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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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my dude gotta be profoundly rethinking his answer to the "would you rather fight one horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?" hypothetical rn
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
my dude gotta be profoundly rethinking his answer to the "would you rather fight one horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?" hypothetical rn
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Thank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
February 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Thank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
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Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
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I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
September 16, 2023 at 10:12 PM
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
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They're there to stop American athletes defecting
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
They're there to stop American athletes defecting
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Just to whet people's appetites, I'll make a thread below which contains a bit about each video, including screenshots from some of the conclusion slides for each (you have to watch the video and look at the references to understand the reasoning, which doesn't really fit in a screenshot 😂)
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January 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Just to whet people's appetites, I'll make a thread below which contains a bit about each video, including screenshots from some of the conclusion slides for each (you have to watch the video and look at the references to understand the reasoning, which doesn't really fit in a screenshot 😂)
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Can you imagine having such a weak hand that you feel the best two cards you can play as selling points are 'American treatment of indigenous people' and 'American healthcare'?
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Can you imagine having such a weak hand that you feel the best two cards you can play as selling points are 'American treatment of indigenous people' and 'American healthcare'?
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I just learned that this exists and now I have to share it with you all because I don't even listen to podcasts, but just knowing that this is a thing has unironically increased my overall happiness and wellbeing:
January 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM
I just learned that this exists and now I have to share it with you all because I don't even listen to podcasts, but just knowing that this is a thing has unironically increased my overall happiness and wellbeing:
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We need to find out what they're doing in those detention facilities that they won't allow members of Congress to visit
January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
We need to find out what they're doing in those detention facilities that they won't allow members of Congress to visit
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Why punctuation is important.
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Why punctuation is important.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Great letter in today’s Irish Times on Jim O’Callaghan’s new proposals for IP family reunification:
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Great letter in today’s Irish Times on Jim O’Callaghan’s new proposals for IP family reunification:
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Trump, Putin, Lukashenko, Netanyahu.
Men who are bored of peace.
Men who are bored of peace.
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Trump, Putin, Lukashenko, Netanyahu.
Men who are bored of peace.
Men who are bored of peace.
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For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.
January 15, 2026 at 11:23 AM
For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.
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I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
"Do you think it would be a good idea or a bad idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark?"
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
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"soon after, Ireland was invited to join the UK"
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"soon after, Ireland was invited to join the UK"
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BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
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This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.
Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries | TechCrunch
This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.
techcrunch.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.
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More of this please
NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10× more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.
January 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM
More of this please
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NEW: "Given Ireland's very significant history of deference to institutions... We don't want to allow a similar level of deference to large corporations to lead us into the same failure."
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
NEW: "Given Ireland's very significant history of deference to institutions... We don't want to allow a similar level of deference to large corporations to lead us into the same failure."
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30