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And NOBODY in the DoJ will suffer any sanctions or penalties. Least of all the minister. In years past having the courts reverse a Dept decision would have been a resigning matter.

Today we lost Walter Koenig. Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

Herself and meself watching #Bargainhunt - “what the f*** where you thinking?” Hence our phrase “and THAT’S why we can’t be on #Gogglebox”

So why are we allowing this?

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

At 64 years old I have done my FIRST service on a car! My venerable Volvo XC70. Oil, oil filter, air filter all done! Diesel, so no need to change spark plugs. I feel really grown up … #speirghorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm (how DO we spell that hashtag anyway??)

This is a beautiful website - my answers are terrible though! 😆

For all intensive purposes …

Please sign and share c.org/HVy5S6vtHf

He's trying his best....

When are journalists going to react to statements like this by saying “are you for real? What a stupid thing to say. Are you so divorced from reality you think that is a sensible suggestion??”

New polling for #GlobalEncryptionDay: 93% of Irish people say they have a right to private conversations online. As our CEO @brianhonan.bsky.social puts it, there’s “no such thing as a backdoor that only the good guys can use.” www.iccl.ie/news/new-pol...

The first Irish opinion poll on encryption is clear: - 93% say we have a right to private online conversations - 66% say government should not get power to access encrypted messages It comes as Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan plans new Garda interception powers - including for encrypted messages.

Oh this is interesting. Should a bank host its own servers rather than relying on a third party?What if Trump tells Google to sanction EU banks and withdraw services? Revolut would be dead. Explained: What's happening with Revolut? www.rte.ie/news/busines...

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I was thinking: rather than measuring the success of a country with GDP or median wages we should be using number of homeless and number of food banks. I can’t believe in 2026 people have to resort to food banks and can’t afford a home. Everything else is irrelevant if we can’t get those two right.

R2D2 playing Leia’s “help me” recording to the infant Jesus could have set Christianity on a whole different trajectory. I want to see THAT movie!

Taoiseach appears to be using an industrial relations manual from the 1970s.

Multi-billion Health service, with over 150,000 staff has pay errors of less than 1%, tis about a €50 overpayment - criminals!!! 10 TDs being overpaid up to €30,000, retired ministers on 6 figures refusing to pay back overpayments, all of whom are grossly overpaid anyway - clerical issue.

You need to read this: I thought how can Amazon control pricing outside Amazon? Here’s how. Oh, and why hotel prices are so ludicrously expensive.

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you like.

Perhaps @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu might consider some appropriate action rather than being upset.

Your reminder that nothing should be described as “offensive”. To be offended, you must *choose* to be offended. If I call you a b*ll*cks, you can a) choose to be offended or b) choose to ignore it. Also, you can not be offended _on someone’s behalf_.

So @news.rte.ie or do you not read comments on here?

Legal aid solicitors were getting €60 per appearance, and Tough Talker Jim says this encourages adjournments Really? For €60? I can hear that newly minted solicitor “this is great! Only 1,683 appearances until I can buy that Porsche!! With, say, 4 weeks between adjournments that’s only 129 years!!”

Ysabel Yates'... I mean Cookie Monster's superb takedown of why GenAI in the workplace sucks.

It would be a shame if this were widely reposted on UK Bluesky … #uknews

The government taking on the unions with populist, “tough talking”, advisor-led press clips; vs the unions 100 year institutional knowledge of negotiation. That’s worked out exactly as expected. #speirghorm

It seems typical of modern Ireland; lots of “oversight” - Dublin Bus, NTA, Ombudsman - but no one actually responsible.

Colleagues, family, friends on #strike. No blockades, not a single threat of violence. Unlike the crowd the government rushed to placate in April, and who still haven't claimed a lot of what was given. Because unlike unionised workers, lot of them are not tax compliant and don't play by the rules.

Eldest child on the picket line today - joined union about a month ago. Proud dad!

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

I once stood at the bow of a ferry crossing the Irish Sea at night. All I could see was the bow wave fluorescing in a black expanse - no waves, no horizon, no stars. I then realised what “the long, dark sea-journey of the soul” meant.

“No sh*t!” Says every IT professional with more than 20 years experience.

Meta PR: and then take a sip of the Guinness. Zuckerberg: so it tastes nice? Meta PR: DRINK IT!!!!

I don’t sign online petitions, even though the cause may be worthy. It forever links my name to a cause electronically. And that list could easily end up in wrong hands, or used for unintended purposes (when gov or police want to identify “troublemakers” or bring pressure). #speirghorm

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia

The backstory: Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex supercomputer facility in Vladimir, taking it out. Suddenly, bot activity in US social media fell by 49%, confirming suspicions that this was the site of a massive Russian influence operation targeting US social media—mostly targeting MAGA.

Reach out for support. Just, not to us!

To the surprise of absolutely fucking no-one, the MEPs in question are: Regina Doherty, Nina Carberry, Seán Kelly (FG) Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher (FF) Ciaran Mullooly (II) I've said it before - no need for a far-right party in Ireland, as the establishment parties are already there.