Cían Ó Donnabháin
@cianodono.bsky.social
Historian - €0
Consistent failure - €0
The craic - €90
Forever DM - priceless
Voted 'yeah I guess like, he's nice enough' by a group of independent judges (my best friends)
Been looking for a PhD for what feels like my while life.
Consistent failure - €0
The craic - €90
Forever DM - priceless
Voted 'yeah I guess like, he's nice enough' by a group of independent judges (my best friends)
Been looking for a PhD for what feels like my while life.
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As I just said on CNN, my father's parents were Nakba survivors. I don't want Israeli children to live in fear and I don't want Palestinian children to starve to death. There is nothing anyone could do to make me put nationalistic talking points above basic human rights.
July 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
As I just said on CNN, my father's parents were Nakba survivors. I don't want Israeli children to live in fear and I don't want Palestinian children to starve to death. There is nothing anyone could do to make me put nationalistic talking points above basic human rights.
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He won’t win the primary lol calm down
He won’t beat Hillary lol calm down
He won’t do a Muslim ban lol calm down
He won’t overturn Roe V Wade lol calm down
He won’t do an insurrection lol calm down
He won’t do 25% tariffs lol calm down
He won’t annex other countries lol calm down
He won’t beat Hillary lol calm down
He won’t do a Muslim ban lol calm down
He won’t overturn Roe V Wade lol calm down
He won’t do an insurrection lol calm down
He won’t do 25% tariffs lol calm down
He won’t annex other countries lol calm down
OK I actually think he literally just wants to annex Canada lol
Mad king era fr fr
February 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
He won’t win the primary lol calm down
He won’t beat Hillary lol calm down
He won’t do a Muslim ban lol calm down
He won’t overturn Roe V Wade lol calm down
He won’t do an insurrection lol calm down
He won’t do 25% tariffs lol calm down
He won’t annex other countries lol calm down
He won’t beat Hillary lol calm down
He won’t do a Muslim ban lol calm down
He won’t overturn Roe V Wade lol calm down
He won’t do an insurrection lol calm down
He won’t do 25% tariffs lol calm down
He won’t annex other countries lol calm down
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ok
Storm Éowyn leaves battered Irish golf courses counting the cost
Storm Éowyn leaves battered Irish golf courses counting the cost
Tree-lined parkland layouts particularly affected in the west and north of the island as storm wreaks unprecedented damage
www.irishtimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
ok
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#IrishStudies people - we are 5 weeks away from Dr. Lindsay Jenssen's talk at @nlireland.bsky.social on Irish Memories of the Great Famine in Transatlantic News Media. The talk is sponsored by the @ssnci.bsky.social. Details can be found here, including booking info 🗃️: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Periodical Famines
Irish Memories in Transatlantic News Media, 1845-1919
www.nli.ie
January 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#IrishStudies people - we are 5 weeks away from Dr. Lindsay Jenssen's talk at @nlireland.bsky.social on Irish Memories of the Great Famine in Transatlantic News Media. The talk is sponsored by the @ssnci.bsky.social. Details can be found here, including booking info 🗃️: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
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Note that what is being tested here is not even what most academic historians would recognize as worth asking, but just basic ‘facts’ (compiled by a research team then cross compared to genAI multiple choice responses). It can’t pass school rote learning, it sure AF can’t do independent research 🗃️
“I thought the AI chatbots would do a lot better,” said del Rio-Chanona, corresponding author of the study and assistant professor at UCL. “History is often viewed as facts, but sometimes interpretation is necessary to make sense of it.”
Where does one even start....🗃️
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
Where does one even start....🗃️
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
The study, which is the first of its kind, evaluates the historical knowledge of leading AI models such as ChatGPT-4, Llama, and Gemini.
www.earth.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Note that what is being tested here is not even what most academic historians would recognize as worth asking, but just basic ‘facts’ (compiled by a research team then cross compared to genAI multiple choice responses). It can’t pass school rote learning, it sure AF can’t do independent research 🗃️
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Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
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A little update - we weren’t really posting on X as it stood, but after Musk’s behaviour yesterday we will no longer be posting anything on that site (and will eventually delete our account) and will be primarily posting here (or Mastodon).
This quote from Hannah Arendt feels pertinent today.
This quote from Hannah Arendt feels pertinent today.
