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The EU should take note
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was released on this day (Nov 28) in 1986. The film had originally been planned for release in mid-December. The studio believed this would allow it to maximize earnings because the film would be in theaters during the Christmas holiday.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social while technically Schwarzeneggers Running man is the original, that was no where near the Stephen King book it was based on. This version is 95% true to the book so a completely new Film!
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Aldi seem to have gotten their new toy line items from Shein and mistaken what category of“toy” they are🤣
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Just a reminder...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
TBT to Foundation Season 1
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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RTÉ's in-house TV documentary unit is to cease production next year as part of changes at the broadcaster.

The broadcaster maintains this will not lessen its output and these staff will be re-assigned across RTÉ.
www.thejournal.ie/rte-document...
RTÉ will close its in-house TV documentary unit next year
The decision has been blasted by the National Union of Journalists.
www.thejournal.ie
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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The number of people in emergency accommodation increased last month to 16,614.

According to the latest figures from the Department of Housing, 11,376 adults and 5,238 children were in emergency accommodation in September.
jrnl.ie/6861181
Number of homeless people reaches new record of 16,614 including 5,238 children
It’s an increase of 261 people compared to the previous month’s figures.
jrnl.ie
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
More from Nightflyers with Youssef Kerkour
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
TBT to working on the TV show Nightflyers
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Thirty-six years after ‘Do the Right Thing,’ the unofficial poet laureate of Brooklyn is as provocative as ever.
Spike Lee Sees Hollywood in Chaos. But His Legacy is Forever
Thirty six years after ‘Do the Right Thing,’ the director remains the unofficial poet of Brooklyn.
on.wsj.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Tusla inquired into less than one-in-five referrals it received about child welfare issues in parts of Dublin earlier this year, according to figures from the agency.

It comes after child referrals to Tusla reached a record high last year.
jrnl.ie/6846170
Tusla didn't follow up on 80% of referrals in parts of Dublin in first three months of 2025
Child referrals to the agency reached a record high last year.
jrnl.ie
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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President Donald Trump announced he would take control of Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard as part of a push to reduce crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital
Trump Deploys National Guard to DC, Takes Control of City Police
President Donald Trump announced he would take control of Washington’s DC’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard as part of a push to reduce crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital.
bloom.bg
August 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Washington now under martial law? What would seem impossible near years ago doesn’t seem surprising anymore.
August 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Gerrymandering is the drawing of districts to unfairly favor one political party. Here’s how it hurts democracy. www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...
This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see
By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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July 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Throw back to “Digs For Pennies” in the picturesque Copper Coast, Waterford
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
July 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM