@shebeen.bsky.social
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Gardaí investigating how a journalist found out a Garda was before the courts, and had been for months by that point, and reporting on it? Wtaf
Gardaí investigated how Irish Times reporter learned of domestic violence charge against member
Gardaí investigated how Irish Times reporter learned of domestic violence charge against member
Initial reporting into Garda Trevor Bolger case in led to journalist being questioned about sources
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Gardaí investigating how a journalist found out a Garda was before the courts, and had been for months by that point, and reporting on it? Wtaf
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I found out today that one of the forces pushing Trump the hardest for this Greenland shit is… the owner of Estée Lauder.
Sharing this here because they own SO MANY makeup brands and I bet a lot of you might like to join me in not repurchasing anything from this makeup brand family!
Sharing this here because they own SO MANY makeup brands and I bet a lot of you might like to join me in not repurchasing anything from this makeup brand family!
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I found out today that one of the forces pushing Trump the hardest for this Greenland shit is… the owner of Estée Lauder.
Sharing this here because they own SO MANY makeup brands and I bet a lot of you might like to join me in not repurchasing anything from this makeup brand family!
Sharing this here because they own SO MANY makeup brands and I bet a lot of you might like to join me in not repurchasing anything from this makeup brand family!
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the way i see it, no one can have consented to their processing of their publicly shared pictures under existing terms, since grok didn't exist at the time
hence GDPR applies, and the 4% of global revenue fines too
hence GDPR applies, and the 4% of global revenue fines too
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
the way i see it, no one can have consented to their processing of their publicly shared pictures under existing terms, since grok didn't exist at the time
hence GDPR applies, and the 4% of global revenue fines too
hence GDPR applies, and the 4% of global revenue fines too
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I think the #twitter CSAM fiasco is the first time the government has so visibly ceded an area of law to big business. Of course it's been happening quietly for years but this marks a turning point of something so obviously illegal just being ignored by lawmakers in case it upsets the US. #speirgorm
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I think the #twitter CSAM fiasco is the first time the government has so visibly ceded an area of law to big business. Of course it's been happening quietly for years but this marks a turning point of something so obviously illegal just being ignored by lawmakers in case it upsets the US. #speirgorm
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“We are breaking the bodies and the minds of the children of Gaza.
We are starving the children of Gaza, because if we don’t do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes.
We are complicit. We are causing this, you, us and everyone who does nothing about it.”
We are starving the children of Gaza, because if we don’t do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes.
We are complicit. We are causing this, you, us and everyone who does nothing about it.”
World is ‘breaking the bodies and minds’ of the children of Gaza, says Dr Mike Ryan
An executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the world is “breaking the bodies and minds” of the children of Gaza.
www.independent.ie
May 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“We are breaking the bodies and the minds of the children of Gaza.
We are starving the children of Gaza, because if we don’t do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes.
We are complicit. We are causing this, you, us and everyone who does nothing about it.”
We are starving the children of Gaza, because if we don’t do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes.
We are complicit. We are causing this, you, us and everyone who does nothing about it.”
Homepage - The Clare Champion
clarechampion.ie
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.
January 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.
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Irish govt reps: It's complicated, or something.
Fucking gowls, the lot of them.
Fucking gowls, the lot of them.
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Irish govt reps: It's complicated, or something.
Fucking gowls, the lot of them.
Fucking gowls, the lot of them.
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New Gist: What you can do about the Abuse Factory
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Gist, I’ve done a list of four things you can do about X without even having to put down your iPhone.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wha...
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Gist, I’ve done a list of four things you can do about X without even having to put down your iPhone.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wha...
January 11, 2026 at 1:21 PM
New Gist: What you can do about the Abuse Factory
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Gist, I’ve done a list of four things you can do about X without even having to put down your iPhone.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wha...
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Gist, I’ve done a list of four things you can do about X without even having to put down your iPhone.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wha...
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New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
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 2:07 PM
New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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The Department of Defence recruited a British Army colonel – who served in the occupation of the north of Ireland and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan – to advise a state body tasked with reforming the Irish Defence Forces.
www.ontheditch.com/british-army...
www.ontheditch.com/british-army...
British soldier deployed to north advising state body
It's a state body tasked with reforming the Irish Defence Forces.
www.ontheditch.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The Department of Defence recruited a British Army colonel – who served in the occupation of the north of Ireland and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan – to advise a state body tasked with reforming the Irish Defence Forces.
www.ontheditch.com/british-army...
www.ontheditch.com/british-army...
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UNICEF is urgently calling for an end to the conflict in Sudan.
Our teams are reaching children with life-saving assistance wherever possible.
But what children need most is an immediate end to attacks on their safety.
Our teams are reaching children with life-saving assistance wherever possible.
But what children need most is an immediate end to attacks on their safety.
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
UNICEF is urgently calling for an end to the conflict in Sudan.
Our teams are reaching children with life-saving assistance wherever possible.
But what children need most is an immediate end to attacks on their safety.
Our teams are reaching children with life-saving assistance wherever possible.
But what children need most is an immediate end to attacks on their safety.
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Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
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Hard to know where to start with this? I would love to live in a world where government ministers treated the abuse of women en masse as being as important as, say, Irish beef.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Hard to know where to start with this? I would love to live in a world where government ministers treated the abuse of women en masse as being as important as, say, Irish beef.
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If there was a child porn factory down the road, it’d be closed immediately.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
January 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
If there was a child porn factory down the road, it’d be closed immediately.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
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The Irish government has just announced plans to gut judicial review by (amongst other things) narrowing locus standi so much that civil society groups won't be able to challenge illegal acts of public bodies. Amongst other things, this is clearly contrary to Articles 79 and 80 GDPR.
Minister Jim O’Callaghan publishes Civil Reform Bill to overhaul Judicial Review and streamline courts processes
www.gov.ie
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The Irish government has just announced plans to gut judicial review by (amongst other things) narrowing locus standi so much that civil society groups won't be able to challenge illegal acts of public bodies. Amongst other things, this is clearly contrary to Articles 79 and 80 GDPR.
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If you are thinking of following suit, here's a list of EU tech alternatives:
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
If you are thinking of following suit, here's a list of EU tech alternatives:
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
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It means absolutely nothing to anyone concerned right now but here's what the United Nations says about kidnapping Heads of State.
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
It means absolutely nothing to anyone concerned right now but here's what the United Nations says about kidnapping Heads of State.
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
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Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
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ICYMI
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Min Jack Chambers claim: “number of judicial reviews rapidly growing. 2024 saw 43% increase on 2023, & 2025 a further 30% increase in cases in Court”
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICYMI
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
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Recent CSO data found 72,000 vacant homes empty, connected to services & ready to go
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Recent CSO data found 72,000 vacant homes empty, connected to services & ready to go
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
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First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
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Our government & Gardai chose the official "softly softly approach" during Covid lockdown against the fascists.
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our government & Gardai chose the official "softly softly approach" during Covid lockdown against the fascists.
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