People who create images using AI should be required to give all the created people six fingers, just so we know it’s AI.

Frank McNally writing about Richard Ellmann writing about James Joyce. Excess with prudence - way to go.

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

The Irish government’s inaction on building critical infrastructure, despite having more than enough resources to do so, reminds me of the story about a donkey placed equidistant from two bundles of hay. The donkey can’t decide which bundle of hay to eat, and so dies of hunger.

“Gleichschaltung”. By the time the Trump presidency ends, I think that all of us, not just historians, will know the meaning of this useful German word. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichs...

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

On this basis, Putin can help himself to some of Estonia or Finland next, knowing that once enough people have died Trump & Vance will require the Estonians and Fins to make peace with him, whilst helping themselves to some of their natural resources. This is total insanity.

Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters: 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Favourable: 64% Unfavourable: 16% NET: +48% 🇺🇸 Donald Trump Favourable: 22% Unfavourable: 73% NET: -51% 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin Favourable: 4% Unfavourable: 89% NET: -85% Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.

Of all the made-up terms in the English language, the one i despise most is 'passed' ⚰️

It should be a criminal offence for a person to threaten a publication or journalist with a lawsuit for defamation in circumstances where that person knows that the material complained about is substantially true.

I suspect that Ireland is showing the symptoms of Elite Overproduction. Too many graduates, too few technical and trades people. A source of discontent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_o...

Barry Keoghan and Eric Burdon: surely they’re related?

Of course, Trump is hoping that the ceasefire in Lebanon doesn’t hold, so that Biden doesn’t get a result. And Netanyahu wants to please Trump.

Still relevant today. puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/m...

It’s just bonkers that the Gardaí and/or the DPP cannot get their act together and decide whether prosecutions are warranted as a result of the Moriarty Tribunal. After THIRTEEN years! Unfair to everyone involved…..

The age of consent is 17 in the Republic of Ireland and 16 in Northern Ireland. Another barrier to a United Ireland?!

If you’re shameless can you be blackmailed?

And, scene… 🙇🏽

"A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...

These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.