Dr. Kara Hosford
@karahosford.bsky.social
Lecturer of Criminology at UCC in Cybercrime, Criminal Justice Policy and Research Methods
Chairperson of Gender Rebels, a community organisation focused on promoting peer-led support and a sense of belonging for the adult transgender community in Ireland
Chairperson of Gender Rebels, a community organisation focused on promoting peer-led support and a sense of belonging for the adult transgender community in Ireland
It's nearly 2am and I've just started this absolute classic #Shimnue
Haven't played this since I had a Dreamcast when I was 13/14
#sega
#nostolgia
Haven't played this since I had a Dreamcast when I was 13/14
#sega
#nostolgia
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's nearly 2am and I've just started this absolute classic #Shimnue
Haven't played this since I had a Dreamcast when I was 13/14
#sega
#nostolgia
Haven't played this since I had a Dreamcast when I was 13/14
#sega
#nostolgia
Heck of a week getting things ready for LGBTQI+ Awareness Week!
Also got a whole collection of new boardgames for community building and to encourage peer dialogue (also fun, can't forget about fun 😜)
Also got a whole collection of new boardgames for community building and to encourage peer dialogue (also fun, can't forget about fun 😜)
May 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Heck of a week getting things ready for LGBTQI+ Awareness Week!
Also got a whole collection of new boardgames for community building and to encourage peer dialogue (also fun, can't forget about fun 😜)
Also got a whole collection of new boardgames for community building and to encourage peer dialogue (also fun, can't forget about fun 😜)
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Thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding to conduct a study, supported by Tabor Group, on how women living with addiction have experienced harm reduction and treatment services - with brilliant colleague Joan Cronin (not on Bluesky) @ucc.ie
Research Ireland has announced funding for 59 projects under its New Foundations programme.
These awards will support researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments.
Read here:
www.researchireland.ie/news/new-fou...
#ResearchIreland
These awards will support researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments.
Read here:
www.researchireland.ie/news/new-fou...
#ResearchIreland
May 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding to conduct a study, supported by Tabor Group, on how women living with addiction have experienced harm reduction and treatment services - with brilliant colleague Joan Cronin (not on Bluesky) @ucc.ie
This one song on loop is my work music for over 5 years. It's original from the Tide focus app, and is less than 5 minutes long but I'll have it looping for hours to help me focus www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdH...
Tide app: Muse (study, work, relax)
YouTube video by Alex Stefanov
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This one song on loop is my work music for over 5 years. It's original from the Tide focus app, and is less than 5 minutes long but I'll have it looping for hours to help me focus www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdH...
Wonderful Saint Patricks Day this year. First time in nearly a decade I've had the chance to actually see the parade. Such a positive and friendly vibe around ☘️
March 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wonderful Saint Patricks Day this year. First time in nearly a decade I've had the chance to actually see the parade. Such a positive and friendly vibe around ☘️
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Honestly was a bizarre site to see so much flooding in Fitzgerald Park, Cork City.
February 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Honestly was a bizarre site to see so much flooding in Fitzgerald Park, Cork City.
Happy to finally have this publication out 😊
Charting the scholarly waters of cyberterrorism and hacktivism research: A bibliometric analysis of academic output (2000–2020) www-tandfonline-com.ucc.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
Charting the scholarly waters of cyberterrorism and hacktivism research: A bibliometric analysis of academic output (2000–2020) www-tandfonline-com.ucc.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
Shibboleth Authentication Request
www-tandfonline-com.ucc.idm.oclc.org
February 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Happy to finally have this publication out 😊
Charting the scholarly waters of cyberterrorism and hacktivism research: A bibliometric analysis of academic output (2000–2020) www-tandfonline-com.ucc.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
Charting the scholarly waters of cyberterrorism and hacktivism research: A bibliometric analysis of academic output (2000–2020) www-tandfonline-com.ucc.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr. Kara Hosford
Self-Love Card Making Day – This Wednesday!
Join us for a cozy and creative craft session where you can make a card for yourself or someone you care about! Whether it’s a love letter to yourself, a reminder of your worth, or a thoughtful note for a friend, come join our trans exclusive space!
Join us for a cozy and creative craft session where you can make a card for yourself or someone you care about! Whether it’s a love letter to yourself, a reminder of your worth, or a thoughtful note for a friend, come join our trans exclusive space!
February 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Self-Love Card Making Day – This Wednesday!
Join us for a cozy and creative craft session where you can make a card for yourself or someone you care about! Whether it’s a love letter to yourself, a reminder of your worth, or a thoughtful note for a friend, come join our trans exclusive space!
Join us for a cozy and creative craft session where you can make a card for yourself or someone you care about! Whether it’s a love letter to yourself, a reminder of your worth, or a thoughtful note for a friend, come join our trans exclusive space!
Attended the first LGBTIA+ InterAgency meeting of the year earlier this week.
It was a wonderful reminder that even though we see so much unwarranted anger and frustration towards minority groups, that there are people working hard everyday for equality and fairness. #Corkcity #LGBT #LGBTIreland
It was a wonderful reminder that even though we see so much unwarranted anger and frustration towards minority groups, that there are people working hard everyday for equality and fairness. #Corkcity #LGBT #LGBTIreland
January 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Attended the first LGBTIA+ InterAgency meeting of the year earlier this week.
