Friday evening listening... Wild Pink - Round of Applause at the End of the World TLDR: sounds like Springsteen discovered the fuzz pedal. youtu.be/SXcLwwg8DXw?...
Round Of Applause At The End Of The World
YouTube video by Wild Pink - Topic
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Kevin O'Sullivan
@kevinkosullivan.bsky.social
Author of The NGO Moment (http://cambridge.org/9781108708548). Associate Professor in History at University of Galway. Co-editor @difp-ria.bsky.social. Currently researching climate change and capitalism in c20th & early c21st Ireland
The new edition of A Practical Guide to Studying History is out, just in time for anyone starting a history degree. Want to see my material on trans history? Check out 'Identities' in the Activities and Annotated Bibliography sections. www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/a-practical-... 🌈🎓
A Practical Guide to Studying History - Home
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There has been some very astute commentary on the Manchester City case over the last few days - including this excellent discussion on @liberopodcast.com. youtu.be/T5Zfs0Gq-xY?...
Manchester City: Sham Football Club | Libero 162
YouTube video by Libero
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V.disappointing - esp Heimir saying he used the 'wrong' word in genocide. Black armbands simply not enough. But we shouldn't lose sight of two things: (1) What Gavin Bazunu has just done. (2) The impact of the boycott campaign so far. It's working. Keep it up for 24 more hrs + see if they'll break.
Gavan Reilly@gavreilly.com · last wk.🚨 Israel v Republic of Ireland game goes ahead, FAI’s David Courell confirms, at delayed press conference in Debrecen Fresh meeting this morning followed one player (goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu) saying they wanted to withdraw from the squad Squad voted after that meeting to establish the view
A perfect description of the position the Irish team has been left in - and their manager, too, I would add. They are clearly weighing up what doing the right thing will mean. They should be heartened by the knowledge that history will judge them very well for not playing these games.
Simon McGarr@tupped.bsky.social · last wk.It’s not easy and it isn’t their fault. They didn’t want this. And now they’re just a bunch of young men left alone with their obligations and their consciences. And what a credit to them that their conscience weighs so heavy in the first place.
Wow. Good on them. The authorities left them adrift - a very brave move but the right thing to do. The world will remember them on the right side of history. Jason Knight: "I don't think the game obviously should be going ahead but it is going ahead." www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...
Confusion in Hungary as players hold meeting - updates
The Republic of Ireland's press conference and training session has been postponed in Debrecen, Hungary as the squad deliberates whether to fulfil tomorrow's UEFA Nations League game against Israel. F...
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Call me old fashioned but I don't think the mission of Irish universities is to educate Chinese students in China or American students in America. We are not budding multinational businesses- we are a public service for students in Ireland, wherever they come from. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Irish colleges should focus on teaching abroad, not attracting foreign students – Minister
State already has insufficient accommodation for those in higher education, James Lawless says
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Kudos to the couple on the train into Galway this morning who had booked their seats under the names Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. I only wish I'd noticed it on the display before they got off the carriage. Masterful work.
Good. When you have a platform and the ability to do the right thing, just do it.
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 3w agoRTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.
Its the last day of the National Ploughing Championships; listen back to our own @melissabaird.bsky.social speaking to @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social about the controversy over Rhodesian entrants to the 1973 instalment www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig... @ria.ie
The controversy of the 1973 Ploughing Championships | Newstalk
The Ploughing Championships are on this week, and while that is usually a celebrated event, there...
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RTÉ Brainstorm@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 3w agoHow world politics overshadowed 1973 ploughing championships. The clash over Rhodesian competitors at the World Ploughing Championships in Wexford showed how mixing politics and sport could turn sour, writes @melissabaird.bsky.social @ria.ie @difp-ria.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
This evening, I am mostly listening to Ry Cooder's brilliant 2005 album, Chavéz Ravine, which traces the history of the Mexican-American LA neighbourhood of the same name - and its ultimate destruction to make way for a new stadium for the LA Dodgers. youtu.be/rH2sLjK4wx8?...
El U.F.O. Cayo
YouTube video by Ry Cooder - Topic
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Was very happy to beam into QUB today to launch the Africans in Ireland website that I and a number of colleagues have been working on for years. Maps, database, & other resources documenting the African presence in Ireland from the late 16th to early 20th centuries. africansinireland.com
Saturday mornings as a parent in hurling country.
University of Galway’s Arts in Action 2026-2027 programme returns this week with free events, workshops and partnerships with arts organisations in the west. 🔗: www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/new...
September - University of Galway
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The funny thing about this signalling is that approx 22% of Irish workers are on shift work.
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 4w agoTánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said this year's Budget will support people "who get up early every morning and go to work".
We are delighted to announce the line up for the History Research Seminars this semester. All welcome! Wednesday, 4pm, Hardiman Building G011.
"I believe in Britain & I believe in its future and I believe in its people & its institutions, but my goodness, there needs to be a lot of clearing out, a lot of burning down and a lot of reconstruction, a lot of restoration." This is one hell of an article. www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Beautiful. Crazy end to the game too - disallowed goal and missed penalty for Real.
Kevin O'Sullivan@kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · last mo.Good man Troy.
This beautiful thing just arrived. New Lambchop on vinyl.
On a not-so-serious note, this must mean that historians (who routinely pore over 2,000 pages of docs in order to write a couple of paragraphs) are insane. On a serious note, this kind of attitude to using AI is what we must defend against. At some point, you simply *have* to read the stuff.
Gerard Cunningham@faduda.eurosky.social · last mo.Perfect example of AI brain rot here from the Collision "think tank" at Progress Ireland. "I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand."
"Within the past few years, data centers have been elevated from an unremarkable part of daily life in Loudoun to something that many residents now think about every day..." www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Your future is in Virginia
If you want to know what the data center occupation looks like, there’s one place where it already arrived — 20 years ago.
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Today in Galway: a meeting of colleagues working in environmental humanities. If you're about, you're very welcome to drop in.
