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Lair Of The Gurt Sherm (Stoker 1911) @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 10h

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 8h

Haha

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 8h

Ireland picking a President: ‘Someone thoughtful and wise, please, a noble spirit who reflects our better selves.’

Ireland picking a Taoiseach: ‘What can you show me in a Shameless Chancer?’

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

EMPLOYER: You have to start using AI.

WORKER: Why?

EMPLOYER: I really don't know. But start right away.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 2d

Social media apps all share a fatal flaw. They're by definition subject to the sort of people who get to the top of technology companies.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 2d

The creepiest-looking human I've ever seen

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 2d

I give you: m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61J...

Screenshot of actor Shane Richie's autobiography, which is called, unimprovably, 'Rags to Richie'.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 2d

New Gist: Jim Bows Out

“For anyone who has ever had to deal with a landlord who took their cash this is the stuff of legend. You would let the monkey paw get you for it.

“Who needs a soul?“, Faust would have said as he traded for this outcome.”

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-jim...

The Gist: Jim Bows Out

Jim Gavin decided to drop a Sunday night bombshell. This is the Gist.

www.thegist.ie

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 2d

Christ. He's going to win, isn't he.

Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 2d

For the record: it is not possible, at this juncture, to officially withdraw or to remove a name from the #aras25 ballot paper.

Jim Gavin’s name will remain on the ballot for Friday 24th, merely with no campaign behind it.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 4d

Ordered too much Chinese food for one person so had to do the whole charade of pretending there were other people in the house too, but oversold it and accidentally crafted a one act play about strained friendships and growing apart that is being heavily tipped for awards.

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Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 6d

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.

Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.

AI is product poison.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 5d

Damn right. Just the other day I listened to some 'hip/hop'.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 5d

I read this and went 'Oooo'. Now I must die.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 5d

Bin? They could get in the bin? I think a good option is bin.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 5d

Where next for the conservative right after Maria Steen’s failed presidential bid?

There seems to be little hope of her heralding a revival of social conservatism given that her political cohort isn’t even comfortable calling itself ‘conservative’

www.irishtimes.com

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 5d

It's not often you see a promising sentence burst into flames quite this badly.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 6d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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lil jon lovitz @liljonlovitz.bsky.social · Aug 22

is anybody else's amulet glowing

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

Haha, OMG

Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

* wipes single tear * Yes

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

Hahaha

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

People like you don't DESERVE piles of leaves

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

'Uhhh .... Yeah .... Fucking .... * vague gravelly mumbling * ... Swords Central'

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

Wow, Dublin's MetroLink finally has planning permission. None of us will live to see it actually built, of course, but let's try to be happy for our great-great-grandchildren.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 6d

Given time, I bet she could have taught him some simple signs.

Screenshot of Bluesky trending list. Top two names are human skin tag Stephen Miller and beloved primatologist Jane Goodall.

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