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Deborah Ewing

@deborahewing.bsky.social
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Writer. Listener. No one’s opinion is worth someone else’s life.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Corporation Tax is set at 25%. But HMRC collects just 13.2%. This is mostly because companies like Amazon, McDonalds, Starbucks, Vodafone, BP, Shell... Pay little or none at all. Make the billionaires pay their tax and raise £80bn a year This is how Burnham could raise money
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
She had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health," and that "he was abusive in their relationship." So they knew they were sending a crazy violent man with a gun out to fill their jail quota.
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Killer ICE agent's ex-wife throws him under the bus: 'Not going to lie for him'
The ex-wife of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot 26-year-old Colombian man Joan Sebastian Guerrero came forward to the Portland Press Herald to reveal her story about him ...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.
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US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ranvir Singh, "Are you still as a party in favour of legalising drugs, and how would that benefit society?" Zack Polanski, "Yes we are. The war on drugs is failing. It's pushing people with addiction to drugs into back alleys, that's fuelling gangs able to sell these drugs"
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Can we be trillionaires too?
(not in a million years)
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/07/2026
New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers.
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New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers
The order will pause state permitting for new large data centers and direct state regulators to create standards that address environmental impacts, energy demand, water usage and other factors, the g...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 14/07/2026
“Mahmoud Khalil filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing administration officials, pro-Israel groups and a conservative think tank of colluding to suppress his constitutional rights.” Read the full story below. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/n...
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Mahmoud Khalil Accuses Trump Officials of Conspiring Against Him (Gift Article)
Mr. Khalil will now have to convince a judge that the defendants coordinated to take action against him and other pro-Palestinian activists.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tax the rich. Rent controls. Nationalise the water companies. Join the Green Party. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Government is now set to raise the state pension age to 68 in 2037 - seven years earlier than originally planned www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Millions forced to work longer under state pension age extension plan
Treasury officials have told the Office for Budget Responsibility that the state retirement age will rise to 68 seven years earlier than legislated
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A compelling commentary on the Kenya case that criminalized post-abortion care. There is a girl at the centre of this case. Seventeen. In pain. Bleeding. Afraid. She went to a clinic for help. She was arrested instead.
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A hospital bed is not a crime scene  - HapaKenya
A 17-year-old girl in Kenya sought medical care but met a prison cell. This highlights the gap between legal rights & criminalized healthcare.
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Israel Kills Palestinian as His Wife Gives Birth, Tortures Peace Activists, and Orders Thousands of West Bank Trees Be Uprooted
Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech in the West.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 05/05/2026
‼️We'll be LIVE at 6.30pm this evening‼️ Uncovering the human cost of the illegal war on Iran. With our editor Phil Miller, chief reporter John McEvoy and our co-director Laura Pidcock with economist Dr Carolina Alves. Join us on X, YouTube and Facebook. youtube.com/live/1AgQTn9...
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LIVE: Uncovering the true cost of the illegal war on Iran
YouTube video by Declassified UK
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Attention all men. More of this, please.
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Matt Kennard’s Irregular Army is a forensic account of how the War on Terror remade the American military, normalising the barbarism and abuses that we see today.
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Trail of Destruction
Matt Kennard’s Irregular Army is a forensic account of how the War on Terror remade the American military, normalising the barbarism and abuses that we see today.
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Stop fuelling genocide: awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/pe...
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Petition to Parliament: Act Against Apartheid Israel, Stop Fuelling Oppression!
1. We support South Africa’s commitment to human rights, international solidarity, and the struggle against oppression everywhere.  2. South Africans know from our own history that international ...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
On April 21st all the 27 EU leaders will vote on whether to suspend the EU's Free Trade agreement with Israel. The EU HAS to stop its dealings with Israel who commits endless War Crimes. Otherwise they are all as guilty as Israel.
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Next week, MPs will vote on a bill to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests, turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state. It must be opposed. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/prot...
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Abortion abolitionists" are those who want to charge women with murder for having abortions. Once dismissed as extreme, it's now mainstream. At least 16 abortion abolition bills are being considered in 12 states. The bills aim to eliminate the exemption for women so they can be prosecuted.
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Abortion Abolitionists Play the Long Game - EXPOSEDbyCMD
None of the more than dozen bills to criminalize abortion considered this year have passed, but extremists hoping to ban all abortions and put abortion patients on death row continue to flood the zone...
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is not just the government punishing striking workers. It's punishing future workers and all NHS patients. We should be paying NHS staff properly. Full pay restoration now!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
From mandatory ID cards to arresting pensioners for holding up cardboard signs to cosy deals with US tech spy firms: It's good to see lawyers pushing back on their increasingly authoritarian Govenrment. We must protect jury trials.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/03/2026
NHS executives are having secret meetings with Palantir, while the doctors who actually make the NHS work are protesting. We need to get Palantir out. If you want to be a whistleblower message email hw4fp.uk@protonmail.com, or say no to Palantir 👇 goodlaw.social/78a31e
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Scrapping jury trials is an affront to the very foundations of our democracy. From the moment this government was elected, it has come after the civil liberties we all hold dear. This is yet another outrageous assault on our fundamental freedoms. I will be voting against it.
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richiebryan.bsky.social @richiebryan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
If Gorton and Denton choose @greenparty.org.uk this Thursday, it will send ripples of hope to every corner of the country 💚 Facism isn't inevitable Another 🌎 is possible! 🙏🏽
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
About to go on @lbc.co.uk to talk about measles and the steps we need to take to protect #PublicHealth by supporting families to choose vaccination www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Enfield measles cases rise amid outbreak in north London
Health experts are urging people to vaccinate themselves and their children against the disease.
