John Breslin

10 years ago today! On the 10/10/2016, I met Jean-Michel Jarre after his concert in the 3Arena, Dublin. I'll never forget it! (with Declan Varley, photo by Máirín O'Reilly) [BTW, this week JMJ announced the 50th Anniversary Edition of Oxygène.]

Today we lost Walter Koenig. Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Walter Koenig, star of Star Trek and Babylon 5, dies aged 90 🖖🏻

WE WON

WE DEFEATED FASCISM IN BRAZIL, YOU CAN DO IT TOO

Zuckerberg defeated in Brazil election.

Serbia, 56.0% sample of CeSID / Ipsos parallel count: National parliament election SL-*: 52.0% (+52.0) SNS+-EPP: 39.3% (-8.8) SPS/JS+-*: 2.3% (-4.4) SVM-EPP: 0.9% (-0.8) NDSS/PKS-*: 0.8% (-4.4) PDD+-*: 0.8% (+0.8) SDP/CDP-*: 0.5% (+0.5) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/serbia

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

Wild but beautiful

Eyre Square, Galway

#galway

Some mysterious land mass has appeared in this photo of Galway www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...

Aujourd'hui, nous sommes le 24 octobre 2026 et 24²+10²=26². Quelle est la prochaine date pythagoricienne?

so happy I moved to eurosky.social omg

I moved this account here to Eurosky too (mainly to test again before I recommend people do that if they'd otherwise get in a twist over Attie), and it was surprisingly fast and very polished now. About 10 minutes for the migration itself I'd say, plus 8 since I changed my password and recovery…

ℹ️ Updated info Oct 2026: moved server from US-based Bluesky to Eurosky, so I’m now hosted by an EU-based server 🇪🇺 Thought it might be a good idea to try with all the concerns surrounding Meta etc & that the EU seems to have more robust regulations for privacy, the environment etc 💭

As hopefully people can now see, I have also done this. My data is no longer hosted by some asshole US tech bros. :D

You may have noticed my new handle! I’ve decided to port from US hosted bluesky servers and across to the Eurosky instead. The data is hosted on servers in Germany, subject to GDPR & European law. Eurosky is operated by Stichting Modal, a Dutch non-profit foundation. They do not sell your data.

The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers An exclusive excerpt from Princes and Thieves examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former senior adviser—to Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Starlink access for Ukraine limited after Trump’s claims satellite service restored, officials say – Europe live

Bonjour – aux lacs du Connemara (Lough Corrib)

⚡️️️️️️️Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system. "Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said.

Carcassonne City 10/26 (S. France) #trailrunning

I've put together a list of Eurosky accounts from Ireland and Northern Ireland plus those tagged as Irish abroad for this new Starter Pack: mu.social/start/did:pl...

Read more about Anthony and his business at anthonyswoodencrafts.com/about/ The MSc in AgInnovation is funded by Springboard+, co-funded by the Government of Ireland, via the National Training Fund, and the European Union.

Anthony's passion for his business plus the traction he has achieved in the Irish market really helped our students with their entrepreneurial mindsets. Thank you Anthony, from Martina Mannion O'Grady, John Breslin @cloud.eurosky.social, and all the class.

Our sincere thanks to Anthony Gorman of Anthony's Wooden Crafts for making the journey to the Alice Perry Engineering Building, @uniofgalway.bsky.social - School of Engineering, to give an inspiring talk to our MSc in AgInnovation and MSc in TechInnovation students last Saturday.

Comhghairdeas R1&2!!!! 1st in Galway in the Coding Ireland Maths Challenge. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🎉 We're thrilled to share that COPE Galway is a finalist in two categories at the 2026 #CharityExcellenceAwards - the Philanthropic Impact & the People's Choice Awards!🎉 The #PeoplesChoiceAward is decided by public vote. Please #VoteForCOPEGalway before the 30th October. 👉 tinyurl.com/CGCIIAwards26

...such amazing advice and inspiring words from Feargal and Fran for our future agri and tech entrepreneurs! As Martina Mannion O'Grady said, a breath of fresh air from Dingle!

Thank you so much to Frances Fogarty and Feargal Ó Cinnéide - founders of lilymais.com and theslowconcept.ie - for speaking to our MSc in TechInnovation and MSc in AgInnovation students at the @uniofgalway.bsky.social last Thursday...

A rare move by a Russian-made satellite may have brought it within less than a mile of a commercial Earth-observation satellite that may be used to provide national security services to countries such as Ukraine.

In Dublin on October 27, 2026? There's a web dev meetup organized by W3C. That's also the week when W3C organizes its big TPAC conference, so there will be a lot of browser and standards people at the meetup. A great opportunity to influence the web if you ask me.

🚨 BREAKING: A baby in a stroller and two women were killed after a Russian attack targeted a park in Kharkiv region. Fourteen people were injured, seven of them children.

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

And just yesterday: Meta restricted Brazilian president's Insta accounts during the election while "recommending the profile of challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro." What's it going to take people to get off Meta products? www.reuters.com/world/americ...

X and Meta interfering in Brazilian elections. Starlink siding with Russia. That's just this week. It's not a word I use lightly, but we are at war with the tech oligarchs whether we like it or not.

Pitch to match time at TechInnovate - AgInnovate

Sources: Elon Musk approached Trump with the idea of slowing down Starshield in Ukraine; source: Trump agreed, paving the way for DoD to execute the slowdown (Joe Barnes/Telegraph) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Joint venture formed to lay a major €130m subsea data cable from Galway to Portugal

We're delighted to announce that the Eurosky Identity Platform has been officially verified by the Digital Public Goods Alliance as a digital public good (DPG). eurosky.tech/news/eurosky...