Seán MacGabhann
@seanmacgabhann.bsky.social
Immigrant. And proud of it
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"Oh wow, you're in the US State Department? That's amazing! What do you do there?"
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"Oh wow, you're in the US State Department? That's amazing! What do you do there?"
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
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Journalists have to stop being complicit in their own radicalisation
journalists think they "learn more" on X because it is durably shifting users' views on policy and current events towards conservative positions -- which assuredly nets them more positive attention and engagement on the platform
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Journalists have to stop being complicit in their own radicalisation
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"The Meta chief was flanked by people wearing the Meta Ray-Ban artificial intelligence glasses, and the judge in the courtroom threatened to hold anyone recording with the devices in contempt, CNBC reported" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... mafia bosses' defiance level...
Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health
Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"The Meta chief was flanked by people wearing the Meta Ray-Ban artificial intelligence glasses, and the judge in the courtroom threatened to hold anyone recording with the devices in contempt, CNBC reported" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... mafia bosses' defiance level...
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The answer to this question is absolutely glorious
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The answer to this question is absolutely glorious
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An Irish mammy cook *book* is a contradiction in terms there's no need for anything more than a leaflet to cover bacon and cabbage, frys , beef stew, brown bread, and porter cake.
Just arrived at the warehouse today, The forthcoming book (Feb 27th) from Orla Drumgoole - ( Irish Mammy Cooks on TikTok and Insta)
Things you'd actually make for the dinner😁 #speirgorn #irishmammycooks
Things you'd actually make for the dinner😁 #speirgorn #irishmammycooks
February 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
An Irish mammy cook *book* is a contradiction in terms there's no need for anything more than a leaflet to cover bacon and cabbage, frys , beef stew, brown bread, and porter cake.
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WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
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Daniel says it better and more calmly but they're fucking wrong'uns
"5 Pillars" runs a Podcast called "Blood Brothers", which has hosted some of Britain's most notorious neo-Nazis & far right activists, like Nick Griffin (BNP), Mark Collett (Patriotic Alternative) & Jayda Fransen (ex-Britain First), to rant about Jews.
Now the Greens are cosying up to them.
Now the Greens are cosying up to them.
February 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Daniel says it better and more calmly but they're fucking wrong'uns
All this begging, this pleading, the veiled threats
If it was so obviously good, much less amaaazing, people would be jumping all over it
They aren’t. There is no “fomo”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If it was so obviously good, much less amaaazing, people would be jumping all over it
They aren’t. There is no “fomo”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, warns former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:02 PM
All this begging, this pleading, the veiled threats
If it was so obviously good, much less amaaazing, people would be jumping all over it
They aren’t. There is no “fomo”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If it was so obviously good, much less amaaazing, people would be jumping all over it
They aren’t. There is no “fomo”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bookmarked, so I can reheat and serve it when needed, which will be often.
It was not inevitable that generative AI would lodge in the culture as an explicitly right-wing technology; that it has done so is the result of a series of ideological decisions by its makers, the ideology growing more overt and desperate as AI's very serious problems become more apparent
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Bookmarked, so I can reheat and serve it when needed, which will be often.
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Since the troll column seems to have worked: The very very very very very very very obvious question is not "why hasn't the left embraced AI" but "why has the right so eagerly embraced a tech product built on theft, sold by fraud, and optimized for abuse and misinformation"
February 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Since the troll column seems to have worked: The very very very very very very very obvious question is not "why hasn't the left embraced AI" but "why has the right so eagerly embraced a tech product built on theft, sold by fraud, and optimized for abuse and misinformation"
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Nothing Mourinho says surprises me - he's always been a vile human being. He got away with it in the past because the UK media loved him. Now he's a dried up old hack he's being exposed for the wanker he's always been!
February 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Nothing Mourinho says surprises me - he's always been a vile human being. He got away with it in the past because the UK media loved him. Now he's a dried up old hack he's being exposed for the wanker he's always been!
