Keith Adams
@keithadams.bsky.social
Kept around by Irish Jesuits to think about prisons and punishment
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A Minority Report type future, where the pre-cogs identify future criminals but instead of arresting them we get them connected with social programs and supports so that they never have to become criminals in the first place
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A Minority Report type future, where the pre-cogs identify future criminals but instead of arresting them we get them connected with social programs and supports so that they never have to become criminals in the first place
the traditional time lag in policy and rhetoric imported from England is rapidly shrinking
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister ‘not setting any numbers’, but says population growth is too high, putting services under pressure
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
the traditional time lag in policy and rhetoric imported from England is rapidly shrinking
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www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5... European Group Conference 2026. Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1–4 Sept 2026. Join scholars & collectives to build abolitionist alternatives to policing, prisons & capitalism. Deadline--- 23/32026.
December 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5... European Group Conference 2026. Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1–4 Sept 2026. Join scholars & collectives to build abolitionist alternatives to policing, prisons & capitalism. Deadline--- 23/32026.
SF and FFG on justice policy
a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
ALT: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
SF and FFG on justice policy
I am not altogether clear on how SF are differentiating themselves from FF and FG on prisons
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
Justice Committee visits Limerick prison to examine overcrowding crisis - Matt Carthy TD - Sinn Féin
Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Matt Carthy TD, today led a visit by the committee to Limerick Prison to see at first hand the impact of the prison over...
sinnfein.ie
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I am not altogether clear on how SF are differentiating themselves from FF and FG on prisons
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
sinnfein.ie/news/justice...
maybe the ECHR no longer has utility for the State as it seeks to expand coercive confinement and deportation of migrants and people seeking asylum
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Precedent could have far-reaching consequences. Who is to say the rights of gay citizens won’t be the next target by a coalition of hostile states?
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
maybe the ECHR no longer has utility for the State as it seeks to expand coercive confinement and deportation of migrants and people seeking asylum
this rhetoric is going to end well, surely his handlers have been watching the UK
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister tells Inside Politics that population growth is too high, putting services under pressure
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
this rhetoric is going to end well, surely his handlers have been watching the UK
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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over at @theatlantic.com, they let me write about how Heat is just a regular-type romance movie. here’s a guest link
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
over at @theatlantic.com, they let me write about how Heat is just a regular-type romance movie. here’s a guest link
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Forward. The Bicycle
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Forward. The Bicycle
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
So simple yet so illustrative!
Love it 😍👌
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Studies Winter 2025 - 2026 is available now, with lead articles from Tom Casey SJ, @liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social, Nuala King, and Siobhán McNamara.
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Studies Winter 2025 - 2026 is available now, with lead articles from Tom Casey SJ, @liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social, Nuala King, and Siobhán McNamara.
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie
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DCC removed it! Well done to everyone who reported it and followed up. Especially, area Cllr Janet Horner.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
DCC removed it! Well done to everyone who reported it and followed up. Especially, area Cllr Janet Horner.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Link to the story www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...
On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move
A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Link to the story www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...
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Nazi and Islamophobic graffiti besides the entrance of the small masjid on Hardwick Lane that we wrote about the xenophobic hate it faced recently @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Nazi and Islamophobic graffiti besides the entrance of the small masjid on Hardwick Lane that we wrote about the xenophobic hate it faced recently @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
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Protein maxxing at work by stealing patient's Ensures
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Protein maxxing at work by stealing patient's Ensures
killer whales and dolphins coming for your yachts
“Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
killer whales and dolphins coming for your yachts
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The overlap between people who lament how long it takes them to get places in a car and the people who hated the Green party appears to basically form a circle
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The overlap between people who lament how long it takes them to get places in a car and the people who hated the Green party appears to basically form a circle
great that ordinary people are getting the chance to be heard, can they also be asked who they voted for in recent GEs?
‘It’s a long time to be sitting in the car’: Drivers feeling the strain over Dublin congestion
‘It’s a long time to be sitting in the car’: Drivers feeling the strain over Dublin congestion
There has been a 40% increase in M50 traffic on its busiest stretches, between Finglas and Blanchardstown
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
great that ordinary people are getting the chance to be heard, can they also be asked who they voted for in recent GEs?
one of the very wealthiest countries in the EU-27
‘It’s poverty’: Capuchin Christmas food voucher tickets draw ‘longest’ queue in years
‘It’s poverty’: Capuchin Christmas food voucher tickets draw ‘longest’ queue in years
An extra 500 tickets were printed this year after distressing scenes last December when they initially ran out
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
one of the very wealthiest countries in the EU-27
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'and family', a truly wonderful phrase for Christmas card writers who - like me - have only a vague idea what their mates' kids are called.
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
'and family', a truly wonderful phrase for Christmas card writers who - like me - have only a vague idea what their mates' kids are called.
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An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
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my brain when someone is waffling in a meeting
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
my brain when someone is waffling in a meeting