Simon Boyne
@simonb84.bsky.social
Dublin, Ireland.
#rugby, #PublicTransport, #ActiveTravel
#rugby, #PublicTransport, #ActiveTravel
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January 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Got myself a Brick before Christmas and I can't recommend it enough!
A game changer for the terminally online like myself
A game changer for the terminally online like myself
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45 pedestrians killed by cars in 2025 and this is what they come up with.
January 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
45 pedestrians killed by cars in 2025 and this is what they come up with.
Reactionary and populist nonsense. Imagine if they applied this zeal to people driving!
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
E-scooter injuries: Compulsory helmets and high-visibility garb being considered by Coalition
Taoiseach and Ministers to meet early this year to strengthen safety regulations
www.irishtimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Reactionary and populist nonsense. Imagine if they applied this zeal to people driving!
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Road deaths could double and people still won't want the type of enforcement we need
www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...
Road safety: Drivers use Netflix in their cars and we wonder why people are dying on the roads
Are we willing to accept inconvenience, reduced connectivity and stricter controls in exchange for fewer funerals?, asks our resident motoring expert.
www.thejournal.ie
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Road deaths could double and people still won't want the type of enforcement we need
www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...
This EdiVGlo is wonderfully insane. Edinburgh have just replaced their entire front row at 30 minutes. The line out is a flip of a coin and it's like the backs on each team hate each other, absolute hospital passes all the time #rugby #EuropeanChampionsCup
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This EdiVGlo is wonderfully insane. Edinburgh have just replaced their entire front row at 30 minutes. The line out is a flip of a coin and it's like the backs on each team hate each other, absolute hospital passes all the time #rugby #EuropeanChampionsCup
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Automatic red light cameras: for the love of the gods why do we not have this very simple technology yet? #NoStoneUnturned
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January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Automatic red light cameras: for the love of the gods why do we not have this very simple technology yet? #NoStoneUnturned
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Non-Irish: X's EU HQ is based in Dublin. X operates under IRISH LAW: 14 years to those who host CSAM. Point your cannons at Dublin, and put our ghouls under pressure. This dope is the relevant minister. We're not dealing with 1st raters.
#speirgorm is the tag to use (Irish bluesky).
#speirgorm is the tag to use (Irish bluesky).
Patrick O’Donovan’s statement here is farcically wrong, grimly idiotic and would be laughable if this were a situation which was capable of ever being a laughing matter.
It should be quoted, cited or just played at him every time he opens his mouth on any matter, for the rest of his career.
It should be quoted, cited or just played at him every time he opens his mouth on any matter, for the rest of his career.
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Non-Irish: X's EU HQ is based in Dublin. X operates under IRISH LAW: 14 years to those who host CSAM. Point your cannons at Dublin, and put our ghouls under pressure. This dope is the relevant minister. We're not dealing with 1st raters.
#speirgorm is the tag to use (Irish bluesky).
#speirgorm is the tag to use (Irish bluesky).
That was a scary few weeks with Frowley off to Connacht our international tens selection would have been threadbare!
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
That was a scary few weeks with Frowley off to Connacht our international tens selection would have been threadbare!
The great thing about this government is they've a dozen positions on every issue. Don't like this one? Not to worry another minister will be along shortly with a different one!
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
🚨 AI Minister Niamh Smyth says it isn't appropriate for the Government to maintain a presence on X and will speak to the Taoiseach on the matter.
Says the European Commission should immediately suspend Grok while investigations are continuing.
More on @virginmedianews.bsky.social
Says the European Commission should immediately suspend Grok while investigations are continuing.
More on @virginmedianews.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The great thing about this government is they've a dozen positions on every issue. Don't like this one? Not to worry another minister will be along shortly with a different one!
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
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I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing & sharing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same?
I've signed this petition calling for the government to stop X allowing their chatbot Grok to ‘digitally undress’ women and share sexualised and illegal photos of children. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
Remember when words like 'off' had a definition was wasn't on?
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Remember when words like 'off' had a definition was wasn't on?
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Not even surprised If I'm being honest by the number of 'But we have to keep our accounts open on the creating illegal content site cos what about weather/bank/bus/ updates but like not actually posting' comments.
Like the number of open accounts isn't of the things Musk sees as a mandate.
Like the number of open accounts isn't of the things Musk sees as a mandate.
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Not even surprised If I'm being honest by the number of 'But we have to keep our accounts open on the creating illegal content site cos what about weather/bank/bus/ updates but like not actually posting' comments.
Like the number of open accounts isn't of the things Musk sees as a mandate.
Like the number of open accounts isn't of the things Musk sees as a mandate.
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Catch 22 of we're there because 'they're there' (be that customers or companies) isn't really a defence.
Bang of "Not actually a Nazi, only in the Nazi party for the contacts."
Btw you can get Met Éireann updates straight to your phone.
