Maybe itโs because Iโm a colonial historian but so many of these white nation states seem to behave exactly like they did in the 19th century: โyour leaders arenโt right for you,โ โweโre only killing you/colonizing you/installing puppet leaders for your own goodโ
01.03.2026 12:27 โ
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Performative cruelty from Minister OโCallaghan
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Mr Bored of Peace will never get a Nobel Peace Prize now! Taoiseach Micheรกl Martin cannot now in good conscience hand him that bowl of shamrock - his war planes killed over 100 Iranian schoolgirls yesterday #noshamrockfortrump
01.03.2026 09:54 โ
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Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isnโt living in a bubble. I donโt need to know whatโs going on at X. I wonโt be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
01.03.2026 03:58 โ
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Stove turns out to be hot, toddler declares after sponsored FAFO research yields results. #motherwasright
28.02.2026 02:58 โ
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Live updates: US launches โmassiveโ military campaign against Iran
Donald Trump says US has begun โmajor combat operationsโ in Iran
Anything to distract from the Epstein files. Lots of people will die because of the abusive ๐ฉ in the White Hse. Trumpโs America is a danger to the world.
โUS launches โmassiveโ military campaign against Iranโ
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
28.02.2026 10:37 โ
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*next
27.02.2026 17:30 โ
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The Cork ladies who left their mark on Irish history
Their now forgotten story is told in Mnรก na Lรฉinte Gorma, a bilingual documentary on TG4.
On nexr wesnesday, TG4, 9.39pm Mnรก na Lรฉinte Gorma / Women Blueblouses
โThe documentary resists easy judgments, offering a nuanced and critical re-examination of womenโs political agency at a moment of profound social changeโ . #spรฉirgorm
www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...
27.02.2026 17:27 โ
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As a member of the WHAI, and as someone who was part of the advisory committee who recommended a womenโs museum - I am delighted with this response from my WHAI colleagues #womensmuseumireland
27.02.2026 16:34 โ
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โTwas a joy to examine this thesis along with @caitbeaumont.bsky.social well done @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social
26.02.2026 21:05 โ
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Congrats to @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social on passing her PhD viva today with aplomb ๐. Brilliant project making significant interventions into how we conceive of veterans & the gendering of that category. & ๐ to her fab supervisor @lloislanel.bsky.social. #Afterlives @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
26.02.2026 20:22 โ
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Gardaรญ appeal for help in locating two teenage girls missing from Bere Island
Feya McCarthy (13) and Lena McCarthy (15) have been missing since Tuesday.
Gardaรญ are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of two teenage girls missing from Bere Island, an island off the Beara Peninsula in Co Cork.
Feya McCarthy (13) and Lena McCarthy (15) have been missing since Tuesday, 24 February. jrnl.ie/6967799
25.02.2026 21:44 โ
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Quite apart from there being a lot more to college than lectures and "merely keeping the terms" to paraphrase Austen, force-feeding students the lectures in half the time leaves them no time to think and consider one chunk of learning before they move on to the next which is a very serious detriment
25.02.2026 13:14 โ
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Headline - students deserve more than a hollowed out student experience
My response to the Minister - and his suggestion that universities compress lectures into fewer days so students commute less. No way heโd agree for affordable and available student housing so students could have the full third level experience! #spรฉirgorm
25.02.2026 09:53 โ
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AFTERLIVES - History Hub
The aim of the AFTERLIVES project is to uncover the life stories and contributions of rebellious women in the wake of revolution and civil war in Ireland, Finland and Germany 1918-1980s.Supported by U...
Off to Dublin โค๏ธ tomorrow for 3 days thinking & talking about #Afterlives of women involved in Irish revolution. If interested in these fascinating afterlives listen to our podcast series via @ucddublin.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social
historyhub.ie/afterlives. @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
24.02.2026 10:59 โ
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I was privileged to be a member of the advisory committee which recommended a dedicated womenโs museum - go to see the minister acting on the proposals.
24.02.2026 09:26 โ
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Remember the past, or repeat its mistakes, says academic
Lessons learned help enable understanding when it comes to the Middle East, southeast Asia or United States
โRemember the past, or repeat its mistakesโ
Not one Irish female historian, many of whom have led the way in broadening Irish history studies, and in doing Irish/British studies, asked for their opinion! So infuriating #anotherhistorymanel #womendohistorytoo
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
23.02.2026 10:51 โ
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Absolutely
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Good points, but most universities try to timetable less on Friday already-the structures are there for campus socialising already, but so many students commute long distances they canโt participate.The Gov should be looking to build more student housing in-situ rather than composing their commutes
23.02.2026 09:19 โ
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Being a student is more than the lectures-itโs time in the library, time with friends, time in student societies, doing student activism-
a student should have no issue being on campus 5 days a week. Instead of ensuring housing to allow this, our Gov wants to limit the student experience - typical
23.02.2026 08:08 โ
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X Really Is Pulling Users to the Right
Elites may not be as immune to this kind of algorithmic radicalization as they think.
You can explain a lot of the shift towards blatant transphobia by the centrist political class from them remaining on Twitter after Elon bought it. It's one of his singular missions to destroy the trans community to get back at his daughter Vivian.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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I visited with them two weeks ago and discussed my research on the civil war women and their prison experiences. Watching them interpret that work was an amazing and thought provoking experience.
21.02.2026 09:12 โ
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Play programme
Last night I was privileged to see a powerful performance by final-year students of TUD Conservatoire's BA (Hons) in Drama (Performance). โthe devil may caresโ is based on the experiences of the anti-treaty women imprisoned in the NDU (now part of TUD campus)-directed by the great Louise Lowe.
21.02.2026 09:06 โ
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Texas A&M, Womenโs and Gender Studies, and Academic Common Sense
I canโt believe Iโm writing this, but at least it keeps my fingers on the keys, not scratching my head or tearing my hair out. And I know that my words here will have no impact on the policies thatโฆ
More shuttering of gender studies - a backlash from a resurgent patriarchy
โthe policing of class materials .. to prohibit alleged advocacy of โrace or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity,โ clearly violates academic freedom ..." nursingclio.org/2026/02/18/t...
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โWill anyone in the Epstein files be held accountable?โ What you have to understand is that while sexual violence is technically illegal and frowned upon in the abstract, in practice it is accepted, ubiquitous, de rigeur, and a primary vehicle for male bonding.
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