Happy 81st Birthday to 🇬🇧British stage, film and television actor and producer #MartinShaw born #OnThisDay in Birmingham, England
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Happy 81st Birthday to 🇬🇧British stage, film and television actor and producer #MartinShaw born #OnThisDay in Birmingham, England
And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
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#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
In the final installment of our New Year's look back at Monktoberfest 2025, @bcantrill.bsky.social draws on decades of experience and more of engineering history to explore how accountability, transparency, and human fallibility shape the systems we build.
Today, @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to take on a hot topic: what does engineering rigor look like in the age of LLMs? We will be joined by Oxide engineers who have been at the forefront of using LLMs to increase the rigor in their own work. Join us, 5p Pacific!
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On Monday, @sunshowers.io and @davidcrespo.bsky.social joined me and @bcantrill.bsky.social to talk about their use of LLMs for building software--not to make vibe-coded one-offs, but to build much *more* robust systems software.
I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵
Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.
Fascinating to learn of Brian Friel’s Translations being staged in Senegal.
Cometh the moment, cometh the media outlet of record apnews.com/article/elon...
In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Marquess and Marchioness of Antrim (1722) by Francis Wheatley (1747-1801)
The painting shows their country estate, Glenarm Park, in Co. Antrim. An English artist, Wheatley painted some of his finest works in Ireland. I love how elegant everything is in the work.
This from one of most astute and insightful observers of modern American history
@gatetheatredublin.bsky.social
If you’re in the market for a bitta Shakespeare, I cannot recommend King Lear at the Gate Theatre enough. A vigorous, thoroughly absorbing production with Conleth Hill. Felt very lucky to get to see it last night. @gate-theatre.bsky.social
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
Not known for political coverage, Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk's team.
“The scale of the hypocrisy on display here is eye-watering.”
If you read just one thing about Jeff Bezoz …
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/jeff...
KM3NeT xkcd.com/3053
The 10 angstrom node will usher in new architectures, tooling, and materials, forcing a massive change in the way fabs build interconnects.
semiengineering.com/interconnect...
#semiconductor
Gene Hackman as popeye Doyle
Poster for The Conversation
Poster of Hackman and Willem Dafoe in Mississippi Burning
Top 3 Gene Hackman Movies ??
The Conversation, The French Connection, Mississippi Burning - what do you reckon ?
The Irish Semiconductor Industry...
How it started(9 minutes in, contains ads, geo-locked):
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
How it's going:
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‘Voters in the Republic are strongly opposed to membership of both Nato and the Commonwealth for a new united Ireland… putting them at odds with voters in Northern Ireland.’
@irishtimes.com @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie
How Ian Paisley was viewed by Irish Government at start of the Troubles, written by John Gibney, Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy programme and is one of the editors of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. XIV: 1969-1973.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
@yai.ie member @deirdreflynn.bsky.social knocking it out of the park on precarity, research funding, and the importance of the Young Academy Ireland and @ria.ie
for ECRs
1/ The Manuscript of the Week is the Annals of the Four Masters, RIA MS 23 P 7. In keeping with our food theme for #LibraryLoversMonth we have chosen to share the account of the Battle of the Ford of Biscuits in 1594! When English relief was sent to help besieged forces...
A 1988 Irish stamp depicting a letterbox with hearts and a love letter, celebrating love
Happy #ValentinesDay! ❤
We're celebrating the @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social theme of #EYALove by highlighting Love stamps from the 'Irish Postage Stamp Collection' deposited in the Digital Repository of Ireland by An Post Museum and Archive doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... #Philately #EYAGrá
#RetroIreland Pics and lots of othwr lovely stuff for #Cork Researchers
Our colleagues at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) are ceasing activity on X.
Stay up to date with the latest #DigitalPreservation news and events by engaging with them on their other channels, including their new Bluesky account @dri.ie!
#DigiPresNews
‘Irish food history: a companion’ edited by
@irishcookbooks.bsky.social & Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire was published by the RIA last year. With its 28 chapters, it takes the reader on an exciting journey of Ireland’s history through food. Due back in stock very soon! #LibraryLoversMonth
Thanks to everyone who helped with this including @creativedynamix.bsky.social
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