Katherine Nolan
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Vet turned web developer based in Kilkenny. Here for news, less rancorous political discussion, cute cats & dogs, tech stuff, experts on the many things I know nothing about. #FreePalestine
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I am going to write an addendum to The Abuse Factory gist with three quick things everyone can do.
They really have an effect
They really have an effect
I shared your Gist with our BOM. The school Twitter account was deleted a few mins later. Greatly appreciate your work.
January 11, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I am going to write an addendum to The Abuse Factory gist with three quick things everyone can do.
They really have an effect
They really have an effect
How can anyone look at the shitshow across the pond and think "yeah, I'll have a bit of that". Yet there were hundreds at this, fertile ground for Bannon & Musk. Do they see Hobbs as our Trump?
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Those seeking new Irish government should seek help from Maga movement, Eddie Hobbs tells conference
US ambassador Edward Walsh among audience at IRL Forum in Co Meath on Saturday
www.irishtimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
How can anyone look at the shitshow across the pond and think "yeah, I'll have a bit of that". Yet there were hundreds at this, fertile ground for Bannon & Musk. Do they see Hobbs as our Trump?
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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How do you know they were abandoned and not just looking for somewhere to build their houses?
Three abandoned little pigs rescued in Fenland
Three abandoned little pigs rescued in Fenland
"I'm used to catching dogs, but a pig is a different story," says a warden.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
How do you know they were abandoned and not just looking for somewhere to build their houses?
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Richard has been fantastic on this story all week
The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Richard has been fantastic on this story all week
Amazing achievement. This bit strikes me as key:
"The government’s adaptive approach, maintained through five administrations, ensured consistency."
The benefits of good policy maintained over the long term are clear but it doesn't often happen.
"The government’s adaptive approach, maintained through five administrations, ensured consistency."
The benefits of good policy maintained over the long term are clear but it doesn't often happen.
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Amazing achievement. This bit strikes me as key:
"The government’s adaptive approach, maintained through five administrations, ensured consistency."
The benefits of good policy maintained over the long term are clear but it doesn't often happen.
"The government’s adaptive approach, maintained through five administrations, ensured consistency."
The benefits of good policy maintained over the long term are clear but it doesn't often happen.
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The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
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There's another element to this that is rarely talked about -- social media is exposing not just politicians but in many cases more likely exposing their staff to regularly degrading and often twisted and sick messages:
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
There's another element to this that is rarely talked about -- social media is exposing not just politicians but in many cases more likely exposing their staff to regularly degrading and often twisted and sick messages:
Worked in Gort when most phones were still butterboxes and everything went through an operator.
Me: "Hi, can I have Gort 89?"
Operator: "Are you looking for Helen?"
Me: "Yes."
Operator: "I'll put you through to Sullivan's, she's over there having her dinner."
Me: "Hi, can I have Gort 89?"
Operator: "Are you looking for Helen?"
Me: "Yes."
Operator: "I'll put you through to Sullivan's, she's over there having her dinner."
A friend worked in the exchange in Dublin, so regularly had to connect culchies phoning home.
So one day, someone asks for Ballybeg 4.
He dials the Galway swtich.
"Ballybeg please."
"Connecting."
"Hello, Ballybeg here."
"Hello Ballybeg, this is Dublin, could I have Ballybeg 4."
"They're not in."
So one day, someone asks for Ballybeg 4.
He dials the Galway swtich.
"Ballybeg please."
"Connecting."
"Hello, Ballybeg here."
"Hello Ballybeg, this is Dublin, could I have Ballybeg 4."
"They're not in."
My mam was an operator. Once, a payphone making a call overseas was on a line that kept breaking. Mam kept monitoring and kept managing to reconnect them immediately. When the call ended, the person rang back to thank her, and put some money in the slot saying “There’s something for yourself”.
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Worked in Gort when most phones were still butterboxes and everything went through an operator.
Me: "Hi, can I have Gort 89?"
Operator: "Are you looking for Helen?"
Me: "Yes."
Operator: "I'll put you through to Sullivan's, she's over there having her dinner."
Me: "Hi, can I have Gort 89?"
Operator: "Are you looking for Helen?"
Me: "Yes."
Operator: "I'll put you through to Sullivan's, she's over there having her dinner."
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As of today, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties will no longer be posting or monitoring our account on X 👇
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
As of today, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties will no longer be posting or monitoring our account on X 👇
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This is a start, but it does just solidify his "personal choice" stance about whether or not to use X. They have the power to stop it. It's not a personal choice to buy alcohol after 10pm in this country, that had to be stopped, but CSAM generation is laissez faire, apparently.
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
This is a start, but it does just solidify his "personal choice" stance about whether or not to use X. They have the power to stop it. It's not a personal choice to buy alcohol after 10pm in this country, that had to be stopped, but CSAM generation is laissez faire, apparently.
I know it's always true that smaller packs cost more by weight than larger ones, but this seems like taking the piss territory.
Buy a kg for €5.95. Only want half that? That'll be €8.98 per kg.
Buy a kg for €5.95. Only want half that? That'll be €8.98 per kg.
