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  • ArteKino Festival 2023 - Cinema | ARTE in English

    Just discovered this festival. 12 films by European directors. Available during December and a short interview with the director of each.

    Sunday December 10, 2023
  • After the event.

    Trinity College Dublin courtyard at night. People chatting.
    Saturday December 9, 2023
  • Trinity College Christmas

    Christmas Tree in the main square Trinity College Dublin.
    Thursday December 7, 2023
  • Regretful Accelerationism – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

    Let the virtual world be one of customized content for every individual, with the assumption it is all made-up; some may lose themselves to the algorithm and AI friends, but perhaps more will realize that the only way to survive online is to pay it increasingly little heed.

    Wednesday December 6, 2023
  • AI and Trust - Schneier on Security

    AIs are not people; they don’t have agency. They are built by, trained by, and controlled by people. Mostly for-profit corporations. Any AI regulations should place restrictions on those people and corporations

    Long read but worth it.

    Tuesday December 5, 2023
  • Our favourite stories: The cathedral walls have stories to tell

    Always fascinating finding old graffiti.

    Tuesday December 5, 2023
  • Shane MacGowan: A unifying Irish-English voice, in time of bombs and bullets - BBC News

    But The Pogues did Irish song with dirt under its fingernails, as spellbinding as American gospel, as heart-rending as Puccini, as wild as the sea-spray on a Connemara cliff, as wrenching as a Kilburn hangover.

    Perfect.

    Sunday December 3, 2023
  • A breath of fresh air

    Saturday December 2, 2023
  • Ireland used new EU alert as riots broke out in Dublin

    By triggering an alert under the DSA, the Irish authorities ensured that the European Commission became directly involved in warning the digital platforms of their obligations under the new Europe-wide legislation.

    Wednesday November 29, 2023
  • The Default List 2023

    Inspired by Duel of the Defaults: Hemispheric Podcast with long list of links created by Rob Knight here is my current list.

    • Browser: Safari
    • Read Later: Safari Reading List.
    • Notes: Logseq, Apple Notes, Devonthink.
    • Bookmarks: Devonthink.
    • Mail: Apple Mail.
    • Calendar: Apple Calendar
    • Search: Kagi, DuckDuckGo, Perplexity ai.
    • Tasks: Reminders
    • Camera: Apple Camera
    • Launcher: Spotlight
    • File Storage: iCloud
    • Photo Management: Apple Photos, Lightroom.
    • RSS: NetNewsWire & Feedbin.
    • email newsletter subs: Feedbin.
    • Messages: iMessage, Signal, Whatsapp when no alternative.
    • Personal Finance: Numbers
    • Music: Apple Music
    • Podcasts: Overcast
    • Maps: Apple Maps
    • Password Management: 1Password.
    • Blogging: Micro.blog
    • Fediverse Client: micro.blog, phanpy.social.
    • Weather: Met Eireann app, WeatherPro.
    • News: Irish Times ePaper, RSS list via NetNewswire.
    Tuesday November 28, 2023
  • Google and Apple, The Beginning – Asymco

    Put simply, Android is not a profitable product. It’s not designed to create revenues. It’s designed to reduce costs

    Already shaping up to be an excellent series.

    Tuesday November 28, 2023
  • Paris mayor quits X, calling social media platform a ‘vast global sewer’

    Elle a raison. Bravo. No European publicly funded organisation or political party should be using this or any other privately owned algorithmly driven platform.

    Tuesday November 28, 2023
  • Links

    OpenAI debacle illustrates tensions between profit and not-for-profit which bedevil Silicon Valley – The Irish Times

    Thursday November 23, 2023
  • Links

    Ireland in 50 Albums, No 23: Out On His Own, by Louis Stewart (1977)

    If you’re into Jazz and Vinyl, this might interest you. The first pressing since the 1980’s.

    Livia Records

    Wednesday November 22, 2023
  • Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds | Advertising | The Guardian

    More of this please.

    Wednesday November 22, 2023
  • Politics on the Edge

    Finished reading: Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart 📚

    Finished listening to the audio book version of this over 13 hours of walks. Eye opening, gob smacking, and ultimately a depressing insight into UK politics. I’m sure though, it’s pretty similar in many other countries. Serious people are being forced out of politics.

    Wednesday November 22, 2023
  • Links

    Dear President Biden: The Elders' open letter on Israel and Palestine

    This reflects my own beliefs.

    Tuesday November 21, 2023
  • In Vienna, the Renters’ Utopia — Blind Magazine

    Monday November 20, 2023
  • GraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting - Google DeepMind

    GraphCast predicts weather conditions up to 10 days in advance more accurately and much faster than the industry gold-standard weather simulation system – the High Resolution Forecast (HRES), produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

    Wednesday November 15, 2023
  • Construction starts on electricity link between France, Ireland – EURACTIV.com

    Construction on a high-voltage subsea cable able to carry enough power for 450,000 homes, with the aim of boosting energy security and helping to reduce bills, began on Monday between France and Ireland

    Good news.

    Tuesday November 14, 2023
  • Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal | Ars Technica

    Google and Apple objected to making this key detail public from their long-running default search deal. But their closely held secret came out on Monday during testimony from Google’s main economics expert, Kevin Murphy, during the Department of Justice’s monopoly trial examining Google’s search business.

    Wow. Explains so much.

    Tuesday November 14, 2023
  • Status Red warnings issued ahead of Storm Debi

    A red wind warning for Clare, East Galway and South Roscommon will be in place from 3am until 5am while a separate red wind warning for Offaly and Westmeath will be in place from 5am to 7am.

    Met Éireann said that there will be extreme winds during this period “with potential danger to life”.

    Feels like we are getting a storm every other week.

    Sunday November 12, 2023
  • Heron standing on a rock
    Sunday November 12, 2023
  • Gaza: Patients and medical staff trapped in hospitals under fire | MSF

    “The situation in al-Shifa is truly catastrophic. We call on the Israeli Government to cease this unrelenting assault on Gaza’s health system. Our staff and patients are inside Al-Shifa hospital where the heavy bombing has not stopped since yesterday”, says Ann Taylor, MSF’s Head of Mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Saturday November 11, 2023
  • Brexit & Beyond: What the Covid Inquiry tells us about Brexit

    Friday November 10, 2023

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