Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Solidarity with all the students across Ireland today protesting fees, the high cost of living and the lack of accommodation as part of the Fund Our Future national protest organised by AMLÉ. These pressures affect every class I teach! 020
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is TODAY! Please come to the UCD lake at noon to demand the right to study for all the Gazan students granted places and scholarships but denied visas! 011
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 10/09/2026UCD folks: Join us Thurs 17 Sept at 12 for a "Let Them Study" Stand Out at the lake by Tierney, to protest the DOJ's denial of student visas to Palestinians and to support the Gazan students' hunger strike. Organised by UCD Academia for Palestine, UCD SU and UCD BDS. #letthemstudy #freepalestine 010
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"With the Irish state, for the first time in a decade, refusing more Palestinian visa applications than it grants, as well widespread refusals for student visas for Palestinians, a group of international academics call off a gathering at Maynooth University." www.ontheditch.com/internationa...ontheditch.comInternational academics protest Palestinian visa refusalsThe impact on the capacity for Palestinians to engage freely in intellectual exchange is grave 000
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Urgent! If you work in an Irish HEI, please sign and share this open letter asking the Dept of Justice to overturn its refusal of visas to Palestinian students who were supposed to be evacuated from Gaza to take up fully funded places and scholarships at Irish HEIs: openletter.earth/refusal-of-v...openletter.earthRefusal of Visas to Students from Gaza 2611
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 31/07/2026TODAY: Protest at the Dept of Justice Friday 31st 11am, demanding that the government reverse their decision to refuse 33 Gazan students' visa applications and allow them to take up the places and scholarships they have been awarded because of their academic excellence 000
Reposted by Sharae DeckardIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Absolutely outrageous from our government, the reasons for refusal are a disgrace and the appeals process is impossible. Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students www.rte.ie/news/educati...rte.ieConcern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan studentsConcern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September. 02812
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Congratulations to the fantastic Dr. Teddy Power, who successfully defended their thesis, "Queer and Subversive Adaptation Theory in Contemporary Fantasy Television" yesterday, and many thanks to Teddy's examiners and chair, @mjrsangster.bsky.social @marthashearer.bsky.social & Emilie Pine! 042
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Congratulations to the brilliant Dr. Poulomi Choudhury @choudhup.bsky.social, who successfully defended her thesis, "Abatthorror: Tracking the Animal-Industrial Complex in Cannibal Literature" on Wed, and many thanks to her examiners and chair, John Miller, Sarah Comyn, and Treasa De Loughry! 161
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 07/07/2026STOP THE CUTS at Exeter! Absolutely outrageous mismanagement; proposed redundances would decimate AHSS disciplines. A reckless attack on an institution which is not even in deficit. Please sign the petition below #defendexeteruni #stopthecuts www.change.org/p/stop-redun...change.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 121
Reposted by Sharae DeckardAnother Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026British universities paid to spy on students. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...aljazeera.comBritish universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine studentsInvestigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement. 02413
Reposted by Sharae DeckardUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact."investigate-europe.euHow Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental tollEnvironmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules. 032
Reposted by Sharae Deckarddr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026New from me, in @literaryhub.bsky.social : I consider how the scholasticide which US-Israel practiced in Gaza is now tragically expanding to Iran and Lebanon lithub.com/on-the-us-is...lithub.comOn the US-Israeli Coalition’s Continued Acts of Scholasticide in the Middle EastWith the killing of 175 school girls, educators, and parents in Minab, Iran, the latest chapter of the US-Israeli war in the Middle East began with a cruel act of scholasticide—a term many of us we… 12615
Reposted by Sharae DeckardPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Short version of letter sent to the Taoiseach urging him to retain the triple lock and defend international law and the UN. Signed by 400+ academics & university workers. The handful of academics we read and hear from all the time in the media are outliers. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...irishexaminer.comOur leaders must show courage in commitment to peace by keeping the triple lockWe urge the government to use this moment of heightened conflict to retain the triple lock and speak out against obvious breaches of international law and efforts to undermine the UN 193
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 07/04/2026www.equator.org/articles/the...equator.orgThe Reckoning • EQUATORHormuz and the end of American hegemony 000
Reposted by Sharae DeckardSarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 24/03/2026obsessed with this article 13822
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Dark clouds, black rain, flaming skies, a whole region turned sacrifice zone, climate war. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.com5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis findsExclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined 030
Reposted by Sharae DeckardDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Ice flight stopped at Shannon on Patrick’s Day while deporting Ukrainians So we are facilitating deportations by the brutish, murderous ICE-here deporting Ukrainians back to war zone. On top of the delivery of the bowl of shamrock this is just shameful #spéirghorm www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...irishtimes.comIce flight stopped at Shannon Airport on St Patrick’s Day while deporting UkrainiansPrivate jet hired by Ice agency also stopped on its return journey to Arizona 24622
