half-metal Jason in space
It's Friday the 13th, so you're probably watching a Jason movie tonight. If it's not JASON X your life is completely off track and the only people at your funeral will be the gravedigger and a party clown someone hired as a gag. I'm so sorry. 😢
It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke.
This is not a joke.
We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.
using public office to name and shame evil landlords into submission is so cool. i hope democrats learn from him
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Is a €100,000 fine meaningful to a billionare?
Much of what Minister O'Sullivan is aiming to achieve, like seriously culling deer in national parks, is very welcome.
But why are we still not offering farmers the option of being paid to rewild?
Good for farmers, nature, the climate, tourism, the economy... *everyone*.
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David Byrne and band singing "Burning Down The House". They're lined up across the stage. The backdrop is orange.
I only ever take one pic at a gig and it doesn't even matter if it's particularly good because I'm not spending time on that.
So here's David Byrne in a photo that in no way conveys how totally brilliant that was tonight.
View Boris Gamazaychikov’s graphic link Boris GamazaychikovBoris Gamazaychikov • 1stVerified • 1st Head of AI Sustainability @ SalesforceHead of AI Sustainability @ Salesforce 32m • Edited • 32 minutes ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn The gas-powered data center craze has come to Europe. Yesterday, a 110MW off-grid AI data center outside of Dublin was switched on - and it's powered entirely by fossil fuels. Developers went with natural gas engines (specifically RICE) to bypass the grid connection queue. They claim the engines "could" be switched to HVO, and that the project will attempt to connect to the grid "when possible". What does this mean for Ireland's climate goals? According to my estimates, this single project will increase the entire country's annual GHG emissions by ~1%. Assumptions: - The project seems to be using Rolls Royce (mtu) 4000 Series RICE which have an electrical efficiency of 44% https://lnkd.in/eRX4PRuf - Modifying the NREL life cycle gas emissions factor with this efficiency yields 656.75 gCO2e/kWh https://lnkd.in/gfgs2X6P - Assuming a 90% capacity factor because AI hyperscale data centers run near 24/7 to recoup massive GPU costs - Ireland’s 2024 GHG emissions = 53.8 million tCO2e https://lnkd.in/ejjRgRpE hashtag#DataCenters hashtag#Sustainability hashtag#ArtificialIntelligence
Royce (mtu) 4000 Series RICE (natural gas) Al Data Center
Ireland's new fossil-fuelled #Petrotech data center will increase Ireland's **total** (everything, not just the power sector) emissions by ~1%
Absolutely nuts. A 1% national increase - for what? Come on boosters, explain why this is worth it 🫠
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Oh wait, it’s Friday the 13th, I can legitimately repost this! 🗡️
A social media post by Lynda Carter, against a background with gold stars on a red surface. Lynda Carter discusses Wonder Woman as a queer or trans icon and mentions the importance of the role. PinkNews is credited at the bottom.
Thank you, Lynda Carter 💕
This video pops up every now and again, and I reckon it’s the dog equivalent of the Tom Holland dance video. A must-watch.
the Choctaw Nation here is doing a St. Paddy's Day thing because they have links/friendship with Ireland (they sent help during the Famine).
I think that's cool. I just like that those two nations have a friendship bond over that that's lasted almost 200 years at this point.
In September, a government-commissioned report warned: "AI's water demand could reach billions of cubic metres annually, posing a substantial threat to water security
worldwide and, critically, within the UK."
"Growth" that does such damage is utterly insane.
This is f*cking horrendous & not just an accommodation crisis Its a government manufactured accommodation crisis Down to @finegael.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social policies aided & abetted by so called independent TDs such as Landlord Minister Michael Healy Rae They only care about profit
This is f*cking horrendous
& not just an accommodation crisis
Its a government manufactured accommodation crisis
Down to @finegael.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social policies aided & abetted by so called independent TDs such as Landlord Minister Michael Healy Rae
They only care about profit
1/ As Europe tries to restrict AI technologies at home, systems developed on the continent are being rolled out overseas. Reporting by Investigate Europe, published in partnership with Tech Policy Press, tracks how Europe-made biometric software has embedded itself into Brazil’s education sector.
*"DeGoogled" and European. Or, sort-of-not-Google and sort of European.
"What kind of phone is that," "oh that's my Punkt," almost worth it just to say it
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*I've never heard of a 500-man spy-assassin tanks-and-missiles super-army like this, not even in a comic book
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That time Ronnie Drew was nearly driven mad by a parrot in Dublin zoo
I need to sell 10 x prints or books to pay an important bill next week.
There must be a millionaire looming here on blue sky with some wall space.
Paul Mescal looking like he’s seen things you wouldn’t believe
Watched the Louis Theroux ‘Manosphere’ documentary last night and I feel like those of us in longterm relationships/not actively trying to date right now really got the last choppers out of ‘nam because fucking hell
Imagine moving to Ireland with a condition like diabetes and being told that, no, while you may have been diagnosed elsewhere, you have to wait 18 years for assessment to make sure you really have diabetes before you are prescribed insulin
Huge, huge bummer. This is one of the most promising technologies I've ever covered.
"Ireland seems to be drifting ever closer to an “energy‑crisis” type dynamic: moratoria that stabilise the grid on paper, but at the cost of shifting AI demand into dedicated fossil installations and locking in extra emissions instead of really addressing the adequacy problem"
Save The Snails #speirgorm
The staggeringly fabulous cover for CE Murphy's BONE & BLOOD, a retelling of "Snow White, Rose Red" features two women standing back to back: one is garbed all in blood red, with dark red hair and a black mask; the other wears flowing white, with wheat-pale hair and a glittering mask. Cover art & design by Ravven.
#Booksky! Today is RELEASE DAY for BONE & BLOOD!
There is a story of a widow & her two daughters, Snow White and Rose Red, the most perfect & darling little girls who had ever lived.
This is not—quite—that story.
I'm so proud of this one, guys! Please RT! :)
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