Sam
@samweiss.bsky.social
Data science, software development.
Is there a Laois flag emoji?
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He/him sé/é
Is there a Laois flag emoji?
🇮🇪/🇺🇸
He/him sé/é
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Imagine if some Cork FF TD said they'd move to Dublin if they lost. Their children would disown them. Even the unborn ones.
July 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Imagine if some Cork FF TD said they'd move to Dublin if they lost. Their children would disown them. Even the unborn ones.
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From 21st July 2025, Ireland’s regulator will be enforcing age checks at the door for social media sites.
Recording who comes in.
Or requiring sites to apply not one but TWO separate content bans.
One of which is material deemed likely to “impair the physical, mental or moral development”
Recording who comes in.
Or requiring sites to apply not one but TWO separate content bans.
One of which is material deemed likely to “impair the physical, mental or moral development”
July 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
From 21st July 2025, Ireland’s regulator will be enforcing age checks at the door for social media sites.
Recording who comes in.
Or requiring sites to apply not one but TWO separate content bans.
One of which is material deemed likely to “impair the physical, mental or moral development”
Recording who comes in.
Or requiring sites to apply not one but TWO separate content bans.
One of which is material deemed likely to “impair the physical, mental or moral development”
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To be fair to MM, having the nations leader march at the front of the capitals pride march in the current climate is a great thing.
We now return you to your regular broadcasting.
We now return you to your regular broadcasting.
June 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
To be fair to MM, having the nations leader march at the front of the capitals pride march in the current climate is a great thing.
We now return you to your regular broadcasting.
We now return you to your regular broadcasting.
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Recently saw a guy talking about how he got out of the incel/MRA pipeline, and he said is that nobody offered advice to men, nobody took men's concerns seriously, which is what made them vulnerable to toxic influencers.
Except feminists have been taking those concerns seriously for decades.
Except feminists have been taking those concerns seriously for decades.
The mythopoetic "Iron John" masculinity of the 1990s falls into this trap as well. They'd have been better off reading bell hooks
Most men have defined masculinity as not-feminine.
This means that the more women expand their abilities and interests once the domain of men, these men then have to more narrowly define their masculinity.
Soon all that’s left is just the toxic parts.
This means that the more women expand their abilities and interests once the domain of men, these men then have to more narrowly define their masculinity.
Soon all that’s left is just the toxic parts.
January 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Recently saw a guy talking about how he got out of the incel/MRA pipeline, and he said is that nobody offered advice to men, nobody took men's concerns seriously, which is what made them vulnerable to toxic influencers.
Except feminists have been taking those concerns seriously for decades.
Except feminists have been taking those concerns seriously for decades.
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Naomi Watts put up her tribute to Lynch, and man, you just tell everyone in his life thought the world of him
January 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Naomi Watts put up her tribute to Lynch, and man, you just tell everyone in his life thought the world of him
"How have the tomatoes of Drumcondra survived the seagulls of Dublin?" is such a wild question to encounter with zero context. #speirgorm
January 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"How have the tomatoes of Drumcondra survived the seagulls of Dublin?" is such a wild question to encounter with zero context. #speirgorm
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English speakers that accept the pronunciation of names like Anaïs and Thibault because they know that despite using a similar alphabet they're French language names but can't grasp the same logic for Irish language names like Siobhán or Eoghan or Caoilfhionn are the worst type of willful eejits.
January 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
English speakers that accept the pronunciation of names like Anaïs and Thibault because they know that despite using a similar alphabet they're French language names but can't grasp the same logic for Irish language names like Siobhán or Eoghan or Caoilfhionn are the worst type of willful eejits.
"A centred div is like Schrodinger's Cat:
There's no way to know what will
Until you load the page"
I think this is going to become one of my stock teaching phrases
There's no way to know what will
Until you load the page"
I think this is going to become one of my stock teaching phrases
January 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"A centred div is like Schrodinger's Cat:
There's no way to know what will
Until you load the page"
I think this is going to become one of my stock teaching phrases
There's no way to know what will
Until you load the page"
I think this is going to become one of my stock teaching phrases
Our family Dancing with the Stars drinking game:
Drink every time it's my brother's camera that's broadcasting!