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I know it's always true that smaller packs cost more by weight than larger ones, but this seems like taking the piss territory.
Buy a kg for €5.95. Only want half that? That'll be €8.98 per kg.
Buy a kg for €5.95. Only want half that? That'll be €8.98 per kg.
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I think that at least part of the AI Nudification crap is Musk seeing how far he can push the envelope with countries outside the US.
The right wing is, once again, probing with bayonets and finding nothing but mush because too many people in positions of power are terrified of showing steel.
The right wing is, once again, probing with bayonets and finding nothing but mush because too many people in positions of power are terrified of showing steel.
The only logical conclusion from this now is that the Government here, and governments around Europe, are absolutely terrified of being dragged into another battle with the richest man in the world who is hellbent on their removal; or with his ally in the White House over regulation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I think that at least part of the AI Nudification crap is Musk seeing how far he can push the envelope with countries outside the US.
The right wing is, once again, probing with bayonets and finding nothing but mush because too many people in positions of power are terrified of showing steel.
The right wing is, once again, probing with bayonets and finding nothing but mush because too many people in positions of power are terrified of showing steel.
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The only logical conclusion from this now is that the Government here, and governments around Europe, are absolutely terrified of being dragged into another battle with the richest man in the world who is hellbent on their removal; or with his ally in the White House over regulation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The only logical conclusion from this now is that the Government here, and governments around Europe, are absolutely terrified of being dragged into another battle with the richest man in the world who is hellbent on their removal; or with his ally in the White House over regulation.
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My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
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Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
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My daughter’s primary school, for example, sent out a notice to say they were going to stop using their X account for comms.
It’s as simple as that. There are plenty of alternatives.
But even if there weren’t you can’t contribute to that.
It’s as simple as that. There are plenty of alternatives.
But even if there weren’t you can’t contribute to that.
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
My daughter’s primary school, for example, sent out a notice to say they were going to stop using their X account for comms.
It’s as simple as that. There are plenty of alternatives.
But even if there weren’t you can’t contribute to that.
It’s as simple as that. There are plenty of alternatives.
But even if there weren’t you can’t contribute to that.
I can name several people I was in school with who were almost certainly autistic, I'm sure lots can. Also, while working as a vet on farms way back, was common to meet a brother/sister, who were 'a bit different' and stayed at home when adult. Also in retrospect probably autistic.
The MMR Causes autism & “there was no autism in my day”. But Davy Duff died on Monday, a local man loved and minded by everyone in Warrenpoint- who ordered lotto numbers in his head automatically, had a pathological memory & last week, told me what day a date was in 2008 when I mentioned it to him
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I can name several people I was in school with who were almost certainly autistic, I'm sure lots can. Also, while working as a vet on farms way back, was common to meet a brother/sister, who were 'a bit different' and stayed at home when adult. Also in retrospect probably autistic.
Reposting my own post as it is a reply. But I thought that it might be useful for people looking to finally get completely rid of their dormant twitter account given recent events.
I usually like written tutorials but this YouTube video is excellent on explaining how to download your entire twitter archive and use it offline.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UuF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UuF...
How to Download and Use Your Twitter Archive
YouTube video by Anthony Godinho
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Reposting my own post as it is a reply. But I thought that it might be useful for people looking to finally get completely rid of their dormant twitter account given recent events.
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Asked the FF press office what the party stance is on still continuing to use Twitter in light of current events and got this response back. Make of it what you will. #Speirgorm
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Asked the FF press office what the party stance is on still continuing to use Twitter in light of current events and got this response back. Make of it what you will. #Speirgorm
"Investigations have to run their course first".
What investigations can you possibly need before you decide a site producing images abusive to women and children is bad? That's a personal moral judgement and if you've decided you're fine with it then it's a reflection of your character.
What investigations can you possibly need before you decide a site producing images abusive to women and children is bad? That's a personal moral judgement and if you've decided you're fine with it then it's a reflection of your character.
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has denied that the Government is running scared of the US tech firm.
jrnl.ie/6920210t
jrnl.ie/6920210t
Enterprise Minister won't leave X like other politicians despite concerns over sexual abuse images
Burke denied that the Government is running scared of the US tech firm.
jrnl.ie
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Investigations have to run their course first".
What investigations can you possibly need before you decide a site producing images abusive to women and children is bad? That's a personal moral judgement and if you've decided you're fine with it then it's a reflection of your character.
What investigations can you possibly need before you decide a site producing images abusive to women and children is bad? That's a personal moral judgement and if you've decided you're fine with it then it's a reflection of your character.
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This kind of implies that if it stopped now he wouldn't be concerned that it has already happened a bunch
Asked Enterprise Minister Peter Burke if it’s appropriate for the Govt to have a presence on a site not just hosting but creating CSAM.
He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
January 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This kind of implies that if it stopped now he wouldn't be concerned that it has already happened a bunch
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I would make the assumption that anybody still on the CSAM site is there because they don't have a problem with CSAM
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I would make the assumption that anybody still on the CSAM site is there because they don't have a problem with CSAM
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Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.