Kieran
@eslsys.bsky.social
Escaping from exTwitter https://twitter.com/eslsys Software engineer. Lots of diverse interests Music (playing, listening), Reading, Film, #ClimateAction 🇵🇸
Hoping to follow everyone back, prioritising those with a bio and at least 1 post
Hoping to follow everyone back, prioritising those with a bio and at least 1 post
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h/i David Grinspoon
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
h/i David Grinspoon
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I think a very significant part of the headless chickening on what is the world’s most straightforward question (“CSAM factory- is it allowed?”) has been the crippling cognitive dissonance of journalists justifying their continued use of X to themselves.
They needed it to be a Q for debate.
They needed it to be a Q for debate.
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 AM
I think a very significant part of the headless chickening on what is the world’s most straightforward question (“CSAM factory- is it allowed?”) has been the crippling cognitive dissonance of journalists justifying their continued use of X to themselves.
They needed it to be a Q for debate.
They needed it to be a Q for debate.
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'Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne urged it “to end their nod-and-a-wink practice of allowing the retired and current public servants to pay minimal rents on houses in the Phoenix Park. The lack of oversight and mismanagement by the OPW of their properties in the Phoenix Park must come to an end."'
Some retired public service staff live in State-owned homes with weekly rents as low as €12
OPW says some former workers remain on properties under caretaking arrangements or on compassionate grounds
www.irishtimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
'Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne urged it “to end their nod-and-a-wink practice of allowing the retired and current public servants to pay minimal rents on houses in the Phoenix Park. The lack of oversight and mismanagement by the OPW of their properties in the Phoenix Park must come to an end."'
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Well-to-do motorists have a agency and choice. When the deputy bought the Audi Q5, he might well have seen the marketing literature describing it as "sporty". (The PHEV version weighs 2t and will do 250km/h.) A €500 fine hardly cuts it. The car should be seized.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Fianna Fáil TD convicted of dangerous driving for travelling at 190km/h on motorway
‘This is an embarrassment for me ... I’m annoyed at myself,’ says Kerry deputy after conviction
www.irishtimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Well-to-do motorists have a agency and choice. When the deputy bought the Audi Q5, he might well have seen the marketing literature describing it as "sporty". (The PHEV version weighs 2t and will do 250km/h.) A €500 fine hardly cuts it. The car should be seized.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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“Today marks the end of a very difficult, traumatic journey that has taken me 14 years and 58 court appearances to get to.
“My experience of the criminal courts of justice has been every bit as damaging as the abuse itself.”
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
“My experience of the criminal courts of justice has been every bit as damaging as the abuse itself.”
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
Garda who carried out 'protracted and vicious assault' on former wife avoids jail
Trevor Bolger, 48, was given a three-month sentence, which the judge suspended in full on strict conditions
www.irishexaminer.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
“Today marks the end of a very difficult, traumatic journey that has taken me 14 years and 58 court appearances to get to.
“My experience of the criminal courts of justice has been every bit as damaging as the abuse itself.”
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
“My experience of the criminal courts of justice has been every bit as damaging as the abuse itself.”
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
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Good news but why wait so long, to the point its almost falling down
@judesherry.bsky.social & I shared this homes details with Cork City Council in 2021, it was already in a bad state
Its an emergency so why not act accordingly, lives are at risk as is our beautiful city
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
@judesherry.bsky.social & I shared this homes details with Cork City Council in 2021, it was already in a bad state
Its an emergency so why not act accordingly, lives are at risk as is our beautiful city
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Good news but why wait so long, to the point its almost falling down
@judesherry.bsky.social & I shared this homes details with Cork City Council in 2021, it was already in a bad state
Its an emergency so why not act accordingly, lives are at risk as is our beautiful city
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
@judesherry.bsky.social & I shared this homes details with Cork City Council in 2021, it was already in a bad state
Its an emergency so why not act accordingly, lives are at risk as is our beautiful city
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
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EU denounces Israel's illegal E1 settlement project as 'serious provocation'. But, as usual, no action. www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/israelp...
Israel/Palestine: Statement by the Spokesperson on settlements in the West Bank
We call on Israel to halt the E1 settlement project. The publication of the deadline for offers in the tender launched for all 3,401 housing units under this plan, as well as the advancement of the "S...
www.eeas.europa.eu
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
EU denounces Israel's illegal E1 settlement project as 'serious provocation'. But, as usual, no action. www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/israelp...
