Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉
@stane.bsky.social
Leeds and Dublin, once a musician, now an academic; last refuge of the scoundrel etc.
https://beyondthespelloflabour.wordpress.com/
https://beyondthespelloflabour.wordpress.com/
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November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Are you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
A very Irish story really - all about standing up for Palestine until you have to make a decision that might harm the bottom line.
18 months ago University of Galway was honouring Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin of Al-Haq with a distinguished alumni award.
Now honorary doctorates are being refused because of ongoing links between the University and the complicit Technion Institute.
www.rte.ie/news/connach...
Now honorary doctorates are being refused because of ongoing links between the University and the complicit Technion Institute.
www.rte.ie/news/connach...
Third person refuses doctorate from University of Galway
A third person has turned down an honorary doctorate that was due to be conferred by the University of Galway, at a ceremony tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A very Irish story really - all about standing up for Palestine until you have to make a decision that might harm the bottom line.
Just read @robinjames.bsky.social piece on hauntology, and her argument with it in the Wire; much to say on that, but also struck by the observation that 'continental' philosophy in the US found refuge in Catholic universities - I've noted this before, and also how, in Ireland, UCD has always/
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Just read @robinjames.bsky.social piece on hauntology, and her argument with it in the Wire; much to say on that, but also struck by the observation that 'continental' philosophy in the US found refuge in Catholic universities - I've noted this before, and also how, in Ireland, UCD has always/
'How do we reference this standing in wonder thing?'
"Will this have to stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God's creation?" is the new "Is this going to be on the test?"
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
'How do we reference this standing in wonder thing?'
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Internet not all bad. Just applied for a new passport in about 5 mins.
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Internet not all bad. Just applied for a new passport in about 5 mins.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If you're in ireland and have kids in primary school or soon to be, please fill out this survey on preferences re religious involvement in schools, and whether people prefer single-sex or co-ed. It takes < 1 minute and will inform future provision. #speirgorm www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Primary School Survey
This survey is for parents and guardians of children in primary school or who will enter primary school in the coming years
www.gov.ie
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you're in ireland and have kids in primary school or soon to be, please fill out this survey on preferences re religious involvement in schools, and whether people prefer single-sex or co-ed. It takes < 1 minute and will inform future provision. #speirgorm www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Went to dentist this morning. Dentist just rang me now, all apologies, to ask what happened because his notes hadn't saved on the computer. Which tooth was it? What did I prescribe? Odd ....
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Went to dentist this morning. Dentist just rang me now, all apologies, to ask what happened because his notes hadn't saved on the computer. Which tooth was it? What did I prescribe? Odd ....
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Do I know anyone on here who went to a British boys boarding school -preferably the elite kind- within the last 20 years? If that doesn't describe you then retweet this until somebody it does describe sees this.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do I know anyone on here who went to a British boys boarding school -preferably the elite kind- within the last 20 years? If that doesn't describe you then retweet this until somebody it does describe sees this.
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🖌️ From Amherst CP, "Painting History" offers a powerful visual and historical journey through Northern Ireland’s murals. With striking images and sharp insight, Tony Crowley traces how this art form evolved from domination to resistance over a century. @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
bit.ly/4757vgx
bit.ly/4757vgx
Painting History
Painting History: The Murals of Northern Ireland, 1908–2024 is the first book-length study of the oldest and most enduring tradition of political wall art.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🖌️ From Amherst CP, "Painting History" offers a powerful visual and historical journey through Northern Ireland’s murals. With striking images and sharp insight, Tony Crowley traces how this art form evolved from domination to resistance over a century. @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
bit.ly/4757vgx
bit.ly/4757vgx
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Judee Sill died in virtual solitude 46 years ago today, November 23 1979. Her songs have the power to make us feel we are never alone. She was a complete one-off.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Judee Sill died in virtual solitude 46 years ago today, November 23 1979. Her songs have the power to make us feel we are never alone. She was a complete one-off.
Getting like that old Soviet joke -'we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us' becomes 'we pretend to teach and they pretend to write essays'
"For students, AI teaching appears to be less transformative than it is demoralising".
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Getting like that old Soviet joke -'we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us' becomes 'we pretend to teach and they pretend to write essays'
'I want to live like common people '
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'I want to live like common people '
Unemployed post PhD, someone I knew on a record collecting forum mentioned some work at their university distantly connected to what I studied. So after doing philosophy to get away from music, I'm teaching in a music school.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Unemployed post PhD, someone I knew on a record collecting forum mentioned some work at their university distantly connected to what I studied. So after doing philosophy to get away from music, I'm teaching in a music school.
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I don't remember voting to have our asylum and immigration policy made by the British government.
New: major overhaul of immigration laws to see citizenship denied to those who got welfare, or are in debt. Family reunification only for close family, tighter rules around self sufficiency. Changes to revoke residency for those who commit serious crimes
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
No Irish citizenship for refugees on welfare benefits
Ministers to crack down on migration after UK review of asylum-seeking rules
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I don't remember voting to have our asylum and immigration policy made by the British government.
Mono recording from 1962. Spectacular sound.
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Mono recording from 1962. Spectacular sound.
Highway to hell. Both directions.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Highway to hell. Both directions.
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really nice piece on braxton in the nyt today. no fireall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
At 80, This Composer Is Easier Than Ever to Celebrate
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
really nice piece on braxton in the nyt today. no fireall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
The prominently displayed copy of General 'Sir' Mike Jackson's autobiography in the local Oxfam Books....
Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The prominently displayed copy of General 'Sir' Mike Jackson's autobiography in the local Oxfam Books....
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
To the guys who parked up down the street at 4am, booming bass through their car stereo - someday I hope that you have cause to regret everything.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
To the guys who parked up down the street at 4am, booming bass through their car stereo - someday I hope that you have cause to regret everything.