I know the EU is still on holiday (complimentary) but we should see the same speed of response here. And what happened to Minister Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to protect children on the internet, now X dot com is generating actual CSAM of real children? Is he only interested in surveillance?

“It turned out, the ATMs didn’t know how much money your bank account had. So if you asked them for €1,000, you got €1,000. This turned out to be particularly popular amongst people who would like €1,000, which is one of the larger demographic slices in the country” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-cap...

State bodies still be using X.

the thing that strikes me about the Grok "apology" thing is that even those of us who are against "AI" as it is marketed to us have trouble not falling into the basic fallacy that they are trying to sell us, i.e. There's A Little Guy In There

Let’s do some maths! But first some context: The liability for public bodies for injuries arising from “wear-and-tear” to paths etc was sharply restricted by the High Court on appeal, when a hill walker claimed for an injury arising from a rotted wooden sleeper in a park decisis.ie/national-par...

950 individual claims is a lot. I'm not a fancy downtown lawyer, but the average payout coming in just below €20k would suggest that most of these are OOC settlements?

call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago

My first Gist piece about how much I hate A.I. can be found here. It was published this time last year but one handy thing about the AI miasma that refuses to die, is that every word of it is still completely relevant. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/

Lovely piece on the hatefulness of all this. Worth it for many little highlights, but I enjoyed the riff on a calculator that aggressively suggests sums you might want to do today.

Found elsenet: seems to sum up the zeitgeist nicely!

Happy New Year! I finished my annual year-in-review. At least until I realize I forgot something and edit it. It was a good year for the shop overall I think. Thanks to everyone for keeping it going! littledeercomics.ie/blogs/news/2...

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...

“It turned out, the ATMs didn’t know how much money your bank account had. So if you asked them for €1,000, you got €1,000. This turned out to be particularly popular amongst people who would like €1,000, which is one of the larger demographic slices in the country” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-cap...

Australian Social Media ban is not working, so now the “war on teens” people are demanding outright phone bans… https://alecmuffett.com/article/138755 #SocialMediaBan #australia #censorship #surveillance #vpns

Political parties, sports clubs, individuals etc. still on the platform need to be asked why - who, exactly, are you trying to "reach" on a CSAM website?

We stopped using Twitter/X over two years ago & have seen no cause for regret, but the recent incidents of CSAM generated & distributed via proprietary A.I. Grok are a new low. We urge all non-profits still retaining a presence on the site to abandon it immediately. 1/2 bsky.app/profile/lora...

New Guest Gist: 2026, Our already rotting future Séamas O’Reilly somehow failed to stop AI with his Gist pointing out its many many lies last year. Surely this time he will see it off? www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

Literally not one word of reflection on what caused the party to lose all those seats in this interview.

"As signs of ageing emerge, Trump responds with defiance" YES. This is exactly the flavour of mad king shit I want to see

happy birthday to horses

The traffic light cameras are a bad idea and we are lucky they were scrapped for reasons unrelated to the reasons they are a bad idea.

Appointing the guy who made his career from never building anything while Minister for Housing as Minister for Transport and then doing the shocked Pikachu face when he decides not to build a bunch of public transport infrastructure

New Guest Gist on what made a movie monster in the 1990s compared to now. "our concerns about masculinity must include making it easy for men to make both lots of friends and happier choices. Del Toro’s Frankenstein shows the way" www.thegist.ie/monsters-inc...

It is the start of 2026 and, since nothing much has happened so far this year, I thought I'd give a look back on the most popular Gists of 2025. But I don't really know that, becuase I don't keep those kinds of stats. So these are the ones that got the most views on the web instead. Here we go!

It's been known. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1M2...

Start 2026 off right by reading my personal movie roundup of 2025! sarahsnewideas.com/2026/01/01/2...

I predict the U.K. Govt and the European Commission will end up minimising the significance of this decision when it threatens the UK’s adequacy finding that allows them access to the EU market for data.

My best loved Teddy was called Ogie when I was small (as he was orange and green) and so I always feel a little thrill of positivity to anyone described as the OG now.

Keeping my death certificate stored conveniently on my phone for when I need it

This message is aimed at me and I intend to pay attention to Floella as much now as ever.

Also, it had good jokes.

It is the start of 2026 and, since nothing much has happened so far this year, I thought I'd give a look back on the most popular Gists of 2025. But I don't really know that, becuase I don't keep those kinds of stats. So these are the ones that got the most views on the web instead. Here we go!

"What was your biggest impact on the Internet?" I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")

Democracy is just too damn expensive

Thursday's MAIL: Digital IDs for babies #TomorrowsPapersToday

New Guest Gist on what made a movie monster in the 1990s compared to now. "our concerns about masculinity must include making it easy for men to make both lots of friends and happier choices. Del Toro’s Frankenstein shows the way" www.thegist.ie/monsters-inc...

Happy New Years from Berlin where everyone per usual has lost their minds

The proposal at the moment is to pay around 20% of the actual costs - you can see where this is going.

Not forgetting that the state is trying to push through laws in the planning and environment sphere which would let them set the costs they would have to pay when they lose a case, seems to be the thin edge of the wedge.

Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true. Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?

The departed once asked a group of his friends the following question: "If you HAD to have sex with a character from the classic sit-com Dad's Army, who would you pick and why?" Truly great men are never afraid to ask important questions.

A reminder, again, that the current AG has written a whole report justifying not paying compensation to wronged people *on principle* as part of a broad push, arguing that any compensation payments to individuals wronged by the state are against the Public Interest.

Incredible fashion win. David Tennant has just been seen wearing my new jumper.

Modelling healthy masculinity from the Hockey Podcasters.

I am devastated to report that one of Simon's jokes in this is better than mine

Every Year, in the interregnum after Christmas, I commission some Guest Gists for your reading pleasure. Today, please don't miss @cairdiul.bsky.social. I asked her to watch the Draculas and Frankenstein movies from the 1990s and compare them to this year's models. www.thegist.ie/monsters-inc...