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Gavin Sheridan

7 months

Ya'll can follow me over on Bsky here:

Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog.bsky.social)

CEO @Vizlegal | Co-founder @righttoknow.bsky.social | #FOIA, #legaltech, journalism, data, OSINT, futurism | Fmr Innovation Dir @Storyful | "Very Irish" 🇮🇪 https://gav.substack.com

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Gavin Sheridan

@gavinsblog

5 years

I watched this video last night and it's still freaking me out. A deep fake where Bill Hader *turns into* Tom Cruise and Seth Rogan *while impersonating them*. (via @MohamedGhilan / Ctrl Shift Face on YouTube)

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6 years

Spot the robot dog dancing to UpTown Funk is simultaneously both terrifying and hilarious.

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

A reply from the Najavo Nation on Irish donations to their COVID19 fund

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

Oh the unbleeped #sorrymehole is *spectacular*. Profanity warning!

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@MohamedGhilan *shivers*. Anyways, imagine when this is all properly weaponised on top of already fractured and extreme online ecosystems and people stop believing their eyes and ears.

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

I've been watching the main UK news shows every evening and my impression is 🤨: When Italy reached the death toll of 800+ the UK reports about Italy were full of justifiable gravity. But reporting the same numbers in the UK don't seem to generate the same gravity? Am I wrong?

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7 years

@RVAwonk @TomiLahren (one of the many causes of the revolution in Syria was higher food prices due to drought leading up to 2011. I was there in 2009 and saw it)

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan True videos will be called fake videos, fake videos will be called true videos. People steered towards calling news outlets "fake", will stop believing their own eyes. People who want to believe their own version of reality will have all the videos they need to support it.

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

I don't think this has been watched enough. I've already watched it 3 times.

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

This is the straight reporting the world needs for the Four Seasons Total Landscaping yarn 🙌🚀😂 #fstl

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Gavin Sheridan

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2 years

Twitter has a new disinformation problem, at the top.

Ben Collins

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2 years

And Elon just tweeted it.

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Gavin Sheridan

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1 year

I wonder is @OpenAI performing the biggest act of "don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness" in human history. They appear to have scraped everyone's content on the internet under a US interpretation of fair use. And that's different from, say, search engines.

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3 years

Lol they got the year wrong.

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Gavin Sheridan

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7 years

@RVAwonk @TomiLahren The famous Norias wheels in Hama stopped turning. The city smelled due to stagnant water. Bread prices were high.

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Explore gavinsblog's 2612 photos on Flickr!

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Gavin Sheridan

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7 years

@RVAwonk @TomiLahren Worth reading this 2013 WaPo interview on the subject

Drought helped cause Syria’s war. Will climate change bring more like it?

Most security experts missed the environmental roots of Syria's current crisis.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

It's worth watching the whole 6 minute clip of Jonathan Powell from @BBCNewsnight the other night. It's a view rarely expressed in the UK on a mainstream news show, and @maitlis (who I admire) seemed a little perplexed by the statement of the actual detail

Brexit: Why the Irish backstop matters - BBC Newsnight

A key part of the Brexit negotiations has been the border that separates Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Subscribe to our channel here: https://...

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Gavin Sheridan

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3 years

Dublin: Thieves stealing bikes - using angle grinders - in broad daylight in the city centre. Gardai: people should use better locks. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😅

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Gavin Sheridan

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2 years

Why is Eddie Hobbs on my telly, on a publicly funded broadcaster? Why was he invited on? @ClaireByrneLive this is shocking. #cblive

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

This. Is. Insane. How quickly the fire spreads is.. 😱

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan Some things to note since this went viral: 1) A person asked if it was a genuine shapeshifter (!) 2) Qanon/Trump people said this came out now because it's connected to Epstein or is "deep state" training 3) Others wondered how Hader was able to do it (some jokingly)

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

Folks, you can both dislike FG and Varadkar and also say that was a good speech, and one that was needed for the country.

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan If you want to freak out more, try Hader as Schwarzenegger

Bill Hader impersonates Arnold Schwarzenegger [DeepFake]

Spot on Arnie impersonation by Bill HaderPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/ctrl_shift_faceTwitter: https://twitter.com/ctrl_shift_faceDISCLAIMER:No copyright ...

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Gavin Sheridan

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6 years

How did Trump know that Flynn lied to the FBI back in February?

