Julie O’Donnell
@julieodonn.bsky.social
Digital strategy. Communications. Healthcare. True crime / thriller junkie. Coffee snob. Photography. Art. Tech. Paddleboarder-in-training. Constantly curious. Waterford, Ireland #SpeirGorm
Really interesting read from @kevinkelly.bsky.social on the declining human pop., the rise of robots and AI and the potential upcoming ‘economic handoff’ - “We are in transition from the world of the Born handing off to the world of the Made.” kk.org/thetechnium/... #AI
The Handoff to Bots
Summary: Human populations will start to decrease globally in a few more decades. Thereafter fewer and few humans will be alive to contribute labor and to consume what is made. However at the same historical moment as this decrease, we … Continue reading →
kk.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Really interesting read from @kevinkelly.bsky.social on the declining human pop., the rise of robots and AI and the potential upcoming ‘economic handoff’ - “We are in transition from the world of the Born handing off to the world of the Made.” kk.org/thetechnium/... #AI
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Good work, people of Ireland. We’ve passed 90% of the support needed for this official citizens’ proposal to ban conversion therapy.
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February 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good work, people of Ireland. We’ve passed 90% of the support needed for this official citizens’ proposal to ban conversion therapy.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
You know its a wild Friday night when you’re reading Bluesky’s 2024 Moderation Report! 100 moderators for 25.94M users. 630k cases of unwanted sexual content. With a 17x increase in users comes an increase in cretins and trolls bsky.social/about/blog/0... #social
Bluesky 2024 Moderation Report - Bluesky
Throughout 2024, our Trust & Safety team has worked to protect our growing userbase and uphold our community standards.
bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You know its a wild Friday night when you’re reading Bluesky’s 2024 Moderation Report! 100 moderators for 25.94M users. 630k cases of unwanted sexual content. With a 17x increase in users comes an increase in cretins and trolls bsky.social/about/blog/0... #social
When you had a day you thought you were *almost* winning (power but no internet) and then at 5pm b’bye power. Getting 1 bar of 4G while phone is balanced on a plant pot in ‘the spot’ #SpeirGorm
January 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When you had a day you thought you were *almost* winning (power but no internet) and then at 5pm b’bye power. Getting 1 bar of 4G while phone is balanced on a plant pot in ‘the spot’ #SpeirGorm
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Luke has been missing from Limerick since Tuesday. If anyone has information about him or has seen him please contact the Gardaí in Henry Street.
#speirgorm Irish BlueSky can ye share this far and wide please? Any information at all will help.
#speirgorm Irish BlueSky can ye share this far and wide please? Any information at all will help.
January 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Luke has been missing from Limerick since Tuesday. If anyone has information about him or has seen him please contact the Gardaí in Henry Street.
#speirgorm Irish BlueSky can ye share this far and wide please? Any information at all will help.
#speirgorm Irish BlueSky can ye share this far and wide please? Any information at all will help.
Obesity is a hugely complex issue.
An excellent editorial this month in the @bmj.com from @drjuanfranco.bsky.social and @iddocjen.bsky.social on how the new drugs now available aren’t necessarily a magic bullet.
Even if they are, lifelong support is needed for those affected.
#MedSky
#Obesity
An excellent editorial this month in the @bmj.com from @drjuanfranco.bsky.social and @iddocjen.bsky.social on how the new drugs now available aren’t necessarily a magic bullet.
Even if they are, lifelong support is needed for those affected.
#MedSky
#Obesity
January 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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“we’ve been witnessing the death of the campaign and the birth of the cultural moment. Traditional advertising is entertainment’s understudy, while brands are learning merely to be protagonists in culture stories.” digiday.com/marketing/cu...
Cultural relevance is big business as marketing and entertainment collide — and M&A is cashing in
Nowhere is this crossover sharper than in the creator economy, where marketing and entertainment collide.
digiday.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“we’ve been witnessing the death of the campaign and the birth of the cultural moment. Traditional advertising is entertainment’s understudy, while brands are learning merely to be protagonists in culture stories.” digiday.com/marketing/cu...
