Ray McCarthy
raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
<p>I usually won't follow accounts that mostly just boost posts.<br />A writer living in the Mid West of Ireland.<br />Formerly an Electronics Engineer with expertise in RF, programming and IT.</p>
Posts
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Post #1339018
Should we avoid ultra processed and USA ingredients or food products? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/18/gross-ingredients-16-favourite-foods-cockroach-coffee
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Post #984482
RE: https://mastodon.social/@rvps2001/116357288139614008 Of course not.
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Post #872671
Option surveys on the Internet have always been inaccurate, long before AI or survey farming. A second problem is the methodology and design of the questions. Sometimes deliberate (See Mozilla, Ofcom &amp; Comreg surveys or any post purchase survey of goods or services). https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/how-fraudulent-church-data-revealed-ais-threat-to-polling
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Post #461917
I suspect the sending of school kids to Gaeltachta damaged them. The promotion of Irish since 1922 seems to be largely not just a failure, but damaged it. Irish wasn&#39;t blocked in the 6 counties till Unionists took control. It&#39;s a myth that the British suppressed Irish. We did it ourselves before the end of the 19th C. in the belief English speaking was more important. I have some school books from the 1910 to 1913 era. One has a preface about the importance of resurgence of Irish...