If you’ve witnessed the growth of online extremism in Ireland over the past few years, then the constant minimisation of the threat of the far-right (by the authorities and some of the commentariat) has been akin to watching a disaster happen in slow motion.

The PSA from our school on the presidential election was perfection #speirgorm #aras25

FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT. Thank you @eimermcauley.bsky.social

“Hate speech loads the gun before violence pulls the trigger”. Inspiring call to action by the Permanent Representative of Malta to the Council of Europe, Francesca Camilleri Vettiger at the opening of No Hate Speech week in Strasbourg.

🧵 Were you one of those straight Irish people dancing in the streets, after the same sex marriage referendum? Time to start campaigning again. This time so that trans adults & kids get timely & best practise healthcare. Scarily the HSE has signed up to the widely dismissed & inhumane UK model [1]

I can attest to this being the norm with the HSE. I don't know a single trans person who trusts the NGS. And from what I hear, plans are to make it even worse. #Speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

GDPR, gender identity & why the UKSC decision doesn’t apply to Ireland... “… without coming undone from the principles of data protection, the UK state can't lawfully take actions to process people's gender data in a way that ignores their lived experience in favour of their gender status at birth.”

“Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London on Saturday, days after the U.K.'s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female & that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.” Solidarity is our power. We will make our communities flourish.

For anyone finding today and the coming days difficult #itsoknottofeelok #itsgoodtotalk 🫶🏻 #SpéirGhorm

So I’ve had my 1st Black History Month event cancellation because of “DEI concerns,” citing a fear of frivolous suits. Funny thing is, I don’t do DEI, I’m a historian of the Black American experience. A reminder that DEI is just a dog whistle about suppressing history, if you need a reminder.

Full submission is 15 pages long and will be released once it's up on the NICF website.

"...You know what I think is reprehensible? Seeing the scale of civilian deaths that we’ve seen in Gaza. You know what I think is reprehensible? People being left to starve and humanitarian aid not flowing." 2/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third… ” Judith Butler on throwing the Trans community under the bus. english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

Ok, time for an explainer on trans health care for kids, and how it's changed over the years. First, and if you're reading me, I'm sure you already know this, but this is for the kids in the back... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TRANS SURGERIES ON KIDS. PERIOD.

A great reminder to support independent journalism - a lovely holiday gift for the person that literally has everything!

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Our extremely rural school is part of the pilot for hot school lunches - brilliant in theory but they are provided in plastic containers that go straight in the recycling bin. That’s 90 plastic containers every day from our small school - this must be part of the evaluation programme.

Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.

The European Federation of Journalists will stop publishing content on Elon Musk’s XTwitter. EFJ said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda” www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

For the #SpeirGorm & #Spéirghrom fans 👇🏻

Kids enjoying the electoral process, and have a healthy appreciation of PRSTV. Wouldn’t it be lovely to see a woman elected in Limerick county some decade… #GE24

His time is here. The Tallyman cometh. #GE24

What better way to spend a drizzly Friday evening than reading and rereading this epic story from @seamas.bsky.social I'm told the fellers up in the mountains are writing a folk song about it

Courtesy Martyn Turner IT. Vote! #GE24

Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie

This morning's #INHS2024 programme opens with a keynote address on the South African Hate Crime Act from Mr John Jeffrey, Former South African Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.

Powerful plenary session this morning on historical struggle songs in South Africa and current day hate speech law/cases when they are now sung. Amazing presentations! Pic of Prof Sisanda Nkoala #INHS2024

ECSH member and Nethate researcher Milos Burzan presents on the support needs of victims of intersectional hate crime as part of the #INHS2024 plenary panel on 'Appreciating Interdiscipliniarity in Hate Studies with Victims, Offenders and Support Services.'

Fascinating paper from Prof Jan de Vries applying cognitive dissonance theory to understanding responses to the emotion of hate. #INHS2024

Prof Zoë James presents on the rich and disturbing findings of Realities Checked: Interpreting Stories of Crime in Gypsy and Traveller Communities. #INHS2024

Fantastic plenary panel on intersectionality with Zoë James, Fernando Ruiz Molina, Jan de Vries, and Milos Burzan. #INHS2024

Prof Sathasivan Cooper, clinical psychologist, and activist who was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela during Apartheid closes the @IntHateStudies 2024 conference. It has been an incredibly powerful and inspirational two days 🥹#INHS2024

ECSH co-director Prof Amanda Haynes spoke on degradation in ethnic minority encounters with the criminal justice system as part of the 'Leading voices in Hate Studies from across the globe' plenary panel at #INHS2024

Lawyers Against Racism have compiled a fact sheet on asylum seekers and immigration rules in Ireland, to stem the flow of disinformation from far right groups during the general election. They are below:

The Irish Refugee Council has expressed concern that asylum seekers accommodated in Citywest for the cold weather initiative will be put back on to the streets tomorrow

Several major Irish retail chains including Tesco, Musgrave and the Barry Group have confirmed that they will cease selling alcohol products associated with Conor McGregor. Read more: jrnl.ie/6553769

Dr. Timothy Bryan critiquing police response to hate crime. #INHS2024

The opening panel of #INHS2024 reflects on the history of Hate Studies and looks forward with positivity to the work to be done. Prof Barbara Perry, @markawalters.bsky.social and Prof Garth Stevens.

The opening plenary of #INHS2024 looks amazing - if anyone there is on BlueSky let me know!

ECSH members Amanda Haynes and Milos Burzan are delighted to be presenting at the 2024 International Network for Hate Studies conference in Cape Town. The first INHS conference to be held in the Southern hemisphere #INHS2024

Are you curious how the climate policies of political party manifestos stack up ahead of 🇮🇪 #ge24 next week? ❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment ✅ the Labour Party came out on top www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...

Back in 2011, I met the lovely @markawalters.bsky.social for the first time and we instantly hit it off and began plotting. Wouldn’t it be great, we thought, if there was, like, an international organisation - a network? - where scholars, practitioners and policy-makers could discuss hate studies?

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

Support services for victims of sexual assault are (disgracefully) run on a shoestring - if you have a few spare euro, please consider donating to the Rape Crisis Network Ireland or a local organisation. www.rapecrisisireland.ie/donate/

Women's Aid ☎️ 1800 341 900 www.womensaid.ie Dublin Rape Crisis Centre ☎️ 1800 77 8888 www.drcc.ie Samaritans Ireland ☎️ 116 123 📩 [email protected] www.samaritans.org/ireland/how-... (Phone numbers above are 24hr Free National Helplines) #ConorMcGregor #NikitaHand #SpéirGorm