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Moved to Ireland from the UK, I do technology stuff (web, 3d printing, electronics) and a bit of tourism hosting on the side.
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From 1987. Somehow not out of date. youtu.be/TeW3FltKvGM?...

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cool and normal edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...

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Higher Education is an important export for a number of countries, the overseas students tend to come with quite a bit of funding. xkcd.com/3081/

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1/ Trump is basically ordering that the US government stop enforcing the Civil Rights Act anywhere it relies on disparate-impact. In other words, anywhere the outcome of a policy is discriminatory, but you can't prove racist intent.

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Aldi Ireland are doing a robot mower in a couple of weeks. It looks quite good selling at €249, it is a Yardforce MB400 which they sell for £450 uk.yardforce.eu/product/mb40...

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So the dream here is that Americans have a lot less disposable income and work physically demanding jobs, while Chinese factory workers get to be management consultants with luxury SUVs and holiday homes? I can see why this idea is appealing to someone, just not sure it's Americans.

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is "permanently bar" the same thing as "vacate"?

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When I was looking into the history of the tiny village where I now live I found some of the best info on who lived here is actually the Ellis Island records of those who left. #speirgorm clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar...

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Pope Kevin the first maybe. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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I don't hate it, but I much prefer the domain verification system which is more how things should work.

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Well if it is reduced to €1.98 I am quite happy to have a slice of Spiderman birthday cake with a cup of tea.

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Prints are available at www.ciaraioch.com/artprints, if you'd like to support a local doodler - they're about the price of a fancy Easter egg and take a LOT longer to eat. 🐣

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Who on earth allowed creme eggs to come in boxes of 5 instead of 6. Eggs come in half dozens.

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I have believed a thing for 45+ years, that I found out yesterday to be false. Quite shocking really. I thought that what Tiggers liked best was yeast extract, or marmite (or vegemite because Kanga is an Aussie) but it is in fact malt extract which is completely different.

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