Listening to people discuss their AI companions is like listening to a toddler earnestly talk about their amazing imaginary friend, except the imaginary friend is owned and controlled by huge corporate organisations with the power to covertly manipulate the user
Caoimhe
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A wee software engineer who likes sewing, RPGs & LARPs, the environment and knowing what's going on. She/her
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Good ocean news that a legal effort to overturn a ban on bottom fishing gear in 87 areas of the Atlantic continental shelf has failed.
These areas are now closed to all bottom trawling and dredging as well as bottom set longlines, gill nets and pots.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
EU court upholds ban on deep-sea fishing in Atlantic
Experts say the ruling is likely to have a positive impact on other legal cases on bottom trawling happening across the EU.
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Yes, now the EU Presidency has rotated, this yokery is back.
Have a read of why it was an unlawful (and bad) idea when Russia did it, and when Hungary then proposed it for the EU lat year.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-b...
The Gist: A Bad State of Affairs
This week, the talk has been about empowering the state. This is the Gist.
‼ Fight Chat Control - protect EU digital privacy! ‼
The EU may soon mandate scanning private messages and photos, possibly by October.
PLEASE, contact your MEPs now - the site has their details (for all EU countries!) and even a message generator to make it easy!
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Amazing article which includes one lie (she isn't against having her books translated into Hebrew, just that it be done without breaking the boycott), quotes from three bunches of weirdo, and the implication that damaging a military jet aiding a genoxide is "terrorising the Jewish community".
More "free speech" in the Times, as "Lawyers for Israel" suggest that booksellers could be criminally liable for selling Sally Rooney's novels.
BBC under pressure over Sally Rooney’s Palestine Action support
The author of Normal People, which was a big hit for the corporation, said at the weekend she would donate money from her work to the proscribed group
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Well I got my favorite joke I've ever written out of the story, so everyone is happy.
A garda investigation into allegations that an Irish politician was acting as a Russian spy has exonerated the public representative, The Journal has learned. Read more here: http://jrnl.ie/6789196t
There is no Agent Cobalt: Garda investigation clears Irish politician of being a Russian agent
The politician has been sent written confirmation from gardaí saying nothing has been found to suggest he spied for Russia.
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Everything is going according to plan, President Cobalt
A garda investigation into allegations that an Irish politician was acting as a Russian spy has exonerated the public representative, The Journal has learned. Read more here: http://jrnl.ie/6789196t
There is no Agent Cobalt: Garda investigation clears Irish politician of being a Russian agent
The politician has been sent written confirmation from gardaí saying nothing has been found to suggest he spied for Russia.
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Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
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With the villages of Hooghkamer (1,000 homes) and Nieuw-Boekhorst (1,300 homes) now under construction, cycling has become essential in addressing their accessibility challenges. Residents can now ride more safely and directly to the station and to school without crossing the dangerous N444 roadway.
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the final insult of AI is going to be forcing us all to become linux guys. we're all going to be like oh yeah downloading stuff on linux is super easy you just juice the tarball and compile the pulp in the sudo command line. not like windows where you have to click on things
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Hard to know who to root for here…
The DUP’s Edwin Poots has accused the Burke family of “doorstepping” him after they turned up at his church on Sunday evening.
Poots hits out over Burke family’s bid to ‘doorstep’ him at church service
The DUP’s Edwin Poots has accused the Burke family of “doorstepping” him after they turned up at his church on Sunday evening.
