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New court docs show detectives considered Will Lewis, now chief executive of @washingtonpost.com, a suspect in deletion of emails to undermine the phone hacking investigation. One said he would have "considered arresting him for perverting the course of justice." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

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“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”

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Four Irish companies are supplying components to the largest supplier of arms to the Israel Defense Forces, according to records uncovered by The Ditch. One is a south Dublin-based defence firm that makes parts for missile-carrying military drones. www.ontheditch.com/irish-compan...

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Unless their demands are met

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“The attacks were clearly a message coming from the #Iran Revolutionary Guards to intimidate me and make me shut up, which they have tried in different ways before. The right answer is to speak up.” And so I did. To fight #TransnationalRepression together. Full story @politico.eu

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NEW: Iranian gov hackers targeted #EU Parliament's #Iran delegation chair @hneumannmep.bsky.social Elaborate operation impersonated former #FBI official to seed spyware. Good to see a MEP speaking out & sharing this insidious threat to EU institutions 1/ www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that she will not seek her party's nomination for this year's presidential election - despite giving it serious consideration

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With the Trump administration having terminated multiple contracts providing lawyers to unaccompanied migrant children, we're back to the bad old days of toddlers representing themselves against deportation.

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Nice piece by Ian Urbina of Outlaw Ocean on the challenges posed by proposed seabed mining for minerals needed for clean energy transition. Nothing is simple it seems... buff.ly/suym5nB

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“Hicks found no record of the person whose remains the skull-cup was made from…carbon dating showed the skull is about 225 years old. Its size and circumstantial evidence suggest it came from the Caribbean and possibly belonged to an enslaved woman, he added.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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"There is one thing that I wish to say to you, from the bottom of my heart, dear brothers and sisters, but also to the men and women of every confession and religion who in the Middle East are suffering from the insanity of war: I am close to you, I am with you." press.vatican.va/content/sala...

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"US Federal Election Commission figures show this included an $83,000 donation to the National Republican Congressional Committee along with $58,000 apiece to two Republican congressmen: Andy Barr and French Hill." www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.” Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried. This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership. Cities are a result of choices.

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For the FT, I wrote an essay about why the daily experience of the Internet keeps getting worse, tipping us into madness and conflict. I gather ideas about slop, enshittification, and dead internet theory under what I call "the hostile Internet." www.ft.com/content/5d06...

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I've created a new EU list for those who wish to follow: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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After months of research, it’s on its way Christian Brothers: The Assets, The Abusers Wednesday 9:35 RTÉ 1

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Public support for neutrality is not going to change, so the conversation needs to - away from neutrality and towards the real issue, which is decades of chronic underinvestment and mismanagement of our Defence Forces.

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⚠️ Committee to Protect Journalists issues travel advisory for journalists traveling to the United States (2025-04-17): cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...

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Our DOGE tracker is updated with a whole slew of new names, and now you can filter by agency to see which of the DOGErs have been where. Great work by @williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social and others! projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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ICYMI, autopsies obtained by @nytimes.com show some of the 15 first responders killed by the IDF in an attack last month were shot in the head. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...

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UN: "The Gaza Strip is now likely facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the 18 months since the escalation of hostilities in October 2023." Very grim stuff in the latest OCHA update, published April 15: reliefweb.int/report/occup...

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Sudan is now the largest humanitarian crisis on record, the world’s largest displacement crisis, and the world’s worst hunger crisis. As we mark this painful two year anniversary of the war, I hope you'll join me in standing in solidarity with the people of Sudan and committing to learn more.

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"His attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone." Wow.

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NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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Investigative reporter Dónal MacIntyre has asked the Investigative Powers Tribunal to look into allegations that he was placed under directed surveillance and had his social media posts monitored by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.... 👉 [read]

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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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What does a Coachella crowd singing Tiocfaidh ár lá mean for the Irish unity debate? Discuss. youtu.be/SZQlsuUzB5I?...

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Here is the email criticizing Vance that got the military chief fired: "We are everything that wasn't said" www.berlingske.dk/indland/her-...

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Quite wonderful find by this FT team. A Chinese small business that makes MAGA merch on.ft.com/4cAH6tE

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Retina International is gearing up for @arvoinfo.bsky.social where Avril Daly and Dr. Nabin Paudel will present two important poster sessions on: - Patient-driven insights into Geographic Atrophy - Using ChatGPT-4o to support AMD patient education 📅 May 4 & May 6 #PatientPerspectives #AIinHealthcare

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🚨 Friday’s FT reports the EU is prepared to tax big tech if trade talks with U.S. fail

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"MacIntyre was contacted by a reporter... who had been told by a reliable source that MacIntyre had been placed under police surveillance... The source also claimed that messages between MacIntyre and Donohoe’s mother had been accessed by police." www.computerweekly.com/news/3666222...

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"'We do know that they are already working with Irish companies, but we think we have to recognise that what we can see is really limited because these are covert operations,' Mr Hultquist told Prime Time." www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

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Russian intelligence ship located in Irish-controlled waters not responding to communication www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

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OK in these troubled times, here is the diversion we all need. (Well, by “we all” I mean “me”) Sally Rooney is writing about Ronnie O’Sullivan in the New York Review of Books 👇 👊🚀🔥 www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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"Their souls call for justice." Younis al-Khatib of Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for an independent investigation into the killing of aid workers & medics in Gaza by IDF soldiers. Witnesses recalled to @nytimes.com more of what happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...

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If the iPhone can add details to existing contacts without intervention from the user as is suggested in this article, it poses pretty extraordinary risks to journalists, lawyers, activists and others. Not to mention national security advisers.

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Passed this site a few moments ago. Looking more and more likely it will never see the light of day. m.independent.ie/regionals/wi...

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🇫🇷🇬🇧 Pall Mall Process to tackle the proliferation & irresponsible use of commercial cyber intrusion capabilities—Interesting to see some notable absences from the original list of signatories in February 2024: 🇺🇸USA (❗️) &🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇧🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇨🇾🇨🇿🇷🇴🇲🇾🇰🇷 2025: www.gov.uk/government/p... 2024: www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

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A fascinating but troubling piece by @michaelehayden.bsky.social.

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In @parmy.bsky.social's Supremacy, you see Altman's vindictive streak emerge in school. I find this Studio Ghibli stuff distasteful beyond words. AI is conning millions into thinking they have had an experience - joy? creativity? - but it is, by design, empty, utterly devoid of life and creativity.

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🇮🇱 Israeli spyware vendor Candiru - blacklisted in 2021 alongside NSO Group - has been acquired by 🇺🇸 US fund Integrity Partners in $30 million deal. Integrity is restructuring Candiru “to bypass US sanctions.” www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...

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Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... via @mashagessen.bsky.social

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"Almost every platoon keeps a 'shawish,' and no infantry force enters a house before a 'shawish' clears it... this means there are four 'shawishes' in a company, twelve in a battalion, and at least 36 in a brigade. We operate a sub-army of slaves." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

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