Cat mom researching international law, human rights & tech; digital harm, digital evidence & digital investigations Assistant Professor @ QUB Law Assistant Editor @ ICLQ https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-zarmskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3muhk7o5ntk2qI really hate this timeline https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/26/federal-judge-warns-law-is-being-left-behind-by-ai-sex-abuse-images/01 Sep 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhk7o5ntk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mtr4rzcpi22nDespite frequent errors mixing up criminal and civil law, Coyote v Acme is peak cinema23 Aug 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr4rzcpi22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mtocwafzdk2nIt is truly appalling how there are people preaching blatant anti LGBT and anti Muslim hate speech on microphones outside Belfast City Hall almost daily and the PSNI does absolutely nothing.22 Aug 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtocwafzdk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mtcaacntqk2aI am just a v stressed out Lecturer, begging the uni to pls develop some tool that lets us view our classes in calendar form as opposed to having to manually populate our own each year. It is 2026.17 Aug 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcaacntqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3ms6ariekdc2eMy American mind cannot comprehend seeing a President speak free from the street with no security or bulletproof vests/glass, but this was cool!03 Aug 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ariekdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mrmbz77yec2qThe lack of mention of climate change/climate crisis from most mainstream news articles I’ve seen about the wildfires in Europe is astounding. “Heatwaves” caused the fire - ok, what caused the heatwaves? This seems like a form of disinformation at this stage.27 Jul 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmbz77yec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mrknqvy3vs2qSerious q: Is it acceptable for me to put that I was part of a Guinness world record for the most people in bald caps on my Pure profile?26 Jul 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrknqvy3vs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mr3b5jjvds2sIn my nearly 5 years living in the UK, I have now lived through the same amount of PMs here that I had the other 25 years of my life in US presidents20 Jul 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3b5jjvds2shttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mqzls7afss2sThis halftime show is really giving North Korea levels of “everything over here is fine!” propaganda19 Jul 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzls7afss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mqlttmlqqk2fIf only the ICC worked as well as Rubio thinks it does 😅14 Jul 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlttmlqqk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mqjalyajck25I’ve accepted that I’ll never understand why this is allowed to happen (& get worse) every year. Not to mention the irony of this in contrast with the “conserve water” signs we saw on the motorway yesterday, likely placed by the same govt who allow this… https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video/firefighters-battle-to-cool-houses-as-bonfire-collapses-in-south-belfast/a/158633743.html13 Jul 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjalyajck25https://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mox7pr2jgs23Me, 99% of the year as an American living in UK: this place is so much better, I’d never go back, pls don’t associate me with that awful country Me, the 1% of the year it is hot out: 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅where is the AC, this place is barbaric🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅23 Jun 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox7pr2jgs23https://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3moum2l4gv22dRemembering the Liz Truss lettuce…22 Jun 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moum2l4gv22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3monhal4xlk2kThis also shows you likely hallucinations of your name, recommend for a good laugh [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3monhal4xlk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mohyiggc2c2iI’m featured in The Irish News today, speaking about the impacts of social media and AI use on the recent Belfast riots: https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/qub-expert-warns-ai-tools-and-foreign-actors-may-have-fuelled-belfast-violence-M2NCPTL3VJBP3PNTIFSMIHFEYI/17 Jun 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohyiggc2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/szarmsky.bsky.social/post/3mog3bpuztc26A career in academia, summarized: constantly feeling like you are doing too much while also constantly feeling like you are never doing enough16 Jun 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:77f4vm7p27kek7wo47hambb5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog3bpuztc26