Charlie Taylor
@charlietaylor.bsky.social
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Technology and Innovation Editor at The Business Post in Dublin
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Fear And Loathing In...Boyle

I travelled to a tiny town in north west Ireland to attend a conspiracy conference that brought together figures from the US and Irish far-right communities.

The uniting force at this conference? Charlie Kirk

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At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the Star
The increasingly tight links between far-right groups in the US and Europe were on full display at the Rebels Across the Pond conference in Ireland. The star of the show? Charlie Kirk.
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archivetvmusings.bsky.social
Patricia Routledge in Talking Heads - A Lady of Letters by Alan Bennett (26th April 1988)
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The lie is that glasses are made to liberate you from screens. The purpose of the glasses is to make sure you have no experiences except those mediated through a companies’ technology.
Analysis | America can’t quit smartphones. Smart glasses won’t help.
We keep hoping that a magical technology can liberate us from what we don’t like about technology.
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scottjshapiro.bsky.social
We have always been at war with Tylenol
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Great to be at the launch of @sylvialeatham.bsky.social's new book Chaos Theory. A fun, quirky romcom with robots
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miseanja.bsky.social
Today is publication day!
Rich with info & insights about primroses and canopy leaves, the framework for the hidden power behind a butterfly’s wing or the singing of a wren;as well as otters, wild orchids, pilot whales, swifts, puffins, leatherback turtles, bog cotton, woolly mammoths, Kerry toads
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conradhackett.bsky.social
We often worry about the wrong things.

People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
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This graphic, created for Bill Gates' website, shows that diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are responsible for vastly more human deaths than other animals. While sharks inspire fear in many, they kill few people.
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mothcub.bsky.social
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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niamhpuirseil.bsky.social
Remarkably few people seem to have loved ones who don’t laugh hard enough when they suggest they’d like to be head of state
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naomiohreally.bsky.social
I just asked the European Commission whether they would ask for the €50,000 back in this case, as it has clearly been used to develop a military product now contracted to be supplied to the IDF, in breach of Horizon rules.

No comment on the specific case "have to look into it", spokesman says.
naomiohreally.bsky.social
Israel’s defence ministry just announced a contract to buy drones from Xtend. Its SKYLORD drone system was developed with €50,000 in EU Horizon money, which is not supposed to fund military applications. The EU grant page links to the current Xtend website, advertising its “military grade” drones
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cheekyian.bsky.social
Happy 'greatest correction ever' day to all who celebrate
A statement published August 31st, 1997 by the National Enquirer. It reads "We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline "Di Goes Sex Mad", which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: "A Farewell To The Princess We All Loved""
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conorsmith.ie
You couldn't make Trigger Happy TV today. Not because of woke. It's simply that most of the audience wouldn't understand that the loud guy with the big phone was doing something bad.
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streetsdept.bsky.social
People want to be by the water. Some cities make that safer and easier.
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sambiddle.com
This is exactly how outlets should respond to corporate PR stonewalling (from this story: www.theverge.com/microsoft/76...)
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BBC Breakfast this morning had a long segment about the 30th anniversary of Windows 95. So what vintage computer did they put in the studio as a handy prop?

#windows95
Some Windows 95 and MSDOS software boxes around a Macintosh SE computer
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businesspost.bsky.social
Behind the scenes at TikTok Ireland: Elaine Fox on balancing regulation, innovation and Irish talent
Behind the scenes at TikTok Ireland: Elaine Fox on balancing regulation, innovation and Irish talent
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