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መልካም ገና !
Happy Ethiopian Christmas!
Happy Ethiopian Christmas!
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
መልካም ገና !
Happy Ethiopian Christmas!
Happy Ethiopian Christmas!
It’s bizarre this hasn’t had more traction. I presume we won’t be hearing him as a talking head on national media anymore.
Posted without comment, but might be of interest to Irish academia (and social media) more generally.
Publisher retracts 12 papers co-authored by Trinity College Dublin finance professor
A finance professor at Trinity College Dublin is disputing a decision by a global academic publishing company to retract 12 papers he co-authored.
m.independent.ie
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
It’s bizarre this hasn’t had more traction. I presume we won’t be hearing him as a talking head on national media anymore.
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As a society, we have become a bit better at discussing our mental health and living with mental illness, but we almost never talk about having to live with *someone else's* mental illness and how it can upturn the lives of everyone around them and how difficult it is with very little help available
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
As a society, we have become a bit better at discussing our mental health and living with mental illness, but we almost never talk about having to live with *someone else's* mental illness and how it can upturn the lives of everyone around them and how difficult it is with very little help available
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Another "Go Fuck Yourself America" night in Europe.
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Another "Go Fuck Yourself America" night in Europe.
That’s like an umbrella of porridge
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “Germany will accept responsibility for the security of Ukraine and for the continent as a whole.”
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
That’s like an umbrella of porridge
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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It should be fairly clear by now that our ruling class is banking on an oligarchy hardening into place and all of them will do whatever depraved shit the admin asks for to have a seat when the music stops
Hilton said it is breaking from a franchise that was accused of canceling ICE agents' reservations at its Minneapolis-area location
Hilton To Break From Franchise Hotel Accused Of Canceling ICE Agents' Bookings
www.huffpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It should be fairly clear by now that our ruling class is banking on an oligarchy hardening into place and all of them will do whatever depraved shit the admin asks for to have a seat when the music stops
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Ha ha ha.
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Ha ha ha.
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For what it’s worth I now have a No AI clause on my website and have prohibited any organisation showing my work from using genAI content in the gallery space or in promotional materials. Plagiarised AI slop should be nowhere near the work of anyone who cares about truth or authenticity.
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
For what it’s worth I now have a No AI clause on my website and have prohibited any organisation showing my work from using genAI content in the gallery space or in promotional materials. Plagiarised AI slop should be nowhere near the work of anyone who cares about truth or authenticity.
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I think we need to call people who still post to Twitter nonces because why are you going on the CSAM site???????
January 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I think we need to call people who still post to Twitter nonces because why are you going on the CSAM site???????
Yet another AI for the ‘win’. I swear AI users would have gone gangbusters in Jonestown.
#cult
#cult
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Yet another AI for the ‘win’. I swear AI users would have gone gangbusters in Jonestown.
#cult
#cult
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Scanning stuff in my house via No Thanks and the Palestine Cola is coming up as this.
It's a PepsiCo product.
I knew about SodaStream but this is a shock to me.
It's a PepsiCo product.
I knew about SodaStream but this is a shock to me.
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Scanning stuff in my house via No Thanks and the Palestine Cola is coming up as this.
It's a PepsiCo product.
I knew about SodaStream but this is a shock to me.
It's a PepsiCo product.
I knew about SodaStream but this is a shock to me.
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NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
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Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
Sánchez asegura que España no reconocerá “una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
El Gobierno llama a la “desescalada” en Venezuela tras el ataque de EE UU y se ofrece a mediar; y Feijóo pone el foco en la “férrea dictadura” de Maduro
elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
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Donald Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president to create a family fiefdom there, and his threat to do the same to Greenland, shows why it is important to the EU to continue to strengthen ties with him.
By Kaja Kallas
By Kaja Kallas
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Donald Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president to create a family fiefdom there, and his threat to do the same to Greenland, shows why it is important to the EU to continue to strengthen ties with him.
By Kaja Kallas
By Kaja Kallas
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New statement from Antonio Guterres... who says he's deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected.
Tony, the rules do not exist any more.
Tony, the rules do not exist any more.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
New statement from Antonio Guterres... who says he's deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected.
Tony, the rules do not exist any more.
Tony, the rules do not exist any more.
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Trump: I want to hail the success of Operation Oil Steal. Beautiful name. Just amazing. I just came up with it.
RTE/WAPO: It’s hard to say what drove President Trump to act now, but the big winner is global happiness, alpaca owners and just the vibes. Such good vibes.
RTE/WAPO: It’s hard to say what drove President Trump to act now, but the big winner is global happiness, alpaca owners and just the vibes. Such good vibes.
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Trump: I want to hail the success of Operation Oil Steal. Beautiful name. Just amazing. I just came up with it.
RTE/WAPO: It’s hard to say what drove President Trump to act now, but the big winner is global happiness, alpaca owners and just the vibes. Such good vibes.
RTE/WAPO: It’s hard to say what drove President Trump to act now, but the big winner is global happiness, alpaca owners and just the vibes. Such good vibes.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
Having been thinking this. How cringely embarrassed are they in Foggy Bottom today? No Banana exporting shell company to set up. No ‘Christian democratic party’ to flood with money and Beltway ‘volunteers’. No local church group to inveigle.
Sad times indeed.
Sad times indeed.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Having been thinking this. How cringely embarrassed are they in Foggy Bottom today? No Banana exporting shell company to set up. No ‘Christian democratic party’ to flood with money and Beltway ‘volunteers’. No local church group to inveigle.
Sad times indeed.
Sad times indeed.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
In an hour, VdL flanked by Micelín, Orban, Meloni and Merz will declare the EU Values speech that outlines bad countries do not deserve bad invasions, to be run by bad capitalists in bad faith.
*AGUS GO TOBANN DHÚSAIGH ME*
*AGUS GO TOBANN DHÚSAIGH ME*
This Trump speech is much bigger than Venezuela. He talked about the Monroe Doctrine - about America’s sphere of influence. He’s warning that any country close to the US must bow to the needs of America or power will be exerted.
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
In an hour, VdL flanked by Micelín, Orban, Meloni and Merz will declare the EU Values speech that outlines bad countries do not deserve bad invasions, to be run by bad capitalists in bad faith.
*AGUS GO TOBANN DHÚSAIGH ME*
*AGUS GO TOBANN DHÚSAIGH ME*
*rubs temples*
If you ask ChatGPT why the US invaded Venezuela and captured Maduro, it will confidently tell you that you are making shit up. www.wired.com/story/us-inv...
The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees
Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don't.
www.wired.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
*rubs temples*