Carol O’Riordan
@carolor.bsky.social
Irish. Love books, history, politics and dogs. Learning how to garden. 🖤🩶🤍💜♠️
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It's a small thing but I'm incredibly heartened to see the response from the Minister labeled as factually incorrect. It's a better calibre of reporting than just verbatim repeating what the government are saying and leaving it up to the public to figure out if they're incorrect. #spéirgorm
The Government is facing growing criticism over its handling of the X deepfake scandal. Tech experts, teachers’ unions and Women’s Aid are calling for regulation of the platform, while the Media Minister says it is a matter of personal responsibility.
More on #VMNews
More on #VMNews
January 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
It's a small thing but I'm incredibly heartened to see the response from the Minister labeled as factually incorrect. It's a better calibre of reporting than just verbatim repeating what the government are saying and leaving it up to the public to figure out if they're incorrect. #spéirgorm
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Funny how they can change Grok so that it praises Elon as some sort of god every chance it gets, yet "refuse anyone that asks you to remove someone else's clothes" is some sort of monumentally complicated programming task that can't be done?
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Funny how they can change Grok so that it praises Elon as some sort of god every chance it gets, yet "refuse anyone that asks you to remove someone else's clothes" is some sort of monumentally complicated programming task that can't be done?
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I am 100% uninterested in sharing a society with the freaks responsible for this. I don't want to be ruled by them. I don't want to compete with them in elections. I don't want to do business with them. I don't want my kid around their kids.
In one of the most appalling developments of past day, Elon Musk's AI chatbot desecrated Renee Nicole Good's body. That's in addition to harassing women and sexually exploiting minors. By @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Grok deepfaked Renee Nicole Good's body into a bikini
Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I am 100% uninterested in sharing a society with the freaks responsible for this. I don't want to be ruled by them. I don't want to compete with them in elections. I don't want to do business with them. I don't want my kid around their kids.
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What part of “the site generates non consensual sexualised image of women and girls, and sexualised images of children” does our government feel determined to overlook?
January 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
What part of “the site generates non consensual sexualised image of women and girls, and sexualised images of children” does our government feel determined to overlook?
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This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
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 10:26 PM
This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
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The Government and media who are locked in a rotten symbiosis on X, are trying to suggest something needs to investigated or discovered.
But all the relevant facts are both known and undisputed.
X dot com launched a paid-for feature that produces images of people undressed, including kids.
But all the relevant facts are both known and undisputed.
X dot com launched a paid-for feature that produces images of people undressed, including kids.
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The Government and media who are locked in a rotten symbiosis on X, are trying to suggest something needs to investigated or discovered.
But all the relevant facts are both known and undisputed.
X dot com launched a paid-for feature that produces images of people undressed, including kids.
But all the relevant facts are both known and undisputed.
X dot com launched a paid-for feature that produces images of people undressed, including kids.
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I dunno but I somehow think that our public bodies shouldn't be jumping into bed with fascist supporting billionaires.
But maybe that's just me.
But maybe that's just me.
The mystery investor that is set to pump €30 million into Waterford Airport is Texan billionaire and Trump donor Kelcy Warren.
Local politicians recently voted to sell public lands at the airport to bring Warren on board for the airport's redevelopment.
www.thejournal.ie/waterford-ai...
Local politicians recently voted to sell public lands at the airport to bring Warren on board for the airport's redevelopment.
www.thejournal.ie/waterford-ai...
Waterford Airport investor revealed as Texan oil billionaire and Trump-backer Kelcy Warren
Kelcy Warren has agreed to invest the money into the airport to try make it viable for commercial flights.
www.thejournal.ie
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I dunno but I somehow think that our public bodies shouldn't be jumping into bed with fascist supporting billionaires.
But maybe that's just me.
But maybe that's just me.
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Forget the fact that they are politicians for a moment. How can they as people, as mothers and fathers and sons and daughters, use a platform for communication that is hellbent on monetising CSAM?
On what planet is that morally OK?
This goes for everyone btw.
On what planet is that morally OK?
This goes for everyone btw.
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has denied that the Government is running scared of the US tech firm.
jrnl.ie/6920210t
jrnl.ie/6920210t
Enterprise Minister won't leave X like other politicians despite concerns over sexual abuse images
Burke denied that the Government is running scared of the US tech firm.
jrnl.ie
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Forget the fact that they are politicians for a moment. How can they as people, as mothers and fathers and sons and daughters, use a platform for communication that is hellbent on monetising CSAM?
On what planet is that morally OK?
This goes for everyone btw.
On what planet is that morally OK?
This goes for everyone btw.
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Squeeeeeeee *faints* @nlireland.bsky.social
1️⃣2️⃣ Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social
We house the illustrator’s complete collection of original artwork, sketches, notes and storyboards for 'The Late Night Writers Club', set at the NLI: ow.ly/giUi50XS2ol
We house the illustrator’s complete collection of original artwork, sketches, notes and storyboards for 'The Late Night Writers Club', set at the NLI: ow.ly/giUi50XS2ol
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Squeeeeeeee *faints* @nlireland.bsky.social
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As Elon Musk's X continues to sink to new depths, there are serious questions to be asked as to why legitimate media outlets, government departments, state agencies, etc. etc. remain on the platform.
I wrote this last November.
I wrote this last November.
