NO SPACE FOR COMMUNITY Join award-winning author and activist Naoise Dolan for a conversation with Eoghan Lynch and Seán Doyle representing the Anne Devlin Community Centre the Revolutionary Housing League (RHL). For booking, see www.eventbrite.ie/e/no-space-f...

Join us for the Fictions Frictions & Evictions Trad Session in Aid of Focus Ireland and CATU Ireland. This session will follow the launch of Focus Ireland's Online Archive of Historic Homeless Strategy Documents. Details on our website's events page: fictions-frictions-evictions.ie

New Event - In Defence of Housing - Saint & Scholars & @catuireland.bsky.social Born out of a collaboration between CATU and the wonderful Saints & Scholars. At this session, we will discuss some concepts from the book, 'In Defence of Housing'.

Announcing three new events for Fictions, Frictions & Evictions. Check the website for booking details: fictions-frictions-evictions.ie

New Data Stories publication - The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning, edited by Data Stories project members Danielle Hynes, Rob Kitchin and Samuel Mutter. The book is available in print and digital open access via Policy Press: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-data-pol...

The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning

The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning; This pioneering book critically examines how governments, industry and civil society use housing, property and planning data, offering a vital refl...

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BETWEEN ART AND ACTION: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL Join Data Stories artists and activists as they discuss how exploring data through creative practice can challenge injustice, shape public debate and connect communities. For booking, see www.eventbrite.ie/e/between-ar...

BETWEEN ART AND ACTION: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

Fictions, Frictions & Evictions: exhibiting artists and activists discuss their creative practice and the housing emergency

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IN CONVERSATION WITH @THE_LIBERTIES_SOS Join Fictions, Frictions & Evictions curator Brendan Fox for a conversation with artists and activists Abaigeal Meek and Jack Caffrey about their photographic and film archive project, @the_liberties_sos. For booking, see www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-convers...

IN CONVERSATION WITH @THE_LIBERTIES_SOS

Join Fictions, Frictions & Evictions curator Brendan Fox for a conversation with artists and activists Abaigeal Meek and Jack Caffrey.

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HOUSING EXPERTS PANEL — BOOK FORUM Join @robkitchin.bsky.social in conversation with a panel of housing experts to discuss their recent books and their diagnosis of the housing emergency. For booking, see www.eventbrite.ie/e/housing-ex...

HOUSING EXPERTS PANEL — BOOK FORUM

Housing experts and writers discuss their books and the current housing emergency

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HOLDINGS WORKSHOP with Mel Galley and Clara McSweeney Venue: iD8 Studio at The Gatelodge, Roe Lane, The Digital Hub, Dublin 8, D08 EY05 For booking, see www.eventbrite.ie/e/holdings-w...

HOLDINGS WORKSHOP

Join Mel Galley and Clara McSweeney for a one-hour participatory workshop that takes a closer look at the places we pass through every day.

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SYMPOSIUM: CRITICALLY REFLECTING ON THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR HOUSING AND PLANNING Venue: iD8 Studio at The Gatelodge, Roe Lane, The Digital Hub, Dublin 8, D08 EY05 For booking see: www.eventbrite.ie/e/symposium-...

SYMPOSIUM: REFLECTING ON THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR HOUSING AND PLANNING

Experts discuss how housing and planning evidence is produced, shared & used, & the limits to our knowledge & its implications.

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A useful little reality check on 3D generation with AI in Blender: youtu.be/qsmDdOi07fI

Testing Viral AI 3D Products

YouTube video by Blender Guru

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We are delighted to announce our upcoming exhibition, 'Fictions, Frictions & Evictions: Understanding Ireland’s Housing Emergency through Data Stories, Public Knowledge, Art & Activism'. Find details on our dedicated exhibition website: fictions-frictions-evictions.ie

Testing a new simulation workflow using #Godotengine and #Rust to visualise training a perceptron and other #MachineLearners

“The time seems ripe for the rebooting of hermeneutics, but this time in the technical sense of ‘understanding’ nonhuman agencies (‘authors’) such as algorithms as machines.” (Ernst, 2021)

New post on Data Stories - Read about researcher @juliettedavret.bsky.social recent presentation at the RC21 conference in Vienna: “Data Intermediaries and Territorial, Labour, and Epistemic Frontiers in Ireland’s Planning Digitalisation” datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=976

Live code iteration in Unity...another neat feature coming soon! One to watch for. I'd be really keen to give it a whirl! youtu.be/TBo10DvAlX8

Live code iteration

YouTube video by Unity

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I haven't used Unity in about 4 years but I'd love to get back into it. The Unity CLI looks genuinely cool and exciting for creative projects: youtu.be/C7wwjNeR4OE

Unity CLI - This is FRICKIN' AWESOME!

YouTube video by Gamefromscratch

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Useful reality check if you are curious: youtu.be/uwHQLLa4Rpc

I Spent 1.5 Billion AI Tokens on Absolute Slop

YouTube video by Chris Titus Tech

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I'm doing some rough and ready image diffing on Satellite imagery for a change detection test. Are there any QGIS plugins or open source tools #gis anyone would recommend for doing this properly? Tried Google Earth Engine. Anything else?

Useful video if you a curious about influencer agencies and digital labour: youtu.be/mniOXxxonB4

The Dystopian Reality of Online Advertising

YouTube video by Venus Theory

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Ace! www.raspberrypi.com/news/peppes-...

Peppe's ghost LiDAR scanner - Raspberry Pi

This LiDAR sensor's maker thinks that its 3D-printed shell evokes a "jumbo-sized juice container or Ghostbusters gizmo".

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Data Stories welcomes four new team members. Find out more about them on our blog: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=949

'How Nature Solved Robotics' by Art of the Problem: youtu.be/S67z2aekBrI

How Nature Solved Robotics

YouTube video by Art of the Problem

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Turning a Gaussian Splat Into a Videogame blog.playcanvas.com/turning-a-ga...

Turning a Gaussian Splat Into a Videogame | PlayCanvas Blog

How I turned a photogrammetric 3D Gaussian Splat scene into a playable browser FPS - with collision, pre-baked lighting, navmesh-driven NPCs and behavior-tree AI, all in PlayCanvas.

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ENIAC’s Architects Wove Stories Through Computing: Grandchild of an inventor and a programmer reflects on their legacy spectrum.ieee.org/eniac-80th-a...

ENIAC’s Architects Wove Stories Through Computing

Grandchild of an inventor and a programmer reflects on their legacy

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Data Stories have a new book chapter out on "The nature and development of a planning data ecosystem" in the new Research Handbook on Digital Data, edited by Aaltonen, Stelmaszak and Lyytinen. Read more on our blog: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33

New post on Data Stories - Find out about Carla's visit to Zurich for a workshop on tech in planning followed by her presentation of our Unreal Homes project at BeNeLux Geography 2026: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=920

"A core worry is that agents will become autonomous enough to dictate the terms of human participation while still recruiting us for sensing and liability." via Noema www.noemamag.com/ai-agents-ar...

AI Agents Are Recruiting Humans To Observe The Offline World | NOEMA

Agents need us — as sensors, as verifiers, as bearers of liability — in ways we have barely begun to account for.

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“The golden age of analogue refers to our current fetishization and celebration of the analogue.”

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Taylor, A.R.E. (2026). "1: The Analogue Idyll: A New Myth for the Post-Digital Age?". In The Analogue Idyll. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. Retrieved Mar 4, 2026, from bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...

CFPs inbound! Data Stories are announcing calls for participation in two separate sessions on policy making and arts-based methods at University College Cork for CIG 2026 (6th – 8th May). Check posts below and our blog for full details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33