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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

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"...the task is to develop a language capable of [naming] both state and imperial violence, internal repression and external coercion, without allowing either to disappear from analysis."

Reflections on Trans* Research Association Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium 2025 Towards an Irish Trans Studies: Crossings & Thresholds; or the Formation of a Field

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Want to know more about Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems? Did you see this article by Lindsay Clark, 'Dr. Strangelove is Back: Gender, Laughter, and AI in US Policy Discourses on the Development of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems'?

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Lá Fhéile Bríde Shona Daoibh! St. Brigid’s Day Text above a St Brigid's Cross on a purple background

Lá Fhéile Bríde Shona Daoibh!
Today is Brigid’s Day, celtic goddess, christian saint, feminist icon.
'Too often we put ourselves in boxes, limited by cultural stereotypes in an effort to fit in. Brigid urges you to develop and express all your gifts.' #StBrigidsDay
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It doesn't matter what phase the US and Israeli governments call it, or if Trump is trotting out a “Board of Peace.” As long as the Israeli military is still killing Palestinians, there is no ceasefire.

The revolutionary women of Rojava are in grave danger. That has consequences for us all | Natasha Walter For a decade, the autonomous territory in Syria has been a bastion of gender equality. It holds important lessons for the fight against authoritarianism, says author Natasha Walter

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An urgent report from @irrnews.bsky.social found that the state response to the riots in Summer 2024 failed to take into serious account the riots’ causes and consequences, and downplayed the anti-immigration racism and Islamophobia.

Find the full report here 👉 irr.org.uk/article/poli...

Who are the cool, up-and-coming early career trans women and transfem non-binary people doing scholarship in women's and gender studies - particularly outside North America?

I'd love to hear about their work!

No more business as usual What can the complete civil disobedience of the Sudanese Professionals Association teach us at a moment when belief in the efficacy of nonviolent protest is in decline?

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International Women’s Day March and Rally Writers Square from 11:30AM Saturday 7 March STRENGTH IN SOLIDARITY

Our 2026 International Women’s Day March and Rally is on Saturday 7th March!
Gather in Writers Square from 11:30AM to march to City Hall for speeches.
Our 2026 theme is Strength in Solidarity. #IWD26 #IWD26NI

can the world really do nothing about the man babies with power?

Trump and Farage

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

This hits hard. The canal of mourning. Iman Mohamed explores the enduring legacy of Italian colonialism in southern Somalia

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The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.

NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times.

But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
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THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS

THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

Sun rising over the mountains and my town’s rooftops

Our beautiful olive tree

Good morning from #Sardinia

Rising sun over Balbriggan harbour and lighthouse

Happy winter solstice from North County Dublin

Another week for women in the north. #speirgorm

This family is incredible, and their determination - not just to get justice for Natalie, but to address VAWG generally - is an absolute inspiration. They deserve so much admiration and most of all peace and justice.

Exciting to have these brilliant PhD researchers join our centre #FeministSky

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days, and we join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days.

We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK are dying - doctor Eight Palestine Action activists on hunger strike in the UK while in prison awaiting trial are dying, according to a doctor.

Eight Palestine Action activists on hunger strike in the UK while in prison awaiting trial are dying, according to a doctor

This is such a great study & such a powerful reflection on the writers that people feel they really need.

The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi The comforting tourist-brochure idea of what Italian food looks like obscures a story shaped by hunger, migration and innovation, says Alberto Grandi, author and professor of food history

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