Peter Flynn
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You can think of it as me, giving something back to you, in recognition of all the wonderful work of yours I continue to enjoy.
February 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
You can think of it as me, giving something back to you, in recognition of all the wonderful work of yours I continue to enjoy.
As predicted, the squalid fantasies of the architectural cliques are set to make a hames of a perfectly adequate feature of the Green which needs no "bold new look". The saving feature of modern replacements is that they won't last more than a few decades before deteriorating beyond salvation.
Dublin’s Stephen’s Green is getting a bold new look. But not a great one
Dublin’s Stephen’s Green is getting a bold new look. But not a great one
The revamp of Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre is proving a challenge. O’Donnell+Tuomey’s new design – the third – for the Dublin mall still has problems
www.irishtimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
As predicted, the squalid fantasies of the architectural cliques are set to make a hames of a perfectly adequate feature of the Green which needs no "bold new look". The saving feature of modern replacements is that they won't last more than a few decades before deteriorating beyond salvation.
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it's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about ✨a plague that kills billionaires✨
Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire’s Tears
I wake up to the sound of screaming, and know I’m going to die. I shoot out of bed, calling for my mother. First thing I’ve spoken clearly in two days. “Maria!” My mother bursts into my room. “Baby…
escapepod.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
it's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about ✨a plague that kills billionaires✨
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I'm not especially opposed to driverless cabs, but I'm fucked if I'm giving up my ancestral British right to cross the road anywhere if it's safe for me to do so. "Jaywalking" isn't a thing or a crime here, techbros, so your magic cars will have to learn to deal with that.
Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I'm not especially opposed to driverless cabs, but I'm fucked if I'm giving up my ancestral British right to cross the road anywhere if it's safe for me to do so. "Jaywalking" isn't a thing or a crime here, techbros, so your magic cars will have to learn to deal with that.
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LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.
12/12
12/12
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.
12/12
12/12
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There is zero evidence that their ban on puberty blockers has helped a single child and plenty of evidence that it has resulted in the deaths of over 20 trans children.
They know all this.
They are happy with how things are going.
They know all this.
They are happy with how things are going.
February 15, 2026 at 8:49 AM
There is zero evidence that their ban on puberty blockers has helped a single child and plenty of evidence that it has resulted in the deaths of over 20 trans children.
They know all this.
They are happy with how things are going.
They know all this.
They are happy with how things are going.
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I know you will find this a shock so I need you to sit down.
There are countries which are not the usa
There are countries which are not the usa
February 15, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I know you will find this a shock so I need you to sit down.
There are countries which are not the usa
There are countries which are not the usa
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i don't trust private shipping companies. be the post office or be nothing
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i don't trust private shipping companies. be the post office or be nothing
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Lawyers should definitely continue to tell clients that shit they tell to their AI lawyer isn't protected by attorney client privilege even if the CEO says it can replace a lawyer.
February 14, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Lawyers should definitely continue to tell clients that shit they tell to their AI lawyer isn't protected by attorney client privilege even if the CEO says it can replace a lawyer.
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happy Valentine’s Day would you all like a thread of big old houses currently for sale in the U.K.?
of course you would, here you go, in no particular order
of course you would, here you go, in no particular order
February 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
happy Valentine’s Day would you all like a thread of big old houses currently for sale in the U.K.?
of course you would, here you go, in no particular order
of course you would, here you go, in no particular order
Even worse for documentation. I don't want to watch some stammering illiterate spend half an hour describing what buttons you might or might not want to press for various outcomes. Just give me the FM and shut up.
No matter how interesting, I am probably never going to listen to a podcast, even about a thing I love. I will read a transcription of an interview, but I just don't have it in me to do the podcast thing. Same for "video essay" shit on YouTube. Just can't process it.
February 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Even worse for documentation. I don't want to watch some stammering illiterate spend half an hour describing what buttons you might or might not want to press for various outcomes. Just give me the FM and shut up.
Task 1 is to persuade the new DAA boss that Cork exists.