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan Of course the other questions: Will we need A-list actors in the future when we could just superimpose their faces onto the faces of other actors? Would we know the difference? And could we not choose at the start of a movie which actors we want to play which roles? 🙈🤷‍♂️

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Gavin Sheridan

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7 years

@RVAwonk @TomiLahren And people could read a little history about Norias here:

Noria - Wikipedia

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Gavin Sheridan

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7 years

@RVAwonk @TomiLahren And this NYT piece on it from 2015

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

I do appreciate the urinal in this Glasgow pub.

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3 years

THEY DID IT

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

A stunning speech. Watch it all.

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

When you have a scientist as a leader. How long before people in the US get this sort of excellent explanation from their leadership?

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

First time I've written anything for the @NewStatesman in quite a while. But here it is.

How Britain’s dark history with Ireland haunts Brexit

Britain may have forgotten the past, but across the Irish Sea, the troubled relationship – from the Great Famine to the War of Independence – still shapes attitudes.

www.newstatesman.com

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Gavin Sheridan

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7 years

@RVAwonk @TomiLahren And this Atlantic piece from 2013

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@RVAwonk @TomiLahren Maybe start here and work your way down. Syria an amazing place (before Assad decided to put down a revolution).

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan This is despite the actual tweet calling it a fake at the outset (admittedly not everyone has heard of deepfakes), and a later explanation of what is happening. And in fairness this is a very small portion of the reactions that I've seen at least. So, make of that what you will.

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

The @nytimes has done a story, noting that $500,000 has been donated by Irish people to the Navajo in 48 hours.

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Gavin Sheridan

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2 years

Ed Sheeran: "Would ye like a beat lads, or?" Cork kid rappers: "Nah we're grand actually thanks boy" #LateLateToyShow

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Gavin Sheridan

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8 years

So this comment on The Guardian has gone rather viral (via @ijclark ) #brexit

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3 years

Cork, like.

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Gavin Sheridan

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6 years

AFAIK the biggest security vulnerabilities IN THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING have just been exposed. *I'm trying* not to exaggerate here. 1. Update your Mac to High Sierra 10.13.2 2. Update Windows now and again next week 3. Update Linux NOW 3. Update Chrome NOW 4. Update Firefox NOW

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6 years

When Zuck makes a statement, whenever that will be, he will: 1. Admit they got things wrong "in the past" 2. Promise this won't happen again 3. Will work with regulators to correct the situation 4. Say that the solution is for people the use Facebook *more*.

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan Here's the YouTube link:

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Gavin Sheridan

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8 years

Whoa! Letter to Trump lawyers

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@realBobbyHealy @EOBroin I think you should delete your reply Bobby.

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Gavin Sheridan

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@MohamedGhilan Or Jim Carrey as Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

The Shining starring Jim Carrey : Episode 3 - Here's Jimmy! [DeepFake]

Jim Carrey impersonates Jack Nicholson in this clip from The Shining... Not really, it's a deepfake.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ctrl_shift_faceTwitter: ...

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Gavin Sheridan

@gavinsblog

6 years

Where will they live?

Brian Hayes

@brianhayesBPFI

6 years

Fantastic news @amazon announce 1000 new jobs for DUBLIN. Great boost for capital and clear signal that Ireland investment pipeline is strong. @IDAIRELAND congrats

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

Donations here

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Gavin Sheridan

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6 years

A brief thread on the Facebook ad and page problem (h/t to @TheLiberal_x and @TransparentRef ) 1/ The day before Facebook introduced the new view ads feature in Ireland, this domain was registered:

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Gavin Sheridan

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6 years

I wonder where my cat is hiding 🤔🤔🤔

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@MohamedGhilan Stallone as Schwarzenegger

Terminator learns how to smile [DeepFake]

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ctrl_shift_faceTwitter: https://twitter.com/ctrl_shift_faceDISCLAIMER:No copyright is claimed in this video and to the exten...

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6 years

Going on telly and wearing this. Fair play.

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Gavin Sheridan

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3 years

We *might* be shifting gears. Thursday was, in a single day: - highest number of doses (27,490) (of which highest number of first doses (18,961)) - highest number of Pfizer (17,386) - highest number of Moderna (1,918) - highest number of AZ (8,186) This is headline news IMHO.

