If on average every European diverted 100 euros in spending away from American products and services, that's €50 billion right there. That's gotta hurt.

Bollocks.

This seems apt for the current moment in Ireland

An Taisce (The National Trust for Ireland, a major Irish environmental and heritage charity dedicated to conserving Ireland’s natural landscapes, built heritage, and quality of life) leaves X (18.204 followers) Bluesky: @antaisce.bsky.social

Enable Ireland (a national disability charity and service provider that works to support people with physical, sensory, intellectual and related disabilities from early childhood through adulthood) leaves X (7.551 followers) Bluesky: @enableireland.bsky.social

To change the TII mandate forcing irish rail to post to X, suggest emailing [email protected] as he is head of communications there.

"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-...

If we as a society can simply be fine with hosting the EU HQ of the csam network, we have utterly failed.

You have until 5.30 today to write in to the government consultation on these fees. They're trying to price people out of protecting our land and water. While on the other hand they're trying to give corporations an entirely new secret court to sue Ireland through CETA

My column in the Irish Times on the dangers of corporate capture. Corporate interests dominate public policy while community needs go unmet. Greta Thunberg & BohsFC show us how to reclaim the public good @thunberggreta.bsky.social @bfcdublin.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

“Corporate capture has contributed to the systematic underinvestment in public services and community-based infrastructure, leading to growing vulnerabilities and widening resentment, disappointment and mistrust of Government.”

"It's not the digital native generation that has been radicalised into supporting fascism": Four reasons why social media should not be banned for under-16s.

Again if you see CSAM you report it to hotline.ie #Spéirgorm

People in Ireland or connected to Ireland - please support this petition calling on Irish institutions to leave X and replace X icons with Mastodon icons ! my.uplift.ie/petitions/ta...

Thank you @social-democrats.bsky.social . #speirgorm

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So, now we know there have been hundreds of individual complaints to the Gardaí and that they are investigating the xAI, X Internet company, grok nexus of commercial offerings. What excuse has any public body or private citizen for continuing to squat on the sight. Do we need a fourth monkey?

“You don’t get a medal for leaving Twitter in 2026. Just leave quietly and hope no one notices you were there.” metalhead.club/@HailsandAle... (Aimed mostly at politicians, but I’d be more inclusive)

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Worked with a team in Finland re active travel, they genuinely could not fathom why people objected to cycle lanes here. "But you are making their lives better?" Ah no, you see, we hate cyclists.

The X situation is an excellent example of the perils of neoliberalism. The state has become so beholden to a private service provider for public service announcements, they're resorting to equivocation on responsibility for CSAM and violent misogyny on that platform rather than risk losing it.

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

Idk I just feel we should be making a bigger deal about members of the Oireachtas speaking at an event run by anti-semitic conspiracy loon Eddie Hobbs

New Gist: What you can do about the Abuse Factory As a follow-up to yesterday’s Gist, I’ve done a list of four things you can do about X without even having to put down your iPhone. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wha...

The minister continued: *we Europeans support freedom to express agreement or dissent online, as well as copious amounts of CSAM*

Four simple tasks for you to highlight your concerns about X. Following on from yesterdays The Gist piece, “The Abuse Factory”, @tupped.bsky.social simplifies how you can be the change! #grok #ai #spéirghorm

Please do one impactful thing for the Irish environment and make a submission on this. It's shocking erosion of the public right to access justice. If this goes through, environmental decision making will inevitably disimprove. And it's not like we've been covering ourselves in glory to date.

'Oh', wails Ireland 'how could our country treat those poor women and children in the laundries and industrial schools so badly?!?" as it downloads software to create non-consentual sexualised images of women and children. #SpéirGhorm

This Patrick O'Donovan clip where the minister lets X and Elon off the hook for publishing images of child sexual abuse, was taken at the young scientists exhibition, surrounded by the youth of Ireland. I didn't think it could get worse but my God... @simonharrisireland.bsky.social do something!!

Micheal Martin

Women, we really need to fucking rise up and wipe these cretins out of government.

Remember when this appeared in the national gallery and politicians were so swift to take it down and make a big hullabaloo? Wonder why they aren't so pushed this time around #SpéirGorm

This grok stuff is making clear ONCE AGAIN how badly compromised our democracy is from 40years of FDImaxxing

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.

I would make the assumption that anybody still on the CSAM site is there because they don't have a problem with CSAM

I'm sorry how tf are the Irish government fumbling the question "is sexual abuse imagery bad" at all, let alone this badly

Truly a disgrace. In a country that suffered child abuse on a mass scale from the institutions that were supposed to protect us should we expect anything else.

this is how every outlet should refer to X

Simon Harris to continue posting on the child sexual abuse image generating site but shaking his head so people know he disagrees

The rest of us can reflect on the fact that our Tánaiste still has his X account, after learning of the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexualised images of children and women on Grok.

Yet the hollow people running Ireland swallowed it whole without an original thought. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

This year had too many tears and not nearly enough humanity. So for 2026 I wish you all peace in your hearts and happiness in your lives. My hope for 2026 is the world turns its back on fascism, hate, zionism, and wars. That is my wish for the New Year. 🥂

The Fine Gael internet policy framework is also the Vladimir Putin one.

Bhí go leor craic ag mé fhéin agus mo chara, Kevin, ag scannánú le chéile cúpla mhí ó shin! 💓 Catch us and others again tonight on Fadó, Fadó on @tg4.bsky.social at 20:15 or watch later on the Player. Think Gogglebox ach as Gaeilge😉 #FadóFadó #tg4 #TV #Gaeilge

I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie

Grotesque truth.

A really very important piece re Irish neutrality, international peacekeeping and the triple lock. Clearly pointing out the misinformation, disinformation and the partisan agendas behind much of the debate.

Because it’s easier than enacting legislation…

News: Rudolph, other reindeer, shot down over Israel on return journey. Santa Clause found unresponsive and violated in Tel Aviv.

"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you." Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.