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Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to the latest polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups – especially among younger voters
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
Brits would overwhelmingly back Rejoin in new referendum
Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, YouGov polling has found.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to the latest polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups – especially among younger voters
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
Like, did poor towns in Scotland and norther Ireland have things explained better to them somehow?
No. They just had a better grasp on the value of eu membership in a way that England just did not.
I don’t think this is down to politics or explanations or lack of
No. They just had a better grasp on the value of eu membership in a way that England just did not.
I don’t think this is down to politics or explanations or lack of
(Not directed at WJ. General discourse)
My view is that if you voted Brexit, believe it wasn’t done right and we should turn back to Nigel Farage, it is difficult to conceive of any body which could explain anything to some people
It removes agency from people to say things were not explained
My view is that if you voted Brexit, believe it wasn’t done right and we should turn back to Nigel Farage, it is difficult to conceive of any body which could explain anything to some people
It removes agency from people to say things were not explained
This sort of framing of stories about 'left behind' places is getting very tired. How have they been 'failed' by politics? They are the product of political choices - which organisations like the BBC have often failed to explain to people.
February 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Like, did poor towns in Scotland and norther Ireland have things explained better to them somehow?
No. They just had a better grasp on the value of eu membership in a way that England just did not.
I don’t think this is down to politics or explanations or lack of
No. They just had a better grasp on the value of eu membership in a way that England just did not.
I don’t think this is down to politics or explanations or lack of
(Not directed at WJ. General discourse)
My view is that if you voted Brexit, believe it wasn’t done right and we should turn back to Nigel Farage, it is difficult to conceive of any body which could explain anything to some people
It removes agency from people to say things were not explained
My view is that if you voted Brexit, believe it wasn’t done right and we should turn back to Nigel Farage, it is difficult to conceive of any body which could explain anything to some people
It removes agency from people to say things were not explained
This sort of framing of stories about 'left behind' places is getting very tired. How have they been 'failed' by politics? They are the product of political choices - which organisations like the BBC have often failed to explain to people.
Inside Horden, the County Durham town failed by politics
In Horden, County Durham, Westminster slogans have long been left unmet as the population has plummeted.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
(Not directed at WJ. General discourse)
My view is that if you voted Brexit, believe it wasn’t done right and we should turn back to Nigel Farage, it is difficult to conceive of any body which could explain anything to some people
It removes agency from people to say things were not explained
My view is that if you voted Brexit, believe it wasn’t done right and we should turn back to Nigel Farage, it is difficult to conceive of any body which could explain anything to some people
It removes agency from people to say things were not explained
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"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls
February 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls
All of these you just don’t get the power of AI!” Reminds me of early phone apps where Americans were busily recommending bill-dividing apps like it was some unsolvable problem
In 2026 we have high energy & food bills & woeful customer series everywhere
Solve those issues AI
Then come back to me
In 2026 we have high energy & food bills & woeful customer series everywhere
Solve those issues AI
Then come back to me
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
All of these you just don’t get the power of AI!” Reminds me of early phone apps where Americans were busily recommending bill-dividing apps like it was some unsolvable problem
In 2026 we have high energy & food bills & woeful customer series everywhere
Solve those issues AI
Then come back to me
In 2026 we have high energy & food bills & woeful customer series everywhere
Solve those issues AI
Then come back to me
Neither!!!
Neither of these
What is WRONG with you @thetimes.com phrasing it like this
They are much much more problematic and this should be clearer. Not this”oooh tempting” headline
Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’: competent and capable or Tory 2.0?
www.thetimes.com/article/9a44...
Neither of these
What is WRONG with you @thetimes.com phrasing it like this
They are much much more problematic and this should be clearer. Not this”oooh tempting” headline
Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’: competent and capable or Tory 2.0?
www.thetimes.com/article/9a44...
Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’: competent and capable or Tory 2.0?
Nigel Farage claims he needs people with Whitehall experience, which his ex-Conservative defectors certainly have, yet some fear this will contaminate the brand
www.thetimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Neither!!!
