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Brian Doherty

@brndhrty.bsky.social
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Designer of digital things.

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🎃 𝔖𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔬 ✒️📖🎲🦺🚉 @seanfranco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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TECH enthusiasts. Save money on expensive Meta Glasses by buying a pair of normal glasses and then adding your name to the Sex Offenders Register.
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 03/09/2026
Today’s stories from Ireland
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/08/2026
Meta is a creep who will _never_ take no for an answer, and never stop trying to ignore their lack of consent. Every media & regulatory organization in the world seems determined to ignore this reality; I genuinely don't understand why. Today's settlement is so that Meta can keep violating consent.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
New Gist: Ireland's Biometric Laundromat Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. Jim O'Callaghan's Irish 'biometric analysis' wheeze has gone international. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ire...
thegist.ie
The Gist: Ireland's Biometric Laundromat
Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. This is the Gist.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 27/06/2026
The operators of a popular food market and sauna in Dublin are fighting to stay open after being told to close by Dublin City Council. Local TD Gary Gannon has appealed to the Council to reconsider its decision. www.thejournal.ie/cowtown-yard...
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Popular food market and sauna in Dublin fighting to stay open after DCC deny planning
Locals have said the yard is an integral part of the community.
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Daithi @daithig.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How many would support the idea of handing over your passport or your child's passport, or other ID, to a tech company. That's the real question and not one likely to be asked in polls like this
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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I do think a lot of English-based analysis of what happened in Northern Ireland last night is missing the specifically loyalist aspect of the violence. These are groups with a long history of violently driving out "outsiders", turning their sights on a new vulnerable minority.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/06/2026
I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy. I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at. www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...
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Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“Humanity goes before the sport - it's that simple." Former Palestine captain Imad Zatara wants to send a message to Irish football - boycotting the games against Israel would send a powerful message to the world. Full interview & video here: philipoconnor.com/humanity-goe... #SpeirGorm
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Siobhán M @nocontextsiobhan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My brother shared this in the family whatsapp so coming to a work place near you the best email ever
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I remember being in Dublin City during Covid, when pubs had to shut by 7/8pm, and the Gardai driving around in full riot gear in vans getting heavy handed with people because people were sat on the street. That was just before the big one on South William St.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 24/03/2026
"A Reddit researcher just exposed how Meta funneled over *$2 billion* through shadowy nonprofits to push age verification laws that would force Apple and Google to build surveillance infrastructure into every device—while conveniently exempting Meta’s own platforms from the same requirements."
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Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech
Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.
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peterkwells @peterkwells.com · 27/02/2026
A government source said what now??? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Another source added: “A ban is the simplest way to achieve what we want. Everything else is asking social media companies to redesign the way the platforms work and be open and transparent about it, which seems more complicated.”
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Look, Ireland can’t legally restrict 16 year olds access to social media or demand people’s ID to let them use the internet. But certain Ministers have announced they will do those things. So either they knowingly pass unconstitutional laws. Or they parp on. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
irishexaminer.com
Martin hits out as full copy of report leaked in advance of Cabinet meeting
Report on digital and AI strategy 'not clear' and it was 'open to interpretation' as to what the Government intended to restrict
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 24/01/2026
The first thing that occurred to me when I saw a pair of Meta’s smart glasses is that the *only* thing they offer that differs from a regular smartphone camera is covert filming. That’s it, that’s the business case
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
On an iphone, you find the apps on the App Store, you scroll to the bottom of its listing to where it says “Report a Problem”. Follow the drop down menus to report something illegal. Here’s my report, as an example. Just takes 2 minutes.
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• contentreports.apple.com
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What category of illegal content are you reporting?
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Child sexual abuse material
¿ If you suspect a child is in immediate danger, contact your local law enforcement.
What law, code, or other legal standard do you believe this content violates? Include links if possible. (Optional)
Name of the law, code or legal standard Sections 5,6 and 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998
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Describe the content and why you believe it is illegal. For written content, provide the exact words or phrases. For audio and video, provide the timestamp of when the content occurs.
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The app includes a new feature that allows user accounts to "undress" photos of people, including children.10:30 €
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Enter the URL that leads to where you found the content on Apple Services.
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Email Communication
Under the Digital Services Act, Apple is required to collect your name and email address.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is 1) flat wrong on the facts 2) flat wrong on the law 3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“Consider it the Ministerial Dunning-Kruger approach to public policy.“ - The Gist Oh dear! @tupped.bsky.social www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
thegist.ie
The Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one. This is the Gist.
