Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

A felon who married an immigrant is telling a lot of y’all that the problems in this country all stem from felons and immigrants. But keep buying that stupid red hat that’s made in China.

An Taisce is absolutely right about this, and members of the public need to wake up to what’s going on before it’s too late … www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Going to Trump’s Doonbeg? You should be ashamed of yourself #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Expect a lot of tricolours as the IFA allow their protests against Mercosur to be hijacked by Independent Ireland. Or are they just happy to stand back and say “it wasn’t our protest.”?

I’m getting back to taking real photos, still digital, but just not iPhone manipulated. It’s good to have to think!

Ireland. Our Taoiseach has taken a 'both sides' position on the deliberate non-consensual production of sexualised images of women and children. He both sides child sexual abuse. He and his govt have sold Ireland to tech bros. These people cannot be allowed to remain at the helm. #SpéirGhorm

"Patrick O’Donovan said making non-consensual sexual images of people is “reprehensible”, and he encouraged people “in the heaviest possible way” not to do so." The mind of a malevolent turnip.

In a tumbling timeline of fear and hate a pic of a cat just can’t be bate. #catpic #possum #speirgorm

Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil have thrown in the towel on climate action and don't even get me started on Independents. They're even rolling back/standing still on the most popular measures the Greens brought in: public transport investment and housing retrofits. www.thejournal.ie/green-party-...

I dunno but I somehow think that our public bodies shouldn't be jumping into bed with fascist supporting billionaires. But maybe that's just me.

BREAKING Irish Govt to move Grok to another parish.

So despite all denial we're now openly facing up to failure on emissions targets and massive fines. The industry of spin through last year on denial on impact of data centres, nitrates etc and lack of media challenge on Government has failed our future #climate www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

All things being equal, we'd say that Putin doesn't want America to illegally annex Greenland because it advantages the U.S. geopolitically as to future struggles in the Arctic and North Atlantic. But there's a "but." An annexation also instantly ends NATO—so Putin is on board.

@simonharrisireland.bsky.social Good morning. I walked away from X in 2024 as I did not want to support the right wing hate. I had a significant number of friends, followers and contacts built over a decade. Yes, I miss them(and how useful they were to my business.) Walk away from child abuse.

With only 30,000 citizens, the most depressing thing is, Drumpf can just give Greenlanders $10m each to vote for the US to takeover. $300bn is a knockdown price.

Gosh, it looks like Ireland is in for some “stark” weather, just perfect, apparently, for lounging around in the park, catching some rays. Come on, media, you could at least make an effort at trying to communicate the disaster that is #climate change.

How is it so excruciatingly painful for these people to leave, when I, a man with a crippling Twitter addiction, somehow managed to do so without any sort of psychic wounds

Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff. Kushner has no official position in the US government.

He'll need to consult many consultants to find out how many far-right votes he'll lose.

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

I remember the story about Hussein dropping the dollar as the trading currency tor oil, and how the value of the dollar was so reliant on that exclusive use. Funny to see it come up again with Venzuela.

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci

I like the way you dropped the “T” 😉

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

Can we stop calling it “the capturing of Maduro”? Illegal rendition, kidnapping or abduction are the true terms. Let’s not normalise law breaking. #Maduro

You'll be amazed to hear that on the stock market Chevron ⬆️9% Halliburton ⬆️10% Exxon ⬆️4% ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%

'Tillage farmers are similarly disgusted by whiskey and beer being made in Ireland primarily from imported grain. Currently, use of Irish grain is not required in an Irish Whiskey Geographical Indication registered with the European Commission.' www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid...

These stones?

Somebody on here quipped earlier that we live in precedented times. It hit home with me. In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery. 1/

Time to charge devices in Kyiv. We’ve been warned of a possible missile attack. Not sure many care, but that’s okay. I’m writing for those who do.

What just happened ... Comedy: Jamie Kaler

A very long and important THREAD - The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974. And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself. Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

One month ago www.reuters.com/world/venezu...

We're going to need a bigger Hague.

Not Somali.

BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…” Read that again.

When Putin arrived in the USA in January, Trump rolled out a literal red carpet and then personally met him at the foot of the airplane steps. When Zelinskyy arrived today, not only did Trump not greet him at the airport, NO US OFFICIAL MET HIM. And yet Trump wants us to believe he is impartial.

Someone stole my wife's maroon Raleigh Motus bike in Dublin City Centre this afternoon. If you see it, give me a shout

In 8 years as an EV driver I have never, ever encountered a single instance of this “I switched back to diesel” yet here it is, being flagged as a “Story of the Year” for 2025. Gives some idea of the mountain to be climbed in terms of overturning persistent myths & misconceptions.

Our living planet is being relentlessly annihilated on a scale that's beyond any understanding. It is literally the apocalypse, in our time. Is that *all* we humans collectively amount to? I believe we have the power to change.

The words ‘climate change’ appear zero times in this RTÉ report by Conor Hunt on the establishment of a network of 400 community climate shelters across the Republic of Ireland #spéirgorm

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

Catherine Connolly: Becomes president in 2025 by winning the biggest single personal mandate in the history of the state. @irishtimes.com : The politician of the year is absolutely the guy who keeps doing racisms.

Totally normal