New DAA boss facing into a hard landing after Kenny Jacobs exit
New DAA boss facing into a hard landing after Kenny Jacobs exit
Contentious issues include the Dublin Airport passenger cap, rules on airport noise and the need for new infrastructure
www.irishtimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Task 1 is to persuade the new DAA boss that Cork exists.
This is like the car companies in the 60s saying that seatbelt legislation would make cars unaffordable. It's arrogant and ignorant nonsense. The solution is to make corporate ownership of residential properties illegal and force landlords to be identifiable persons.
Rental reforms will drive landlords out of sector, property group tells Minister
Rental reforms will drive landlords out of sector, property group tells Minister
Body warned of likely legal challenges against rental reforms in pre-budget letter
www.irishtimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is like the car companies in the 60s saying that seatbelt legislation would make cars unaffordable. It's arrogant and ignorant nonsense. The solution is to make corporate ownership of residential properties illegal and force landlords to be identifiable persons.
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Someone has reminded me that today is Charles Darwin's birthday. It also Abraham Lincoln's, of course. Both born OTD in 1809. SOMETHING big was going on then.
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Someone has reminded me that today is Charles Darwin's birthday. It also Abraham Lincoln's, of course. Both born OTD in 1809. SOMETHING big was going on then.
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Ratcliffe is where populism leads. To multimillionaires spouting ignorant racist horseshit that divides us but unites the far right in their cynical bid to exploit prejudice for power. Ratcliffe will just shrug from his tax haven home. He doesn’t care. Farage laps it up. Everyone else loses.
February 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Ratcliffe is where populism leads. To multimillionaires spouting ignorant racist horseshit that divides us but unites the far right in their cynical bid to exploit prejudice for power. Ratcliffe will just shrug from his tax haven home. He doesn’t care. Farage laps it up. Everyone else loses.
Dymo labels are a gateway drug to alphabetising your chargers. Just sayin'
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Dymo labels are a gateway drug to alphabetising your chargers. Just sayin'
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hi, church boy here. this isn't funny, Christians only do this when they're in extreme distress
HOOOOOO boy.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
hi, church boy here. this isn't funny, Christians only do this when they're in extreme distress
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pretty obvious at this point that the conditions in the MAGA camps are considerably worse than Japanese internment
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
pretty obvious at this point that the conditions in the MAGA camps are considerably worse than Japanese internment
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American commentators, you HAVE to learn the difference between a Czech and a Chechen if you are going to be paid money to announce international sporting events. Correct nationality name is far, far below the mandatory threshold.
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
American commentators, you HAVE to learn the difference between a Czech and a Chechen if you are going to be paid money to announce international sporting events. Correct nationality name is far, far below the mandatory threshold.
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Why did the American audience apparently hear different audio of JD Vance's appearance at the Olympics than the audio heard by the rest of the world?
NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.
NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Why did the American audience apparently hear different audio of JD Vance's appearance at the Olympics than the audio heard by the rest of the world?
NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.
NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.
Excellent. I look forward to other browsers doing the same. Are you listening, @vivaldi.com ?
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Excellent. I look forward to other browsers doing the same. Are you listening, @vivaldi.com ?
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Bollards save lives. End of story.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 7, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Bollards save lives. End of story.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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And remember, the only thing hat stops a bad guy bricking up people behind walls is a good guy brick up people behind walls.
February 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
And remember, the only thing hat stops a bad guy bricking up people behind walls is a good guy brick up people behind walls.
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As a society, we need to stop treating people in debt as if they are criminals who committed a crime.
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
As a society, we need to stop treating people in debt as if they are criminals who committed a crime.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"There's a hard way to do this and an easy way. Unfortunately in your case it's too late to switch to the easy way."
"There's a hard way to do this and an easy way. Unfortunately in your case it's too late to switch to the easy way."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's not designed to work that way"
"It's not designed to work that way"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"And how does that feel?"
"And how does that feel?"
February 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"There's a hard way to do this and an easy way. Unfortunately in your case it's too late to switch to the easy way."
"There's a hard way to do this and an easy way. Unfortunately in your case it's too late to switch to the easy way."