Dave Moloney

Electricity is gone but thankfully I'm a self-proclaimed Luddite who has had enough blue light to last me a lifetime.

It is getting dark though...

It's like something stupid and (in their eyes) funny gets passed around the WhatsApp group, and their first thought is "this would be perfect for the official Insta/X account"

Cyrus: 'I was the first person to ever be cancelled' Miley Cyrus has reflected on the intense backlash she received during her transformation from a child actress to a pop star and believes she was the "first person to ever be cancelled".

News to Captain Boycott
www.rte.ie/entertainmen....

Same!

Would you make a good traitor or faithful?

Psychology can help! #TraitorsIRL

Fantastic work from @marcscully.bsky.social and Suzanne Egan at @micireland.bsky.social

www.mic.ul.ie/mic-insights...

I might be slightly exaggerating, but I'd say around 7 million inches of rain has fallen in Limerick today

The analysis is going well at least

How do the 'second-gen' make sense of who they are?
How do discourses of 'Irishness' influence how they talk about belonging.

The stories I have heard so far have been incredible, full of humour, candid vulnerability, and agency. I am really excited about where this research project is going.

in a world of swimming caps the bald man is king

Yeah no surprise there, but the apparent lack of preparation was still shocking.

Heather Humphreys has been a disaster tonight #aras25

Connolly steadfastly refusing to join in the dog whistles on immigration is reason enough for me to vote for her #aras25

Desperately trying to keep my biases in check, but Connolly looks to be wiping the floor with her competition.

I'm trying to guess the pub - Tom Collins? I know Mickey's and Mother Mac's do Beamish but doesn't look like them. Or am I way off??

Massive congratulations to @marekmcgann.bsky.social on this highly relevant and important book.

I look forward to reading this when I get a chance (which is looking like around 4 years time at the moment!)

🎵 I’m a BITCH, I’m a Geordie, I’m a Scot, I’m a Nordie,
I’m from Jersey, I’m from Wales,
This card is doomed to fail. 🎵

How do the 'second-gen' make sense of who they are?
How do discourses of 'Irishness' influence how they talk about belonging.

The stories I have heard so far have been incredible, full of humour, candid vulnerability, and agency. I am really excited about where this research project is going.

I'm really struggling to de-cypher that one!

There will always be a racist rump in any society but I don’t believe the country has become more racist it’s just the racist minority has become emboldened to say publicly and loudly what they knew they couldn’t say before. The acceptance of the normalisation and use of this language is the problem

Funnily enough it has no issues with 'molly-coddled' or 'kowtowing'

Word's transcription feature really struggles with cultural Irish words and phrases, and especially with any regional Irish accent.

I've had to correct 'baking the cabbage' and 'horning' (hurling) so far this morning...

I'm here for it all, Marc! You do you!

1956 book cover orange and purple

All this talk of the Rapture reminded me of this 1956 social psychology classic: When Prophecy Fails by Festinger, Riecken and Schachter.

Their 5 conditions /reasons why people hold onto beliefs also seem helpful for our current times .... 1/2

Thanks for the share @lokideburca.bsky.social

Interviews are happening but I'm still looking for plenty more. Would be great to get a solid representative sample of the various communities in Ireland.

Rethinking the rise of the far right shado editor Elia Ayoub looks at how populist hype and reactionary centrism have fuelled misunderstanding about the rise of the far right.

My latest, on how concepts like the populist hype and reactionary centrism can help us understand how our media and political system normalises dangerous far right talking points and policies

shado-mag.com/articles/opi...

Frontiers | Psychology's Questionable Research Fundamentals (QRFs): Key problems in quantitative psychology and psychological measurement beyond Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) Psychology's crises (e.g., replicability, generalisability) are currently believed to derive from Questionable Research Practices (QRPs), thus scientific mis...

Food for thought in this recent article by my colleague @marekmcgann.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy and collaborators www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Forty shades of ‘otherness’ – engaging with second-generation migrant young people’s identities through intersectionality, power and agency This paper provides critical insights into intersectional and socio-historical forces shaping identity formation for marginalized youth. It examines the identity experiences of second-generation mi...

Great to see recent research that aligns closely with my own, particularly the role of agency in asserting belonging.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to all who have shared so far.

Interviews are happening and I'm almost half way through my planned number of participants, and hoping to keep the momentum up since summer is over and everyone is less busy having fun!

Come and have (some) fun and share your story with me 🚀

Our Land S01E01 - Part One Irishness is a beautiful spectrum of colour that goes far beyond green, white and orange. This episode explores shifts in perceptions of Irish identity through the eyes of artists, activists and cult...

I missed this when it aired but it is well worth watching if, like me, you're interested in identity, belonging, and contemporary Irishness.

www.rte.ie/player/serie...