Caoimhín OG
@caoimhinog.bsky.social
Irish, views my own, or borrowed. Sport, rugby, tennis, sustainability, film, music and history not necessarily in that order.
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Damning exposé into how Uber prioritizes profits over women’s safety. @nytimes.com 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Damning exposé into how Uber prioritizes profits over women’s safety. @nytimes.com 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
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‘Salt Path’ author Sally Walker (aka ‘Raynor Winn’) was arrested for embezzling c£60,000 from her employer, then disappeared. She and her husband Tim Walker took out a high interest loan to repay her employer in exchange for avoiding prosecution. When this loan was called in, they lost their house.
The real Salt Path: the truth behind the blockbuster book
The Salt Path is advertised as an “honest and true” story. A story that has become a literary phenomenon, sold more than 2 million copies, and been adapt...
observer.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
‘Salt Path’ author Sally Walker (aka ‘Raynor Winn’) was arrested for embezzling c£60,000 from her employer, then disappeared. She and her husband Tim Walker took out a high interest loan to repay her employer in exchange for avoiding prosecution. When this loan was called in, they lost their house.
Not surprised to read this and glad they have taken a proactive step.
We were shocked and disappointed to learn of the allegations made about Raynor and Moth Winn by The Observer. The article has taken everyone by surprise and has made people affected by CBD & PSP feel angry, let down and eager for clarity. Full statement: www.pspassociation.org.uk/news/pspas-r...
July 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Not surprised to read this and glad they have taken a proactive step.
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Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
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But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
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Feel like this is going to start a new genre of journalism
Can ChatGPT take care of a tamagotchi? Can AI complete Monkey Island? Which LLM is best at playing Pong?
Can ChatGPT take care of a tamagotchi? Can AI complete Monkey Island? Which LLM is best at playing Pong?
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Feel like this is going to start a new genre of journalism
Can ChatGPT take care of a tamagotchi? Can AI complete Monkey Island? Which LLM is best at playing Pong?
Can ChatGPT take care of a tamagotchi? Can AI complete Monkey Island? Which LLM is best at playing Pong?
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Ireland, that most literary of countries with the most poetic version of the English language, choosing to ignore all its homegrown brilliance & slop up workaday words-by-numbers as its own face. Choosing to promote itself in a way that undermines one of the very things the world loves about it.
June 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ireland, that most literary of countries with the most poetic version of the English language, choosing to ignore all its homegrown brilliance & slop up workaday words-by-numbers as its own face. Choosing to promote itself in a way that undermines one of the very things the world loves about it.
Nice work keep it up!
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nice work keep it up!
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Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy.
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
April 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy.
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
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The New York Times found three users on X who feuded with Mr. Musk in December only to see their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The New York Times found three users on X who feuded with Mr. Musk in December only to see their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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After MONTHS of shilling for Trump and angrily lecturing that OF COURSE Trump doesn't mean what he says, OF COURSE he's not on Russia's side, OF COURSE he's got Ukraine's back... Johnson now flips, with nary a word to acknowledge that he got this as catastrophically wrong as everything else. ~AA
April 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
After MONTHS of shilling for Trump and angrily lecturing that OF COURSE Trump doesn't mean what he says, OF COURSE he's not on Russia's side, OF COURSE he's got Ukraine's back... Johnson now flips, with nary a word to acknowledge that he got this as catastrophically wrong as everything else. ~AA
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A sane country would impeach him for this alone.
But then, a sane country would already have impeached him for a hundred other things.
But then, a sane country would already have impeached him for a hundred other things.
New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin -
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A sane country would impeach him for this alone.
But then, a sane country would already have impeached him for a hundred other things.
But then, a sane country would already have impeached him for a hundred other things.
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#OtD 22 Apr 1993 Stephen Lawrence, a Black British man, was murdered by racists in London. Public pressure following the failure to convict the killers led to revelations of institutional racism within the British Police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9445...
April 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#OtD 22 Apr 1993 Stephen Lawrence, a Black British man, was murdered by racists in London. Public pressure following the failure to convict the killers led to revelations of institutional racism within the British Police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9445...
