Daragh Ó Briain
@daraghobrien.bsky.social
Flumping along in the world of data since Long Ago. Posts as @castlebridge-chief here & on Mastodon at https://mastodon.ie/@CastlebridgeChief CEO @ Castlebridge.ie.
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Jebus H Christ on a bike. They just did an advert that openly says “we have tech that allows someone to be tracked by a network of CCTV cameras on every door we’ve sold to”
I predict the next advert will be lost kid then missing grandparents. Dial up the emotion to sanewash the surveillance state.
I predict the next advert will be lost kid then missing grandparents. Dial up the emotion to sanewash the surveillance state.
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Jebus H Christ on a bike. They just did an advert that openly says “we have tech that allows someone to be tracked by a network of CCTV cameras on every door we’ve sold to”
I predict the next advert will be lost kid then missing grandparents. Dial up the emotion to sanewash the surveillance state.
I predict the next advert will be lost kid then missing grandparents. Dial up the emotion to sanewash the surveillance state.
I did a keynote on AI back in 2024 where I spent 5 minutes of my 30 minutes telling everyone the story of Radium.
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM
I did a keynote on AI back in 2024 where I spent 5 minutes of my 30 minutes telling everyone the story of Radium.
So, it appears Amazon have flagged the content for “maintenance” with no reason or fix date given.
Perhaps the licensing fee for Paramount content is what paid for the Melamine movie.
I am curious if it is a wider issue or just Ireland or just gingers or just me.
Perhaps the licensing fee for Paramount content is what paid for the Melamine movie.
I am curious if it is a wider issue or just Ireland or just gingers or just me.
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
So, it appears Amazon have flagged the content for “maintenance” with no reason or fix date given.
Perhaps the licensing fee for Paramount content is what paid for the Melamine movie.
I am curious if it is a wider issue or just Ireland or just gingers or just me.
Perhaps the licensing fee for Paramount content is what paid for the Melamine movie.
I am curious if it is a wider issue or just Ireland or just gingers or just me.
So.. *this* is where your fancy sticky bun side quest began…
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
So.. *this* is where your fancy sticky bun side quest began…
Reposted by Daragh Ó Briain
"Any reduction to online anonymity has the potential, and frankly likelihood, to harm all of us. Trying to push for ID verification online was wrong in 2024, it was wrong last year, it is wrong today, and it will remain wrong so long as this is the path our policymakers choose to follow."
February 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
"Any reduction to online anonymity has the potential, and frankly likelihood, to harm all of us. Trying to push for ID verification online was wrong in 2024, it was wrong last year, it is wrong today, and it will remain wrong so long as this is the path our policymakers choose to follow."
I will now be adopting “C’mere and I’ll tell ya..”
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I will now be adopting “C’mere and I’ll tell ya..”
Reposted by Daragh Ó Briain
The bosses are forcing their employees to use it. Politicians are competing to shovel money & infrastructure at it. The billionaires who control media are constantly lecturing & hectoring people to accept it & use it more.
They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.
They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The bosses are forcing their employees to use it. Politicians are competing to shovel money & infrastructure at it. The billionaires who control media are constantly lecturing & hectoring people to accept it & use it more.
They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.
They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.