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Jane Suiter
@janesuit.bsky.social
Professor of Political Communication, Democracy at Dublin C Uni || Director FuJo Future Media Democracy Society || Deliberation || Citizens Assembly|| Disinformation
I'm late to this but holy hell, I could write an entire book about this single screenshot. The way the image just perfectly captures the journalists doing luxury, disengaged hand-wringing about blackouts while the ACTUAL THREAT plays out in front of their eyes.
“The Mafia would not exist without the concept of family, of unbreakable bonds… Ireland and Italy are very similar in this respect and therefore recognise each other in criminal terms.” My interview with @robertosaviano.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Roberto Saviano on the Kinahans, living under threat from the Mafia and similarities between Ireland and Italy
Discovery of alliance between Naples Camorra and Kinahan cartel ‘one of the most significant chapters in recent global drug trafficking’
irishtimes.com
Delighted to see the instalation Assembly at this year's Galway International Arts Festival. We're pleased to have contributed through our research on citizens' assemblies, and our Director @janesuit.bsky.social is one of the voices telling this story. More info: www.giaf.ie/festival/eve...
Ireland at Venice | Galway International Arts Festival
Assembly explores how architecture can bring people together.
giaf.ie
This is an excellent piece on the failure of all parties in Ireland to look beyond the headlines and prioritise rather than punish public service media #speirghorm Politicians are more interested in looking tough on RTÉ than deciding how to fund it www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Daire Hickey: Politicians are more interested in looking tough on RTÉ than making a decision to fund it
No enterprise could absorb an 18-year price freeze on its primary revenue stream while costs keep climbing
irishtimes.com
Nigel Farage once became the butt of jokes about "losing to a dolphin". Now Count Binface has become the unexpected face of the Clacton campaign. Here are 20 memes charting the story. 👇
The 20 best Count Binface memes from the Clacton by-election
With Count Binface becoming Nigel Farage's main challenger, social media has responded with some gloriously inventive political satire
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For the North Sea island of Sylt, the high number of tourists is becoming an increasing burden. Randomly selected residents are working together with other stakeholders to develop a tourism strategy for the future. #CitizensAssembly
Citizens help shape Sylt's tourism strategy
For the North Sea island of Sylt, the high number of tourists is becoming an increasing burden. Randomly selected residents are working together with other stakeholders to develop a tourism strategy f...
mehr-demokratie.de
*finger on earpiece* sorry to interrupt you, Brian, but we're getting surprising reports that tomorrow the Internationale will be the human race. www.ft.com/content/d6b1...
Why young America is trending socialist
Democrats need to show they can deliver for a disaffected Gen Z
ft.com
Call for Interview Participants! My @researchireland.ie study exploring women’s experiences of online harassment and abuse in Irish academia is seeking insights from those impacted to help increase awareness and support. To share your story please email: gboastudy@universityofgalway.ie
150 citizens from across the EU have spent the past three months working on how Europe can be better prepared for future crises.
"The flagship piece of secondary legislation under the EU’s flagship AI law made human rights (the thing the EU spent the entire ‘Brussels Effect’-era selling itself on) into a tickbox companies could choose to ignore. Go simplification!" euobserver.com/217590/simpl...
Simplifying the AI Act? That’s Brussels saying ‘yes’ to Big Tech requests to water down regulation
Next time you hear an EU commissioner say the AI Act needs to be 'simplified', the honest translation is: a company asked them to do that, and they said yes.
euobserver.com
V unusual for a govt party candidate to win a by-election when vacancy was caused by departure of an opposition TD, as Seán Kyne (FG) has done in Galway W today. Prior to today, previous was Oct 2011 (Patrick Nulty in Dublin W), & before that June 1976 (Brendan Halligan in Dublin SW), both Labour.
Just spent time at the cpdp conference in Brusells. Interesting mix of people trying to avoid a techno fascist future and those distracted by the games and frames invented by the bros….
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 3mo agoPalantir employees were pissed about the company's work with ICE. So Palantir held a hackathon to build better oversight tools for agencies (now whether they'll actually use them...) Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
The documentation "Goodbye Elections. Hello Democracy." asks a radical question: What if we replaced politicians and elections with ordinary people - chosen by lottery? Learn more about the film in a sneak peek with director Adam Cronkright on May 27. #CitizensAssembly
Sneak Peek: Goodbye Elections. Hello Democracy.
The documentation "Goodbye Elections. Hello Democracy." asks a radical question: What if we replaced politicians and elections with ordinary people - chosen by lottery? In 2020, as COVID and a bi...
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Making policy on difficult issues Join Lord (Charlie) Falconer of Thoroton, @ruthfox.bsky.social and @janesuit.bsky.social to discuss changing the law on issues like 'assisted dying' and digital ID, at our free, online conference on 24 June. Sign up 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....
Only 14% of Brits support the Far Right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - who hides behind the name Tommy Robinson - mostly men, a new poll for The Economist reveals. The backbone of his support, and funding, is America.
Top dog-whistler: Tommy Robinson and Britain’s far right
Podcast Episode · The Intelligence from The Economist · 15 May · 24min
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📝Don't miss this article from #BJPIR's current issue! 'Algorithms at your service: Understanding how X’s systems of recommendation likely fuelled the far-right riots in the United Kingdom by amplifying visual representations of racist conspiracy theories' by Beatriz Lopes Buarque & Nick Lewis 🔗 ⬇️
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Humans invented arithmetic circa 3000 BC. And yet here we are.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoRFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"
In Ireland many kids still identify as a Microsoft or a Google school…
Faolan@brujofaolan.bsky.social · 4mo agoDENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices. The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026. Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice. This is digital sovereignty being taken back
DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices. The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026. Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice. This is digital sovereignty being taken back
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
How do we balance ministerial accountability with the essential autonomy of our news media? In a recent opinion piece for @irishtimes.com, DCU’s Dr Eileen Culloty examines the recent controversy surrounding Minister Patrick O’Donovan’s comments on RTÉ and media "balance." Read: launch.dcu.ie/4tkXDsX
This is a genuinely mindblowing combination. 1) Deliberately false information, 2) promoted in schools, 3) using public money, 4) in the service of private profits, 5) at the cost of our collapsing ecosystem.
Conn Donovan@conndonovan.bsky.social · 4mo agoA "Sitka Spruce, the Amazing Timber Tree" book was sent to every primary school in Ireland this week.
