Here's the same data, where the provision is expressed as a percentage of population instead, thanks to @dwmalone.bsky.social for the good idea.

There has to be a better way of doing this.

A very nice @philosophybites.bsky.social on mattering with @davidedmonds100.bsky.social . Pulls on lots of nice threads. philosophybites.com/podcast/rebe...

This article, with all the signs of having been written by AI, points out that a flexible nib is essential for Spencerian script, and then recommends 8 pens, 7 of which have no flex at all. It justifies this with nonsense like avoiding "ink wastage". We're headed toward a dead internet of AI slop.

FairPlay to Dublin City Council for erecting a Rainbow for Pride Month. The IFSC will now be called the LGBT for the rest of the month (Linternational Ginancial Bervices Tentre)

I can't be the only one that read this news story and went out and got a copy of the book in question! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

INAM 2026 will be in Maynooth! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Dublin and Glasgow have put in a joint bid to host the 2030 IMC. Glasgow would host the IMC and Dublin would host the General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union. Good luck to the team presenting the bid at this year's General Assembly meeting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cck4...

A new Hottie from History for @thebugle.bsky.social, that should have special resonance for @zaltzcricket.bsky.social: sexy Thomas Bayse: bsky.app/profile/cail...

Well I've really taken a left turn while making slides for my talk., But I am pleased to share some more AI images of sexy Thomas Bayes

Dublin and Glasgow have put in a joint bid to host the 2030 IMC. Glasgow would host the IMC and Dublin would host the General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union. Good luck to the team presenting the bid at this year's General Assembly meeting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cck4...

Have you noticed that reviewing AI-generated code is devilishly hard? Cognitive psychology and the workings of large language models give us four clues on why this happens. Read more at www.spinellis.gr/blog/2026052...

"At a time when worsening climate vulnerabilities require an urgent phase-out of fossil fuels, AI and its data centres are causing a devastating increase in polluting fossil-fuel use." - Prof Jennie C Stephens, @icarus-maynooth.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Ireland’s bye-elections in Dublin Central & Galway West will use Ireland’s ranked-choice voting system, where voters list candidates in order of preference, writes Prof David Malone, Director of the Hamilton Institute & Professor of Mathematics & Statistics. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

📣 The Faculty of Science & Engineering launched 25 ARDÚ Doctoral Scholarships! Fully funded PhD's in: 🔹 Data Science & Digital Transformation 🔹 Health & Wellbeing 🔹 Sustainability & Climate Change ▶️🔗https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-research-academy/scholarships-funding/ardu-scholarships

I did a piece for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social about how votes are counted in Irish bye-elections... www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Ok I've designed an LLM prompt to make Google AI just give you a list of links. It's longer than you might think because it kept ignoring the instructions. This is efficient. This is The Future™

Anyway, I suppose I should bring this chart of local authority house building up to date.

In Ireland some places get a lot less councillors per person than others

I am hiring a PhD student to join our group in Lund, Sweden working on an ERC-funded project to untangle color and polarization vision in some amazing crustaceans – minute water fleas and pugnacious mantis shrimp! Please forward this to promising students. Apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

"For this focus group, conducted shortly before a sustained green glow began emanating from the station’s superlaser array, we spoke with residents who said they had backed Emperor Palpatine but now felt conflicted."

As one of the comments says, people complain about the algorithm, but it has its moments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh3m...

John Venn, of Venn Diagram fame, built a cricket machine that has been recreated at @standupmaths.bsky.social's suggestion & tested by @robeastaway.bsky.social. Definitely the sort of news that should be covered by @zaltzcricket.bsky.social on @thebugle.bsky.social . www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E42...

Is Trump resurrecting Jeffrey Epstein?

If we're going to get a la carte about which EU rules we follow we should take this opportunity to set up a state building company and start lashing out homes at a rate of knots. We can ask for forgiveness afterwards, right?

I really do believe this is true. I'm sure that not everybody who turned up to protest has fascist leanings, but if you pulled your truck up next to one that said "Ireland for the Irish" and you don't leave, are you better than the owner of that truck?

Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves as a means of alerting his subjects that ice cream was nearby

You may feel powerless to respond to hate but you are not. One small thing you can do, which will make a real difference, is donate to the Muslim Sisters of Éire. I just did it, and it only takes a moment. These incredible women show up day after day to feed unhoused people. msoe.ie/donate/

Just an ordinary hardworking man.

I thought all it would take to end the protests was a meeting with gov? Now it seems it will also take: -oil & gas exploration off west coast -Abolition of carbon tax -Price caps on fuel -Wider undefined cost of living supports …and as of this morning, bringing down the government

I might not have the regular Irish Times column that Steen has, but I do have quite a bit more than a few anecdotes to back up what I say. Maria Steen thinks the #genderPayGap is a myth but that is a hopelessly basic and naive take. Here is why. paygap.ie/posts/maria-...

I see one of the “fuel” protests leader is a John Dallon of Castledermot. I wonder if this is the same John Dallon of Castledermot. m.independent.ie/regionals/mo...

The fuel protest, which began with serious and legitimate concerns about the cost of fuel and living, had more or less been hijacked by the anti-migrant, anti LGBTQI, anti woke, ‘Ireland First’ far right. This is losing the protestors a lot of support, as it should #fuelprotest

The Farage “up the Ra” story for those who missed it first time round, or have forgotten www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Is it just me, or are a lot of the vehicles in the protest very shiny? If you can afford to buy and keep shiny equipment like that, I'm surprised the cost of fuel is your biggest outgoing.

I fully support people's right to protest but I don't support far right bullshit pretending to be about farmers and hauliers and I can't recall another protest ever being allowed to bring the city to a halt for 36 hours and still going without any consequences whatsoever

Road Traffic Act 1961. 98.—(1) A person shall not do any act (whether of commission or omission) which causes or is likely to cause traffic through any public place to be obstructed. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence. So arrest them.

You know that these fuel protests have far right loons at the heart of them because the Guards and the media are treating them like they are family members airing a grievance at Christmas dinner instead of calling for the army to shell them

Only half of the published research findings in economics, psychology and education can be replicated by others according to new findings reported in Nature by Dr Dermot Lynott from @mupsychology.bsky.social, in collaboration with international colleagues. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Exciting news!! 📣 The latest CRT newsletter is now available to view at the following link. Our latest edition includes; Semester Highlights and Events, Student Graduations, Research and International Research Placements! 🎉 Pop on the kettle and have a read🍵 www.data-science.ie/research-ire...

Two AI examples from last week. In the first, for somewhat obvious reasons, I wanted to know a list of wars the US had turned up a little late to. It decided to give me a list of wars the US had been involved in, and couldn't tell the different between WWI and WWII in a way that was obviously wrong.

Is that a photo of me not making a weird face?! I didn't think it was possible. I guess @tudublin.bsky.social just brought it out in me 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed being part of TU Dublin's International Women's Day celebrations. #iwd26

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

Huge congratulations to our 4 amazing PhD graduates from Maynooth University 🎓👏 — Akash Satheesan, Conor Hackett, Ganesh Sharma, and Kevin Horan! 🌟 All their hard work has truly paid off! @researchireland.ie

Let Me Explain How a State Actor Could Perform a Denial-of-Service Attack on the Entire UK Government in the Wake of Ofcom “Online Safety Act” Client-Side Scanning https://alecmuffett.com/article/150401

After hearing @hjdoom.bsky.social referring to Zanbarbone as "The Renegade Master" and being back "with the ill behaviour", I dug out Fat Boy Slim's remix (which is *so* chirpy) and found out where the samples came from: A.D.O.R.'s "One for the Trouble". I'd assumed "d4 damage" was a AD&D reference.

The ZX Spectrum's ULA chip handled video, sound, keyboard scanning, and cassette I/O. One chip. Today that workload would require a standup meeting, three sprints, and a Jira board.

The entire CRASH magazine archive is online! Every issue of the legendary ZX Spectrum gaming mag (1984-1992) — reviews, comics, tips. Issue 1 featured 3D Deathchase, Atic Atac & Lunar Jetman. What a lineup! 🕹️ crashonline.org.uk

My school is hiring a maths teacher for September! www.swchs.net/blog/?pid=37... Come and work with a brilliantly supportive department, with loads of high quality shared resources, in a school that takes staff workload and wellbeing really seriously.