Is there anyone who voted against lowering the age bar for Presidential candidates in 2015 who can honestly say, hand on heart, that they believe the subsequent contests have been more dignified because of continuing the exclusion of under-35s? #spéirghorm #Áras25

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the obvious way to follow #APSA2025 is attending a punk rock concert

the list of people doing a better job of tackling the far right than Keir Starmer now includes *checks notes* Tim Booth from James www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025 (Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)

The @psaireland.bsky.social panel at #APSA2025 is coming up (2pm). Join us in the Vancouver Convention Centre, 223 West, for presentations on a wide range of Irish politics topics. Pic for the algo'

Ok but being totally fair, OG manosphereheads will know that "rightwing writer" barely scratches the surface with Forney lol

"News outlets blowing on dog-whistles for all they're worth urge caution"

Happening Now! Head over to the International Attendee Reception in the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown, Point Grey at 8:30 p.m. #APSA2025

what a day to be in the air and without internet access

En route to #APSA2025, with a flight time almost exactly matching the time difference from Iceland, so if I get any sleep on this flight it just counts as a 45-minute nap. That's how it works, right?

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

TBF it's an all-timer

"Dear god no, we were referencing a much earlier attempted genocide!" www.visir.is/g/20252760862d

what the hell did I just read www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

UTA dropped Bob Vylan but represents Chris Brown just so you know where the line of acceptability is

OK but why does it look like a Tears for Fears album cover? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I had almost given up hope of ever seeing this announcement—foolish, as it turns out

I wonder if birds like to hear my sing and play guitar in the garden the way I love to hear them sing

this guy is gonna appoint a horse as consul

haters will say "this just further institutionalises existing prejudices" and guess what they'll be right another excellent call by the haters www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I really hate the grip that Meta has on (everything really, but especially) Iceland. I'd quit those platforms in the morning if doing so wouldn't effectively make me an uncontactable unperson in this society

Yesterday was a good day english.hi.is/news/silja-b...

it's both illegal and foolish to be rude to me tomorrow

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" is attacked by Jewish settlers and arrested, activists say.

we call these mysterious beings "the youth"

There is no art so profound that it cannot be misinterpreted www.dualshockers.com/disco-elysiu...

It’s very clear why Conor McGregor was in the White House… and why he was given freedom to spout a lot of guff about immigration. It was a hostile act by the US govt against Ireland.

listening to this new album called "the joshua tree" by some up-and-coming band from dublin called "u2" or something and i tell you what, these kids might go somewhere if they just get rid of that vocalist. "bono pox" or something

Hearing Micheál Martin described as "very socialist" would be very funny if it wasn't so tragic. The Trotsky of Turners Cross

Alþingi hoping some stuff ain't happening

“The scariest words in the English language are ‘I’m from the private sector and I’m here to maximize efficiency.’”

Here in Iceland, we don't say "oh shit it's 1 March better start my tax return", we say "gleðilegan bjórdagurinn" and I think that's beautiful

it's like 2am pub gibberish, made all the more bizarre by the fact that one of these men is an avowed teetotaler www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Every time I attempt to walk across Sæbraut, I feel another shovelful of earth being dug out of my grave Í hvert sinn sem ég reyni að ganga yfir Sæbrautina finn ég enn eina skóflustungu af mold vera grafin upp úr gröfinni minni #Reykjavík

The Undecipherable Voynich Manuscript Can Be Viewed Online in Its Entirety By Eva Baron mymodernmet.com/voynich-manu...? More information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich... Voynich Manuscript at @[email protected] archive.org/details/TheV... #oldmanuscript

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

Guys will see a follower count like this and just think "hell yeah"

There are two types of people in the world: those to whom I can't explain this website, and those who require no explanation corkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcork.ie

I'm late to the party, but this lecture by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social is absolutely excellent, and a reminder of the importance of clear conceptualisation and asking the right questions media.ccc.de/v/38c3-feeli...

Some free-to-read copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RNRUZ... #politics #politicalscience #abortion

New publication available online, this time for #Terrorism and Political Violence: what types of incident are classified as terrorism by members of the public in Nordic societies? doi.org/10.1080/0954... #politics #politicalscience #publicopinion #politicalviolence #counterterrorism

This is just a headline from The Hard Times

In my latest attempt to get cancelled, I've written a report for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on last month's #elections in #Iceland: rosalux.eu/en/2024/engl... #politics #politicalscience