Dáithí K
@daithiposts.bsky.social
Posting from Ireland - often in Cork except when I'm not. 🌈🌤️
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Dáithí K
@daithiposts.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Good old European Union Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 should prevent this one from flying - EU airlines must be majority owned and controlled by EU shareholders.
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Good old European Union Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 should prevent this one from flying - EU airlines must be majority owned and controlled by EU shareholders.
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The OECD has warned that the uncritical adoption of generative AI as a tool in education could inadvertently undermine the development of key human skills such as critical thinking and evaluative judgment in students
Warning over uncritical AI use in education
The OECD has warned that the uncritical adoption of generative AI as a tool in education could inadvertently undermine the development of key human skills such as critical thinking and evaluative judg...
www.rte.ie
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The OECD has warned that the uncritical adoption of generative AI as a tool in education could inadvertently undermine the development of key human skills such as critical thinking and evaluative judgment in students
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Report #1 on the impacts of non-consensual deepfake image abuse.
Sonia suffered years of panic attacks and needed counselling after photos, some dating from when she was a teenager, were edited & uploaded on an explicit site with her personal info.
She's come forward because of the Grok scandal.
Sonia suffered years of panic attacks and needed counselling after photos, some dating from when she was a teenager, were edited & uploaded on an explicit site with her personal info.
She's come forward because of the Grok scandal.
A woman whose images were deepfake edited and uploaded to porn sites without her consent has appealed to the Government to use every power to stop predators.
She told Virgin Media News the abuse led to years of panic attacks and unwanted contact.
#VMNews | @newschambers.bsky.social
She told Virgin Media News the abuse led to years of panic attacks and unwanted contact.
#VMNews | @newschambers.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Report #1 on the impacts of non-consensual deepfake image abuse.
Sonia suffered years of panic attacks and needed counselling after photos, some dating from when she was a teenager, were edited & uploaded on an explicit site with her personal info.
She's come forward because of the Grok scandal.
Sonia suffered years of panic attacks and needed counselling after photos, some dating from when she was a teenager, were edited & uploaded on an explicit site with her personal info.
She's come forward because of the Grok scandal.
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Not upset that it's too cloudy to see those gorgeous Northern Lights here, why would you be looking at the sky when you've all of Kerry to be admiring
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Not upset that it's too cloudy to see those gorgeous Northern Lights here, why would you be looking at the sky when you've all of Kerry to be admiring
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Northern lights!
January 19, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Northern lights!
The Aurora borealis in the skies over #Cork City. I'm surprised I'm getting any visibility this close to city lights. #Spéirgorm #Ireland
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The Aurora borealis in the skies over #Cork City. I'm surprised I'm getting any visibility this close to city lights. #Spéirgorm #Ireland
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Teresa Deevy, the playwright once described as 'the Irish Chekhov', died #otd in 1963. Teresa lost her hearing when she was 19 but learned to lip-read in the theatres of London. She returned home to write plays that gave voice to women in the margins.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Clodagh Finn: Why Abbey playwright Teresa Deevy deserves to be a household name
Teresa Deevy's plays about people on the margins looking for a voice were out of favour in the conservative Ireland of the 1930s, writes Clodagh Finn
www.irishexaminer.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Teresa Deevy, the playwright once described as 'the Irish Chekhov', died #otd in 1963. Teresa lost her hearing when she was 19 but learned to lip-read in the theatres of London. She returned home to write plays that gave voice to women in the margins.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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One reason that X remains a ‘core’ news and information app is that vital utilities and public bodies treat it as a central communication tool with the public.
Gardai, buses, trains, weather alerts, airports, councils etc.
If something urgent happens, they treat X as a primary platform.
Gardai, buses, trains, weather alerts, airports, councils etc.
If something urgent happens, they treat X as a primary platform.
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
One reason that X remains a ‘core’ news and information app is that vital utilities and public bodies treat it as a central communication tool with the public.
Gardai, buses, trains, weather alerts, airports, councils etc.
If something urgent happens, they treat X as a primary platform.
Gardai, buses, trains, weather alerts, airports, councils etc.
If something urgent happens, they treat X as a primary platform.
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Trump's Greenland tariffs prompt calls for unprecedented EU counter-measures reut.rs/4pGY6mV
Trump's Greenland tariffs prompt calls for unprecedented EU counter-measures
The European Union faced calls on Sunday to implement a never-before-used range of economic counter-measures known as the "Anti-Coercion Instrument" as part of the bloc's response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against European allies over Greenland.
reut.rs
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Trump's Greenland tariffs prompt calls for unprecedented EU counter-measures reut.rs/4pGY6mV
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Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council
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Large demonstrations are planned across Denmark and Greenland to protest against US President Donald Trump's plans to take over the Arctic island
Large crowds expected for 'Hands off Greenland' protests
Large demonstrations are planned across Denmark and Greenland to protest against US President Donald Trump's plans to take over the Arctic island.
www.rte.ie
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Large demonstrations are planned across Denmark and Greenland to protest against US President Donald Trump's plans to take over the Arctic island
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The country's beekeepers say Asian hornets remain a major threat to honeybees and other pollinators in Ireland despite the destruction of two nests discovered in Co Cork last summer
Beekeepers say Asian hornets remain a 'major threat'
The country's beekeepers say Asian hornets remain a major threat to honeybees and other pollinators in Ireland despite the destruction of two nests discovered in Co Cork last summer.
www.rte.ie
January 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
The country's beekeepers say Asian hornets remain a major threat to honeybees and other pollinators in Ireland despite the destruction of two nests discovered in Co Cork last summer
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A new Cambridge index tracked the bot economy across 500 platforms.
