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Starting reading (or starting too, I doubt I'll make it all the way through) Douthat's interview with Amodei from a couple of days ago. From the jump it seems like yet another example of credulous journalist platforming tech CEO high his own hype.

(A 🧵, short or long depending on when I give up.)>>

Screencap: Are the lords of artificial intelligence on the side of the human race? That’s the core question I had for this week’s guest. Dario Amodei is the chief executive of Anthropic, one of the fastest growing AI companies. He’s something of a utopian when it comes to the potential benefits of the technology that he’s unleashing on the world. But he also sees grave dangers ahead and inevitable disruption.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/artificial-intelligence-anthropic-amodei.html

February 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM

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February 15, 2026 at 6:41 AM

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February 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM

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February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM

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February 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 6d

Our statement regarding last week's proposal to introduce a mandate on helmets and high-visibility gear for people who cycle 🚴‍♂️

Such a measure would be folly - for everybody on the road.

Helmet and visibility mandates do not make cycling safer. Transport planning centred on people, however, does 🌍

February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM

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February 12, 2026 at 6:33 AM

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Well that was a car crash from the minister for mental health! @rteradio1.bsky.social

February 11, 2026 at 8:27 AM

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February 11, 2026 at 6:47 AM

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"This is strategic planning by institutional amnesia." Must buy biggest, shiniest box to be perceived as "world -class, National solution" rather than learning from say, Danish experience with EHR.

Opinion: Ireland doesn’t learn from infrastructure failures. We repeat them

Ireland’s children deserve a world-class hospital. Instead, they’re getting a €2.2 billion building paired with a €362 million digital gamble managed by an organisation that can’t ensure doctors recei...

www.irishtimes.com

February 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM

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February 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM

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February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM

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February 8, 2026 at 7:19 AM

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www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Galway cyclists seek a ‘safe space’ four years on from collapse of Salthill project

‘You are caught between parked cars where you could be ‘doored’ at any moment, or fast-moving traffic’

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February 8, 2026 at 6:31 AM

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February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM

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Dublin City Council has previously said flood defences for Clontarf could be built by 2033 “if all goes well”. We really don’t have a word with the urgency of ‘mañana’ in Irish Admin.?
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