Daragh Ó Briain
@daraghobrien.bsky.social
Flumping along in the world of data since Long Ago. Posts as @castlebridge_chief here and on https://mastodon.ie. CEO @ Castlebridge.ie.
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Not the comedian
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Not the comedian
It was fantastic. And on the heels of embarrassing Ronaldo.
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It was fantastic. And on the heels of embarrassing Ronaldo.
I paid a designer to do a thing for me, and the biggest value I got out of the transaction was the nice feedback on my concept (paraphrasing) “That won’t work so here’s a better idea”.
Having someone to critique the thinking to make a better thing was worth the €€.
Having someone to critique the thinking to make a better thing was worth the €€.
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I paid a designer to do a thing for me, and the biggest value I got out of the transaction was the nice feedback on my concept (paraphrasing) “That won’t work so here’s a better idea”.
Having someone to critique the thinking to make a better thing was worth the €€.
Having someone to critique the thinking to make a better thing was worth the €€.
Reposted by Daragh Ó Briain
Our pedantic distant descendents will have the unenviable task of explaining that it is called the Second Dark Ages because of the absence of sources not because of *gestures at the state of everything*
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Our pedantic distant descendents will have the unenviable task of explaining that it is called the Second Dark Ages because of the absence of sources not because of *gestures at the state of everything*
Also: Omnibus procedure is only supposed to be used by the Commission for minor tinkering to improve internal alignment between EU laws. Not wholesale rewriting of them.
So CJEU might inevitably have a say (but long after horse has bolted)
So CJEU might inevitably have a say (but long after horse has bolted)
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Also: Omnibus procedure is only supposed to be used by the Commission for minor tinkering to improve internal alignment between EU laws. Not wholesale rewriting of them.
So CJEU might inevitably have a say (but long after horse has bolted)
So CJEU might inevitably have a say (but long after horse has bolted)
As all of this will be published officially on the 19th, I did a thread over at my work face about the implications. bsky.app/profile/cast...
19th November marks the 10th anniversary of #GiovanniButtarelli's call to action as #EDPS on the challenges of #DataProtection and #BigData. www.edps.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
I wonder just how badly the @ec.europa.eu will shit on his memory with their tinkering with GDPR and ePrivacy next week?
I wonder just how badly the @ec.europa.eu will shit on his memory with their tinkering with GDPR and ePrivacy next week?
www.edps.europa.eu
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As all of this will be published officially on the 19th, I did a thread over at my work face about the implications. bsky.app/profile/cast...
@politico.eu had a decent enough article on it. www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Headlines: AI training becomes a “legitimate interest” under GDPR, obligation to keep Registers of Processing activities (i.e. having a list of thing you do with data) removed for entities below 1500 employees.
Headlines: AI training becomes a “legitimate interest” under GDPR, obligation to keep Registers of Processing activities (i.e. having a list of thing you do with data) removed for entities below 1500 employees.
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
@politico.eu had a decent enough article on it. www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Headlines: AI training becomes a “legitimate interest” under GDPR, obligation to keep Registers of Processing activities (i.e. having a list of thing you do with data) removed for entities below 1500 employees.
Headlines: AI training becomes a “legitimate interest” under GDPR, obligation to keep Registers of Processing activities (i.e. having a list of thing you do with data) removed for entities below 1500 employees.
He’s a prick. Always interrupting my letter writing to see if I need help writing a letter.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
He’s a prick. Always interrupting my letter writing to see if I need help writing a letter.
Clippy with Notions.
a drawing of a paper clip with eyes and eyebrows
Alt: a drawing of a paper clip with eyes and eyebrows. It’s Microsoft’s infamous Clippy
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Clippy with Notions.
Never f*ck with a French battle axe grandmother type it would seem.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Never f*ck with a French battle axe grandmother type it would seem.
Day 2: Note saying room comped for rest of stay.
Went back to the same hotel 2 years later. GM recognised me. Told me room had a socket beside the bed and thanked me for pointing it out.
Went back to the same hotel 2 years later. GM recognised me. Told me room had a socket beside the bed and thanked me for pointing it out.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Day 2: Note saying room comped for rest of stay.
Went back to the same hotel 2 years later. GM recognised me. Told me room had a socket beside the bed and thanked me for pointing it out.
Went back to the same hotel 2 years later. GM recognised me. Told me room had a socket beside the bed and thanked me for pointing it out.