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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 7d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · 7d

Many thanks to @publicanthropologist for publishing my poem #airmailfortherevolution publicanthropologist.cmi.no/2025/09/26/a... #publicanthro #anthrosky @dcuresearch.bsky.social #archives

Airmail for the Revolution | Public Anthropologist

written after a research visit to the Linen Hall Library with a team of researchers to examine Northern Irish civil rights activist records , Belfast,…

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 9d

66 000 people have been killed & almost 170 000 have been injured in #Gaza.

@who.int estimates that at least 1/4 of those have life-changing injuries that require immediate & ongoing rehabilitation.

I call on all parties to this conflict to choose peace, now.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 7d

Thousands take part in pro-Palestine march in Dublin, calling for sanctions

‘I feel optimistic because all we have is to hope,’ Palestinian mother tells crowd

www.irishtimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 7d

Absolutely heinous.

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · Aug 27

At a recent gathering, there were calls for progress on returning African relics held at the National Museum of Ireland. Most are weapons, taken as souvenirs of colonial wars, said Olusegun Morakinyo, Africologist and former visiting scholar at the TCD.

Calls for progress on returning African relics held at the National Museum of Ireland

Most are weapons, taken as souvenirs of colonial wars, said Olusegun Morakinyo, Africologist and former visiting scholar at the TCD.

www.dublininquirer.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Jul 25

British surgeon Nick Maynard, who has just returned from volunteering in Gaza, explains to #GMB viewers how Israel confiscates all baby formula that doctors like him try to take with them.

Why does Israel do this? Because they want to starve Palestinian babies to death.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 21

Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history.

This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.

“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.

#Gaza

The city of Beit Hanoun in the north east edge of Gaza is seen from above. It is completely destroyed, not a single building is standing. It is all rubble, as though the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. The city had a population of 52,000

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨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.

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Sans intervention immédiate, les derniers reporters de Gaza vont mourir
21 juillet 2025
L'AFP travaille avec une pigiste texte, trois photographes et six pigistes vidéo dans la Bande de Gaza depuis le départ de ses journalistes staff courant 2024.
Avec quelques autres, ils sont aujourd'hui les seuls à rapporter ce qu'il se passe dans la Bande de Gaza. La presse internationale est interdite d'entrer dans ce territoire depuis près de deux ans.
Nous refusons de les voir mourir.
L'un deux, Bashar, collabore pour l'AFP depuis 2010, d'abord comme fixeur, ensuite comme photographe pigiste, et depuis 2024 comme principal photographe.
Samedi 19 juillet, il est parvenu à poster un message sur Facebook: « Je n'ai plus la force de travailler pour les médias.
Mon corps est maigre et je ne peux plus travailler ».
Bashar, 30 ans, travaille et vit dans des conditions égales à celles de tous les Gazaouis, allant d'un camp de réfugiés à un autre camp au gré des bombardements israéliens. Depuis plus d'un an il vit dans le dénuement le plus total et travaille en prenant d'énormes risques pour sa vie. L'hygiène est pour lui un problème majeur, avec des périodes de maladies intestinales sévères.
Bashar vit depuis février dans les ruines de sa maison de Gaza City avec sa mère, ses quatre frères et sœurs et la famille d'un de ses frères. Leur maison est vide de tout aménagement et confort, à part quelques coussins. Dimanche matin, il a rapporté que son frère aîné était « tombé, à cause de la faim ».
Même si ces journalistes reçoivent un salaire mensuel de l'AFP, il n'y a rien à acheter ou alors à des prix totalement exorbitants. Le système bancaire a disparu, et ceux qui pratiquent le change entre les comptes bancaires en ligne et l'argent liquide prennent une commission de près de 40%.
L'AFP n'a plus la possibilité d'avoir un véhicule et encore moins de l'essence pour permettre à ses journalistes de se déplacer pour leurs reportages. Circuler en voiture équivaut de toutes les façons à pre…

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jul 13

Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday.

We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have nothing but bafflement at how English politicans and English media can talk as if terror flags, hate directed against ethnic groups and yes, death threats to politicians, under the guise of state and establishment condoned culture, isn’t just what in Northern Ireland is known as ‘Summer’.

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 Public keynote by @pinheiromachado.bsky.social, @ucddublin.bsky.social
From streets to screen: The Digital Disembedding of Informal Economies and the Road to Fascism in Brazil
📍 @ucc.ie + online
🗓️ 27 June
Organised by the European Network for #DigitalAnthropology (ENDA)
🔗 buff.ly/jMCAfOZ

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Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you for being such a brilliant, attentive examiner !

