Paul Conaty
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lol... you don't say...
🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸 #Russia has welcomed changes in the U.S. National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington's previous policy were "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/07/c...
#usa
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/07/c...
#usa
Changes to U.S. Security Strategy 'Largely Consistent' With Russia's Vision – Kremlin - The Moscow Times
Russia has welcomed changes in the U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
lol... you don't say...
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Tucked away deep in the Settings app on Android are all sorts of privacy and security features you may have never seen. It’s time to get to know those settings. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Get to Know Android Privacy and Security Settings
Open up your Android phone’s Settings app and you’ll find dozens of different options with little guidance on what those options do. Some of these settings have a serious impact on your privacy and security, altering what data gets shared automatically with apps, data brokers, and Google itself.
What sorts...
ssd.eff.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Tucked away deep in the Settings app on Android are all sorts of privacy and security features you may have never seen. It’s time to get to know those settings. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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There's this woman doing an absolutely wild social experiment on TikTok. She calls random US churches with the sound of a baby crying in the background, explain the baby hasn't eaten in over 12 hours, and asks for 1 bottle of baby formula. She has a public spreadsheet of how each one responded. 1/3
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
There's this woman doing an absolutely wild social experiment on TikTok. She calls random US churches with the sound of a baby crying in the background, explain the baby hasn't eaten in over 12 hours, and asks for 1 bottle of baby formula. She has a public spreadsheet of how each one responded. 1/3
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Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
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infosec.exchange
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
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New Yorker article very much worth reading: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New Yorker article very much worth reading: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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iOS security updates: support.apple.com/en-us/100100
Android security updates: source.android.com/docs/securit...
Start patching!
Android security updates: source.android.com/docs/securit...
Start patching!
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
iOS security updates: support.apple.com/en-us/100100
Android security updates: source.android.com/docs/securit...
Start patching!
Android security updates: source.android.com/docs/securit...
Start patching!
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The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
What a surprise, the super rich are killing us and deliberately so.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
What a surprise, the super rich are killing us and deliberately so.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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This is an excellent article that will really piss off the fash too, as pure bonus.
extra.ie/2025/10/26/n...
extra.ie/2025/10/26/n...
Revealed: How X was used to fuel days of Dublin rioting
Misinformation spread rapidly on far-right social media accounts after the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Saggart, west Dublin, on Monday.
extra.ie
October 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is an excellent article that will really piss off the fash too, as pure bonus.
extra.ie/2025/10/26/n...
extra.ie/2025/10/26/n...
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Update from Judge Discord
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Update from Judge Discord
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feels a bit weird that we keep having these stories about individual cyber attacks but without anyone really joining the dots and going "okay, shall we maybe talk about this as a major global story"
Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries www.ft.com/content/bb86...
Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry after cyber attack
Vast majority of factories of nation’s most popular beer have stopped work this week
www.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
feels a bit weird that we keep having these stories about individual cyber attacks but without anyone really joining the dots and going "okay, shall we maybe talk about this as a major global story"
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Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple Users
The Financial Times reports that the U.K. is once again demanding that Apple create a backdoor into its encrypted backup services. The only change since the last time they demanded this is that the
www.eff.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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For anyone interested in building tierlists for Flesh and Blood, I created a page on Fablazing with all hero images ready to go and hopefully a better UX than tiermaker.
It now supports the new heroes as well.
fablazing.com/tierlist
#fabtcg
It now supports the new heroes as well.
fablazing.com/tierlist
#fabtcg
September 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For anyone interested in building tierlists for Flesh and Blood, I created a page on Fablazing with all hero images ready to go and hopefully a better UX than tiermaker.
It now supports the new heroes as well.
fablazing.com/tierlist
#fabtcg
It now supports the new heroes as well.
fablazing.com/tierlist
#fabtcg
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The housing crisis in Ireland isn't even remotely being tackled, because it suits a certain sector of society to keep rents and house prices sky high.
