THE MACHINE - BY DESIGN - IS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO REMOVE WOMEN'S CLOTHING WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT AND TO MAKE CSAM. How are we at 'good sides to it too, you know?'?

My word. The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.

@iknowdino.bsky.social hello excellent folks . As a huge fan of your podcast , I thought you might appreciate that I visited a dinosaur exhibition in Ireland today and Drew my first ever drawing of a from an actual fossil ,where I discovered regular paper does not suit a tail .

Remember when MM called on Kneecap to urgently clarify their position? Remember when Catherine Martin went on Prime Time to force the resignation of Siún Ní Raghallaigh from the RTÉ board? Remember implementing the bank guarantee overnight? No such urgency or intent from gov yet. #IrishPol

Feeling the pain of those in Schiphol, once had to spend the night there many moons ago

My excessive posting this week is down to me being off work this week. Normal service to resume next week 😂

Women’s Aid leading by principled example as ever. Who follows?

One of the eternal truths seems to be that people sitting in traffic in cars blame traffic on lack of allocated space, rather than the number of cars. Folks, I have news for you.

Two handy apps for the managing of different messaging apps or social media. 1. Buffer - allows you post to multiple social media sites from the one app. (Mastodon & bsky in my case) 2. Beeper - similar but more for messaging. E.g. WhatsApp, signal, telegram, slack all from the one app again.

These were only the ones that were caught. There's many more getting away because the Gardai don't have enough resources. 765 arrests for drink, drug driving over Christmas period www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...

Excellent progress in Cork, months ahead of schedule. Refreshing to see some direct comment as to funding, policy and priorities from Irish Rail www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Seeing people saying Grok/Twitter/X is now 'just another porn site' - except it's not. If any mainstream porn site tried to do what X is doing - generating mountains of CSAM/revenge-porn/non-consensual sexualised imagery of real people - they'd have SWAT teams coming through their windows.

Bluntly: to still be active on that site is by now more or less to be an accessory. If not legally, certainly morally.

The U-turns on road safety by this government would make your head spin. Lower default speed limits, RSA reform and red light camera pilot all abandoned while deaths and serious injuries are rising. independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.

I just don't understand why Irish roads are so dangerous? I mean it definitely can be the children driving multiple tonnes of farm machinery around while on tictok that's for sure. Gardaí stop two 16-year-olds driving tractors while using phones - Agriland.ie share.google/TjeMvv9QD3JN...

Mass creation of sexualised images of children, as a paid-for feature is not quite enough for Simon Harris to decide to leave X.

How is it so excruciatingly painful for these people to leave, when I, a man with a crippling Twitter addiction, somehow managed to do so without any sort of psychic wounds

But it’s okay because the government promised a tax on single use cups in… Er… 2016 I think ☹️

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"Sligo is cleanest town but coffee cups still common form of litter - survey" Anytime I've been to Sligo the place is immaculate, some nice public realm works there too. I fear we're stuck with the disposable coffee cup issue for the foreseeable www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Have had mine for two years now and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. Zero worries about finding parking, I know exactly how long it till take me to get the kids to school and on to work regardless of the traffic, and that's before the savings www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

"I do not condone drink driving but ..." This is a very capable politician who has not shown much interest in this brief. It would be in everyone's interest to give it to another Department and to reformulate it in the context of Road Danger Reduction. www.facebook.com/newstalkfm/v...

Me points to a stone 'what about that one?' 'That's a pebble' 'that one then' 'That's a rock' 3 hours later, that one? 'a build up of dead sea creatures from millions of years ago' #IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm

"What we need is a transport system that supports heath. This means safe, high-quality infrastructure for walking and cycling integrated with high quality public transport that is complimented by car use when needed." Excellent article by Dr. Catherine Conlon. www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...

Nope, slop. Fuck yourself

Hello every TD, government department, agency, semi state, local authority...........

Sept 25: "It's looking well" Jan 26: It's looking like zero enforcement of parking regulations.

Twitter's AI is generating child abuse imagery. And apologising for doing so. Close yer accounts now people. "But all my followers...." Fuck em. Get off there now.

I wish journalists would stop treating MHR like some funny, contrarian opposition backbencher from the bogs. He is a minister of state and one of the wealthiest and most unscrupulous self serving TDs in the dail. It's just a hat and an accent!!! Look past it please!!!

In news that should surprise no one…

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Schools empty out cause tourist don't put their kids in schools for 2 weeks, everything is closinh cause nobody can live here and the place is overrun with holiday homes. Everything mhr doesn't like is a threat to rural Ireland. Reality be damned

@badparkingcork.bsky.social Marina Market need to get a grip on this.

Alexa - What does genocide culture look like?

Stop using X/ Twitter That is how easy it is Don’t complain about it just stop using it. Very easy

A reminder that OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, met with the Taoiseach in May to push for the use of ChatGPT in schools in Ireland. And many in the government think we can’t face the future without it.

Finished 2025 going slightly over the 4% of all revenue we give up as part of our business model. Break down: €20281 to Women's Aid €18,000 to a bridge building program at a co-op we buy from in Colombia €19,304 between local and origin projects €18,000 to staff pool of 5 on top of salary/bonus

"The Council has done well in nearby Mahon too, opening a vast network of bike lanes in 2025" www.irishexaminer.com/property/dev... 5 vehicles parked on the bike lane in the photo used in the article.

Someone should survey every member of the current government – actually scratch that, the entire oireachtas – to understand how regularly they each use non-car transport. How often they sit on a bus or train or attempt to cycle around their constituencies. I think it would be revealing

I'm still mad about the loss of Crew in #LimerickCity I wasnt even a patron of the place but understood how important they were here. The fact that the parklet being demolished without warning was a major factor, yet apparently it was *impossible* to reverse by the city leadership, is pathetic.

Well, that answers my question 🤦‍♂️ They've undone pretty much all the road safety measures started by the last government now.

Isn't that what a town is in general, one big park & ride? You park the car at your house, walk to the bus stop and ride the bus? 🤷🏻

Not going ahead according to today's Irish Times. Given the rollbavk of previoysly agreed measures, it's fair to conclude that this govt is actively against safer roads. Why though? Is it the motoring lobby? What's going on?

Years ago, Glen Hansard once told me to fuck off 😂

Not a bad journey all in all, and it's not raining in Galway!

Next stop Athlone, from a chilly Portarlington

Early one.... Kent Station

It would be extremely funny if the state turned these properties into social housing

It's very interesting that Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and the rest of the government are vocally against judicial reviews when it's about protection of the environment. But no issue when it's a judicial review about money.