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A little update - we weren’t really posting on X as it stood, but after Musk’s behaviour yesterday we will no longer be posting anything on that site (and will eventually delete our account) and will be primarily posting here (or Mastodon).
This quote from Hannah Arendt feels pertinent today.
This quote from Hannah Arendt feels pertinent today.
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For the avoidance of any doubt, a Roman salute and a Nazi salute are the exact same thing and anyone arguing over nomenclature is either doing it in bad faith or high ignorant
January 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For the avoidance of any doubt, a Roman salute and a Nazi salute are the exact same thing and anyone arguing over nomenclature is either doing it in bad faith or high ignorant
Henry Ford leveraged his success to spread antisemitism, through The International Jew in the Dear born Independent. He and other industrialists admired fascism for its "order" and anti-labor stance. Concurrent unchecked economic power often aligns with dangerous ideologies.
Seemed relevant 🗃️
Seemed relevant 🗃️
January 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Henry Ford leveraged his success to spread antisemitism, through The International Jew in the Dear born Independent. He and other industrialists admired fascism for its "order" and anti-labor stance. Concurrent unchecked economic power often aligns with dangerous ideologies.
Seemed relevant 🗃️
Seemed relevant 🗃️
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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
January 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
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In #AHAPerspectives, executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social revisits his March 2021 column on the Trump administration’s “1776 Report.” 🗃️
The Battleground of 1776 – AHA
Executive director James Grossman revisits the AHA's response to the "1776 Report."
www.historians.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:05 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social revisits his March 2021 column on the Trump administration’s “1776 Report.” 🗃️
Happy holidays to all of the academics, tired and overworked, prepared and well-organised, employed and unemployed, energetic and burnt out. May your tests grade well and your research be fruitful ! 🗃️
December 25, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Happy holidays to all of the academics, tired and overworked, prepared and well-organised, employed and unemployed, energetic and burnt out. May your tests grade well and your research be fruitful ! 🗃️
H-Net providers an invaluable service to those of us in the humanities. It would be great to see their purview extend. That is only possible if poeple donate to this fantastic service! Please consider doing so if you haven't already. 🗃️
December 21, 2024 at 12:07 AM
H-Net providers an invaluable service to those of us in the humanities. It would be great to see their purview extend. That is only possible if poeple donate to this fantastic service! Please consider doing so if you haven't already. 🗃️
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I am now, for the first time in my life, inside Free Syria.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
December 11, 2024 at 6:39 AM
I am now, for the first time in my life, inside Free Syria.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
'it's only aristocracy if its from Europe, otherwise it's just sparkling nepotism' - my gf nitzan
December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
'it's only aristocracy if its from Europe, otherwise it's just sparkling nepotism' - my gf nitzan
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A 🧵 about farting and media echoes. #skystorians
December 10, 2024 at 7:08 AM
A 🧵 about farting and media echoes. #skystorians
We're going to continue hearing these stories as the underground prisons and such continue to be liberated.
Very sad but at least they have their freedom now
Very sad but at least they have their freedom now
December 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
We're going to continue hearing these stories as the underground prisons and such continue to be liberated.
Very sad but at least they have their freedom now
Very sad but at least they have their freedom now
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I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.
December 8, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.
🗃️Something I noticed (as an unemployed academic sleuth) since I started my PhD Hunt is the absolutely ABYSMAL quality of calls for and job adverts for PhDs and Calls for Papers
The AI wave has taken on students but overworked faculty have also become a part of it (at least in Noord Europa)
The AI wave has taken on students but overworked faculty have also become a part of it (at least in Noord Europa)
December 5, 2024 at 11:20 AM
🗃️Something I noticed (as an unemployed academic sleuth) since I started my PhD Hunt is the absolutely ABYSMAL quality of calls for and job adverts for PhDs and Calls for Papers
The AI wave has taken on students but overworked faculty have also become a part of it (at least in Noord Europa)
The AI wave has taken on students but overworked faculty have also become a part of it (at least in Noord Europa)
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we’re all trying to find the guy who did this
Moscow claims ‘external forces’ seeking to escalate violence in Syria
Moscow claims ‘external forces’ seeking to escalate violence in Syria
Statement comes as Ukrainian intelligence says Russia will send mercenaries to support flagging troops allied to Damascus
Moscow has condemned “external forces” seeking to escalate violence in Syria, despite reports from Ukrainian military intelligence…
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:52 PM
we’re all trying to find the guy who did this
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Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.
December 3, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.
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