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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Shoot this into the sun. Several of my works were yoinked into the techno-maw and (due to reasons) I am excluded from the class in the Anthropic settlement. The only way to guarantee your use of genAI protects and supports human creators is to use it in the most passive way possible (ie not).

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Brief reminder for authors justifiably angry with the @societyofauthors.bsky.social capitulation, AI does not just steal all your work (and all of mine), but all your privacy too. Can we have some outrage about that too, please?

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Daniel Sereduick @danielsereduick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Everywhere around the world, non-rightists have one mission: Obliterate the right forever by any means necessary. "Rome in Carthage" levels of eradication.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My soon to be 17 year old is irked by the cut off and will be reflecting this in their choices when they turn 18 and vote. They can hold petty grudges like Atlas holds up the world.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The last time he promised something like this it became a tunnel with regular Tesla cars driven by humans at 30 miles per hour.

Elon Musk: Boring Company is working on a simple, precursor Hyperloop tunnel between Austin and San Antonio (>200 mph).
Due to traffic congestion, that journey can currently take up to 2.5 hours. @BoringCompany can reduce that to a consistent <30 mins.
10:57 AM • 9/20/26 • 358K Views

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New Gist: What If? Exposed to bot armies on social media, politicians have become like Nipper, the loyal Jack Russell dog, listening intently to the automatic, unending and completely synthetic version of His Master's Voice. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wha...

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The Gist: What if?

The Government wants to reduce immigration. This is the Gist.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So.. an agreement to have a base (that they already have)? Winning bigly.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

But under EU competition law any market signalling of pace of pacing should be something raising eyebrows.

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Meta is the Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 18/09/2026

This. 💯 Companies can pace without colluding, but they can't rig the markets without colluding.

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Eerke Boiten @eerkeboiten.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And, BBC, "Israel rejects allegations of genocide." is not the rebuttal you think it is. You'd need to find an authoritative human rights organisation or genocide scholar.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Feel free to use the Chief ScapeGoat Officer in your essay.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

and like why are we centering the complaints of the parents who think the value of sports is "my kid might become a star" instead of the ones who are like "this is a great way to learn teamwork, move your body every day, work hard at a skill, and learn how to lose or fail at things with grace"

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me: Do you have a second communications channel I can send a password for a password encrypted PDF to? PB: <tumbleweed> Me (to self): Data and AI strategies are all well and good but if you are still operating a paper-bound mindset without appropriate digital security controls we're not at the races

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PB: Eh.. Could you just attach the pdf to an email. Me: Eh.. no. Contravenes our data security policy and introduces risk of non-compliance with Article 32 GDPR. Restricted access link is better and a bit safer security-wise. PB: We can't open links. Me: Well, I can't send unencrypted attachments.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Public Body: "Hey, could you fill out this pdf form that's asking for lots of personal data". Me: Sure. Where's the online version? PB: No. Print out the pdf, scan it, and send it back. Me: OK <printer chugs, pen scratches, scanner whirrs> Me: OK, here's a time restricted link to the pdf.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As a consultant, I'm with Terry Pratchett on this one. Quantum just means "add a few more zeros to the bill".

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pondering the Revolut data breach story www.independent.ie/irish-news/i.... Revolut say root cause was impersonation of "an official government agency email domain". Which government? Which agency? What legal basis cited for the request? Was request naming users or account numbers? Many questions.

independent.ie

Irish feared to be among those affected after Revolut data leaked to scammers

Revolut claims only a small number of customers impacted

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This strikes me as more than a PR stunt or even a pressure point. In 1918 Westminster held elections. Nearly all the MPs elected from Ireland were from a nationalist party. They ignored Westminster & formed an Irish Parliament in Dublin* - thus independence as a fait accompli…

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Something blows up, CSGO takes the hit, resigns. Consults quietly for a bit, 2 years later hired again by another org (usually the one they were consulting with). Wash, rinse, repeat.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Several years ago (12 years) on a panel at a data management conference in the US I framed my concern at the Chief-X-Officer clutter (then: CDO vs CIO) as really being about having someone to push onto their sword when things went wrong. We actually have CSGOs - Chief ScapeGoat Officers.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It is an accountability sink, unless it has a mandate and clout to actually change organisational operating systems and culture. But it becomes just another voice at a cluttered table.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(And *all* businesses are regulated to some extent, even the corner muffin shop)

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So, the second part of the cognitive dissonance is the “Hot Potato” game. We already see this within #DataGovernance. There are practices and approaches to address it. But it does mean having to have accountability (not accountability sinks) in the system.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So.. we are then into chain of liability territory, usually after the fact when the bad thing has happened. Which means we are into product liability land (possibly) or corporate fiduciary responsibility territory (definitely), and directors’ duties to shareholders - not new areas or concepts.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The cognitive dissonance I suspect is happening is people in orgs who were told “this magic tool will make it all easier and you can fire Bob and Jenny” are now realising that they are still accountable for the outcomes produced by RoboBob and AgenticJenny but lack the ability to oversee and direct.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And this (commercial) research study by Veeam highlights where rubber is hitting the road: governance of any kind requires accountability somewhere in the system. www.radicalcompliance.com/2026/09/10/m... This isn’t fuzzy handwringing about “guardrails”. This is “who goes to jail?” territory.