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Walt Kilroy @waltkilroy.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to Dr Gordon Ogutu who passed his PhD viva without any corrections at all at
@dublincityuni.bsky.social‬ today. Many thanks to my fellow examiner Dr Rachel Hoare, and congratulations also to supervisors Dr Agnes Maillot and @fionamur.bsky.social‬

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · Jun 10

To mark a decade of Dublin Inquirer, we’re launching a collection of tote bags featuring headlines from the last 10 years. Have a look! And if there's a different one of our headlines you'd like on a bag let us know and we can probably do that for you.
www.dublininquirer.c...

Get your Dublin Inquirer headline tote bag now!

We’ve a new range of merchandise, just in time for our 10th birthday.

www.dublininquirer.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · May 25

Rebecca Solnit on compromise: "If I think the world is round and you think the world is flat, I don't really make the world better by saying it's kind of a squashed oblong."

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · May 21

Small Boat: this slim, devastating novel about a real migrant shipwreck reminds us of the cruelty of indifference.
Piece by DCU's Dr Fiona Murphy @fionamur.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/3Fs65mu

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · May 20

From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker prize.
DCU's Dr Fiona Murphy @fionamur.bsky.social reviews 'Small Boat' by Vincent Delecroix ahead of the announcement of the winner later today.
Read the @uk.theconversation.com piece: launch.dcu.ie/43DimxQ

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Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · May 19

Why Wouldn’t You?
A 12-minute film about solidarity, displacement & everyday acts of care across Ireland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qDs...
Explore the free Solidarity Toolkit:
solidaritymanual.my.canva.site/why-wouldn-t...
#WhyWouldntYou #DCU #RefugeesWelcome #Solidarity #PublicAnthropology

Why Wouldn't You?

YouTube video by Maria Loftus

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Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · May 9

Join us for the launch of Why Wouldn’t You? – a powerful 12-min film on solidarity & displacement in Ireland.

Created by @DublinCityUni IRIN & Sanctuary
📅 Mon 19 May | ⏰ 10:30AM | 📍 DCU
• Manual launch & activist roundtableRegister here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

Launch of DCU Short Film "Why Wouldn't You?"

Join us for the exciting premiere of the DCU Short Film "Why Wouldn't You?" on May 19th at 10:30 AM! DCU GLASNEVIN CAMPUS.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · May 9

Join us for the launch of Why Wouldn’t You? – a powerful 12-min film on solidarity & displacement in Ireland.

Created by @DublinCityUni IRIN & Sanctuary
📅 Mon 19 May | ⏰ 10:30AM | 📍 DCU
• Manual launch & activist roundtableRegister here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

Launch of DCU Short Film "Why Wouldn't You?"

Join us for the exciting premiere of the DCU Short Film "Why Wouldn't You?" on May 19th at 10:30 AM! DCU GLASNEVIN CAMPUS.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · May 7

I still think the stressfulness of Zoom direct messaging is an evil genius UI design feature that intentionally reproduces the anxiety of whispering to someone during an in-person meeting

redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · May 7

Hah. The only thing that Zoom changed about texting during meetings was that one has to be extra conscientious about texting in one's messaging program as opposed to accidentally typing a message intended for a very different audience in the Zoom chat

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · May 7

I enjoy the implication by Dimon that this wasn't happening before WFH which uhhhhhhhh was not my experience

nymag.com/intelligence...

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · May 2

"May Day belongs not only to the land, but to those who labour upon it, and beyond it. To the ones who rise up when the land is hoarded, when care is undervalued, when work is invisibilised" @fionamur.bsky.social

Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · May 1

Happy #Bealtaine / #MayDay! I wrote a short piece for @thejournal_ie on the radical roots, seasonal thresholds, and fiery possibilities of this time of year.Read here: www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt... #FireAndResistance#IrishCulture @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire

Dr Fiona Murphy catalogues the different Irish pagan traditions around Bealtaine, the Celtic festival.

www.thejournal.ie

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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · May 2

This is what precarity looks like... and it's grim.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

The homeless university lecturer: ‘There’s a sense of shame around it’

Screenwriter Jenny Roche was ordered to vacate her rented property in Moycullen, Co Galway, having overheld for more than eight months

www.irishtimes.com

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Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social · May 1

Happy #Bealtaine / #MayDay! I wrote a short piece for @thejournal_ie on the radical roots, seasonal thresholds, and fiery possibilities of this time of year.Read here: www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt... #FireAndResistance#IrishCulture @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire

Dr Fiona Murphy catalogues the different Irish pagan traditions around Bealtaine, the Celtic festival.

www.thejournal.ie

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