveal exaggerated, prominently large cleavage. She looks toward Anakin with a serious expression, and the caption repeats: “As a tool to make the world better, right?”

We’re so doomed

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

happened to turn on prime time and they’re talking about the recent attacks on Indians. the talking heads they have on are like ‘we wouldn’t have an economy or a health service without Indian immigrants’ and like yes but what about treating them like they’re human beings and not economic units???

Fine Gael councillor co-owns company accused of charging migrant nurses unlawful ‘agency fees’ One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.

Baby Pereppadan, a Fine Gael councillor, co-founded a limited company called Angel Care Consultancy Limited in 2022.

The ‪@investigates.thejournal.ie‬ team spoke to three nurses who said they paid thousands of euro in ‘agency fees’ to this company to come to Ireland.

http://jrnl.ie/6784617

Their brains are cooked. They are seeing things that are not there. They can't imagine people in the water for leisure.

Part of me thinks LinkedIn is the most unhinged social media site and shouldn't exist, but then other times I worry what the people of LinkedIn would be doing it they didn't have LinkedIn as a distraction...

How intuitive!

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.

This argument used to be about stuff like universal healthcare and now it’s about specific groups of people deemed an acceptable loss

Anyone have solid information re: impact of tariff changes on sale of art prints to the US? Any information I've seen is unclear but suggesting yes, and I've already seen Irish artists saying they're not shipping to the US anymore from this month onwards to avoid customers being hit with hefty fees

I love that they actually had to *reduce* the amount of medals Zhukov used to wear in his full uniform to make it believable for the film.

AI is now capable of designing a record-breaking deep sea submersible on its own. This marks a new age of exploration and I encourage all my fellow AI champions to build one and get in it so they can celebrate this achievement from the bottom of the sea.

If there’s one thing I love, it’s calling my cat ‘Mister Little Boy’ when he walks into the room

US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets for missiles Elon Musk is getting his wish; Tesla Cybertrucks are going to be used by the US military, but perhaps not...

It's too easy. This is low-hanging fruit. The jokes are just sitting there, waiting to be made.

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They're all great to be sure, I just think the otter is in a pose I've not seen done in a sculpture like that before

The Telegraph's M&S trans shop assistant tall tale turned into a malicious game of telephone... Who needs proof when you got vibes?

On how a story mutates as it spreads across the British media…

The Telegraph's M&S trans shop assistant tall tale turned into a malicious game of telephone...

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