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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 5h

Tough. You don't get to use other people's creations to feather your own uncreative, larcenous nest. Especially when that nest largely houses cheating on tests, shit advice, & oh - of course -fake revenge porn.

AI is made BY shitehawks FOR shitehawks. No wonder the politicians love it

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 12h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Cllr Marianne Butler @cllrmarianne.bsky.social · 12h

🏠💚 It’s International Vacant Homes Day!

Know of an empty house in your area? Report it easily (and anonymously) on vacanthomes.ie and help turn vacant houses into homes 🏡✨

If you need any help with this, contact me directly.

#VacantHomes #InternationalVacantHomesDay #Louth #Dundalk #HomesForAll

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Vik @catwranglervik.bsky.social · 13h

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 1d

More money for greyhound racing than domestic violence in this year's budget. AGAIN

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 1d

Thank God the government still gives tens of millions to one of the cruelest and most unpopular 'sports' in Ireland. The bookies will be glad I suppose

Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Me every single budget day:

STOP GIVING MILLIONS TO GREYHOUND RACING

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up sign

Alt: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up as he gets blasted by a megaphone

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Gavin meeting foreign dignitaries in the Áras

"I'm not even supposed to be here today" from Clerks

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 1d

Pro-investment means anti-people

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Ministers Paschal Donohoe and Jack Chambers to deliver Government's 'pro-investment' budget package | Watch and follow live here.

Donohoe and Chambers to deliver Budget 2026 speeches

Follow live updates as the Government announces the details of Budget 2026.

www.rte.ie

Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 1d

An Post have either mis-delivered my parcel or it was mis-addressed to my old gaff (which it wasn't according to the sender). Either way I'm not a happy camper. I contacted them at 9am when they opened the service channels, have heard nothing. Parcel was worth 100+ quid. My feels RN ⬇️

Tortilla @hurricanetort.bsky.social · 1d

yyaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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Melissa @melissabreen.bsky.social · 1d

The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a Jew, and my grandpa's people were Sephardim, so I have no love for the Church (& that's before you take into account all the evil the Church has wrought in Ireland). I'm absolutely disgusted by this action. Folk have lost the run of themselves altogether www.thejournal.ie/animal-intes...

Animal carcasses dumped on grounds of Catholic church in Co Tyrone

The caracasses were discovered by a local priest in the church car park.

www.thejournal.ie

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 1d

The Burkes are becoming so ubiquitous that every time I see a pic of yer man O'Donovan I have a moment of "What have they done NOW?" before I realise it's a political git, not a religious git

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Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social · 2d

Is Heather Humpthreys using her two spare homes to store boxes?

While theres 1000+ people on Housing Waiting List & only 21 homes to rent in whole of Co. Cavan (none in Cootehill)

14.1% of homes in Cavan are empty
11.8% of Cootehill homes are empty
#DerelictIreland #Aras25 #Speirgorm

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 4d

On this lovely weekend day, with my spine having given out (off to emergency care, I think - bleh), I want to be like this netsuke cat from Japan, without a care in the world. So here he is for #caturday.

ca. 1800-1850. #V&A
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The netsuke is a toggle. Japanese men used netsuke to suspend various pouches and containers from their sashes by a silk cord. Netsuke had to be small and not too heavy, yet bulky enough to do the job. They needed to be compact with no sharp protruding edges, yet also strong and hard-wearing. Above all, they had to have the means for attaching a cord. Netsuke were made in a variety of forms, the most widely appreciated being the <i>katabori</i> (shape carving), a three-dimensional carving, such as this one in the form of a cat dozing on an oval disc, with its tail curled over the back part of its body.

Cats were introduced into Japan in the late 9th century, and quickly became a favorite part of their culture, right into the modern era with pop culture phenomena like Hello Kitty and cat cafés.

Japan, ca. 1800-1850, carved and stained ivory.

V&A Museum (A.65-1915)

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d

Spectacular googly-eyed octopus does battle with a lobster in this 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii! 🐙 🦞

Fantastic fishy onlookers too! 👀

From the House of the Geometric Mosaics. Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
📷 by me

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a polychrome mosaic depicting Mediterranean marine life using earthy-coloured tesserae (mosaic tiles) against a black tessarae background. At the centre of the mosaic is a pale-coloured octopus composed of off-white and light brown tesserae with some of its writhing tentacles wrapped around the body of a lobster composed of light red, and pinky-brown tesserae. The octopus has an egg shaped body/head and it stares at the viewer with large eyes made of brown and pink circles with black centres.

The octopus and lobster are surrounded by various species of large and small Mediterranean fish and a mollusc, including an eel and a flat fish. On the left hand side of the scene there is a small kingfisher bird on top of a rock. Some of the fish appear to be watching the fight between the octopus and the lobster

This mosaic comes from the House of the Geometric Mosaics in Pompeii. Now on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 2d

#aras25

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 2d

And just like that the Irish Presidential election is reduced to Temu Thatcher vs. Putin's partisan

Any chance of a do-over?

a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .

Alt: a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 6d

Josh Crowley (sp?) (@jdcrowley) on twitter: "If I built a big robot that consumed 33% of my state's electricity so it could go around stealing people's art I would be arrested, and that's how you know law is a social construct."

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 4d

Saw this on TikTok, where ethno-nationalist tries to mislead audience. 1 in 5 living in Ireland was not born here. The biggest group is from the island of Britain, the remainder is dominated by EU nationals. 1 in 5 Irish born people live abroad. Ethno-nationalism relies on lies & misinformation.

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 4d

Control the information, & you control the world. I'm gonna save up and invest in a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d

Elon Musk & Trump Crypto Czar David Sacks—who co-authored the “Diversity Myth” w/ Peter Thiel—take aim at Wikipedia. Sacks calls Wikipedia “hopelessly biased,” & Musk says that “We are building Grokipedia XAI,” which he says will be a “massive improvement over Wikipedia.” 1/ x.com/elonmusk/sta...

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ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ @duineuasal.bsky.social · 5d

#DerelictIreland #RentalCrisis #HousingCrisis #Cork #Bishopstown #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland

This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 5d

I know these places are open sewers at the best of times but it is worrying to see just how comfortable people are spewing antisemitism in response to the murders at the synagogue in Manchester

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 5d

I was only yesterday hemming and hawing about getting Netflix now that I have considerably more disposable income. This has decided me: DEFINITELY getting Netflix. Fifteen quid a month is worth it to make Creepy Elon cry

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

‘Cancel Netflix’: Elon Musk leads rightwing backlash over trans character in canceled series

Resurfaced clip from Dead End: Paranormal Park led Musk to encourage his followers to cancel their subscriptions Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, has in recent days trained his attention on getting people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest of what he claims is the company’s “woke bias” and inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters. Musk, the richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately $500bn, has repeatedly encouraged his 227 million followers on X, the platform he controls, to cancel their Netflix subscriptions. In the past three days alone, he has posted or reposted calls to cancel Netflix for its content at least 26 times. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com