How the Netherlands outsmarted the ocean with technology.

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So, today @tedtalks announced that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was their most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.

The Doorman Fallacy 'You have a five-star hotel and it has a doorman, welcoming incoming guests. McKinsey or Accenture will come in and say, “Your doorman currently costs you X thousand dollars a year. We have defined his or her function as opening the door. We’ll replace said

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply

An amazing article came out yesterday. Seven German journalism students, as a continuation of their OSINT course project, tracked the movements of ships with Russian crews off the coasts of the Netherlands and Germany and linked them to swarms of drones appearing over European

Published in the Irish Times six years ago. I always think of this letter at this time of year. So moving.

An alcoholic friend of Philip Yancey once said to him: “When I'm late to church, people turn around and stare at me with frowns of disapproval. I get the clear message that I'm not as responsible as they are. When I'm late to AA, the meeting comes to a halt and everyone jumps

Neoliberal capitalism and privatisationof public services ... monetizing the dysfunction

Garbage collectors are infinitely more useful to the actual economy than a ton of other high paid professions that do little for the sustenance of a society. Bankers come to mind.

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Auld Lang Syne on the cello with my dog. Happy New Year from Ireland!

Everyone should see this for the new year… it’s so simple yet intricately profound

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Nollaig na mBan Shona daoibh! 👯📷🎄

What fresh hell is this? 😫 US attempts to seize Venezuela-linked oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/…

The most wonderful time of year! ✨

A Russian schoolteacher secretly filmed his own workplace as it was turned into a war propaganda machine. That footage is now part of a documentary shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the story behind ‘Mr Nobody in Russia’:👇 [1/12]