iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“Ireland exports the vast majority of what we produce, while importing most of its fresh produce. We are not food secure in any meaningful sense. The risks are no longer theoretical. […] we should place food security at the top of the list of what we want from our food system.”

100

Reposted by Caroline

Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Israel launches over 100 airstrikes on dense commercial and residential areas across Lebanon without warning during a ceasefire. 254 people killed, 1165 injured. Not even a word of condemnation for this barbaric violence from Irish or EU leaders. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

rte.ie

Bloody day in Lebanon puts fragile ceasefire at risk

A ceasefire was declared in Washington and Tehran, but, here in Beirut, the smoke rising across the city this evening suggests it has not yet reached Lebanon.

1127

Reposted by Caroline

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Sally Hayden reports: Israel dubbed its mass bombings “Operation Eternal Darkness”, saying it was hitting Hizbullah “headquarters and military infrastructure”, but at the sites in Beirut, this reporter only saw evidence of civilian life.

irishtimes.com

Day of pain in Lebanon: ‘They’re doing the same thing they did to Gaza’

Country left reeling after Israeli attack which killed hundreds of people and injured more than 1,000

12825

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Our paper 'Exclusionary Transitional Justice? The Irish State’s Response to Non-Recent Institutional Abuse of Children with Disabilities' is out in IJTJ - with Sinéad Ring Perpetuating exclusion in inquiry & redress processes is a further & ongoing violation of rights. doi.org/10.1093/ijtj...

Screenshot of title page and abstract:
Exclusionary Transitional Justice? The Irish State’s Response to Non-Recent Institutional Abuse of Children with Disabilities.

Caroline Jagoe Sherman and Sinéad Ring.

ABSTRACT
In 20th-century Ireland, many children with disabilities were confined in residential institutions where they were made vulnerable to violence. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and the Residential Institutions Redress Board, introduced in the wake of mass reports of non-recent institutional abuse, were supposed to respond to this cohort of victim-survivors. This article demonstrates the systematic exclusion of victim-survivors with disabilities, particularly persons with intellectual and/or
communication disabilities, from these transitional justice processes. We argue that the silencing of persons with disabilities represents an epistemic injustice within these transitional justice processes,
amounting to a violation of the right to access justice on an equal basis with others and an ongoing violation of the rights to investigation, recovery and reintegration.

KEYWORDS: Disability, epistemic injustice, inquiry, non-recent institutional abuse, redress

000

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This should shake us to the core. As identity markers become the feature that *explicitly* dictates which law applies, we must speak out wherever we have any power. Don’t let this erosion, from an already discriminatory state, be normalised. It threatens our humanity in more ways than one

011

Reposted by Caroline

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

No paywall archive.md/2026.03.27-1...

archive.md

084

Reposted by Caroline

Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

wired.com

The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital

Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

3130251516

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

A devastating story of the weaponisation of food & essentials in democratic South Africa leading to scores of preventable deaths. As many who grew up in SA I visited a (much shallower) mine converted into a tourist/edu attraction. The experience of these men is unfathomable aje.news/36vn2h

aje.news

A rope was the miners’ lifeline to the surface. Then it stopped moving

Deep underground, artisanal miners face a fight for survival when a police operation cuts off their only lifeline.

000

Reposted by Caroline

Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 12/03/2026

Children are the most vulnerable, yet the least protected; the most valuable, yet the most expendable. Their lives are shaped by power they do not hold, by institutions they did not design, and by choices they cannot escape. Center the Children: A Manifesto for True Liberation.

hilaryagro.com

Center the Children: A Manifesto for True Liberation

“I don’t like kids,” people openly say. They are the most vulnerable, yet the least protected; the most valuable, yet the most expendable. Their lives are shaped by power they do …

06217

Reposted by Caroline

Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Responding to Gaza How do I respond? How do I sustain a response? How do I prepare a response that is possible, sayable, pronouncable and breathtakingly responsive? How do I speak with my academic confident tonality when it's time for cries? To register: le.ac.uk/cite/sanctua...

043

Reposted by Caroline

Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

we need a new ethics paradigm outside the coloniality of ethics that uses ethics to do unethical things. We need true anticolinial scholars and educators committed to intellectual integrity

131

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This poem by @khawlabadwan.bsky.social took my breath away. We see this displaced concern all over the place. Turning away from the true violation and invoking the name of false risk, false protection. “We shall protect them. And we shall keep them unseen.” Alt text added

Ethics of Silencing

We have consulted the consultants of ethics.
They are gravely concerned.
How dare you include a photo
- a photo- from Gaza,
a place we decided not to know, inside our paradigm of utmost neutrality.
Neutrality must be protected.
From images.
From children who speak the tongue of our lingua franca-clear enough for us to understand.
What a scene.
Something we refuse to have made seen.
You see once it is seen, it asks something of us.
So we ask you instead:
Have you asked for their consent?
Until you collect their approval, we insist on their removal.
We shall protect them.
And we shall keep them
unseen.

Khawla in Grief

174

Reposted by Caroline

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is a good read. I'm also thinking about how almost all disability organizations, including ones for Tourette's, have very white leadership, which means many fail to approach situations like this with intersectional nuance. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

hollywoodreporter.com

I Have Tourette Syndrome and I Have the N-Word Thrown at Me. I Have Thoughts on BAFTA.

As New York City Public Advocate, I’m in a very visible space with a very visible disability. Here's what I've learned.

324495

Reposted by Caroline

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"What’s important is for disabled people to understand that their situation is political, and for caregivers to understand that their situation is political, and that the same system of ableism that’s entrenched in every care policy we have is entrapping both people." – @lauramauldin.bsky.social

14516

Reposted by Caroline

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Irish Times: US aircraft carrying out secretive deportations to Africa and the Middle East have landed in Shannon Airport on 10 occasions in the last year. Deportees are kept in chains on the aircraft. Our Govt does not want to know. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... @gbrockell.bsky.social

irishtimes.com

Shannon Airport used for refuelling Ice deportation flights 10 times in past year

The controversial agency chartered small private aircraft for the removal operations

8122102

Reposted by Caroline

The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

❝ A large group of soldiers walks around him or stands nearby, sometimes less than a meter away (3 feet). At times they glance at him, but usually stand close without looking, as if an object rather than a human being were lying on the ground. ❞ — AMIRA HASS archive.md/I8LBE

069

Reposted by Caroline

Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Essential reading on Irish media. 'The media perennially demands open and honest conversations about issues of importance like immigration, housing or defence. But for such conversations to take place we need to know who is participating in them.' www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...

ontheditch.com

Comment: The trouble with Experts

Whatever the topic, however serious or frivolous, an Expert is available.

1168

Reposted by Caroline

International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 24/01/2026

In war, childhood is reshaped by violence. When schools turn into shelters, classrooms fall silent, and education is replaced by survival. This is the reality of war for civilians, and it should never be a childhood.

0116

Reposted by Caroline

International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 03/01/2026

Children are naturally curious. They explore. They play. They follow sound and light. But when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, that curiosity can cost them their childhood. Civilians must be protected.

0134

Reposted by Caroline

International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 02/01/2026

In 2024, we documented 284.4 K cases of missing people in almost 100 countries affected by armed conflict and/or armed violence, and the number is likely far higher. Behind every missing person is a family looking for answers. They deserve to know.

1114

Reposted by Caroline

International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 27/12/2025

Conflicts affect all, but persons with disabilities face unique risks. Accessible shelters, evacuation plans, and aid aren't just legal obligations; they are humanitarian imperatives. Parties to armed conflicts must respect and protect people with disabilities.

12610

Reposted by Caroline

Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

On this day we remember where the story began In Palestine PALESTINE that is the world and through her we continue to see the world

01610

Reposted by Caroline

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 20/12/2025

"Gaza remains in a man-made hunger crisis." "1.6 million people (77% of the population [..]) faced high levels of acute food insecurity." "[M]ore than half a million people in emergency (IPC Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (IPC Phase 5)." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Genocide

commondreams.org

Gaza No Longer Officially Facing Famine—But 1.6 Million Palestinians Still in 'Man-Made Hunger Crisis'

A global tracking initiative said teh Gaza Strip no longer faces a formal famine, but critical food insecurity persists due to over two years of Israel's assault and blockade.

144

Reposted by Caroline

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

"There is no basis in international law for differentiating between trade in goods and trade in services [as] proposed, and no international law justification for legislating for less than full compliance by Ireland with an international obligation articulated by the ICJ." - Blinne ní Ghrálaigh KC

data.oireachtas.ie

23418

Reposted by Caroline

Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"On the 77th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights We remember the years before the rights were named, and the people who are still denied them" #Gaza #Palestine #HumanRightsDay

163

Reposted by Caroline

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

113127235195

Reposted by Caroline

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Maybe your repost be part of rebuilding our destroyed life❤️‍🩹

22331

Reposted by Caroline

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Scholasticide is not the just the destruction of educational capacity; it is also the transformation of spaces of pedagogy and development into spaces of boundless trauma.

1577

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A future in which we survived this co-struggle shimmers in this poem by @khawlabadwan.bsky.social “One day that's not here yet we will use the past tense announcing the fall of this evil We shall teach our children how humanity survived…”

Past Tense

One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived,
how our memory, history,
language, order, and hope
had miraculously made it
through all the travelling bombs
And we shall hold them dear,
and hold them tight
One day the past tense
of the very far future
that speaks of this present
shall become victorious
Until we write in the past tense,
we sit in the present,
struggling together
in com-passion
against this forced amnesia.

We strugglED together
some of us shall say
with the heaviest use
and the hardest use
of the past tense.

Khawla in Grief

083

Reposted by Caroline

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 14/11/2025

READ: "A chance encounter with one of my past students at the Islamic University of Gaza highlighted the paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide: feeling joy in surviving the war and sorrow in witnessing what our survival has cost us." mondoweiss.net/2025/10/im-h...

mondoweiss.net

‘I’m happy and sad to see you’: The paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide

A chance encounter with one of my past students at the Islamic University of Gaza highlighted the paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide: feeling joy in surviving the war and sorrow in witnessing…

0269

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

“A different world is possible” Reposted with alt text. No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.

