Niall de Buitléar
@nialldebuitlear.bsky.social
Artist. Sculpture, painting, and other media. Dublin.
Pinned
Trump shared the racist video at a quarter to 12 at night and they're now trying to say it was a staff member. Sure.
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Trump shared the racist video at a quarter to 12 at night and they're now trying to say it was a staff member. Sure.
I like the idea of preventing people like Zuckerberg & Musk from influencing & profiting from children but how can age verification be done without giving similar villains (or the same ones) access to our passports & biometric data? Perhaps Tim Berners-Lee's Solid project or similar is needed 1st.
February 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I like the idea of preventing people like Zuckerberg & Musk from influencing & profiting from children but how can age verification be done without giving similar villains (or the same ones) access to our passports & biometric data? Perhaps Tim Berners-Lee's Solid project or similar is needed 1st.
It was obvious someone was going to be killed by an illegal motorised bike as they aren't policed and have been getting increasingly worse.
Knee jerk restrictions on legal ebike users won't achieve anything and don't make up for years of policing failures
Knee jerk restrictions on legal ebike users won't achieve anything and don't make up for years of policing failures
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It was obvious someone was going to be killed by an illegal motorised bike as they aren't policed and have been getting increasingly worse.
Knee jerk restrictions on legal ebike users won't achieve anything and don't make up for years of policing failures
Knee jerk restrictions on legal ebike users won't achieve anything and don't make up for years of policing failures
I don't see why it should be a legal requirement to have a hi-vis vest on an electric cargo bike with built in lights.
A reactionary proposal which will hopefully die before it is introduced.
How about high vis cars? They should be covered in warning labels like cigarette packets: "Driving Kills"
A reactionary proposal which will hopefully die before it is introduced.
How about high vis cars? They should be covered in warning labels like cigarette packets: "Driving Kills"
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I don't see why it should be a legal requirement to have a hi-vis vest on an electric cargo bike with built in lights.
A reactionary proposal which will hopefully die before it is introduced.
How about high vis cars? They should be covered in warning labels like cigarette packets: "Driving Kills"
A reactionary proposal which will hopefully die before it is introduced.
How about high vis cars? They should be covered in warning labels like cigarette packets: "Driving Kills"
Jimmy Carr, the rape joke comedian, trying to reinvent himself as a public intellectual for the Reform era is embarrassing.
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Jimmy Carr, the rape joke comedian, trying to reinvent himself as a public intellectual for the Reform era is embarrassing.
A Knight of the Seventh Kingdoms is Shrek of Thrones.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A Knight of the Seventh Kingdoms is Shrek of Thrones.
Meta makes $16billion a year from scam advertising according to its own reports. They identify scam ads and charge a higher rate.
Sounds like organised crime to me.
Sounds like organised crime to me.
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Meta makes $16billion a year from scam advertising according to its own reports. They identify scam ads and charge a higher rate.
Sounds like organised crime to me.
Sounds like organised crime to me.
There's been virtually no innovation in social media for 10 years. The only significant difference between platforms is the level of restrictions that social media companies apply to what you can do and what you see. They should be forced to use a single interoperable standard (like email does). x
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
There's been virtually no innovation in social media for 10 years. The only significant difference between platforms is the level of restrictions that social media companies apply to what you can do and what you see. They should be forced to use a single interoperable standard (like email does). x
...then I watched Muppets version.
February 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
...then I watched Muppets version.
The Independent (UK) is turning words in news articles into ads. Here the word "women" in an article on Epstein has been used for an ad... WTF
January 31, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The Independent (UK) is turning words in news articles into ads. Here the word "women" in an article on Epstein has been used for an ad... WTF
Homes for "budding" artsits from £750k and up www.theguardian.com/money/galler...
Homes for sale to inspire artists in England – in pictures
From an ornate Italian-style townhouse, in the heart of London’s fashionable ‘artistic quarter’, to a country retreat in Dorset where every room is its own gallery
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Homes for "budding" artsits from £750k and up www.theguardian.com/money/galler...
Using this as a use case to advertise chatGPT is pathetic.
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Using this as a use case to advertise chatGPT is pathetic.
Looking for an alternative social media platform...
January 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Looking for an alternative social media platform...
USA or Iran?
January 29, 2026 at 9:24 AM
USA or Iran?
We've been so focused on the collapse of the US that we're not talking about what we're going to do when the UK collapses.
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
We've been so focused on the collapse of the US that we're not talking about what we're going to do when the UK collapses.
He's 45 year's old
January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
He's 45 year's old
This is a mainstream newspaper in the UK in 2025. 15 minute cities are "Stalinist"?
When "Communist" is no longer enough.
When "Communist" is no longer enough.
January 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This is a mainstream newspaper in the UK in 2025. 15 minute cities are "Stalinist"?
When "Communist" is no longer enough.
When "Communist" is no longer enough.
TikTok's censorship is the latest evidence that we need to force platforms to provide the same kind of interoperability we demand from our phone service providers.
We need to take the Internet back from the oligarchs who want to control what we see and who we can reach.
We need to take the Internet back from the oligarchs who want to control what we see and who we can reach.
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
TikTok's censorship is the latest evidence that we need to force platforms to provide the same kind of interoperability we demand from our phone service providers.
We need to take the Internet back from the oligarchs who want to control what we see and who we can reach.
We need to take the Internet back from the oligarchs who want to control what we see and who we can reach.
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Top tip: if your art is total shit just call it "pop art".
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Top tip: if your art is total shit just call it "pop art".
Israel illegally demolished UNWRA's HQ in Jerusalem 4 days ago.
It barely made headlines...
It barely made headlines...
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Israel illegally demolished UNWRA's HQ in Jerusalem 4 days ago.
It barely made headlines...
It barely made headlines...
January 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM
An art critic has given Beryl Cooke a 5 star review in The Guardian.
We live in very strange times.
We live in very strange times.
January 22, 2026 at 9:34 PM
An art critic has given Beryl Cooke a 5 star review in The Guardian.
We live in very strange times.
We live in very strange times.
Why is Tony Blair obsessed with Middle East?
Is it because he just can't accept he was wrong to invade Iraq?
Is it because he just can't accept he was wrong to invade Iraq?
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Why is Tony Blair obsessed with Middle East?
Is it because he just can't accept he was wrong to invade Iraq?
Is it because he just can't accept he was wrong to invade Iraq?