Véronique Altglas

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

"the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women"--Noam Chomsky

For God and Israel: What lies behind unionism’s affiliation with Zionism? John Manley delves into unionism’s enduring support for Israel

My research on Christian Zionism and unionist identity in Northern Ireland in today's The Irish News... why Northern Irish unionism maintains strong support for Israel— far deeper than simple political alignment or "tit-for-tat" positioning against nationalism. www.irishnews.com/news/politic...

The Gist: The Abuse Factory X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.

In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.

You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.

It’s a feature.

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted

Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.

‘Add blood, forced smile’:

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Saipan's premiere in Belfast, produced by ine of my closest friends, Trevor Birney. Never thought I'd be so interested in football and there was still about Irish culture i had no idea about...

I had the pleasure of joining @williamcrawley.bsky.social on BBC TalkBack to discuss Christian Judaism. It was a fascinating conversation about how theology, politics, and identity intersect in Northern Ireland and beyond. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

thanks @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social for meeting with us.

Local and regional representatives of UCU pictured with the minister for the economy of Northern Ireland.

Today - along with colleagues from Ulster University UCU and regional @ucu.org.uk representatives - we had a productive meeting with @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social, the Minister for the Economy in the Executive, about a sustainable and accountable Higher Education sector for Northern Ireland.

Great debate on Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland at the Feile an Phobail, in Belfast. Full room!

Protestant attraction to Jewish traditions and support for Israel to be discussed at Féile an Phobail Protestant attraction to Jewish traditions and support for Israel to be discussed at Féile an Phobail

Thanks to The Irish News and best PR @scoutfinchreads.bsky.social for this! Talk at St Mary’s University College at 3pm on Friday, come along! @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Had my paper on critical sociologies of religion after an impressive kick off of the ISA forum in Rabat. Done for the summer!

Delighted to give the first keynote of the 38th ISSR conference in Kaunas, on “Sociology of Religion and Conflict: A Roadmap for Times of Crisis”. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Franck Frégosi, politiste : « En France, l’Etat est en quête du “musulman idéal” et mène une politique de domestication de l’islam » Alors que la visibilité d’une partie des musulmans choque une société française profondément sécularisée, les pouvoirs publics se montrent plus intrusifs vis-à-vis de l’islam qu’à l’égard des autres c...

www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-des... an interesting interview with @frank fregosi

Warning for Trump as Surprise Poll Offers Harsh Verdict on Iran Strike Are you surprised Trump moved so quickly to try to force a ceasefire? Read this striking new survey data, and you won’t be. Americans don’t trust him to wage a long war.

Media figures rushed to assume Trump's warmaking would automatically be popular. But new polls show majorities disapprove, and new reports reveal the mission might have failed at its objective!

New piece from me on the absurdity of "war is always popular" punditry:
newrepublic.com/article/1971...

Virginie Despentes, Anna Mouglalis, Ian Brossat et un collectif : « Accepter la présence d’un groupe identitaire au sein de la Pride revient à acter une forme de renoncement » TRIBUNE. A l’initiative du média « Problematik », un collectif d’organisations LGBTQI et de personnalités publiques se positionne, dans une tribune au « Monde », contre la participation du groupuscule...

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Chin Hair, Laundry, Your Opinion: Women in Menopause Don’t Care

Chin Hair, Laundry, Your Opinion: Women in Menopause Don’t Care www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/w...

She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her. The woman’s case is a worst-case scenario, according to advocates worried about the worsening state of domestic violence in the Houston region.

Houston police called ICE on a woman who called 911 to report domestic abuse by her ex-husband.

The only reason she didn't get deported is because ICE said there was no one to take custody of her kids, according to the police report. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

I enjoyed that, hope you will too!

New data show that ICE is pulling record numbers of people off the streets who have no criminal convictions of any kind. This is not just a change from the Biden admin. This is a radical tactical shift compared to Trump 1.0. These arrests are up over 1,000% from 2017.
www.cato.org/blog/ice-arr...

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

Judge Sides With Universities, Blocks NSF’s 15% Indirect Cost Cap A federal judge has blocked the National Science Foundation from implementing a 15% cap on the reimbursement of indirect costs on research grants funded by the agency.

Federal judge rules against NSF rate cap, a victory for research universities. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump It's not politically correct to use the term, "Regime Change," but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!

This morning:

Hegseth told reporters the war against Iran is "not about regime change.”

This afternoon:

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Georgia’s Abortion Ban Just Forced a Brain-Dead Woman On Life Support to Give Birth The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs upended decades of settled law. Adriana Smith and her family paid the price

Adriana Smith was brushed off when she went to the hospital in pain

She was braindead within hours

That was in February. Doctors performed a c-section on her on Friday.

They kept her on life support for months in order to avoid violating Georgia's abortion ban

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Judge orders pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil immediately released from jail The decision is the latest setback for the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport academics who have protested Israel.

BREAKING: A judge ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to be immediately released from jail.

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Members of ucu at qub with Jo Grady

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.

Israeli cops detain five protesters in Haifa, saying 'Stop the War' t-shirts are 'illegal' ***

"The Only Democracy in the Middle East" is arresting protesters for wearing "Stop The War" t-shirts. One officer said the slogan "is something that's illegal to have on a shirt."

Gift link www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...