Aidan O’Brien

I sure they’re well familiar with Sayfia Noble, Cathy O’Neils and (others ++) work on data bias in Phoenix park. 😉

I actually ignored Conor completely and unloaded at the Ogra FFer who was with him. Shoutin out that Lenihan was going to swan off with a pension after ruining his and his generations’ future. Lenihan tried to interject and I told him to shut up and he “wasn’t involved in this conversation”.

Raimi, Troma, early Peter Jackson all big influences on me when I went to film school. I wanted to do that makeshift dolly shot from Evil Dead 2 so badly

Top stories of 2024: Three babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows More than 2,200 records for children below age of criminal responsibility include 587 for those under three

Data led organisation. I’m sure this will work out just fine…

This afternoon the AI Committee was told An Garda Síochána "is transitioning from a traditional style of police service to a data-led, digitally-enabled organisation."

Part of that transition is presumably a bill before the Oireachtas today - to give gardai the power to use "biometric analysis" 👇

I have such fond memories of my interaction with Conor Lenihan and a Ogra FFer who called to my door the night before that election….

Japanese or Korean poster for Evil Dead 3. Bruce Campbell stands on top a group of Campbell soup cans with his name on them. It rules so hard. I need it.

a man in a red shirt is smiling and making a face . Alt: Bruce Campbell, smiling and giving an iconic head nod

Bruce Campbell is a mensch. I’ve never heard a bad story about the guy. A pleasure to work with. Great with fans and fandom, patient and decent.

Hail to the King. And fuck cancer.

a man wearing a lunch break jacket typewrites a receipt ALT: a man wearing a lunch break jacket typewrites a receipt

Red line, so…

Parents have always been an amazing vector for viral misinformation and rumours.

Once something gets to a school, it risks a backlash from parents if it doesn't take it seriously. Same with police. So they often distribute it even if sceptical. In turn, other parents worry a hoax will become real.

Well, it helped increase my anxiety…

RN I’m on Dublin bus and worrying about arriving on late…

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.

This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.

Profile of the OP. @pauleric70.bsky.social 52K followers 43.1K following 37.7K posts Left leaning woke bloke / love Astronomy History / Nature / Animals True Democracy by the people for the people Climate change is real and deadly o Detest far right fascism in ANY form No DM ask for $$ / crypto / dating

Following 43,000 people and posting like the internet is going to disappear tomorrow. A deeply unserious human being. Now blocked.

US Border Patrol admits using Real-Time Bidding (RTB) data to track people's movements.

The failure to enforce against the RTB data breach at the heart of online advertising is very, very dangerous.

Big scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social @404media.co!

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Building data centres to house the AI that picks targets for war crimes that cause spikes in prices for the fossil fuels we burn to power the data centres that we keep building so the war criminals will give us tax money to build data centres to house the AI that....

#AcademicSky at what point do you stop being crippled with anxiety before a lecture? A year? Ten lectures?

Asking for an accidental academic….

Heading to college to give a lecture and there’s two lads smoking a *loaded* spliff on the LUAS. Going to fun teaching with a secondary high and stinking of weed.

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

In @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social and @goteborgsposten.bsky.social investigation, the people behind Meta’s smart glasses testify to the hidden stream of privacy-sensitive data that is fed straight into the tech giant’s systems.
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Like, I don't want to believe that these people are actually dumb, but they make it hard sometimes.

The transatlantic battle over free speech EU efforts to regulate the digital sphere are under attack from the Trump administration and, increasingly, Silicon Valley

Fantastic piece in FT on why the DSA is not "censorship"

"The censorship debate is a smokescreen that conceals the reality that a tiny circle of billionaires allied with the Trump administration now pulls the strings of public opinion"
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I was interviewed by a secondary school student recently and the final question, “where can young people go to find reliable and trustworthy news?” left me stumped…

Never forget Nick Clegg went into government with the Tories and voted for this…

GB News' accounts are out. Kept costs static but saw massive year-on-year growth in revenue. On its way to being a pretty decent media business as these things go. After some massive start-up costs, it's a wildly influential for Paul Marshall shifting UK political dial and only loses £25m a year.

Markets latest: Gas price soars 93% since start of conflict Drone strikes across the Middle East and Iran's effective closure of a key shipping route are spooking investors and traders. Follow the latest on the global markets.

This is a good moment for Europe & UK to remember that they can stick up wind and solar, insulates houses, far quicker than they can find new gas in e.g. North Sea

If you're chasing more gas, it's now a case of which unreliable regime you prefer to depend on

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Youth Defence, young people and anti-abortion activism in Ireland, c.1992–97 This article explores the first five years of the Irish young people’s anti-abortion group Youth Defence. Using newspaper articles and archival sources, I illustrate how the group effectively mobil...

I have a new OA article out on the early history of Irish young people’s anti-abortion group Youth Defence. It’s part of a special issue by Agata Ignaciuk and Sylwia Kuzma-Markowska on anti-abortion activism in Europe.Thanks to reviewers and the RSE for funding.

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One of the great joys of taking the dog out for a walk is “The Chats”. The glorious bland mundanity. Tell us about your back, please. Let’s discuss the drying, the grand stretch, or your holiday (past or forthcoming). Dear Jesus God anything but the news….

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

“My job is not to be sensitive, my job is to apologise for the cruelties of previous FF governments’ and offer empty assurances and commitments vis a vie forthcoming FF administrations’ dedication to learn from my mistakes”

We already pay the highest prices for heating and electricity in Europe, so this war adds further pressure on Irish consumers.

Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks force shutdown of Qatari production Saudi Arabia also closes an oil refinery after strike

Indeed. What’s that about energy security again?

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