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms
The first global index to track real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A new Cambridge index tracked the bot economy across 500 platforms.
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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And they’re off. The annual mass escape from Dublin Castle, commemorating the real jailbreak of 1592 by Red Hugh O’Donnell & the O’Neill Brothers. Competitors will cover 62km through the night, across the mountains to Glenmalure Valley. That’s if they make it, unlike Art O’Neill, who died en route.
January 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
And they’re off. The annual mass escape from Dublin Castle, commemorating the real jailbreak of 1592 by Red Hugh O’Donnell & the O’Neill Brothers. Competitors will cover 62km through the night, across the mountains to Glenmalure Valley. That’s if they make it, unlike Art O’Neill, who died en route.
Ah, just what we need right now, at a time when journalism is more important than ever, AI is being introduced to the editorial workflow at Murdock's News Corp.
More efficient, they say...
Media modia moguls and AI - sure what could possibly go wrong?
More efficient, they say...
Media modia moguls and AI - sure what could possibly go wrong?
News Corp will use AI platform Symbolic AI within Dow Jones Newswires. Symbolic says it makes editorial workflows more efficient techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/a...
AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp | TechCrunch
The startup claims its AI platform can help optimize editorial processes and research.
techcrunch.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ah, just what we need right now, at a time when journalism is more important than ever, AI is being introduced to the editorial workflow at Murdock's News Corp.
More efficient, they say...
Media modia moguls and AI - sure what could possibly go wrong?
More efficient, they say...
Media modia moguls and AI - sure what could possibly go wrong?
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This is Irish journalist Niall Stanage - of The Hill.
Reporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This is Irish journalist Niall Stanage - of The Hill.
Seems there'll soon be no escape from Alphabet / Google Gemini, now that it'll be the underpinnings of an LLM based super Siri.
Apple lost the AI race — now the real challenge starts
Apple lost the AI race — now the real challenge starts
Paging smarter Siri.
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Seems there'll soon be no escape from Alphabet / Google Gemini, now that it'll be the underpinnings of an LLM based super Siri.
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RTÉ marks 100 years of Irish radio with GPO broadcasts https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0115/1553163-rte-gpo-broadcasts/
RTÉ marks 100 years of Irish radio with GPO broadcasts
RTÉ radio will mark 100 years of public service broadcasting in Ireland with a series of broadcasts from the GPO.
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 10:43 AM
RTÉ marks 100 years of Irish radio with GPO broadcasts https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0115/1553163-rte-gpo-broadcasts/
I'd like to know what Apple & Google have to say about it. There's an eery silence, while in the meantime Grok is sitting at the top the charts on both of their app stores in Ireland, and I assume elsewhere too.
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I'd like to know what Apple & Google have to say about it. There's an eery silence, while in the meantime Grok is sitting at the top the charts on both of their app stores in Ireland, and I assume elsewhere too.
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UCC welcomes today’s announcement that the Government has approved the expansion of the Tyndall National Institute, a major research flagship.
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
University College Cork (UCC) welcomes Government announcement approving major expansion of the Tyndall National Institute | University College Cork
Discover the latest impact of University College Cork with news and views from our leading research experts, our students and our graduates
www.ucc.ie
January 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
UCC welcomes today’s announcement that the Government has approved the expansion of the Tyndall National Institute, a major research flagship.
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
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There is no reason the Irish Gov departments can't do simular.
Run it's own server here in the country.
ec.social-network.europa.eu/about
Run it's own server here in the country.
ec.social-network.europa.eu/about
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
There is no reason the Irish Gov departments can't do simular.
Run it's own server here in the country.
ec.social-network.europa.eu/about
Run it's own server here in the country.
ec.social-network.europa.eu/about
There's a frustrating level of inertia & dismissiveness in the way public bodies, respected media outlets, academics, and so many others keep publishing content on X. Making it quasi-infrastructural is a huge part of the problem. Find alternatives -it isn't 2010 anymore! Build on open infrastructure
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
There's a frustrating level of inertia & dismissiveness in the way public bodies, respected media outlets, academics, and so many others keep publishing content on X. Making it quasi-infrastructural is a huge part of the problem. Find alternatives -it isn't 2010 anymore! Build on open infrastructure