Torment Nexus is coming along nicely..

https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-financial-bubble-openai-billions-failure

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@irishcycle/117412483630426895

I spent a few days in Paris recently.
Entire traffic lanes and streets have been turned over to bikes.
There's a way to make cycling safer, and it isn't yellow vests.

When this bubble bursts —and it will burst— don't let them lie that nobody could have foreseen it.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/07/oracle-to-cut-another-70-jobs-in-ireland-in-ai-cost-cutting-push/

"This decision raises serious questions about the government’s willingness to meet its commitments. It had agreed to a multi-annual programme of funding - now it is walking back its commitment to public service broadcasting"

https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-slams-rte-funding-cut.html

Burn. The. Servers.

Ireland to miss climate targets with renewable energy being 'cannibalised by data centres'
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41921002.html

"Ireland, as holder of the EU presidency, stands accused of drafting a text that would weaken data protection around AI. It is hosting an International AI Summit with no union, civil society or climate representatives among the speakers."

https://www.bunniesontrampolines.com/deference-diffidence-and-data/

A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! use as many llm tokes as you can!" to "oh shit this is way more expensive than the people and services we thought it was going to replace" speedrun in just a couple of months.

Their suggestion for reducing token use? "Ask Claude how you can use fewer tokens."

Corporate America is out of ideas, folks

15th annual March for Choice, this September 26th in Dublin.
Meet at 2pm outside the Department of Health before march to the Dáil.
Share this post far and wide and show your interest by clicking "interested" on the Abortion Rights Campaign facebook event page
Edit: @freesafelegal

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@IrishCyclingCampaign/117298649183119982

It's depressing how often in Irish politics being 'courageous' means doing things that people want

The Greatest

This reads like Tesla Needs Cash

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/tesla-is-asking-people-if-they-want-to-buy-and-run-cybercab-fleets/

Perfect example of AI brain rot here from the Collison "think tank" at Progress Ireland.

"I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand."

Remove those annoying Guardian nags and popups that take up half your screen

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/560333-the-guardian-cleaner

RE: https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk/117128043803537067

I hate this framing.

"AI" isn't deciding squat. Some guy who gets nervous when he hears the name Luigi is deciding, and using an algorithm as a shield.

Boost if you're with Team Shark

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston/115635779318419465

We need to get the killer whales on this..

Quite a short application window for this if anyone is interested

Applications invited for new Community Media Scheme
https://www.cnam.ie/industry-and-professionals/media-development/support-funding/community-media-scheme/

Bí gé, do crimes.

On the Binface commentary:

Not sure I can think of an Irish comedian I'd trust to be a TD..

Lots of people who shrugged when politicians spoke about the need for a rules-based international order at every Trump outrage suddenly getting it because of Balogun's red card..