Richard Chambers
@newschambers.bsky.social
Virgin Media News Correspondent but these are my own views and not those of my employer.
Ireland.
Ireland.
Busy day of Zelenskyy-watch yesterday.
No “breakthrough” in Witkoff’s mission to Moscow. It’s unclear what the next steps are. No word of Witkoff travelling to Kyiv or meeting any European leaders.
No “breakthrough” in Witkoff’s mission to Moscow. It’s unclear what the next steps are. No word of Witkoff travelling to Kyiv or meeting any European leaders.
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Busy day of Zelenskyy-watch yesterday.
No “breakthrough” in Witkoff’s mission to Moscow. It’s unclear what the next steps are. No word of Witkoff travelling to Kyiv or meeting any European leaders.
No “breakthrough” in Witkoff’s mission to Moscow. It’s unclear what the next steps are. No word of Witkoff travelling to Kyiv or meeting any European leaders.
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David Coburn, former leader of UKIP Scotland & mentioned in WhatsApp messages sent between Gill and his handler answers "no" when a journalist asks him if he took money to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
David Coburn, former leader of UKIP Scotland & mentioned in WhatsApp messages sent between Gill and his handler answers "no" when a journalist asks him if he took money to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The citoyennes of Place D'Artmeaut are going to be really annoyed.
And no way will such a thing be allowed to disrupt Avenue D'un Ville.
And no way will such a thing be allowed to disrupt Avenue D'un Ville.
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The citoyennes of Place D'Artmeaut are going to be really annoyed.
And no way will such a thing be allowed to disrupt Avenue D'un Ville.
And no way will such a thing be allowed to disrupt Avenue D'un Ville.
🎧 New episode:
🇺🇦 Who are the key figures behind the Trump ceasefire push? And who leaked the Witkoff call?
📱👾 Sharenting, Roblox and TikTok all in the news over online safety. How the Roblox CEO made absolutely everything worse.
🐄 Cattle rustling in West Cork.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VXo...
🇺🇦 Who are the key figures behind the Trump ceasefire push? And who leaked the Witkoff call?
📱👾 Sharenting, Roblox and TikTok all in the news over online safety. How the Roblox CEO made absolutely everything worse.
🐄 Cattle rustling in West Cork.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VXo...
Russia, Roblox & Rustling
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🎧 New episode:
🇺🇦 Who are the key figures behind the Trump ceasefire push? And who leaked the Witkoff call?
📱👾 Sharenting, Roblox and TikTok all in the news over online safety. How the Roblox CEO made absolutely everything worse.
🐄 Cattle rustling in West Cork.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VXo...
🇺🇦 Who are the key figures behind the Trump ceasefire push? And who leaked the Witkoff call?
📱👾 Sharenting, Roblox and TikTok all in the news over online safety. How the Roblox CEO made absolutely everything worse.
🐄 Cattle rustling in West Cork.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VXo...
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🗣️ “It’s emblematic of how difficult it is to make this city and this country work.”
Ranelagh residents have sought a judicial review of the Dublin Metrolink, raising wider questions about the challenges Ireland faces in getting major infrastructure projects completed.
📺 10PM | Virgin Media One
Ranelagh residents have sought a judicial review of the Dublin Metrolink, raising wider questions about the challenges Ireland faces in getting major infrastructure projects completed.
📺 10PM | Virgin Media One
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🗣️ “It’s emblematic of how difficult it is to make this city and this country work.”
Ranelagh residents have sought a judicial review of the Dublin Metrolink, raising wider questions about the challenges Ireland faces in getting major infrastructure projects completed.
📺 10PM | Virgin Media One
Ranelagh residents have sought a judicial review of the Dublin Metrolink, raising wider questions about the challenges Ireland faces in getting major infrastructure projects completed.
📺 10PM | Virgin Media One
The Mushroom Kingdom is not sending their best.
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Mushroom Kingdom is not sending their best.
170,000+ people have signed a petition handed in to TikTok’s office in Dublin calling on the social giant to change its “toxic” model which is “addictive by design” and funnels harmful material towards children and young users.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
170,000+ people have signed a petition handed in to TikTok’s office in Dublin calling on the social giant to change its “toxic” model which is “addictive by design” and funnels harmful material towards children and young users.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians from refugee camps called ‘war crime’, report finds
Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians from refugee camps called ‘war crime’, report finds
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams during its ‘Operation Iron Wall’
www.irishtimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians from refugee camps called ‘war crime’, report finds
Dangerously hopeful.
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Dangerously hopeful.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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this is such horrific stuff
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
this is such horrific stuff
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"The actual answer is to stop using chatbots for news, stop creating jobs inside the broadcasters whose purpose is to befoul the information stream with generative AI, and attach actual liability to the chatbot vendors when they output complete lies."
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union have produced a large study of how well AI chatbots handle summarising the news. In short: badly. [BBC; EBU] The researchers asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemi…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"The actual answer is to stop using chatbots for news, stop creating jobs inside the broadcasters whose purpose is to befoul the information stream with generative AI, and attach actual liability to the chatbot vendors when they output complete lies."
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
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The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
www.londoncentric.media
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
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Big day for people misspelling a lad’s name.
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Big day for people misspelling a lad’s name.
The permutations and ramifications of Paschal Donohoe stepping down as a Minister and TD could be pretty major.
Truly, never a dull moment.
Truly, never a dull moment.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The permutations and ramifications of Paschal Donohoe stepping down as a Minister and TD could be pretty major.
Truly, never a dull moment.
Truly, never a dull moment.
One to watch today. Centrist parties in Ireland and Britain have tried to ape the Frederiksen model... is it coming undone?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
One to watch today. Centrist parties in Ireland and Britain have tried to ape the Frederiksen model... is it coming undone?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New Group Chat 💬
The Housing Plan 🏡
Catherine Connolly’s presidency and the Irish language 🇮🇪
The “ceasefire” in name only ⚠️
And, yes, Fianna Fáil infighting 🗳️
open.spotify.com/episode/7nEO...
The Housing Plan 🏡
Catherine Connolly’s presidency and the Irish language 🇮🇪
The “ceasefire” in name only ⚠️
And, yes, Fianna Fáil infighting 🗳️
open.spotify.com/episode/7nEO...
Will The Housing Plan Get You A Home?
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New Group Chat 💬
The Housing Plan 🏡
Catherine Connolly’s presidency and the Irish language 🇮🇪
The “ceasefire” in name only ⚠️
And, yes, Fianna Fáil infighting 🗳️
open.spotify.com/episode/7nEO...
The Housing Plan 🏡
Catherine Connolly’s presidency and the Irish language 🇮🇪
The “ceasefire” in name only ⚠️
And, yes, Fianna Fáil infighting 🗳️
open.spotify.com/episode/7nEO...