Keith Adams
@keithadams.bsky.social
Kept around by Irish Jesuits to think about prisons and punishment
I am not one for portents but...
Heavy rains have turned an Iranian beach on Hormuz Island bright red after iron-oxide-rich soil from the area washed into the sea.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am not one for portents but...
sometimes I fear I am becoming hyper-sensitive to dangerous driving.
today, when doing 70km/h in an 80 zone on N2, a Northern driver undertook me on the hard shoulder at ~100 due to oncoming traffic. anyone walking would have been killed /1
today, when doing 70km/h in an 80 zone on N2, a Northern driver undertook me on the hard shoulder at ~100 due to oncoming traffic. anyone walking would have been killed /1
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
sometimes I fear I am becoming hyper-sensitive to dangerous driving.
today, when doing 70km/h in an 80 zone on N2, a Northern driver undertook me on the hard shoulder at ~100 due to oncoming traffic. anyone walking would have been killed /1
today, when doing 70km/h in an 80 zone on N2, a Northern driver undertook me on the hard shoulder at ~100 due to oncoming traffic. anyone walking would have been killed /1
troubling that it could be any number of countries
Tucker Carlson: “Members of Congress were briefed yesterday that a war is coming, and it’ll be announced in the address to the nation tonight at 9 o’clock by the President… A member of Congress told me that this morning.”
Video: Christopher Leonard via X (@ChrisLeonardATL)
Video: Christopher Leonard via X (@ChrisLeonardATL)
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
troubling that it could be any number of countries
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omfg
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
omfg
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there is no way to ringfence an LLM authorized to make pornography such that it won't become the most powerful CSAM creation engine ever made
"On Thursday, the same day that Disney and OpenAI announced their content partnership, Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s chief executive of applications, said that ChatGPT’s 'adult mode' would launch in the first quarter of 2026."
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
Why Sam Altman is getting into the pornography business
Over the past year and a half, OpenAI has steadily gained legitimacy among legacy media companies, signing content deals with publishers to feed material to ChatGPT and its other generative artificial...
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
there is no way to ringfence an LLM authorized to make pornography such that it won't become the most powerful CSAM creation engine ever made
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
Sean, Canney?
He Can.
He Can.
The RSA as structured was acknowledged to be unfit by the previous minister. Victims of road violence deserve the best road safety agency imaginable.
We stand with the many groups rightly calling out this irresponsible move by the Minister of State
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/road-safety-...
We stand with the many groups rightly calling out this irresponsible move by the Minister of State
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/road-safety-...
Road Safety Groups condemn reversal of RSA Reform
The Press Release below was issued on Wed 17 December 2025 in response to the reversal of the reform of the Road Safety Authority. PRESS RELEASE: Road Safety Groups condemn reversal of RSA Reform We, ...
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sean, Canney?
He Can.
He Can.
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Another appalling U-Turn by the Minister of State 😞
Vulnerable road users are MASSIVELY over-represented in the shocking increase in casualties of road violence.
www.thejournal.ie/rsa-disbande...
Vulnerable road users are MASSIVELY over-represented in the shocking increase in casualties of road violence.
www.thejournal.ie/rsa-disbande...
Government abandons plan to disband Road Safety Authority in surprise u-turn
Minister of State with responsibility for roads, Sean Canney, said splitting up the organisation would be very costly.
www.thejournal.ie
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Another appalling U-Turn by the Minister of State 😞
Vulnerable road users are MASSIVELY over-represented in the shocking increase in casualties of road violence.
www.thejournal.ie/rsa-disbande...
Vulnerable road users are MASSIVELY over-represented in the shocking increase in casualties of road violence.
www.thejournal.ie/rsa-disbande...
(rising pedestrian and cyclist deaths in urban areas)
Govt - "we need a technology solution"
Road safety groups - "well, you roll out red light and static speed cameras"
Govt - "hear me out, what about a yoke that you blow into on your car..."
Govt - "we need a technology solution"
Road safety groups - "well, you roll out red light and static speed cameras"
Govt - "hear me out, what about a yoke that you blow into on your car..."
"Canney said he would like to see an increased focus on preventing drink driving and that in 2026 he would start, as he put it, “socialising” the idea for a roll out of more car ‘interlock’ devices."
I want to start "socialising" the idea that people should stop voting for FFG.
#IrishPol
I want to start "socialising" the idea that people should stop voting for FFG.
#IrishPol
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
(rising pedestrian and cyclist deaths in urban areas)
Govt - "we need a technology solution"
Road safety groups - "well, you roll out red light and static speed cameras"
Govt - "hear me out, what about a yoke that you blow into on your car..."
