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If you are annoyed that you can't click on Google Maps in Google Search anymore in the EU. Head to myactivity.google.com/linked… and check the Maps checkbox. You're welcome.
MarkF retweeted
This tweet from Web Summit, confirming it previously funded The Ditch, is remarkably the first time they ever mentioned this on their social media.
Key players went to extraordinary lengths to conceal direct ties to Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit.
A thread on a web of deceit. /1
The grand tour of Vatnik Ireland part 4 🧵
I’m going to explore the divisive figure, Paddy Cosgrave; founder of Web Summit. I never suspected Paddy was a Vatnik but due to recent suspicious behaviour and links to known Vatniks, I thought I’d investigate...
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MarkF retweeted
Yes, life in Gaza has been terrible and Palestinians have suffered under occupation. No, it doesn’t make it right to go rape and kill Israeli women and kidnap and parade their orphaned children in Gaza. I don’t know why but somehow lots of people don’t seem to understand that.
MarkF retweeted
The Shanghai-Beijing train going at 350 km/h.
"The distance between NYC and Chicago is almost exactly that between Beijing and Shanghai.
NYC-CHI is served by 1 🚂/day (19 hrs)
SHA-BEI is served by 35 📷/day (4.5 hrs)"
- @yfreemark
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Here's questions I would ask.
1. Chay made his debut on Russia Today in late February, 2022, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine.
He was introduced as "Director of Ditch Media" and captioned as such.
Was he representing The Ditch in this debut appearance or going rogue? 🤔
MarkF retweeted
Replying to @wereontheditch
@wereontheditch should investigate why @WebSummit has scrubbed all references to Chay Bowes despite platforming his disinformation just 18 months ago?
It's a mystery!
#WebSummit customers were used to legitimise Russian parrots!
MarkF retweeted
We have been let down/ stiffed by what we believe to be a large fake booking for today
They strung us along all week with queries and increased the numbers over n over. It was deliberate and calculated
We spent so much time trying to accommodate them, rebuilding the table plans, ordering in extra food, especially for them, turning away genuine bookings for regulars and locals in the meantime, and then when it came to taking a deposit,
they just tried to bluff it
Only for a bit of intuition would we be left with an empty restaurant and lots of food left over, and a demoralised team
It’s so hard. We try so hard to make our guests happy, only to get shafted
Yes, it’s our fault. We should have got a deposit from the get-go
But they were so convincing they had us focused on menus and allergens etc
It’s so tough to swallow after a long week
Anyway, we let our guard down, not even that we were trying to be hospitable. It’s in our nature
My own belief is that it was somebody in the trade being a snake 🐍 and I’ll get to the bottom of it, but for now, it’s time to try and save the day
It would be great to fill those tables, so if you fancy a nice bit of nosh today, you’ll be doing us a solid
michaels.ie
I’ve just released the tables now, and we’ll do a full rejig when we get in
It’s a sickening way to start a Sunday, I couldn’t sleep I was so upset
But we’ll pump on the music and get stuck in
To dickhead bluffer, I’ll get ya ya prick
MarkF retweeted
I wonder if Just Stop Oil will target Glastonbury, or if too many of their mates are there?
MarkF retweeted
Russian media:
"The source says there is panic in the Kremlin, no one can reach Putin"
"Source: Right now the Kremlin is negotiating about something with general governor Dyumin"
Source: Some people in the Kremlin, from the presidential administration, are finding out about a possible emergency relocation. One of the few available destinations is Uruguay".
MarkF retweeted
One software product from every year since 1977, in chronological order.
1977: VisiCalc, the “killer app” for Apple II
1/46
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Superbly clear skies over the southwest of Ireland 🇮🇪 and we have this breathtaking view that was captured live at 6:33 PM BST today from the @Space_Station (The view finishes over south Wales and a more cloudy southern UK)
@rtenews @corkcitycouncil @MetEireann @PortofCork
May 30, 2023
MarkF retweeted
Guys...I know this young lad's family. They're extremely concerned for his welfare.
Wouldn't mind if this could be shared as widely as possible
TIA
extra.ie/2023/05/30/news/iri…
MarkF retweeted
This has been called 'the most annoying gif on the Internet' [buff.ly/30DLya6] but it has some interesting references, because it's a kind of a visualization in gif form of the concept of coastlines' fractal dimension: buff.ly/3ny2zv7
MarkF retweeted
An interview from 1999:
“How do you view that phenomenon that Amazon is worth more than Sears?”
MarkF retweeted
Here's the best metaphor I've seen for why the business model pioneered by Facebook has been so damaging. From Gerd Gigerenzer. If only they had put the effort into micropayments, rather than ad markets.
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