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UCU @ QUB @ucuatqub.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The UCU Northern Ireland Regional AGM/Conference took place today. We were pleased to welcome the Gen Sec Jo Grady to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social campus. Not surprisingly, the voluntary severance scheme and ongoing related issues were a key topic for discussion.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

8 minutes in, and it's already a classic. The TV trolley. Thanks! #Taskmaster

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Thom wants to listen to the song 'Beastie Boys Oh Yeah'. Delighted he wants Beatie Boys, but what song could that be? Help!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Jonny has taken Thom to Portstewart for the night to spend time with his Nanny. The work day is over. Do I start drinking now, or do I have to wait for a socially acceptable time?

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Thom and I are doing this. I direct him to the correct pieces and sometimes I'll find a wrong piece beside the right one, as a guide. Last time he said 'Mummy, it is so kind when you try so hard to find the right piece. But I think you want to try again and then you can do better'.

An incomplete Snakes and Ladders jigsaw.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

At the Oh Yeah Centre for Acoustic Picnic which is lovely. But I think this is the first time I've been here sober. Life has changed a bit over the last few years.

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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) is a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland. We are here on BlueSky now, please give us a follow :)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is what religion was to me when I was young. I'd love to know more about this bishop. How did they end up being the person leading this prayer service. Did they request it? Were they nervous? Did they see their Christian duty here, as Jesus demanded in Matthew 25: 34-36

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I only just read that Musk's maternal grandparents had to leave Canada and relocate to South Africa because they were Nazi Sympathisers in Canada, so you'd think he'd be aware of the weight of the gesture. Aside from the other, more general reasons for why most people don't use it.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I just heard about this and thought it was going to be one of those situations which could raise eyebrows but you couldn't be sure. Nope. I can't see how this is interpreted any other way.

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The Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 13/01/2025

I think instead of saying “namaste” at yoga we should say “ohhh BIG stretch” like we do with our pets

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

When was he cancelled? He's on TV constantly and has several really well paid Netflix specials. Nothing changed except he got some criticisms.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I'd be so screwed if I was in the cage. Wouldn't have remembered a single name #TheTraitors

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/12/2024

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Elected to take on a wee bar shift today because extra money in January is always welcome. Good lord. How did I mange this ever? So tired!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year's! Thom decided to crack his head off the end board of the bed while jumping on it. Tiny cut. Loads of blood. One call to the Beldoc. So, prosecco in bed while watching Paw Patrol. Wooooo

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GFBricks🇨🇦 @gfbricks.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Things like this are why I love LEGO so much! Fun family activity that brings everyone together. Enjoy the day!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Lovely #Taskmaster NYT, but I would have loved to have the new cast announcement too. Can't wait to find out!

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Niamh Ní Cheallaigh 🇮🇪 ♿️ 🇵🇸 @niamhnicheallaigh.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

In true Christmas spirit, DCC plans to ban feeding the poor. "Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?"

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

My little son played Final Fantasy VII with me tonight for the first time. The *emotions* that I felt. Wow. #FinalFantasy #FFVII

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

And they say an image is worth a thousand words. #GiselePelicot (don't know the photographer unfortunately, but happy to credit if someone does know)

Gisele Pelicot walks past hundreds of cheering women, some holding signs saying "Merci Gisele", outside the court where her husband and 50 other strangers were tried for raping her while she was drugged.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Can't stop thinking about #GiselePelicot and everything around the case. She pointed out that men do these things in the shadows, and they do. But her husband wouldn't have been caught if he wasn't upskirting. So they do them in the light too.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Sprained my ankle. Do not recommend.

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

“Waaaah my business isn’t sustainable without crime” then shut the fuck up & open an american candy shop like everyone else futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

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OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free

OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.

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David McCann @dmcbfs.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The biggest political moment in NI of 2024? Go!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

It's a bit silly and cheesy, but I'm enjoying #RedOne. Christmas films should be a bit silly and cheesy.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Couldn't agree more. When I teach sociology, I love showing it as an experienced subject. I give examples from my life to discuss theory. My students come into my class discussing stories, news articles, lyrics, tv episodes, because one thing I said made them think about something in their lives.

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carolannguess.bsky.social @carolannguess.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Nope. University professor here. I do not want to use this, and it’s insulting and damaging to teachers and students. Especially problematic to use the acronym TA, when real life teaching assistants are underpaid and overworked without the job security of professors.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A thought on US healthcare. If my mother was diabetic, and I withheld her prescribed insulin from her and she died, I would face charges for her death. Probably murder. Rightly. But if an insurance company does it, that's totally legal. #luigi #luigimangione

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

FALLLLL on your knees! Oh HEARRR the angels' voices!

Seven white bollards painted with two black circles that look like eyes, and an oval that looks like an open mouth. TV choir formation.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Jerusalem tonight

Protest in Jerusalem.
Sign: End the Fucking War
photo credit: Orna Kupferman

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Andrew Pope @apope.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

one for the perennial "new flag for NI" bracket

photo of the information board at Belfast Grand Central Station - a solid red field, yellow clipart warning sign emblazoned in the canton, bearing the inscription "SERVICES SUSPENDED TILL FURTHER NOTICE"

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Parenting mistake number 864: Thom seemed *incredibly tired* half an hour ago. He had a really busy week, early morning and very busy day. Like, eyes not staying open at all, begging to sleep on the sofa. So I gave him and early bath and jammies so he could pass out watching Christmas films.

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Jestin @jestinn.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Kielty during this song break. #latelatetoyshow

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