Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

None of ICE's actions are popular. The American public hate what they are doing!

Really New York Times?! I do despair 😞

My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.

I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.

It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.

17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition "beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"

And, there we go: The formal judgment of acquittal. "Sandwich guy" case is done.

Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty. But beware...

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Not unworthy at all @donaldclarke.bsky.social This is a lovely tribute

They really stuck the landing on this one.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

There goes Zohran Mamdani, trying to plot a course between the Scylla and Charybdis of unhinged attacks from the right and unrealisitic expectations from the left. You have to wish him well.

One of the houses built into the ruined west front of the former Benedictine abbey at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #BuryStEdmunds

Excellent news this

Love this interview by our own @rgraham.bsky.social

Always a joy to go out west and see the dynamism of its start-up founders. Thanks @portershed.bsky.social for hosting us beautifully as always!

So good to see this poor creature in the care of the fabulous My Lovely Horse charity now. First thing that struck me when I saw the riot footage. Isn’t he gorgeous, the poor thing?

Depressingly inevitable 😞

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David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike. (via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

Must say @bsky.app offering a real sense of what’s going on across the Atlantic for #nokings day 👏

here is my favorite sign from today

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

For a second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league's decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences.

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

So Enterprise Ireland is partnering again with Silicon Republic to host Founders' Exchange, a series of events for early-stage start-ups, where you get to hear from fellow founders, investors and advisors in a relaxed, interactive setting. Next up is PorterShed in Galway 🔗 vist.ly/4arqj

Good grief. A must-read this.

And on that note …

“writing is an act of thinking. This is as true for professionals as it is for students … outsourcing the entire writing process to LLMs deprives scientists of the important work of understanding what they’ve discovered and why it matters.” Worth a read (paywall)

Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars. Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

I really shouldn’t catch up on US news at this hour of the evening. Good God.

We were pleased to be the venue for @siliconrepublic.bsky.social & @entirl.bsky.social’s Founders' Exchange yesterday. Insightful panel discussions and great advice from the speakers. Pictured: @annodea.com welcoming attendees to our Learning Studio. Stay tuned for future Founder Exchanges!

Disturbing:

At least someone is saying it like it is. Gotta respect Pritzker

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Missed this but HIGNFY (in a scripted moment) spread a fully debunked, viral conspiracy theory about ID cards last night. The most basic of fact checking clearly never happened. When online rubbish makes it to mainstream, worrying for public discourse.

“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.

“If you wish to see a virgin on screen”. What the actual …?

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One of the things I miss about old Twitter was being able to say: ‘who’s listening to tonight’s Blue of the Night on Lyric and enjoying the hell out of it?’ And finding kindred online souls. Anyone?

Nepal-style protests with young people taking to the streets in what is normally seen as a relatively stable country, Morocco. Feel like its not getting enough attention in news - been going on for five days now.

Ah gosh the legend that was Dr Jane Goodall has left us. RIP 😔

Didn’t see this anywhere else, Prez walks out after Lockjaw’s psycho speech to zero applause: ‘I’ve never walked into a room so silent before…’

Well @marksugrue.com brilliant to see you in real life tonight 😊