Mick
@mickmca32.bsky.social
Widowed father of three living in Co Armagh
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Indonesia is the first country to block access to xAI’s Grok due to its ability to generate CSAM and deepfake porn.
It’s quite disappointing that this is the only meaningful action that’s been taken after several days of this issue coming to light.
It’s quite disappointing that this is the only meaningful action that’s been taken after several days of this issue coming to light.
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Indonesia is the first country to block access to xAI’s Grok due to its ability to generate CSAM and deepfake porn.
It’s quite disappointing that this is the only meaningful action that’s been taken after several days of this issue coming to light.
It’s quite disappointing that this is the only meaningful action that’s been taken after several days of this issue coming to light.
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All of this going down during the 250th anniversary year of America is a degree of cringey writing that would be roundly mocked were it a novel published in an alternative timeline.
January 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
All of this going down during the 250th anniversary year of America is a degree of cringey writing that would be roundly mocked were it a novel published in an alternative timeline.
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Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed
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It will take a generation to repair the damage this presidency has inflicted — and that’s assuming we get the chance.
January 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
It will take a generation to repair the damage this presidency has inflicted — and that’s assuming we get the chance.
That seems to accurately sum the situation up
Just so I'm understanding this right if Iran shoots protesters our country will have a military response. But when OUR government shoots protesters it's okay and the people deserve it .
January 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
That seems to accurately sum the situation up
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READ: International law is dead — and the empire just declared open season. From Venezuela’s president being kidnapped to genocide in Palestine, this is what “impunity” looks like. mondoweiss.net/2026/01/ushe...
Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law
The recent sound of explosions over Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria are not merely the spasms by a declining U.S. empire. They are something much more…
mondoweiss.net
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
READ: International law is dead — and the empire just declared open season. From Venezuela’s president being kidnapped to genocide in Palestine, this is what “impunity” looks like. mondoweiss.net/2026/01/ushe...
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2026 must be about broadening support for constitutional change in Ireland @irishnews.com
www.irishnews.com/news/ireland...
www.irishnews.com/news/ireland...
2026 must be about broadening support for constitutional change in Ireland
Colin Harvey on why 2026 must be about broadening support for constitutional change in Ireland
www.irishnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
2026 must be about broadening support for constitutional change in Ireland @irishnews.com
www.irishnews.com/news/ireland...
www.irishnews.com/news/ireland...
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Iranian protestors have stepped up their challenge to the clerical leadership with the biggest protests yet of nearly two weeks of rallies.
Authorities have cut internet access and the death toll from a crackdown is mounting. jrnl.ie/6921738
Authorities have cut internet access and the death toll from a crackdown is mounting. jrnl.ie/6921738
Iranians step up protests as death toll mounts and authorities cut internet access
Wednesday was the bloodiest day of demonstrations, with 13 protesters confirmed to have been killed.
jrnl.ie
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Iranian protestors have stepped up their challenge to the clerical leadership with the biggest protests yet of nearly two weeks of rallies.
Authorities have cut internet access and the death toll from a crackdown is mounting. jrnl.ie/6921738
Authorities have cut internet access and the death toll from a crackdown is mounting. jrnl.ie/6921738
“The EU’s own review has clearly found that Israel is violating its human rights obligations under the terms of the Association Agreement. Yet….
..member states chose to maintain a preferential trade deal over respecting their international obligations and saving Palestinian lives.”
Shameful!
..member states chose to maintain a preferential trade deal over respecting their international obligations and saving Palestinian lives.”
Shameful!
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“The EU’s own review has clearly found that Israel is violating its human rights obligations under the terms of the Association Agreement. Yet….
..member states chose to maintain a preferential trade deal over respecting their international obligations and saving Palestinian lives.”
Shameful!
..member states chose to maintain a preferential trade deal over respecting their international obligations and saving Palestinian lives.”
Shameful!
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There speaks man who sees power thru property ownership lens.
asked why he needed to own Greenland: “that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success … ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with … a lease or a treaty. “
Debases treaties too
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
asked why he needed to own Greenland: “that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success … ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with … a lease or a treaty. “
Debases treaties too
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
There speaks man who sees power thru property ownership lens.
asked why he needed to own Greenland: “that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success … ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with … a lease or a treaty. “
Debases treaties too
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
asked why he needed to own Greenland: “that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success … ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with … a lease or a treaty. “
Debases treaties too
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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Israel has begun implementing its plan to end the Palestinian refugee issue by demolishing its most important symbol: the refugee camp.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israel is quietly erasing Palestinian refugee camps from existence in the West Bank
Israel has begun implementing its plan to end the Palestinian refugee issue by demolishing its most important symbol: the refugee camp.
mondoweiss.net
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Israel has begun implementing its plan to end the Palestinian refugee issue by demolishing its most important symbol: the refugee camp.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
🤦🏻
I mean the government just told them they can create image based sexual abuse and child exploitation material as easily as they want and face 0 consequences for it so
Grok has risen to no1 overall in the Irish App Store chart.
Apple gives it a 13+ rating, meaning it’s ‘safe’ for young teens
Apple gives it a 13+ rating, meaning it’s ‘safe’ for young teens
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
🤦🏻
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Ah they think that will make a difference. How cute.
