Professor of International Relations at UCD Dublin; Dundrum Methodist Church; Royal Irish Academy; Azure Forum, IDSA and Gym Dad. Mix of Mayo, Kerry, West Virginia and suburban Maryland.
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As opposed to the idolatrous trolls cosplaying Crusades.
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European leaders and ministers rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland, saying only Denmark and Greenland could decide the island's future, and NATO remained silent.
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Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson said she could support sending Swedish soldiers to Greenland as part of an EU force, likely prompting political debate.
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How’s ‘Daddyz’ cheerleader doing?’
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Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson said she could support sending Swedish soldiers to Greenland as part of an EU force, likely prompting political debate.
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Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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“Any attempt to seize Greenland, whether by force or the far likelier method of economic coercion, would fatally undermine the world’s most important military alliance,” James Kirchick writes.
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Speaking on Friday, Downing Street said the move "simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service".'
“Specific UCD accounts that are verified (and thus Premium users) include:
University College Dublin: (@ucddublin)
UCD Students' Union: (@UCDSU)
myUCD: (@myucd)
UCD Global: (@ucd_global)
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Says the European Commission should immediately suspend Grok while investigations are continuing.
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Says the European Commission should immediately suspend Grok while investigations are continuing.
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Speaking on Friday, Downing Street said the move "simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service".'
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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"We need to re-arm Europe and recharge our economic model for growth", he writes.
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Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."