Harmonious Bosch
@ljon.bsky.social
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a fascinating thing to do in 2026 is go back and read the entire list of signatories from the 2020 harper's letter on free speech
harpers.org/a-letter-on-...
harpers.org/a-letter-on-...
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at [email protected] Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of tri...
harpers.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
a fascinating thing to do in 2026 is go back and read the entire list of signatories from the 2020 harper's letter on free speech
harpers.org/a-letter-on-...
harpers.org/a-letter-on-...
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A lot of folk still don’t know that Aramark own (super fancy) Avoca, as well as providing food services for Direct Provision Centres. Very easy not to go to Avoca, I reckon. Public opinion got them out of NGI, after all.
Pretty much every story you hear about prisoners and ICE kidnap victims being fed rotten and bug-infested food, the company that is serving them that food is either Aramark or Trinity Services Group
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramark
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramark
Aramark - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
A lot of folk still don’t know that Aramark own (super fancy) Avoca, as well as providing food services for Direct Provision Centres. Very easy not to go to Avoca, I reckon. Public opinion got them out of NGI, after all.
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Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery.
But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
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But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
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As it happened: Storm Chandra wreaks havoc on Ireland
Follow live updates as Storm Chandra brings strong winds and heavy rain across the country.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery.
But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...
But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...
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What's not surprising is that the people who think LLMs improve general productivity are the same who will contract out a site to PwC.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
What's not surprising is that the people who think LLMs improve general productivity are the same who will contract out a site to PwC.
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Again, there is no legislative fix for the magnitude of the authoritarian crimes being committed daily. Everyone is just pretending at this point:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Again, there is no legislative fix for the magnitude of the authoritarian crimes being committed daily. Everyone is just pretending at this point:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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James Browne is in FF. Instead of whinging that met eireann didn't give flood alerts he could get off his hole and look around at the lack of action that his party has taken on climate for decades.
There will be more severe, unpredictable flooding. Yet JB and FF are content to nothing
There will be more severe, unpredictable flooding. Yet JB and FF are content to nothing
January 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
James Browne is in FF. Instead of whinging that met eireann didn't give flood alerts he could get off his hole and look around at the lack of action that his party has taken on climate for decades.
There will be more severe, unpredictable flooding. Yet JB and FF are content to nothing
There will be more severe, unpredictable flooding. Yet JB and FF are content to nothing
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bear in mind that this comes in a context where Met Éireann has been under attack for years for allegedly giving overly severe weather warnings, including Retail Ireland complaining about MÉ's "alarmism" shortly after a storm in which people were killed
Minister James Browne said Met Éireann needs to make a 'judgement call' rather than solely relying on mathematical formulas when it comes to issuing weather warnings jrnl.ie/6940649
Housing Minister criticises Met Éireann for 'withholding information' on severity of floods
The flooding mainly affected Co Wexford, Co Wicklow, and south Dublin.
jrnl.ie
January 28, 2026 at 3:08 PM
bear in mind that this comes in a context where Met Éireann has been under attack for years for allegedly giving overly severe weather warnings, including Retail Ireland complaining about MÉ's "alarmism" shortly after a storm in which people were killed
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It's #DataProtectionDay. A few days ago @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social got together with @tupped.bsky.social and Blessing Mutiro from the team to chat about #CollectiveHarms and questions of governance theory and traditions in #DataProtection practice. #GingerRights castlebridge.ie/podcasts/mak...
Making Waves - Data Protection Day Episode
Direct Links to Podcast Episode: About this Episode In this thought-provoking episode of the Talk Data To Me podcast for World Data Protection Day, Daragh is joined by Dr Blessing Mutiro—fresh from su...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
It's #DataProtectionDay. A few days ago @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social got together with @tupped.bsky.social and Blessing Mutiro from the team to chat about #CollectiveHarms and questions of governance theory and traditions in #DataProtection practice. #GingerRights castlebridge.ie/podcasts/mak...