Telling

These are telling times
These are times of telling
Do the telling of Gaza that is the world of Palestine that has shown a world we weren't ready to see.

Ow o.r. l d!
Ruptured and broken
Ignorance of the other isn't a strategy for survival', those before us told us.

A different world is possible
Keep Telling.

Khawla in Grief

052

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Ireland’s road deaths are not inevitable, but a result of policy decisions (or a lack thereof). The data is stark!

000

Reposted by Caroline

Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Landlords with more 100+ tenancies now own 26% of rental properties in Dublin. The narrative is that they are more 'professional' and have the capital to invest in improving & retrofitting their properties. The evidence suggests otherwise: mu.ie/justhousing

091

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This resonates deeply. How we remake the work is in true community, investing in those around us. Ubuntu at work

110

Reposted by Caroline

Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I've watched a lot of people find their courage. They usually believed in something, but they also believed in each other. As co-strugglers, they depended on each other. They comforted and encouraged each other. They helped each other. That investment made them stronger, bolder, and more capable.

124542

Reposted by Caroline

Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.

181126346

Reposted by Caroline

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 12/09/2025

MSF urges countries to receive patients trapped in Gaza so they can access the specialized treatment they need. We also call on the Israeli authorities to lift the siege on Gaza, allow life-saving aid in, and facilitate medical evacuations with guarantees of a voluntary return.

15326

Reposted by Caroline

Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

A group of legal experts have written to the Central Bank confirming there are ample powers under existing EU law to refuse to authorise the Israel Bonds programme and that authorisation is incompatible with Ireland’s obligations under international law. academicsforpalestine.org/2025/08/28/l...

academicsforpalestine.org

Legal academics call on the Central Bank of Ireland to block sale of Israel Bonds

A group of legal academics from across Ireland, including members of AfP, have called on the Governor of the Central Bank to immediately prohibit the marketing and sale of Israeli state bonds in or…

0159

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Such an important piece as we return to classrooms: “We are treading new grounds where ethical educational leadership is not about the mastery of knowing what to do. Rather, it is about the ethical commitment to try without fully knowing”

031

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

“The Gaza Famine is the world's famine. It is a famine that asks 'but what did you do?' A famine that will and must haunt us all. […] It is a famine that therefore also asks'.... and what now will you do?' Re-posted with Alt-text

Please read the IPC report, cover to cover. Read it in sorrow and in anger. Not as words and numbers but as names and lives. Be in no doubt that this is irrefutable testimony.
It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.
It is a famine within a few hundred metres of food, in a fertile land.
It is a famine that hits the most vulnerable first. Each with a name, each with a story. That strips people of dignity before it strips them of life. That forces a parent to choose which child to feed. That forces people to risk their lives to seek food.
It is a famine that we repeatedly warned of. But that the international media has not been allowed in to cover. To bear witness.
It is a famine in 2025. A 21st century famine watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history.
It is a famine openly promoted by some Israeli leaders as a weapon of war.
It is a famine on all of our watch. Everyone owns this. The Gaza Famine is the world's famine. It is a famine that asks 'but what did you do?' A famine that will and must haunt us all.
It is a predictable and a preventable famine. A famine caused by cruelty, justified by revenge, enabled by indifference and sustained by complicity.
It is a famine that must spur the world to more urgent action. That must shame the world to do better. It is a famine that therefore also asks'.
... and
what now will you do?'
My ask, my plea, my demand to Prime Minister Netanyahu and anyone who can reach him:
Enough. Ceasefire. Open the crossings, north and south, all of them. Let us get food and other supplies in, unimpeded and at the massive scale required.
End the retribution. It is too late for far too many. But not for everyone in Gaza. Enough. For humanity's sake, let us in.
- Tom Fletcher, UN Humanitarian Chief

041

Caroline @carolinejs.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

“The loneliness of awaiting death” Another poem from @khawlabadwan.bsky.social that excavates words to put to this unfathomable collective grief. Reposted with alt-text

Lost eyes

I look at my grey city
with my lost eyes
twinkling with trapped tears
unready to fall
but forming in fear
Eyes around me are twinkling too
It's the ritual of collective mourning
The loneliness of awaiting death.

The death of our city
the daily show
brought to you, fellow humans,
by so many global fingerprints
bombing their traces
through our broken walls
on top of our unburied bones.

I hold my lost eyes
so they stay on the wall
unable to count its bricks
as the thoughts race the beats
And they both fail
before the flying bullets.

Khawla in Grief

062

Reposted by Caroline

Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

"To generate knowledge in the context of hunger is to think through pain. To teach students who have not eaten and still tell them their voices matter. To insist, against all odds, that Gaza still thinks, still questions, still creates." "That, in itself, is an act of resistance."

0179