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Elder millennials, there is vintage Ducktales on Disney plus!

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well, this is what silicon valley is cooking up a device that's always on. so when a user goes about their life talking to people, everyone who comes within a certain capture radius will have their data (raw and natural conversation data) enrolled

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I have hip dysplasia and I’ve had multiple major surgeries for it. One of my kids has it. I feel sick reading this, the parents of all these kids must be absolutely in bits. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

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I wish I’d read this powerful piece by Student Journalist of the Year Grace Callaghan when I was in my late teens, struggling with the impact of massive surgery and the scars left behind. She’s a wonderful writer. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Killing unarmed civilians is always immoral, whoever they work for. From an entirely clinical strategic perspective, it is worse than self-defeating. * thread *

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I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for these people to witness what Israel is doing, having devoted their lives and work to studying the genocide against their own people, presumably with the goal of “never again”.

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Israel demanding the World Media’s attention after the cruel killing of the US Israeli Embassy staff whilst denying it access to its daily massacre of Palestinian women and children.

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On the tenth anniversary of Marriage Equality, an eloquent piece from Maria Ni Fhlatharta on the personal cost of the campaign. “A survey conducted after the referendum found that fewer than one in four LGBT+ people would be willing to go through it again.” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Flight carrying US detainees destined for South Sudan likely flew through Shannon airport to Djibouti www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

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The use of Shannon to facilitate both this and the US military is a massive blight on the nation

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Trump's susceptibility to large-scale bribes has become an international joking matter.

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This is an excellent piece from John Gibbons - politicians speaking out of both sides of their mouths, talking up support for fighting climate change while joining the pile-on against solar farms and other renewable projects. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Just finished this enthralling debut novel by Cork author Barbara Leahy and there’s a review up on my Instagram now…

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🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.

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I don't think I've ever left a funeral feeling inspired before, but I left the service for Siobhán O'Dowd today feeling full of hope that there are so many good, committed activists in the world quietly working to improve things for other people. Her passing means one less, but she made an impact.

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Powerful writing by Colin Sheridan in today's Irish Examiner - we quibble over words while children burn in Gaza.

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this is such an interesting time to be alive. we concreted the internet as our second equal and primary reality but it's full of ghosts now we try to talk to them and they pass right through it's a haunted world of dead things who look real but don't really see us

submitted 4 days ago • 49 comments

Everyone should know his story. May his memory be a blessing.

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I love a musical as much as the next person (probably more) but the ad for the musical on Henry VIII's wives must be the most tasteless thing I ever heard. Beheaded women HAHA gas. Just because they were beheaded 300 years ago doesn't make it funny guys

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"Siobhán passing is a tremendous loss to Cork, as it is especially for her family and loved ones. It was a privilege for me to acknowledge her achievements through nominating her for a Civic Award." - Lord Mayor councillor Dan Boyle

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Very sad to see this news. Siobhán was a wonderful person, she really lived her values as a champion of her community at Ballyphehane Togher CDP and of LGBTI people in Cork. And she was great fun too. Condolences to her partner Tina and all who knew her. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

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In further misplaced song news my two older children are now trying to sing the baby to sleep with “glór agus moladh duit a Íosa”🙈

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That rendition of Limerick You’re a Lady at the end of Mass in Kilfinane today definitely did the trick

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It’s a year today since my Dad died. He loved a bit of a spin out. Here he is in 2017 with my eldest in a long-closed cafe in Cork after bringing us for an appointment in the south infirmary. I miss our drives.

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#OtD 16 May 1920 workers at Knocklong creamery in County Limerick declared a soviet and established workers' control of production. They hoisted a red flag and a tricolour and for 5 days ran it with the slogan "We make butter not profits" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8816...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Despicable. A crime against humanity.

submitted 6 days ago • 51 comments

God bless the person who donated a fiver, because somehow it makes this even funnier than if he has raised nothing. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/laurenc...

submitted 6 days ago • 84 comments

This story is an unexpected delight

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It's particularly accurate because while only a few of them are actively malicious, almost all of the others are hapless to the point of causing harm

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Unusual for a drunk driver to have a senior counsel defending them? Senior counsel Marjorie Farrelly… www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...

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Feels like a threat there at the end.

submitted 7 days ago • 33 comments

A high-profile 'carbon capture' project doesn't even capture enough co2 to cover it's own pollution, making it a net emitter Projects like this get plenty of soft media coverage of their promises, none have delivered There is no silver bullet, climate pollution must be stopped at the source

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Teas Finch-Lees: One minute I was at 10 Downing Street, the next, I was bleeding out in Channel 4 studios. In between, I was attacked by a man who threatened to kill me if I didn’t shut up about the Darfur genocide. I miscarried my baby doing a live interview. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read the #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, #ICC chief prosecutor. One of the most important […]

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In short, Starmer has taken a massive hit among Labour voters, for no gain elsewhere, while boosting Farage's popularity, including doubling his ceiling among Labour voters. I.e., the political scientists were right, Morgan McSweeney was horrendously wrong.

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Jennifer Horgan writes today about school trips - and how the assumptions around affordability and “normal” have changed so utterly. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

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