Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

1,000+ Artworks by Vincent Van Gogh Digitized & Put Online by Dutch Museums

What happen when a Pacific island loses all Internet access: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

'It's all good, it's all good' says Mark Zuckerberg as his catastrophic live demo of Meta's new smart glasses goes horribly wrong: 'You spend years making technology and then the Wi-Fi on the day catches you' www.pcgamer.com/hardware/its...

Professor Shane Darcy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights spoke to RTÉ’s News at One about how an independent UN commission reached its conclusion that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/5...

How generative AI is forcing universities to rethink learning www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/5...

Some democracies are more stable and resilient than others. "Jair Bolsonaro faces justice over alleged attempt to usurp Brazilian democracy" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: how the Catholic Church's prolonged campign against the 'evil' of the Irish dance hall led to the 1935 Public Dance Halls Act & a licensing system for dancing. Analysis by @danielmcarey.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A huge congratulations to the Leaving Cert students who received their results earlier today! Keep in mind that there are other pathways to DCU outside of CAO. For more information, click here: launch.dcu.ie/4d84IEM #LeavingCert #FurtherEducation #WeAreDCU

What's the social impact of food delivery drones in Irish skies? There are many issues from noise to privacy which need to be considered around fast food drone deliveries in Ireland. Piece by DCU's Dr Marcos Dias @marcospdias.bsky.social for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read: launch.dcu.ie/45A11FP

An article I wrote for RTE Brainstorm on the social impact of drone deliveries in Ireland: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... @dcuresearch.bsky.social

What's the social impact of food delivery drones in Irish skies? There are many issues from noise to privacy which need to be considered around fast food drone deliveries in Ireland, writes @marcospdias.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

An article I wrote about our DCU RESTART project that aims to Improve bathing water quality monitoring in Ireland @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social

All you need to know about bathing water quality at Irish beaches. By @marcospdias.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

A Spree change: from Berlin to Oslo, Europe’s urban swimmers take the plunge | Europe | The Guardian

On the wake of World Ocean Day, the DCU RESTART Project is running an important survey about bathing water quality in Ireland. It is open until 30 June 2025 and available online here: dcusurveys.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (you must be 18 years old or over) @dcuresearch.bsky.social

It’s that time again

A new exhibit at the Met charts American photography’s development from a specialists’ medium to an art form that found a proud, comfortable place in the American home. Read Vince Aletti’s review.

RIP - Sebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Four things to know about the art of Jean Tinquely: news.artnet.com/art-world/wh...

I dedicated my latest book to Jane Jacobs It was released on 8 May 2024, and I wanted it to pay tribute to her tireless and courageous fight for vibrant cities, cities for everyone. 4 May, her birthday, should be Jane Jacobs Day for the entire global community that loves cities for people, for life

You couldn’t make this up: how Mark Knopler wrote Money for Nothing- also a pioneering 3D animated music video: the-guardian.livejournal.com/228140970.html

Our DCU Multimedia Graduate Exhibition is well underway, and getting busier. Come and join us until 7pm. Awards ceremony at 6pm.

Come and see the great work of our BSc in Multimedia students at the Graduate Exhibition 2025. This Wednesday, 23 April between 12pm and 7pm. Awards ceremony at 6pm. Wood Quay venue. Scan QR code to register. All welcome!

Our DCU Multimedia Graduate Exhibition 2025 is taking place on Wednesday, 23rd of April between 1pm and 7pm in the Wood Quay venue. The event is free and open to the general public. Location: Fishamble street, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin - D08 RF3F Please register here: lnkd.in/eptRWkmB

Video walkthrough of my 2025 Media Spaces module student AI exhibition in collaboration with artist Aisling Phelan last Wednesday. Seven group installations from 35 students using Touch Designer, Processing, Blender, vídeo and audio editing, light kits, stage curtains, props and plenty of cardboard.

Our Media Spaces student’s exhibition is on until 4pm in the Henry Grattan building. Follow the signs!

A reminder of my Media Spaces student’s exhibition in collaboration with artist Aisling Phelan this Wednesday, 2 April between 12pm and 4pm. DCU Henry Grattan building-Media Studio. Opening event at 11am: tinyurl.com/mr38makz @dculibrary.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

From acid house to ancient rites: Jeremy Deller’s enormous, collaborative, unsellable art www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

AI - An exhibition by BSc in Multimedia students in collaboration with artist Aisling Phelan - Wednesday, 2 April (11am to 4pm) - DCU Glasnevin Campus- Henry Grattan Building - Media Studio - first floor). All welcome. Register here: tinyurl.com/mr38makz

DCU Water Institute is holding a screening of 'Our Blue World' on 19 March on St Patrick’s Campus. 'Our Blue World' explores humanity’s profound relationship with water and reveals how human agency can help rebalance the planet’s water systems. Register: launch.dcu.ie/4h9lm8B

Watch the Sci-Fi Short Film “I’m Not a Robot”: Winner of a 2025 Academy Award. Great short film to watch this weekend...

How well is Ireland adapting to climate risk? How are our opinions about climate change formed? Find out the answer to these questions and more at the second event in the DCU Futurology Research Series on 11th March at the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4bnytBL

#Photography is now so accessible that we regularly use it to communicate our "‘personal’ way of seeing the world." Scott McQuire says this historical transformation tells us a lot about #media today. mediatheoryjournal.org/2024/08/15/s...

For the day that’s in it, we’re celebrating the love that communities have for lidos, and the grassroots activism that sustains, revives or creates these joyous facilities for us all. First up: Dublin City Lido. www.dublincitylido.com. #LoveLidos 🩵

Hear an AI Chatbot, Masquerading as a Clueless Grandmother, Waste the Time of an Internet Scam Artist

Relevant reading for the current global political context

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism #3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”

DCU President Prof Dáire Keogh urges graduates to register for future Seanad elections. Registration for the new Seanad Higher Education Constituency is open until 23 January 2025, and includes graduates of DCU. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4h8YTJy @seanadvoterie.bsky.social

According to the FBI, “Jabbar stayed in a rental home in New Orleans for two days, where he used his Meta smart glasses to record the streets of the French Quarter as he rode around on a bicycle.”