Rob Synnott
@rsynnott.bsky.social
Tech-debtor. Social Justice Warlock. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Sapping and impurifying all of your precious bodily fluids.
Dublin, Ireland.
Sapping and impurifying all of your precious bodily fluids.
Dublin, Ireland.
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Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
Met Eireann currently has most of Ireland under status orange for wind. The UK Met Office instead has an amber warning for Northern Ireland, status orange in that region being reserved for Zombie Ian Paisley.
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Met Eireann currently has most of Ireland under status orange for wind. The UK Met Office instead has an amber warning for Northern Ireland, status orange in that region being reserved for Zombie Ian Paisley.
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"We regret our lackluster support for your hobbies. In hindsight, pickling vegetables and making sourdough starter are two of the more benign things a guy can do with his time. Our bad, Millennial Man."
An Open Letter to the Soft Millennial Man Now Facing Extinction
Dear Soft Millennial Man, You’ve been quiet lately, but we know you’re still out there. You’re probably hiding out at Whole Foods until this whole ...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"We regret our lackluster support for your hobbies. In hindsight, pickling vegetables and making sourdough starter are two of the more benign things a guy can do with his time. Our bad, Millennial Man."
Pet peeve: there seems to be an arbitrary time cutoff for what is scifi. For instance, Gulliver's Travels is clearly scifi. Guy goes on journeys, meets weird aliens, makes some minor political points. That's basically just Star Trek TOS. But it's rarely categorised as such.
Also, A Christmas Carol.
Also, A Christmas Carol.
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pet peeve: there seems to be an arbitrary time cutoff for what is scifi. For instance, Gulliver's Travels is clearly scifi. Guy goes on journeys, meets weird aliens, makes some minor political points. That's basically just Star Trek TOS. But it's rarely categorised as such.
Also, A Christmas Carol.
Also, A Christmas Carol.
Sam Pepys, Proto-Brexiteer
I thought to go to the French church; but finding the Dutch congregation there, and then finding the French congregation’s sermon begun in the Dutch, I returned home.
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sam Pepys, Proto-Brexiteer
The future, apparently.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The future, apparently.
Two of Putin’s subs, conversing amongst themselves.
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Two of Putin’s subs, conversing amongst themselves.
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every time i see that water tower i remember the animaniacs are trapped in there by david zaslav. Yet every story leaves it out
PSKY'S ATTORNEYS: $WBD "appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process, thereby abdicating its duties to stockholders, and embarked on a myopic process with a predetermined outcome that favors a single bidder .."
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Paramount questions Warner Bros. Discovery on 'fairness and adequacy' of sale process: Read the full letter
Paramount attorneys sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery questioning whether its acting in the best interest of shareholders.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
every time i see that water tower i remember the animaniacs are trapped in there by david zaslav. Yet every story leaves it out
Is there a term for a pun name that is so good that a business must exist to use it, even if the business does not necessarily otherwise make sense?
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Is there a term for a pun name that is so good that a business must exist to use it, even if the business does not necessarily otherwise make sense?
> The new [Irish govt] infrastructure [acceleration] plan will “identify” AI tools that can be used as part of the planning stages for infrastructure projects.
"This is difficult to fix, so let's do some AI bullshit instead" - Not just for the private sector anymore, apparently!
"This is difficult to fix, so let's do some AI bullshit instead" - Not just for the private sector anymore, apparently!
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
> The new [Irish govt] infrastructure [acceleration] plan will “identify” AI tools that can be used as part of the planning stages for infrastructure projects.
"This is difficult to fix, so let's do some AI bullshit instead" - Not just for the private sector anymore, apparently!
"This is difficult to fix, so let's do some AI bullshit instead" - Not just for the private sector anymore, apparently!
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Going through the Dáil transcript on Labour's trans healthcare motion, and Labour TD Duncan Smith called Independent Ireland TD Richard O'Donoghue a "gobshite" after he went off on a weird Twitter brain-rotted rant about self-indification
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Going through the Dáil transcript on Labour's trans healthcare motion, and Labour TD Duncan Smith called Independent Ireland TD Richard O'Donoghue a "gobshite" after he went off on a weird Twitter brain-rotted rant about self-indification
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we actually life in hell
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
we actually life in hell
It is December, and thus time to swap my normal, everyday anxieties for my carefully-curated set of FESTIVE anxieties.
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It is December, and thus time to swap my normal, everyday anxieties for my carefully-curated set of FESTIVE anxieties.
It is that brief, wondrous time of year when Tesco's buyers of unpleasant fruit are unable to obtain the dry, paper-y oranges for which they are justly famous, and are forced to temporarly inflict actually nice ones on the public. Normal service will be restored as soon as possible.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It is that brief, wondrous time of year when Tesco's buyers of unpleasant fruit are unable to obtain the dry, paper-y oranges for which they are justly famous, and are forced to temporarly inflict actually nice ones on the public. Normal service will be restored as soon as possible.
Ways in which my brain is broken #47235: anytime I read the phrase ‘private banker’ I start coming up with lyrics to the tune of Tina Turner’s Private Dancer. I cannot help it. It is a problem.
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Ways in which my brain is broken #47235: anytime I read the phrase ‘private banker’ I start coming up with lyrics to the tune of Tina Turner’s Private Dancer. I cannot help it. It is a problem.
I am shocked, shocked, that there is astroturfing going on here!
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I am shocked, shocked, that there is astroturfing going on here!
On the bus to Alicante airport. There’s a sign saying that the AC is ‘99% bacteria free’. I do not find this as reassuring as the operator presumably intended.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
On the bus to Alicante airport. There’s a sign saying that the AC is ‘99% bacteria free’. I do not find this as reassuring as the operator presumably intended.
Given that the American far right believes that Mamdani is a communist, and that minihands is very suggestible, the Trump regime will presumably now be embracing collective farms, gulags, very silly military hats, etc.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Given that the American far right believes that Mamdani is a communist, and that minihands is very suggestible, the Trump regime will presumably now be embracing collective farms, gulags, very silly military hats, etc.
Exit row aisle seat with the middle seat apparently not in use. This is the best plane seat I have ever had.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Exit row aisle seat with the middle seat apparently not in use. This is the best plane seat I have ever had.
Cue the far right insisting on doing everything in Roman numerals.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Cue the far right insisting on doing everything in Roman numerals.
In Dublin Airport. There’s a big ad for a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 jet engine. Are they… expecting me to assemble my own plane?
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In Dublin Airport. There’s a big ad for a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 jet engine. Are they… expecting me to assemble my own plane?
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
Today, my dentist's "AI receptionist" rang me on the phone, at 09:45, and asked me to confirm appointment, then took about 10 seconds to ack me saying yes. This is clearly far worse in every possible way than their previous solution (email).
The bursting of this bubble cannot come soon enough.
The bursting of this bubble cannot come soon enough.
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today, my dentist's "AI receptionist" rang me on the phone, at 09:45, and asked me to confirm appointment, then took about 10 seconds to ack me saying yes. This is clearly far worse in every possible way than their previous solution (email).
The bursting of this bubble cannot come soon enough.
The bursting of this bubble cannot come soon enough.
Inconsistency in Pluribus; she’s on an A330. They would _definitely_ put her in a four engined plane.
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Inconsistency in Pluribus; she’s on an A330. They would _definitely_ put her in a four engined plane.