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Hypocrisy is an undeclared EU core value.
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Hypocrisy is an undeclared EU core value.
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He did say Apple & Google should remove it from app stores.
He also said the Govt wouldn’t give “kneejerk” response by immediately coming off X, saying other platforms have issues too.
I interjected to say those other platforms don’t generate CSAM.
He accepts that but said other issues exist.
He also said the Govt wouldn’t give “kneejerk” response by immediately coming off X, saying other platforms have issues too.
I interjected to say those other platforms don’t generate CSAM.
He accepts that but said other issues exist.
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
He did say Apple & Google should remove it from app stores.
He also said the Govt wouldn’t give “kneejerk” response by immediately coming off X, saying other platforms have issues too.
I interjected to say those other platforms don’t generate CSAM.
He accepts that but said other issues exist.
He also said the Govt wouldn’t give “kneejerk” response by immediately coming off X, saying other platforms have issues too.
I interjected to say those other platforms don’t generate CSAM.
He accepts that but said other issues exist.
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Niamh Smyth meeting X as we speak.
Confusion as to what exactly has been said to her - Taoiseach initially appears to say he understands they told her Grok as an app would be disabled but later clarified that he meant Grok’s edit image function on X…
Confusion as to what exactly has been said to her - Taoiseach initially appears to say he understands they told her Grok as an app would be disabled but later clarified that he meant Grok’s edit image function on X…
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Niamh Smyth meeting X as we speak.
Confusion as to what exactly has been said to her - Taoiseach initially appears to say he understands they told her Grok as an app would be disabled but later clarified that he meant Grok’s edit image function on X…
Confusion as to what exactly has been said to her - Taoiseach initially appears to say he understands they told her Grok as an app would be disabled but later clarified that he meant Grok’s edit image function on X…
Micheal making a habit of misspeaking of late
Niamh Smyth meeting X as we speak.
Confusion as to what exactly has been said to her - Taoiseach initially appears to say he understands they told her Grok as an app would be disabled but later clarified that he meant Grok’s edit image function on X…
Confusion as to what exactly has been said to her - Taoiseach initially appears to say he understands they told her Grok as an app would be disabled but later clarified that he meant Grok’s edit image function on X…
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Micheal making a habit of misspeaking of late
"Get those Grok fixes finished and deployed to production asap"
"We need to run our test suites first ...."
"WE DONT HAVE TIME FOR TESTS"
"We need to run our test suites first ...."
"WE DONT HAVE TIME FOR TESTS"
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"Get those Grok fixes finished and deployed to production asap"
"We need to run our test suites first ...."
"WE DONT HAVE TIME FOR TESTS"
"We need to run our test suites first ...."
"WE DONT HAVE TIME FOR TESTS"
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Mr. Carney told the news media in Beijing on Friday that China had become a more “predictable” partner to deal with than the United States and that “you see results coming from that.”
Hear this line about predictability in Europe now too.
Hear this line about predictability in Europe now too.
Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S.
China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Mr. Carney told the news media in Beijing on Friday that China had become a more “predictable” partner to deal with than the United States and that “you see results coming from that.”
Hear this line about predictability in Europe now too.
Hear this line about predictability in Europe now too.
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What in the actual fuck is wrong with these people. They denied a physician the chance to even try to help the victim. There is no attempt to actually help. All of these people are complicit in murder.
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
What in the actual fuck is wrong with these people. They denied a physician the chance to even try to help the victim. There is no attempt to actually help. All of these people are complicit in murder.
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The OPW provided accommodation in the Phoenix Park to former Garda commissioner Drew Harris, who was charged about €21,000 a year in rent, with some ex public servants paying as little as €12 a week in rent.
I'm GOBSMACKED!
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
I'm GOBSMACKED!
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Some retired public service staff live in State-owned homes with weekly rents as low as €12
OPW says some former workers remain on properties under caretaking arrangements or on compassionate grounds
www.irishtimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The OPW provided accommodation in the Phoenix Park to former Garda commissioner Drew Harris, who was charged about €21,000 a year in rent, with some ex public servants paying as little as €12 a week in rent.
I'm GOBSMACKED!
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
I'm GOBSMACKED!
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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FFUD.art looks amazing! Love these types of walking tours. Incredible ways to reveal the hidden processes that wreak havoc on our urban landscapes. The market is a monster. Dereliction and decay are the corpses it leaves in its wake.
