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  Warning after victim conned out of £250,000 in AI investment scam A person in Northern Ireland was scammed out of £250,000 (approximately €291,000) by what police have described as a "sophisticated" AI-generated investment fraud. It began after the Co Down-based victim responded to an online video featuring a well-known personality from the financial sector. It offered an investment opportunity with "significant" returns. After the victim had invested a relatively mode...

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  THE HOUSES OF the Oireachtas [Irish Parliament] Commission is set to splash out €400,000 to keep Leinster House stocked with its own brand of mid-range red and white wine. The bespoke-labelled booze has proven to be a big hit in the Dáil [House of Commons] bar since it was launched at the end of 2013, accounting for 17% of all drinks revenue at the venue last year. A total of 4,851 glasses and 1,063 bottles were sold in the bar, as well as two whole cases at a cost of €180 each. Employees at...

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  US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump joined second lady Usha Vance on her podcast where guests read picture books to children but Trump, who is notorious for veering off script, offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique and how he is spending his time in the White House. In Trump’s appearance on Vance’s Storytime With The Second Lady podcast, which was posted online on Friday, the president read Presidents Play!, a children’s book from the White House Historical Association that feat...

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  "The 9[am] to 5[pm]" is a common term for one's regular job, on the basis that normal people start work at 09:00 and finish at 17:00. I've worked a few jobs and closest I've ever gotten to this is 08:00 to 17:00, which I gather is standard. Are there real jobs where people actually start at 9 and finish at 5?

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  Sergei Lavrov made the remarks when asked about the possibility of Russia returning to the song contest.

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  A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito. It wouldn’t be a statue of just any mosquito , but the pest that some — at least in Cork–believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell — sending him home to die of what was once known as 'Cork fever,' an old name for malaria.

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  Saudi Arabia's only official alcohol shop has run short of supplies ranging from beer and wine to tequila, as the disruption caused by the Iran war has delayed shipments, visitors to the store said. Situated in Riyadh's diplomatic district, the shop, which has no name and no sign, opened in 2024 to serve non-Muslim diplomats and last year expanded to cater for wealthy non-Muslim foreign residents.

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  The phrases "This shit is dope!" and "This dope is shit!" have exact opposite meanings.

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  Archive link The Trump administration is planning to evict 950 bison from their grazing pastures on federal lands in Montana. The Department of the Interior, which has a bison as its logo, has revoked the licence of a rewilding charity trying to restore the natural splendour of the “American Serengeti”, the eco-diverse range of grasslands home to wolves, pronghorns, grizzly bears and mountain lions.

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  At one point, Frankie made a fake boyfriend out of rags, but it later came to life and was incredibly socially awkward. I am Frankie's fake boyfriend.

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  The terms themselves are somewhat vague and slippery. Marx and Engels used them interchangeably. The USSR and China really tainted the word *communism*, which is why *socialism* is much more common nowadays. As I understand it, communism is a form of socialism. Socialism is ultimately about worker control over the means of production, rather than private capital. As such, socialists inherently support strong unions, and the sensible ones also support social welfare, minimum wage, and basic inco...

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  He's a massive fan if The Beatles. He has their entire discography on vinyl records in good condition. (He bought them in the 1970s; I don't know if that is more or less impressive). He also likes Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzie, and The Horslips. He has a bunch of their records, too. There's also some Pink Floyd in there.

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  Monarchy.

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  Mr. Powers, everybody says that nudity and cursing aren't Internet-safe. How much poem could there possibly be?

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  The one with naked people on it.

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  I agree. This doesn't seem any more egregious than clicking a button on a website that says "I am over 18".

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  Family Guy should never have been uncancelled.