Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter. Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
Worth noting that this is *exactly* what we warned people would happen if they passed age verification laws for online pornography.
Mike StabileThe Missouri Attorney General is threatening librarians with arrest over an LGBTQ+ story hour for kids, suggesting that a picture book about gay dinosaur dads is "pornography." The Secretary of State says he'll pull funding if the event happens, citing the state's new age verification law.
Not just another "Five Things" article! These are five real and fundamental #GDPR questions you need to be able to answer about the data you collect. mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2026/07/29/f...
Five GDPR Questions Every Irish Company Should Be Able to Answer | McGarr SolicitorsMany organisations think GDPR compliance means having a privacy policy on their website and hoping they never hear from the Data Protection Commission. Alas, this is not the case.mcgarrsolicitors.ie
Wow, it's almost like all those protests weren't really about fuel... www.independent.ie/county/wexfo...
Fuel Support Scheme for farmers ‘under subscribed’ despite €87m budget and nationwide protests over costsThe deputy president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) says she does not know why the Fuel Income Support Scheme for farmers and agricultural contractors was significantly “under subscribed.”www.independent.ie
FYI Dubliners this free photo exhibition ends today at 6pm. smockalley.com/before-the-r...
Temple Bar: Before The Renaissance - Smock Alley Theatre 1662Featuring archive images displayed alongside contemporary photographs taken from the very same locations, Temple Bar: Before the Renaissance offers a unique visual journey through the streets, laneway...smockalley.com
The wildfire in Tipperary covered 700 hectares. The smoke could be smelled 100km away at Cork Airport. Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael have spent the summer setting the climate act aside, saying it has been "weaponised" by NGOs.
Al Jazeera EnglishEU crisis chief urges tougher climate action amid France, Spain wildfires https://aje.news/eifpm5
Very good, on the Irish government’s authoritarian push to dismantle planning oversight and judicial reviews, by one of our own parish @cathalmalone.bsky.social
Judicial reviews are a fundamental part of democracy — not a dig at the Government by greedy lawyersA judicial review is any case taken against any public body that may have broken the law — it's the separation of powers working as intended, writes Cathal Malonewww.irishexaminer.com
When urbanists take pictures of a Paris street (like Rue de Rivoli) showing all the people on bikes now taking advantage of protected infrastructure, it’s not just because we “like bikes.” It’s because we’re picturing the gridlock if they were driving cars. And the public cost, pollution, noise…
Every time I make the (correct) statement that social media use is not universally bad for teenagers, or state that the best consensus is that it's beneficial-to-neutral for many and any negative effects are a small subset of teenagers, people demand citations (and then refuse to believe them, sigh)
Holy Moly, this is quite the thread!
Courtney MilanYou may recall the case where Lynne Freeman sued Tracy Wolff for writing a YA set in Alaska where the male lead was hot and broody, just like in Freeman's book. This litigation went on for three years before a judge finally read both books and said there was zero infringement.
the corruption number here makes me want to turn into the joker and then, as the joker, turn into a significantly more unhinged joker
Polling USA"Who's better on..." 🔵Women's Rights: D +18 🔵Environment: D +17 🔵Democratic Norms: D +10 🔵Cost of Living: D +4 🟣Political Violence: Even 🟣Wars/Terrorism: Even 🔴AI: R +1 🔴Corruption: R +1 🔴Guns Control: R +3 🔴Immigration: R +5 🔴Crime: R +14 Ipsos / July 26, 2026