Neither of these
What is WRONG with you @thetimes.com phrasing it like this
They are much much more problematic and this should be clearer. Not this”oooh tempting” headline
Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’: competent and capable or Tory 2.0?
www.thetimes.com/article/9a44...
Neither of these
What is WRONG with you @thetimes.com phrasing it like this
They are much much more problematic and this should be clearer. Not this”oooh tempting” headline
Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’: competent and capable or Tory 2.0?
www.thetimes.com/article/9a44...
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She gets to “Sorry, I’m an idiot, I fucked up” eventually but my lord the throat-clearing
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
I’m a London parent who hasn’t vaccinated my kids against measles, let me explain
A new outbreak of measles is spreading across north London, and it’s a wake-up call to all mums like me who didn’t give the MMR vaccines to our children, says Charlotte Cripps
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
She gets to “Sorry, I’m an idiot, I fucked up” eventually but my lord the throat-clearing
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
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NEW: ChatGPT is encouraging stalkers, telling them they share a special bond with their targets -- and to keep harassing them even after they've been asked to stop
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
NEW: ChatGPT is encouraging stalkers, telling them they share a special bond with their targets -- and to keep harassing them even after they've been asked to stop
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Quite obviously, if this had been a Labour campaign manager it would have been all over the front pages and leading TV news reports.
Has anyone asked Goodwin or Farage about this yet?
Astonishing it wasn't raised at Farage's press conference..
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
Astonishing it wasn't raised at Farage's press conference..
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
Matt Goodwin’s Reform UK campaign manager said he ‘would never touch a Jewish woman’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Adam Mitula, who is canvassing for the party in Gorton and Denton, also tweeted that the six million who died in the Holocaust only included ‘some Jews’
www.thejc.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Quite obviously, if this had been a Labour campaign manager it would have been all over the front pages and leading TV news reports.
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Fintan O'Toole hitting the nail on the head here. Sinn Féin’s disgraceful vote against helping Ukraine contrasts markedly with how an earlier generation of Republicans behaved regarding the Spanish Republic. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Fintan O’Toole: For Sinn Féin, Tiocfaidh ár lá is being replaced by Turn the Other Cheek
Sinn Féin is rightly proud of republicanism’s role in the fight against fascism in Spain. So why is it now opposing assistance for Ukraine?
www.irishtimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Fintan O'Toole hitting the nail on the head here. Sinn Féin’s disgraceful vote against helping Ukraine contrasts markedly with how an earlier generation of Republicans behaved regarding the Spanish Republic. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
The full article is even worse
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The full article is even worse
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Ireland and Spain starting their probe into CSAM on X on the same day; every single regulator should be doing this
Ireland: The Data Protection Commission, responsible for enforcing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, has opened a probe into the creation and publication of “potentially harmful” sexualised images by Grok containing or involving the processing of EU user data. www.ft.com/content/3c72...
EU privacy watchdog opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over sexualised AI images
‘Large-scale’ inquiry is latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the group’s Grok chatbot
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Ireland and Spain starting their probe into CSAM on X on the same day; every single regulator should be doing this
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Lowe is not even bothering to disguise what he's about. "Legal migration has done far more damage than illegal migration". This isn't - and never was - about "stopping the boats".
February 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Lowe is not even bothering to disguise what he's about. "Legal migration has done far more damage than illegal migration". This isn't - and never was - about "stopping the boats".
Of particular interest (to me anyway) is how, attending live concerts from 80s onwards it always felt like the golden age was behind us. These middling to awful reviews were new and unlike the majestic 70s era
Turns out… very much not so. He got slammed a lot even then
Turns out… very much not so. He got slammed a lot even then
Chris is doing a date by date report on each show from this tour from 50 years ago and is well worth the time for any heads
Thin White Duke 50: Bowie hits the Mile High City www.patreon.com/posts/isolar...
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Of particular interest (to me anyway) is how, attending live concerts from 80s onwards it always felt like the golden age was behind us. These middling to awful reviews were new and unlike the majestic 70s era
Turns out… very much not so. He got slammed a lot even then
Turns out… very much not so. He got slammed a lot even then