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Ireland-based academics and university workers, please sign this letter urging the Irish govt to maintain the 'triple lock' and Irish neutrality, and to promote the values enshrined in the UN Charter and our constitution at this time of escalating militarisation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen letter from Irish academics on the Triple Lock and Irish neutralityAn Taoiseach, Mr. Micheál Martin TD Department of the Taoiseach Government Buildings Merrion Street Dublin 2 A Thaoisigh, On behalf of the undersigned academics and university workers we write to rei... 034
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 04/03/2026TODAY! Wed 12:30 outside O'Reilly Hall. Join staff and students "calling for systemic change in how UCD responds to sexual violence and gender-based harm...and to call for survivor-centred practices, institutional accountability, and cultural reform." universityobserver.ie/not-in-our-u...universityobserver.ie‘Not in Our UCD’ rally to be held tomorrow | University ObserverUCDSU has announced a protest occurring this Wednesday, March 4th, outside O’Reilly Hall at 12.30pm. 020
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 03/03/2026For UCD colleagues who are on campus tomorrow (Wed 4th March), please join this call to action put out by members of the Student's Union, asking for staff and students to mobilize outside O'Reilly Hall in protest of UCD's treatment of a sexual assault survivor and to call for accountability: 161
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Today at 1 PM outside Tierney by the lake! UCD Standout for Palestine! 050
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 27/11/2025TOMORROW: UCD Stand Out for Palestine as part of ICTU's National Day of Workplace Actions in solidarity with Palestine! UCD Justice for Palestine and student organisers from BDS, SNF and SU ask UCD students and workers to join the rally by Tierney at 1 PM, Fri 28 Nov. 030
Reposted by Sharae DeckardCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/11/2025www.thecanary.co/global/world...thecanary.coTom Hanks on mask wearing: "I’ve had COVID enough in my life”Tom Hanks has joined a growing movement of COVID-conscious artists who are openly speaking up about the threats of the disease 12510
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Congratulations to Dr. Clare Kelly @clarenicheall.bsky.social l who passed her viva yesterday, defending her thesis on "Orality and Authorship: African Storyteller-Authors in the Literary Marketplace" with poise and articulacy. It was a pleasure to read and examine her work alongside Madhu Krishnan! 050
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 15/10/2025TOMORROW: UCD Walk Out for Gaza, Thurs 16 Oct! UCD BDS & UCD Justice for Palestine ask UCD students and workers to join the rally by Tierney at 1 PM and help gear up for a renewed campaign for full boycott of Israeli universities and research partnerships #standoutforgaza1610 041
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Congratulations Dr. Deborah Schrijvers who passed her viva with flying colours on Monday with her thesis on "Against Imperial Extinction Narratives", and many thanks to her examiners Robert McKay and Patrick Brodie, and chair Niamh Pattwell! w/ @marthashearer.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Sharae DeckardChris @cc42.bsky.social · 14/10/2025If you can, please read Naoise Dolan writing about her treatment after being illegally abducted by Israel from the Thousand Madleens flotilla. It's pretty chilling, and it's a drop in the ocean compared to what they subject Palestinians to. #spéirgormnaoise.substack.comWhat happened, in briefThat time Israel kidnapped me 1169
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 08/10/2025UCD BDS & UCD Justice for Palestine ask UCD students and workers to join the national Workplace Standout for Gaza on 16th Oct at 1 PM. Walk outside your workplace with a sign or flag, and if you can, join the rally organised by UCD students in front of Newman Arts at 1 PM. 151
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 02/10/2025If any folks from UCD would like to march together at this Saturday's big national demonstration, please join UCD Justice for Palestine (I'll be holding a sign) at 12:15 outside of the Hugh Lane Gallery. It would be great to meet other folks and share in solidarity! 040
Reposted by Sharae DeckardIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Eyes on Gaza where apartheid Israel is carpet bombing and now threatening with mass murder the people in Gaza City. This must end. #GazaGenocide Israeli Defense Minister: Palestinians in Gaza City will be considered ‘terrorists’ if they don’t evacuate mondoweiss.net/2025/10/isra...mondoweiss.netIsraeli Defense Minister says half a million Palestinians in Gaza City will be considered ‘terrorists’ if they don’t evacuateWith at least half a million people still left in Gaza City, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a “final warning” for residents to evacuate, saying those who remain will be regarded as “terro... 13224
Reposted by Sharae DeckardIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025There are emergency protests in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla called around the country tomorrow, keep an eye on social media. This is at the Dáil, 12.30pm. #LiftTheSiege #GazaGenocide 02212
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Ships in the Global Sumud flotilla are being intercepted, including the Spectre. Irish-resident friends, please call and email Simon Harris now to condemn Israel's illegal abduction of peaceful citizens and demand safety for all aboard the flotilla: Phone: 016194000 Email: tanaiste@tanaiste.gov.ie 010
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Automated template to email Irish government TDs calling on them to condemn the bombing of the Global Sumud Flotilla and ensure its safe passage to bring aid to Gaza: action.uplift.ie/campaigns/fl...action.uplift.ieFlotilla under attackThe Global Sumud Flotilla has been bombed with Irish citizens on board. I have just emailed my TDs calling on them to condemn the bombing of the Global Sumud Flotilla and to ensure the blockade of Gaz... 050