Bang of "Not actually a Nazi, only in the Nazi party for the contacts."
Btw you can get Met Éireann updates straight to your phone.
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Catch 22 of we're there because 'they're there' (be that customers or companies) isn't really a defence.
Bang of "Not actually a Nazi, only in the Nazi party for the contacts."
Btw you can get Met Éireann updates straight to your phone.
Bang of "Not actually a Nazi, only in the Nazi party for the contacts."
Btw you can get Met Éireann updates straight to your phone.
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Grok has not "turned off" its CSAM generator for anyone - it has simply put it behind a paywall.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Grok has not "turned off" its CSAM generator for anyone - it has simply put it behind a paywall.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
Isn't the illegal material still visible on everyone's timeline? I don't understand how this make any difference. If anything it's somehow worse
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Isn't the illegal material still visible on everyone's timeline? I don't understand how this make any difference. If anything it's somehow worse
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Getting an Irish minister to give a rats arse about women and children is always a losing proposition.
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Getting an Irish minister to give a rats arse about women and children is always a losing proposition.
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Ok, I’m not even sure it’s worse, but it certainly isn’t better
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Ok, I’m not even sure it’s worse, but it certainly isn’t better
Ah they think that will make a difference. How cute.
US Senate votes to block Trump from more military action in Venezuela ft.trib.al/BY5mjEp
US Senate votes to block Trump from more military action in Venezuela
Five Republicans join Democrats in advancing legislation that halts further strikes without Congress’s approval
ft.trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Ah they think that will make a difference. How cute.
Quarter of a million passengers catch the Portlaoise town buses - Laois Live share.google/s0ADjCKP07dO...
Thankfully FF and FG have put a stop to this sort of green madness. Get back in your car everyone!
#IrishPolitics
Thankfully FF and FG have put a stop to this sort of green madness. Get back in your car everyone!
#IrishPolitics
Quarter of a million passengers catch the Portlaoise town buses
'Strong uptake' for Laois town's public bus service
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January 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Quarter of a million passengers catch the Portlaoise town buses - Laois Live share.google/s0ADjCKP07dO...
Thankfully FF and FG have put a stop to this sort of green madness. Get back in your car everyone!
#IrishPolitics
Thankfully FF and FG have put a stop to this sort of green madness. Get back in your car everyone!
#IrishPolitics
Mícheál Martin : 'the thing you need to consider here is...'
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Mícheál Martin : 'the thing you need to consider here is...'
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Me: "Hey grok, can you generate an image of the government fumbling the bag really hard on people using you to generate CSAM?"
Grok: "I don't need to generate that image, it already exists"
Grok: "I don't need to generate that image, it already exists"
January 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Me: "Hey grok, can you generate an image of the government fumbling the bag really hard on people using you to generate CSAM?"
Grok: "I don't need to generate that image, it already exists"
Grok: "I don't need to generate that image, it already exists"
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Ireland.
Our Taoiseach has taken a 'both sides' position on the deliberate non-consensual production of sexualised images of women and children. He both sides child sexual abuse.
He and his govt have sold Ireland to tech bros.
These people cannot be allowed to remain at the helm.
#SpéirGhorm
Our Taoiseach has taken a 'both sides' position on the deliberate non-consensual production of sexualised images of women and children. He both sides child sexual abuse.
He and his govt have sold Ireland to tech bros.
These people cannot be allowed to remain at the helm.
#SpéirGhorm
My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Ireland.
Our Taoiseach has taken a 'both sides' position on the deliberate non-consensual production of sexualised images of women and children. He both sides child sexual abuse.
He and his govt have sold Ireland to tech bros.
These people cannot be allowed to remain at the helm.
#SpéirGhorm
Our Taoiseach has taken a 'both sides' position on the deliberate non-consensual production of sexualised images of women and children. He both sides child sexual abuse.
He and his govt have sold Ireland to tech bros.
These people cannot be allowed to remain at the helm.
#SpéirGhorm
Christ.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Christ.
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One thing about all of this is: if the line is not here, at the mainstream, industrial-level creation of CSAM, where is it?
Musk by his own mission statement is out to smash societal norms, cut “empathy” from the West, demolish the EU…
What is next down the tracks for him, for X, if this isn’t it?
Musk by his own mission statement is out to smash societal norms, cut “empathy” from the West, demolish the EU…
What is next down the tracks for him, for X, if this isn’t it?
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 AM
One thing about all of this is: if the line is not here, at the mainstream, industrial-level creation of CSAM, where is it?
Musk by his own mission statement is out to smash societal norms, cut “empathy” from the West, demolish the EU…
What is next down the tracks for him, for X, if this isn’t it?
Musk by his own mission statement is out to smash societal norms, cut “empathy” from the West, demolish the EU…
What is next down the tracks for him, for X, if this isn’t it?