Conor
@conorforde.bsky.social
Progressive 💜 ReUrbanist 🏘 Humanist. Renter. Idea Smuggler. Science's biggest problem is politics. Mullingar bai 🇨🇮
"If I'm not joking; I'm not taking this seriously"
"If I'm not joking; I'm not taking this seriously"
A polymarket of a polymarket, or a polycule if you will
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A polymarket of a polymarket, or a polycule if you will
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BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
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As Ireland secures Nitrates derogation, scraps airport limits and tries to scupper Mercosur trade deal, what a GREAT time to go to the EU with the béal bocht routine, begging to be saved from our own greed & stupidity yet again.
Irish MEPs have called for the EU to actively plan for future extreme weather events in light of the impact of Storm Chandra across Ireland, and to make extra funding available to help protect people against "the new normal".
Irish MEPs urge further supports for weather events
Irish MEPs have called for the EU to actively plan for future extreme weather events in light of the impact of Storm Chandra across Ireland, and to make extra funding available to help protect people ...
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 11:24 AM
As Ireland secures Nitrates derogation, scraps airport limits and tries to scupper Mercosur trade deal, what a GREAT time to go to the EU with the béal bocht routine, begging to be saved from our own greed & stupidity yet again.
One thing I would say is there are a lot of dead accounts in this. Something like a "active in the past 12 months" cut off may clean up a lot of stuff. Was hoping to find posters in certain communities to follow and 80% it was a graveyard of "last posted in 2024".
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
One thing I would say is there are a lot of dead accounts in this. Something like a "active in the past 12 months" cut off may clean up a lot of stuff. Was hoping to find posters in certain communities to follow and 80% it was a graveyard of "last posted in 2024".
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For the first time ever, wind & solar have overtaken coal in global capacity. That doesn’t mean generation has flipped yet (soon)— it means the world is now building far more future power from sun & wind than from coal. Capacity leads. Generation follows. Storage finishes the job. #Bettrification
February 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM
For the first time ever, wind & solar have overtaken coal in global capacity. That doesn’t mean generation has flipped yet (soon)— it means the world is now building far more future power from sun & wind than from coal. Capacity leads. Generation follows. Storage finishes the job. #Bettrification
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A Labour MP tells The House’s Sienna Rodgers McSweeney’s resignation will mean “full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism”.
Which sounds good to me, but is also very telling of the beliefs of the faction McSweeney championed.
Which sounds good to me, but is also very telling of the beliefs of the faction McSweeney championed.
February 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A Labour MP tells The House’s Sienna Rodgers McSweeney’s resignation will mean “full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism”.
Which sounds good to me, but is also very telling of the beliefs of the faction McSweeney championed.
Which sounds good to me, but is also very telling of the beliefs of the faction McSweeney championed.
What made that nuclear material? Heavy elements sinking via gravity to the center of the earth during planet formation frm the debris of a supernova. What caused that supernova? Solar!
February 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
What made that nuclear material? Heavy elements sinking via gravity to the center of the earth during planet formation frm the debris of a supernova. What caused that supernova? Solar!
Treat people in the Epstein files equal to what the Telegraph in 2018 would do if Corbyn was in there.
Fair is fair.
Fair is fair.
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Treat people in the Epstein files equal to what the Telegraph in 2018 would do if Corbyn was in there.
Fair is fair.
Fair is fair.
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Victim? VICTIM?!?
The Cork man at the heart of the UK Gov is the latest victim of the fallout from the Mandelson-Epstein scandals
Cork man Morgan McSweeney resigns as chief advisor to No. 10
Keir Starmer ally who 'masterminded' Labour landslide quits
www.corkbeo.ie
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Victim? VICTIM?!?
It's not at all about the solution, it's about tamping down political problems that could cost votes, and the scale of readership of voters to change those minds.
To them; Quantity not Quality.
To them; Quantity not Quality.
February 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It's not at all about the solution, it's about tamping down political problems that could cost votes, and the scale of readership of voters to change those minds.
To them; Quantity not Quality.
To them; Quantity not Quality.
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I can already smell the Dail vote results seating map screenshots from here.
Opposition parties have published their proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Bill 2026.
Govt accused of 'using guillotine' to 'ram through' bill
Opposition parties have published their proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Bill 2026. The Government's intention is to have the new measures contained in the bill in effect by 1 March.
www.rte.ie
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I can already smell the Dail vote results seating map screenshots from here.
Peter Mandelson.
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🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Peter Mandelson.
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Another reminder that being aggressively anti-fossil fuels on climate grounds is *also* something that helps ease the crippling $$ impacts of fossil fuels on our lives.
Anyone telling you these two priorities are at odds is 100% lying for nefarious reasons.
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
Anyone telling you these two priorities are at odds is 100% lying for nefarious reasons.
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Another reminder that being aggressively anti-fossil fuels on climate grounds is *also* something that helps ease the crippling $$ impacts of fossil fuels on our lives.
Anyone telling you these two priorities are at odds is 100% lying for nefarious reasons.
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
Anyone telling you these two priorities are at odds is 100% lying for nefarious reasons.
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
But David, maybe I can scam someone else more than I'm being scammed? /s
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
But David, maybe I can scam someone else more than I'm being scammed? /s
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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Listen, this headline is a better endorsement of the Digital Services Act than any 1000 words I could come up with.
There has been criticism of the European Union's Digital Services Act at a committee hearing in the United States.
Linehan among critics in US of EU Digital Services Act
There has been criticism of the European Union's Digital Services Act at a committee hearing in the United States.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Listen, this headline is a better endorsement of the Digital Services Act than any 1000 words I could come up with.
That slippery idea is still core to what instigated all this.
"We ensured Grok servers are hosted in the US"
OK, now what?
"We ensured Grok servers are hosted in the US"
OK, now what?
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM
That slippery idea is still core to what instigated all this.
"We ensured Grok servers are hosted in the US"
OK, now what?
"We ensured Grok servers are hosted in the US"
OK, now what?
What is an AI model "within" the EU? Accessible over the internet in the EU? Hosted on a European data center? Downloaded locally? Is "AI" just the models? What about the weights fed into models? "Features" implies the X service focus, but "all" is a much more complex beast.
February 4, 2026 at 6:53 AM
What is an AI model "within" the EU? Accessible over the internet in the EU? Hosted on a European data center? Downloaded locally? Is "AI" just the models? What about the weights fed into models? "Features" implies the X service focus, but "all" is a much more complex beast.
This was explained to me by a banker: Consumer off the street banking is a laughably small percentage of bank transactions in any given day. Deposits of daily business revenue of all the companies in the geographic vicinity, during business hours, is the core revenue generating function banks serve.
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 AM
This was explained to me by a banker: Consumer off the street banking is a laughably small percentage of bank transactions in any given day. Deposits of daily business revenue of all the companies in the geographic vicinity, during business hours, is the core revenue generating function banks serve.
Wait, if a video game IP can be written off as a tax write off, why doesn't that IP then become public domain? If it's worthless, who cares who owns it?
February 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Wait, if a video game IP can be written off as a tax write off, why doesn't that IP then become public domain? If it's worthless, who cares who owns it?
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Every accusation is a confession.
February 2, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Every accusation is a confession.
Not sure I can go back to regular mattresses after getting a latex mattress. The cost is initially a real gut punch, but after a few nights I pretty much stopped caring the improvement was just that stark.
February 2, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Not sure I can go back to regular mattresses after getting a latex mattress. The cost is initially a real gut punch, but after a few nights I pretty much stopped caring the improvement was just that stark.
And benefits Greens more than both combined
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
And benefits Greens more than both combined