CarolC
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
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Can we then enforce a ban on adults featuring children in online social media - for eg school's Facebook pages..
Also this ban will not work because teenagers are very good at finding ways around ridiculous laws.
Also this ban will not work because teenagers are very good at finding ways around ridiculous laws.
The EU Parliament has proposed a Europe-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, as countries worldwide follow the Australian model to protect children on the internet.
European Parliament calls for 16 as minimum age on social media
The EU parliament is proposing a Europe-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions.
www.siliconrepublic.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Can we then enforce a ban on adults featuring children in online social media - for eg school's Facebook pages..
Also this ban will not work because teenagers are very good at finding ways around ridiculous laws.
Also this ban will not work because teenagers are very good at finding ways around ridiculous laws.
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Only flaw in this otherwise excellent article is blaming the left: "your bad for not showing your work or coming up with workable solutions."
So much work has been done on UBI, universal healthcare, infrastructure, and appropriate taxation! Peak capitalist brain.
So much work has been done on UBI, universal healthcare, infrastructure, and appropriate taxation! Peak capitalist brain.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Only flaw in this otherwise excellent article is blaming the left: "your bad for not showing your work or coming up with workable solutions."
So much work has been done on UBI, universal healthcare, infrastructure, and appropriate taxation! Peak capitalist brain.
So much work has been done on UBI, universal healthcare, infrastructure, and appropriate taxation! Peak capitalist brain.
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Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
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I really try to avoid stuff that's on Substack because fuck Substack, but this is really worth the time to read.
This pull quote should hook you
This pull quote should hook you
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I really try to avoid stuff that's on Substack because fuck Substack, but this is really worth the time to read.
This pull quote should hook you
This pull quote should hook you
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🗣️ "It's going to cost us more to implement this than it is to take it back. So this is actually just performative cruelty," says Gary Gannon TD, Social Democrats Justice Spokesperson.
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🗣️ "It's going to cost us more to implement this than it is to take it back. So this is actually just performative cruelty," says Gary Gannon TD, Social Democrats Justice Spokesperson.
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
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he could have turned off replies and QTs on that post and shut the entire thing down pretty fast. he could lock down his notifications so he only sees people he follows! he could mute the thread. he actually has a ton of tools!
or also, you know, he could have not posted rage bait to begin with.
or also, you know, he could have not posted rage bait to begin with.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
he could have turned off replies and QTs on that post and shut the entire thing down pretty fast. he could lock down his notifications so he only sees people he follows! he could mute the thread. he actually has a ton of tools!
or also, you know, he could have not posted rage bait to begin with.
or also, you know, he could have not posted rage bait to begin with.
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My entire life in one cartoon, you might ask? This little masterwork, from the latest Private Eye.
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My entire life in one cartoon, you might ask? This little masterwork, from the latest Private Eye.
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Hospitals have warned of a significant rise in flu among children, and urged parents to get kids vaccinated.
The majority of 650 kids who presented to emergency departments and urgent care centres on Monday had flu-like symptoms.
jrnl.ie/6886096t
The majority of 650 kids who presented to emergency departments and urgent care centres on Monday had flu-like symptoms.
jrnl.ie/6886096t
Children's hospitals warn of significant rise in flu cases
The majority of 650 kids who presented to emergency departments on Monday had flu-like symptoms.
jrnl.ie
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hospitals have warned of a significant rise in flu among children, and urged parents to get kids vaccinated.
The majority of 650 kids who presented to emergency departments and urgent care centres on Monday had flu-like symptoms.
jrnl.ie/6886096t
The majority of 650 kids who presented to emergency departments and urgent care centres on Monday had flu-like symptoms.
jrnl.ie/6886096t
Do you want to see a squirrel photo every day from an account that blocks AI and correctly attributes the original photographer?
Then bsky.app/profile/squi... is the account you want to follow!
Then bsky.app/profile/squi... is the account you want to follow!
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Do you want to see a squirrel photo every day from an account that blocks AI and correctly attributes the original photographer?
Then bsky.app/profile/squi... is the account you want to follow!
Then bsky.app/profile/squi... is the account you want to follow!
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
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Understaffed hospitals will perform more c sections. We have a big staffing crisis and it's only going to get worse for patients
A new HSE report shows that the number of women who received caesarean sections jumped from 29.6% of all women in 2014 to 40.6% in 2024.
jrnl.ie/6886425
jrnl.ie/6886425
Over 40% of women giving birth had caesarean sections last year, HSE says
A new HSE report reviewed data from Ireland’s 19 maternity hospitals.
jrnl.ie
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Understaffed hospitals will perform more c sections. We have a big staffing crisis and it's only going to get worse for patients
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This is true Ireland and the UK too. If you’re an author in either of those two countries, you should sign up. Here’s the Irish site:
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is true Ireland and the UK too. If you’re an author in either of those two countries, you should sign up. Here’s the Irish site:
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
"Doyle also posted enthusiastically in support of one form of cryptocurrency, SafeMoon, which has since been compared to a ponzi scheme..."
"his own dashcam apparently captured him behaving recklessly behind the wheel for nearly the entirety of his journey"
"his own dashcam apparently captured him behaving recklessly behind the wheel for nearly the entirety of his journey"
The car journey to pick up a friend which led Paul Doyle to infamy
The full story 👇
The full story 👇
The car journey to pick up friend which led Paul Doyle to infamy
A cryptocurrency-obsessed family man turned Liverpool FC's title parade into a scene of utter chaos
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Doyle also posted enthusiastically in support of one form of cryptocurrency, SafeMoon, which has since been compared to a ponzi scheme..."
"his own dashcam apparently captured him behaving recklessly behind the wheel for nearly the entirety of his journey"
"his own dashcam apparently captured him behaving recklessly behind the wheel for nearly the entirety of his journey"
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so the Liverpool Range Rover attacker followed Farage and Andrew Tate and god knows who else, was provably stone cold sober at the time, but is not being described as a terrorist?
the man tried to murder literally over a hundred people
the man tried to murder literally over a hundred people
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
so the Liverpool Range Rover attacker followed Farage and Andrew Tate and god knows who else, was provably stone cold sober at the time, but is not being described as a terrorist?
the man tried to murder literally over a hundred people
the man tried to murder literally over a hundred people
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Ireland continues rolling backwards thanks to FFFG. The mind just boggles. Boggles. Emigration will only continue to rise.
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ireland continues rolling backwards thanks to FFFG. The mind just boggles. Boggles. Emigration will only continue to rise.
"He served in the Royal Marines in the early 1990s before leaving the military to work in IT and cybersecurity"
"The social media accounts he followed included those of Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and Andrew Tate"
"The social media accounts he followed included those of Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and Andrew Tate"
There's a lot of attempts at mitigating what he did here. Normal family man, royal marine, moment of madness, road rage etc.
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade
Paul Doyle, who drove into a crowd of celebrating football fans in May, changes plea unexpectedly
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"He served in the Royal Marines in the early 1990s before leaving the military to work in IT and cybersecurity"
"The social media accounts he followed included those of Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and Andrew Tate"
"The social media accounts he followed included those of Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and Andrew Tate"
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I work at a place that was right in the middle of where this happened, it was legitimately a traumatic day for everyone
There's a lot of attempts at mitigating what he did here. Normal family man, royal marine, moment of madness, road rage etc.
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade
Paul Doyle, who drove into a crowd of celebrating football fans in May, changes plea unexpectedly
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I work at a place that was right in the middle of where this happened, it was legitimately a traumatic day for everyone
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Bluesky not addictive to teens but definitely a crutch for elder millennials who know too much about the Bajoran war.
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know how addictive their platforms can be to teens.
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Bluesky not addictive to teens but definitely a crutch for elder millennials who know too much about the Bajoran war.
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When I was monitoring FB etc groups around Brexit, the one thing pro and anti groups all had in common was racist & misogynistic memes and other posts about Diane Abbott. She was loathed by the centre and the right and whatever the reasons they gave if challenged, it was always misogynoir behind it
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When I was monitoring FB etc groups around Brexit, the one thing pro and anti groups all had in common was racist & misogynistic memes and other posts about Diane Abbott. She was loathed by the centre and the right and whatever the reasons they gave if challenged, it was always misogynoir behind it
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‘The Burkes are shouting’ is a colloquial phrase that came into common usage in Ireland in the 2020s and means, ‘everything is proceeding as normal’.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘The Burkes are shouting’ is a colloquial phrase that came into common usage in Ireland in the 2020s and means, ‘everything is proceeding as normal’.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Cover artist Fakel Barros isn't on bisky, but DIDN'T SHE DO AN AMAZING JOB??? 😍😍😍😍
I was reading the Negotiator Trilogy to get them sorted for release later & chapters 17-25 of HOUSE OF CARDS are one of my favorite bits I've ever written 🥰 & I decided I COULDN'T STAND IT & have MADE THEM ALL AVAILABLE NOW!!! #booksky #urbanfantasy #romantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTFYJHH...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTFYJHH...
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Cover artist Fakel Barros isn't on bisky, but DIDN'T SHE DO AN AMAZING JOB??? 😍😍😍😍
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I think about this post daily
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I think about this post daily