It was a wonderful reminder that even though we see so much unwarranted anger and frustration towards minority groups, that there are people working hard everyday for equality and fairness. #Corkcity #LGBT #LGBTIreland
It was a wonderful reminder that even though we see so much unwarranted anger and frustration towards minority groups, that there are people working hard everyday for equality and fairness. #Corkcity #LGBT #LGBTIreland
Reposted by Dr. Kara Hosford
Gardaí have said levels of domestic violence and sexual abuse reached 'an all-time' high over the recent Christmas period
Domestic violence, sex abuse reports at 'all-time' high
Gardaí have said levels of domestic violence and sexual abuse reached "an all-time" high over the recent Christmas period.
www.rte.ie
January 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Gardaí have said levels of domestic violence and sexual abuse reached 'an all-time' high over the recent Christmas period
Reposted by Dr. Kara Hosford
Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it.
It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
January 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it.
It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
Happy to see this important issue and the difficulties surrounding the research of human trafficking being discussed. Thank you @jameswindle.bsky.social for letting me be a part of this critical project! #rte #criminology
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How extensive is human trafficking for criminal activities here?
As available data on all forms of exploitation in Ireland is currently poor, the real scale of the issue remains hidden
www.rte.ie
January 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Happy to see this important issue and the difficulties surrounding the research of human trafficking being discussed. Thank you @jameswindle.bsky.social for letting me be a part of this critical project! #rte #criminology
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
They know they don't need to hide it anymore... He's the richest man in the world and a self-promoted 'genius' and this is how he shows appreciation?
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They know they don't need to hide it anymore... He's the richest man in the world and a self-promoted 'genius' and this is how he shows appreciation?
Reposted by Dr. Kara Hosford
Cork TDs aren’t addressing key issues like the Cork Luas, NTA, Bus Éireann, Event Centre, Injection Centre, or housing.
1,300 badly needed homes won’t be built after An Bord Pleanála's decision. I raised this at Council—we need to make Cork a living city.
1,300 badly needed homes won’t be built after An Bord Pleanála's decision. I raised this at Council—we need to make Cork a living city.
City councillors want to meet county counterparts over planning refusal that has stalled 1,300 new homes
This refusal means more than 1,300 apartments planned for the current Goulding site in the docklands are delayed indefinitely.
www.echolive.ie
January 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Cork TDs aren’t addressing key issues like the Cork Luas, NTA, Bus Éireann, Event Centre, Injection Centre, or housing.
1,300 badly needed homes won’t be built after An Bord Pleanála's decision. I raised this at Council—we need to make Cork a living city.
1,300 badly needed homes won’t be built after An Bord Pleanála's decision. I raised this at Council—we need to make Cork a living city.
If it is public money, it should be public code as well. I support this call for more public code under a Free Software license: publiccode.eu/en/
Our publicly funded services, education, and research run off opaque preparatory technologies. People deserve transparent and free software.
Our publicly funded services, education, and research run off opaque preparatory technologies. People deserve transparent and free software.
Public Money, Public Code
Public Money, Public Code - A campaign for releasing publicly financed software as Free Software
publiccode.eu
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If it is public money, it should be public code as well. I support this call for more public code under a Free Software license: publiccode.eu/en/
Our publicly funded services, education, and research run off opaque preparatory technologies. People deserve transparent and free software.
Our publicly funded services, education, and research run off opaque preparatory technologies. People deserve transparent and free software.
Very good overview on the upcoming inauguration of Trump’s Oligarchy
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Inauguration of Trump’s Oligarchy
Certain business titans have made Mar-a-Lago a scene of such flagrant self-abnegation, ring-kissing, and genuflection that it would embarrass a medieval Pope.
www.newyorker.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Very good overview on the upcoming inauguration of Trump’s Oligarchy
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Reposted by Dr. Kara Hosford
HIV services at the Sexual Health
Centre.
Rapid HIV testing
HIV Support
HIV Counselling
#FreeHIVTesting
#RapidHIVTest #HIVAwareness #support
#KnowYourStatus #FreeHealthServices #SexualHealth
#PublicHealth #SaferSex #HIVPrevention #UequalsU
Centre.
Rapid HIV testing
HIV Support
HIV Counselling
#FreeHIVTesting
#RapidHIVTest #HIVAwareness #support
#KnowYourStatus #FreeHealthServices #SexualHealth
#PublicHealth #SaferSex #HIVPrevention #UequalsU
January 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
HIV services at the Sexual Health
Centre.
Rapid HIV testing
HIV Support
HIV Counselling
#FreeHIVTesting
#RapidHIVTest #HIVAwareness #support
#KnowYourStatus #FreeHealthServices #SexualHealth
#PublicHealth #SaferSex #HIVPrevention #UequalsU
Centre.
Rapid HIV testing
HIV Support
HIV Counselling
#FreeHIVTesting
#RapidHIVTest #HIVAwareness #support
#KnowYourStatus #FreeHealthServices #SexualHealth
#PublicHealth #SaferSex #HIVPrevention #UequalsU