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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸

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Res Non Verba 😷 #Resist 🏳️‍🌈 🧠❤️‍🔥Brain & mind health activist playing the long game. Fascinated by it all| Typical human attributes with additional super-power to chat to strangers. "Joy is my favorite weapon" (Cooperstreaming) Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️❤️‍🔥

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · Mar 3

From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp

"It is my hope that this brief examination of how a dictatorship can be disintegrated may be found useful wherever people live under domination & desire to be free"

www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8...

#spéirghorm

Book cover of From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp. There is a silhouette of a crowd of people with their fists raised in protest. The title of the book is on a black banner across the width of the book. Quote 'Inspired dissidents around the world' New York Times. 'Recommended reading' Wikileaks

From Wikipedia:

From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one.[1] The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (1928–2018), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. As of 2012 its current primary English-language edition is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010.[2]

The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010–2012

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 11h

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪❤️✨🥰

A day to celebrate #spéirghorm all of us❤️

#NationalComingOutDay #IrishPol #LGBTQI+

Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 11h

Happy #NationalComingOutDay to every single member of our wonderful community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Whether you choose to come out or not, you are valid and loved, and we support you ❤️

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 12h

Sam Cooke… ❤️✨

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 22h

That small clip is sublime, Declan O’Rourke’s voice is ethereal. Thank you for sharing.
Not a dry-eye as we all keep the Palestinian people in mind tonight 😢 🇵🇸

#spéirghorm

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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 1d

"There is no shortage of theories attempting to explain that economic thinking requires us to wait for invisible market forces to resolve everything," Leo wrote. “[But] the dignity of every human person must be respected … and extreme poverty … should constantly weigh upon our consciences." ⚓️

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

www.ncronline.org

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

They DO know all the gaps & the exits 🦊

Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

"For years, the Irish authority has faced criticism for being too soft on tech giants, with critics pointing to Ireland's heavy reliance on Big Tech for its domestic economy. After the GDPR took effect in 2018, it took years before the DPC started imposing sizable fines on tech giants."

#spéirghorm

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

"Niamh Sweeney will take up her role as one of three chief regulators at Ireland's powerful #DataProtectionCommission (DPC) next week. Her previous experience as a lobbyist for Facebook and WhatsApp has reignited concerns that Ireland's top data regulator is too close to Big Tech."

#spéirghorm

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

Oh COME ON?? At least pretend 🤦🏽‍♀️

Our phone data, & privacy, being sold & now this??

"A corporate lawyer who has worked for Big Tech played a key role in picking a former lobbyist for Facebook & WhatsApp as one of Europe's most powerful privacy regulators."

#spéirghorm #BigTech #DPC #Data

Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 2d

Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved.

www.politico.eu/article/big-...

Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator

Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October.

www.politico.eu

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

"...I’ve learned that asking for help is not weakness, it’s strength. Look after your mental health the same way you train your body — with consistency and care.”

wmhdofficial.com

#WorldMentalHealthDay #spéirghorm #Disabled #WCRugby #Sport #Exercise

World Mental Health Day – October 10th

wmhdofficial.com

Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

“My advice is simple: don’t keep it all in. Speak to someone you trust — whether that’s a teammate, family, or a professional. Living with challenges, both physical & mental, can feel overwhelming, but sharing makes the weight lighter."

www.iwa.ie/spokeout/oct...

#spéirghorm #WorldMentalHealthDay

Spotlight on Johnny Mulhall

Spoke Out caught up with long-time Wheelchair Rugby player, Johnny Mulhall, who has been named Irish Captain.

www.iwa.ie

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

Vital today, #WorldMentalHealthDay, we focus a light on our mental health & those of us struggling to get through just one more minute/hour/day.
🧠❤️☘️🧠☘️❤️🧠❤️☘️🧠❤️

May we have a President who knows our struggles, values our lives & uses their power to make positive changes for all 🫶🏾

#spéirghorm #Áras25

Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 1d

A message from Catherine on World Mental Health Day.

As a former clinical psychologist, Catherine has a long legacy of calling for increased investment in mental health services and supports.

On 24th October, vote for a President who will be a voice for those who are struggling to find their own.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Kurt Fraser @kurtfraser.bsky.social · 2d

I apparently missed the announcement but happy to be in good company with other 2025 NARSAD young investigators! bbrfoundation.org/content/brai...

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Awards 165 Young Investigator Grants to Advance Mental Health Research | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

$11.4 million in two-year awards—selected from 895 applications—will fuel early-career breakthroughs in depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and more.

bbrfoundation.org

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

“For 14 years now, Mr. Whitney has been the one-person focus of exceptionally detailed scientific investigation, for which he travels periodically to St. Louis from his home in Port Orchard, Wash. It is not because he is ill. It is because he was supposed to be ill”.

#Alzheimers #spéirghorm #Brain

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d

Plenty of amyloid, very little tau
Low inflammatory response

nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h...

Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 2d

This Saturday is Super Saturday! A day of action to bring together everyone who supports Catherine and reach out to all those still undecided.

Sign up for an activity near you at connollyforpresident.ie/super-saturday

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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 2d

Dodgy one here from the Govt.

Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 8d

This peculiar and alarming.

Labour leader @ivanabacik.bsky.social Ivana Bacik asks Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan what he has done to ensure the DPC finally acts against the data free-for-all that sends people's movements to countless data brokers.

vimeo.com/1124123069?f...

Irish Minister for Justice asked about RTB data by Labour Leader in Parliament

1 October 2025 source https://video.oireachtas.ie/hourly/dail/dail_20251001T1200.mp4

vimeo.com

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 2d

“This Budget has a moral failure at its heart. While there has been noise about increases in social support and tax relief measures, what we see is that child poverty and child homelessness have been deepened, not alleviated.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2d

My partner's letter in today's Clare Champion. I'm very proud of her. Catherine Connolly's campaign is giving hope to people who have felt disenfranchised for so long. #spéirgorm ##Áras2025

Young people do have a future in Ireland

I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities. I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour - I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens - I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia. I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her.

Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but always with one foot out the door. Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22nd, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone - hope. Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100 year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended. Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these le…

A photo of 4 women and a man canvassing for Catherine Connolly. It's a selfie style shot and most people are wearing Catherine Connolly badges or clothing.

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 2d

This is The Way 🫶🏾

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2d

A surprising upside to Taylor Swift's very mid new album:

Galvanizing thousands of extremely online Swifties to campaign against the use of generative AI for creative work.

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign.

www.wired.com

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 2d

Aww…I’m so sorry for the loss of your beloved friend 😢🫂

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 2d

“Budgets are moral documents. They reveal priorities & values, and as a society, they are the primary way that we care for one another, especially for the vulnerable.”

Or not #Budget26 🤦🏾‍♀️

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money-and...

#spéirghorm #Áras25 #IrishPol #Budget26 #Disabled #Ireland

Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 3d

"Unpaid carers are predominantly women, which might go some way to explaining why their contributions are ignored." Catherine Connolly speaking out following yesterday's budget on the continuation of the means test for carers, and the unfulfilled promise of a cost of disability payment.

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