Good to see this important contribution. Universities in Ireland must coordinate to resist this change

Really thoughtful review of my book by @dukechussey93.bsky.social, addressing some of the thorniest issues in the book, i.e. the conceptualisation of home and value www.rundale.org/2026/06/03/c...

Lots of great contributions here, including an insightful analysis by @dukechussey93.bsky.social of @mickbyrne.bsky.social book which forms a launching off point to consider value theory and housing politics

The May issue of Rundale on the theme of housing is out now. Five new contributions that approach housing and inhabitation in Ireland from new angles, offering different framings of (and answers to) ‘the housing question’. Quality analysis that you just don't find elsewhere. rundale.org

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

RIP Sonny Rollins. Always one of my favourites

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

If you want to understand what’s going on in the city (and why) in relation to housing, public space, investment in infrastructure, and local community is very much recommend.

Sometimes it snows in April, sometimes it hailstones in May

Launching my book on May 26th. Join me in conversation with Rory Hearne, hosted by Kitty Holland. Should be a great discussion of housing politics and the PRS @maoiliosarey.bsky.social @fingalpimpernel.bsky.social @pbresnihan.bsky.social @ciantocallaghan.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2,700 in limbo for months, with more than 600 expected to lose their jobs. Having been at risk of redundancy last year, I can’t imagine the impact of so many feeling so insecure and devalued. Cruel and destructive. Solidarity to all.

In this episode, you will hear: Tracy Rosenthal, Jaime Palomera, Jacob Stringer, as well as the host (and guest) Michael Byrne.

Very interesting

I get a lot of AI slop book marketing emails, but this is the first time I have ever been . . . mistaken for Jane Austen.

These numbers should be amplified everywhere there is a flat surface. The 3,000 person sample size was statistically significant. The direction of travel is positive but runs directly contrary to the perception born in the echo-chamber of Twitter-brained media and politics. (H&CC is a client)

Fresh as a sweet Sunday morning, indeed

Please share - Trinity Geography is hiring for a tenure track position of Assistant Professor in Human Geography with a focus on Historical/Cultural Geography Job details can be found here jobsireland.ie/en-US/job-De...

This is very good

Please share - Trinity Geography is hiring for a tenure track position of Assistant Professor in Human Geography with a focus on Historical/Cultural Geography Job details can be found here jobsireland.ie/en-US/job-De...

Very interesting article by my friend @columfromcork.bsky.social reflecting on structural constraints facing college students as they juggle multiple demands and ways to build structured space/time on campus to create belonging

My book is out in the US today! Get in touch for a 40% discount @desireefields.bsky.social @kentoncard.bsky.social @danimmergluck.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Very pleased to speak to Eithne Dodd recently for this interesting piece from the This Week show revisiting ghost estates almost 20 years after the crash www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Zen Arcade for the very un-zen world

A lot of common sense in this piece, with a key takeaway that we have to take the politics of housing seriously

Nothing sums up what’s wrong with our property system more than landscapes pockmarked with decay across #DerelictIreland. What many see as failure, Trinity’s Cian O’Callaghan shows can function as strategy.

Looking forward to see this on Sunday

Solidarity with striking colleagues in the UK www.ucu.org.uk/article/14401

We out here.

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

Every one needs to watch and hear this testimony especially in the UK where the leaders of both far right parties have plans to introduce a version of ICE to the streets of Britain.

Regardless of what you think of the Triple Lock, the Government's efforts to remove it without a referendum is anti-democratic and flies in the face of any claims about 'reclaiming sovereignty' over foreign policy. h/t Louth Neutrality Network

We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology. Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.

Very good overview. This is starting to look like it could get messy.

I finished watching The Lowdown recently, which id recommend. One of the enjoyable things about it is a great soundtrack, featuring a lot of Oklahoma musicians - I got introduced to this lovely piece of strangeness from Lee Hazlewood from a record I hadn’t heard before youtube.com/watch?v=MhAW...

Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.

"today, all politics is about real estate"

My book is out on Friday in print and ebook. Get a 40% discount wit this code: MIB26 @robkitchin.bsky.social @maedhbhlikedave.bsky.social @maoiliosarey.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @javigil.bsky.social @fingalpimpernel.bsky.social @adrianasoaita.bsky.social tinyurl.com/kxunfkb4

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

If one third of the housing stock was social housing we probably wouldn’t have half the housing problem we have. But it suits the far right (for obvious reasons) and the government (to detract from their policy failures) to inflate migration figures & their impact on housing. Fuelling misinformation

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Great new paper which examines the somewhat ambiguous role that Approved Housing Bodies increasingly play in the Irish housing system

Sleepwalking Woman & Blanket Roll Blues 🙌

The protestors in Nepal were flying Straw Hit Pirates flags. Fandom is a much more powerful motivator than political theory these days because we exist in a realm of politics that is essentially a form of fandom. Sorry but Marx and Lenin are dead; long live Luffy and Luthen.

what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.

My mother was a refugee of the Salvadoran civil war. The Americans backed the fascists that took over the country. Now Salvador is run by a pro yankee crypto dictator who has built the largest concentration camp in the western hemisphere. That, is American intervention.

Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis. www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Before your weird uncle starts going on about how there is no housing crisis at Christmas dinner, you can read my report on how he could be right in a few years if we used our resources correctly 👇 www.jcfj.ie/research/usi...

‘There are young people dying in ­British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...