The Irish word for weather is "aimsir", which is also the word for a "tense", like past and future tense. I talked to @davidstifter.bsky.social about this link between words for weather and time before....
I'm definitely completely sure that my university's groundbreaking deal with Microsoft will definitely absolutely be 100% secure and there will be no privacy issues
I did a project on Halley's comet in primary school, and remember the excitement about Giotto - it was quite something!
40 Years since Prof. Susan McKenna-Lawlor made Contact with a Comet – Guest Post by Emma Whelan
This guest post by my colleague in the Department of Physics at Maynooth, Dr Emma Whelan, was written to mark this anniversary and the connection with the eminent Irish astrophysicist Susan…
I'm reminded of a cartoon from a previous US war, where over four frames the mood of the commenting official goes from "We whupped their ass!" to "It's going to be a long war...".
How's she cuttin'?
Unidentified speaker at the 'Women in Technology' Conference. This conference was held on the 3rd November 1990. This image captures other scientists in the background including Susan McKenna-Lawlor
Group photograph of scientists at the Women in Technology Conference, image includes Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor, 3rd November 1990
Women in Technology Conference, photograph of a speaker addressing the audience, taken from the back of the room, 3 November 1990
Portrait of Ena Prosser for the 'Women in Technology' Conference. Photographed operating laboratory equipment.
Images from the first Women in Technology & Science Conference at DCU in Nov 1990. WITS, founded by Mary Mulvihill that year, supported women in STEM.
The Mary Mulvihill papers are now preserved in DCU Library Special Collections
#InternationalWomensDay @dublincityuni.bsky.social
These are great! I recognise a few faces here.
« Americans are lucky, in every country where they bring democracy, they find oil »
The other geometry down was the mine spacing, and I was glad to see @trekculture.bsky.social spotted it. The charts show them being more spaced out than star systems, but they show them as a wall that is less spaced than stars. As the Hitchhiker's Guide says "Space is big. Really big..."
I'm enjoying the current Star Trek offering, but have a geometry down for E9. You shouldn't ask for a 360° scan in space. It is fine if you on a 2D surface, but in 3D, you have more directions you can choose from, so it should be a 4π steradian scan (or about 41253°²).
@seanferrick.bsky.social
The number of garda investigations into images generated by the Grok AI tool has risen from 200 to 244
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
An infographic with weighing scales showing that the majority of universities not on X outweigh those still using the platform
If you are part of a university or UK facing research organisation, publisher, funder, learned society and they are still posting on X - they're in a rather uncomfortable minority now. Perhaps point them to the eXit.
My piece for the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Oh now I get it. Dubai is Golgafrinchan Ark B.
Five year Astro career development fellowship in Oxford open for applications, broadly in survey astronomy including transients and cosmology. College teaching and research. Do think about joining us. Happy to answer questions! 🔭
Composite image made up of 6 frames, 2 images wide by side repeated 3 times, zooming in further on the faces each time. On the left, a woman holds her hand in the air to attract attention while kneeling next to a man who has fallen down clutching his chest, on the right, a serious-faced man holding a briefcase Woman: Y a t'il un docteur ici?. Man: Je suis docteur. Que se passe t'il? Woman: Une attaque cardiaque ! Man: Je suis docteur en philosophie ! Woman: Il va mourir... Man: Nous allons tous mourir. Translation in English: Woman: Is there a doctor here? Man: I am a doctor, what happened to him? Woman: - a heart attack Man: I am a doctor of philosophy Woman: He's going to die... Man: We're all going to die
I've only got 2 French jokes, this is the best
Friends, I'm working on allowing people to access PayGap.ie in Irish. I'm close to finished on the code work needed to support translatable strings everywhere, and will do my best at a first pass of the translations too, but if there's any Irish speakers willing to give it a look, let me know!
Welcome to SeanadVoter.ie. You can use this portal to apply to be entered on the Register of Electors for the Seanad Éireann Higher Education constituency. You are eligible to register as an elector if you: Are a citizen of Ireland AND Are 18 years of age or older AND Hold a degree from a designated institution The deadline for applications for the 2026 Register is 26 February 2026. The 2026 Register of Electors will be published on 1 June 2026.
Last day to register for the Seanad, if you aren't on the list already. There's some feckers in there that desperately need voting out.
www.seanadvoter.ie
#Seanad #SpeirGhorm
Good question. For most of those, I feel like an interloper but one that feels they have been made welcome!
I am much closer to "Everton Football Club Supporters" than I expected, and also further from the "Tolkien and Fantasy Fandom" than you might have guessed.
I'm close to quite a lot of fun things, like "British Wildlife and Birding", "Creative Professions and Nerd Culture", "Queer Creative Left-Leaning", "Star Wars Fan", "Autism Research and Neurodiversity Advocates", "Norwegian Progressive Intellectuals" and "Star Trek Roleplay".
Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
The problems with coining terms like 'rage bait' and 'brain rot'. The words, metaphors and ideas we use to describe experiences and phenomenons may not necessarily be able to explain them, writes @emmaefarrell.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
"If people experience mental health and/or substance use issues, but services cannot adequately respond, then they can find the symptoms of their illness and subsequent behaviour are being criminalised."
- Dr Daniel McFadden, Applied Social Studies
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Just received a notice from Apple saying that it has found X to be in breach of the App Store rules due to its nudification functions.
Poll: Is Met Éireann To Blame For Government Not Funding Flood Relief Systems That Were Asked For 10 Years Ago? https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/28/poll-is-met-eireann-to-blame-for-government-not-funding-flood-relief-systems-that-were-asked-for-10-years-ago/
Ourselves, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @galwaycommuters.bsky.social, & Cork Commuter Coalition wrote to Iarnród Éireann & the NTA today, asking them to cease posting real-time service updates exclusively on X. This vital info should be widely available. Read below:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