COVID-19 Data Ireland

@COVID19DataIE

3 years

COVID-19 Vaccines 🇮🇪 (Thursday / 25-03-21) ‣ First dose: 548,945 (+18,961) ‣ Second dose: 211,223 (+8,529) ‣ Total: 760,168 (+27,490) ‣ Pfizer: 576,519 ‣ AZ: 157,029 ‣ Moderna: 26,620 ‣ % pop. with first dose: ~11% ‣ % pop. fully vaccinated: ~4.2%

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News in Ireland that may have been missed in the UK: 1. 79,000 first time Irish passports were issued to UK residents Jan-Jun 2019. (60k first time were issued to people in Ireland) 2. In the year to April, 20k UK people immigrated from the UK to Ireland

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Gavin Sheridan

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3 years

No filter

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

@MohamedGhilan And thanks to @clarkgregg / Agent Phil Coulson for helping melt my mentions. Here's hoping you are not replaced by a generative adversarial network (GAN) or some other machine learning algo.

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Gavin Sheridan

@gavinsblog

2 years

Our CMO here, stuck in March 2020. On repeat. No learning.

Dr Tony Holohan

@DrTonyHolohan

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🔵washing hands regularly, 🔵keeping a safe distance from others, 🔵avoiding crowded places 🔵reducing social contacts as much as possible.

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Gavin Sheridan

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5 years

@DanielJHannan @GeorgePeretzQC @SebDance Or just read some history, it might better inform you. Will you be correcting your piece on the Tele website or on Twitter, about the rationale for Bertie Ahern's resignation in 2008? And the reason Cowen resigned and Fianna Fail were destroyed electorally?

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Gavin Sheridan

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3 years

Running a country 101: 1) Do we have enough power for everyone & future demand? 2) Do we have reliable clean water supplies & treat all sewage? 3) Do we have enough homes for everyone & future demand? 4) Do we successfully balance biodiversity / farming needs? Ireland: no.

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Gavin Sheridan

@gavinsblog

2 years

Imagine choosing Rogan over Neil Young.

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2 years

Spotify has begun taking down Neil Young’s music

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4 years

Built in Ireland with ❤️ by @NearForm . And the original COVID app was paid for by the Irish public and then code was donated to the Linux Foundation. Well done @Cianomaidin & team !

Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo

@NYGovCuomo

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#BREAKING : New York just launched COVID Alert NY, an exposure app that will alert you if you were in contact with someone who has COVID. The app will never track your location & is completely anonymous. Protect your community, yourself & your privacy. Download the app today ⬇️

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2 years

Feels like this huge story was missed a bit last night. Strong indications that we now know how Multiple Sclerosis is triggered - the Epstein-Barr Virus

Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis

In a large cohort of military service members, infection with Epstein-Barr virus increased the likelihood of developing multiple sclerosis by more than 32-fold, a team led by Harvard scientists...

www.statnews.com

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6 years

Some history. Next time you're in Rome airport, take a look at this oddly shaped hexagonal lake right next door 1/

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Things Ireland is good at: Craic, music, literature, food production Bad at: Clean drinking water Damp-proof homes Planning for the future Big infrastructure projects Climate change mitigation Regulating

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3 years

Hate to be the bearer of good news, but relative to our EU peers Ireland is doing pretty well on vaccines. We tend to always compare to our nearest now non-EU neighbour who have different supplies.

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3 years

I dunno about everyone else here on this Twitter machine but I still sing "30 days has September.. " in my head and I've been four decades on this planet.

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3 years

Here are two bookmarks to history. 1. The moment Trump walked out to be sworn in. 2. Almost exactly four years later - *on the exact same spot* - a policeman pointing a gun, through teargas Or in internet parlance: How it started. How it's going

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Gavin Sheridan

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3 years

I've no particular issue with the Taoiseach going to Washington or getting vaccinated either, or his officials. Not sure why it would be an issue either? Just me?

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6 years

So I don't mean to start a new thread (but I do). Stop what you're doing and update your Mac. Like, right now. Minimum High Sierra 10.13.2

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5 years

And just to be absolutely crystal fucking clear. If you're still following Gemma O'Doherty after her descent into the abyss of far right conspiracy nonsense, false narratives, and absolute fucking bullshit, then you're a) an idiot and b) should unfollow me

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2 years

Why. Why. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy???? 😭😭😭

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5 years

This is a new meadow on council land in Cork.

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1 year

I found this eviction offensive, and a bad day for members of AGS - and the trust the public might have in them.

