QTP with an under-appreciated Pokemon 💔

3 hours ago, The Taoiseach posted photos on X of school children from a visit he made to Gorey. How is that not a severe safeguarding issue, given what can be done with any photo on X now? #IrishPol

Once again

It's CSAM. There is no more universally reviled evil. There is no nuance needed. If Martin can't react quickly and decisively to something so self-evidently wrong, what value does he hold as a leader?

For sale: Peace prize. Never used.

SCAM ALERT – IMPORTANT The cat has already been fed.

Pathetic. We’ll never have meaningful climate action in Ireland until we get FF and FG out of office.

I'm not sure that "ethics can't apply to powerful companies and very rich people" is a sustainable moral framework.

For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.

me spending less time on bluesky and more in the gym

“You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that.” — Samuel Beckett

In light of recent developments

Hundreds of thousands of vile sexualised non-consensual images of women and children have been created by Grok, X’s AI tool. This isn't just horrifying – it's illegal. The Govt response to this has been muted and confusing. When will X be prosecuted?

in observance of scott adams dying, here is an archive thread of the old twitter bit i did where i reclaimed dilbert from him and declared myself the true creator of dilbert

An awful person who once made good comics. He'd be remembered far more fondly if he had died many years ago, before he had the chance to destroy his (and Dilbert's) legacy. Should be a lesson in there for JKR but I doubt she will learn it.

The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money

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Nigel Farage promised Brexit would help you. Nigel Farage stood down 319 Reform candidates to help Boris deliver THIS SPECIFIC version of Brexit. So if he's convinced you to blame other people for the fact that this Brexit hasn't helped you... You're as thick as frozen shit.

I know Jay Powell and have a lot of respect for him. Even when we disagree on policy, he (a) understands that his voice has the power to move markets and (b) zealously defends the independence of the Fed. He is not a person who would make a statement like this lightly. Will say more shortly.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

Morning.

The legendary David Bowie died 10 years ago today. 🤍 A look back at ‘Blackstar,’ his final masterpiece released two days earlier…

About 2/3 of the way through reading 'Just Kids' and I now wanna read everything Patti Smith has written, and also read all the work of the writers and poets that influenced her. She recently turned 79 and I really hope she stays well and healthy for many, many more years to come. ❤️🖤💜

Nugs is so fine. #caturday

Important Gus update

What a horrible ordeal for this family. ☹️ #SpéirGhorm Link to the fundraiser mentioned in the article: chuffed.org/project/help...

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

happy anniversary of christopher columbus mistaking manatees for mermaids and complaining about how mid they were

Connections Puzzle #943 🟪🟩🟦🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟩

Would be great if Pope Leo excommunicated JD Vance, if for no other reason than to avenge his predecessor who met Vance once and then immediately died rather than risk meeting him for a second time. 💀

How long before another press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping?

Everything is awful so I'm having wine.

The Media Minister says it’s not the app creating images, but individual users. Grok is now #1 on the App Store in Ireland. Day three of X coverage.

the day today tier paragraph

I can’t stop thinking about Renee Nicole Good. My heart physically hurts. How absolutely senseless. How tragic. Here is an excerpt from a poem of hers, and the link to the full poem. 🤍 poets.org/2020-on-lear...

"It also appears that he thinks Grok’s illegal content generator feature just organically appeared like a tree in the forest rather than being created with intention by the company whose European headquarters are in Dublin." thechangingtimes.darylfeehely.com/post-260108-... #IrishPol #Speirgorm

Funnelling more passengers through Dublin Airport, without firstly upgrading the transport links to get people to and from it, is absolute madness

This minister seems to believe that the State has no responsibility with regards to preventing a company, based here in Ireland, from providing the tools by which child sexual abuse material has been generated by its own paid subscribers. A truly bizarre thing to say. jrnl.ie/6921190

How is it not the Government's position - as put forward by Billy Kelleher - that the European Commission hits the immediate pause button on Grok while it's waiting for all these reviews and assessments? The power is there.

Perfect representation of how 2026 is going thus far. 😫 #PTCGP #WonderPick #FML

"The giant environment destroying rape culture theft machine nazi sexual abuse bot app can be used for positive reasons as well."

Ah, the classic "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defence.

Kuroki Neko (Black Cat) | Hishida Shunso

I'm sorry to keep posting about this but this should be a government-destroying scandal at this point. How the fuck are you not coming down like a ton of bricks on this? There could hardly be a less ambiguous situation, and yet...!!!

"It's not necessarily the app that's making the images... it's people using the app that's making the images. Making images of that sort is reprehensible..." No, people are asking the app to make the images. IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.

Ok people, what are 4 albums you like to really lock in and listen to, front to back?

I hear that if you aren't finding time to read the books on your desk and nightstand that you already desperately want to read ... it will make you feel better if you simply buy other ones. You're welcome.