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Dr Maria A. Deiana

@drdeiana.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in International Relations Queen’s University Belfast | Feminism Peace Security| Creative Methods | Dance Culture & Global Politics| she/her From Sardinia like Antonio Gramsci https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/maria-adriana-deiana

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Strength in Solidarity
Our annual competition to design the
International Women’s Day poster is back!

Entries will be shared on our website and the winner get £100 and their image made into posters, placards and more!
Poster Competition
Visit our website for more information
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/poster-competition-2026
Open to ages 12-25
Deadline 31 January 2026

Theme Strength in Solidarity Our annual competition to design the International Women’s Day poster is back! Entries will be shared on our website and the winner get £100 and their image made into posters, placards and more! Poster Competition Visit our website for more information www.reclaimtheagenda.com/poster-competition-2026 Open to ages 12-25 Deadline 31 January 2026

Design our International Women’s Day 2026 poster!
Our theme for 2026 is ‘Strength in Solidarity’
Open to ages 12-25, deadline 31 January 2026.
There are two age categories 12 -17yrs and 18-25.
Read the guidelines and enter here-
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/iwd-poster-c...

08.12.2025 11:01 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

sam altman is being sued by his SISTER for sexual abuse. who gives a shit about his dogshit product that’s corroding brains and vaporizing the planet??? what is going on in this fuckin world

09.12.2025 15:45 — 👍 2272    🔁 600    💬 29    📌 27
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ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.

YES
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

08.12.2025 08:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❤️ absolute joy

06.12.2025 16:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

the thing all the discourse around Eurovision and Israel seems to miss is that: Russia got kicked out!! there is not only precedent, there is immediate and *still active* precedent. it’s the hypocrisy as much as anything

05.12.2025 13:27 — 👍 514    🔁 94    💬 9    📌 3
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Tomorrow marks two years since the Israeli military killed beloved Palestinian professor, writer, and activist Refaat Alareer in an airstrike on his sister’s home.

05.12.2025 22:27 — 👍 264    🔁 111    💬 1    📌 6
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‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

“On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day. That rate of violent death would be considered an active conflict in many other contexts, raising questions about how accurately “ceasefire” describes the new status quo.”

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

06.12.2025 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Half of our fascists deny the Mother and Baby Homes horrors ever happened, some blame "communist infiltration of the clergy" and the rest of the fascist "Concerned Citizens/save our women and children" lot think the victims got what they deserved.
That's where we're at in Ireland in 2025...

06.12.2025 05:24 — 👍 23    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

The Authoritarian Stack reveals what we already suspected: corporations have become the OS of U.S. governance. Cloud computing, AI, defense, satellites—all privatized. Unaccountable boards write the rules now.

www.authoritarian-stack.info

06.12.2025 05:30 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
International Day of Disabled People. Illustration of people wearing purple and black clothes, one with a cane and glassed, one with an insulin monitor, one signing and one using a wheelchair.

International Day of Disabled People. Illustration of people wearing purple and black clothes, one with a cane and glassed, one with an insulin monitor, one signing and one using a wheelchair.

'The inclusion of persons with disabilities as both agents and beneficiaries of social development is indispensable. Disability inclusion in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life is therefore an imperative.' #IDDP #IDPD www.un.org/en/observanc...

03.12.2025 11:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Liberal arts and critical thinking | Letters Letters: Readers respond to a letter that argued we should stop worshipping the liberal arts, and that they should become more market-oriented

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

03.12.2025 08:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

I’m so happy to see this. The lack of journalistic solidarity & collective action over the killing of journalists in Gaza has been distressing.

Will @nujofficial.bsky.social step up & follow this lead?

02.12.2025 22:31 — 👍 489    🔁 162    💬 7    📌 1
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Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.

“For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires.
Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers.”

futurism.com/artificial-i...

01.12.2025 12:29 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships - UCD School of Politics and International Relations

2 PhD scholarships in politics, University College Dublin: www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...

01.12.2025 06:34 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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‘It was extremely pornographic’: Cara Hunter on the deepfake video that nearly ended her political career The Irish politician was targeted in 2022, in the final weeks of her run for office. She has never found out who made the malicious deepfake, but knew immediately she had to try to stop this happening...

The Irish politician was targeted in 2022, in the final weeks of her run for office. She has never found out who made the malicious deepfake, but knew immediately she had to try to stop this happening to other women

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

01.12.2025 07:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

01.12.2025 07:47 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes

Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

30.11.2025 07:53 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Students don’t need to go to university to use generative AI. They need critical thinking and analytical skills, the ability to understand complex ideas, to make connections and informed arguments, to cultivate creative thinking and develop original ideas. And yes it is hard work. The rest is SLOP

29.11.2025 14:52 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

28.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 20257    🔁 7814    💬 355    📌 236
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brilliant conversation on feminist activism and gender politics celebrating @clairepierson.bsky.social new book with @mhairiclaire.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @centreforgender.bsky.social

28.11.2025 23:26 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
3 people in front of a screen with book cover 'women's troubles: Gender and feminist politics'

3 people in front of a screen with book cover 'women's troubles: Gender and feminist politics'

Lovely to launch my book this evening at Queens Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social thanks to everyone who came along and to @drdeiana.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social for organising and commentary 💚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social

28.11.2025 23:18 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
A new Daily Blog from 25 November 10 December

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence A new Daily Blog from 25 November 10 December

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign that kicks off on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women & runs until Human Rights Day. Over the 16 Days Reclaim the Agenda will be sharing Blogs
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...

25.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

We call for the immediate shutdown of Larne House and the implementation of bespoke community-based Alternatives To Detention for the North. [8/8]

26.11.2025 10:19 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Calling IR academics— looking for anyone who works with the writings of Christina Sharpe, LHM Ling and Anna Agathangelou (not all at the same time!) — project with mz, cristina masters & shine choi. Dm or email any of us. ☺️

26.11.2025 11:21 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

This Friday. Join us if you are in Belfast #Speirgorm

26.11.2025 19:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒

21.11.2025 15:45 — 👍 23    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 6
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Women's Troubles -Book Launch with Dr Claire Pierson Women's Troubles Gender and Feminist Politics in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland

Join us in Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social next Friday 28th 4-6pm for launch of Women's Troubles @frecklescorp.bsky.social @drdeiana.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...

21.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium Eventbrite - Taylor Follett presents The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium - Friday, November 21, 2025 | Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Queen's University Belfast, Belfa...

Looking forward to co-hosting the Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)’s 2nd Annual Symposium, taking place today and tomorrow as a collaboration between TRAI, Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the @centreforgender.bsky.social at Queen’s

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-trans-...

21.11.2025 10:12 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles".

Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...

20.11.2025 20:58 — 👍 9    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

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