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Newspapers publishing error-ridden, AI-generated content are “a template for a future that will be defined by the embrace of AI across every industry — one where these tools promise to unleash human potential but instead fuel a human-free race to the bottom.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats

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Good grief, why are they giving her opinions any space (plus 'elites' 🙄 -- which actually describes both the conservatives and the GOP) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Because of course he did. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

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when journalists ask the president if he's worried about troop movements, what they're asking is what the official policy of the US is. trump always answers as if they're asking him personally what he's thinking about in the shower. 1

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'Unusual reason' seems a mild word choice when you actually mean 'global climate crisis' www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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It appears that the Republican administration has started deporting people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan, in blatant violation of court orders.

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Yet who amongst us is surprised

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Yet another excellent monthly Science Cafe at Wexford Library tonight; fascinating talk on reconstructing the evolution of animal immune systems, & the prospect for future antimicrobials from Dr Anthony Redmond, UCD School of Medicine. Great local audience including a few profs & retired biologists!

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Once again being tortured/entranced by the extremely hot 🌶️ air fryer chili pepper squid from Asia Market and simultaneously celebrating them and wondering why I ever bought them and how many more meals before the bag is emptied and the burning subsides for good

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adds to reading list immediately www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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🙃 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o... (gift article)

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Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

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NEW: Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

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In 2015, the UK was the leading country on LGBTI human rights in Europe according to IGLA-Europe, with 86%. In 2025, we have dropped to 46%.

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Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of IHREC: Ireland says Israel is carrying out war crimes in Gaza. Now it must act www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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This is beyond appalling. I know a family that was waiting to have a sick child evacuated to Ireland, they'd been asking if this was the group they were to join. I don't know if they were there, if they may have been injured or killed. It is just a living hell in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Falling into rabbit holes? How smart people (and others?) fall for conspiracy theories - with @donie.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/p

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Here’s an actual South African refugee in the US - my late grandfather Harry Schwarz. The US rejected his asylum as a refugee from Germany in 1933. SA accepted him. He eventually made it to the US in 1991 - as SA ambassador during the transition to democracy after fighting apartheid for 43 years.

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The FBI says scammers posing as DHS agents are contacting foreigners (from UAE, Saudi, Qatar, and Jordan so far) who are studying in the U.S. or planning to do so, claiming they have immigration issues, and threatening prosecution or deportation if they don't pay. www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA...

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The night sky is becoming littered, via @thisiscolossal.com (who I finally signed up to be a 'patron' of, after YEARS of enjoying their content!) www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/josh...

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Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal. Then she fired that lawyer.

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By exactly whom John? www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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some personal news! www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

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I thought it was feeling a bit sweaty outside… 92% humidity at midnight… in Ireland 😧

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Trump: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls…They don’t need 250 pencils, they can have 5.” Also Trump: accepts new Air Force One worth $400M from Qatari royal family.

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For all those who claim that 1) all other countries have great success at bring their corrupt pols to justice (ignoring Israel) and 2) if only Trump would have been convicted he wouldn't have been reelected. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/w...

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1/2 Just-dismissed Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has a PhD from U Chicago, is in numerous scholarly societies, has wide acclaim. She is also first African-American to lead LoC. The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."

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The Irish Central Bank is Ireland's first 'trusted flagger' under the Digital Services Act. I wasn't expecting this, but it makes perfect sense for priority reporting of financial scams.

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💫This July, Crash Ensemble perform Philip Glass’ iconic Glassworks as part of Between the Notes at Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire. 🌞 Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July, 8pm. Presented by Pavilion Theatre & @foggynotions.bsky.social 🎟️ www.crashensemble.com

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Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.” He spoke in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.

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"Gestalt-linkage" is about right. Recordings have never captured what the Dead are like live; hypnotic, dreamy, intense. I saw them in '78 in Santa Barbara (amazing) and again in Oakland in the 80s (where my Deadhead cousin spotted me in a crowd of 60k 💀 -- cool) www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

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Defendants are presumed innocent unless convicted. Every US Atty (or so I thought) knows you can’t weigh in on guilt like this.

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I think about this comic at least once a week

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NEW: In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 it has invoked the secretary of state's power to deport someone for foreign-policy reasons—including a description of each case's facts and a copy of the official determination.

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Tank vs Tesla - no contest

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oh god THIS. Written instructions with screenshots, please and thank you. Not a bloody video.

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seems like the administration is objectively pro plane crash www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...

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All of this!! (gift article) wapo.st/3Z8yIvF

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Most overused word of the social media era: 'breaking' (for yet another stupid or minor or boring story that really is so NOT a 'breaking' story candidate 🙄)

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📅 Tomorrow, 7 May 2025, is the submission deadline for the National Open Research Forum 2025 Open Research Fund! This fund aims to support #OpenResearch networks as they transition from grant-funded projects to self-sustaining entities. Find out more: norf.ie/2025-open-re... #OpenResearchIE

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