The memes make themselves. https://www.thejournal.ie/labour-councillor-underpaid-employee-zip-yard-juliet-oconnell-6359836-Apr2024/?utm_source=shortlink

Useful. https://twittercircle.com/

The Ethiopian civil war has been one of the largest on going wars over the last 5 years yet only 132 Ethiopians in total are housed under IPAS - versus 3000 Somalians. Ethiopia is an Orthodox Christian country which explains things.

Despite Iran's openly authoritarian and oppressive regime, there are only about 100 Iranians in the IPAS system. Georgia, a democratic and EU candidate country with 1/25th of Iran's population, has 3,000 individuals in IPAS.

We won't need migrant workers in the future. Productivity increases from AI should easily offset demographic problems in the west - If implemented correctly.

Off topic a bit. This is a recent video from the Syrian Orthodox Church of Galway - based in Clarinbridge. I'm confused because the huge congregation are almost exclusively Indian - I was expecting Christian Syrian refugees. I don't have a particularly bad opinion of Indians apart from them taking up fuckloads of houses... My main is issue is.. how are you meant to be a good bigot in Galway if you can't tell the difference between an Orthodox Indian and a conservative Pakistani? This video might piss a few people off, but i found it a little fascinating https://youtu.be/NMEYwsoxokY

In my opinion, one of the biggest threats to Ireland's future sovereignty is the extensive reach of Microsoft (and by extension, OpenAI) into governmental systems and geospatial data. There is a concern that a government as ill-equipped as ours might inadvertently hand over the reins because it doesn't know how to handle AI. Ironically, the strongest defense against this scenario might be the complex, patchwork solutions built in the 80s and 90s by boomer grifters. These systems, which hold together much of the infrastructure for the Health Service Executive and similar entities, are maintained by contractors earning €300,000 a year, sitting on their ass just in case things go wrong. TLDR IT Gombeenery and technical Ineptitude might stave off and at least delay - co -option of the state by Skynet

When you hear the government talking about promoting AI and innovation in Ireland, remember the reported issues in January with the electoral register—a glorified Excel sheet. They push for the digitization of indigenous business through a multitude of quangos and Semi states - while struggling to digitize even the simplest systems within the Department of Social Protection.