Gráinne Lynch
@gronya.bsky.social
Cheese-lover and theatre-goer, living in Dublin 7.
www.gronya.com
www.gronya.com
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Kudos to the two drunk men on a bench outside City Hall telling every single person who walks past that they’re beautiful. Good to have your full armour on before you make it to Royal Ave where a street preacher with a megaphone will tell you how vile and depraved you are.
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Kudos to the two drunk men on a bench outside City Hall telling every single person who walks past that they’re beautiful. Good to have your full armour on before you make it to Royal Ave where a street preacher with a megaphone will tell you how vile and depraved you are.
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"Job listings rarely explain what the work actually involves. 'People are hired under ambiguous labels, but only after contracts are signed and training begins do they realise what the actual work is.'"
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"Job listings rarely explain what the work actually involves. 'People are hired under ambiguous labels, but only after contracts are signed and training begins do they realise what the actual work is.'"
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at this point when someone gets on substack I just assume that they know and don't care.
February 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
at this point when someone gets on substack I just assume that they know and don't care.
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These bans are short-sighted and inhumane and pushed by people who do not understand the complexity of social media
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:56 AM
These bans are short-sighted and inhumane and pushed by people who do not understand the complexity of social media
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The main priority for this FF-FG government, as it was for all the previous ones, is staying in power. And the very deliberate dialing back of climate action effort is simply vandalising this country. They don't give two shits about our environment, or our future beyond the next election
Thirty obstacles to meeting climate targets identified by all-party committee
Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 AM
The main priority for this FF-FG government, as it was for all the previous ones, is staying in power. And the very deliberate dialing back of climate action effort is simply vandalising this country. They don't give two shits about our environment, or our future beyond the next election
Worth a listen, explains the weather in Ireland this week, and a lot of other recent phenomena.
Why the weather wobbled?
Dr Jennifer Francis is one of the best #climate science communicators anywhere. She simplifies the incredibly complex forces degrading the Jet Stream to explain why our weather is increasingly getting stuck. #RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Dr Jennifer Francis is one of the best #climate science communicators anywhere. She simplifies the incredibly complex forces degrading the Jet Stream to explain why our weather is increasingly getting stuck. #RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The Jet Stream is stuck
Leading Jet Stream expert Dr Jennifer Francis explains how the fast-moving current that used to ensure changeable weather is increasingly getting stuck.
www.rte.ie
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Worth a listen, explains the weather in Ireland this week, and a lot of other recent phenomena.
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Some thoughts from trawling the Epstein files.
Epstein was a nobody. It’s mysterious where he got his money and billionaire lifestyle.
It’s possible he collected compromising material for extortion.
A major question is whether he worked with intelligence agencies
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Epstein was a nobody. It’s mysterious where he got his money and billionaire lifestyle.
It’s possible he collected compromising material for extortion.
A major question is whether he worked with intelligence agencies
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Epstein files: Key revelations and some stories you may have missed
Cache of three million files is thick with famous names and lurid details
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Some thoughts from trawling the Epstein files.
Epstein was a nobody. It’s mysterious where he got his money and billionaire lifestyle.
It’s possible he collected compromising material for extortion.
A major question is whether he worked with intelligence agencies
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Epstein was a nobody. It’s mysterious where he got his money and billionaire lifestyle.
It’s possible he collected compromising material for extortion.
A major question is whether he worked with intelligence agencies
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Picture 1: Two plain clothes police officers during a search of Peter Mandelson's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Picture 1: Two plain clothes police officers during a search of Peter Mandelson's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
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NEW: Mandelson just sent a memo to UK newspapers via the press watchdog demanding they stop publishing his links to Epstein.
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
NEW: Mandelson just sent a memo to UK newspapers via the press watchdog demanding they stop publishing his links to Epstein.
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
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Micheál Martin has been a TD for 37 years. He’s been in government for 25 of those years and in cabinet for 20 of those years. He’s been either Tánaiste or Taoiseach since June 2020.
