American Zothic Artist: Michael Connor #zigandzag #artwork #retrotv #americangothic

📊 The #ClimateCrisis disproportionately affects women and marginalised communities, yet Irish and #EU #ClimatePolicy remains largely gender blind. 🌍 Catherine Forde and Fiona Dukelow consider the impact of this on the development of effective #ClimateChange policy. ➡️ bit.ly/46UZ3Sc

ICYMI, researchers found that 58% of Conor McGregor’s social media posts promoting his Irish presidential ambitions on X misrepresented either the Irish constitution, the presidency, or Irish history. www.thejournal.ie/mcgregor-pre...

And if you’d like the whole ebook (or any of the 27 chapters) completely free, it’s always just a one-click download from @LSEPress here press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...

Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris: "There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case. The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."

The Man Who Invented The World Wide Web @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory are joined by Sir Tim Burners-Lee to discuss: 🤔The difference between the 'good' internet and the 'bad' internet 🤖Is AI going to take over the world? 🇬🇧Why home-grown British tech giants are thin on the ground

Queen parrotfish cheesin for the Camera 🔮😁👑🦜🐟 #queenparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #terminalphase #protogynoushermaphrodite #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Come see our new Living Seawalls in #Cobh #Cork! 1st in Ireland 🇮🇪. #Global experiment 🌍 started in #Sydney 🇦🇺. Huge thanks to HEA funding, @uccresearch.bsky.social, #PortOfCork for support & Inland & Coastal Marinas for installation. Looking forward to seeing what marine life colonises 🦀🪸🐚🦐🦞🐟🌊.

Hot off the press! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... @ijqmonline.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @benjaminmallon.bsky.social @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social #biodiversity #children #environment #climateaction #education #co-creation #participation.

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - however had you think things are in Gaza, they’re worse. We speak to James Elder from @unicef.org who has worked in crisis zones all his life and says he has never seen anything as bad we this “war on children” alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...

It ain’t easy being a big fish in the Anthropocene. This lemon shark seems to be wearing a fishnet choker and definitely not for fashion sake! #lemonshark #sharksofcoralcity #fishnet #anthropocene #trash #ghostnet #entanglement #shark #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Politicians in Europe have passed a resolution to “combat famine” in Gaza and work towards a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. The vote came after much debate over the wording of the resolution, which divided MEPs. jrnl.ie/6813880

The World Health Organization's Deputy Director General said he is almost "entirely disillusioned with the world" as the women, children and men of Gaza are abandoned

📅 Last chance to register! Don’t miss the launch of our new Lough Neagh report, shaped by insights from communities, campaigners, and experts who came together to reimagine a more democratic future. 🌊 We’ll also be inviting nominations for a Citizens’ Assembly co-design group 👇 🔗

UN human rights staff urge leadership to declare Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide

Choosing your #qualitative analysis.

Fifty-two young Palestinians from Gaza are due to arrive in Ireland today and in the coming days to begin a new life as students in Irish universities.

Reformer Pilates

Ten Palestinians have died from starvation in last 24 hours, says Gaza health ministry

I was invited by a British medium outlet to comment on the Reform UK publicity stunt, which continues to be willfully promoted by most British media. My response: "As I think the UK would be a much better place if the media would talk less rather than more about Reform UK, I’m going to pass."

Nigel Farage says he would renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement in order to take the UK out of the ECHR. What could possibly go wrong?

I found authoritarianism a much more appealing topic to study than regime to live in.

In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]

Time for another Irish #painting. "Bantry Bay I" came out of a time I was cycling into the west Cork town and in the brilliant sunshine I had to stop, sit down and look, for long enough to grow older and happier. #SpeirGorm #ArtYear

My first paper is out in @bjpir.bsky.social ! 🎉 It looks at a novel dataset of local climate mini-publics in the UK, and how organisers justify their implementation. Full paper: journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/doi/epub/10....

Please dm me if you can help.

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A - the politics of immigration, Corbyn new party, a young centrist’s despair, the young and geopolitics, German shift on Israel, and the first 100 year old president? alastaircampbell.org

As the presidential race begins, ordinary citizens must speak up for democratic principles. DCU's Dr Eileen Culloty features in this #Opinion piece for @irishtimes.com. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4mI8GJ8

Scientists warn of 'molotov cocktail' of climatic conditions fueling vast wildfires in Italy, France, Croatia, and Spain. “The world has warmed by about 1.4C because of fossil fuel pollution“ and Europe “has warmed nearly twice as fast as the global average...” by Ajit Niranjan in ‪@theguardian.com‬

"I used to go there in the evening sometimes ...There wasn’t a lot of conversation between us. I was a young man, very devoted to him, and he liked me. And he used to call on me if he needed something. For instance, someone to walk with him before dinner. Samuel; Beckett on James Joyce in Paris

☀️ Vol 17:3 Bridging the gap between #ParticipatoryDemocracy & #ParticipatoryResearch, the authors (🧵⬇️) ask what they can learn from each other, offering a critical reflection on how shared commitments of both fields can be realised. 🤔 #OpenAccess #PoliSky

BBC NEWS / AFP / BBC NEWS / REUTERS JOINT STATEMENT: “We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. "They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering. "

A Palestinian mother in Gaza: “My children have become skeletal, skin and bone. Even the slightest effort makes them dizzy. They are asking for food, and I have nothing to give. I can’t lie and say I’ll bring them something when I know I won’t be able to.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London. We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.

There are Jewish people in my family, this is how we feel as well. God bless Mandy Patinkin!

“I'm only asking for a piece of bread... that's all," a 17-year-old boy at al-Shifa hospital tells the BBC, as food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million Gazans are at risk of severe malnutrition/ starvation. Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”

There is a real & present danger of these longterm derelict (historic) properties dropping debris onto Shandon street & causing an accident This is the reality of life in Cork city, the centre of #DerelictIreland, where crumbling buildings & decaying heritage has been normalised

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency. They are out of energy and they are starving to death. I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it. 🧵

shout out to this crow who just dunked what seems to be a whole churro in the bird bath

Frank McCourt who died on this day 2009. “Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.”

Nature’s masterpiece! Behold the beautiful Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, to release album of poetry www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...

Alex Kydd Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer