Alan Magee

Great news! I am recruiting a(nother) PhD student!

'Ulster Americans' is a collaborative PhD with National Museums NI, specifically the Ulster American Folk Park, and is open to home and international students so please spread the word! More details in the link.

www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

Pedro Pascal calls out “vile and pathetic” transphobic trolls after defending trans rights Pedro Pascal, whose sister Lux is a trans woman, is a prominent trans ally and he has no time for transphobia.

Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]

Trans rights are human rights. Pass it on.

I've been told that Bluesky is about to launch an alternative to Instagram called 'Flash'. Is that it?

You're bang-on with your assessment of the
interest, and the need for a critical mass of gatekeepers etc... So, it looks like it would need to be a bit of an all-or-nothing situation...

Shows logos: Twitter - Bluesky Instagram - Pixelfed Whatsapp - Signal

There's always an alternative...

From Meta, from Musk...

Twitter - Bluesky
Instagram - Pixelfed
Whatsapp - Signal

Please share and add more alternatives ...

Let's make it happen.

Whats your call for Instagram alternatives?

Yes

Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

Israeli cabinet due to vote on ceasefire deal Follow all the latest developments as Israel carries out fresh strikes hours after Qatar and the United States announced a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Israel has carried out fresh strikes in Gaza overnight, hours after Qatar and the United States announced a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas | Follow live

Gorgeous little poem by Kathyran - one word name. It’s from Bamboo in the Wind (Vantage Press, 1974).

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering. Ernest Hemingway

This one hits too hard.

Moving to Blue is good for mental health..... but deactivating Twitter is even better!

I could hear the helicopters from East Wall.

Like these ones!

Artwork: Celestial Machines (a), (2019) Drop ceiling, Light panel, Robotic arm, Arduino and Circuitry, Dimensions 130cm x 130cm x 95cm (suspended)

Celestial Machines (a), (2019) Drop ceiling, Light panel, Robotic arm, Arduino and Circuitry, Dimensions 130cm x 130cm x 95cm (suspended)

visualartistsireland.com/critique-ala...

Jane Hirshfield

'to make the unwanted wanted.'

Love this painting by Des Lawrence!

His show opens tomorrow (7/10/23) at Castor, London

Poem: "Who am I to work", by Sean Thomas Dougherty

Bittersweet & poignant/
"Who am I to work", by Sean Thomas Dougherty in Poetry East

“My grandfather sent everything to the nuns for a thorough cleaning Including my mother” Poem by Mary Coll

Mary Coll not wasting words.

“My grandfather sent everything to the nuns for a thorough cleaning Including my mother”

Poem by Mary Coll

“In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times”

Bertolt Brecht: In dark times...

"TikTok dismantled a “covert influence operation” network dedicated to targeting users in Ireland with “divisive” content to “intensify social conflict”."

Who benefits from our social conflict?

www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...