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@brian.by
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Colin Gorrie
6 days ago
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
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How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
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Google AI results are basically regurgitating reddit posts at this stage. And that's leading to a massive spike in AI generated reddit posts.
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Simon McGarr
9 days ago
This was one of the thickest acts in a veritable forest of them in the recent U.K. governance history.
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Reminder, Tomorrow
@bandcamp.com
Friday is back! I've been building up a nice wishlist for a couple of weeks.
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Alan Kinsella
19 days ago
Teach yourself.......
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19 days ago
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I have a feeling it's gonna be a long six nations for irish supporters.
www.independent.ie/sport/united...
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Bundee Aki dropped from Ireland’s Six Nations squad for disciplinary reasons
Eight days out from their opening game against France in Paris, Ireland have been rocked by the decision to axe Bundee Aki from their Six Nations squad.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/bundee-aki-dropped-from-irelands-six-nations-squad-for-disciplinary-reasons/a35973527.html
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Michele Neylon
about 1 month ago
Looks like the scammers from IDS Ireland are back at it again. If you're an Irish SME be careful - their emails look quite plausible I wrote about them a few years ago:
www.internetnews.me/2019/11/13/...
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Domain Scam Targetting Irish Small Business
There are always a few scams out there that are aimed at small businesses. Many of them are for "SEO" services where they promise "incredible" results.
https://www.internetnews.me/2019/11/13/domain-scam-targetting-irish-small-business/
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Dean
about 2 months ago
Need some soothing,warm downtempo business to get you through this chilly day? This is my very first Easter Soirée from 2022 and probably the best thing I've ever done. If it's not your thing, a simple share or like is much appreciated ☺️
www.mixcloud.com/deandeep/dea...
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Dean Marsh - Iso Easter Soiree - April 2022
So here it is, my slightly delayed one off special made for Easter last week. Unlike my regular Isolation Mixes I decided to slow things down and do a mix full of classic sunshine vibes. Spanning ever...
https://www.mixcloud.com/deandeep/dean-marsh-iso-easter-soiree-april-2022/
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about 2 months ago
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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife
about 2 months ago
Nobody could have predicted this.
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Getting some rubbish out for recycling tomorrow and found my old crackberry. Might try fire it up and throw a sim in and see what it does.
about 2 months ago
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Ahh the oul voice firewall is being touted again by our dear regulator. This will end well.
2 months ago
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They haven't checked the skid wear yet.
#f1
3 months ago
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Chain Bear F1
3 months ago
Pirelli trying to skirt danger with limited tyre stints have invented all new danger with pitlane chaos
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Barry Masterson
3 months ago
It will cost you nothing to share my work but it could change my year! Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love. You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
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SLATED™
3 months ago
Hi 👋,
slated.ie
here. We are a small Irish family business, creating beautiful products from slate. Using our 170 yr old family knife to craft each piece. Specialising in personalised gifts, wrapped in our fully sustainable packaging.
Slated.ie
The voice of the wonderful
@conorvoice.com
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you can pretty much track the progress of a storm using outages on
powercheck.ie
3 months ago
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Classic Sony commercial
youtube.com/shorts/h6eLf...
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"The only cassette player as small as a cassette case..." #sony #superwalkman #discogs
YouTube video by Discogs
https://youtube.com/shorts/h6eLfcwg7KU?si=H06NFdnTvDUCUJoo
4 months ago
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Woops!
#f1
ian.sh/fia
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Hacking Formula 1: Accessing Max Verstappen's passport and PII through FIA bugs
We found vulnerabilities in the FIA's Driver Categorisation platform, allowing us to access PII and password hashes of any racing driver with a categorisation rating.
https://ian.sh/fia
4 months ago
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Anil Dash
4 months ago
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label.
www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
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ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser/
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Ferrari to try cross the line synchronised and end up taking each other out.
