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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2h

Never forget that the rise of the frog resistance was foretold by a great prophet, many years ago, in a more innocent time.

#PortlandFrog

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0fu...

Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus - We all stand together

YouTube video by Eadwig

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 21h

The Bar Council have been put in the position of having issue a statement correcting the false claims in both the IT and the Indo that Connolly took cases by choice when in fact she was meeting her professional and legal obligations as all barristers do.
www.lawlibrary.ie/statement-fr...

#Áras25

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

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 duti...

www.lawlibrary.ie

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 21h

That’s nice. I want to be 25kg lighter (and that has at least a chance of happening).

The Verge @theverge.com · 22h

Meta wants its metaverse everywhere

Meta’s metaverse VP Vishal Shah explains how the company wants to expand Horizon Worlds beyond VR and into your feeds.

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 23h

Explanation: the colour I had picked up (after being told the colour I wanted wasn’t in stock) wasn’t actually included in the offer. This wasn’t mentioned or pointed out when I was talking to the sales person. And if there was signage calling this out it wasn’t sufficiently clear.

Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 23h

Questionable pricing strategy by DID Electric - priced an item on line, went into store. Picked up what seemed to be one of that item. Wrapped it and dropped it off as a gift. Checked receipt after I’d done all that at lunchtime. Was charged €30 more than the price advertised on line.

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 1d

Judging barristers and solicitors on the clients they have worked for has been a very dangerous and deadly false narrative just a few miles up the road. The Irish media should know better than to try and draw inferences

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Łori J. Williams🧋 @ringtheory.bsky.social · 1d

Google to employees: give your health info to AI or you don't get health benefits.
Why do I get the feeling that the privacy and security audit wasn't of the same rigor as one for facial recognition for building access? 🤔

www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-he...

Google told employees: If you want health benefits, sign up with a third-party AI tool

Google rolled out a third-party AI tool for health benefits, sparking concerns about data privacy and consent among Googlers.

www.businessinsider.com

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 1d

The €66 copy is on Amazon.ie. The other is on Amazon.co.uk. Looks like Amazon is charging a #PaddyTax.

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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 1d

This is our opportunity to take the awareness of #ChatControl and turn it towards the domestic plan.

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Looking at #Amazon to get a copy of the #DataEthics book I co-authored with Katherine O’Keefe.

Almost €20 in the difference. For the same book.

Photo of Amazon.ie listing for “Data Ethics” by O’Keefe and O Brien. Price is €66.03.

Photo of Amazon.co.uk listing for “Data Ethics”. Price is €46.10

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2d

All too often, creative work is considered valuable to the corporate-political world, but the people who produce it are not.

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who did a degree in History, but works in quite an IT technical field I often find myself in meetings saying

"Has anyone actually read this document, & furthermore does anyone understand what it is "actually" saying

Because it's clearly not being articulated in this meeting

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 2d

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.

An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Phil Rothwell @phillyrothers.bsky.social · 2d

Many mistaken assumptions made about the skills required in a post-AI world. Tech and formulaic stuff will be largely automated. The ability to write and parse complex text, present and influence will be key skills. Talking as an English Lit grad now working in complex tech roles and researching AI

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration appears to be engaged in a dramatic project to replace the United States’ traditional European alliances, with tech policy and culture wars over social media a key to the effort, Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson writes:

Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image | TechPolicy.Press

Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.

www.techpolicy.press

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 4d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Techlore @techlore.tech · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Chat Control BLOCKED in EU! 🎉

Germany just refused to back the EU's mass surveillance "Chat Control" regulation after public pressure! This blocks the required majority in the EU Council and derails next week's planned vote.

NICE JOB EVERYONE! 💪

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 2d

A few years ago, just before I was to travel to UK to deliver training to a client they introduced a “Learning Partner” into the mix who insisted that I provide per head pricing instead of agreed rate.

Cost to client (who had agreed a rate with me for a group) suddenly went up 5x.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘Stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’ Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late actor and comedian Robin Williams, has spoken out against AI-generated content featuring her father. “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” Zelda wrote in an Instagram story on Monday. “Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

www.thebookseller.com

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Éibhear Ó hAnluain @eibhear.gibiris.org · 4d

I asked her what she would have thought if the gov. opened all her correspondence with surgeons about their patients to take copies for future use, just in case. She was horrified.

That's #ChatControl.

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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 4d

“Littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.”

Deloitte issues refund to (Aus) government for using AI in $440k report

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Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 4d

Gang: once cops get backdoors that will allow your phone to tell on you for any 'undesirable' conversation you have, that's it. The game is over and you'll be guilty.

That's what Chat Control is.

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 4d

Oh boy.. Jack Chambers is not having a good morning on the radio.

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine

Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine

media.tenor.com

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