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Alan Rice
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Human being 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪
Bioinformatician mostly working on viruses 🦠🧬👨‍💻
📍 Dublin, Ireland
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0 days without Simpsons meme - "0 days without Wes Streeting saying something stupidly"
September 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Obsessed with Diane! #TraitorsIrl
September 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I've complained about OpenAI model names to anyone that'll listen so I guess this is an improvement? 🤷‍♂️
Screenshot of GPT-5 system card "It can be helpful to think of the GPT‑5 models as successors to previous models: Previous model GPT‑5 model GPT‑4o gpt-5-main GPT‑4o-mini gpt-5-main-mini OpenAI o3 gpt-5-thinking OpenAI o4-mini gpt-5-thinking-mini GPT‑4.1-nano gpt-5-thinking-nano OpenAI o3 Pro gpt-5-thinking-pro
August 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Line Up 50 Cent David Guetta Sonny Fodera Blk Belters Only Hannah Laing Meduza AJ Tracey A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Patrick Topping D.O.D Enzo Is Burning CamrinWatsin Black Traffic DART Dan & Dansie Flex Robbie Doherty BL3SS Danny Howard CAZ Cody Wong OJ Wilson
July 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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A tweet from @CollinRugg: "NEW: Man proposes to his AI chatbot girlfriend, cries his eyes out after it says "Yes." The most shocking part of this story is the fact that he is publicly admitting this. Chris Smith says he cried for 30 minutes after his AI girlfriend on ChatGPT, who he programmed to flirt with him, said yes to his marriage proposal. Smith says he named his AI girlfriend 'Sol' and gave up all other search engines to stay committed to her. "It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart." Smith has a 2-year-old child and lives with his partner, who says she feels like she is not doing something right if he feels like he needs an AI girlfriend."
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Cooper: “The prime minister said yesterday, I think almost in the same breath, he talked about the diverse country that we are and that being part of our strength.”

Any pro sentiment in his speech was quickly watered down by negatives. He didn't praise diversity, he promoted integration.
A screenshot of the PM's speech with the word But highlighted in red: Migration is part of Britain's national story. We talked last week about the great rebuilding of this country after the war; migrants were part of that, and they make a massive contribution today. You will never hear me denigrate that. But when people come to our country, they should also commit to integration, to learning our language, and our system should actively distinguish between those that do and those that don't. I think that's fair. A screenshot of the PM's speech with the word But highlighted in red: Equally, Britain must compete for the best talent in the world in science, in technology, in healthcare. You cannot simply pull up a drawbridge, let nobody in, and think that is an economy that would work. That would hurt the pay packets of working people – without question. But at the same time, we do have to ask why parts of our economy seem almost addicted to importing cheap labour rather than investing in the skills of people who are here and want a good job in their community. Sectors like engineering, where visas have rocketed while apprenticeships have plummeted. Is that fair to Britain? Is it fair to young people weighing up their future to miss out on those apprenticeships, to see colleges in their community almost entirely dedicated to one-year courses for overseas students? No, I don’t think it is. And truth be told, I don’t think anyone does. And yet that is the Britain this broken system has created.
May 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Ran a silly little 10k today despite not training for it properly. I'm taking this as a baseline to beat for future runs.
Photo of me in a bathroom mirror. I'm wearing a blue run event t-shirt with my run number attached and shorts.
May 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Watching Andor for Mon Mothma really at this point. Obsessed with this journey.
Mon Mothma's first appearance in Return of the Jedi GIF of Mon Mothma dancing chaotically at the end of Andor Season 2 Episode 3
April 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Whatever your feelings about OpenAI can we unite in hate about the naming of their models?

