Florida just cut off HIV meds for 16,000 people.
Funnily enough, I don't see any mention of the corporatisation of third level education.
"A fall-off in interest". “Direct routes to employment”. "Drift away from arts courses." "Perceived lower occupational return." "A shift in emphasis... towards Stem."
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Humiliated in the media, denied healthcare, attacked by the human rights watchdog, shut out by the Supreme Court, bullied by social services and the police, disadvantaged in the jobs market, death figures covered up by the State, harassment de facto legalised, and attackers deified by Ministers.
Today is the launch of the travelling exhibition, Picturing Scholasticide @unileiden.bsky.social. It raises awareness of Israel's destruction of Palestinian academic & intellectual life, & what can be done to support Palestinian scholars & institutions.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
The other day I thought about Eat the Ones You Love because I went to Dun Laoghaire shopping centre.
Shannon airport has long been put at the disposal of the US military by Irish authorities.
Now it is facilitating ICE deportations which may amount to human trafficking or even crimes against humanity.
For a country that speaks loudly in support of the rights of Palestinians, this is shameful.
it’s so wild when you read Black theorists all throughout the 1900s literally predicting all of this… you cannot maintain a white supremacist, patriarchal state without those same genocidal logics being visited on its own people… it’s only a matter of time.
"Racialized Contagion and Defensive Biopolitics in The Last of Us" by Robert Yeates (@bobyeates.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Gaming and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Essays on The Last of Us (2013-)
The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2026. Applications for OLH funding of up to £500 are welcomed from individuals or organisations and may be used to help fund events, projects or activities on #OA or with an #openaccess component.
📅 Deadline 30/06: www.openlibhums.org/news/882/
¿Comer menos carne sigue siendo mejor para el planeta? Según la dietista-nutricionista Lucía Martínez, sí. elpais.com/gastronomia/...
'Misogyny is not an incidental feature or optional add-on or comorbidity. Misogyny is the beating heart of a fascism that violently safeguards and shores up white male authority—by punishing any social subordinate who questions authority figures.'
He murdered her because she dared to be unafraid.
Me to my cat: Have you had any water today?
My cat: Have YOU had any water today??
✒️ 5-day writers' residency in Birr, Co Offaly - deadline for applications 26th Jan offalycoco.submit.com//show/264
I've dreamt that I was charged €17 for a Coke in UCD.
Home is always where the heart is, no matter how hard the times are ❤️🩹🫂
My Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad. In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me. @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/diary-gaza-i...
it's so sad that one of the best epics ever written is going to be so dark and boring-looking on screen
Overview
Morning.
"Please indicate the expected impact of your research proposal"
"By the end of the second project year, we expect to reach between 250 and 500 citations of non-existent papers associated with our work"
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
the most wonderful time of the year just got a little more colorful!
it’s with much happiness in my heart that i share with you my new coloring ebook: meowy christmas 🎄
poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
Smol. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
@brenobrien.bsky.social
CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!🎄
We’re giving away 5 physical copies of GRIS and 5 of NEVA + signed posters!
See how to enter below👇
I'm very proud to have a chapter on "Teaching The Wakean Sentence" in this essential new collection "Teaching James Joyce in the 21st Century" being launched online today at (I calculate 🧐...) 17:30 Irish Time!
Click the link for schedule and registration details 🔗👇
joycesociety.com/events/lunch...
Many academics are resigning en masse from journal editorial boards due to publisher's unwarranted commercial practices, leaving behind "Zombie Journals" that no-one respects - I hope someone is keeping a list @openlibhums.org?
#OpenScience
#OpenSource
#OpenAccess
www.openlibhums.org/news/875/
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