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Fake news websites reach limited parts of the population but data shows that large proportions of the public know of notable fake news stories & believe them, implying the possibility that people hear about fake news not from fake news websites but through mainstream news coverage #Misinformation
Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news: literature review and synthesis
Research indicates that the reach of fake news websites is limited to small parts of the population. On the other hand, data demonstrate that large proportions of the public know about notable fake...
www.tandfonline.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Fake news websites reach limited parts of the population but data shows that large proportions of the public know of notable fake news stories & believe them, implying the possibility that people hear about fake news not from fake news websites but through mainstream news coverage #Misinformation
November 30, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Waterford with 1/3 of boxes tallied, Cullinane, Butler and somehow Cummins look safe. Last seat looks like it will be down to transfers, McGuiness or Shanahan with Roche an outside shot. Greens have lost a seat and no far right candidate has crossed 1% tinyurl.com/WaterfordGE24 #GE24 #waterford
November 30, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Waterford with 1/3 of boxes tallied, Cullinane, Butler and somehow Cummins look safe. Last seat looks like it will be down to transfers, McGuiness or Shanahan with Roche an outside shot. Greens have lost a seat and no far right candidate has crossed 1% tinyurl.com/WaterfordGE24 #GE24 #waterford
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So Peadar does well at pointing out gov failures in #LeadersDebate, which isn't hard, & anti-abortion Aontú are now as popular as Soc Dems, who want equality & compassion in politics.
WTF people, he is selling you a monorail!
#GE24
WTF people, he is selling you a monorail!
#GE24
FG: 22%
SF: 20%
FF: 20%
I/O: 19%
Ao: 5%
SD: 5%
Lab: 4%
GP: 3%
PBP: 2%
Game on.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
SF: 20%
FF: 20%
I/O: 19%
Ao: 5%
SD: 5%
Lab: 4%
GP: 3%
PBP: 2%
Game on.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Support for Fine Gael drops four points in latest poll
The Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll shows that Fine Gael is down four points to 22% of support, with Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil on 20% each
www.irishexaminer.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:01 AM
So Peadar does well at pointing out gov failures in #LeadersDebate, which isn't hard, & anti-abortion Aontú are now as popular as Soc Dems, who want equality & compassion in politics.
WTF people, he is selling you a monorail!
#GE24
WTF people, he is selling you a monorail!
#GE24
LinkedIn must be thrilled at Jaguar’s rebrand. My feed is hopping with people’s perspectives on it. Jaguar has responded to the online roasting sayings it’s a ‘declaration of intent’…mmm…this lad’s face sums up the views of brand strategists and creatives
www.jaguar.co.uk/copy-nothing...
www.jaguar.co.uk/copy-nothing...
November 20, 2024 at 11:51 PM
LinkedIn must be thrilled at Jaguar’s rebrand. My feed is hopping with people’s perspectives on it. Jaguar has responded to the online roasting sayings it’s a ‘declaration of intent’…mmm…this lad’s face sums up the views of brand strategists and creatives
www.jaguar.co.uk/copy-nothing...
www.jaguar.co.uk/copy-nothing...
Wonder what #DermSky #MedSky thinks of this: “$500,000 Pay, Easy Hours: How Dermatology Became the ‘It’ Job in Medicine” archive.is/2024.11.18-1...
archive.is
November 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Wonder what #DermSky #MedSky thinks of this: “$500,000 Pay, Easy Hours: How Dermatology Became the ‘It’ Job in Medicine” archive.is/2024.11.18-1...
Really good read on the future #AI …”creating a premium market for human expertise. The future belongs not only to those who can build better algorithms, but also to those who can master that crucial space where algorithms end and human judgment begins” open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
AI and The Last Mile
Discerning human judgement as a luxury good
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Really good read on the future #AI …”creating a premium market for human expertise. The future belongs not only to those who can build better algorithms, but also to those who can master that crucial space where algorithms end and human judgment begins” open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
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Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
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November 19, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Come and join our great Public Affairs team! You'll be joining at a really exciting time and have the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people with cancer 😀.
Wait…👀
In case you hear about the Gemini AI telling a human to kill themselves and think "oh theres more to that story"...
Well yes, yes there is an wooo boy its a FnCKING DOOZY.
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Well yes, yes there is an wooo boy its a FnCKING DOOZY.
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November 19, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Wait…👀
Would love to see an updated version of this focussing on the top 10 in Ireland - top female founders mapped by country. Anyone see something more recent? #startup
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November 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Would love to see an updated version of this focussing on the top 10 in Ireland - top female founders mapped by country. Anyone see something more recent? #startup
www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/u...
www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/u...