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Messy Findings on AI Accountability - Radical Compliance

A new report finds that companies struggle with accountability for AI agents and workflows. What should compliance and audit teams do here?

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

GDPR was designed to be technologically neutral based on principles. So, yes… it wasn’t designed for GenAI. But it does set out the rules organisations deploying GenAI need to keep in mind.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Office 365 should come in a ‘co-pilot-free’ version, which should be the default in schools and universities, for example.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The issue is one of making sure risk is assessed and technical and data debt falling due. Treat GenAI as a motivated hostile actor in the network and adjust risk appetite accordingly. If you invite a vampire in, you need to make sure you’re stocked up with garlic and stakes.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I disagree with the headline here even if I agree with the description of the problem in the article. www.computerweekly.com/opinion/GDPR... Actual issue: GenAI exposes holes in security model and data management assumptions and gaps that means potential liability under GDPR and other regulations.

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GDPR wasn't designed for AI and that's a security problem | Computer Weekly

The Security Think Tank explores the intersection of GDPR and artificial intelligence, considering how data protection standards in the UK and Europe are changing in this new paradigm.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What they want is to have friendly think tanks check their homework and rub their tummies. What we need is for regulators to be let take gloves off under existing laws and existing legal liability principles. And for tech companies to stop lobbying against regulation.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Nice to see #Gartner saying things that are very similar to what I’ve been saying about enterprise GenAI adoption for a while.. www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20... “Move fast and break things” doesn’t work if you want to be part of the foundational architecture in regulated enterprises.

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AI and its main promoters are not enterprise-ready, says Gartner

Model-makers move too fast and don’t care when they break things

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I know there is a lot more to this story than the simple headline but "change consultant tells newsroom to write about less news" seems to misunderstand how news works www.businesspost.ie/companies/ch...

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Change consultant tells RTÉ to publish less news to reduce ‘newsroom fatigue’

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Whether records are preserved for archival purposes is a #DataGovernance decision (and often on a case by case basis). But it's a moot decision if the physical records in question are destroyed or beyond use because of improper storage and haphazard filing. castlebridge.ie/insights/rec...

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Records management: It's all fine

The Data Protection Commission has fined the HSE €645k for careless handling of physical records. Daragh O Brien explores why this important finding has more under the surface than at first glance.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So, hopefully HSE will, as part of their review of records management practices and archival storage, give consideration to the historical and archival value of records. And if archival reasons exist, that needs to be documented. However, there are clear clinical data retention guidelines already.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Interesting view on the value of archival records in today's @irishtimes www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... The issue here is the DPC's requirement that records be destroyed if there is no further use for them. Part of that is determining the future use. And archival purposes may be a required use

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Opinion: Patient records are a vital part of our history. Destroying them is wrong

DPC ordered the HSE to audit stored records and ‘safely destroy any containing personal data that are no longer needed’. But these records have immense value

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

once again, this should be front-page news all over the world, the President of the USA just fabricated an entire story about himself

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The urge became too strong.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well, if you go around walking and quacking like a duck measures will be taken to verify your non-duckness. Any other approach would be quackers.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I suspect we will see more collaborative / co-regulatory approaches being adopted in the future, especially as the regulatory environment around data and data-related things becomes 'noisy' - finding common core objectives and principles and collaborative approaches to regulating will be essential!

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Interesting story here. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... Essentially the summary is "Residential Care facilities will be required to comply with the thing that is ALREADY THE LAW" but with another regulatory enforcement strand via the MHC.

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Residential care services will have to declare where CCTV is being used and why

Mental Health Commission code of conduct and Data Protection Commission guidance say all technologies already in use will have to be reviewed

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ah, I love a bit of Wagner in the afternoon…

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026

We have a decade of research that says this is a bad idea. Beyond that, we have a decade of research that says this will absolutely fuck over marginalized folks.

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The @dpcireland.bsky.social has fined the @hselive.bsky.social €645k for failures in the organisational and technical measures for archiving and storing physical records. The DPC requires improvements to be made. I have some pre-coffee thoughts on this: castlebridge.ie/insights/rec...

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Records management: It's all fine

The Data Protection Commission has fined the HSE €645k for careless handling of physical records. Daragh O Brien explores why this important finding has more under the surface than at first glance.

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