Siún Ní Dhúill
@apocalypte.bsky.social
Mum of two, software engineer, cranky leftie, sometime skier, aging metalhead.
Dub - back home after 12 years in the UK.
Dub - back home after 12 years in the UK.
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Fantastic story on our homepage this morning about the race to find a polio vaccine, written by a polio survivor happy that she has become a “dinosaur” of the time before we had one. Worth your while: www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...
The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It
As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fantastic story on our homepage this morning about the race to find a polio vaccine, written by a polio survivor happy that she has become a “dinosaur” of the time before we had one. Worth your while: www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...
I have seen the scariest sight in tech.
Python written using Hungarian notation.
Python written using Hungarian notation.
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I have seen the scariest sight in tech.
Python written using Hungarian notation.
Python written using Hungarian notation.
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Fair
Dispatches from the West Country: somebody’s painted 🏴s on a load of roundabouts in Penzance and the locals are furious because they also hate the English
September 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fair
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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Sam Altman straight-up killed a kid
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine have sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT contributed to their son’s suicide, including by advising him on methods and offering to write the first draft of his suicide note.
Parents of 16-year-old sue OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT advised on his suicide | CNN Business
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine have sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT contributed to their son’s suicide, including by advising him on methods and offering to write the firs...
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Sam Altman straight-up killed a kid
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This is genocidal rhetoric calling people cockroaches. This is exactly the language used in the Rwandan genocide.
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is genocidal rhetoric calling people cockroaches. This is exactly the language used in the Rwandan genocide.
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Counterpoint: the British state asking you not to use a VPN is reason enough to use a VPN
August 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Counterpoint: the British state asking you not to use a VPN is reason enough to use a VPN
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
Ten years ago, on this day 15 July, the Irish Oireachtas passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (An tAcht um Inscne a Aithint, 2015).
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
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Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
About bloody time.
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia grad detained for 3+ months. The judge said his arrest appears to be unconstitutional retaliation for pro-Palestinian speech. Khalil hasn’t been charged with a crime.
June 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
About bloody time.
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This tweet aged like milk in the sun
June 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This tweet aged like milk in the sun
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No trans person, or any other person for that matter, is just going to "accept a reduction in their rights"
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
No trans person, or any other person for that matter, is just going to "accept a reduction in their rights"
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
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GIVE ME 100 SAUSAGES IN A PARTY BUCKET
June 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
GIVE ME 100 SAUSAGES IN A PARTY BUCKET
Coke Zero, white Monster, Indomie noodles
What is a junk food staple you always have on hand at home?
I'll start. There is always a sixpack of Yoo Hoo bottles in my fridge.
I'll start. There is always a sixpack of Yoo Hoo bottles in my fridge.
June 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Coke Zero, white Monster, Indomie noodles
Watched Housewife of the Year last night, I have so many thoughts.
It absolutely feels like a different country even though the last real year of it was 1995, when I was 11. Ireland has changed a lot very quickly - thankfully!
It absolutely feels like a different country even though the last real year of it was 1995, when I was 11. Ireland has changed a lot very quickly - thankfully!
June 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Watched Housewife of the Year last night, I have so many thoughts.
It absolutely feels like a different country even though the last real year of it was 1995, when I was 11. Ireland has changed a lot very quickly - thankfully!
It absolutely feels like a different country even though the last real year of it was 1995, when I was 11. Ireland has changed a lot very quickly - thankfully!
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My god, this is a truly awful read:
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My god, this is a truly awful read:
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Early rumors are that up to 40 Russian strategic bombers were destroyed in one of the most audacious operations I’ve ever seen.
Get fucked, Vlad.
Get fucked, Vlad.
June 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Early rumors are that up to 40 Russian strategic bombers were destroyed in one of the most audacious operations I’ve ever seen.
Get fucked, Vlad.
Get fucked, Vlad.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
June 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
May 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is so gross.
"Save the billionaires, sacrifice the kids!"
At this point Labour might as well be conducting literal child sacrifices on a ziggurat to the god of wealth
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
At this point Labour might as well be conducting literal child sacrifices on a ziggurat to the god of wealth
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support
Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is so gross.
Today is my 10th wedding anniversary.
5.5 years separated, 4.5 years divorced.
I really do question my life choices sometimes.
5.5 years separated, 4.5 years divorced.
I really do question my life choices sometimes.
May 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Today is my 10th wedding anniversary.
5.5 years separated, 4.5 years divorced.
I really do question my life choices sometimes.
5.5 years separated, 4.5 years divorced.
I really do question my life choices sometimes.
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I've ranted about LLM "AI" elsewhere, and in replies, but to reiterate it in a thread that I can pin now:
One of the fundamentals of computer science is "Garbage In, Garbage Out". I learned this as a child, learning to program, over 40 years ago.
You cannot put bad data in, and get good data out.
One of the fundamentals of computer science is "Garbage In, Garbage Out". I learned this as a child, learning to program, over 40 years ago.
You cannot put bad data in, and get good data out.
November 26, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I've ranted about LLM "AI" elsewhere, and in replies, but to reiterate it in a thread that I can pin now:
One of the fundamentals of computer science is "Garbage In, Garbage Out". I learned this as a child, learning to program, over 40 years ago.
You cannot put bad data in, and get good data out.
One of the fundamentals of computer science is "Garbage In, Garbage Out". I learned this as a child, learning to program, over 40 years ago.
You cannot put bad data in, and get good data out.