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Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Fantastic piece from my colleague Eileen Culotty Short sighted profit driven politicians sleepwalking into the destruction of our public media institution in one of the most challenging information environments democracy has ever faced. #speirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Not one word about who the mob were, their motives or politics, or their targets. I'll say it again - Irish politicians, law enforcement and media have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to the far right, and they will reap a bitter harvest from their ignorance.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 03/10/2025
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed
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Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Outside Croke Park earlier. #NFLDublin #FreePalestine
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I admire Mo Salah's restraint. "Farewell". Really? Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
A photograph of Suleiman al-Obeid, former captain of the Pakestinian national football team, killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food.
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A depressed AI chatbot goes to a doctor, says life is harsh, unforgiving, cruel. The doctor says treatment is simple. "The great AI assistant Gemini has all the answers you need. Go & ask it." The AI bursts into tears. "But doctor," it says, "you can use gasoline to make a spicy spaghetti sauce."
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Apple learned the wrong lesson from the iPhone - that the crowning glory of a product is to do all things. But the iPhone ran where the iPod steamrolled a path first. Doing one thing in the mobile form factor well taught them how to do many things well. Starting with many things leads to failure.
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
New aerial view of Gaza.
Complete devastation
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16/07/2025
“Mercedes‑Benz gleefully describes this as having ‘the potential to transform the vehicle into a third workspace, complementing the office and the home office.’” 💀
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Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving
The all-new CLA gets this first
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This is kicking off here in Ireland too. Crazy stuff! @tupped.bsky.social has written quite a lot on this bsky.app/profile/tupp...
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Recently attended an event dedicated to applying design thinking to problems, challenges and processes in the health service… 2 of the speakers were from the ministers department. Comments like this seem to fly in the face of published ambitions www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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Better Public Services
A strategy for the Public Service aimed at delivering for the public and building trust
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I’ve thought a lot about this today, it really brings back up the shallow, immature perception and application of design in this country. The concept of design is the target rather than the experience of the individuals and processes followed.
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Hà Phan @hpdailyrant.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This might be triggering for some people.
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
“This is bad politics, as well as bad thinking. If Opposition party leaders losing their own seats is commonplace, will the UK try to go one better?” The Gist on global politics. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-new...
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The Gist: News of the World
England, Canada and Australia, all with election results in a week? This is the Gist.
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The timing of this campaign is curious… imagining several delays and angry marketing execs in the last month
Advertising board of a man holding a can of orange soda
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A nice press release style article about Dublin's drone delivery company in the Guardian, where we find out it's €2 delivery charge on a cup of coffee. They also compare the stats of a drone delivering coffee with a delivery driver delivering coffee, something delivery drivers don't do.
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Dublin UX @dublinux.ie · 09/04/2025
Full house for #DublinUX tonight
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/01/2025
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Since 2022, commentators have been asking, "is generative AI sentient" But now the question has progressed to "is generative AI god" thanks to massive breakthroughs in the field of cocaine
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
The last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained after refusing to abandon his colleagues and patients. In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Ireland gets a special mention here. I have used Irish-owned (though clearly not developed) systems which do not allow for names with apostrophies. Or a capital letter three or four letters into a name. www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/f...
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Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software
Classic essay about how software routinely bumbles human names.
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
@thesecretdj.bsky.social one for the list?
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Out of sight, out of mind :)
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“A TikTok Taoiseach who lives by the viral video, can die by the viral video” A summary of the last 3 days in Irish politics. @tupped.bsky.social nails it.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
In one image Fine Gael run an attack ad on Sinn Féin’s plans for addressing poverty. In the other a 5yr old boy who is living in homeless accommodation eats off cardboard on the streets of Dublin. Vote accordingly.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
user research in a nutshell
Tweet that says I still think my favorite thing that's ever happened to me on the internet is the time a guy said people change their minds when you show them facts and I said actually studies show that's not true and linked two sources and he said yeah well I still think it works
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New Campaign Gist: On SF’s Duality The party spent the year driving away the voters it had to try to recover the, fewer, voters it had already lost. www.thegist.ie/campaign-gis...
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
"Small farmer, with masters in horticulture, from a farming family utterly wrong about effect of derogation on small farms insists journalism school dropout with no farming experience". Welcome to the Irish General Election campaign.
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Silicon Valley was more like a documentary than a comedy series.
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Brian Doherty @brndhrty.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
This is genuinely hilarious and baffling www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Hundreds line O'Connell Street for hoax Halloween parade
Hundreds of people gathered along O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre this evening for a hoax Halloween parade
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