Mark Coughlan

An honour today to film&be shown around Oliver Bond flats for Prime Time by the powerhouse&all round wonderful person that is one of the residents here for generations @gayle_cullen - tune in tomorrow night @RTE_PrimeTime 9.35 to see our story about the call for regeneration

EU eyes new Lebanon mission ‘radically different’ from UN peacekeeping model dlvr.it/TSW9HX

Our old friend Ursa Major is back in the news. According to the ship's captain, they were carrying nuclear reactors for North Korean submarines. The original allegation was she had material on board for a new construction nuclear powered icebreaker. The question is why did she sink? My top three reasons are: 1⃣Accident in the engine room led to an explosion and the ship flooded and sank. 2⃣An attack, probably by an unmanned surface vessel, akin to what we have seen in the Black Sea or against the LNG Arctic Metagatz. 3⃣A limpet mine placed on the hull.

NEW: The NYT sent an email to freelancers today forbidding contributors from submitting "any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced" by generative AI. The "reminder" follows a string of AI incidents at the paper: futurism.com/artificial-int…

Ukrainian ground kamikaze drone carrying 300 kg of explosives drives into a building occupied by a group of eight Russian soldiers and detonates inside.

@IsraelMFA @nytimes Did you try and check any of the cases described in the article?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on citizens to use less fuel, work from home and reduce imports, as surging global energy prices strain the country's foreign currency reserves reut.rs/4dcUGUv

“Let me be clear…”

Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi was recently released from Israeli prison, where he was held for a year without charge and without a trial. He lost around half his body weight behind bars. “It was a real hell,” he tells @JDiamond1, in this heart-wrenching report.

We’ve released the BBC Projected National share based off the council results. Reform 26% Green 18% Labour 17% Conservative 17% Lib Dems 16% A clear but far from overwhelming victory for Reform, with everyone else clustered in a big lump behind them. Ultimate fragmentation.

‘We NEED a full-time GAA channel’ ‘This wouldn’t happen in soccer or rugby’ ‘Our reward is free-to-air games’ @mlverney and John Mullane on the growing frustration with big GAA games being put behind a paywall, and whether there is a solution that can promote the sport and keep volunteers motivated. Search Indo GAA for weekly content now #GAA #TV #Hurling #MullaneInTheVan

Brazilian beer Brahma have just dropped their World Cup advert featuring Ronaldo and it's NEXT LEVEL advertising. 🇧🇷👏🍻 Easily one of the best we'll see.

So Mythos was, indeed, not marketing hype. Remember this is a general purpose model that just happens to be good at finding exploits because good models are good at lots of things. Expect similar from OpenAI & Google. And from open models in 8 months. hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/behind…

You can take the boy out of…

Amazing quote in this FT piece. American financial elites are so insulated, they don’t believe that physical realities matter for the economy.

Interesting from Gillian Tett

The framework being negotiated as a Memorandum of Understanding, according to an Iranian and regional officials: - Iran would lift its chokehold over the Strait and the US would end its blockade. - Uranium enrichment freeze length is still being negotiated. US raised 20 years; earlier, Iran countered with 5 years, with a possible 5-year extension. - There is no explicit mention of what Iran would be allowed to do after that window closes. Today @POTUS told @ElizLanders the deal does _not_ include any authorization of Iranian enrichment to 3.67% after the freeze ends. - US would unfreeze Iranian assets. - Iran is arguing to export its highly enriched uranium to the @IAEA (which could then possibly give it to the US). @POTUS told @ElizLanders Iran _would_ export it to the US. (Diluting has also been an option.) - IAEA would gain access for inspections and verification. - Iran would pledge not to operate underground nuclear facilities.

Swiss authorities have confirmed a case of #hantavirus identified in a passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship. He had responded to an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event, and presented himself to a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, and is receiving care. In line with the International Health Regulations (IHR), WHO is working with relevant countries to support international contact tracing, to ensure that those potentially exposed are monitored and that any further disease spread is limited. The type of virus in this outbreak has been confirmed as Andes hantavirus by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases @nicd_sa, South Africa and the Geneva University Hospitals @hug_ge, Switzerland The support of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar @PasteurDakar, Senegal and the Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud @ANLIS_Malbran, Argentina has also been critical in responding to this event. As of 6 May, there are 8 cases, 3 of whom are confirmed as hantavirus by laboratory testing. WHO will continue to work with countries to ensure that the patients, contacts, passengers and crew have the information and support they need to stay safe and prevent spread.

The White House appears, at least to me, completely desperate not to reopen the war, but unwilling to make any concessions to get to peace.

Crude goes weeeeeeeeeee