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Justin Mason

@jmason.org

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Dublin-based software engineer; still linkblogging at https://jmason.ie/ . Nerdy stuff on https://mastodon.ie/@jmason . Works at NewsWhip, used to work at Swrve, Amazon and on SpamAssassin, nowadays mostly just being a dad in Dublin. Opinions my own.

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 21h

MM refusing to do anything on climate shows that he puts disproportionate weight on the opinions of lobbyists for data centers, car manufacturers, dairy, etc cause support for government action on climate change actually unites people across the country..so who is he talking about?

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

“I can’t stop the world burning and civilisation’s collapse, as it is hard.”

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

“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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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 22h

Yeah. the new F spine routes are scrapping buses that used to bring us to S Georges Street (handy!), and even Phibsboro (also quite handy!). I have to wonder what the impact on Phibsboro will be when it is no longer accessible by 50% of its bus traffic any more :(

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 23h

In case there was any doubt that FF have no intention of dealing with climate change mitigation -- the strategy is obviously delay, prevaricate, fail, then leave the EUR30bn fine for someone else to pay

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

Yeah and it's totally ok for them to have their own tastes! Like I gave up on the Star Wars question long ago

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

Respect to George Harrison. If my guitar gently wept I would freak out.

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

Yeah I found that too watching with dd1 here....

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

It's tricky! Those 80s movies have dated a bit, even if they are classics

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

not far off the next stage which is where you.... just read the event stream from the S3 bucket :) Also, automatic retries while avoiding duplicate events -- that's the harder part

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

that was a real "the worst person you know made a great point" moment

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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 1d

Minister O'Brien is _very_ comfortable with untruth., The reality is that the aviation sector cannot be decarbonised using existing technology. "Sustainable" Aviation Fuel makes up less that 1% of the fuel mix and is essentially impossible to scale up beyond that.

Children's Rights Over Flights @rightoverflight.bsky.social · 1d

Asked about the effects of ending the Dublin Airport Cap on the climate, Minister O'Brien says "SAFs will play the greatest role in decarbonising the aviation sector". www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q... Background on so called "SAF" aka unsustainable biofuel: stay-grounded.org/wp-content/u...

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

well this sucks. Just release it in Europe and Canada and we will play the hell out of it

www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisoft-repo...

Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin’s Creed set in post-Civil War America due to US politics and Yasuke backlash

Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin’s Creed game set in post-civil war America last year, with execs citing concern over the US political climate.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 1d

totally agreed about underfloor heating, just strikes me as a maintainance nightmare

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 2d

this is Pentagon-level shite dataviz

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 2d

election posters make great lining for chicken coops, in my experience!

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 2d

I really hope that happens. we need some left wing voices

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

The treatment of ME/CFS sufferers in the UK is a massive scandal. I am appalled by the contents of that Monbiot thread!

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

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Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow That's So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit

The renowned tech critic's book "Enshittification" hasn't even been out for a full day, and Amazon is already selling AI-generated knockoffs.

futurism.com

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

we're back to the PGP Web Of Trust again

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

a true work of art from @conorsmith.ie

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

buying a car! yikes :)

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

I'm really hoping they can get through that phase, and soon

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

They generally pause at stops if they are far ahead of schedule, though

Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

yeah it is 0 craic. My kids are delighted with it when it runs as it's straight from 10 mins from our house to the school -- but when it doesn't run, it's emergency-dad's-taxi mode for me :(

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Justin Mason @jmason.org · 3d

...it's still in the timetable, as far as I can see? and no messages on their X account about it.