Fianna Fáil + Fine Gael represent that sector.
Moreover, the resistance to people having affordable housing choices is deeply *ideological*.
Fianna Fáil + Fine Gael represent that sector.
Moreover, the resistance to people having affordable housing choices is deeply *ideological*.
More than 3,300 new houses were built in Dublin city last year. Just 155 were bought by households
This is behind a paywall which is unfortunate cos it’s very good. I wouldn’t usually post a way around the paywall of an Irish publication, but I’ll make an exception 🙏 (archive below)
Author is in command of the figures and they’re not good - the consequences disastrous
archive.is/2025.09.18-0...
Author is in command of the figures and they’re not good - the consequences disastrous
archive.is/2025.09.18-0...
September 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The housing crisis in Ireland isn't even remotely being tackled, because it suits a certain sector of society to keep rents and house prices sky high.
Fianna Fáil + Fine Gael represent that sector.
Moreover, the resistance to people having affordable housing choices is deeply *ideological*.
Fianna Fáil + Fine Gael represent that sector.
Moreover, the resistance to people having affordable housing choices is deeply *ideological*.
RTE news : Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigati...
www.rte.ie
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
RTE news : Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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Too many people think the rich deserve to hoard all the money no matter how much it hurts society. Money is designed to move around the economy, its the oil in the machine. If the oils stuck in one spot the machine will seize up & no longer function.
People hoarding wealth hurt the economy. #Auspol
People hoarding wealth hurt the economy. #Auspol
August 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Too many people think the rich deserve to hoard all the money no matter how much it hurts society. Money is designed to move around the economy, its the oil in the machine. If the oils stuck in one spot the machine will seize up & no longer function.
People hoarding wealth hurt the economy. #Auspol
People hoarding wealth hurt the economy. #Auspol
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From breaking down how location tracking works to the various types of malware, here’s everything to know about your phone’s privacy vulnerabilities. ssd.eff.org/playlist/pr...
Privacy Breakdown of Mobile Phones
Mobile phones were not designed for privacy and security by default. Not only do they do a poor job of protecting your communications, they also expose you to new kinds of surveillance risks—especially location tracking.
Most mobile phones give the user much less control than a personal desktop or laptop...
ssd.eff.org
August 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From breaking down how location tracking works to the various types of malware, here’s everything to know about your phone’s privacy vulnerabilities. ssd.eff.org/playlist/pr...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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The gutting of nature from the Infrastructure, Climate & Nature Fund to finance transport, energy & water infrastructure projects in the NDP is very alarming, deeply disappointing & flies in the face of the Government’s previous guarantees on nature restoration environmentalpillar.ie/environmenta...
July 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The gutting of nature from the Infrastructure, Climate & Nature Fund to finance transport, energy & water infrastructure projects in the NDP is very alarming, deeply disappointing & flies in the face of the Government’s previous guarantees on nature restoration environmentalpillar.ie/environmenta...
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"The National Development Plan announced by the government this week has allocated nothing to nature, instead taking 3.15 billion euro from the Climate +Nature Fund for infrastructure."
Ireland disgracing itself on nature *yet again*. This is NOT what people want, but we keep getting the same. Why?
Ireland disgracing itself on nature *yet again*. This is NOT what people want, but we keep getting the same. Why?
The gutting of nature from the Infrastructure, Climate & Nature Fund to finance transport, energy & water infrastructure projects in the NDP is very alarming, deeply disappointing & flies in the face of the Government’s previous guarantees on nature restoration environmentalpillar.ie/environmenta...
July 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"The National Development Plan announced by the government this week has allocated nothing to nature, instead taking 3.15 billion euro from the Climate +Nature Fund for infrastructure."
Ireland disgracing itself on nature *yet again*. This is NOT what people want, but we keep getting the same. Why?
Ireland disgracing itself on nature *yet again*. This is NOT what people want, but we keep getting the same. Why?