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🇮🇪 #Eurovision 1994 winner Charlie McGettigan will return his trophy to the EBU in protest of Israel's inclusion.

"In support of Nemo I would like to return my trophy to the EBU as well. Unfortunately our win was in 1994, but if I do find it I will return [it]".

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December 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
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December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
Steve Bannon laughing next to Noam Comsky in a photo release by the Epstein estate
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The EU froze €210bn of Russian sovereign assets held in the bloc on Friday. The freezing paves the way for a loan to be raised against the assets to prop up Ukraine's defence. on.ft.com/48PfDCV
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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dublincommuters.bsky.social
Contracts have been signed for the Ballymun/Finglas BusConnects corridor 🎉🥳
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬

He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
The Telegraph Graham Linehan My trans critics are cowards. Yes, Ardal O'Hanlon - that includes yOu I expected more from my friend of 25 years. But he would rather condemn me than fight for the rights of women and girls I expected more from Ardal. I never thought he would intone the catechism. "I still get on great with everyone," he said in a recent interview with The Times, "though I haven't seen much of the show's creator, Graham Linehan, and am baffled as to why he got involved in the culture wars. I feel sorry for him - he's entitled to his opinions, but the way he presented them made it confrontational. When I read that, I phoned him immediately. When people betray me, I always make the mistake of phoning them straight away. My heart was thumping in my chest as I found his number and gave him a faux-polite, "Hey Ardal, how's it going?". My anger was already boiling. I knew exactly what he would say - the exact same things Bill Bailey said when I phoned him, the exact same things Amelia Bullmore said when I wrote to her. I knew, and I phoned anyway, because I can't help myself. And when he started reading from the same script as all the others, I lost my temper. At some point, Ardal said, "I just disagree with you." I would have said all this to him on the phone, but I was so angry I could not get any of it out. In fact, at one point I said, "You're on my f--ing s--t list." Ridiculous, of course, but unfortunately true. Like Father Ted at the Golden Cleric Awards, I keep a tally of every person who took the easy path and watched me twist in the wind. I can't help it. I remember them all. Tim Heidecker saying I'd gone down a "rabbit hole". David O'Doherty, who didn't have the guts to speak to me. My own brother-in-law publicly calling me insane. Adam Buxton, Jon Ronson, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee. People who knew me, people who had my phone number, people who could have asked, people who assumed the worst because doing otherwise would have exposed them to the same treatment I was receiving. In condemning me, to use Douglas Murray's line, they raise a little flag outside their home so the mob will pass them by. And every time one of them hands a journalist another little quote - another "baffled," another "sorry," another "he's awful, but I hope he's okay" - they get to carry on with their lives while mine gets smaller. None of them
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Yet the real scenario I expect is that CoreWeave - a deeply unprofitable neocloud with $14bn in debt that must keep raising to build more capacity - fails to deliver compute in time, defaulting on its contracts, then defaulting on its loans, then dying.
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CoreWeave: The Great Bellweather CoreWeave's earnings are next week, so I'm going to put together a scenario based on things looking okay, but not great for yet another New Jersey-based monstrosity. Right now, CoreWeave has about $14 billion of debt, and already defaulted on part of its loan with Blackstone by moving assets out of the country earlier in the year. CoreWeave has a giant, ugly backlog of $55.6 billion — which may seem impressive, but it is mostly made up of $22.4 billion in OpenAI contracts, $14 billion in Meta contracts, and whatever Microsoft has agreed to previously. Furthermore, it's not obvious how CoreWeave accesses that revenue, as Core Scientific has yet to finish the capacity so that CoreWeave can get the money. Eventually, CoreWeave needs to start paying off those big, nasty loans. CoreWeave already had to spend $310 million in Q3 2025 just on interest from its loans, up from $266 million in Q2 2025. CoreWeave's current debt situation has it paying billions of dollars a year in principal payments on top of the interest on these loans, on top of operating expenses that effectively nullify any and all revenue coming into the company. Such a huge backlog means that CoreWeave, like Nebius, is likely to start running up against defaults on its contracts. Sources familiar with the matter tell me that Microsoft had been, at least in June 2025, propping up auxiliary capacity to cover CoreWeave's incomplete Denton facility. CoreWeave has, at this point, had to raise money at IPO ($1.5 billion) in March, a loan in May ($2 billion) and a loan in July ($2.6 billion), then added a further $3 billion in October to an already-existent line of credit. Here's why CoreWeave needs to keep raising money: Its operating expenses are higher than its revenues. Its revenues and contracts require it to constantly expand, either through signing leases with companies like Applied Digital and Core Scientific (which it tried and failed to buy), or building its own capaci… Eventually, something snaps with CoreWeave, and it needs more money, only to find the banks are unwilling to keep extending lifelines. Continued delays make it unable to continue increasing revenues, because...well...you can only charge for capacity that exists. Here are some scenarios about what could go wrong! CoreWeave defaults on its OpenAI and Meta contracts: Unable to build the capacity in time, Meta and/or OpenAI action a clause in its contract to cut CoreWeave loose, savaging its backlog. The bad news sends the stock into a tailspin. OpenAI defaults on its contract: Swagged-up white boy Sam Altman's pity party comes to a close, and OpenAI simply can't make the payments for the capacity it's already agreed to. The news of this leak spooks the markets, and investors start dumping CoreWeave. CoreWeave's financial condition decays and it cannot pay its loans: While I expect CoreWeave is likely on great terms with funders like Blackstone and Magnetar Capital, eventually somebody is gonna need some money. CoreWeave really has no path to success. Its costs rise with revenues, it effectively lives on debt, and at some point it will need to make more money than it spends, so much more that it actually starts paying off these loans rather than riding out the interest.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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dublincommuters.bsky.social
Green Line services have started to resume after two days of disruption, the chaos it caused on the roads shows just how important the Luas is to Dublin Commuters

