Fergus Robson
@fergusrobson.bsky.social
Historian of France and teacher of history, fan of people being sound to each other and the planet.
Not a fan of far-right, racists, sexists and other such feckers.
An Clár abú/Stand up and Fight ❤️ Munster rugby
Not a fan of far-right, racists, sexists and other such feckers.
An Clár abú/Stand up and Fight ❤️ Munster rugby
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This is called pillaging.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is called pillaging.
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
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We need to otherize weird right wing billionaires like the smear campaigns they fund against minorities do. Musk leads a baby breeding cult and Thiel wants to suck up the blood of young people. They’re fucking weird and more people need to know.
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We need to otherize weird right wing billionaires like the smear campaigns they fund against minorities do. Musk leads a baby breeding cult and Thiel wants to suck up the blood of young people. They’re fucking weird and more people need to know.
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It’s that time of year again! And by that I mean time to read this hilarious story.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s that time of year again! And by that I mean time to read this hilarious story.
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Not mentioning once that this guy was an elected representative for the Tories is an interesting editorial choice www.independent.ie/world-news/b...
Husband and five other men charged with range of sexual offences against his former wife
A husband accused of drugging and raping his ex-wife over a 13-year period has appeared in court along with five other men who are charged with sexual offences against her.
www.independent.ie
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Not mentioning once that this guy was an elected representative for the Tories is an interesting editorial choice www.independent.ie/world-news/b...
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The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Guys Ernie is still missing, he's the sweetest little boy who enjoys the company of humans. If you see him around Richmond Road/Clonliffe Road, please call his mam on 0892533727🙏🏽
Here's a couple more. Please keep an eye out for this sweetie. 😭😭
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Guys Ernie is still missing, he's the sweetest little boy who enjoys the company of humans. If you see him around Richmond Road/Clonliffe Road, please call his mam on 0892533727🙏🏽
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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...
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Reposting for the morning #speirghorm crowd. Ernie has been spotted near to his home but he’s scared and hiding.
#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposting for the morning #speirghorm crowd. Ernie has been spotted near to his home but he’s scared and hiding.
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To become dour, to look for fights or to detract from other people’s enjoyment of their lives is miserable for everyone who encounters you.
But they get to go away from you after a bit.
Without joy, you have to be enmiserated every waking moment.
That’s no way to live.
But they get to go away from you after a bit.
Without joy, you have to be enmiserated every waking moment.
That’s no way to live.
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
To become dour, to look for fights or to detract from other people’s enjoyment of their lives is miserable for everyone who encounters you.
But they get to go away from you after a bit.
Without joy, you have to be enmiserated every waking moment.
That’s no way to live.
But they get to go away from you after a bit.
Without joy, you have to be enmiserated every waking moment.
That’s no way to live.
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Please share and give if you can
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Please share and give if you can
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This hasn't gotten much traction, but late last week, Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan announced plans for
A) A social media ban for under-16s.
B) To achieve this, introducing mandatory digital ID requirements for all Irish users of social media platforms.
#speirgorm
#Ireland
#internetpolicy
A) A social media ban for under-16s.
B) To achieve this, introducing mandatory digital ID requirements for all Irish users of social media platforms.
#speirgorm
#Ireland
#internetpolicy
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This hasn't gotten much traction, but late last week, Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan announced plans for
A) A social media ban for under-16s.
B) To achieve this, introducing mandatory digital ID requirements for all Irish users of social media platforms.
#speirgorm
#Ireland
#internetpolicy
A) A social media ban for under-16s.
B) To achieve this, introducing mandatory digital ID requirements for all Irish users of social media platforms.
#speirgorm
#Ireland
#internetpolicy
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I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
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Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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I think peak western performative cruelty bullshit is Germany taking donkeys from Gaza but refusing to take any children.
I hope everyone in that western liberal fuckwittery experiment gets kicked in the head by one of the donkeys.
I hope everyone in that western liberal fuckwittery experiment gets kicked in the head by one of the donkeys.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I think peak western performative cruelty bullshit is Germany taking donkeys from Gaza but refusing to take any children.
I hope everyone in that western liberal fuckwittery experiment gets kicked in the head by one of the donkeys.
I hope everyone in that western liberal fuckwittery experiment gets kicked in the head by one of the donkeys.
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The Telegraph Telegraphing so hard it confuses The Onion
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Telegraph Telegraphing so hard it confuses The Onion
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
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It's almost like violence is inherent to the right wing ideology.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's almost like violence is inherent to the right wing ideology.
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so funny to be in a country whose capital is a viper's nest of panoptical tech companies in business with the US security state and watch people freak out about a Russian ship spying on us
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
so funny to be in a country whose capital is a viper's nest of panoptical tech companies in business with the US security state and watch people freak out about a Russian ship spying on us