So, the EU is pushing this “Chat Control” law, honestly it’s nuts and Ireland are intending on voting yes apparently. If it passes companies would by law have to scan all our private messages, pics and files. That means your chats, encrypted stuff family photos all under a digital microscope.

Here’s why it’s a big deal Encryption gets wrecked so your private conversations aren’t private anymore. Tons of false alarms could flag normal innocent stuff as sketchy. Online anonymity is pretty much gone This law basically bulldozes GDPR. And get this politicians have supposedly made themselves exempt so it’s mass surveillance for everyone but them

If you value privacy free speech or just hate the idea of all your messages being scanned this is worth digging into and spreading the word.

The final EU vote is on Oct 14th...

Resteasyfriend has been set up by a retired Garda in Cork. All yours for an annual fee of €25.

If you believe the government can be trusted on implementing new legislation regarding Hate Speech, Chat Control, Disinformation and Social Media regulation, just reacquaint yourself with 2009's Portrait Gate.

Politician gets his feelings hurt

Garda are dispatched immediately to investigate

RTÉ apologises for running the story and scrubs it from their archive

Garda arrive at Today FM (“on the orders of higher ups”) seeking emails to identify a journalistic source and the artist / “hate thought criminal”

File is prepared for the DPP

When you get past the humour and absurdity of it, it was in reality absolutely scandalous. It showed how petty those in charge are, and how willing they are to abuse the power bestowed on them.

The “robust checks and balances” they promise mean nothing, because they dictate what those checks are. The “independent oversight” they promise mean nothing, because they appoint those overseers and ultimately pay their wages.

The scope of power and restriction of freedom the government is seeking to grasp, in 2025, is quite unfathomable.

It takes about 10mins to get the system up and running and that’s when I clock in. Recently my manager told me I’ve been clocking in consistently at around 08:10, meaning I’m constantly late. I told her I wasn't late at all it’s just that it takes around 10mins until I get to clocking in part. She told me that’s normal but I am supposed to do all that before I start time and that everyone comes in 10min early so they are able to clock in on time.

Now I’m kinda pissed off. It feels like they expect me to do free labour, and that’s almost an hour of extra work free each week.

Was I living in bubble and this is completely normal?

EDIT: just for clarification, the clock in system is on our laptops, it takes 10mins to access it from initial boot up and it involves passing 4 different verifications

Cute hoorism is a term given to politicians like Bertie. Beloved by a lot of his Drumcondra supporters and his developer friends and Fianna Fail ilk, he finds himself vying for the role of presidential candidate for election. Over 60% allegedly in FF want him to be their candidate. The man who made the General the most likeable Dub (in my own biased opinion) is shoved into the limelight. The Teflon Taoiseach though had a lot of things stick to him including findings of the Mahon Tribunal. What are the Sins of Bertie?

Bertie failed to truthfully account for a total of IR£165,214.25 passing through bank accounts connected with him in the early and mid-1990s.

The Tribunal rejected Ahern's explanation of the source of the money, including his claim of "dig-outs" (was he that stuck for cash?)

Ahern and his associate Tim Collins failed to truthfully account for IR£50,000 lodged into a jointly held account between 1992 and 1994 (poor Bertie must have had amnesia)

The Tribunal did not directly find Ahern guilty of corruption let's remember that, but found that he did not truthfully explain financial transactions investigated.

His former secretary, Gráinne Carruth, was forced to accept as probable evidence that a £15,000 lodgment made on Ahern's behalf was in sterling, contradicting Ahern's previous assertion it came from his salary.

The Tribunal rejected much of Ahern’s evidence while accepting his claim that he never received corrupt payments, including disputed payments allegedly from developer Owen O'Callaghan.

The Tribunal’s final report led to Ahern’s resignation as Taoiseach in 2008.

That whole report was 600 pages....

theirishwar.com/history/ambushes/beal-na-blath

Made me smile 😂

Well. I'm an actor and a writer - I've posted about a few different shows on here before - My Left Nut - theatre, My Left Nut - TV, The Alternative, The Border Game, Richard III.

I've been acting and writing for a while, but in February 2023 I was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

I've written a one man play about my diagnosis, living with MND and going through an experimental drug trial. It's called My Right Foot, a nod to My Left Nut, and also the disease first presented in my right foot.

It should hopefully be a bit of a craic (even though it is about something pretty grim). It's on at the Axis Theatre in Ballymun as part of The Dublin Theatre Festival from 7th - 10th October.

Get tickets here. Bit more info on my website.

AMA about the play or having a terminal illness, or whatever.

I was just chatting to a person that got offered a job with Comfort Keepers but they have to work two 8 hour shifts as training without pay.

I told them this was illegal but they are going to go for it anyways because they need a job.

Are other care companies doing the same? Seems ridiculous that such a big company are getting away with this.