(It's the steady cam)
Drink every time it's my brother's camera that's broadcasting!
(It's the steady cam)
January 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Our family Dancing with the Stars drinking game:
Drink every time it's my brother's camera that's broadcasting!
(It's the steady cam)
Drink every time it's my brother's camera that's broadcasting!
(It's the steady cam)
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starting the year with one of my fav lines from Chandrashekhar Azad "what we are to face has been faced a thousand times and it has been defeated a thousand times before, we are merely those called to now carry on a tradition."
January 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
starting the year with one of my fav lines from Chandrashekhar Azad "what we are to face has been faced a thousand times and it has been defeated a thousand times before, we are merely those called to now carry on a tradition."
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Thank you. Yes. All of this.
There's a tendency in certain circles to say "oh Elon was always a Nazi you just didn't notice," and, no.
I used to spend a lot of time watching how people go from alienated to MAGA to outright Nazi.
I've written about it.
And that is the trajectory of Elon.
There's a tendency in certain circles to say "oh Elon was always a Nazi you just didn't notice," and, no.
I used to spend a lot of time watching how people go from alienated to MAGA to outright Nazi.
I've written about it.
And that is the trajectory of Elon.
Elon Musk is a good example of how terrible people become increasingly radicalized into the far right simply because the far right is a community that accepts cruel, terrible people.
It's tempting to say Elon is going "mask off", but I'd wager Elon didn't know who Tommy Robinson was 5 years ago. 1/
It's tempting to say Elon is going "mask off", but I'd wager Elon didn't know who Tommy Robinson was 5 years ago. 1/
January 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Thank you. Yes. All of this.
There's a tendency in certain circles to say "oh Elon was always a Nazi you just didn't notice," and, no.
I used to spend a lot of time watching how people go from alienated to MAGA to outright Nazi.
I've written about it.
And that is the trajectory of Elon.
There's a tendency in certain circles to say "oh Elon was always a Nazi you just didn't notice," and, no.
I used to spend a lot of time watching how people go from alienated to MAGA to outright Nazi.
I've written about it.
And that is the trajectory of Elon.
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the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:24 AM
the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
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Nosferamar
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December 29, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Nosfera mé
Nosfera tú
Nosfera sé/sí
Nosferamar
Nosfera sibh
Nosferadar
Nosferadh
Nosfera tú
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Nosferamar
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It's funny that nowadays any really serious hobby eventually leads to you using and mastering spreadsheets.
December 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM
It's funny that nowadays any really serious hobby eventually leads to you using and mastering spreadsheets.
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If you read one thing today…please read this testimony from the first day of Ireland’s first Injecting facility.
December 23, 2024 at 7:22 PM
If you read one thing today…please read this testimony from the first day of Ireland’s first Injecting facility.
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this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
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Merci Gisèle Pelicot !
December 18, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Merci Gisèle Pelicot !
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People don't know the difference between a pun and a portmanteau, despite it being obvious that a portmanteau is what you'd find 10 of at the end of Natalie's feet
December 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
People don't know the difference between a pun and a portmanteau, despite it being obvious that a portmanteau is what you'd find 10 of at the end of Natalie's feet
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I recently did a courtesy call with an indie developer. They wanted to talk to me because their game's target audience is ... uh, me. 25-40-year-old women, many of whom are moms.
They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing?
Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):
They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing?
Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):
December 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
I recently did a courtesy call with an indie developer. They wanted to talk to me because their game's target audience is ... uh, me. 25-40-year-old women, many of whom are moms.
They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing?
Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):
They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing?
Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):
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When I was in college some fella tried to contradict a story I was telling by saying "well that's just anecdotal" and I got to go "yes it's an anecdote"
December 10, 2024 at 9:06 AM
When I was in college some fella tried to contradict a story I was telling by saying "well that's just anecdotal" and I got to go "yes it's an anecdote"
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I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
December 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
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Can't keep a close eye here but I'm told there's people asking for spreadsheet links - I'm a few hours behind so they'll need updating, but I'll share a master link to a full folder of them when they're all up to speed #ge24
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Can't keep a close eye here but I'm told there's people asking for spreadsheet links - I'm a few hours behind so they'll need updating, but I'll share a master link to a full folder of them when they're all up to speed #ge24