Tim Redfern
@timredfern.bsky.social
Had a clever line here on twitter, much good that did
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Exactly this. Cyclists etc already suggest to each other that hiviz, lights, helmets are a good idea in places with bad bike infrastructure. But when agencies with the power to do far more effective things emphasise hiviz, it signals clearly that they don't want to do those more effective things.
The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure
“Where the built environment separates human skin and bone from lorries, cars, and buses, there is no need for our frantic striving to make fragile bodies hyper-visible”
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Exactly this. Cyclists etc already suggest to each other that hiviz, lights, helmets are a good idea in places with bad bike infrastructure. But when agencies with the power to do far more effective things emphasise hiviz, it signals clearly that they don't want to do those more effective things.
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag
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Not surprising that a minister in this lazy government thinks that the solution to a complex problem is to force cyclists to wear magic clothes so he doesn't have to contemplate all the other, far more effective, measures.
@davewalker.bsky.social
@davewalker.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Not surprising that a minister in this lazy government thinks that the solution to a complex problem is to force cyclists to wear magic clothes so he doesn't have to contemplate all the other, far more effective, measures.
@davewalker.bsky.social
@davewalker.bsky.social
I'm pretty sure jaffa cakes used to be bigger than this?
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I'm pretty sure jaffa cakes used to be bigger than this?
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How long would you survive with no DNA?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...
How long would you survive with no DNA?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 PM
How long would you survive with no DNA?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...
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Article 4.4 GDPR:
“‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person”
Article 22 creates a general ban on profiling, and sets out specific exemptions and safeguards needed.
“‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person”
Article 22 creates a general ban on profiling, and sets out specific exemptions and safeguards needed.
A month after allowing verified adult users to generate sexual content on ChatGPT, OpenAI has said that it will begin rolling out age prediction mechamisms to determine if a user is under 18. This new feature is set to roll out in the EU in the “coming weeks”.
OpenAI to roll out age prediction on ChatGPT globally
Age prediction on OpenAI's ChatGPT is set to roll out in the EU in the 'coming weeks', the AI giant has said.
www.siliconrepublic.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Article 4.4 GDPR:
“‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person”
Article 22 creates a general ban on profiling, and sets out specific exemptions and safeguards needed.
“‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person”
Article 22 creates a general ban on profiling, and sets out specific exemptions and safeguards needed.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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If there was a child porn factory down the road, it’d be closed immediately.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
January 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
If there was a child porn factory down the road, it’d be closed immediately.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
The Govt’s response wouldn’t be “hang on, they let us print flyers there too”.
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Mass creation of sexualised images of children, as a paid-for feature is not quite enough for Simon Harris to decide to leave X.
Tánaiste Simon Harris this evening asked if he'd delete his X account in light of the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexualised images of children and women on Grok, says he'll have to reflect on it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Mass creation of sexualised images of children, as a paid-for feature is not quite enough for Simon Harris to decide to leave X.
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LEGION OF ONE : OF DUB
Front End Synthetics
Front End Synthetics
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
LEGION OF ONE : OF DUB
Front End Synthetics
Front End Synthetics
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LEGION OF ONE : OF DUB is available here:
frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.com/album/of-dub
frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.com/album/of-dub
OF DUB, by LEGION OF ONE
10 track album
frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
LEGION OF ONE : OF DUB is available here:
frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.com/album/of-dub
frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.com/album/of-dub
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Here's a free mini album of fuzzed out noise and drone.Thanks to everyone who picked up a release this year. Yizzer all deadly 🤘🙏❤️
on.soundcloud.com/wUBTB1b2berC...
on.soundcloud.com/wUBTB1b2berC...
OF ONE - WINTER
Four tracks of disintegrating noise and drone. Each track is a more distressed and distorted version of the previous one. Written and recorded on 14 December 2025 by Alan O'Boyle/OF ONE.
soundcloud.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Here's a free mini album of fuzzed out noise and drone.Thanks to everyone who picked up a release this year. Yizzer all deadly 🤘🙏❤️
on.soundcloud.com/wUBTB1b2berC...
on.soundcloud.com/wUBTB1b2berC...
Hanging out in the set of severance
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hanging out in the set of severance
It costs 50 cent to spend a penny in Galway coach station! Talk about inflation...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It costs 50 cent to spend a penny in Galway coach station! Talk about inflation...
Doomsday scenario
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Doomsday scenario
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I regret not starting a 'Golden Age of Dogshit Tech' thread when bsky started, because I genuinely believe the next 20 years are going embody this video in various ways. (It's Russian but it could be from anywhere on earth where venture capital is found).
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I regret not starting a 'Golden Age of Dogshit Tech' thread when bsky started, because I genuinely believe the next 20 years are going embody this video in various ways. (It's Russian but it could be from anywhere on earth where venture capital is found).
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As I've said before, all you really need to know about the left/right division is that people on the left feel happy when they see a high election turnout, while people on the right feel scared
New Yorkers are HITTING THOSE POLLS. It's the highest turnout in about two decades.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As I've said before, all you really need to know about the left/right division is that people on the left feel happy when they see a high election turnout, while people on the right feel scared
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You try to get off social media then one of the world's most evil men dies, a socialist Muslim gets elected NYC Mayor, and a cop is grilled about his assault by sandwich, all in one day.
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
You try to get off social media then one of the world's most evil men dies, a socialist Muslim gets elected NYC Mayor, and a cop is grilled about his assault by sandwich, all in one day.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
How's the ticker?
@timredfern.bsky.social hello old bean 👋
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How's the ticker?
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So anyone named Al will be thought be AI, e.g. Al Gore?
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
So anyone named Al will be thought be AI, e.g. Al Gore?
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THIS WEDNESDAY
NEXT UP. This is gonna be a FANTASTIC show and it is Natural Information Society's first show in Ireland. Please re-bluesky if you know any jazzers/freaks in your timeline who would dig this (everyone will dig this)
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
THIS WEDNESDAY