When my grandparents got married they moved to Cromwellsfort Rd in Dublin; my grandad’s family, in Enniscorthy (IYKYK), refused to post letters to their house, they went to relatives around the corner and were brought around by hand

Happy to say I'm moving to @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social with my own Enterprise Grant. My project, mentored by @ka-od.bsky.social & Eoin McCarney (NLI) is co-hosted by @ucddublin.bsky.social & @nlireland.bsky.social It's focused on historical Irish mathematical & philosophical writings. Thrilled!🥰

It’s a source of constant shame for learned/professional societies, companies, and higher education institutions that they don’t offer a minimum/living wage to interns 💰 Here the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is rightly in the dock 👇🏾 Please read and sign ✍️ tinyurl.com/ras-letter

Huge, if true. 🏊‍♂️🥽🎖🏆🌍🎙 (Not true)

An impassioned defence of the stage for #WorldTheatreDay : '...in maintaining the cause of the stage I am defending Poetry in general ... pleading for eloquence, for History and philosophy. I am pleading for the reasonable pleasures of mankind ... the nourishments of Youth & the delights of Age'

I was just reading the part of Great Expectations the other day where Pip dilutes his sister's rum with tar water!

Happy Friday, here's my second favourite (erm, hymnal) poem Berkeley wrote about tar-water. Absolutely stunning opening line IMO

A slightly unusual start to my day: I was on Serbia's RTS morning show to talk about the ethics of sport and the World Cup. youtu.be/AryQ4ObGQOY?...

Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon over the past week, part two. More up here: www.instagram.com/p/DWYXD0Rjak... At least 1,116 people have been killed since March 2, incl 121 children, acc to min of health. At least 3,229 have been injured, incl 399 children.

📣 I am looking to recruit 3 new researchers for a project called CIRCUT (Causal Inference for Resilient Cities and Urban Integrated Transport) funded by @seai-ie.bsky.social universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll... universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll... universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...

Of course no one from *checks notes* Sudan or Afghanistan could be in genuine danger.

Seven-word death punch

Seems a bit off given the provenance of many items IN these museums, right?

Never fail to be pleased by this as an opener.

It's nice to see athletes speaking so positively about family and balance, esp. amid such incredible achievement. I wonder how much the 8 month old increased a broader confidence in his sprints-focused training method. Probably gets him home earlier at least 😅

in the face of the deterioration of the international rules-based order, the Irish government has made its priorities clear: nothing is, or could be, more important than ensuring businesses can profit from it as easily as possible www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

I will not take the comments of this R&R personally. I will not take the comments of this R&R personally. I will not take the comments of this R&R personally. I will not take the comments of this R&R personally. I will not take the comments of this R&R personally.

𝗨𝗖𝗗'𝘀 𝗗𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆–𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 Over €5.5M will fund three early career researchers to kickstart their independent research careers and pursue ambitious, high-impact scientific research @researchireland.ie www.ucd.ie/research/new...

Dear reader, he did.

A play space in every airport.

There is a whole naturalistic industry trying to convince people (esp mothers) that all health "interventions" are disastrous for them/their kids. Few people want to risk child welfare. There should be consequences for these movements. Enough of the "darwinism" chat--it's part of the problem.

How OB-GYNs like me are increasingly able to treat pain from IUDs and other gynecologic procedures www.statnews.com/2026/03/20/i... via @statnews.com

“When war damages historic monuments, more than architecture is lost. Fragments of cultural memory that have endured for centuries disappear with them. Once destroyed, these monuments cannot truly be replaced.”

Feeling very grateful to have grown up with such nice coins!

Week 10 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included: An ICE Barbie A set of backpacks A burger A casket... and a golf hat An oil barrel A ridiculously overpriced smoothie A soccer jersey

Adding that myself and Sue Fletcher-Watson have "Neurodiversity: a very short introduction" coming out very soon and we take a very different approach! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

2yo son showing incredible taste, following up recent obsessions w. Miley's 'Wrecking Ball' & Sabrina's 'Please please please' with a new passion for Celine's 'All Coming Back'. He request it by saying: "nights of the wind?!" and then "I finished crying instant?!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8fH...

Kroneker torture fantasy here beside me in the bed

'“getting it right for pedestrians.. ultimately fixes things for everyone else. And that means.. controlling where [vehicles] go a little bit more.. designing for ‘feet’ first.. then you see what you can spare for everything else.”' www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

Screw you, World Book Day Absolute mission creep

Twas a short-lived drying. A bike-abandoning kind of day now.

Rolling up to a "Acrylics for beginners" class with a full set of Jack B. Yates' paintbrushes.

In a mock Turing-style test in my #Philosophy of Mind & #AI class, students posed #Gemini an ethical dilemma concerning assisted suicide. Not only did the chatbot argue that the (fictional) person in the scenario should be euthanised, it provided a list of instructions to bring this about. #AIEthics

“Well, it's only in time that we'll find out if it was illegal or not.” - FF TD Galway East follows his instructions.

Happy World Book Day! I'm writing a book called 'Why Read Berkeley Today?' with chapters on B's work on vision, mathes, literature, semantics & agriculture I'm also trying to construct a butterfly antenna hairband for my 5 yo's school WBD dress up. Next book might be about invisible parental labour.

Briefing: we're all watching ER now, ok?

Old story. bsky.app/profile/ambe...

Nothing would be more in the spirit of Lakatos than giving this prize to me, a person who has not written a monograph in the philosophy of science this year. Call it an instance of protecting a cherished commitment against countervailing/hostile evidence. It's what I think he would have wanted?

I don't understand why government have been so slow on this. Especially when we are constantly told there's a "fertility crisis" and we need to be having more babies. A bit of compassion, structure and dignity for those trying (and struggling) to have babies seems like an absolute no-brainer

Really important stuff, as ever, from this gang

Asking myself could I be an early [early, early, early] career visual artist if I just start tomorrow? I love @marshslibrary.bsky.social Everyone knits

An exciting call for artists' residencies at Marsh's Library and National Museum of Ireland: visualartists.ie/advert/open-...

There's decent drying to be had out there today

BREAKING: The Irish government condemns in the strongest possible terms the people asking them difficult questions which could end up forcing them to take a position on current global events

Shame is dead.

Parenting tip. If you, like me, have a nature-loving high energy 5yr old who gets a bit grouchy after dinner, can I recommend "night walks" with a litter-grabber and a high wattage headlamp? She goes from really mad at us all to skipping through the night saying "we are rescuing nature" real quick

In this week's edition of "would you consider just trying to write it?" Unbelievable

Come do your PhD with me! I am offering a fully-funded, four-year PhD position in the School of Education @ucddublin.bsky.social. If you want to do critical research on technology and education, especially combining philosophical and qualitative methods, please apply! www.ucd.ie/education/re...