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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.
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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
- Friday November 10, 2023
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Europe and the Global Race to Regulate AI – Verfassungsblog
AI we argue is more like electricity – a general purpose technology. Rather than requiring detailed risk declarations, enlightened (ex post) liability rules can offer space for open source innovation (where European firms have particular strengths) and incentivise investment in high-quality model inputs.
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Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » Electric Cars
I don’t know anyone who will buy another Tesla. And I know a lot of people with Teslas, and they LOVE their Teslas!
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ESOblog - Rogue star not heading for Solar System collision after all | ESO Ireland
Would have been a surprise addition to a list of impending calamities.
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For the last week or so, I’ve been listening to the audio version of Rory Stewart’s book Politics on the Edge on my daily walk. This morning, I had to stop in mid stride for a second, with me swearing. Gobsmacked.
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On 27 October, the EDPB adopted an urgent binding decision instructing the Irish (IE) DPA as lead supervisory authority (LSA) to take, within two weeks, final measures regarding Meta Ireland Limited (Meta IE) and to impose a ban on the processing of personal data for behavioural advertising on the legal bases of contract and legitimate interest across the entire European Economic Area (EEA
- Saturday October 28, 2023
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- Thursday October 26, 2023
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A child is simply a child
it should not matter
on what side
of an imaginary line
on a map
they rest their head at night
to try and sleep
All need to be loved
to feel secure
and not to see their world
destroyed
around themWho speaks for the children?
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She’s Lost Control: Davy Chou Discusses “Return to Seoul” on Notebook | MUBI
Watched Return to Seoul. Loved it. Recommended.
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Why can’t our tech billionaires learn anything new?
It is a good thing that, after 30 years, we have grown a few critical calluses and no longer reflexively cheer every announcement from the tech barons. It is a good thing that people are questioning the childlike assumptions of the financial services industry
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What Else Might be Driving Sentiment? - The Big Picture
We are what we eat, media diet included
- Sunday October 15, 2023
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- Saturday October 14, 2023
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Bluesky for Journalists - Bluesky
On Bluesky, journalists and news organizations can self-verify by setting their website directly as their username
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I’m testing Bluesky and have used my domain to create the handle @liam.ie which seems to work. Is it possible to cross post from micro.blog? It seems the answer is yes if using a Bluesky handle, but not sure otherwise? @help