"A world without the possibility of undetected dissent is a world where state power faces no friction. Even in democracies, this is dangerous. The capacity to act outside official channels, to organise without surveillance, to maintain private spaces—these are not merely conveniences. They are preconditions for the meaningful exercise of freedom."

- by Antoin O Lachtnain from @Tupp_ed's The Gist:

https://www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-crime-and-justice-in-the-age-of-total-surveillance/?ref=mastodon

#TheGist #Surveillance #Crime #Criminalisation #Freedom #Dissent

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

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Should We Define People by Their Worst Moments?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOPPAFzvxU

#LizaTreyger #TheGist

Should We Define People by Their Worst Moments?

YouTube

"To reiterate first principles, my main problem with Artificial Intelligence, as its currently sold, is that it’s a lie."

Seamas O'Reilly in @Tupp_ed's (Guest) Gist, today:

https://www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2026-our-already-rotting-future/

#TheGist #MastoDaoine #AI #GenAI #ML #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence

Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future

Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.

The Gist

Congrats to Simon McGarr @Tupp_ed for the best bit of snark so far about the disgraced Fianna Fáil presidential candidate #JimGavin. #Aras25

Simon's post at #TheGist https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-jim-bows-out/ is an excellent, concise explainer of what happened and what comes next. But that's some fine #snark at #FiannaFail's presidential failure.

The Gist

News, Data policy, law and the absurdity of life. A round up of what Ireland's talking about.

The Gist
The Gist: Not Mandatory, Not Compulsory, Not Legal

The DPC has fined the Department of Social Protection €550,000. This is the Gist.

The Gist
The Gist: Guns, Shannon and VAT

When and how must Ireland act? This is The Gist.

The Gist

A brief guide on how you can help defeat far right / headbanger candidates in the following constituencies in next week's general election...

- Cavan Monaghan
- Cork North Central
- Dublin Bay North
- Dublin Central
- Dublin North West
- Galway West

#GE24 #GE2024 #IrishPolitics #TheGist

https://www.thegist.ie/campaign-gist-building-a-wall/

Campaign Gist: Building a Wall

There are six constiuancies with a risk of a far right candidate taking a seat. This is the Gist.

The Gist
“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.”
#thegist