Barry McMullin
@autofac.bsky.social
Stranger in a strange land - aren't we all? Engineering academic #Decarbonisation #ComplexSystems. #CarbonAbolitionist #AndACyclist he/his
Why "autofac" you say? Well ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac
And: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~mcmullin/
Why "autofac" you say? Well ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac
And: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~mcmullin/
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Barry McMullin
@autofac.bsky.social
· Nov 16
postcarbonireland.org: GE2024
www.postcarbonireland.org
Update on petition for a dedicated #IE
#GE2024 Leaders' Debate on the Climate & Biodiversity emergency:
www.postcarbonireland.org/GE2024/
#GE2024 Leaders' Debate on the Climate & Biodiversity emergency:
www.postcarbonireland.org/GE2024/
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OMG, RTÉ is copy-n-pasting the yellow journalism that sane-washes this crime straight onto its website.
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
OMG, RTÉ is copy-n-pasting the yellow journalism that sane-washes this crime straight onto its website.
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The overlap between places we want to dominate and places that have oil is striking
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The overlap between places we want to dominate and places that have oil is striking
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📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs.
But what if this were really about something else altogether...?
Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation...
Full primer 👇 youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
But what if this were really about something else altogether...?
Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation...
Full primer 👇 youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
The real reason Venezuela matters
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs.
But what if this were really about something else altogether...?
Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation...
Full primer 👇 youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
But what if this were really about something else altogether...?
Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation...
Full primer 👇 youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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This is a truly wild response from the EU.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This is a truly wild response from the EU.
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It's worth cataloguing what has happened in the water world in the last few weeks alone.
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's worth cataloguing what has happened in the water world in the last few weeks alone.
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
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One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
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hey @newschambers.bsky.social or any other Irish journalist with a backbone, fancy asking Martin or Harris if they are comfortable still using a platform which generates CSAM? #speirgorm
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
hey @newschambers.bsky.social or any other Irish journalist with a backbone, fancy asking Martin or Harris if they are comfortable still using a platform which generates CSAM? #speirgorm
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A definition that the Taoiseach committed Ireland to last year.
Government statement:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Government statement:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A definition that the Taoiseach committed Ireland to last year.
Government statement:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Government statement:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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There is a strong argument that X and its officers are committing offences by providing Grok's nudifying function in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
There is a strong argument that X and its officers are committing offences by providing Grok's nudifying function in Ireland.
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
This is a really great pod - strongly recommended ...
Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This is a really great pod - strongly recommended ...
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Since vox has Instituted a paywall, here's a gift link giving everybody access
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
It’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuels
A new paper makes the case for supply-side climate policy.
www.vox.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Since vox has Instituted a paywall, here's a gift link giving everybody access
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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Alexa - What does genocide culture look like?
January 2, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Alexa - What does genocide culture look like?
Great video. Minor niggle: the conclusion seems a bit of a false dichotomy? The question is not "(U)LDES *or* RE+li battery". We need both ... like 20 years ago. (And for local viewers: Ireland is not Australia. Not even a little bit. Much more like Germany....)
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Great video. Minor niggle: the conclusion seems a bit of a false dichotomy? The question is not "(U)LDES *or* RE+li battery". We need both ... like 20 years ago. (And for local viewers: Ireland is not Australia. Not even a little bit. Much more like Germany....)
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At the stage now where it's probably easier just to assume anyone still using that site is using it for this. I mean, there's no good answer to the question "what are you doing on the AI child porn site?" and we should be asking public figures and orgs that _exact_ question all the time
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 AM
At the stage now where it's probably easier just to assume anyone still using that site is using it for this. I mean, there's no good answer to the question "what are you doing on the AI child porn site?" and we should be asking public figures and orgs that _exact_ question all the time
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Your government will say “well that’s where the people are,”
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
At the stage now where it's probably easier just to assume anyone still using that site is using it for this. I mean, there's no good answer to the question "what are you doing on the AI child porn site?" and we should be asking public figures and orgs that _exact_ question all the time
January 2, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Your government will say “well that’s where the people are,”
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
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The EU trade treaty says Israel must respect international humanitarian law and uphold human rights.
The EU turns a blind eye now.
Corrosion spreads unchecked through our most vital legal systems.
The EU turns a blind eye now.
Corrosion spreads unchecked through our most vital legal systems.
January 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The EU trade treaty says Israel must respect international humanitarian law and uphold human rights.
The EU turns a blind eye now.
Corrosion spreads unchecked through our most vital legal systems.
The EU turns a blind eye now.
Corrosion spreads unchecked through our most vital legal systems.
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The EU has failed its citizens as it supports Israel and its genocide.
It’s lost any principles as it bends to the most powerful lobby groups.
It’s lost any principles as it bends to the most powerful lobby groups.
Three months ago the International Court restated the State of Israel’s obligation at international law to facilitate UNRWA’s operations, not to hinder or prevent them.
Israel is about to cut their water, power and comms.
The EU supports Israel.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Israel is about to cut their water, power and comms.
The EU supports Israel.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
UN chief condemns Israel for blocking water and power to refugee agency in Gaza
New law also cuts communications and banking services to Unrwa, allows its land to be seized
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The EU has failed its citizens as it supports Israel and its genocide.
It’s lost any principles as it bends to the most powerful lobby groups.
It’s lost any principles as it bends to the most powerful lobby groups.
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The government has paused expansion of public transport. BusConnects in Dublin, Cork etc. along with new LocalLink routes for rural areas are all now at risk. Happy New Year from FF, FG & Lowry!
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM
The government has paused expansion of public transport. BusConnects in Dublin, Cork etc. along with new LocalLink routes for rural areas are all now at risk. Happy New Year from FF, FG & Lowry!
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Happy New Year! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
Plan for cameras to catch motorists breaking red lights in Dublin is shelved
However, red light cameras will come into operation at the Merrion Gates level crossings in south Dublin by the end of January
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Happy New Year! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
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