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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 1d

Well worth reading from @annpettifor.bsky.social.
Lisa Cook, the Fed and Full Employment. CBs Pt 3 open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...

Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve, Full Employment & Civil Rights. CBs Pt 3

The Real Reason for Trumpist Attacks on a Black Fed Governor

open.substack.com

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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 2d

Molecular evidence on stress & ageing.

www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

Examining how stress leaves its molecular mark

Research Lives: Dr Claire Potter, academic clinical lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast

www.irishtimes.com

Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 2d

Caoilfhionn is a she. Great start on the diary!

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 3d

no words

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 7d

"No machine should decide who lives or dies”
open.substack.com/pub/stopkill...

"No machine should decide who lives or dies”

What states said about autonomous weapons and military AI at UN High Level week.

open.substack.com

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Evidence & Policy @evidencepolicy.bsky.social · 8d

'Understanding the dynamics of research–policy fellowships: an evaluative analysis of barriers and blockages'

New from Evidence & Policy, by Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton

Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...

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AGE Platform Europe @ageplatformeu.bsky.social · 10d

👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons!

We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.

👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...

#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination

It's the International Day of Older Persons!
Check our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism

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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 14d

Fact-based reporting from @tconnellyrte.bsky.social on the #WestBank

www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

West Bank: Tales of the dispossessed

Continuous expansion by Israel of settlements in the West Bank is pushing Palestinians out of their homes and move elsewhere. The pattern consists of settler attacks on Palestinian farms and villages,...

www.rte.ie

Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 15d

From @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. Always worth reading, on.ft.com/42K00u3 via @FT

Did the political establishment pave the way for Trump and Farage?

New research suggests mainstream politicians created an opening for the populist right

on.ft.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15d

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

www.nytimes.com

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Devex @devex.com · 20d

For the latest episode of our podcast series, Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with Managing Editor Anna Gawel and Global Development Reporter Ayenat Mersie to discuss the top global development stories of the week.

Trump’s plan for UNGA, and the impact of aid cuts on refugees in Malawi

www.devex.com

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 Our latest #Substack is out!

It considers progress toward an #AutonomousWeapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict. #CCWUN #StopKillerRobots

stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/what-happe...

What happens in Geneva, doesn't stay in Geneva

Progress toward an autonomous weapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict.

stopkillerrobots.substack.com

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paolabarbarino.bsky.social @paolabarbarino.bsky.social · 22d

Today we released the World Alzheimer Report 2025. The report explores the important topic of dementia rehabilitation, examining how the concept is defined and implemented, and how to best adapt rehabilitation practices. alzint.org/resource/world…#WorldAlzReportrt

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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · 24d

I love this celebration of London & Londoners #diversity #inclusion #belonging #respect

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24d

In London, hate will never win.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25d

My column in tomorrow's paper:

Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong

A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model

www.ft.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26d

Nanoplastics contributing to rise in Alzheimer’s, TCD research finds

Dublin-based scientists examined how mitochondria are affected by plastic

www.irishtimes.com

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 27d

Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.

Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 27d

My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson

Well worth a read

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...

Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...

observer.co.uk

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 27d

'"I have been obedient all my life, but it was too much," Sister Bernadette said.

... supporters are bringing food and groceries, and they have been seen by doctors. There is a steady stream of visitors, many of whom are their former students.'

Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 28d

Thus made me laugh quite hard. Surely a film in the making.

3 defiant nuns in their 80s fled the care home in Austria they said they were moved to without consultation to return to the convent where they had spent decades

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps

Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28d

France and Britain are in thrall to pensioners on.ft.com/46BFpKM | opinion

France and Britain are in thrall to pensioners

Mounting fiscal crises show how not to handle the demographic crunch

on.ft.com

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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Palestinian journalists reporting in the shadow of death - on.ft.com/3JQBAbQ via @FT

The Palestinian journalists risking death to report on Israel’s offensive

Israeli military has repeatedly claimed that correspondents for Al Jazeera are ‘terrorists’ before killing them

on.ft.com

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Patricia Conboy @patriciaconboy.bsky.social · Sep 6

State coerced my mother to give up a well-paid job when she married

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

State coerced my mother to give up a well-paid job when she married

‘If she had been allowed to continue in her employment how much different and easier all our lives would have been’

www.irishtimes.com

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · Sep 2

The EU long championed the idea of "responsibility to protect": that bystander countries should act to prevent atrocities such as genocide happening elsewhere.
It instructed its diplomats on what to watch for and what to do.
So what went wrong?
My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...