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"Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process"
Very good piece of overview analysis indeed, by Philip O'Connor 🇮🇪
"Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process"
Very good piece of overview analysis indeed, by Philip O'Connor 🇮🇪
At a time when some countries descend into far right populism, what a joy to see the Irish overwhelmingly voting for a nuanced left wing candidate for president today.
Congratulations to the great folk of the Emerald Isle.
💚🇮🇪
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-societal-disaster/
"Outrage as #Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief
Niamh #Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at #Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society."
You would think.
How could this happen in a country that *checks notes* has made itself entirely beholden to US Big Tech and Big Pharma?
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41729865.html
#Ireland #institutionalCorruption #IrishDPC #dataProtection #GDPR #humanRights #BigTech
"Outrage as #Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief
Niamh #Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at #Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society."
You would think.
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-societal-disaster/
Hahahahahaha, the Irish Data Protection Commission is and always has been a sick joke.
Now they’ve just become a parody of themselves.
If you’re surprised by this, you haven’t been paying attention:
https://ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-people/#luck-of-the-irish
In the EU, the Irish DPC doesn’t enforce GDPR, @noybeu does.
CC The muppets at @EUCommission – your Single Market for Institutional Corruption is doing great, sweetie.
#ireland #DataProtectionCommission #DPC #dataProtection #GDPR #EU #corporateCapture #BigTech #SiliconValley #Meta #technoFascism https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ParadeGrotesque/115428228176439210
Hahahahahaha, the Irish Data Protection Commission is and always has been a sick joke.
Now they’ve just become a parody of themselves.
If you’re surprised by this, you haven’t been paying attention:
https://ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-people/#luck-of-the-irish
In the EU, the Irish DPC doesn’t enforce GDPR, @noybeu does.
CC The muppets at @EUCommission – your Single Market for Institutional Corruption is doing great, sweetie.
#ireland #DataProtectionCommission #DPC #dataProtection #GDPR #EU #corporateCapture #BigTech #SiliconValley #Meta #technoFascism https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ParadeGrotesque/115428228176439210
Ireland is the world's second-largest importer of Israeli goods. We've sold our morals
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41728299.html
Ireland is the world's second-largest importer of Israeli goods. We've sold our morals
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41728299.html
The variety of size and orientation of these Goniatite fossils makes them look like celestial bodies suspended in the darkness of space.
County Clare, Ireland.
Cormacscoast.com walking tours
#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #goniatite #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #Ireland
21 Oct 2025
Girls in single-sex schools face major STEM access gaps - survey
More than half of girls in single-sex schools see limited subject choice as a barrier to pursuing careers in #science, #technology, #engineering and #maths (STEM), according to a new survey.
The annual Survey of Female Students' Attitudes to STEM was conducted by I Wish, a national non-profit organisation that empowers girls to see the potential of STEM.
The research shows that among the 2,335 Transition Year female students surveyed in single-sex schools, just 5% reported access to construction studies and 6% to engineering, compared with 84% and 74% respectively in mixed schools.
According to the study, 55% of girls in single-sex schools cite limited subject choice as a barrier to STEM, versus 37% in mixed schools.
The report calls for urgent action to ensure equal access to #STEM education for every girl in #Ireland.
#education
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1021/1539642-stem-girls/
A púca for the season that's in it 👻
All prints of this one are hand-finished with gold paint, and it's also on sale (along with many other spooky prints) until the end of the month.
https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/pca-a4-and-a3-fine-art-prints-hand-finished
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