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Cian O’Callaghan

@ciantocallaghan.bsky.social

Urban geographer at Trinity College Dublin

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Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

Ms. Rachel post: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it. "If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4d ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …
Cian O’Callaghan@ciantocallaghan.bsky.social · 4w ago

This article, featuring interviews with several Palestinian students who received scholarships from Irish institutions (including a masters programme in the school I work) but who have been denied visas, shows the inhumane conditions lived through while still succeeding academically. Let them study

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 4w ago

Palestinian student Mohammed is due to begin his studies on 7 September, but he's still waiting to find out if the Department of Justice will approve his visa application to study here. jrnl.ie/7136766

Mary Gilmartin@marygilmartin.bsky.social · last mo.

Announced today. Probably a month in advance. Solidarity with colleagues and students who were planning for a very different start of the academic year.

James Dyke@jamesgdyke.info · last mo.

It's just been announced that the University of Exeter is scrapping BA/BSc Geography, including BA History & Geography, and BA Politics & Geography programmes and their variants in Penryn campus in Cornwall. There will be no new students starting in September 2026. 1/5

Dr Susan Greaney@suegreaney.bsky.social · last mo.

My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡

Patrick Bresnihan@pbresnihan.bsky.social · last mo.

In the name of competitiveness and defence, the EU is going backwards on climate action. €800 billion has been committed to prepare for war by 2030, far outstripping anything that is being invested in climate resilience and a green transition. This is madness. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Opinion: Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security

Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war

irishtimes.com

RashersT@rasherst.bsky.social · last mo.

The Derry screening of Displace is taking place in The Nerve Centre tomorrow! So much good stuff happening across the whole festival fortnight and am gutted to be missing it. Emma Warren would be a huge highlight for me amongst an absolute gluttony of savage events in the city! So much on!

Scamp Media@scampmedia.bsky.social · last mo.

Great to see Displace: The Battle for Dublin opening this year's Féile film programme in Derry. The line up is incredible, and I'm gutted to be missing things like a workshop with the likes of Emma Warren who writes about dancefloors as sites of community care. There's SO MUCH ON over the festival!

neilgray00.bsky.social@neilgray00.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good to see my book, 'Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy', is now published in the US with @CommonNotions (UK release August). Link below👇 Would love to hear from potential reviewers or anyone who can facilitate a talk or book launch. Neil.Gray@glasgow.ac.uk

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Kevin Hargaden@kevinhargaden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I say this as a dude who knows more about religion than the average guy: This is the language of a cult. Delusional fanaticists have the global economy in a death grip of their petty dogma "Biological limits are real, but digital potential is infinite." theprint.in/feature/jeff...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says human water consumption is limiting AI's potential

Skipping fears of mass unemployment, Bezos used his VivaTech panel to argue that an 'artificial general engineer' just creates more tasks.

theprint.in

Cian O’Callaghan@ciantocallaghan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking forward to taking a proper read through this based on research and campaigning from the Just Housing team @pbresnihan.bsky.social and @catuireland.bsky.social radicalhousingjournal.org/2026/from-da...

From data collection to direct action: » Radical Housing Journal

This paper examines the role of research in supporting tenant organising through reflecting on a collaborative project undertaken with the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) in the Cromcastle Court...

radicalhousingjournal.org

Cian O’Callaghan@ciantocallaghan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I always appreciate when comparison is done in a considered way and this is the case with this short reflection on how housing policy priorities from Vienna could inform South Africa theconversation.com/south-africa...

South Africa is short of 2.6 million homes: Vienna’s approach to social housing offers useful lessons

Vienna’s experience provides a useful point of reference for reflecting on how social housing delivery might be accelerated in South Africa.

theconversation.com

Elaine Burke@elaineburke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Also I feel very much like I was just at an Enterprise Ireland announcement, not a Research Ireland one. Major focus on industry, commercialisation of research, turning scientists into entrepreneurs, creating a talent pipeline for industry, and an overriding theme of fairly ill-defined "scale".

Cian O’Callaghan@ciantocallaghan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Took recommendation & loved this too. A pleasure to read the passages about the Museum Building (& comfort that moths more common than my office). A lot else resonated with me, on failures & frustrations of writing, on class, on parenting young kids while working, & feeling at boundary of identities

Mary Gilmartin@marygilmartin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

And @ciantocallaghan.bsky.social might be interested in the starring role of the Museum Building

Cian O’Callaghan@ciantocallaghan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Lots of great contributions here, including an insightful analysis by @dukechussey93.bsky.social of @mickbyrne.bsky.social book which forms a launching off point to consider value theory and housing politics

Patrick Bresnihan@pbresnihan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The May issue of Rundale on the theme of housing is out now. Five new contributions that approach housing and inhabitation in Ireland from new angles, offering different framings of (and answers to) ‘the housing question’. Quality analysis that you just don't find elsewhere. rundale.org

Patrick Bresnihan@pbresnihan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The May issue of Rundale on the theme of housing is out now. Five new contributions that approach housing and inhabitation in Ireland from new angles, offering different framings of (and answers to) ‘the housing question’. Quality analysis that you just don't find elsewhere. rundale.org

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