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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am v happy for this couple, and I wish them all the best. But, they just defied near-lottery-winning odds. Ethically, such stories should come with more detail on just how low r IVF success rates after 40, never mind after 50. apnews.com/article/gree...

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I learned a German phrase today that I quite like: “Träume sind Schäume” [Dreams are (but) foam], as a way of dismissing a nightmare.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Frank McDonald passed. He’s not well known outside of Ireland, but he was a brilliant interpreter of the Irish built environment, one of the first journalists to take climate science and policy as newsworthy, and just a generally interesting man. RIP www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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Frank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, dies

McDonald’s reporting on planning corruption was pioneering in Irish journalism, and he regularly reported from abroad on climate negotiations

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The international literature is clear: helping young, male offenders, mostly from chaotic/traumatic backgrounds, is neither cheap nor easy. Either money and time is invested NOW or much more money and time is spent later, never mind the lost human potential. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

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How unrest at Oberstown detention centre came to a head

Agreement has been reached to increase staffing levels, although concerns remain about lack of capacity and an increase in detainees ‘acting out’

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Bryan Johnson, longevity guru is ill, and immortality hopes fade. Dr Emmanuel shares some wisdom from his Greek mother: “The point … is to make the world better for ur family, for ur community, for humanity. We’re here for a short time, and it’s not all about us.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...

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He Said He Was the World’s Healthiest Man. Then Came a Stunning Diagnosis. (Gift Article)

Bryan Johnson, the longevity guru, wants to live forever. But the big question is why.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is where the malign MAGA Idiocracy is driving higher education (and why the best scholars and scientists are giving up on USA). I hope she wins millions from FL, but the damage of dozens of these cases for the American academic establishment is incalculable. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

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Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says

South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What a find! A planet in the Goldilocks zone, an atmosphere life could use, and a Red Dwarf less murderous than most is right there! ONLY 12 light years! My Star Trek brain says, “So near!”🖖 My Physics brain counters, “Voyager II has taken 50 yrs to go <0.003 LY.”😕 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/s...

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Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet (Gift Article)

It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

RIP Victor Willis of the Village People, maybe the most famous pop icon whose name u stumble over at a pub quiz. A few yrs ago, I had the chance to reflect on his unexpected decades-long relevance in swathes of anxious White America: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

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Victor Willis, Village People Frontman, Dies at 74

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Dinosaur spotted in Maynooth this morning.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

UISCE is running an important event on Beyond Punishment today at the F2 Centre. Criminalization of drugs has benefited no one, while making the kind of society that most of us want to live in more difficult to achieve.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Childbirth, like vaccines, is now entangled in a strange cultural space. Two generations of modern medical success obscures how dangerous birth can be for many women. Sadly, hospitals too often feel alienating. Finally, social media broadcasts non-expert authority. www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

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‘Free births’ in Ireland: Within three hours Naomi (38) died, leaving behind four kids

Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

One of the cruellest ironies of the climate crisis is that crucial parts of national policy will be de facto led by the financial sector, as mortgages and insurance become unavailable or unaffordable. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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Up to 37,000 mortgaged households are in high-risk flood zones

Central Bank study highlights financial exposure of households to flooding events

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

University of Ghana and Merian Institute of Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) had a special treat for the presenters at The “Ageing in Africa: Narratives, Human Rights, and Care”: a visit with the Graceful Greyers, an Accra community group comprised of older people. A great privilege to meet them.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

After some visa adventures, I am pleased to be presenting on “Technology, Ageing, and Care” this week at the conference, “Ageing in Africa: Narratives, Human Rights, and Care” hosted by the University of Ghana, Legon and supported by the Merian Institute of Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA).

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A good piece examining Weber’s slippery “enchantment” while keeping a firm eye on the dangerous politics driving the revolt against Modernity. Billionaires are buying a particular kind of Dark Age, one that makes politics impossible and reserves Science for the elite. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...

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Opinion | We Are Sliding Back Into the Middle Ages

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A contrast in authoritarian styles. Trump is a Mussolini revenant: theatrical, backwards-looking to an imagined golden age, allergic to bad news, blustering, and chaotic. Xi also hates bad news, but is cautious, textual, deliberate, strategic, and forward looking. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/o...

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Opinion | Xi Has Trump Right Where He Wants Him

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

More on declining birth rates. Uncertainty, tho, is more call to research than explanation. One reason US struggles to know itself: per capita income (“average”) of $153k is used to make mysterious birth hesitancy. Median Individual Income ($45k) reduces the mystery. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

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Opinion | Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Dr Litha Magingxa of the Agricultural Research Council, South Africa discusses Resilent Food Futures. A focus on how indigenous knowledge can be used to promote less-grown crops is an area of considerable promise. At the 14th Annual Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Platform. www.aerapscience.org

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

RIP Chuck Norris. An odd man w/ strange (some unpleasant) ideas, but he entertained audiences for decades with an acting range of a brick. Still, most of us have watched a film of his and been amused by a cartoonish fight scene or a silly plot. He had a good run. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/m...