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7 years

Facebook pages like this fascinate me. 2.7m fans. No discernible owner.

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5 years

There's @mrjamesob talking about the fallacy of "taking back control" of money, borders and laws. #brexit

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3 years

This place is missing *vital* car infrastructure

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4 years

I admit I've watched this more than 10 times today and I still think it's more like a comedy sketch than real life

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3 years

I wonder if higher case numbers have anything to do with people between the ages of 5 and 18 having respiratory systems? 🤷‍♂️ And CO2 monitors were installed in all schools before reopenings right? 🤷‍♂️😬

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

I wrote about the famine donation and the Kindred Spirits monument here

The international story of empathy you’ve probably never heard

There is something hauntingly beautiful about “Kindred Spirits” by Alex Pentek. The sculpture consists of nine 20-foot (6.1 m) stainless…

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Gavin Sheridan

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4 years

You see GDPR ACTUALLY stands for Gimme Dat Pub Receipt

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4 years

I tweeted this nearly two whole weeks ago. My position hasn't changed.

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Feels like Ireland's reaction to foot and mouth was more comprehensive than to COVID-19.

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I cried inside 🙈

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3 years

Can we do the same for derelict buildings? Nationally?

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Huh. Didn't realise the council did this.

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8 years

This story won the top journalism award in Norway tonight. Every single one of my followers should read it

The Wetsuitman

Last winter two bodies were found in Norway and the Netherlands. They were wearing identical wetsuits. The police in three countries were involved in the case, but never managed to identify them....

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1 year

Susie Boniface here on Biden's State visit to Ireland, and on Irishness. British commentary on this has been fascinating (and mostly terrible).

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4 years

Irish COVID Twitter is good Twitter.

Andrew Ngaditono

@andrewng34

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Anonymous public member dropped off takeaway for the healthcare staff fighting coronavirus. Extremely thankful for the generosity. #feedthefrontline #thankful #handwashing #moralebooster @MaterTrauma

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Ireland really needs to stop looking to the UK for infrastructure inspo wrt design, attitude etc, just because they're our old colonial power and speak the same language. The Dutch speak English, have much better rail/cycling infrastructure design and are not much further away.

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4 years

Just chatting to @PeterKGeoghegan and we're both struck. Ireland is *another planet* to the UK right now. Irish people consume both Irish and British media. Ireland: consistent, repetitive messaging. Consistent action, complete shift in media focus, expert advice. UK: 🤷‍♂️

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7 years

ACLU raised *$10 million* in 48 hours.

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5 years

This long read is very much worth your time. Journalists too need to get better at explaining how far up the creek the human species is.

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5 years

Zuck hasn't a fucking clue. He can't stand over his own cynical policies. This is who we have to trust with our election cycles and referendums

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4 years

Thanks @jampips . This is absolutely gorgeous. If you need a COVID tonic, this is it.

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2 years

All the signs say our whole world is about to utterly change. On top of the last two years of the pandemic. 2019 will seem like innocent days. My thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine.

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Among many bugbears of mine is Dublin's terrible attitude to the city's design. Everything from signage to street furniture to litter.

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2 years

Car bomb in Russia targeting Dugin apparently but killing his daughter; and Albanian soldiers injured by two Russians at a weapons factory in Gramsh. Busy news night.

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3 years

Journalists should be asking more questions of that plastic recycling story doing the rounds this morning.

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4 years

"We noticed that we were getting a lot of donations from Ireland so we were wondering why . . . sorry I get emotional talking about this part,” Ms Begay broke off. “And I learned about what the Choctaw did for the Irish people, and it was so beautiful.”

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@gavinsblog

2 years

Gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't trust the Sisters of Charity, or indeed the Catholic Church. #latedebate

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4 years

(For those who are new to this story, we created the Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship programme for Choctaw people to study in Ireland (such as in Cork, as detailed here: )

The Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship Programme | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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2 years

Here's the before and after for Bryan. Working for RT for years. Looks like something happened recently? @27khv have you had a change of heart working for RT? Please tell us about the change of bio 🙏 you haven't really tweeted much since the invasion by Russia of Ukraine.

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4 years

New CNN show: @JohnKingCNN travels the world to see how counts work in other countries. First stop: Ireland. King: Wait, so you count over and over again - not just once? And you do it manually? Irish person: Indeed. King:

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