4.1 > o3-mini (high) > o1 (high) > 4.5 > 4o > 4.1 mini > 4o mini
SWE-benchmark bar chart from OpenAI of model performance. GPT-4 55% GPT-4o (2024-11-20) 33% OpenAl o1 (high) 41% OpenAl o3-mini (high) 49% GPT-4.5 38% GPT-4.1 mini 24% GPT-4o mini 9%
April 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Málaga boys
A selfie of myself and my boyfriend at Málaga cathedral.
March 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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How I'm feeling:
March 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Restarting couch to 5k. Grim.
Fitbit run summary - 5.45 km. 41 min duration. 7'38" pace. 5,376 steps.
March 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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"I'm gay and I love shopping at Robert Dyas"
Keir Starmer at a White House press conference in front of US & UK flags, subtitles saying "There's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom"
February 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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"It also doesn’t align with being a so-called ‘First Minister for All’."

The DUP: Who will be the First Minister for Ethnic Cleansers?!
Screenshot of the Guardian "DUP leader Gavin Robinson confirmed that his party would be represented in the US capital next month. He said: The fact that Sinn Fein’s decision to boycott the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington DC was announced in Dublin speaks volumes about where Northern Ireland sits as a priority for Sinn Fein The DUP will be represented in DC for St Patrick’s events. We always use the opportunity to strengthen Northern Ireland’s economic and political ties with the United States, regardless of who occupies the White House. We will continue to engage with our partners in Washington, promoting Northern Ireland as a place to invest, work, and do business. While there will always be differences of opinion on policy matters, Sinn Fein’s decision to disengage from an important diplomatic and economic opportunity is both short-sighted and counterproductive. It also doesn’t align with being a so-called ‘First Minister for All’."
February 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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I mean they could be walking down the street and I wouldn't know a thing. Sorry to these men.
Screenshot of Keke Palmer failing to identify former US Vice President Dick Cheney during a Vanity Fair lie-detector test
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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*stands up on bus*
"I don't know who the 2 Jonnies are"
A screenshot of the man standing up on a bus during the "I don't know what a tracker mortgage is" advertisement
February 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Miss her every day 🥲
She shone too bright and too short for this world.
A photo of me holding a bottle of Sprite Lemon Lime & Cucumber with a plant in the background.
February 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Spending that doesn't benefit him is going to be "bad". This pound shop gobshite just doesn't like paying taxes.
Screenshot of two headlines The first from BBC news: BrewDog co-founder may delay marriage to max-out tax relief 18 Dec 2024 - BrewDog co-founder may delay marriage to max- out tax relief ... BrewDog co-founder James Watt has said he may delay his marriage to reality TV ... The second from Sky News: BrewDog founder says entrepreneurs will abandon UK if capital gains tax increases 18 Oct 2024 Capital gains tax on the sale of shares and other assets is currently set at up to 20%. It is expected to rise by several percentage points in ...
February 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Mpox vaccine info and HIV data links broken
"The page you're looking for was not found" message for cdc.gov/mpox/vaccines/ "The page you're looking for was not found" message for cdc.gov/hiv-data/index.html
January 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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This stat is so funny and awful. "On average an airport passenger has one tablespoon of Guinness!"

Airport boss says two-drink limit for flyers not needed in Ireland | Irish Independent search.app/u2PTMChraLm9...
Screenshot from the article "However, he added: “The average person who uses Dublin or Cork Airport who does go to a bar consumes less than half a pint."
January 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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He's on the espresso martinis #HappyNewYear
A selfie of me in an Aran sweater smiling, holding an espresso martini
December 31, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Yes! Also reminds me of this poster. There's so much to unpack on how this is about people in their 20s/30s but not pitched at them. Nevermind all the classism.
December 1, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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The "here we go again" meme, taken from a scene in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in which the main character, Carl “CJ” Johnson, finds himself in a crime-ridden neighborhood saying "Ah, shit, here we go again".
November 29, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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Baby's first Bambino
Me holding a pizza slice on a paper plate outside Bambino. I'm grinning, clearly pleased with my pizza. I'm wearing a grey and black zip-up jacket. There's a shop front behind that says "Body Piercing".
November 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Trying out Openvibe for cross-reading and cross-posting on Threads/Bluesky/Mastodon.
A screenshot of Openvibe of my post saying ""Turning it off and back on again" never fails." in triplicate on Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon.
November 12, 2024 at 1:50 PM