Rory Flynn
@roryflynn.ie
Bits and bobs at Amnesty's Security Lab, opinions my own
Also available at https://mastodon.ie/@roolyaboolya
Also available at https://mastodon.ie/@roolyaboolya
If you're campaigning to make some sort of change in the world and someone is very insistent that an action "wouldn't make any difference anyways" then it should go DING DING DING and lights should flash in your head because history shows that you should always do that thing
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you're campaigning to make some sort of change in the world and someone is very insistent that an action "wouldn't make any difference anyways" then it should go DING DING DING and lights should flash in your head because history shows that you should always do that thing
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
How absurd is RTÉ's interpretation of law, that even in a factual documentary 14 years later they have to censor what happened in the 2011 Frontline Presidential Debate?
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
How absurd is RTÉ's interpretation of law, that even in a factual documentary 14 years later they have to censor what happened in the 2011 Frontline Presidential Debate?
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I've never been prouder of @2600.com and speaking at @hope.net than now. 2600 has apparently been told HOPE can't return to St. John's University - allegedly because some attendees last year were ""too anti-police.""
Censorship won't stop the signal - especially not 2600 Hz
Censorship won't stop the signal - especially not 2600 Hz
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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New: for @equatormag.bsky.social I spent months talking to BBC journalists, from front-line reporters to the former head of the World Service, about how the corporation came unstuck over Gaza. But as I was working on the story, it collided with something... bigger... www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • Articles • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
www.equator.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New: for @equatormag.bsky.social I spent months talking to BBC journalists, from front-line reporters to the former head of the World Service, about how the corporation came unstuck over Gaza. But as I was working on the story, it collided with something... bigger... www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Really good (and fair) long read on the BBC, Gaza, and government influence.
https://www.equator.org/articles/inside-the-bbc-s-gaza-fiasco
https://www.equator.org/articles/inside-the-bbc-s-gaza-fiasco
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
www.equator.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Really good (and fair) long read on the BBC, Gaza, and government influence.
https://www.equator.org/articles/inside-the-bbc-s-gaza-fiasco
https://www.equator.org/articles/inside-the-bbc-s-gaza-fiasco
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🚨Today, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @amnesty.org are publishing the 2,700 docs we’ve forced the NYPD to release on their use of facial recognition against New Yorkers🚨
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses
Records obtained by Amnesty International and S.T.O.P. reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of rights-violating facial recognit...
www.amnesty.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚨Today, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @amnesty.org are publishing the 2,700 docs we’ve forced the NYPD to release on their use of facial recognition against New Yorkers🚨
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
istg if I meet one more person who says to me that "society is more polarised" I'm gonna start asking for examples of where they think the other end of that pole has moved exactly. please explain what is the central midpoint from not-wanting-fascism
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
istg if I meet one more person who says to me that "society is more polarised" I'm gonna start asking for examples of where they think the other end of that pole has moved exactly. please explain what is the central midpoint from not-wanting-fascism
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Timur Husein, Antisemitismusbeauftragter bei der CDU Berlin. Nie wieder ist jetzt! Aber morgen erst wieder
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Timur Husein, Antisemitismusbeauftragter bei der CDU Berlin. Nie wieder ist jetzt! Aber morgen erst wieder
"It's a non-political music competition between broadcasters, not countries" - EBU
Pictured: Director General of Austrian broadcaster ORF meeting the President of Israel in Jerusalem, with the "goal of securing support for Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest".
Pictured: Director General of Austrian broadcaster ORF meeting the President of Israel in Jerusalem, with the "goal of securing support for Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest".
![[..] Yitzhak Herzog traf. Ziel war, Unterstützung für Israels Teilnahme am Song Contest zu sichern.
Foto: ORF-Chef Roland Weißmann war zu Gast bei Israels Staatspräsident Yitzhak Herzog.
EN:
[..] met with Yitzhak Herzog. The aim was to secure support for Israel's participation in the song contest.
Photo: ORF Director General Roland Weißmann was a guest of Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gzdkrbyrppv5xebblkjttrdk/bafkreicnz34tpd3rtymnkqkpuu5b7klxfjvstovqna2pv4n57wjzrwb6ua@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"It's a non-political music competition between broadcasters, not countries" - EBU
Pictured: Director General of Austrian broadcaster ORF meeting the President of Israel in Jerusalem, with the "goal of securing support for Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest".
Pictured: Director General of Austrian broadcaster ORF meeting the President of Israel in Jerusalem, with the "goal of securing support for Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest".
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Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
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Help my colleagues at Dangerzone test their important app: dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11...
Dangerzone is @freedom.press' open-source tool that sanitizes attachments and removes any potential malware.
