Really interesting read from @kevinkelly.bsky.social on the declining human pop., the rise of robots and AI and the potential upcoming ‘economic handoff’ - “We are in transition from the world of the Born handing off to the world of the Made.” kk.org/thetechnium/... #AI

Ireland Below threshold Threshold 9,165 Statements of support 8,251 Percentage 90.03%

Good work, people of Ireland. We’ve passed 90% of the support needed for this official citizens’ proposal to ban conversion therapy.

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Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bluesky 2024 Moderation Report - Bluesky Throughout 2024, our Trust & Safety team has worked to protect our growing userbase and uphold our community standards.

You know its a wild Friday night when you’re reading Bluesky’s 2024 Moderation Report! 100 moderators for 25.94M users. 630k cases of unwanted sexual content. With a 17x increase in users comes an increase in cretins and trolls bsky.social/about/blog/0... #social

When you had a day you thought you were *almost* winning (power but no internet) and then at 5pm b’bye power. Getting 1 bar of 4G while phone is balanced on a plant pot in ‘the spot’ #SpeirGorm

And yes you can ‘mute’ words in Settings but wouldn’t a button for the masses be lovely

Coffee curiosity had me checking out Imbibe and will be making a purchase - seems like good people

Luke has been missing from Limerick since Tuesday. If anyone has information about him or has seen him please contact the Gardaí in Henry Street.

#speirgorm Irish BlueSky can ye share this far and wide please? Any information at all will help.

😂😂 I needed that laugh

Good read for anyone interested in the ongoing conversation around #obesity and #GLP1s

I doubt Sandberg will mind being ‘blamed’ for allowing authenticity in the workplace. She’d ’lean in’ and PR the bejesus out of that. Would imagine she’d avoid mutually assured destruction pointing to where all the bodies are buried and distance herself

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

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The coming battle between social media and the state

Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength

By me, in todays @financialtimes.com

www.ft.com/content/917c...

Cultural relevance is big business as marketing and entertainment collide — and M&A is cashing in Nowhere is this crossover sharper than in the creator economy, where marketing and entertainment collide.

“we’ve been witnessing the death of the campaign and the birth of the cultural moment. Traditional advertising is entertainment’s understudy, while brands are learning merely to be protagonists in culture stories.” digiday.com/marketing/cu...

Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news: literature review and synthesis Research indicates that the reach of fake news websites is limited to small parts of the population. On the other hand, data demonstrate that large proportions of the public know about notable fake...

Fake news websites reach limited parts of the population but data shows that large proportions of the public know of notable fake news stories & believe them, implying the possibility that people hear about fake news not from fake news websites but through mainstream news coverage #Misinformation

Passed it this evening and it caught my eye…mind boggling!!

Waterford 10th count #ge24

Mary Butler (FF) elected. 1 more seat to be filled here. The count continues.

Fantastic. A sign that all these current affairs & politics journos are exhausted! #GE24 is like an Irish political news marathon

Must be - the ‘we always vote FG’ crew

Table of first preference votes topped by Cullinane of SF, then Cummins of FG, Mary Butler of FF with McGuinness of SF and Independent Matt Shanahan in the fifth spot

First count in Waterford. Baffled at the strength of the Cummins vote #GE24 #WD

Same on the radio - irritating!

CANDIDATE PARTY % BUTLER, MARY FF 15.4% CLEARY, RONAN AT 3.3% CONWAY, FRANK IND 0.9% CULLINANE, DAVID SF 27.6% CUMMINS, JOHN FG 17.8% CURTIN, PATRICK PBP 1.2% D. MCGUINNESS, CONOR SF 7.8% JOYCE, AARON IND 0.4% MANGAN, KILLIAN IND 1.6% Ó CATHASAIGH, MARC GP 3.6% O'NEILL, MARK IND 0.2% O'NEILL, SADHBH LAB 2.8% ROCHE, MARY SD 6.1% SHANAHAN, MATT IND 10.4% WALSH, JOHN D. IP 0.9%

Waterford with 1/3 of boxes tallied, Cullinane, Butler and somehow Cummins look safe. Last seat looks like it will be down to transfers, McGuiness or Shanahan with Roche an outside shot. Greens have lost a seat and no far right candidate has crossed 1% tinyurl.com/WaterfordGE24 #GE24 #waterford

FYI anyone following #CKK, #WD, #WX, #TN, #TS tallies and counts in #GE24 👆

Hospital beds for psychiatric care, per capita. #GE24

So Peadar does well at pointing out gov failures in #LeadersDebate, which isn't hard, & anti-abortion Aontú are now as popular as Soc Dems, who want equality & compassion in politics.

WTF people, he is selling you a monorail!

#GE24

More reasons to follow @raccoonhourly.bsky.social

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That’s what ‘inspired’ looks like apparently 😂

Would be great if StarterPack creators got automatic recommended additions to the packs based on bio info or post keywords so you could easily update them

Bald man in yellow jacket looking serious and looking directly at the camera. Image cropped from new Jaguar branding reveal teaser ad

LinkedIn must be thrilled at Jaguar’s rebrand. My feed is hopping with people’s perspectives on it. Jaguar has responded to the online roasting sayings it’s a ‘declaration of intent’…mmm…this lad’s face sums up the views of brand strategists and creatives

www.jaguar.co.uk/copy-nothing...