John Maguire

“Bluesky is the new science Twitter” - now we just need to also make it the new Government (National and European) Twitter too!

Opinion: Confronted with such a bewildering range of possible endgames, what should Europe do? The answer is that to avoid the worst outcomes, European leaders need to push back now. ft.trib.al/Y9cCREW

Diagram showing the likelihood of crashes in Waymo vs human driver

Interesting data (from Waymo) showing that robotaxis are significantly safer than the average human driver. This is likely because they respect traffic rules. An NYT op-ed by a neurosurgeon calls for a broader adoption as a public health measure. Thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

AI Software Detects Atrial Fibrillation in ECG Testing In a groundbreaking study that promises to revolutionize atrial fibrillation diagnosis, researchers have developed an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software aimed at detecting paroxysmal

bioengineer.org/ai-software-... #AI #artificialintelligence

After Outcry, Firefox Promises "Kill Switch" That Turns Off All AI Features Mozilla's new CEO announced that Firefox would become a "modern AI broswer." Its most diehard fans are revolting.

futurism.com/artificial-i... #AI #artificialintelligence

Solstice Sunrise 🌄 #SpeirGorm #WinterSolstice

Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...

A new experiment in Science using an AI-powered browser extension to reorder feeds on X/Twitter shows that even small changes in exposure to hostile political content can measurably influence feelings toward opposing political parties—within days of X exposure. https://scim.ag/44uqZLa

This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.

You wanna see something really scary? open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

“The paramedic filming is heard on the video reciting, over and over, the “shahada,” … He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die.”

A Well-funded Moscow-based Global ‘News’ Network has Infected Western Artificial Intelligence Tools Worldwide with Russian Propaganda

“A NewsGuard audit has found that the leading AI chatbots repeated false narratives laundered by the Pravda network 33 percent of the time … a powerful new distribution channel for Kremlin disinformation.” www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...

I wonder is there any connection between these two pictures? I’ve travelled frequently on Ryanair with this bag but today this was deemed too big. Eventually got air out so that it met their bar so didn’t have to pay the €75, and thanks to the staff for that, but it was a poor customer experience.

OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us

🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...

SOO close from Szobo!

Loving how they're playing though. That was a lot of energy.

Szobo realllyyy wants it today.

#BRELIV #LFC

Kilkerrin-Clonberne 0-13 vs Kilmacud Crokes 0-9 full time in the Ladies Football AIB Club Championship Senior Final. Hard luck to all involved with the ‘Crokes setup and congratulations to Kilkerrin-Clonberne. #lgfa #hersport

Kilkerrin-Clonberne 0-8 vs Kilmacud Crokes 0-4 at half time in the Ladies Football AIB Club Championship Senior Final. C’mon Crokes - a big second half needed.

The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture | Defector I can’t ease you into this one, so: Haliey Welch, colloquially known as the “Hawk Tuah girl,” launched a bespoke cryptocurrency token called HAWK last Wednesday, the same day she told Fortune it was “...

On the “relatively modern phenomenon of the wide acceptance and praise of bag-chasing nihilism.”

This is a deliciously original piece of writing. You don’t have to be extremely online to appreciate its significance, but it might help.

defector.com/the-hawk-tua...

Google says it has cracked a quantum computing challenge with new chip | CNN Business Google on Monday said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more tim...

Google said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe.

Congratulations to everyone involved in putting together this great segment. Norah Patten has Ireland heading to space 🇮🇪 and inspiring the next generation along the way. #latelatetoyshow

3 Irish astronauts 🚀

#latelatetoyshow #latelate

Brian Og #latelatetoyshow

#latelatetoyshow rhythm killers strike again. Brian Óg deserved better 🚙🛞

Trad fusion Thunderstruck is an instant classic. Get that on Youtube @latelateshow.rte.ie !!!

#ToyShow

Mother duck #latelatetoyshow

And yes, this is the official account 🤝

We’ll be using #LateLateToyShow for all of our content tonight 🎅

You can watch the show worldwide on @rteplayer.bsky.social 👇

What a beautiful December morning here in Dublin. If you have to go back to work ‘cause it’s Monday, then there are worse ways to start the day.

Clontarf Half Marathon done and dusted. Thanks to the organisers. Loved running with my daughter. Congrats to her on her first ever run over that distance!

How’s that for a first Bluesky post 🏃🏻