And every time he’s asked to anything other than build a data centre, he acts like he’s just been handed the job
And every time he’s asked to anything other than build a data centre, he acts like he’s just been handed the job
The Government cannot "wave a magic wand and just deliver" flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in Co Wexford
Govt cannot 'wave magic wand and deliver' flood relief
The Government cannot "wave a magic wand and just deliver" flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in Co Wexford.
www.rte.ie
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Micheál Martin has been a TD for 37 years. He’s been in government for 25 of those years and in cabinet for 20 of those years. He’s been either Tánaiste or Taoiseach since June 2020.
And every time he’s asked to anything other than build a data centre, he acts like he’s just been handed the job
And every time he’s asked to anything other than build a data centre, he acts like he’s just been handed the job
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Obscene, the Irish government facilitating the US government and ICE in the illegal deportation of Palestinians. These men were held in shackles on a private plane owned by a friend of Trump through Shannon Airport. Our government must answer to this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Revealed: Private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank
Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Obscene, the Irish government facilitating the US government and ICE in the illegal deportation of Palestinians. These men were held in shackles on a private plane owned by a friend of Trump through Shannon Airport. Our government must answer to this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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River Slaney high and rising as that rain from Wicklow Mountains flows down.
February 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM
River Slaney high and rising as that rain from Wicklow Mountains flows down.
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I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
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If they make a sequel to Muppets Take Manhattan I hope they do it while he’s mayor and put him in it.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If they make a sequel to Muppets Take Manhattan I hope they do it while he’s mayor and put him in it.
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This could be why Bitcoin is crashing. People are switching back to high yield tulips.
Tulips from Lincolnshire on sale in a cafe/deli around the corner from my office in London for... yes, **£50** a bunch 🌷🌷😬😲
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM
This could be why Bitcoin is crashing. People are switching back to high yield tulips.
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An absolute *highlight* on the literary calendar every year (like The Grand National of old or The Oscars minus the shitarsey scuttlebutting) when this gorgeous beast gets released. There's a tiny submission window, well worth a go.
Our submission window for WP 12 opened today - great to see the work coming in. (Window closes midnight 18th Feb)
Do encourage interested parties to submit
winterpapers.com/submissions
Do encourage interested parties to submit
winterpapers.com/submissions
Winter Papers Submissions
winterpapers.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
An absolute *highlight* on the literary calendar every year (like The Grand National of old or The Oscars minus the shitarsey scuttlebutting) when this gorgeous beast gets released. There's a tiny submission window, well worth a go.
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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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If people laid off from The Post are wondering about maybe starting a Substack, last summer I wrote about why I wasn’t. www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...
The power we use and the power we give
There was an article posted recently that walked well-worn terrain, arguing for people not to abandon Twitter but, instead, to engage with it. There’s not much point in rehashing the details; the piec...
www.pbump.net
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If people laid off from The Post are wondering about maybe starting a Substack, last summer I wrote about why I wasn’t. www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...
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Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
You can gauge how true an accusation is by how flowery they get in the language of their rebuttal.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended his leadership of Fianna Fáil amid criticism from within the party over his handling of the presidential election.
"The idea that I'm some top-down person is just repugnant to me as a person. It's not my style," he said. jrnl.ie/6860148
"The idea that I'm some top-down person is just repugnant to me as a person. It's not my style," he said. jrnl.ie/6860148
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
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THAT'S MY PRESIDENT 🫡🫡🫡
It’s not just football tricks that President Catherine Connolly has up her sleeve – she can also score an impressive backwards basketball shot.
jrnl.ie/6946030
jrnl.ie/6946030
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
THAT'S MY PRESIDENT 🫡🫡🫡
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Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
FF TD detected at 190km/h convicted of dangerous driving
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill has been convicted of dangerous driving after a court heard he was driving at over 190km/h on a motorway last March.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
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It's funny that in history, as cars got faster and more easily available, infrastructure and laws changed to accommodate them. As bikes and scooters get faster and more available (still not as fast or abundant as cars, mind), there is no push to accommodate them.
And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling.
This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...
This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...
Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users
Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.
www.thejournal.ie
February 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
It's funny that in history, as cars got faster and more easily available, infrastructure and laws changed to accommodate them. As bikes and scooters get faster and more available (still not as fast or abundant as cars, mind), there is no push to accommodate them.