#f1
#ferrari
4 months ago
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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell
4 months ago
We’ve a hedgehog house tucked away under the shrubs — and it’s one of the best things we ever added to the garden. Here’s where to put yours so they’ll actually use it: 🦋🌱🌎
#spéirgorm
gardeningwell.ie/climate-action/hedgehog-house
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Hello Comreg and irish mnos! Labelling every shortcode text I get as a likely scam when I'm travelling is seriously dumb.
4 months ago
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Ben Gross
5 months ago
So this
#SHOT2025
panel has nearly wrapped up. But if you want to read more about historical issues surrounding multimedia and the preservation of born-digital collections, check out this piece on
#DigiPres
at
@theul.bsky.social
. (Thanks for bringing this to my attention,
@rhiggitt.bsky.social
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A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
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Meredith Whittaker
5 months ago
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
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DerryJournal
5 months ago
Record wind speed recorded at Magilligan in Co. Derry
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Record wind speed recorded at Magilligan in Co. Derry
A record wind speed for the North for October was set in County Derry during Storm Amy on Friday.
https://www.derryjournal.com/news/weather/record-wind-speed-recorded-at-magilligan-in-co-derry-5347105
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Check your pumps! Looks like practically every tucson pump installed over the last few years in Ireland could be deadly.
www.ccpc.ie/consumers/20...
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Serious risk of electrocution from 114,000 circulating pumps in homes in Ireland - CCPC Consumers
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is an independent statutory body that enforces competition and consumer protection law in Ireland
https://www.ccpc.ie/consumers/2025/10/06/serious-risk-of-electrocution-from-114000-circulating-pumps-in-homes-in-ireland/
5 months ago
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Sunday world is champion of inappropriate photos. Here Simon looks like he just won the lottery.
www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts...
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Man who carried out illegal electrical work which was ‘dangerously faulty’ is fined
A Wexford man wo carried out illegal electrical works on two separate domestic properties also falsely claimed to be a registered electrical contractor Wexford District Court heard last week.
https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/man-who-carried-out-illegal-electrical-work-which-was-dangerously-faulty-is-fined/a133328894.html
5 months ago
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Brian Moore
5 months ago
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Rad O'Brien, Chief Engineer 🔵
5 months ago
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
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Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing
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Estate agent with no attention to detail shocker.
www.daft.ie/for-sale/apa...
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Apartment 35, Priory Court, Eden Gate, Delgany, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63TX36 is for sale on Daft.ie
Apartment 35, Priory Court, Eden Gate, Delgany, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63TX36 a 1 Bed Apartment is now for sale by Gavin Kennedy on Daft.ie with an asking price of €280,000
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/apartment-apartment-35-priory-court-eden-gate-delgany-greystones-co-wicklow/6300637
5 months ago
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That's a sweet pastry.
#f1
5 months ago
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Aldi have started selling vegan steak.
5 months ago
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Salesforce paid 27. 7 billion dollars for slack. There will be lots more of this.
skyfall.dev/posts/slack
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Slack is extorting us with a $195k/yr bill increase
An open letter, or something
https://skyfall.dev/posts/slack
5 months ago
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What hell in the sky is this crap?
www.reflectorbital.com
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Reflect Orbital
Sunlight after dark
https://www.reflectorbital.com/
7 months ago
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The fia managed to make a wet spa more boring than a dry monaco.
#f1
7 months ago
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The pinnacle of motor racing.
#f1
7 months ago
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The Onion
9 months ago
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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Genevieve Williams - Shakespeare Adjacent out now
9 months ago
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92pr5pr48o
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Randall Munroe
9 months ago
Check Engine
xkcd.com/3096/
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Wonder what terminal looks like?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3_0...
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Ultrawide Display in visionOS 2.2 Beta is CRAZY!
YouTube video by MacRumors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3_0kNLr3Ew
9 months ago
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Simon McGarr
9 months ago
This is not about porn. This is about building a system of tracking Internet use of everyone, adults or children.
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The Onion
9 months ago
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CrazyMyra
9 months ago
Another disapproving post
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Neil Renic
10 months ago
This is bleak reading
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The New York Times
10 months ago
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
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RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-rock-creek-bacteria.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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