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 19/02/2026
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
One thing other countries can learn from the UK is how terrible an idea privatizing rail is. The UK will renationalize the railways (and has already done so for many lines), and we will hopefully stop receiving spam from all the individual operators. They need to renationalize water next.
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When will every major UK rail operator be nationalised?
Here’s the full list of operators and the dates they will be taken over by the government.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 19/02/2026
The Filton 24, who broke into an Elbit factory in 2024, have all been acquitted of the most serious charge of aggravated burglary. Several of them have already been released on bail - after the UK government ignored their hunger strike demanding bail👇 www.declassifieduk.org/how-palestin...
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How Palestine Action put the justice system on trial
I watched the Filton 6 trial from start to finish. Here's what I saw
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Nearly 100k people have joined our call to get dangerous US spy tech firm out of our NHS. Palantir's founder has called for the NHS to be ripped up. Now his company has access to millions of patient records. Tell the government to end the contract! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
"Smallholder farmers produce 60% to 80% of coffee, but received just 0.36% of the funds needed to adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis in 2021" If we want to keep enjoying coffee in the #ClimateEmergency, that has to change www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds
Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Hani Mahmoud reports that since agreeing to the so called ceasefire Israel has killed over 600 people in Gaza, continues to bomb neighbourhoods & demolish houses, and is still limiting the amount of humanitarian aid that enters Gaza (including food, medical supplies and fuel)
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Here is our updated tracker of the now five-month-old campaign of bombing boats along what the U.S. calls “known narco-trafficking routes” in Latin America and the Caribbean. The death toll is now at least 144 people killed at sea. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
The Trump administration has killed scores of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Why Is Trump Strangling Cuba?
How Miami elites may be behind the current blockade causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Important and worrying analysis of the English High Court ruling on Palestine Action All right to protest will be weakened if the government appeal succeeds. Dare we pin hopes on the Scottish review? www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
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Postpone The Celebrations - Craig Murray
On the face of it the English High Court ruling that the Palestine Action proscription is unlawful makes the decision that the proscription remains in place pending appeal utterly illogical. But what ...
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The only connection between Israel and UN resolutions in the history of its existence is violations.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We need a government that understands the value of grassroots music venues and the vital role they play in our communities. If we don’t protect them from private developers, we will lose out on a whole generation of musicians. Save MOTH Club! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Jeremy Corbyn backs iconic Hackney music venue in battle against local development
Former Labour leader calls on government to do more to protect music venues
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Starmer pledged to scrap student fees (yes I know). In power, he increased them, a false economy with devastating consequences.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Your water bills are going up, again. Why? Because private companies think you should pay the price for their negligence and greed. It’s time to end the privatisation rip-off and bring water back into public ownership, now!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Two things to learn from this. 1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors. 2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Israel Is Preparing Land in Rafah to Corral Palestinians into an Area Under Full Military Occupation open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Israel Is Preparing Land in Rafah to Corral Palestinians into an Area Under Full Military Occupation
Satellite images analyzed by Forensic Architecture show Israel razing land, compacting the ground, and clearing rubble in Rafah in a way that is not visible anywhere else east of the yellow line.
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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The Flotillas to Gaza Are the World’s Conscience
The numerous attempts by activists in flotillas, to break the siege on Gaza, are a potent reminder that hope comes through acts of resistance and that we must never accept the status quo.
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Bevy Sue @bevysue.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Port Townsend Washington at the ICE/Gestapo protest yesterday. This one shattered me. Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 12/01/2026
Britain supported Iran’s new Islamic regime in crushing the last remaining opposition to its rule in 1983. At the same time, the UK’s leading official in the country joked about Iran’s torture techniques, declassified files reveal. www.declassifieduk.org/how-britain-...
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How Britain helped Iran’s Islamic regime destroy the left-wing opposition
Britain supported Iran’s new Islamic regime in crushing last remaining opposition, while a UK official joked about Iran’s torture techniques.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 12/01/2026
👀 Our line up is out! We're thrilled to have such an insightful set of speakers for our first ever summit, Challenging the War Machine. Tickets are selling out (low cost tickets available still) if you haven't already, grab your place now 🔗 secure.declassifieduk.org/events
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Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Derek Penwell's letter to Renée Nicole Good speaks to anyone questioning how to act in the masked face of cruelty parading as law. Dear Renée open.substack.com/pub/derekpen...
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Dear Renée
A letter for the poet killed on a snowy street
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 09/01/2026
"It's not about someone wearing a hijab. This is about economic collapse. This is about the fury of ordinary people," says Jon Sopel. "The protests have not been crushed. They are spreading. They're getting wider." Is Iran on the verge of revolution? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/iran...
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Iran protests: ‘This is about economic collapse and the fury of ordinary people’ | The News Agents
Iran has been gripped by national protests, with its population calling for a regime change after economic collapse. Is this a turning point for the country – and the entire Middle East?
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A memoir reflects on a woman’s replicated bus journey across America two decades later, capturing the country’s increasingly stark inequality and greed, along with the unexpected beauty (and expected crappiness) of communal transportation.
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Ride the Bus
A memoir reflects on a woman’s replicated bus journey across America two decades later, capturing the country’s increasingly stark inequality and greed, along with the unexpected beauty (and expected ...
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 09/01/2026
#NollaignamBan During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
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