Tomás Ryan

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both have problems The bourgeoisification of the Irish workforce is a remarkable phenomenon

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both have problems

“Democratic governance allows a level of self-correction that authoritarianism does not.”

We see that in the ongoing NIH Institute director searches. Historically these searches have been conducted by expert committees- distributing power, leaning into democratic principles. Now a director has 1/

Excellent analysis of the COVID response in the UK & Europe.

Some questionable appraisal of Sweden, without considering comparisons with NZ, Australia - or indeed Finland, Denmark, & Norway.

Many countries minimized COVID deaths AND minimized lockdown, by reducing infections.

471. Rory Stewart: How the Government Tried to Silence Me on Lockdowns Spotify video

Important analysis of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry from @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/0x7Y...

People were arguing in my mentions today about whether the Earth is "round" when it's technically an irregular oblate spheroid and look "round" doesn't mean "absolutely perfect sphere" it means round. A soccer ball is round, a cantaloupe is round, a fluffy borb in winter is round, just go with it.

I hope that international comparisons are included in the scope of analysis of the COVID-19 Evaluation - considering deaths, infections, and crucially time in restrictions.

On January 21, 2022, and after widespread vaccination, Taoiseach Michael Martin asked us to remove our masks and return to normal.

Then and now, Ireland ranks mid-table in the world in terms of cumulative deaths. Which countries were more, or less, successful than us is clear.

Had the Irish government followed the UK response in the 1st COVID wave, we would have suffered about 2,500 further deaths (on top of the 1,635 people who died before May 31, 2020). Thankfully that didn't happen.

Nevertheless, we will await Ireland's COVID-19 Evaluation...

I hope that international comparisons are included in the scope of analysis of the COVID-19 Evaluation - considering deaths, infections, and crucially time in restrictions.

On January 21, 2022, and after widespread vaccination, @MichealMartinTD asked us to remove our masks and return to normal.

Then and now, Ireland ranks mid-table in the world in terms of cumulative deaths. Which countries were more, or less, successful than us is clear.

Thank you to everyone who came out to #MCCS25 last week! It was great to hear all the exciting research happening in the field of molecular and cellular cognition 🧠

🤓 A special thank you to all our incredible speakers for sharing their work!

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CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.

ICYMI: Yesterday, the CDC updated its vaccine safety page to say that vaccines might cause autism (they don’t) and that the science isn’t settled (it is).

For substantiation, the page links out to several studies by anti-vax allies of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...

Late breaking abstract at #SfN25 by Dr. Erika Stewart:

LBP032.14 - Microglial plasticity across development mediates infantile amnesia (1 PM - 5 PM Sunday Nov 16).

@sfn.org @tcddublin.bsky.social @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social

Final version published here in @cellpress.bsky.social: Structure

www.cell.com/structure/fu...

Don't miss talks from our selected speakers at #MCCS25!

Come hear exciting research updates about all things neuroscience 🧠

There's still time to register! event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages

📣 #MCCS25 starts TOMORROW! Check out our poster session tomorrow & our symposium on Friday to hear from the best and brightest in molecular and cellular cognition.

More information here: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages

Sickness engrams modulate anticipatory immune responses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.03.686140v1

Come check out the #MCCS25 debate on November 14!

Drs. André Fenton & Yaniv Ziv will be debating a hot topic: are memory stability and representational drift opposing or complementary processes? Moderated by Dr. @sarahrobins.bsky.social 🧠

Register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages

YouTube video by ABC News FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral win

in case anyone hasn't watched the full thing, do it. it's a damn treat.

I don't think I realized it until now, but I'd been waiting my whole life to hear a politician sound like they want the people to govern with them

Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’

Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration

Meet the #MCCS25 speakers!

Drs. Bianca Silva & Kay Tye will be giving talks at our Symposium on November 14.

Register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages

🧠 Join the @network-alba.bsky.social social at Neuroscience 2025!

Come share ideas and recharge with peers at this IBRO-supported social dedicated to building a more inclusive #neuroscience community. 🌐

🗓️ 16 November 2025 | 19:00–20:30 (PST)
👉 Learn more here: https://loom.ly/b1Fp-4E

Meet the #MCCS25 speakers!

Check out talks from Drs. @crezaval.bsky.social & Priya Rajasethupathy at our Symposium on November 14.

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The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.

I made a video explainer about why.

Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

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“The governing parties need to reflect long and hard on why they have been unable to ever look like winning this election”
~Fintan O’Toole

The Irish Times

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Fine Gael's Attack Ad: Áras25 in Content By burying the lede and handing over airtime, have Fine Gael committed an own goal?

I've written a newsletter on why the FG attack video is both bad content, and bad strategy

(If you subscribed you'd have gotten this in your inbox with the heading "Why that FG ad is giving you the ick")

(It's free)

www.thebriefing.ie/fine-gaels-a...

Microglial plasticity across development mediates infantile amnesia https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683060v1

Meet the #MCCS25 speakers!

Don't miss talks from Drs. Satoshi Kida and @karynfrick.bsky.social on November 14.

Register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages