My slides from the INEX meeting earlier this week ceo.hosting/2025/why-bei...

To the people saying it’s undemocratic that their preferred candidate didn’t get a nomination for president: local and national elections are and always have been an option for them. And arguably more effective than the role of president when it comes to deciding policy and affecting daily lives.

Irish sites selling funny Xmas cards?

Busy day of INEX related activities today. Morning spent in a Board meeting and now at the member meeting. I'll be speaking later this afternoon about ICANN and the upcoming meeting here in Dublin

Domain parking monetisation is more or less dead now due to Google killing it - expect more "zero click" #domains #monetisation domainnamewire.com/2025/09/23/...

Why does it take Bank of Ireland *4 hours* to enable a new device on your account?

Apple’s transfer data process for setting up a new phone used to be simple and smooth. Now it’s unusable. If you need to access any apps like your password safe on your old phone it forces a reset. Catch 22 mess!

PSA: LinkedIn are opting everyone’s data into their AI training by default. You *need* to opt out - the toggle is on by default #AI #privacy #socialmedia

Delighted that the Nominet DNS Fund is launching today. If you’re involved in OSS with the DNS you should apply #dns #opensource nominet.uk/news/nomine...

Trying to explain "the ploughing" to non-Irish people is always amusing. The IT has a pretty good overview www.irishtimes.com/ireland/202...

No words

This just in: #aras25 important memo for all hopefuls please read

Some iOS 26 settings to tweak lifehacker.com/tech/settin...

#aras25 good to see that the right wing misogynist has tapped out.

McGregor has bowed out. He won’t be running for President. #Aras25 *hunger games cannon sound*

Conor McGregor has withdrawn from the Presidential election. #aras25 (Will await @newschambers.bsky.social’s sounding of the hunger games klaxon)

Van Gogh but make it cinema 🌾

Not exactly the type of people I’d want anyone to vote for

Food options Saturday evening in Galway city?

It’s 2025. If some people seriously think that an anti-choice candidate is going to poll well for #aras25 I suspect they’re in for a surprise

Ooooo #cardgames #gaming #socialmedia @mmasnick.bsky.social

Zero surprise, sadly, that WhatsApp simply is not as secure as they'd like you to think. Signal is a much saner option www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/...

Geldof has bowed out. He won't be running for President. #Aras25 *hunger games cannon sound*

Nulled WP plugins are being used for a growing number of really nasty hacks www.wordfence.com/blog/2025/0... #security #wordpress

I don’t have an account with PTSB …

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was released in theaters on this day 65 years ago 🔪 🚿

#speirgorm #aras25 Surprised McGregor polls so high. The “don’t know” number isn’t surprising. Are any of the known candidates inspiring?

No surprise #aras25 #speirgorm

If your website uses a .eu domain name you'd be mad not to enter these awards! blacknight.blog/nominations...

A lightsaber that Darth Vader used in two of the original “Star Wars” movies, estimated to be worth between $1 million and $3 million, is one of the notable movie props to be sold at an auction in Los Angeles. Here's what else is up for grabs this week.

The team are currently interviewing for a couple of roles and so far two people just didn't even bother showing up for job interviews. No call. No email. Nothing. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♀️

This cover is so so good #speirgorm

I get decidedly odd emails I have absolutely no idea why I'm getting this

Kneecap with Grian Chatten in Belfast #kneecap youtube.com/shorts/-ki5...

Toying with re-running my "email with accents" / IDN newsletter experiment again. It's been over 3 years since my last attempt michele.blog/trying-to-s...

Another nasty smish targeting Vodafone users

Nice move from the Coalition on Digital Impact www.codi.global/newsroom/in...

Gotta "love" the recruitment agencies that think it's somehow acceptable to subscribe me to their spam lists.

The EU must use the anti coercion instrument now, or be humiliated. Europe must be free to enforce its own law on its own soil.

When the IRA used the "double tap" technique in the 1980s to bomb British shopping centres - first the centre, then, a few minutes later, the exits - people in power rightly said it was an abomination, utterly depraved. I'd love to hear from some of them now.

Irish postal service is still delivering to the US, but there are *some* changes: www.anpost.com/Post-Parcel...

We are hiring again #jobfairy www.irishjobs.ie/job/custome...

1 ticket for Fontaines DC + KneeCap in Belfast Friday evening up for grabs secure.ticketmaster.ie/rs/38006281...

#MyCousinVinny, for those tempted to join tomorrow night’s #LegalLiveTweet. (8pm, Monday 25th August 2025)