Kev Freeney

@audreycarville.bsky.social excellent questions being asked of @progressireland.bsky.social this morning. We can't turn out back on the past when looking to the future. A lot more work needs to be done before convincing me that Meta and Amazon's interests aligns with the Irish people

Come see our new work(s)

(Against) Transience opens this Thursday

Encore!

TikTok fined €530m by Irish data watchdog The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined video-sharing app TikTok €530 million over the transfer of the personal data of European users to China.

#Breaking The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined video-sharing app TikTok €530 million over the transfer of the personal data of European users to China

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’ Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting

REVEALED: only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.

The government needs to change the rules.

My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

CWU accuses X of being anti-worker and anti-union The Communications Workers' Union (CWU) has announced its decision to formally close its account with X, formerly Twitter, accusing the platform of being anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-democratic.

The Communications Workers' Union has announced its decision to formally close its account with X, formerly Twitter, accusing the platform of being anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-democratic

Mad stuff

Construction plans approved for data centre in Co Mayo Mayo County Council has approved plans for the construction of a data centre in Killala.

Mayo County Council has approved plans for the construction of a data centre in Killala

Guess who's back on the "news"...

The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

"This is crazy stuff that's happening"

How do the OPW get to the island?

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

A Paul Voerhoven clip with an Irish voice over. Almost as insane as the concept of an Irish person in space (my absolute favourite comedy premise). "I *feel* we are made of stardust" is the most American thing ever. We are just a ridiculous species. Incredible.

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison to join Meta board Irishman and co-founder of payments platform Stripe Patrick Collison is to join the board of Facebook parent company Meta.

Patrick Collison, who co-founded the payments company Stripe with his brother John, is to join the board of Facebook parent company Meta

Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’

There needs to be an international debate on AI. It just feels like it's all going to happen no matter what. The environmental cost is huge

Is it actually worth the cost? Are there provable ways it has made life better? Beyond the gimmicks, snake oil and blather?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Report criticises Teagasc over support of ‘questionable science’ on merits of beef and dairy diets A new ESRI report on attitudes to climate policies is critical of Teagasc for supporting a campaign that downplays the impact of agricultural emissions.

Great to see ESRI calling out Teagasc and the politicisation of climate science in Irish farming.
m.independent.ie/irish-news/r...

US to deny visas, green cards over social media posts US immigration authorities said they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump's administratio...

US immigration authorities said they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump's administration

The literal point of a state infrastructural apparatus is to create, administrate and ensure work in the public sector for those who need it.

Generative AI is a betrayal of makers and doers; this council and other shitehawks should be ashamed.

U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

How a false X post about pausing tariffs led to multi-trillion-dollar market swings What began as a misquoted Fox News interview led to a flood of false and misleading posts on X. Before it was corrected, stock markets rallied then plummeted again.

What began as a misquoted Fox News interview led to a flood of false and misleading posts on X. Before it was corrected, stock markets rallied then plummeted again. By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social

I wrote about the Enghiblification and what it means for how we read images @irishtimes.com! Briefly mention @nathanjurgenson.bsky.social’s great book The Social Photo which has been v helpful in thinking about how the web changes how we think about pictures…

Join the club, teachers and students!

Solar farm shows challenge of cutting airport emissions Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien has officially opened the new solar farm beside Dublin Airport.

Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien has officially opened the new solar farm beside Dublin Airport