Simon McGarr
@tupped.bsky.social
Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter.
Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
I similarly would support people who are specifically not me to go get me a sandwich from Mace.
“81% of Gen Z in an opinion poll said they wouldn't fight for Germany.
In contrast, many of the older generation supported conscription.”
In contrast, many of the older generation supported conscription.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I similarly would support people who are specifically not me to go get me a sandwich from Mace.
I went to see the 70mm print of Playtime in the IFI. It was transcendent. (I do not know what the movie snobs say)
What’s your favourite movie that YOU KNOW is fantastic, and you couldn’t care less if movie snobs would say it “isn’t real cinema?”
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I went to see the 70mm print of Playtime in the IFI. It was transcendent. (I do not know what the movie snobs say)
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On the other hand, think of all of the time which has been wasted attempting to regulate something which is getting wound up before it even got built.
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
On the other hand, think of all of the time which has been wasted attempting to regulate something which is getting wound up before it even got built.
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this newspaper is owned by a guy whose net worth is a quarter-trillion dollars and whose conglomerate owns a grocery chain that profits off high prices
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
this newspaper is owned by a guy whose net worth is a quarter-trillion dollars and whose conglomerate owns a grocery chain that profits off high prices
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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Don't let anyone — not even the US Secretary of State — tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.
The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press
The €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daphne Keller.
www.techpolicy.press
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Don't let anyone — not even the US Secretary of State — tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.
According to the Guardian, a hotbed of absolute English brainworms on trans people, women now come, like washing powder, in biological and non-biological flavour.
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
According to the Guardian, a hotbed of absolute English brainworms on trans people, women now come, like washing powder, in biological and non-biological flavour.
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I continue to sell brooches and pins inspired by historic artworks from public collections!
Each one comes mounted in a greetings card which depicts the original artwork on the front and provides context for the art inside, and I do free first-class postage in the UK.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Badg...
Each one comes mounted in a greetings card which depicts the original artwork on the front and provides context for the art inside, and I do free first-class postage in the UK.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Badg...
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I continue to sell brooches and pins inspired by historic artworks from public collections!
Each one comes mounted in a greetings card which depicts the original artwork on the front and provides context for the art inside, and I do free first-class postage in the UK.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Badg...
Each one comes mounted in a greetings card which depicts the original artwork on the front and provides context for the art inside, and I do free first-class postage in the UK.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Badg...
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Hi I'm Bex! I'm based in the UK and I make "Palaeoplushies" - Palaeontologically Accurate Plushies! I also make other animals (mostly fish).
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hi I'm Bex! I'm based in the UK and I make "Palaeoplushies" - Palaeontologically Accurate Plushies! I also make other animals (mostly fish).
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
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This Australian Catholic priest warning people not to settle for a Protestant exorcism is absolutely sending me
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December 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This Australian Catholic priest warning people not to settle for a Protestant exorcism is absolutely sending me
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ICYMI
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Min Jack Chambers claim: “number of judicial reviews rapidly growing. 2024 saw 43% increase on 2023, & 2025 a further 30% increase in cases in Court”
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICYMI
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
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7/ If the goal is faster, better decisions, the solution isn’t weakening judicial review. It’s strengthening decision-making, improving consultation, and ensuring public bodies follow the law in the first place.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
7/ If the goal is faster, better decisions, the solution isn’t weakening judicial review. It’s strengthening decision-making, improving consultation, and ensuring public bodies follow the law in the first place.
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6/ The myth persists because it offloads responsibility. Instead of addressing structural problems, it’s easier to frame legal scrutiny as obstruction — even though judicial review only appears when the system has already failed.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
6/ The myth persists because it offloads responsibility. Instead of addressing structural problems, it’s easier to frame legal scrutiny as obstruction — even though judicial review only appears when the system has already failed.
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5/ Blaming judicial review creates a simple political narrative: “progress is being blocked.” It conveniently shifts attention away from under-resourced planning systems, policy gaps, and poor-quality decisions..
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
5/ Blaming judicial review creates a simple political narrative: “progress is being blocked.” It conveniently shifts attention away from under-resourced planning systems, policy gaps, and poor-quality decisions..
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4/ So why is judicial review and those resorting to then being scapegoated?
Because it’s the most visible step. The hidden causes, the weak processes, missing documentation, flawed reasoning, stay out of public view, making JR an easy target.
Because it’s the most visible step. The hidden causes, the weak processes, missing documentation, flawed reasoning, stay out of public view, making JR an easy target.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
4/ So why is judicial review and those resorting to then being scapegoated?
Because it’s the most visible step. The hidden causes, the weak processes, missing documentation, flawed reasoning, stay out of public view, making JR an easy target.
Because it’s the most visible step. The hidden causes, the weak processes, missing documentation, flawed reasoning, stay out of public view, making JR an easy target.
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3/ Judicial review supports sustainable progress by ensuring projects comply with environmental and legal obligations. Delays typically come from rushed assessments or non-compliance, not from people exercising their rights.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
3/ Judicial review supports sustainable progress by ensuring projects comply with environmental and legal obligations. Delays typically come from rushed assessments or non-compliance, not from people exercising their rights.
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2/ When communities are excluded from meaningful consultation, judicial review becomes their only route to accountability. The issue isn’t the review it’s a decision-making system that lacks transparency and proper engagement.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
2/ When communities are excluded from meaningful consultation, judicial review becomes their only route to accountability. The issue isn’t the review it’s a decision-making system that lacks transparency and proper engagement.
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1/ Judicial reviews are a safeguard, not a roadblock.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
1/ Judicial reviews are a safeguard, not a roadblock.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
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Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress; they are a vital safeguard - @fplogue.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Fred Logue: Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress — they are a vital safeguard
Judicial review is a way for ordinary people to ensure that laws protecting their homes, communities and the environment are enforced.
www.independent.ie
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress; they are a vital safeguard - @fplogue.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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Yesterday I replaced or considered about eighty or so uses of the word "just" in my editing round. A word particularly beloved of Irish people, I think. A Swiss army knife word for downplaying things.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Yesterday I replaced or considered about eighty or so uses of the word "just" in my editing round. A word particularly beloved of Irish people, I think. A Swiss army knife word for downplaying things.
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I need to never know who Jonathan Gullis is, but this is the greatest withering description of anyone ever.
Shame Jonathan Gullis joined Reform. He had a bright future in standing next to a pub fruit machine telling you what buttons to press.
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I need to never know who Jonathan Gullis is, but this is the greatest withering description of anyone ever.
Dept of Foreign Affairs, thirst trapped:
OK, Norway.
So that’s how we’re doing small country diplomacy, is it?
Well two can play at that game.
Hisses: *Get me a shirtless Simon Harris. We’re doing Chicken Fillet Rolls*
OK, Norway.
So that’s how we’re doing small country diplomacy, is it?
Well two can play at that game.
Hisses: *Get me a shirtless Simon Harris. We’re doing Chicken Fillet Rolls*
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Dept of Foreign Affairs, thirst trapped:
OK, Norway.
So that’s how we’re doing small country diplomacy, is it?
Well two can play at that game.
Hisses: *Get me a shirtless Simon Harris. We’re doing Chicken Fillet Rolls*
OK, Norway.
So that’s how we’re doing small country diplomacy, is it?
Well two can play at that game.
Hisses: *Get me a shirtless Simon Harris. We’re doing Chicken Fillet Rolls*
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
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There it is - EU Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act (for deceptive blue ticks, also ad repository, researchers access issues) - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There it is - EU Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act (for deceptive blue ticks, also ad repository, researchers access issues) - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)