--- title: "“Portal” Between Dublin and NYC Shut Down After OnlyFans Model Flashes It" description: "A company placed portal-shaped \"sculptures\" in the cities of Dublin and New York, allowing residents to see each other. Chaos ensued." date: "2024-05-14" modified: "2024-05-14" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/portal-dublin-nyc-shut-down-onlyfans-model" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "ireland" - "new york city" - "the digest" --- # “Portal” Between Dublin and NYC Shut Down After OnlyFans Model Flashes It ![A company placed portal-shaped "sculptures" in the cities of Dublin and New York, allowing residents to see each other. Chaos ensued.]() *\Image: Image via X\* ## Them Big Apples A company placed portal-shaped "sculptures" in the cities of Dublin and New York, allowing residents across the pond to essentially have a public, non-stop Zoom meeting with each other. The marketing stunt went about as well as practically anybody could've expected. While residents initially waved innocent signs around in an apparent attempt to connect across the Atlantic, the situation quickly descended into chaos, as [*The Independent* reports](), with an OnlyFans model flashing the so-called portal. Another "[very drunk" woman]() was filmed rubbing her behind against the screen, while a different video shows a man [exposing his own derrière](). One person on the Irish side went as far as to show the New Yorkers images of 9/11 on his phone, [according to *The Guardian*](). Less than a week after the installation was unveiled, officials [decided to shut it down temporarily]() in light of the chaos. In short, it's ironically the perfect "window" into the kind of mayhem such a stunt can trigger. Who could've possibly predicted this would happen? ## Drunk Dial OnlyFans model Ava Louise later took credit for the portal shutting down. "I thought the people of Dublin deserved to see my two New York homegrown potatoes," she said in a tongue-in-cheek video [shared by *TMZ*](). A spokesman for Dublin City Council admitted to *The Independent* that while "the overwhelming majority of interactions are positive," they have also "been witnessing a very small minority of people engaged in inappropriate behavior, which has been amplified through social media." The council later announced that it would implement "some technical solutions to address this," without specifying what those solutions might be. Curious bystanders were amused by the chaos the portal had wrought. "It’s a bit wild," a 23-year-old student told *The Guardian*. "It shows the good and bad of Dublin." **More on Irish lads:** *[Irish TV Crew Films Segment on "Mysterious Crater" That Turns Out to Be Hole Dug by Local "Lads"]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()