Just download, install and report any errors. You’ll have good karma for the rest of the week. 😇
Dangerzone is @freedom.press' open-source tool that sanitizes attachments and removes any potential malware.
Just download, install and report any errors. You’ll have good karma for the rest of the week. 😇
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Help my colleagues at Dangerzone test their important app: dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11...
Dangerzone is @freedom.press' open-source tool that sanitizes attachments and removes any potential malware.
Just download, install and report any errors. You’ll have good karma for the rest of the week. 😇
Dangerzone is @freedom.press' open-source tool that sanitizes attachments and removes any potential malware.
Just download, install and report any errors. You’ll have good karma for the rest of the week. 😇
Is it cope to think that the pendulum that's at peak slop genAI now will eventually swing us back towards a society that values "meaning" - genuine expertise, high reputation news sources, unique works of art, the joy of human interaction?
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Is it cope to think that the pendulum that's at peak slop genAI now will eventually swing us back towards a society that values "meaning" - genuine expertise, high reputation news sources, unique works of art, the joy of human interaction?
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Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said
Rate of judicial review in Ireland 'off the charts'
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said.
www.rte.ie
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
Sektarische Lügen verbreiten, dann das Posting leise löschen, so ist es immer mit diesem Herrn.
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Sektarische Lügen verbreiten, dann das Posting leise löschen, so ist es immer mit diesem Herrn.
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How NGOs die
This is Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
My latest for @euobserver.com euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...
This is Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
My latest for @euobserver.com euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How NGOs die
This is Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
My latest for @euobserver.com euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...
This is Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
My latest for @euobserver.com euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...
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A very good Risky.biz podcast this week on Peter Williams, the former Trenchant employee accused of stealing trade secrets (👀). @patrick.risky.biz says Williams is ex-ASD (Australian NSA), which declined to comment to us when we reached out as it was a "matter for law enforcement."
risky.biz/RB812/
risky.biz/RB812/
Risky Business #812 -- Alleged Trenchant exploit mole is ex-ASD - Risky Business Media
In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:* L3Harris Trenchant boss accused of se [Read More]
risky.biz
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A very good Risky.biz podcast this week on Peter Williams, the former Trenchant employee accused of stealing trade secrets (👀). @patrick.risky.biz says Williams is ex-ASD (Australian NSA), which declined to comment to us when we reached out as it was a "matter for law enforcement."
risky.biz/RB812/
risky.biz/RB812/
Not all members of think tanks are assholes, but there sure are a *lot* of assholes who are members of think tanks
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Not all members of think tanks are assholes, but there sure are a *lot* of assholes who are members of think tanks
How Ireland’s Elites are Coordinating Against Judicial Review
https://padraigmcevoy.substack.com/p/how-irelands-elites-are-coordinating
https://padraigmcevoy.substack.com/p/how-irelands-elites-are-coordinating
How Ireland’s Elites are Coordinating Against Judicial Review
Considering the recent week: Ireland’s major opinion pages across The Business Post and The Irish Times began singing in unison. The refrain: judicial review is strangling progress.
padraigmcevoy.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How Ireland’s Elites are Coordinating Against Judicial Review
https://padraigmcevoy.substack.com/p/how-irelands-elites-are-coordinating
https://padraigmcevoy.substack.com/p/how-irelands-elites-are-coordinating
Had a good few years there without hearing from David Quinn
October 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Had a good few years there without hearing from David Quinn
Wider trend of privatisation of everything - now expanding to state violence
Interesting paper out of Dartmouth about private sector's role in U.S. offensive cyber landscape. Recommends a national offensive cyber strategy and a pilot program for private sector access to "low-risk" targets like crypto scammers and ransomware operators:
sergeybratus.gitlab.io/papers/Dartm...
sergeybratus.gitlab.io/papers/Dartm...
sergeybratus.gitlab.io
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Wider trend of privatisation of everything - now expanding to state violence
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NEW: The U.S. govt accused Peter Williams, ex general manager of hacking tool maker L3Harris Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to buyer in Russia.
As we reported earlier, Trenchant investigated a leak of internal tools this year. It's unclear if that investigation is related.
As we reported earlier, Trenchant investigated a leak of internal tools this year. It's unclear if that investigation is related.
U.S. government accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing trade secrets | TechCrunch
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia.
techcrunch.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
NEW: The U.S. govt accused Peter Williams, ex general manager of hacking tool maker L3Harris Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to buyer in Russia.
As we reported earlier, Trenchant investigated a leak of internal tools this year. It's unclear if that investigation is related.
As we reported earlier, Trenchant investigated a leak of internal tools this year. It's unclear if that investigation is related.