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Chuck Norris, Crowd-Pleasing Star of Action Movies, Dies at 86

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It’s a great privilege (and of great professional interest) as an academic to see Convocations at other. Universities. I’m v pleased to be at the ceremony at Aga Khan University in Nairobi, with a delegation from Maynooth University. Students and staff are preparing for show time.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I am just boarding a domestic Kenyan flight from Malindi to Nairobi. As i entered by the rear door, I had a chance to look at the luggage loading procedure. I was pleased to see my checked bag in the truck patiently waiting its turn. I waved to it and wished it a good flight. 😊

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The jungle in Qatar Airport brings to mind Trumbull’s amazing 1972 film, Silent Running. Although, for some reason, in this version, humanity decided to send a huge, shiny, soulless shopping mall into space, along with the plants.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

One of the great privileges in a scholar’s life is the opportunity to share your research with colleagues at other universities. Vienna University Department of Anthropology are generous hosts and a v attentive audience. My sincere thanks for their hospitality and feedback. @maynoothuniversity.ie

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The intellectual bankruptcy of racial nationalism is not new. “ Venal Moron” is signal not noise for Nazis. Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

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Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

NHS struggles, as foreign-born HCPs shun UK in aftermath of Brexit. This is an object lesson for how fast Far Right nativism can handicap a national institution. Skilled foreign labor is not easily replaced, and the people who suffer most r the most vulnerable. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor

Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The Anthropology Department and the Centre for Global Development are pleased to celebrate our recent research by launching books that have come out in the last few months. And celebrating the Holidays. @maynoothuniversity.ie

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Another school shooting. This time at Brown University. There’s a grim inevitability reading about these atrocities, but the ubiquity of attacks in the US have created a new category of students: ones who were victims at earlier school shootings. Think about that… www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

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2 Students Killed and 9 Injured in Brown University Shooting

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I am not sure whether to be shocked at the theft or grudgingly admiring of the fact that some Irish farmers apparently still read Táin Bó Cúailnge less as myth and more as handbook. NOT something your see everyday. 🤷🏻‍♂️ www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

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Farmer appears in court accused over cattle rustling in west Cork

More than 40 animals worth more than €50,000 were allegedly stolen from farms

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

At the opening of a new show “Seen” at the Lab Gallery by the incomparable Missy Brinkmeyer.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

At the opening of a new show “Seen” at the Lab Gallery by the incomparable Missy Brinkmeyer.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Setting up the Anthropology Shop at the @maynoothuniversity.ie Open Day.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This wins today’s internet. The decision is final. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

An important story from NYT, 12 Hours in the Smoke, showing just how toxic the air is in a wildfire, and (as is too common in the USA) how little is being done to protect workers. It’s unconscionable to sacrifice lives for property, when risk mitigation exists. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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12 Hours in the Smoke (Gift Article)

Across the country, wildfire fighters work for weeks at a time in poisonous smoke. The government says they are protected. We tested the air at one fire to find out why they are still dying.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

In honor of the spooky season, I’m reposting a @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece I produced some years ago on how capitalism, crisis, and appetites can be found in a century of Western speculation about the relationships between the living and the undead. Happy Halloween. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Could you survive a zombie apocalypse?

Humans can imagine beating vampires but zombies are a much different matter

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I’m at DataFest Africa in Kampala, Uganda, the culmination of regional satellite sessions in Nairobi, Amara and other places, under the theme of “Reclaiming Data Futures.” Today, we discuss “Framing the Data Status Quo, Shifting the Lens.”@maynoothuniversity.ie @agakhanuniversity.bsky.social

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 24/10/2025

Maynooth University (MU) has officially launched its new School of Nursing, marking a significant development for both the University and Irish healthcare. 👏👏 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My colleague and I @chrisbrunsdon.bsky.social from @maynoothuniversity.ie are at DataFest Africa: Reclaiming Our Data Futures at Aga Khan University, Nairobi. Maynooth University is a proud sponsor of this event.

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This is a very disappointing assessment of Irish waterways. We sit on what will be the gold of the 21stC — abundant clean water. The unsustainable agricultural and manufacturing abuse of Irish waterways has got to stop. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

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Jamie Saris @jamie-saris.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Norway outplays MangoMussolini. Nobel Peace Prize goes to a woman of color who is the steely-eyed opponent of a leader whom Trump despises and has built up as a strategic threat to the US. Genius. Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 03/10/2025

📻Listen back: Sean Moncrieff's interview with Brian Pennie where he mentions his upcoming lecture in MU to mark the Department of Psychology's 25th anniversary. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

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Maynooth University celebrates 25 years of its Psychology Department | Newstalk

‘Change is possible’ - that’s the message of Doctor and Neuroscientist Brian Pennie, who is...

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