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 25/09/2025The Gaza Aid flotilla organisers say they have "credible intelligence that Israel is likely to escalate violent attacks on the flotilla within the next 48 hours". All eyes on flotilla, all eyes on Gaza! www.thejournal.ie/gaza-aid-flo...thejournal.ieGaza flotilla organisers say thay have 'credible intelligence' pointing to more Israeli attacksThe flotilla organisers are set to hold a press conference later today. 010
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 19/09/2025"We repeat our demands that UCD end its current partnerships with Israeli universities, commit to refusing any future such partnerships, and to join efforts that seek to exclude Israeli universities from European funding initiatives." academicsforpalestine.org/2025/09/19/u...academicsforpalestine.orgUCD Partnership with Israeli UniversitiesWith the recent UN report on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the expanded invasion of Gaza City, and the renewal of campus activism at UCD, we are publishing a letter written to UCD President Orla… 010
Reposted by Sharae Deckardryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/09/2025“The Onion stands at the ready to act as a mouthpiece of the world’s elite, using its distinguished reportage to parrot whatever the party line happens to be. Genocide, eugenics, incest—no topic is too taboo to find support in our paper so long as it has been approved by a trustworthy establishment”theonion.comIn Defense Of Mass CensorshipWhen The Onion’s editorial board convened to discuss the tumultuous events of the previous month, one conclusion became evident: The world stands at a crossroads. Two visions of our collective future ... 282217441
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Please sign! "No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine. Faculty and staff in European higher education and research call on our academic leaders to end bilateral agreements with Israeli institutions" uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...uppsaladeclaration.seEUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION – Uppsala Declaration 042
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Nuanced investigation from Bellingcat confirming that the #globalsumudflotilla was indeed struck by incendiary munitions dropped by drones. Up the flotilla, solidarity with all the courageous folks sailing to break the siege and bring aid to Gaza! #FreePalestine www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...bellingcat.comIncendiary Munitions Strike Gaza-bound Flotilla Two Nights in a Row - bellingcatOn September 8 and 9, two vessels of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were attacked outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. Bellingcat analysed footage and images from both incidents. ... 061
Reposted by Sharae DeckardClare Kelly @clarekelly.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent. 6414196
Reposted by Sharae DeckardIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025We take the win and we keep pushing, Occupied Territories Bill with services included is next. #StopFundingGenocide IPSC chair Zoë Lawlor: “today is a huge victory for the people of Ireland who stand resolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine”. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...irishtimes.comCentral Bank of Ireland confirms it will no longer approve sale of Israeli ‘war bonds’Use of Irish prospectus to market Israel bonds has been hugely controversial 05019
Reposted by Sharae DeckardNate Bear @natebear1.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Since the genocide began the EU has given Israeli tech start-ups run by ex-IDF soldiers nearly half a billion euros in research grants designed to support civilian projects. Some of this tech has been used in Gaza. Some of the founders have even served in Gaza www.donotpanic.news/p/eu-science...donotpanic.newsEU Science Grants Are Funding Israeli Military TechnologyThe EU has given Israeli technology start-ups run by ex-IDF soldiers nearly half a billion euros in research grants since the start of the Gaza genocide. 02714
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 01/08/2025"The vast gap between the calories Gaza needs, and the food that has entered since March makes clear that Israeli officials are doing different maths today. They cannot pass responsibility for this human-made famine to anyone else, and nor can their allies" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comThe mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in GazaIsrael controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in 030
Reposted by Sharae DeckardCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 24/07/2025All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid. 3122041020
Reposted by Sharae DeckardProfessor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I'm seeing an uptick in journal editors inquiring about @openlibhums.bsky.social and scholar-led, non-profit diamond #OpenAccess as a direct result of the Trump administration's crackdown on EDI and academic freedom. If we want research integrity, we need an independent academic publishing sector. 21910
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 23/07/2025'Earlier Jewish leftists built a Jewish left-and a critique of Zionism-out of the terrain autochthonous to the United States: one in which racial oppression, a rapacious bourgeoisie, a bloated military budget...are the norm rather than the exception' portside.org/2025-07-22/l...portside.orgThe Long Anti-Zionist History of the American Jewish LeftThis is an excerpt from Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left by Benjamin Balthaser, out this week with Verso Books. === As historian Karen Brodkin tel... 020
Sharae Deckard @sharaerua.bsky.social · 23/07/2025www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comRevealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publicationAs Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom 011
Reposted by Sharae DeckardStacey Balkan @sbalkan5.bsky.social · 14/07/2025New review of Oil Fictions! stm.cairn.info/revue-revue-... (The full text is also freely accessible! directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.50...) #energy #oilfictions @amitav.bsky.social @sharaerua.bsky.social @wordbird20.bsky.social @imreszeman.bsky.social @chiday.bsky.social @ashdawson.bsky.socialstm.cairn.infoOil Fictions: World Literature and Our Contemporary Petrosphere (Stacey Balkan and Swaralipi Nandi, 2021)Pas encore de compte ? 052