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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News, data policy, law and the absurdity of life. A round up of what Ireland's talking about.
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The Gist: Who Will Lead FF Next?
We're hurtling towards silly season, so let's just have some FF fun. This is the Gist.
The Gist: The End of the 100 Year Government
Ireland's 100 year government can't change itself, but the country must find a way to change. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Humpty Dumpty's Wall of Biometric Bamboozlement
Jim O'Callaghan proposes AI powers for the police 'irrespective' of EU Law
Guest Gist: Everything Everywhere All at Once: Crime and Justice in the Age of Total Surveillance
Every face is now a registration plate. Detection is less about gathering clues and more about querying databases. Where is our surveilled society bringing us? From Digital Rights Ireland's director Antoin O Lachtnain, this is the Guest Gist.
The Gist: Britain, the Ungoverned Country
The Labour Party's problem since Keir Starmer was elected was that it fed itself disinformation and pooped disaffection. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Sunshine and Lollipops
A report released this week was full of good news about people and bad news about political and media institutions. This is the Gist.
The Gist: A Denial Of Service Attack
The fuel blockade demonstrated state fragility and inability. This is the Gist.
The Gist: The Very Hungry Killerpillar
Seemingly to their own surprise, the Trump administration goes to war with Iran. This is the Gist.
The Gist: The Promise of No Change
For every action needed, why is there an equal and opposite inaction? This is the Gist.
The Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
The UK Labour Party is being run into the ground, thanks to adopting FG's election tactics. This is the Gist.
The Gist: What you can do about the Abuse Factory
Four quick and powerful things you can do about X without even putting your phone down.
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns that If AI looked asinine and craven twelve months ago, we're looking at maximum bubbledrive this year. This is the (Guest) Gist.
Guest Gist: Monsters, Inc: Frankenstein, Dracula and masculinity
Sarah Manvel considers Monsters, Men and their 1990s selves by comparing Draculas and Frankensteins from then and now. This is The (Guest) Gist.