US Senate votes to block Trump from more military action in Venezuela ft.trib.al/BY5mjEp
US Senate votes to block Trump from more military action in Venezuela
Five Republicans join Democrats in advancing legislation that halts further strikes without Congress’s approval
ft.trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Ah they think that will make a difference. How cute.
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"Ministers told to do more austerity so Tony Blair can finally have his ID card, and Palantir/Oracle can secure further contracts, totally unrelated to me working for them when I've finished in politics."
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Ministers told to do more austerity so Tony Blair can finally have his ID card, and Palantir/Oracle can secure further contracts, totally unrelated to me working for them when I've finished in politics."
No it isn’t. It’s a pale shadow of what it was.
Ah here. The 10 o’clock news on BBV Radio 4 is leading with ‘JD Vance has described a woman shot dead by an ICE officer in Minnesota as a deranged leftist carrying out a terrorist attack’
This is not public service broadcasting
This is not public service broadcasting
So far the BBC’s coverage of the Minnesota killing seems really, really off
Get Verify to verify what happened - NYT, Bellingcat etc already have - and report that
Get Verify to verify what happened - NYT, Bellingcat etc already have - and report that
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
No it isn’t. It’s a pale shadow of what it was.
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Have remodelled this slightly today to account for Estimated 2016 EU Referendum results when modelling Reform UK vote distribution.
New Projection is below (view link in above post to explore in detail).
New Projection is below (view link in above post to explore in detail).
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Have remodelled this slightly today to account for Estimated 2016 EU Referendum results when modelling Reform UK vote distribution.
New Projection is below (view link in above post to explore in detail).
New Projection is below (view link in above post to explore in detail).
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My Seat Model:
PLC: 39
RFM: 30
LAB: 11
CON: 10
GRN: 4
LDM: 2
49 Needed for a Majority (PLC+LAB = 50).
PLC: 39
RFM: 30
LAB: 11
CON: 10
GRN: 4
LDM: 2
49 Needed for a Majority (PLC+LAB = 50).
January 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
My Seat Model:
PLC: 39
RFM: 30
LAB: 11
CON: 10
GRN: 4
LDM: 2
49 Needed for a Majority (PLC+LAB = 50).
PLC: 39
RFM: 30
LAB: 11
CON: 10
GRN: 4
LDM: 2
49 Needed for a Majority (PLC+LAB = 50).
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Israel’s strategic posture favors a constant state of war over political deals that might constrain future aggression. Its recognition of Somaliland is part of this strategy, and an attempt to plant the first flag of its would-be empire in Africa.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
How Israel’s move in Somaliland fits in its broader strategy for regional dominance
Israel’s strategic posture favors a constant state of war over political deals that might constrain future aggression. Its recognition of Somaliland is part of this strategy, and an attempt to plant...
mondoweiss.net
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Israel’s strategic posture favors a constant state of war over political deals that might constrain future aggression. Its recognition of Somaliland is part of this strategy, and an attempt to plant the first flag of its would-be empire in Africa.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
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Platforms/social media communities that distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material usually make the news when story breaks about how the owners have been arrested as part a pan national police operation involving multiple agencies from different countries. Yet, now, CSAM is now openly available on X.
it is just so 🥴🥴🥴 to me that governments and law enforcement bodies across the world have to be begged and pleaded with to even consider investigating what is quite literally sexual crime on an unbelievable scale, taking place openly on one of the most popular digital platforms in the world.
January 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Platforms/social media communities that distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material usually make the news when story breaks about how the owners have been arrested as part a pan national police operation involving multiple agencies from different countries. Yet, now, CSAM is now openly available on X.
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Your Party MP @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social has said the government is 'devoid of morality' over its failure to condemn the kidnapping of Maduro.
Jeremy Corbyn brands government ‘devoid of morality’ over failure to condemn kidnapping of Maduro
"Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping its president is a blatant and flagrant violation of international law"
leftfootforward.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Your Party MP @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social has said the government is 'devoid of morality' over its failure to condemn the kidnapping of Maduro.
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Civil society call for an investigation into X in Ireland
Things stepping up.
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Civil society call for an investigation into X in Ireland
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Hmm, the Trump regime says here “communities know what’s best for them, and the Administration is clear that local infrastructure decisions remain with states and localities." In its EO issued just 2 months ago, it said it will sue any state that fails to support its “AI dominance” agenda.
The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape
Backlash over the proliferation of data centers has entered the national political conversation and could affect voters of all political persuasions in this year’s midterm elections.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Hmm, the Trump regime says here “communities know what’s best for them, and the Administration is clear that local infrastructure decisions remain with states and localities." In its EO issued just 2 months ago, it said it will sue any state that fails to support its “AI dominance” agenda.
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🚨🚨"Trump’s pursuit of an illusory sphere of influence is unlikely to bring us peace or prosperity—any more than the invasion of Ukraine brought peace and prosperity to Russians- and this might become clear sooner than anyone expects." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on #Trump's invasion of Venezuela:
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 AM
🚨🚨"Trump’s pursuit of an illusory sphere of influence is unlikely to bring us peace or prosperity—any more than the invasion of Ukraine brought peace and prosperity to Russians- and this might become clear sooner than anyone expects." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on #Trump's invasion of Venezuela: