it’s so wild when you read Black theorists all throughout the 1900s literally predicting all of this… you cannot maintain a white supremacist, patriarchal state without those same genocidal logics being visited on its own people… it’s only a matter of time.

"Racialized Contagion and Defensive Biopolitics in The Last of Us" by Robert Yeates (@bobyeates.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/olh... Part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Gaming and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Essays on The Last of Us (2013-)

The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2026. Applications for OLH funding of up to £500 are welcomed from individuals or organisations and may be used to help fund events, projects or activities on #OA or with an #openaccess component. 📅 Deadline 30/06: www.openlibhums.org/news/882/

¿Comer menos carne sigue siendo mejor para el planeta? Según la dietista-nutricionista Lucía Martínez, sí. elpais.com/gastronomia/...

'Misogyny is not an incidental feature or optional add-on or comorbidity. Misogyny is the beating heart of a fascism that violently safeguards and shores up white male authority—by punishing any social subordinate who questions authority figures.' He murdered her because she dared to be unafraid.

Me to my cat: Have you had any water today? My cat: Have YOU had any water today??

✒️ 5-day writers' residency in Birr, Co Offaly - deadline for applications 26th Jan offalycoco.submit.com//show/264

I've dreamt that I was charged €17 for a Coke in UCD.

My Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad. In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me. @972mag.com www.972mag.com/diary-gaza-i...

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Morning.

"Please indicate the expected impact of your research proposal" "By the end of the second project year, we expect to reach between 250 and 500 citations of non-existent papers associated with our work"

Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.

the most wonderful time of the year just got a little more colorful! it’s with much happiness in my heart that i share with you my new coloring ebook: meowy christmas 🎄 poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...

Smol. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!🎄 We’re giving away 5 physical copies of GRIS and 5 of NEVA + signed posters! See how to enter below👇

I'm very proud to have a chapter on "Teaching The Wakean Sentence" in this essential new collection "Teaching James Joyce in the 21st Century" being launched online today at (I calculate 🧐...) 17:30 Irish Time! Click the link for schedule and registration details 🔗👇 joycesociety.com/events/lunch...

Many academics are resigning en masse from journal editorial boards due to publisher's unwarranted commercial practices, leaving behind "Zombie Journals" that no-one respects - I hope someone is keeping a list @openlibhums.org? #OpenScience #OpenSource #OpenAccess www.openlibhums.org/news/875/

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

I sense great hostility -- mine.

Exactly, which is why plastic manufacturers promote recycling campaigns. Good for business and shifts the responsibility.

#Palestine Today I was meant to join Rabbis for Human Rights for their end-of-harvest event in the occupied West Bank. We were supposed to support Palestinian farmers in selling their goods and securing a bit of their livelihood that is constantly under threat. 🧵🧵

No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?

I'm saddened to learn that Irish poet Mary Guckian passed away in September. She had been ill and we were in touch by phone and text over the summer. She wrote beautifully about life and her childhood home in Leitrim. Here she is in her younger years.

🔴 EXCLUSIVA El gobierno de España abre 2 cárceles de migrantes en Mauritania. Las obras corrieron a cargo de la agencia de cooperación FIAP (Min. Asuntos Exteriores). Ambos centros de detención tienen cunas para bebés. Vía @elsaltodiario.com 🧵 HILO ⬇️ www.elsaltodiario.com/fronteras/go...

A great game that keeps improving because of its chill and fun community. www.pcgamer.com/games/third-...

I think you're a thief, because you've stolen my heart.

My critical analysis of the anti-trans astroturf group, the LGB Alliance, has just been published in the special edition of the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. I recommend the whole special edition - it's open access, no pay wall. bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/4/1-...

It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition. #SpéirGorm #ClimateChange

Joining this knockout panel as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social are Gustav Parker Hibbett, Sam Furlong and Sophie White in conversation with @mollytwomey.bsky.social. Saturday 08th November @ 11:30 am @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social dublinbookfestival.com/event/writin...

“The Letter of the Law: Joyce, Martyrdom, and Wildean Litigation” by Casey Maria Lawrence: doi.org/10.16995/olh... Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection "Caliban's Mirror: Reflections of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde"

My internet's been down since Friday, but in the meantime apparently I've had a paper published! Check out “The Letter of the Law: Joyce, Martyrdom, and Wildean Litigation”, Open Library of Humanities, vol. 11, no. 2, 2025. olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...

Today we harvested many olive trees in Ramallah. Wothout Israeli and international volunteers, the Palestinian farmers are prohibited from harvesting their own orchards. This is their livelihood, and we stand in solidarity with them. #IsraeliOccupation

Do you dress like that on purpose?

Look at this little beauty, an exquisite hardback edition of James Joyce's story 'The Dead' from @newislandbooks.bsky.social And I've written a new intro, which was both pleasure and privilege. Out Nov. 7th! ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

What Will Saudi Arabia’s EA Buyout Mean for The Sims? EA has been sold for an astronomical $55 billion dollars to a “consortium” comprising Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, leaving LGBTQ+ fans reeling. medium.com/p/391cd93b0ba1

Happy Bisexual Awareness Day, and the release of charity anthology, "Bi the Way, I Love you" (18+)! Make sure you pick up a copy of this collection, which is raising funds for @biprideuk.bsky.social and Rainbow Railroad (rainbowrailroad.org)! #bisexual #🌈💜 #Bisky medium.com/reviewsday-t...

Abstract Submission Deadline: 20 December 2025 For the call for papers and further details, please see the conference website: www.bilgi.edu.tr/en/academic/...

I am busy. Excuse me.

"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias" 📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams 📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests. 🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!

Travelling in these storms is unwise, outlander.

Hey y’all. The world is rough and it’s so easy to be depressed and angry and volatile. Especially towards yourself. So this is a COMPLIMENT CHECKPOINT!! Say something nice about yourself in the comments!! 👇👇👇

I see a few people complaining about this, but what they fail to understand is that his great-great-grandfather was Leopold Bloom. Am I wrong?

Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out And, the feathers it would ruffle My lovely followers, you know what to do: nationaltvawards.com/vote 🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep

My time is precious, so make it quick.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

I'm finishing To the Lighthouse and everyday I go a little closer to the lighthouse in my hometown