"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

Don Lemon. Will Stancil. I don't fuckin care. If you're useful taking a stand against ICE we are brothers. I will stand with the fuckin Dropkick Murphys or whoever.

In Ireland, people drive to the shop 1km away to buy a pint of milk. That is not the fault of the individual, but the result of decades upon decades of car centric policies. Anyways, well done to the Finns 🇫🇮

"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...

Jenrick defection probably the dumbest thing he could have done. He could have been the top race science guy in the tory party, but now he's going to be a run-of-the-mill race science guy who needs to impress guys who believe a secret sect of Brown people control the traffic lights

God bless @niallstanage.bsky.social who is literally only doing his job.

Once again, Niamh Smyth absolutely leading in not shirking the responsibilities of her portfolio. Rare I offer praise for any Minister but when her colleagues have equivocated on what's happened and what needs to happen, she has very strongly called it straight so far and hasn't bent to pressure.

Still possible to do a very short email before 5.30pm deadline. Please let your voice be heard. Submissions can be sent by email to [email protected]

typical ai use case

🚨Last Chance The Irish Government is about to remove citizen's abilities to challenge illegal developments in our courts You still have till 5.30 to have your say @antaisce.bsky.social have provide excellent guidance on what’s wrong with the public consultation process and the proposal #Speirgorm

The An Taisce website has plenty of suggestions on what to include in the email, but if you find it overwhelming I will legit help you write an email. Just reply here if you want help or DM me if we're mutuals #Spéirgorm

The work of media scholar @alicetiara.bsky.social can help explain why factchecking often fails when used in isolation. Her research suggests that misinformation is not just a content problem, but an emotional and structural one. (@kellyfincham.bsky.social) theconversation.com/why-people-b...

"Factchecking is seen as a go-to method for tackling the spread of false information. But it is notoriously difficult to correct misinformation." @kellyfincham.bsky.social, @uniofgalway.bsky.social, writes in @uk.theconversation.com 🔗: theconversation.com/why-people-b...

"It's not the same as Twitter", friend Twitter isn't the same as Twitter. Old Twitter died years ago, we need to accept that almost no-one under 30 is interested in joining text-based social media - the format will die with us, like floppy discs, Mars Delights, and the concept of hope for the future

It took me all of 4 mins to send an email but Rob here is offering to help people compose an email. Please take action now if you care at all about the #ClimateEmergency

🚨 Breaking Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal. "We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"

This piece was prompted by my experience watching people sharing misinformation in the wake of the arson attack on the IPAS centre in Drogheda. The people sharing didn't care about the facts and the facts didn't shift them a bit. This piece explains why >>> theconversation.com/why-people-b...

Twitter is owned by a fascist, Facebook and the Washington Post have gone MAGA, and now CBS News is about to be turned into far-right state TV. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.

Ireland has a history of unquestioningly supporting rich, powerful organisations to the detriment of its citizens. It used to kowtow to the Catholic Church. Based on today’s news stories about data centres and X it is now the tech companies. Watch for tribunals in 2030 into the damage! #SpeirGorm

This spectacularly misses the point. It's not just about what kids might see. It's what their image might be used for. The issue is CSAM not a social media watershed.

You should leave X — and so should our government institutions. It drives me crazy that French ministers, MPs, and institutions are still using X for official communication. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They would prefer not to hear from you. Consultation ends this Thursday, 15 Jan. More in this thread 👇 bsky.app/profile/fplo...

Please consider passing this along: If you are a scholar interested in journalism and how it's coping with increasingly violent targeting and repression (see Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, even the US), please consider sending in an abstract. There are even bursaries available for early career folk.

I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie

Well done @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.limerickleader.ie/news/educati...

I am going to write an addendum to The Abuse Factory gist with three quick things everyone can do. They really have an effect

On an iphone, you find the apps on the App Store, you scroll to the bottom of its listing to where it says “Report a Problem”. Follow the drop down menus to report something illegal. Here’s my report, as an example. Just takes 2 minutes.

Trying to de-US my tech (yes, I know irony on Bluesky) but first foray is European browser - vivaldi.com

Atavistic snake handling maniacs with a head full of supremacist ideology and fuck all else, there's a lot of it about.

So yes, my instinct here was right. It appears that only the most public “@grok” prompts are being stopped. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

I’m sorry to keep banging the same point but the flailing from politicians all week trying to avoid looking the (undisputed) truth in the face has me chewing the scenery.

The picket has now moved to directly outside of the One World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is currently giving a press conference on the 50th floor about ICE operations in NYC.

I’ve written for a long time (almost 2 decades) that platform aims are at odds with public interest journalism, and partnerships with them are inevitably compromised. In 2026 that relationship faces the ultimate test, which tech companies will likely fail www.cjr.org/tow_center/b...

I can't take any more of this garbage on the radio - someone hand this over to them www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

And I've just turned it off. Please let me know when @rte.ie returns to regular programming

Someone in Ireland knows who this man is....

Is anyone else listening to this on what used to be Joe Duffy - how is this person "Eoghan" still being allowed to speak?

This is also a field test. If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with. Nothing.

As someone who used to head up an immigration lobby group in the US I don't even know how we got here from there.

jfc

THE MACHINE - BY DESIGN - IS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO REMOVE WOMEN'S CLOTHING WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT AND TO MAKE CSAM. How are we at 'good sides to it too, you know?'?

The Government and media who are locked in a rotten symbiosis on X, are trying to suggest something needs to investigated or discovered. But all the relevant facts are both known and undisputed. X dot com launched a paid-for feature that produces images of people undressed, including kids.

Good discussion on RTÉ radio about grok and csam But no discussion of institutions , politicians and regulators still supporting X

Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.

Amazon invented a problem: "we're gonna leave millions of valuable packages just laying on the side of the street every day" and then was like "oh no look at all these disgusting criminals taking advantage of you, here, buy this surveillance camera" and like 90% of Americans said "cool"

Looks like an important paper. Showing the link between extreme news and social media and extreme politicians. Reminds me of @katestarbird.bsky.social ideas on participatory disinformation.

A lot of transphobia comes from being so privileged that you have the luxury of obsessing over stuff that does not have any impact on your life.

many organisations are still using twitter because at some point they or their suppliers replaced the goal of actually communicating with people with a series of social media reporting metrics and are now bureaucratically tied to shitty platforms to account for their work