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Damien Ryan

@djryan

Director of Engineering / Builder of high-trust engineering orgs. Keeper of Metrics, Teaser of Topologies, Agent of Change. he/him/sé/é @djryan@mastodon.ie

 Cambridge, UK
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Joined February 2008
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Zoey 🌤️@ZoeycialistJun 4
I don’t know who this bloke is, but he looks like he’s stepped straight out of a different era. The suit. The tie. The beard. The confidence. A proper throwback to an England that valued character, individuality and a bit of class. 👏👍✊🇬🇧👌❤️🙏
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We're so close to "let's circle back next year" season I can taste it.
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Like you, I'm sick to the back teeth of talking about AI. Like you, I keep getting dragged into AI discussions. Unlike you‡, I spent the summer writing a book on why I'm sick of AI⹋, which @fsgbooks will publish in 2026. ‡probably ⹋"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to AI" 1/
A Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar bill; the bill's iconography have been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' and a stylized, engraving-style portrait of Sam Altman. Image: TechCrunch https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Altman_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_(36522988343).jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en -- Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

ALT A Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar bill; the bill's iconography have been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' and a stylized, engraving-style portrait of Sam Altman. Image: TechCrunch https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Altman_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_(36522988343).jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en -- Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

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Miffy@miffythegamer30 Aug 2025
I’m so pleased to hear that you’ve cancelled your English Heritage membership, because it means we have less chance of bumping into shitty little racists like you.
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Scott Bryan@scottygb17 May 2025
EBU: We don't like you using the word "Kant." Can you please tone it down? Malta: sure ok. #Eurovision
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Gabriel Barliga@gaboss17 May 2025
Current vibes #Eurovision #ESC2025
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Pope Leo from Chicago? We all know who was responsible for this.
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Only if we cut internet access.
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@zaygranet5 May 2025
Alternative proposal to Alcatraz
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last night at the Dorian Gray play I did the math and realized that the decrepit old man he becomes at the end is 38
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is not an actual quote from the New York Times but a summary of the sentiment of the time using some quotes, published in Time last year: time.com/6949581/irish-…
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Danny Boy@Care2much1818 Apr 2025
I watched Tucker Carlson's interview with Conor McGregor. An hour of outright lies, disinformation, and deranged conspiracy theories. Probably be lapped up by their legion of fans, most of whom have no interest in truth. 😂 I'll go through facts, for anybody into truth. /1
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Tadhg
@TadhgHickey12 Apr 2025
Post a villain who people treat like a hero
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Trumpism is a mixture of grievance, surveillance, and pettiness: "I will never forgive your mockery, I have records of you doing it, and I will punish you and everyone who associates with you for it." 1/
The Las Vegas Sphere as seen by night, with the lights of Vegas behind it. The Sphere itself has been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey,' and centered on it is a Madison Square Garden logo. The Sphere has been topped with Trump's hair. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

ALT The Las Vegas Sphere as seen by night, with the lights of Vegas behind it. The Sphere itself has been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey,' and centered on it is a Madison Square Garden logo. The Sphere has been topped with Trump's hair. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

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Fiona@FionaSmall17 Mar 2025
Nothing unites Irish people more than hatred of Conor McGregor
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Danny Boy@Care2much188 Mar 2025
Once again the billionaire 'special employee' of the United States government is spreading complete lies. Falsely claiming Enoch Burke was "stripped of his salary after refusing to use they/them pronouns." Not one word of that sentence is true and this is getting tiresome. /1
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The perfect visual metaphor for #Trump’s #tariffs capitulation…Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice. theguardian.com/environment/…

Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice

Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions

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#ResistanceUnited Advertisement at a London bus stop… ya gotta love the British
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Bloody Foreigner. Coming over here wanting to know what love is.
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Fiona@FionaSmall1 Feb 2025
Joining the EU passport lane at the airport while the British go into the other busier lane
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"We've crawled into Elon Musk's sphincter by mistake."
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