All that ‘protect-our-sovereign -borders-against-people-with-no -guns-in-tiny-dinghies’ rings hollow in a world where our so-called allies kill or extract leaders extrajudicially and by invading sovereign territory. Borders are being breached illegally and violently & not by people seeking asylum

"The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports." www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial...

What a delicious #bookmas, 🎄 📚 I am stoked to get stuck into this pile and most especially this one by @badaude.bsky.social

Don’t forget that #joinin is Around for anyone spending this time alone, or feeling alone in a crowd for that matter. Hell, you don’t even need to be lonely, you might be perfectly happy on your own, but enjoy an online chat to break it up a bit. Do you. Join in if you like.

This thread by a former NYT editor documents how the NYT came to push the Cass Review so hard over other reviews. It was dictated from the top by editors. They sidelined their own London reporter to put Azeen Ghorayshi on it.

A colloquial German word about someone viewed as low on intellect, especially popular in the 1990s, was Teletubbyzurückwinker. It means “one who waves back at the Teletubbies.”

A PhD is a great idea if you want to work your ass off for a few years and then somehow feel like a failure when you finish it successfully

If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!

Sadly, I know nothing about publishing, but I suspect this is the correct take. It was dreadfully bookless, as book segments go.. #toyshow

I feel the book section is insufficiently bookish #toyshow

for budgetary reasons those are actually lafufus #ToyShow

Strong start, imho #toyshow

In Ireland they force children to stay up late to watch other children perform in a toy show for adults

Correct take. And also: I’ll still watch it, and cry when Troy Parrot shows up, dope that I am

This is an amazing thread, pls read all the alt text 😂

I'm no Luddite - far from it - but the ways in which in this development has been spoken of seem blind to, or completely uninterested in, what cannot be machine read and searched for: the pounce, sweat marks, soot, or wax; the non-semantic yet semiotically rich substrate that OCR strips away.

Excellent piece by my colleague, Professor Ciara Smyth: The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Rest in Peace and Power, the incomparable Margaretta D'Arcy. 90 years of activism for #peace. She never gave up. Ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤 If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 10/10

Many call on researchers to behave differently. But researchers are dispersed across disciplines, institutions & countries. Let's face it, we are hard to coordinate. So we call on the actors with real power: Funders and institutions. 💪 They can set the policies and reshape incentives. 8/n

What a phenomenal cartoon. When my twins were very young, I had to have conversations with a lot of people who worried that allowing them to wear princess dresses would result in them being bullied. This would have been a wonderful response to have had 🌈🦋🏳️‍⚧️

Fascinating article, about language, gender, and research communication (click bait science): highly recommended!

A reminder that Zohran's da is one of the great African anti-colonial social scientists penguinrandomhousesecondaryeducation.com/book/?isbn=9...

This article about Indian equality activists in Dublin is fascinating. Gen Z influencers animating an overlooked tradition of anti-caste organising.

This is really worth a read: a clear-headed analysis of the spoiled votes, described compellingly as reflective of “agency without a landing place”. I believe Connolly’s win is a brilliant moment for the left; but we need to pay attention to this too…

This!!

Great read

I am unashamedly obsessed with Anne Enright: her glorious opinions, her razor-sharp prose. This interview was a treat. What an absolute treasure.

This brief essay nicely elucidates this even briefer tweet

With 3 constituencies left to count - Catherine Connolly has received the highest number of votes of any candidate for presidency in the history of the state According to @womenforelection.bsky.social data - MDH in 2018 had 822k #Aras25

This was unique circumstances for spoiled vote: no anti-gov candidate anywhere on the right, loud online campaign, week of riots. It’s still going to end up with less than half the vote Peter Casey got as a similar protest. The “political earthquake” here is the thumping victory for the united left

Looking forward to learning how the government will pander to those protest voters. You know, the 63% who voted for a clear left wing voice.

The Ionas are going to claim ownership of the entire wad of spoiled votes, and the old firm parties are going to interpret that as a sign they need to move further to the right. That should not be the lesson to learn from a left-wing landslide. But just watch 'em.

Posting so I don’t lose this and it’s perfect for a class I’m teaching! Thank you, @georgeradics.bsky.social

Please spread the word!

My favourite bookshop I’m so sorry to hear this. Solidarity, @booksupstairs.bsky.social 💪🏼

Improvised owl physio would be a good title for a story, or a band. Read the whole thread, it’s heartening!

In case any of the geographers in my network miss this

Tomorrow evening, in my absolute career highlight, I’ll be responding to the launch of this book in Dublin. Join us in the gutter bookshop at 6.30!

This only happens to you once

This is really great. I nodded throughout, but was especially taken by this bit

It should be obvious by now that free speech in incredibly unequal societies is not a useful aim Without a level playing field, some voices are far louder and some far easier to shut down Free speech can only be worthwhile if it's accompanied by radical reform of our public space to democratise it

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Still intrigued… maybe some geographers have leads? @queerdrew.bsky.social @deanphelan.bsky.social @aidanobrien.bsky.social @pbresnihan.bsky.social

I’m intrigued by this… hope somebody can help!

Toilets for everyone. It’s so simple. Makes everyone feel safe & cuts out the ridiculous queues for women’s loos while men have no queues. Inclusive policies help everyone. Well done @electricpicnic.bsky.social #transrightsarehumanrights

As it's still valid, presumably if I don't keep following it, I am also breaking the law and subject to arrest. The law of the land simultaneously requires me to be both a man and a woman and if I do either then I am breaking the law and subject to arrest. (11/13)

I fully support the Basic Income for Artists scheme, with only one caveat. My caveat is that I think that it shouldn’t be restricted to artists, but be made available to everyone (many of whom will turn out to have been hidden artists all along)