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Niall Winters (also: @nwin@mastodon.ie)
@n-win.bsky.social
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Towards a socially-just creative technology culture. #convivialtech
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Thanks to all for coming to my talk today at @education.ox.ac.uk. Great discussion and always nice to see familiar faces:).
Event advert for my talk
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Arriving into Dublin Airport to see a recruitment advertisement for social care workers. These are the very people whose families the new Irish immigration policy seeks to tear apart. Not to mention the cruel irony of using photos of kids as promo.
Health worker recruitment advert
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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In Untitled (Buffalos) (1988-89), David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) framed a portion of a diorama depicting a traditional Native American hunting method as an allegory of the decade as he was dying of AIDS.

#WorldAIDSDay. Credit: The Art Institute of Chicago (www.artic.edu/artworks/238...)
Untitled (Buffalos) depicts a diorama from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., of a traditional Native American hunting method in which plains bison were herded toward cliffs, forcing them to plunge to their death. Interdisciplinary artist David Wojnarowicz selectively framed a portion of the display in black and white as an allegory of the decade as he was dying of AIDS. At once analogy and piercing critique, the image embodies the tragedy of the pandemic and offers an indictment of a nation at odds with itself.
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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When a Google scan goes wrong! #Bronzino #Uffizi
A scan of Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni by Bronzino with the neck missing due to a scanning error.
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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This is a hell of a statement on the massive cost of #AI infrastructure from JPMorgan. For comparison, the entire German economy is ~$5tn, which is about 1/5 of the entire Euro economy. on.ft.com/3JwN1pw
Text from the FT article
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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This headline beggars belief… until you read the HSE response: “… the waiting time has now been reduced to 10 years”. These are not timelines that any well funded health service should be working with.
Photo of a child looking at children’s artwork above the news headline.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Well done @atsukocomedy.bsky.social for highlighting how the “you can’t say anything anymore!”comedians (as she rightly terms them) agreed to being censored in order to perform in Riyadh. (She turned it down when asked 👏👏). #shillinforsaudi
Text: Content Restrictions: ARTIST shall not prepare or perform any material that may be considered to degrade, defame, or bring into public disrepute, contempt, scandal, embarrassment, or ridicule: A) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including its leadership, public figures, culture, or people; B) The Saudi royal family, legal system, or government, and; C) Any religion, religious tradition, religious figure, or religious practice.
September 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Movie recommendation: Columbus (2017)
Screenshot from the movie Columbus with the main character seated in a green space, noting that "no one can finish as book anymore", in the context of a discussion on attention versus interest.
September 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Have I got this right? #Nvidia is investing in #OpenAI so OpenAI can use the cash to buy - you guessed it - … more Nvidia chips. No hype cycle here at all! Nope, absolutely not!!
FT headline from 22 Sept 2025
September 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Even by Labour’s low standards, Yvette Cooper’s dehumanising rhetoric of warehousing people in “industrial sites” is truly shocking. Cooper’s authoritarian leaning supporting Reform to go even further.
Headline on red background with photo of Cooper.
September 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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“I think the world needs a lot more angry women” -Greta Thunberg in response to Trump after being deported from Israel. @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Greta Thunberg
June 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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“Alarm has been sounded on the Madleen. Life jackets are on preparing for interception.”
June 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Currently the #Madleen is just off Port Said. @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/
Map 1 showing distance to Port Said Map 2 showing distance to the Gaza Strip
June 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Ireland is providing support for the US government to deport people to third countries via Shannon airport.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
Flight path from Texas to Djibouti via Ireland.
June 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Day 3: #Madleen off the coast of Greece on its humanitarian trip to break the siege of #Gaza.

@freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Live Tracker: freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/

#AllEyesOnDeck
Location of the Madleen off the coast of Greece, having sailed from Sicily, on Day 3 of its trip to Gaza.
June 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Many congratulations to Ken on the release of his new book, “The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity”. The book’s aim is to encourage children to program with a GenAI chatbot as a supportive partner!

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All yellow book cover for “The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity”, with AI in big blue letters in the centre.
February 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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So, you know Irish wines are a thing, right?

“Carlo Rizzini and his son Alberto grow Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot on the shores of Lough Owel in County Westmeath in central Ireland” #wine

on.ft.com/3Pcw8j4
Man crouching down, holding two bunches of red grapes.
December 29, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Ah here! #mislabelled
Courbet’s The Artist’s Studio mislabelled by Bluesky as adult content.
November 28, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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Another nail in the coffin for international law. Let’s see if they even bother to arrest Min Aung Hlaing. (Note: #ICC doesn’t agree with France’s argument re: Netanyahu.)
France says Netanyahu is immune from ICC warrant as Israel is not member of court
November 27, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Good to read #TaylorSerrano2
The undercard fight between Katie Taylor and the defeated Amanda Serrano was the most watched women's sporting event in US history, Netflix said. In short, the evening was a knockout success in terms of eyeballs.
November 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM