Siobhán McElduff
@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social
1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í
Opinions my own
siobhanmcelduff.com
Opinions my own
siobhanmcelduff.com
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Also: don’t let them try to use Google Scholar (for all the social scientists out there)
I need faculty to get on board with helping residents, post docs, phd students, masters students etc understand that you can only do a systematic review in less than 6 months if (a) there's only a tiny amount of evidence and (b) you're not doing anything else for those 6 months.
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Also: don’t let them try to use Google Scholar (for all the social scientists out there)
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every single day i read the news and look exactly like this guy. cap and all
February 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
every single day i read the news and look exactly like this guy. cap and all
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I’m never going to talk about my lawsuit ever again, so if you want the gossip, here’s your chance: @adriandaub.bsky.social and I talked about the Epstein files as a document of Me Too backlash on @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I’m never going to talk about my lawsuit ever again, so if you want the gossip, here’s your chance: @adriandaub.bsky.social and I talked about the Epstein files as a document of Me Too backlash on @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
50 years? That's stifling even without the Epstein stuff. Is he 90?
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
50 years? That's stifling even without the Epstein stuff. Is he 90?
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To clarify, they're not doubling it. The 2000 people currently in receipt can apply to be one of the new 2000 recipients in September
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
To clarify, they're not doubling it. The 2000 people currently in receipt can apply to be one of the new 2000 recipients in September
No one deserves what he is going through. Least of all for something like this.
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
No one deserves what he is going through. Least of all for something like this.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Yes! Maith an fear Richard!
An immigration system that is "firm & fair" is a misnomer & a soundbite, used to distract from the cruel policies FFG have imported from the Tories & other right leaning govs, to save them from doing the work to create a system that works & doesn't dehumanise.
#IrishPol
An immigration system that is "firm & fair" is a misnomer & a soundbite, used to distract from the cruel policies FFG have imported from the Tories & other right leaning govs, to save them from doing the work to create a system that works & doesn't dehumanise.
#IrishPol
🗣️ “Surely nobody should be in a condition described like that?” — guest presenter @newschambers.bsky.social
🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE
🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Yes! Maith an fear Richard!
An immigration system that is "firm & fair" is a misnomer & a soundbite, used to distract from the cruel policies FFG have imported from the Tories & other right leaning govs, to save them from doing the work to create a system that works & doesn't dehumanise.
#IrishPol
An immigration system that is "firm & fair" is a misnomer & a soundbite, used to distract from the cruel policies FFG have imported from the Tories & other right leaning govs, to save them from doing the work to create a system that works & doesn't dehumanise.
#IrishPol
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fun fact: the big air snowboarding ramp at the winter olympics is only 5° steeper than the cheese rolling hill.
February 10, 2026 at 3:10 PM
fun fact: the big air snowboarding ramp at the winter olympics is only 5° steeper than the cheese rolling hill.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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🗣️ “Surely nobody should be in a condition described like that?” — guest presenter @newschambers.bsky.social
🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE
🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE
February 10, 2026 at 10:38 PM
🗣️ “Surely nobody should be in a condition described like that?” — guest presenter @newschambers.bsky.social
🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE
🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
Yeah. I'm really sympathetic to him, but it does seem a bit fucked up that we expect this to be okay for us but rage at people who do it in Ireland.
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Yeah. I'm really sympathetic to him, but it does seem a bit fucked up that we expect this to be okay for us but rage at people who do it in Ireland.
It is impossible, of course, to learn two foreign languages.
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
It is impossible, of course, to learn two foreign languages.
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If we don't, people will start burning them down.
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
If we don't, people will start burning them down.
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About 20,000 entire family homes around the country are listed as short-term lets.
We badly need to mainstream the idea that Airbnb-ing a property is disgusting speculation that denies a home to a potential renter or buyer.
We badly need to mainstream the idea that Airbnb-ing a property is disgusting speculation that denies a home to a potential renter or buyer.
Government has rowed back on plans that would ensure short-term let planning permissions would be required in towns with populations over 10,000. jrnl.ie/6952490
Government rows back on short-term let regulations for towns with populations over 10,000
The government has decided the restrictions will only apply to towns with a population of over 20,000.
jrnl.ie
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
About 20,000 entire family homes around the country are listed as short-term lets.
We badly need to mainstream the idea that Airbnb-ing a property is disgusting speculation that denies a home to a potential renter or buyer.
We badly need to mainstream the idea that Airbnb-ing a property is disgusting speculation that denies a home to a potential renter or buyer.
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The British public are tired of the weird charisma vacuum lawyer who the press were all gushing over and calling a sex symbol. The British public are now crying out for a weird guy nobody’s heard of who looks like a deformed Neil Patrick Harris as the Nazi Psychic SS Officer in Starship Troopers.
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The British public are tired of the weird charisma vacuum lawyer who the press were all gushing over and calling a sex symbol. The British public are now crying out for a weird guy nobody’s heard of who looks like a deformed Neil Patrick Harris as the Nazi Psychic SS Officer in Starship Troopers.
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Canada must help Cuba. Here is my latest about Canada's long and deep relationship with the island nation, and how Carney's Davos speech turned out to be all talk and no action.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
Canada must support Cuba
"You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”
noraloreto.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Canada must help Cuba. Here is my latest about Canada's long and deep relationship with the island nation, and how Carney's Davos speech turned out to be all talk and no action.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
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Seems a little fucked that shit like this is happening while TDs swan around at darkness into light events pretending they're all soooooo much better about mental health now
People in severe mental health crises are waiting months in prison for a hospital bed.
Meanwhile, beds in the Central Mental Hospital sit empty.
That is a disgrace and it must be fixed.
Meanwhile, beds in the Central Mental Hospital sit empty.
That is a disgrace and it must be fixed.
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Seems a little fucked that shit like this is happening while TDs swan around at darkness into light events pretending they're all soooooo much better about mental health now
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
my.uplift.ie
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
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A little update to this. A source emailed me to say they'd used an industry tool to look up Coral Hart's sales and they totaled only 37 copies for the books under that pen name.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
I wrote about why I'm skeptical of that AI author earning six figures pumping out 200 books a year story, but also about how authors might need to surf above the waves of slop countercraft.substack.com/p/surfs-up-i...
Surf's Up in Slop City
How should authors navigate a world with disappearing books coverage and a rising flood of AI slop books?
countercraft.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A little update to this. A source emailed me to say they'd used an industry tool to look up Coral Hart's sales and they totaled only 37 copies for the books under that pen name.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad