Yes, AI requires an absolutely massive amount of energy, but you have to keep this in perspective. It also generates terrible images and the worst writing you’ve ever read.
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Found these beauties at a marché aux puces. L'assiette au Buerre was a satirical magazine with an anarchist bent that ran from 1901-1912. An issue criticising British concentration camps during the Boer War triggered a diplomatic incident. Must keep an eye out for that one :-)

Ah here. Everyone knows those of us living abroad get our news from RIP.ie, The Mammy and The Southern Star.

‘Ancient Astronaut Theorist’. The History Channel is great for finding new ways to say batshit la la.

'Instead of driving more innovation and growth, the bounty from today’s knowledge economy is instead diverted into rising land costs... The result is that working- and middle-class Americans are forced to devote ever-larger shares of their hard-earned money for shelter. The…

This week in 'Shit you couldn't make up...'

The irony of this plaque on a derelict building in Blackpool ⁦Frank O'Connor⁩

🐶 Still no owner found for this lovely little dog.

🚆 Arrived off 19:25hrs Portlaoise to Heuston on Friday evening last, believed to have boarded between Hazelhatch and Fonthill.

👨‍✈️Being well cared for by station staff.

🙏 please RT so we can find the owner!

Looking to get external access to a research library and online electronic resources. Looking to research for a book. Any ideas are useful, I'm just seeing restrictions everywhere

Is this your dog? 🐶 #LostDog
🐕Making loads of new friends in Heuston Station.
🤞Hopefully, word reaches the owner soon.
-CL

thinking about Pete Oswald, a skier who found an injured 88 lb sheep sliding down the slopes of Hector Mountains and carried it to safety

Community is not just cookouts and the fun stuff, and those things are missing because many folks don’t want to show up for the “non-fun” part of what being in community means.

Word of the Day: MULTIPASKING (Finnish) - doing many things at the same time, all badly; ‘paska’ is Finnish for ‘shit’.

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism,” --

Hannah Arendt

Fair bit of “My enemy’s enemy is my friend” sentiment around at the moment. Be interesting to see how that pans out.

Player seriously injured on the pitch and the Leinster fans take the time to boo O’Gara 🙄 #LEIvLAR

Is this your dog? Last night, this sweet dog embarked on the 19:25 Portlaoise to Heuston service and is being cared for by our staff from Heuston Station until we find its owner. #lostdog -AB

There are days when I wonder if Liz Truss is actually some kind of art installation or elaborate prank.

OK Leinster play La Rochelle tomorrow in the Aviva, who are you shouting for ...So will you be a Jackeen for the day, or part of ROGs army. Give us your vote and R/T for a bigger sample #ChampionsCup

Exactly what the world needs right now is six pages of Michael Collins.