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Joined May 2015
To celebrate Irelands EU Presidency I am releasing a statement of No Confidence in Research Ireland who are not capable of supporting the development of citizen science following the launch of the iPhone reddit.com/r/openlittermap/s…
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Imagine promoting this instead of citizen science
AI is moving from screens into the physical world. In Denmark, humanoid robots are being trained through virtual reality to perform supermarket tasks independently, offering a glimpse of how AI could transform everyday workplaces. #WeekendRead: tr.ee/lFdX4F
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Ireland's EU Presidency gaslighting award
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Read #TheDemocracyGap Policy Dossier — a citizen contribution to Ireland's #EUPresidency on our institutional incapacity for engaging #citizens in basic research, data collection, systems building and innovation pathways. Written in the constituency of the EU Commissioner for Democracy @EUCssrMcGrath who has ignored all my phone calls & meeting requests and @MichealMartinTD Ireland's outgoing Taoiseach who is very busy working on the housing crisis. litterweek.org/tdg
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Thanks to a custom #clusterize algorithm that we created and open sourced, all OLM global data (or any large set of data points) loads instantly in 1.7kb
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Citizen science fixes this but no funding for research and innovation with the defining technology of our generation from our broken systems
Most children (and adults) can identify 100+ logos and nearly 0 native plant species This is not healthy for society Native wildlife roots us in our place and we should treat it with such reverence If we do not root ourselves in the land it is very easy to lose our ourselves
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The rights to free assembly and association are essential for the full enjoyment of human rights by all. This morning at #3C, 🇮🇪 expressed concern about the impact of excessive restrictions and repression, in particular young people’s engagement on social and political issues.
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Skills education without @LitterWeek digital skills training 18 years of rejection for citizen science following the launch of the iPhone doesn’t seem very educated to me
Today, EU Education Ministers will meet in Dublin Castle for Day 1 of the EYCS (Education) Informal Meeting 👇 Take a look at the Agenda below or find out more at irish-presidency.consilium.e…
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I emailed and called every ETB. None, including my local in cork, had any interest in @litterweek
Minister Michael Moynihan, has highlighted the vital contribution of ETBs in delivering inclusion education nationwide. The Minister's remarks come at the opening of the Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) Annual Congress 2026 which opens today in Tralee, Co. Kerry
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Statement of No Confidence in Research Ireland to celebrate Ireland's EU Presidency reddit.com/r/openlittermap/c…
Europe has what it takes to lead in AI: talent, research, startups, and ambition. Now we must focus on scaling. This is what I talked about at the AI Summit in Dublin. Our goal: make Europe the best place to build, grow and invest in trustworthy artificial intelligence. (1/2)
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Applied AI without citizen science 👍
📸Moments from this morning's sessions at the International AI Summit in Dublin With addresses from Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD and EU Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security & Democracy @HennaVirkkunen discussions focused on Applied AI and Sectoral Value Creation
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“And that’s why we will provide no research opportunity to anyone interested in public scientific inclusion in my constituency following the launch of the iPhone”
"I believe that AI has the potential: - to transform enterprise performance in key sectors, - to improve public services, - to support education and learning, and - to reduce digital divides across the world," Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
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It’s all they know to cover up their criminally unqualified institutional failure
Why do Irish politicians gaslight us so much? In "Gaslighter | Denier" I take a look at Leo Varadkar's track record as a way to understand why the whole system of Irish politics desperately needs us to need them... like any unhealthy relationship!
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Let the people map 📲 🗺️ 🌍🌱🫡 retweeted
Cool project. Wish more people knew about it.
civgraph.net has overhauled the layout of its maps section - among the improvements are descriptions for the maps and elections, some of which were written by myself (with more coming in the future)
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Let the people map 📲 🗺️ 🌍🌱🫡 retweeted
civgraph.net has overhauled the layout of its maps section - among the improvements are descriptions for the maps and elections, some of which were written by myself (with more coming in the future)
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18 years of rejection for citizen science with Irelands broken systems following the launch of the iPhone. €18b for x2 depts of education and no research with the defining technology of our generation. Read The Democracy Gap policy dossier to learn more about Irelands unqualified systemic institutional failure and structural exclusion of postgraduate led research and innovation LitterWeek.org/tdg #EUinmyregion
Dia dhuit, Éire! Nice to visit the Trinity College Dublin Innovation Hub and meet the students, companies, academic founders and industry partners driving innovation.   These spaces are vital for future growth, helping turn great ideas into solutions.
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Let the people map 📲 🗺️ 🌍🌱🫡 retweeted
RustGIS is now on PyPI: pip install rustgis RustGIS is a fast, free and open-source GIS in pure Rust for mapping, analyzing and sharing geospatial data. It runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux, and in your web browser. Your data stays on your machine unless you send it to an AI model you choose, and every action is a command you can script. The new rustgis Python package brings the RustGIS engine into Python and the full RustGIS app into your Jupyter notebook, with no server to run and nothing else to install. What you can do - The engine in-process: open the same data the app opens, run any of RustGIS's commands and geoprocessing tools, style layers and render maps, all from Python. - GeoPandas in and out: turn any layer into a GeoDataFrame, or add a GeoDataFrame as a layer. - The whole app in a notebook cell: rustgis.Map shows the ribbon, panes and map right below your code. - Two-way sync: what Python adds or styles appears in the app, and what you pan, edit or add in the app comes back to Python. - Projects that travel: save a .rgis project from Python and open it as it is in the desktop app or the web app. - Runs where you work: JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebook, VS Code and Google Colab, with prebuilt wheels for Windows, macOS and Linux. Get started in three lines: import rustgis m = rustgis.Map(sample=True) m Try it out - Open the getting-started notebook in Colab: colab.research.google.com/gi… - PyPI: pypi.org/project/rustgis/ - Python guide: rustgis.app/python/ - Launch the web app: web.rustgis.app - GitHub: github.com/opengeos/RustGIS #GIS #Rust #Python #Jupyter #OpenSource #Geospatial
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