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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34. Gaza – One Year On

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It has been a year since October 7th. The world has changed, but the world of Palestinians has changed beyond imagination during this fateful year. Much of Gaza has been destroyed, 42,000 Palestinians have been killed, 10,000 others are still under the rubble of their homes. Their bodies unburied as a cruel reminder of the […]

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1334. The Planning Bill We’ll All Have to Pay For

Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshack A previous guest, solicitor Fred Logue, referred to the new Planning Bill as the ‘greatest act of self-harm the Irish state has ever imposed in itself’. Our guest today, Environmental Law expert and advocate, Attract Uí Bhroin thinks it is much worse than that. This is a call to action to listeners. If this Bill […]

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1322. Taxing Problems: Ireland Beyond Apple

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The only thing “historic” about the European Court of Justice’s Apple Tax ruling was how historically quickly the government and its allies in the media moved away from the illegal tax evasion and on to the “how will we spend it?” question. Not so fast, boys. On this episode we talk with Economist and author […]

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375. Budget 2025 – Tokenism not Transformational

Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory dissects Budget 2025 with Michael Taft, economist , and Susanne Rogers of Social Justice Ireland and they find more tokenism than transformation, We discuss how the Budget was actually regressive – those on higher incomes gained more – it failed to take transformative action on housing, health or child poverty. […]

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