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Cathal Mooney

@rez.worries.ie

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Cathal Mooney

@rez.worries.ie

@davidgerard.co.uk this one might fit on pivot to ai 😂

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TV aerial in Daniel O’Connell stamp is a ‘visual signal’ to the modern age, not AI, says An Post

Artist David Rooney says he deliberately included a modern image in the 19th-century Dublin scene

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August 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM

Cathal Mooney

@rez.worries.ie

Glad someone said it…

www.irishlegal.com/articles/pla...

Plan to intercept encrypted messages without undermining privacy ‘a fantasy’

Jim O'Callaghan has been accused of peddling a "fantasy" after promising legislation allowing for the interception of messages sent on encrypted platforms like WhatsApp or Signal. The justice, home af...

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July 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Cathal Mooney

@rez.worries.ie

Great piece by @molly.wiki here. Wikipedia is not perfect, it’s a unique and ambitious project, with mostly sane guidelines to promote objectivity and support collaboration. Critics are just vex they can’t use it to spew bullshit like on social media.

www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-an...

Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.

www.citationneeded.news

January 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM

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Frank Amari

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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917