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I've been a journalist for 25+ years and I'm not sure I've witnessed as much wilful (and v likely coordinated) disinformation from certain corners of the UK media than over past few days. Sun, Mail and Telegraph have been truly awful - and seemingly shameless
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say
Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've been a journalist for 25+ years and I'm not sure I've witnessed as much wilful (and v likely coordinated) disinformation from certain corners of the UK media than over past few days. Sun, Mail and Telegraph have been truly awful - and seemingly shameless
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Well spoken @jim.londoncentric.media on @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Great interview on this distressing and totally unnecessary poisoning of our urban rivers. youtu.be/r_qEjAdWpfg?...
'This story's hideous': Flats pushing raw sewage directly into Thames | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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March 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Well spoken @jim.londoncentric.media on @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Great interview on this distressing and totally unnecessary poisoning of our urban rivers. youtu.be/r_qEjAdWpfg?...
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An overused term on social media, but @munirawilson SCHOOLS Lord Frost on #Brexit here - and it is glorious!
DF: "Anyone can come up with anecdotes."
MW: "These are not anecdotes, but cold hard facts. Your Brexit is damaging our economy - which your gov't left on its knees." ~AA
DF: "Anyone can come up with anecdotes."
MW: "These are not anecdotes, but cold hard facts. Your Brexit is damaging our economy - which your gov't left on its knees." ~AA
March 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
An overused term on social media, but @munirawilson SCHOOLS Lord Frost on #Brexit here - and it is glorious!
DF: "Anyone can come up with anecdotes."
MW: "These are not anecdotes, but cold hard facts. Your Brexit is damaging our economy - which your gov't left on its knees." ~AA
DF: "Anyone can come up with anecdotes."
MW: "These are not anecdotes, but cold hard facts. Your Brexit is damaging our economy - which your gov't left on its knees." ~AA
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"The announcement came after Badenoch received donations from key funders of the Tufton Street based Global Warming Policy Foundation and linked pressure group, Net Zero Watch, both of which have campaigned for the target to be dropped." ~AA
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Kemi Badenoch Ditches Net Zero Target After Taking Donations From Funders of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group
The Conservative leader and her Shadow Net Zero Secretary took funding from key backers of lobby groups campaigning to curb action against climate change
bylinetimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"The announcement came after Badenoch received donations from key funders of the Tufton Street based Global Warming Policy Foundation and linked pressure group, Net Zero Watch, both of which have campaigned for the target to be dropped." ~AA
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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Such sad news. The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. So much owed to Paddy and his generation for the freedoms we enjoy today. RIP Paddy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
John Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105
Mr Hemingway, who is originally from Dublin, joined the RAF as a teenager before World War Two.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Such sad news. The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. So much owed to Paddy and his generation for the freedoms we enjoy today. RIP Paddy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Well knock me down with a feather. bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
March 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Well knock me down with a feather. bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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Remember, it’s now illegal NOT to by a Tesla.
March 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Remember, it’s now illegal NOT to by a Tesla.
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If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal, one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century, please watch this jaw dropping film & follow campaign group @ungripp.bsky.social
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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March 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal, one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century, please watch this jaw dropping film & follow campaign group @ungripp.bsky.social
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Fantastic read this on the brilliant Harry Skelton, via the indomitable Don McRae www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
‘I’ve seen both sides of drink’: Harry Skelton on family heartbreak, ambition and Cheltenham
The brother of likely champion trainer Dan tells Donald McRae about staying grounded and his hopes for this year’s festival
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Fantastic read this on the brilliant Harry Skelton, via the indomitable Don McRae www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
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“If British music is one of the most powerful exports we have, why have you treated it like an after thought for so many years?"
— Myles Smith at the #BRITs
The line about grassroots venues was spot on!
— Myles Smith at the #BRITs
The line about grassroots venues was spot on!
March 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“If British music is one of the most powerful exports we have, why have you treated it like an after thought for so many years?"
— Myles Smith at the #BRITs
The line about grassroots venues was spot on!
— Myles Smith at the #BRITs
The line about grassroots venues was spot on!
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