36. ‘Our Hope is a Reflection of Your Hope’ – Abubaker Abed in Gaza

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Abubaker Abed is a sports journalist in Gaza but since October last year he had to change his scope to cover an ongoing genocide by Israel in the Gaza Strip. He opens up to PalCast hosts about the trials and tribulations of existing in Gaza today. He says, despite the unbearable atrocities has he seen, […]

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1336. Death in the Canaries

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Thousands of Irish people head to the Canaries for their holidays. Most are blissfully unaware that the waters they swim in are arguably the deadliest to migrants anywhere in the world. Rejoining us in the tortoise shack is Madrid-based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin, who visited the area and brings us up to date on what Fortress […]

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1338. The United States of Bedwetting

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It is a constant head scratcher to us that the brilliant journalist and writer Jon Schwarz continues to put up with our madness. He rejoins us just 21 days out from the US Presidential election to talk all things political, societal in a presidential race that has ranged from the crazy to the absurd. We […]

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A Green Social Justice Approach for Climate & Inequality

Please join us at patreon.com/toroiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory discusses a new approach to addressing both climate and inequality – in changing the narrative and moving towards transformative changes, such as public investment in warmer green homes for everyone, with Dr Ciaran O’Caroll, Lecturer in TU Dublin and climate analyst. We also discuss the Budget, data centres, and […]

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35. The Palestine Laboratory and Ethnic Cleansing via Algorithm

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr. Nour Naim holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. In this episode of PalCast she talks about the use of AI techniques during the genocide in Gaza by Israel. Naim notes that what is lethally dangerous about Israel’s use of AI in Gaza which started in 2019, long before October 7th, and how AI has […]

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1333. The First Ever A.I War and Digital Erasure

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this very special podcast we are joined by Nadim Nashif, who is the director of https://7amleh.org/ and Taysir Mathlouthi, who is EU Advocacy Officer with 7amleh. They describe the online human and digital rights battle for Palestinians in ways that we had never imagined. We delve into the fatally dangerous role that AI is playing […]

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1337. Brian Stanley’s Kangaroo Court

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We do weekly member-only podcasts where we talk openly about information we are privy to and some stories that often didn’t get enough traction that stay forever behind the paywall. But given that Brian Stanley has resigned from Sinn Féin in controversial circumstances and that we have had dealings with him over the last few […]

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The Digital Safety Act – It’s Unworkable

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In his latest Gist:https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-free-speech/ solicitor and Digital Rights Expert, Simon McGarr revealed his concerns about the new Online Safety Code and how it has by accident or design, created two seperate legal requirements to introduce age verification by designated platforms, and they don’t both meet the tests set down for being compliant with EU law. If […]

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