Govt - "we need a technology solution"
Road safety groups - "well, you roll out red light and static speed cameras"
Govt - "hear me out, what about a yoke that you blow into on your car..."
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in a Government full of empty suits, Canney is making a late run to be the emptiest
Sean Canney: Minister of State for U-turns on road safety?
Comment & Analysis: As road deaths in 2025 have already surpassed the number of people killed on our roads in 2024, Sean Canney, the independent TD, and, it seems, Minister for State with responsibility for inaction on road safety, has…
Comment & Analysis: As road deaths in 2025 have already surpassed the number of people killed on our roads in 2024, Sean Canney, the independent TD, and, it seems, Minister for State with responsibility for inaction on road safety, has…
Sean Canney: Minister of State for U-turns on road safety?
Comment & Analysis: As road deaths in 2025 have already surpassed the number of people killed on our roads in 2024, Sean Canney, the independent TD, and, it seems, Minister for State with responsibility for inaction on road safety, has done another U-turn. Senior Government Ministers -- including Taoiseach Micheál Martin -- have talked about governments being unable to implement plans.
irishcycle.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
in a Government full of empty suits, Canney is making a late run to be the emptiest
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Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work
One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.
www.brusselstimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
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Studies Winter 2025-2026 issue has an extensive array of contributions from authors such as Bryan Fanning, Peadar Kirby (@kirbypeadar.bsky.social), Kate Costello-Sullivan (@costelkh.bsky.social), and Carmel Gallagher.
Available now from studiesirishreview.ie
Available now from studiesirishreview.ie
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Studies Winter 2025-2026 issue has an extensive array of contributions from authors such as Bryan Fanning, Peadar Kirby (@kirbypeadar.bsky.social), Kate Costello-Sullivan (@costelkh.bsky.social), and Carmel Gallagher.
Available now from studiesirishreview.ie
Available now from studiesirishreview.ie
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A Minority Report type future, where the pre-cogs identify future criminals but instead of arresting them we get them connected with social programs and supports so that they never have to become criminals in the first place
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A Minority Report type future, where the pre-cogs identify future criminals but instead of arresting them we get them connected with social programs and supports so that they never have to become criminals in the first place
the traditional time lag in policy and rhetoric imported from England is rapidly shrinking
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister ‘not setting any numbers’, but says population growth is too high, putting services under pressure
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
the traditional time lag in policy and rhetoric imported from England is rapidly shrinking
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www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5... European Group Conference 2026. Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1–4 Sept 2026. Join scholars & collectives to build abolitionist alternatives to policing, prisons & capitalism. Deadline--- 23/32026.
December 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5... European Group Conference 2026. Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1–4 Sept 2026. Join scholars & collectives to build abolitionist alternatives to policing, prisons & capitalism. Deadline--- 23/32026.
SF and FFG on justice policy
a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
ALT: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
SF and FFG on justice policy
I am not altogether clear on how SF are differentiating themselves from FF and FG on prisons
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
Justice Committee visits Limerick prison to examine overcrowding crisis - Matt Carthy TD - Sinn Féin
Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Matt Carthy TD, today led a visit by the committee to Limerick Prison to see at first hand the impact of the prison over...
sinnfein.ie
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I am not altogether clear on how SF are differentiating themselves from FF and FG on prisons
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
maybe the ECHR no longer has utility for the State as it seeks to expand coercive confinement and deportation of migrants and people seeking asylum
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Precedent could have far-reaching consequences. Who is to say the rights of gay citizens won’t be the next target by a coalition of hostile states?
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
maybe the ECHR no longer has utility for the State as it seeks to expand coercive confinement and deportation of migrants and people seeking asylum
this rhetoric is going to end well, surely his handlers have been watching the UK
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister tells Inside Politics that population growth is too high, putting services under pressure
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
this rhetoric is going to end well, surely his handlers have been watching the UK
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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over at @theatlantic.com, they let me write about how Heat is just a regular-type romance movie. here’s a guest link
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
over at @theatlantic.com, they let me write about how Heat is just a regular-type romance movie. here’s a guest link
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Forward. The Bicycle
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Forward. The Bicycle
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
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Studies Winter 2025 - 2026 is available now, with lead articles from Tom Casey SJ, @liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social, Nuala King, and Siobhán McNamara.
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Studies Winter 2025 - 2026 is available now, with lead articles from Tom Casey SJ, @liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social, Nuala King, and Siobhán McNamara.
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
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DCC removed it! Well done to everyone who reported it and followed up. Especially, area Cllr Janet Horner.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
DCC removed it! Well done to everyone who reported it and followed up. Especially, area Cllr Janet Horner.