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Emma Rua

@ealadubh.bsky.social

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Finally flying in the mythical sky so bluee🦋 Éireannach 🇮🇪 Foghlaimím Gaeilge 💚 Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸 Iníon na Teamhrach The Land & all our relations are Sacred (Pp is Scout)

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Emma Rua @ealadubh.bsky.social · Dec 16

Still miss you so much every day my beautiful son. So privileged to have known you, so sad to say goodbye. You are still in my heart and soul Sol

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Death Notice of Solomon (Sol) O'Brien Dowling (Newcastle, Galway) | rip.ie

The death has occurred of Solomon (Sol) O'Brien Dowling of Newcastle, Galway Ireland, on 16/08/2024. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 23h

Catherine Connolly only says "bye" once at the end of a phonecall.
#smearthebejaysis

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 23h

During the Irish Property Bubble when the experts were predicting that the average house price would reach €1m I remember actually doubting my sanity at points because it was all so obviously ludicrous.

Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 1d

BBC News - 'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 23h

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 21h

I wish, probably in vain, the Irish government would pay heed to this, get out of bed with the tech bros and stop their policy of allowing data centres to be built all over the place. It's too late to completely escape the effects of a burst but there is still time to mitigate it.

Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 1d

BBC News - 'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 21h

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

www.rte.ie

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Úna-Minh 🔥 Play Eyes of Hellfire! @unaminh.bsky.social · 21h

Got me COVID booster today! Remember in Ireland, you don't have to go through your doctor, you can schedule an appointment with your pharmacy e.g. Boots and Hickeys at least do them :))

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Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 22h

Catherine Connolly built the RTÉ Player #Smearthebejaysus

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to being totally pathetic, he's also completely wrong.
EPA polls consistently show that the vast majority, across all ages, incomes , urban or rural, all want the government to take action.
So by polarising, he must mean that Micheal o Leary,Amazon, and Tirlan don't want it

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Displaced Palestinians head towards Gaza City after ceasefire announcement - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/displaced-palestinians-head-towards-gaza-city-after-ceasefire

Displaced Palestinians head towards Gaza City after ceasefire announcement

<article data-history-node-id="429942" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/displaced-palestinians-head-towards-gaza-city-after-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/displaced-palestinians-head-towards-gaza-city-after-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Displaced Palestinians head towards Gaza City after ceasefire announcement </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Thousands of displaced Palestinians on Friday headed towards Gaza City via Rashid Street after the ceasefire was announced, Al Jazeera reported. </p> <p>Israeli tanks were also filmed withdrawing from an area near the Jordanian Hospital in southern Gaza City.</p> <p>As Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of the US-backed ceasefire deal, the Israeli military announced that it had begun preparations to “partially” pull back troops.</p> <p>According to the initial stages of the deal, Israel will withdraw to a designated line, and Hamas will release around 20 living captives, along with the bodies of about 25 others.</p> <p>Israel is also expected to release around 2,000 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons.</p> <p>The interior ministry in Gaza on Friday said it will begin restoring order in the areas from which Israeli forces have withdrawn, urging citizens to be careful. </p> <p>In a statement, the ministry said that Israeli forces continue to block the road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>"We call on citizens to be careful before the ceasefire comes into effect, to ensure their safety," the statement said. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d

Please share. Regardless of the news, little kids Remas & Toleen were just forcibly displaced from the north and need every helping hand with food and more. None of us knows what's next, but we do know that they need funds to survive.

12 hours left 🚨 31/640 chuffed.org/project/hope...

A pink banner titled “Keep hope alive: a Gaza giving circle,” with the text: “We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. More than ever, they need our sustainable support.” On the right is an ink sketch of a crouching falcon, below which says “click weekly to join: https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle,” underlined with green colored pencil. The background has a watercolor effect.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 2d

Update from "1000 Madleens to Gaza"

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social · 2d

Crazy that the Bar Council had to explain the "cab rank rule" in the context of Connolly. But the no discrimination part is also a strong message to those demonising immigration barristers.

Statement from the Council of The Bar of Ireland: The fundamental importance of an independent referral Bar

It is the duty of barristers to be independent and free from any influence, especially such as may arise from their personal interests or external pressure, in the discharge of their professional duties as barristers.

Barristers cannot discriminate in favour of or against any person availing, or seeking to avail, of the services of the barrister on the grounds of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language, politics, religion, nationality, national or social origin, national minority, birth or other status.

It is also the duty of barristers to accept instructions in any case in their area of practice. As a result, barristers should not be identified with their clients or their clients’ causes or suffer adverse consequences as a result of being so identified. This fundamental principle arises from the Code of Conduct of The Bar of Ireland and is recognised in the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and in the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer.

The duty of barristers to accept instructions, sometimes referred to as the “cab-rank rule”, ensures that everyone is entitled to access to justice and is central to trust in the Irish legal system and the rule of law.

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 2d

People have actually started migrating to mastodon and just wanna say, outstanding job to the management team here. Glad you told your users to fuck off. Real smart moves

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Ayman @00ayman.bsky.social · 10d

Every night, I wonder if we'll see the morning!!Hunger hurts, I open a new account for the tenth time, and every time it gets closed, but my voice must be heard, If you can help, even with the smallest amount, you will save a life.
Share our voice, let the world hear us 💔🙏

gofund.me/03ad43ca

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Emma Rua @ealadubh.bsky.social · 3d

Velvet Revolution?

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 3d

genuine question: are there any examples of colonialism ending without violence?

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 3d

Important read this 👇

orbooks.com/catalog/comp...

Complicit

Fearless and forensic, this incendiary indictment from one of Britain’s most celebrated political journalists lays bare the full extent of British complicity in the destruction of Gaza. In a gripping...

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Emma Rua @ealadubh.bsky.social · 3d

Footbook gets bigger, needs new data centres

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“In case you’re wondering, you won’t need to send Google your feet pics in order for this feature to work.”

Google’s AI try-on imagines your feet in new shoes

Google’s AI will swap your shoes for you.

www.theverge.com

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 3d

It's still so weird to me to see copyright become left-coded rather than right-coded.

When I was a kid, the lefty thing to do would've been to pirate whatever the fuck you wanted and screw the fat-cat megacorps and their copyright. 🤷

“Moral policing and leftist ideology are destroying America's AI industry. I've cancelled my OpenAI PLUS subscription,” another replied, implying that copyright law is leftist.

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P.I.T. (he/they) @pupintransit.bsky.social · 3d

> invents plagiarism machine
> removes ability to plagiarize
> mass user base revolt

Surely there was no other outcome Altman and the gang should have expected, right?

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 3d

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 3d

this goal had to go up because Chuffed made a massive error and refunded more than £400 which was a huge chunk of this week's goal 😓 now we're really behind

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 4d

…and we keep going, because this is our duty and our promise. We formed this giving circle with seven friends to ensure dependable, weekly support—for survival needs. As those needs become daily, we escalate.

24 hours left ⚠️ Food, tents, blankets, medicine, ASAP. 0/500: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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