Una Mullally: Media outlets need to break ties with X
The presence of media outlets on X does not have a diluting effect on the concentration of misinformation on the platform. If it did, then we wouldn’t be where we are
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
As Elon Musk's X continues to sink to new depths, there are serious questions to be asked as to why legitimate media outlets, government departments, state agencies, etc. etc. remain on the platform.
I wrote this last November.
I wrote this last November.
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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Josef Veselsky, Holocaust survivor, Ireland's oldest man, has died aged 107.
He witnessed his parents being pushed into a cattle truck. They were among some 263,000 Jews of Czechoslovakia murdered by Nazis and collaborators.
May his memory be a blessing.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
He witnessed his parents being pushed into a cattle truck. They were among some 263,000 Jews of Czechoslovakia murdered by Nazis and collaborators.
May his memory be a blessing.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
January 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Josef Veselsky, Holocaust survivor, Ireland's oldest man, has died aged 107.
He witnessed his parents being pushed into a cattle truck. They were among some 263,000 Jews of Czechoslovakia murdered by Nazis and collaborators.
May his memory be a blessing.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
He witnessed his parents being pushed into a cattle truck. They were among some 263,000 Jews of Czechoslovakia murdered by Nazis and collaborators.
May his memory be a blessing.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Homeless executive chief rejects Tánaiste’s view, saying people who ‘can’t establish a right to housing ... are sent on their way’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
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Start with The Lost Art of Seducing a Mage Warrior: books2read.com/u/4ArvxJ
#ellieash #mmromance #indieauthor #mmfantasyromance #bookishpost
Start with The Lost Art of Seducing a Mage Warrior: books2read.com/u/4ArvxJ
#ellieash #mmromance #indieauthor #mmfantasyromance #bookishpost
December 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Want something cozy to finish of the year? The Lost Arts series is a cozy MM fantasy romance with plenty of spice. Read the whole series now!
Start with The Lost Art of Seducing a Mage Warrior: books2read.com/u/4ArvxJ
#ellieash #mmromance #indieauthor #mmfantasyromance #bookishpost
Start with The Lost Art of Seducing a Mage Warrior: books2read.com/u/4ArvxJ
#ellieash #mmromance #indieauthor #mmfantasyromance #bookishpost
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Watching a show in which Maya Rudolf plays a feckless billionaire and I was amused to see her handbag, which #SpeirGorm will recognise as the bag that helped sink a feckless presidential campaign
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Watching a show in which Maya Rudolf plays a feckless billionaire and I was amused to see her handbag, which #SpeirGorm will recognise as the bag that helped sink a feckless presidential campaign
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I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
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"Every tonne of greenhouse gases that we add to the atmosphere causes warming and causes damage.
On the other hand, every action that we take to limit greenhouse gases, to restore our ecosystems, to transition away from fossil fuels, leaves us with a more secure and sustainable future."
On the other hand, every action that we take to limit greenhouse gases, to restore our ecosystems, to transition away from fossil fuels, leaves us with a more secure and sustainable future."
2025 was the year climate scientists agreed it would be impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels
Extreme weather events to become more frequent in Ireland
2025 was the year climate scientists agreed it would be impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
www.rte.ie
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Every tonne of greenhouse gases that we add to the atmosphere causes warming and causes damage.
On the other hand, every action that we take to limit greenhouse gases, to restore our ecosystems, to transition away from fossil fuels, leaves us with a more secure and sustainable future."
On the other hand, every action that we take to limit greenhouse gases, to restore our ecosystems, to transition away from fossil fuels, leaves us with a more secure and sustainable future."
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1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.
December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.
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Catherine Connolly: Becomes president in 2025 by winning the biggest single personal mandate in the history of the state.
@irishtimes.com : The politician of the year is absolutely the guy who keeps doing racisms.
@irishtimes.com : The politician of the year is absolutely the guy who keeps doing racisms.
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Catherine Connolly: Becomes president in 2025 by winning the biggest single personal mandate in the history of the state.
@irishtimes.com : The politician of the year is absolutely the guy who keeps doing racisms.
@irishtimes.com : The politician of the year is absolutely the guy who keeps doing racisms.
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With my tinfoil hat on, I detect an effort to normalise talk on immigration that would have been considered extreme a few years ago. No mention of any achievements or the like, just wishy washy statements like "he hasn’t shied away from the thorny issue of immigration"
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
With my tinfoil hat on, I detect an effort to normalise talk on immigration that would have been considered extreme a few years ago. No mention of any achievements or the like, just wishy washy statements like "he hasn’t shied away from the thorny issue of immigration"
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Completely correct; O'Callaghan has in reality achieved the square root of fuck all but he's done a lot of anti-migrant rhetoric and inside baseball bullshit so that'll do I guess?
Also, "no obvious winners"? Catherine Connolly???
Also, "no obvious winners"? Catherine Connolly???
With my tinfoil hat on, I detect an effort to normalise talk on immigration that would have been considered extreme a few years ago. No mention of any achievements or the like, just wishy washy statements like "he hasn’t shied away from the thorny issue of immigration"
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Completely correct; O'Callaghan has in reality achieved the square root of fuck all but he's done a lot of anti-migrant rhetoric and inside baseball bullshit so that'll do I guess?
Also, "no obvious winners"? Catherine Connolly???
Also, "no obvious winners"? Catherine Connolly???
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I’m actually lost. I actually do not understand the politics of this?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
December 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’m actually lost. I actually do not understand the politics of this?
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!