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Good news: the UK Government is now offering free short courses on how to use the rabid monkey that comes taped to every computer now for some reason! You'll learn how to...
- dodge the monkey's angry fists!
- understand its tortured screams!
- write invoices in bits of poo he's left on your desk!
- dodge the monkey's angry fists!
- understand its tortured screams!
- write invoices in bits of poo he's left on your desk!
January 28, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Good news: the UK Government is now offering free short courses on how to use the rabid monkey that comes taped to every computer now for some reason! You'll learn how to...
- dodge the monkey's angry fists!
- understand its tortured screams!
- write invoices in bits of poo he's left on your desk!
- dodge the monkey's angry fists!
- understand its tortured screams!
- write invoices in bits of poo he's left on your desk!
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Context includes firms such as Microsoft whining that they won’t recoup their hundreds of billions of AI investment because non-tech firms aren’t adopting AI sufficiently
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Context includes firms such as Microsoft whining that they won’t recoup their hundreds of billions of AI investment because non-tech firms aren’t adopting AI sufficiently
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THIS is why so many of us have warned for years about why AdTech & Big Data -- those companies that gather your highly revealing online data & auction/sell it -- MUST be tightly regulated or better, forbidden. It's so damn revealing that ICE wants access to it. www.mediapost.com/publications...
ICE Issues RFI For 'Ad Tech Compliant' Data
The agency is "gathering information to better understand how the industry's commercial Big Data and ad tech providers can directly support investigations activities."
www.mediapost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 AM
THIS is why so many of us have warned for years about why AdTech & Big Data -- those companies that gather your highly revealing online data & auction/sell it -- MUST be tightly regulated or better, forbidden. It's so damn revealing that ICE wants access to it. www.mediapost.com/publications...
Very excited for the Irish state to ape this almost immediately because rarely has there been a bad idea wafted out of Westminster / Whitehall which our lot didn't look at and think 'Let's have some of that.'
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Very excited for the Irish state to ape this almost immediately because rarely has there been a bad idea wafted out of Westminster / Whitehall which our lot didn't look at and think 'Let's have some of that.'
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The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
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recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
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Both my substantial intellect (due to capacious volume) and poor relative steadiness (due to significant mass too high off the ground) are directly affected by my enormous Irish Head; may I please have a sinecure peddling nonsense to the credulous on CBS
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Both my substantial intellect (due to capacious volume) and poor relative steadiness (due to significant mass too high off the ground) are directly affected by my enormous Irish Head; may I please have a sinecure peddling nonsense to the credulous on CBS
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“The very first rubber dick to touch government-issued leather boots triggered a full-blown chemical weapons response.”
THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION
The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.
www.closertotheedge.net
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
“The very first rubber dick to touch government-issued leather boots triggered a full-blown chemical weapons response.”
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Once again the Government demonstrates remarkable ability to achieve things that nobody wanted and many are actively against.
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Once again the Government demonstrates remarkable ability to achieve things that nobody wanted and many are actively against.
Just the sort of weather that'd make you want to go shopping for a nitrates derogation and a big ol' LNG terminal.
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Just the sort of weather that'd make you want to go shopping for a nitrates derogation and a big ol' LNG terminal.
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Just glance at Minnesota to see where this leads.
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Just glance at Minnesota to see where this leads.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Many people have experience with Oracle's products going back decades. I'm sure none of them are surprised.
TikTok broke in its first weekend with US ownership
TikTok broke in its first weekend with US ownership
No, it wasn’t just you.
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Many people have experience with Oracle's products going back decades. I'm sure none of them are surprised.
Admirable in one way that someone can get themselves a gig which involves posing the question 'Does sand have feelings?' and pocket a presumably very healthy chunk of VC cash for doing so.
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Admirable in one way that someone can get themselves a gig which involves posing the question 'Does sand have feelings?' and pocket a presumably very healthy chunk of VC cash for doing so.