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"Evil sets in motion enormous forces - but only in vain, as it prepares fertile ground for unexpected goodness to sprout.”

JRR Tolkien

We can but hope.
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Exactly the same experience. Wouldn’t cycle 500m without a helmet in Ireland but in the Netherlands you’d look weird wearing one!
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM
And penguins live in the southern hemisphere. Is he after Tierra del Fuego now!?
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
They clearly have no understanding of physics at all. Sure why would they?! Clearly it's just Fake DeepScience.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Good. Took a while, but hopefully this will encourage others to do the same.
January 23, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Realised we were old when the first hour of a group in a pub was spent comparing ailments. We were mid-thirties (a long time ago now!).
January 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
We (obrien.ie) have blocked AI crawlers as soon as possible and as broadly as possible using every available protocol as soon as we hear about it. Too little too late but surely the only sensible way to deal with the plagiarism engines.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM