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Motor racing (especially WEC), Sim racing, Smart home, Homelabbing, 3D printing, general tech. Maynooth, Ireland.
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Completed my first #iRacing Daytona 500. After 3hr23min of racing (and 13 cautions) I took third about 4 car lengths behind the winner. Thrilled with that.

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I wrote this about anti-wokeness, which is nothing more than a rebadged do-over of the tedious political correctness panics of my childhood. On how anti-woke, like 'politically incorrect' before it, is just a politically correct term for 'a dickhead'. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

submitted 16 days ago • 16 comments

They're at it again.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

How UK unlawfully pursued journalists who exposed the truth about a mass murder Two journalists showed collusion between NI police and loyalist paramilitaries The UK’s response was to spy on them, and then arrest them By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

submitted 18 days ago • 11 comments

Allow yourself to celebrate even the smallest of victories in the face of adversity. Don't snuff out a light because it is not bright enough. Nurture it, and fight to make it grow until the shadows retreat. Even the greatest beacons may be lit with the smallest spark.

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes. There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU. Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

submitted 19 days ago • 27 comments

On a very rare night out tonight. Off to see @daraobriain.bsky.social in Vicar St.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Great news for Alex. And a great day for Irish motorsport. #speirgorm

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Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website

submitted 20 days ago • 29 comments

Seeing as everyone is writing Brexit anniversary pieces, I thought I'd give it a go. Brexit for 🇪🇺 didn't begin in. 2020 or even 2016. Brexit began during the financial crisis, with UK blackmail. A 🧵

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

submitted 24 days ago • 86 comments

The fuck sort of spelling of McGuire is Meguiar? Australia, you're weird. #gtwc #bathurst12hrs

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Interesting (early) St Bridget's Day activity in Maynooth this evening. Hopefully won't be too cold to bring the kids out. spiritofbrigid.ie/event/luxe-t... #speirgorm

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I wrote this about the media's first big test of Trump 2.0, and how poorly it scored. On the tedious, vital work of seeing what's in front of our faces for the next four years. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

submitted 31 days ago • 19 comments

My back garden weather station has recorded a pressure drop of 22 hPa in just six hours. And it's still dropping. That's not good. #speirgorm

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