January 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM
FFUD.art looks amazing! Love these types of walking tours. Incredible ways to reveal the hidden processes that wreak havoc on our urban landscapes. The market is a monster. Dereliction and decay are the corpses it leaves in its wake.
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Soiléiríonn Martin tuairimí earráideacha faoi €141m don Bhanc Domhanda. Tagann tuairimí Micheál Martin i ndiaidh nochtadh gur thug an t-iar-aire Paschal Donohoe €10m breise don Bhanc Domhanda
Soiléiríonn Martin tuairimí earráideacha faoi €141m don Bhanc Domhanda - Extrag.ie
Tá soiléiriú déanta ag an Taoiseach Micheál Martin ar ráitis earráideacha a rinne sé sa Dáil faoin airgead a tugadh don Bhanc Domhanda, áit a bhfuil an
extrag.ie
January 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Soiléiríonn Martin tuairimí earráideacha faoi €141m don Bhanc Domhanda. Tagann tuairimí Micheál Martin i ndiaidh nochtadh gur thug an t-iar-aire Paschal Donohoe €10m breise don Bhanc Domhanda
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We need more like her.
Not like this.
Not like this.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
We need more like her.
Not like this.
Not like this.
Not sure anyone would want to be referred to as an 'AI Minister', just sayin
AI Minister Niamh Smyth tells the Dáil that if she had the power, she'd have shut down X as soon as it was clear "vile and poison" was on its site.
She says X will be told tomorrow that it will face "the full rigours of the law in Ireland".
She says X will be told tomorrow that it will face "the full rigours of the law in Ireland".
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Not sure anyone would want to be referred to as an 'AI Minister', just sayin
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Daniel O'Connell: "Liberty in America means the power to flog slaves, and to work them for nothing." (1833)
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Daniel O'Connell: "Liberty in America means the power to flog slaves, and to work them for nothing." (1833)
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Three Palestine Action activists have ended their hunger strike in a UK prison after 73 days, claiming the government has met one of their key demands... the government denied Israeli-based defence firm Elbit Systems a £2 billion (€2.3 billion) contract.
www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...
www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...
Three Palestine Action activists end hunger strikes
Three Palestine Action activists have ended their hunger strike in a UK prison after 73 days, claiming the government has met one of their key demands.
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Three Palestine Action activists have ended their hunger strike in a UK prison after 73 days, claiming the government has met one of their key demands... the government denied Israeli-based defence firm Elbit Systems a £2 billion (€2.3 billion) contract.
www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...
www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...
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“We cannot build a clean energy system if all new renewable generation is immediately swallowed by new demand, while households and communities see no benefit,” Labour's Climate spox Ciarán Ahern TD, Dublin South West.
via @janematthews1.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/data-centres... #climate #renew
via @janematthews1.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/data-centres... #climate #renew
Cabinet approves plan to build more data centres across country
Electricity demand from data centres has grown from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 22% in 2024.
www.thejournal.ie
January 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
“We cannot build a clean energy system if all new renewable generation is immediately swallowed by new demand, while households and communities see no benefit,” Labour's Climate spox Ciarán Ahern TD, Dublin South West.
via @janematthews1.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/data-centres... #climate #renew
via @janematthews1.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/data-centres... #climate #renew
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We stood out in solidarity with the Palestine Action hunger strikers last night, just before their strike ended in response to Elbit systems being denied a £2Billion contract.
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
We stood out in solidarity with the Palestine Action hunger strikers last night, just before their strike ended in response to Elbit systems being denied a £2Billion contract.
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
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Recent London protests highlight rising populist narratives and challenges for democracy.
In our new blog, Tiarnán McDonough explores how social democratic parties can respond through genuine civic participation.
Read more 👉 www.tasc.ie/blog/2025/09...
#Democracy #HumanRights #InclusivePolitics
In our new blog, Tiarnán McDonough explores how social democratic parties can respond through genuine civic participation.
Read more 👉 www.tasc.ie/blog/2025/09...
#Democracy #HumanRights #InclusivePolitics
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Recent London protests highlight rising populist narratives and challenges for democracy.
In our new blog, Tiarnán McDonough explores how social democratic parties can respond through genuine civic participation.
Read more 👉 www.tasc.ie/blog/2025/09...
#Democracy #HumanRights #InclusivePolitics
In our new blog, Tiarnán McDonough explores how social democratic parties can respond through genuine civic participation.
Read more 👉 www.tasc.ie/blog/2025/09...
#Democracy #HumanRights #InclusivePolitics