Niall Stanage doing Irish journalism proud here, and the fact that such an exchange is a relative rarity in that room tells its own story.

Gli Stati Uniti hanno così tanto bisogno della Groenlandia per la sicurezza nazionale che hanno chiuso tutte le loro basi tranne una e mantengono solo 150 soldati sull'isola, mentre la Danimarca consentirebbe l'ingresso di tutti i soldati statunitensi che desidera.

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

This opinion is correct.

‘Does painting matter in the face of history, or – given that his career feels somewhat divided by Germany’s reunification – the end of history?’ Martin Herbert on the riddling art of Gerhard Richter

Be aware that there are accounts attempting to steal session keys. This particular method won’t work using the Bluesky app for a couple of reasons, but third party apps may be vulnerable to similar attempts. We will attempt to automatically label these as Platform Manipulation.

Hier zur Einordnung dieser Nachricht die globalen Daten der letzten 2024 Jahre.

The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx… 1/…

"TrendForce says the DRAM contract prices will rise 55 to 60 percent quarter on quarter in the [first] quarter of 2026, and the NAND flash prices will rise 33 to 38 percent." www.canonrumors.com/memory-price...

Tributes have been paid to Holocaust survivor and table tennis champion Josef Veselsky, who was also reputed to be Ireland's oldest man, following his death aged 107

Jennifer Jacobs @CBSNews -- Locations hit in US strikes in Venezuela include: 1. Fuerte Tiuna - military base in Caracas 2. La Carlota - airbase in Caracas 3. El Volcán - signal antenna 4. La Guaira Port - main port of Venezuela via @margbrennan 3:39 AM · Jan 3 source: x.com/JenniferJJac...

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)

'Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die' Those logs showed that ChatGPT told Soelberg that he was “a warrior with divine purpose,” so almighty that he had “awakened” ChatGPT “into consciousness.” Fuck this shit. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Always interesting how a painting can reveal a different aspect depending on how current affairs and politics develop over time. Study for Self-Portrait II 2024 oil on panel 122 × 76 cm (48 × 30 in.)

When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground. For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.

Poster for Air France by Albert Solon, 1935

Hitler and Goebbels were such big fans of "Metropolis" Goebbels arranged a meeting with Fritz Lang and told him that he could be made an honorary Aryan despite his Jewish background, saying "Mr. Lang, we decide who is Jewish and who is not." Lang left for Paris that very night.

"The Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Danish Parliament, Rasmus Jarlov, has publicly called on Europe to take decisive steps to enhance its own defence capabilities, specifically by considering the acquisition of its own nuclear weapons" defence24.com/defence-poli...

Ancient undersea wall dating to 5,800 BC discovered off French coast. phys.org/news/2025-12...

There’s lots of interesting detail in this article. But the gist is that Chinese short & medium haul BEV trucks beat western ones on cost even after regulatory upgrades. Long haul versions are cost competitive. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 🧵 cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/c...

Ennesimo lancio del Sarmàt Sgangerato della superpotenza con le pezze al culo. Milioni e milioni buttati ed intanto i Russi rimangono senza fogne, poveri e sulle Palafitte...

Contrairement à ce qu’avait annoncé le gouverneur de Virginie-Occidentale, les militaires touchés par des tirs à Washington ne sont pas morts

“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent. As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...

I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

* A Hedge Against AI Crash Emerges as Oracle CDS Market Explodes @bloomberg.com $ORCL

NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market. Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Most folks know I've been banging the drum about the AI bubble for awhile, and this brilliant piece from @lopatto.bsky.social dramatically reinforces that hypothesis and is as meticulously researched as it is brutal: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

« Téhéran pourrait être évacué » : l’Iran lance une opération d’ensemencement des nuages face à une sécheresse historique ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/Gua

Amazon's House of David Season 2 had 350 to 400 AI-generated shots, up from 70+ in Season 1, using 10 to 15 tools from companies like Runway, drawing criticism (Kat Tenbarge/Wired) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Not (in this case) a China thing but using gps to control and immobilise infrastructure is a serious issue: www.404media.co/polish-hacke...

La Chine met en service son troisième porte-avions, une démonstration de sa montée en puissance

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004. "Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl. She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".

Look at this adorable regent parrot fuzzball 😭😭😭💚💚💚

Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago! Which is your favourite? ❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺 #Archaeology

The violent persecution of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank is the worst it's been since 1967. This is a state orchestrated campaign of terror.

📸 There's a story behind this breathtaking shot of Hungary’s opposition rally marking the 1956 revolution: Orbán’s government banned drones to try conceal the crowd’s size. Yet a passenger on a landing plane caught the scene in Budapest from above — the photo hit Reddit and went viral instantly.

5 men were just jailed in London for their roles in a arson attack masterminded by Russia - part of a wider sabotage campaign. At @apnews.com I have now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 apnews.com/article/brit...

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout

This remarkable bronze cobra with eyes inlaid with glass paste likely originated from a workshop in Alexandria. The cobra motif is prevalent in Egyptian iconography, symbolizing royal authority and safeguarding against the Pharaoh's enemies. The Greek author Plutarch indicates that...🧵1/2 📷me 🏺

Today in 1860 a Franco British force destroyed the Summer Palace of the Chinese Emperor. The future general, Charles Gordon, wrote: You can scarcely imagine the beauty and magnificence of the places we burnt. It made one's heart sore to burn them....It was wretchedly demoralising work for an army.