We could be doing NFTs on an AI blockchain on an island in the Metaverse...

Macron didn't concede anything in private messages to Trump, but the US Right is so high on delusional hubris that even basics of diplomatic back channels are useless as means to achieve stable outcomes. How do you de-escalate with a US government that is obsessed with performative escalation?

Was i the only one wandering around in a freezing fog not seeing the northern lights last night then?

This exhibition is well worth a visit if you're in Dublin in January www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-arti...

Fantastic photo from Phil Laybourne capturing the moment a Red Deer steps on some Lego.

The scene outside any Irish funeral.

Single? Oh I hope they meet someone nice

JEAN KLEYN TO LEAVE MUNSTER AT THE END OF THE SEASON A real rock of the Munster pack for most of the last decade. He'll be missed. A core part of the URC title win in 2023, and then went on to win a World Cup, playing in the final. A top guy. Best of luck to him on the move.

SUPER DELUXE WALLY RATINGS #326 :: Toulon 27 Munster 25 You know the feeling. All too well, perhaps. The win was there, until it wasn't, and we'll be drinking from the bitter barrel for a few days as we digest how this game got away from us. www.patreon.com/posts/super-... #SUAF

In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material. You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system. It’s a feature. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

@threeredkings.bsky.social Tom what the fuck is going on with these stupid penalties we're giving away ignoring the refs instructions?

Infuriating by Nank. Just needless and stupid #SUAF #RCTvMUN

Great try. #SUAF #RCTvMUN

Ugh #SUAF #RCTvMUN

Toulouse are flying over the top of rucks #SUAF #RCTvMUN

Scrappy so far, put 3 up #SUAF #RCTvMUN

Gwan Munster! #SUAF #RCTvMUN

@threeredkings.bsky.social Red Eye has me believing we could win today #SUAF

I know we are all the frogs being boiled but, when it really hits you, the question of 'should the world's largest producer of CSAM be banned' and the governments response is to just flop around. This situation is absolutely crazy.

La Rochelle have noone to blame here other than themselves. Those last 2 penalties were absolutely stupid, ROG must be fuming #LEIvLAR

La Rochelle leaving so many scores out there. Must be so frustrating

La Rochelle are... not good at lineouts #LEIvLAR

'What is that supposed to mean? That the law is obsolete in the face of a white supremacist sexual exploitation material-generating machine?' It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.

One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.

Every hour between Monday and Tuesday, Twitter generated 6,700 sexual deepfake images. Experts say it has become the biggest online factory of such material in the world. This was a trend once on the darkest corners of the web - now pushed by a billionaire into the mainstream.

The issue is that there is a huge amount of venture capital funding that takes a product, then heavily subsidizes it to create a market that doesn't actually exist in the hope to create a new market. The problem is that they both damage existing market solutions and forever distort price signals.

Can confirm

it is fairly amazing how clear it was, at the time, what was happening. so much chaff has been thrown into the air since then, of course, that most coverage takes a "whomst amongst us can say what happened that day?" approach (stole this image from @joshsternberg.com's post)

New ✍️ Celtic Challenge Recap ☘️ "Individual performances and the return of long-term absentees will mean more to Scott Bemand than the scoreline." Read here 👇

Definitely not me tidying my home office like I said I would over the break rather than, you know, doing any actual work

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Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true. Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?

Watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, so naturally it's time to think about becoming an archaeologist

Alan Quinlivan is insufferable #SUAF #MUNvLEI

Gwan Munster! #SUAF #MUNvLEI

Does frost count as a while Christmas?

So, Die Hard 2 at 9.10 on VM1, or Die Hard at 9.45 on TG4?

2025. An incredible year for rugby union. We count down every moment that made it special, silly, strange and so much more in our definitive celebration of the 288 Greatest Rugby Moments of 2025... youtu.be/7hVloJg_FsE?...

Try fucking off.

Joshua and Paul provide pitiful spectacle and the worst is there’s more to come | Donald McRae

Pure Ulster brainfarts costing them

I'm at that stage of work where you go 'Tee hee, I can put this off until January, which is several years away. I'm so clever!'

A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!

Ted Chiang on AI www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Narrator: They were not.

Evergreen

Gwan Munster! #SUAF #MUNvGLO

How is this not an Onion article? Marco Rubio bans Calibri font in latest fight against diversity and inclusion programmes jrnl.ie/6899964

The government presents its demand for a new nitrates derogation (pollution permit) in Brussels as a demand of the Irish public. This counterpoint argues that it is actually being demanded by a subsection of the agriculture industry, and is in conflict with a genuine public interest: clean water