Simon McGarr
@tupped.bsky.social
Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter.
Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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I feel it is useful (to me) to show my work. In part because it demonstrates no AI was engaged in the making of the image. But also because I can see my ideas changing as I discover what I’m drawing. I start with a bunch of squiggles and have to decide what I feel they are.
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I feel it is useful (to me) to show my work. In part because it demonstrates no AI was engaged in the making of the image. But also because I can see my ideas changing as I discover what I’m drawing. I start with a bunch of squiggles and have to decide what I feel they are.
The Old War, 2022
This one ends a long long way from where it started.
I will use that door image again when it suits, though.
This one ends a long long way from where it started.
I will use that door image again when it suits, though.
February 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
The Old War, 2022
This one ends a long long way from where it started.
I will use that door image again when it suits, though.
This one ends a long long way from where it started.
I will use that door image again when it suits, though.
The sun might appear today.
A reminder, for those who don’t remember what that might look like.
A reminder, for those who don’t remember what that might look like.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
The sun might appear today.
A reminder, for those who don’t remember what that might look like.
A reminder, for those who don’t remember what that might look like.
Sometimes you only find the picture you want to draw by seeing the ones you realise are just wrong.
January 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Sometimes you only find the picture you want to draw by seeing the ones you realise are just wrong.
Tomorrow
- Mixed media, 2026
- Mixed media, 2026
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Tomorrow
- Mixed media, 2026
- Mixed media, 2026
Just been shown a photo of a prototype leather handbag Bag with the original Ann and Barry illustrations on it and I can tell you- this is going to go GANGBUSTERS.
January 23, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Just been shown a photo of a prototype leather handbag Bag with the original Ann and Barry illustrations on it and I can tell you- this is going to go GANGBUSTERS.
If you are setting up a factory generating and distributing CSAM, be sure to also print some leaflets for politicians and have a notice board for journalists to post links to their stories.
Then it will be “impractical” to shut your factory down.
Then it will be “impractical” to shut your factory down.
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM
If you are setting up a factory generating and distributing CSAM, be sure to also print some leaflets for politicians and have a notice board for journalists to post links to their stories.
Then it will be “impractical” to shut your factory down.
Then it will be “impractical” to shut your factory down.
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (1970) is a long essay or short book written by Albert O. Hirschman.
You can see it there, thematically shelved beside the Return of Heroic Failures.
You can see it there, thematically shelved beside the Return of Heroic Failures.
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (1970) is a long essay or short book written by Albert O. Hirschman.
You can see it there, thematically shelved beside the Return of Heroic Failures.
You can see it there, thematically shelved beside the Return of Heroic Failures.
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The statement itself is a series of unintentional admissions of wrongdoing, of course. It includes the confirmation that the company has *knowingly* chosen to continue to facilitate the creation of non-consensual images by paying customers.
Note the specific offence of *selling* in Section 5 below
Note the specific offence of *selling* in Section 5 below
January 15, 2026 at 8:19 AM
The statement itself is a series of unintentional admissions of wrongdoing, of course. It includes the confirmation that the company has *knowingly* chosen to continue to facilitate the creation of non-consensual images by paying customers.
Note the specific offence of *selling* in Section 5 below
Note the specific offence of *selling* in Section 5 below
I realise that this idea might seem so far-fetched as to be not really what is being proposed. So take a look at the description attached from the Irish Examiner, where the head of Coimisiún na Meán explained how age verification should work as a "gold standard"
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I realise that this idea might seem so far-fetched as to be not really what is being proposed. So take a look at the description attached from the Irish Examiner, where the head of Coimisiún na Meán explained how age verification should work as a "gold standard"
It’s not like they never do it:
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 AM
It’s not like they never do it:
Yesterday, Holly Cairns directly raised the existence of an abuse image factory being set up in Fenian street with the Taoiseach. He responded by saying he didn’t know if there was any investigation into it by the polic
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Yesterday, Holly Cairns directly raised the existence of an abuse image factory being set up in Fenian street with the Taoiseach. He responded by saying he didn’t know if there was any investigation into it by the polic
The evidence of the customers is also held by X and an investigation should encompass them also. But Section 9 of the Act holds company officers liable if the company breaches Section 5.
And X Internet Unlimited Company is a known entity in a known location.
And X Internet Unlimited Company is a known entity in a known location.
January 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The evidence of the customers is also held by X and an investigation should encompass them also. But Section 9 of the Act holds company officers liable if the company breaches Section 5.
And X Internet Unlimited Company is a known entity in a known location.
And X Internet Unlimited Company is a known entity in a known location.
The definition clause in Section 2(1)(d) requires the purpose of the image to be assessed. Does it “indicate or imply”, as it describes.
Section 5 also needs an assessment of intent for some of the offences, as they require to have been actions performed “knowingly”.
Section 5 also needs an assessment of intent for some of the offences, as they require to have been actions performed “knowingly”.
!["child pornography" means—
(a) any visual representation-
(i) that shows or, in the case of a document, relates to a person who is or is depicted as being a child and who is engaged in or is depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity,
(ii) that shows or, in the case of a document, relates to a person who is or is depicted as being a child and who is or is depicted as witnessing any such activity by any person or persons, or
S.2
[No. 22] Child Trafficking and Pornography [1998]
Act, 1998.
(iii) whose dominant characteristic is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of the genital or anal region of a child,
(b) any audio representation of a person who is or is represented as being a child and who is engaged in or is represented as being engaged in explicit sexual activity,
(c) any visual or audio representation that advocates, encourages or counsels any sexual activity with children which is an offence under any enactment, or
(d) any visual representation or description of, or information relating to, a child that indicates or implies that the child is available to be used for the purpose of sexual exploitation within the meaning of section 3,
irrespective of how or through what medium the representation, description or information has been produced, transmitted or conveyed and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing. includes any representation, description or information produced by or from computer-graphics or by any other electronic or mechanical means but does not include-
(I) any book or periodical publication which has been examined by the Censorship of Publications Board and in respect of which a prohibition order under the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929 to 1967, is not for the time being in force.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zdduilknsuqlql34lkbf5ge5/bafkreib5x4rv3tr2bvapizfe2qzdjnqbmm3wxgwsqcqbdmh55jpbf5ezre@jpeg)
January 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The definition clause in Section 2(1)(d) requires the purpose of the image to be assessed. Does it “indicate or imply”, as it describes.
Section 5 also needs an assessment of intent for some of the offences, as they require to have been actions performed “knowingly”.
Section 5 also needs an assessment of intent for some of the offences, as they require to have been actions performed “knowingly”.
The Centrist’s Arc of Denial
1) Govt isn’t doing anything!
2) Why aren’t we all doing something!
3) I personally will not be doing anything.
1) Govt isn’t doing anything!
2) Why aren’t we all doing something!
3) I personally will not be doing anything.
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The Centrist’s Arc of Denial
1) Govt isn’t doing anything!
2) Why aren’t we all doing something!
3) I personally will not be doing anything.
1) Govt isn’t doing anything!
2) Why aren’t we all doing something!
3) I personally will not be doing anything.
Did you get it from here:
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Did you get it from here:
To get the App URL, (You’ll need to copy that one yourself as it cuts it off). You get it by going to the listing on the App Store, picking the Share icon in the top right corner and clicking copy URL.
January 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
To get the App URL, (You’ll need to copy that one yourself as it cuts it off). You get it by going to the listing on the App Store, picking the Share icon in the top right corner and clicking copy URL.