Damian T. Gordon
@damiantgordon
Computer Science lecturer; Disability & Educational Advocate. I only reply to people who use real names. Please be kind, you don't know what others are carrying
Don't forget, Twitter (aka X), is all about advertising: (1) Users with a Blue Tick, who have monetised, are paid by X for each post that gets a lot of views, so they have to put up outrageous stuff (2) The AIs in X will guide you to those posts, because they know you will engage
Still hoping ...
In the upcoming MCU Fantastic Four movie, I hope they have a scene with the Council of Reeds that includes Alex Hyde-White, Ioan Gruffudd, Miles Teller.
Steve Davis does a great job interviewing Willie Thorne in this old (but really useful) video : youtu.be/t6w8QvsbbeY?si…
Sarah Lancashire CBE. Sarah received her CBE for services to drama on Tuesday at Windsor Castle🎖️
Got a letter saying my Disability Allowance is being stopped because my husband and I earn less than €80 over the weekly threshold, so I no longer qualify. Happy Wednesday.
Delaying alcohol health information labelling is a blow for public health and a setback to tackling the scourge of alcohol-related harm, including #SexualViolence >> imt.ie/news/govt-depa… #FactsNotMyths #SupportingSurvivors
And then the Alcohol Industry say "JUMP" and you do just that.
NDA Research Promotion Scheme 2025-26 Save the Date! Our 2025–2026 Research Promotion Scheme #funding call will open on 18 August #RPS This year’s theme: ‘Disability in Marginalised Groups and Communities’. More details at the link below. nda.ie/news/std-rps-2…
Some really great advice here from Shaun Murphy. Thanks a million, @Magician147. #Snookered youtube.com/watch?v=Xhxchf…
Good work AI:
I understand Replit is a tool, with flaws like every tool But how could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?
Drink Driving Kills. Don't let your friends drink and drive.
For the @DC #TheAuthority movie, I think Alan Ritchson as Midnighter and Tom Brittney as Apollo make a lot of sense.
Today, we are attending the @welfare_ie annual Pre-Budget Forum. The Forum provides a valuable opportunity to discuss disability policy issues & outline priorities for the upcoming Budget. Read more about our social protection & anti-poverty work: nda.ie/social-protect…
I've been researching this for a while now, so here is my list of overused punctuation, overused words, and overused phrases, that GenAI uses (at the moment) lnkd.in/enc6HQ3U Please let me know if there are any additional ones that you have noticed ...
'Patients frequently say I didn't know this could happen to me' - Prof Frank Murray outlines how critical alcohol health info labels are to public health in Ireland. The right decision for Govt is to proceed as planned @CarrollJennifer @MichealMartinTD rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…
Any delay of alcohol labelling has consequences, not least the 4,000 people who will receive a cancer diagnosis caused by alcohol & thousands of babies who will be born with FASD in the 4 years a delay has been mooted for @CarrollJennifer @MichealMartinTD alcoholireland.ie/taoiseach-must…
I feel that we are going to see a lot of this in the next few months:
If you ask ChatGPT, it thinks anyone under 16 years old needs supervision using GenAI:
🚨 BREAKING: The European Parliament released a 175-page study about generative AI and copyright, and among its recommendations is an UNWAIVABLE right to equitable remuneration for content creators: "We propose the introduction of a new EU-level statutory exception to copyright…