Ireland showed up at #39C3 in Hamburg over Christmas. A big crew with ties to TOG and the wider Irish maker scene formed the @irishembassy Assembly. Type G socket pride, TOG stamps in hackerspace passports, and workshops in the Hardware Hacking Area. Full write-up with photos and links here: https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/the-irish-embassy-at-39c3/
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@tog/115847520701711607
feeling weird about hackers LARPing as states and even doing border control shit that is traumatising and even killing people in the real world