christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

Urgent! If you work in an Irish HEI, please sign and share this open letter asking the Dept of Justice to overturn its refusal of visas to Palestinian students who were supposed to be evacuated from Gaza to take up fully funded places and scholarships at Irish HEIs: openletter.earth/refusal-of-v...

I don't have many followers here, but for those of you doing qualitative work on transcripts I cannot recommend Zotero enough. Just import your file as a .pdf and you can highlight, annotate, tag, and make connections between transcripts. Took me a long time to find something that works so well!

Just waiting for the reamimated corpses of Pele, Maradona and Cruyff to show up via AI hologram

Is the halftime show a prerecord then? #worldcup2026

Any Macbook users on here experiencing issues with MS Word/Powerpoint? My Word files are now read-only (as of today), which is a little frustrating as I've been working on these for months, and need to keep adding and refining things most days! My Macbook is 2017 - so old but working grand

Irish government outs itself as mugs. Again. Regulate the algorithms. These are not natural disasters or acts of god, they are social media companies; deliberately designed products by people with specific intentions. You don't keep people safe by keeping them out, you regulate the fucking product

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 4w ago

Government favours blanket ban on social media for under-16s despite EU proposals

On another site someone asked for advice for a friend having nightmares and several helpful people suggested exorcism. Like zero to 'your friend is possessed by the devil' in 3 replies. And these people are allowed to vote.

Kudos to the bould @davetothegrave.bsky.social , representing @micireland.bsky.social in the baking heat at the @euroqualpsy.bsky.social conference in Lyon today.

If Minister Browne is appalled by genocide I have great news for him about a bill he can finally support... #Spéirgorm

Gavan Reilly@gavreilly.com · 2mo ago

Housing minister James Browne says the Famine was “a genocide in this country” and shouldn’t be made a political football of. He was speaking to Rory Hearne of the SocDems who has repeatedly said the recent spate of evictions in Ireland were the hikes since the Famine era

Plenty of evidence that this pressure has worked before. Sport and politics are inexorably intertwined. #stopthegame

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign@ipsc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RTÉ made the right decision not to participate in Eurovision, they should follow suit for the Nations League fixtures against apartheid Israel if they are not cancelled by the FAI #StopTheGame Siptu calls on RTÉ to boycott coverage of Ireland-Israel matches www.thejournal.ie/rte-ireland-...

Migration, diaspora and sporting citizenship at the men's World Cup 2026: Over one fifth of players at the tournament are representing a country they weren't born in....

5 is absolutely terrible and if you don’t know why, congrats on being a straight white man

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.

man, everything sure does suck

Donncha O’Connell@donnchalaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

POC have to work twice as hard in Ireland 1) Do the actual work 2) Do it better so we're categorised as "good migrants"

The thing I love about short story collections is that I don't have to commit to anything too heavy. Discovered Kevin Barry's work last year too and I highly recommend!

Was listening to a podcast on Irishness earlier and it felt a bit "off". Turns out it was scripted and created using NotebookLM. It's all getting a bit too pervasive!

Can Ireland be next please? This should have been made a thing a century ago. #SpeirGorm

Charles Hill@charleswlhill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My homeland is leading the world right now.

A welcome addition to the collection, with a wonderful chapter from my colleague and friend, Vicky Brady (who is not on here). Important perspectives throughout, and one for after my current workload!

My esteemed @micireland.bsky.social Psychology colleagues Suzanne Egan & Chloé Beatty are giving this webinar next Tuesday, outlining a more nuanced approach to children's screen use. (An area that frequently lacks nuance). Registration is free. www.childrensresearchnetwork.com/events/crn-d...

CRN Digital Technologies SIG Webinar: More than Just Screen “Time”: A New Framework for Approaching Screen Use Research with Children — Children's Research Network

The CRN Digital Technologies SIG will be hosting an online webinar discussing approaches to approaching screen time research with children. The webinar will consist of a presentation from Dr Chloé Bea...

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I've very much been enjoying this podcast series from @marekmcgann.bsky.social discussing his recent work. Highly recommended for psychologists, students, and anyone interested in the field. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

The Great Psychology Delusion

Social Sciences Podcast · Series · Craig Speelman and Marek McGann talk with Dr Suzanne Egan about their book

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Just spent most of the week marking students' work for the very first time. media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

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Discover & share this Raining The Shawshank Redemption GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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Thanks to everyone who shared this around over the last 9 months or so. I have my final interview today and then a very, very, very long analysis ahead of me! Interviews have been really interesting, and the process has already taught me a lot. Here's to the next chapter 🚀

Dave Moloney@davetothegrave.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'? This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants! Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story. #identity #ireland #spéirghorm

Shit’s so bad in Minnesota that he’s gonna have to release the Epstein files to distract from it

this is a scrappy, furious game i made about sending as many fuck yous as you can to ICE. that's it. that's the game. unaminh.itch.io/fu-ice #abolishice #gamedev

This is an fascinating read, and an excellent analysis of contemporary far-right discourse in Ireland. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Nearly there with the interviews - thanks to all who shared this already. Hoping for a final push to recruit one or two more participants. The findings so far have been really interesting - will share more when progress with the analysis.

Dave Moloney@davetothegrave.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'? This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants! Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story. #identity #ireland #spéirghorm

This is how you can be an ally. They need to feel the cost of what they've done.