Imagine how much better Dublin traffic would be if Government actually delivered Luas Finglas/Lucan/Poolbeg & Bray
December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
roscaf.bsky.social
So they obviously are going to use the money to save Welsh Rugby?
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney sell Wrexham stake to US private equity group
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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rewildingire.bsky.social
And yet I am told, trees don't belong there.
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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glynmoody.bsky.social
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An #EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship - www.techdirt.com/2025/12/08/e... "#Musk isn’t just misrepresenting the fine. He’s responding with a series of escalating tantrums designed to feed his false censorship narrative."
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship
Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Union because it fined him $140 million for violating a law he once said was “exactly aligned” with his vision for (what was…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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feljin.ie
NEW TRAIN 🚨 Irish Rail and NIR are purchasing eight new Stadler FLIRT tri-mode electric/diesel/battery train sets for the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise service. Procurement started in 2023 and there was a short legal battle at the end.
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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realjakebroe.bsky.social
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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rugbybroadcast.bsky.social
Apologies for the delay this week folks.
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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feljin.ie
My brother in Christ, you're a cabinet minister who approved the National Development Plan which shelved DART+ South West until 2031
www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-n...
Minister calls for Kildare's DART+ Southwest to progress in parallel with DART+ West
Minister James Lawless TD has said DART+ Southwest must extend to Sallins and Newbridge
www.leinsterleader.ie
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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rugbybroadcast.bsky.social
Mutiple media outlets reporting that ITV has outbid TNT Sports for rights to the new Nations Championship.

No more Champions Cup, Challenge Cup, autumn internationals or Champions League (from 2027) on TNT.
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
roscaf.bsky.social
Live prod2 kicking off now www.youtube.com/live/sLUXMI4...
THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS! | LIVE PRO D2 | Colomiers v Grenoble
YouTube video by FR-UK Rugby
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
Collage of prints from my site #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland One of the handwritten gift notes that I can include for free with all orders, if desired.
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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feljin.ie
TII says there's nothing it can do to fix the traffic on the M50.

They could try building Metro West.
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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mikemcgb.bsky.social
Right! #speirghorm, I need ye to do your thing, please.

I found the Blackboard Jungle boardgame (2nd edition) in town today and duly snapped it up.

No rule book, no scoring thingy - does anyone, anywhere, have either of these going spare in their attic someplace?

#ireland #boardgames
Irish television presenter Ray D'Arcy, in his 1990s pomp, adorns the box of the Blackboard Jungle boardgame; an at-home version of the classic Irish kids'-TV quiz show.
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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anotherjon.bsky.social
Very cool. Every local authority should have at least one.
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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iandunt.bsky.social
When I was young, the Independent was the best designed newspaper on the stands. This is what it looks like now: a par of text sandwiched between two ads, an auto-play video and a pointless and intrusive swipe function. It's as if it hates the work of its own writers.
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Honestly, there is no better rugby writer out there than @bloodandmud.bsky.social. This preamble is a work of art. #WALvRSA

www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
It is tempting at this point to describe the Welsh Rugby Union as a clown show. But that would unfairly overlook the commitment and dedication, training, expertise, and preparation to produce that circus based entertainment. The public also respects clowns, even the ones that oddly fear them. The WRU are more like a Baboons On LSD show. Wherein a large group of hallucinating monkeys run about screaming, break everything in the building then start viciously eating each other, with little regard for the paying audience.
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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rugbybroadcast.bsky.social
📺Here's your rugby TV guide for the weekend🛋️

🗺️Quilter Nations Series x 1⃣
🇫🇷Top 14 x 4⃣
🌍URC x 8⃣
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PREM x 5⃣
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Champ x 7⃣
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PWR x 4⃣
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Premiership x 1⃣
☘️ AIL x 3⃣
🟰over 44 hours of rugby 🏉
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM