It doesn't matter if you're into food and restaurants, this is a must-read on the importance of fact-checking and subject-matter experts (and a mini exposé on how a particular food enterprise in Dublin is capitalising on its absence in Irish media). www.allthefood.ie/single-post/...

“The road to authoritarianism is filled with people telling you you are overreacting.” @governorwalz.mn.gov speaking at @americanprogress.bsky.social right now

With Meta launching a lab focused on “Superintelligence” — the new buzzword for “AGI,” itself the new buzzword for “AI,” etc — it’s worth noting that AGI is a flawed goal. Here’s my general-readership piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the matter: www.techpolicy.press/most-researc...

Hey, not in press but I do love things so please include me in your press drop. Thanks.

Traveling into the U.S. has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. From the ace @wired.com security team, here's tangible guidance on minimizing the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...

I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Gosh Simon Harris must have absolutely lost his mind when he heard about the printer they bought for the Dail that was too big to be used

I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel. 👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/

Ok, Ireland is at 89.99% of the threshold it has to reach for this #EU petition to support banning #LGBTQ conversion therapy. Only a few hundred to go! #Spéirgorm

Helloooooo BlueSky! 🌤️ We have just landed and will share more here soon 🥠 meanwhile find us and updates at -> aixdesign.co + linkin.bio/aixdesign-co/

Beta Festival has released its report from the AI Art Assembly, providing deeply considered food for thought on AI and the arts. Well worth a look, and kudos to @aislingmurray.bsky.social for making these conversations happen. Find it here: betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site

70% of Irish twenty-five year olds now live with their parents. I wrote about why that's obviously a very bad thing. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Open letter to #transmediale Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director?  signed by @bitnik.bsky.social @aramba.bsky.social @networked.work @k0a1a.bsky.social openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/doceditor?sh...

Ted Chiang vs the machines: lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...

Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims

The great thing with Signal is that not only is it more secure and operated by better people, but it's also flat out the better product in terms of usability and aesthetics. Also no weird AI bots, solid desktop version, and great videoconferencing.

You can be incredibly famous & successful, stunningly beautiful with a hugely powerful husband & still be vulnerable to any silly decision being weaponised in the perennial sport of tearing down women. And most of us are none of these things, that’s what scares me www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

"What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground … is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza” www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...

Resharing: Opportunity to join or Chair the Trustee Board of the National Videogame Museum, UK. Please get in touch (DMs open) for a chat if this sparks an interest - we’re about to start a new chapter, and we need some new voices and perspectives to help and steer. (Deadline late Jan.)

Open access link to download PDF of the book is live. New book - Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods. Published by Polity Books. Also details on pbk & hbk purchase. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Dream job as Director of Regenerative Futures going at @wshed.bsky.social Also do give their Bluesky account a follow if you haven’t already. www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu...

Dear computer vision researchers, students & practitioners🔇🔇🔇 Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them, from different angles. PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmx...

Names for a lazy person from eight different languages: 8. A lazybones (English) 7. A sluggish banana (Danish) 6. A flaccid fish (Norwegian) 5. A snake king (Cantonese) 4. A free-bread-getter (Serbian) 3. A day-thief (Flemish) 2. A nothingdoer (Hungarian) 1. Director of Free Air (Lithuanian)

Beloved murderer canceled after old tweets surface

Check out this video! 🚀

The last thing I'll say is that Science Gallery paid and commissioned artists for 3-5 exhibitions every year. This is rare these days, especially in the science engagement space.

In the sector I work in, Science Gallery was one of the biggest employers. And it could do this for the same reason that 'sustainable business model' is an inaccurate framing for somewhere like this - because our work supported scientific research in and beyond the university.

Trinity have finally confirmed that Science Gallery Dublin will not reopen. The focus has been on how much of a cultural loss this is (which I agree with), but it also represents a lot of job losses in a small, struggling sector. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Disappointed to hear this and a huge loss at a time when there is not only a lack of cultural spaces but also a lack of spaces that actively promote science in Ireland. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Nikita Hand has been awarded nearly €250,000 in damages after the High Court jury found that she was raped by Conor McGregor in a Dublin hotel in December 2018. Here is the background to the civil case.

only a few hours left to talk to miss-communication.ie at the Betafest at Dublin Digital Hub betafestival.ie Here are a few of the conversations she's had this week...

Another free ebook made available by Verso Books: The Palestinian Laboratory by Anthony Loewenstein @versobooks.bsky.social

It was so nice to have that one day of summer yesterday before returning to winter.

I contributed to @mozilla's blog post about the Internet’s Invisible Carbon Footprint. Expose the layers of exploitation of people and nature in AI eystems at global south + support grassroots activism and fair labour are crucial. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/ai-internet-carbon-footprint/