Cathal McManus

QUB's AHSS International Summer School 2026 is open for applications until the end of March. Join me in weeks 2 and 3 to explore "Identity & Intergroup Relations in Divided Societies".

Further details available > www.qub.ac.uk/Study/intern...

Superb 👏

🔊Calling youth service practitioners

Free online in-sight session exploring online influences, anti immigration sentiment and violence in Ireland. Come chat with Cathal and see how research insights can inform your practice. Link below

Hate crimes: Race incidents in NI at highest level since records began Police say there were 2,260 race hate incidents recorded in 2025 - the highest level since records began.

This makes for very depressing reading. More needs to be done to tackle this normalisation of hatred towards minority populations here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

😬Not the best look for Reform’s Gorton & Denton candidate Matt Goodwin

White supremacist far right activist says

“you've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts”

Tad awkward😬

Kafka and Prague by night. What a city!

Micheál Martin: Irish PM calls for 'common sense' on Greenland On Tuesday the White House said the

Appealing to Donald Trump to show common sense. That’s cute.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them?

TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.

Post-war liberal order is dead but don't just blame Trump Some say the post-war liberal order died in 2025. But while US President Donald Trump may have accelerated its demise, it was already fragmenting. The big question is: what comes next?

This is an interesting read from @yvonnemurray.bsky.social

www.rte.ie/news/2025-in...

Hen Mountain today

I say it every year. Mark Gatiss is a master storyteller #AGhostStoryForChristmas #EFBenson

His life and work should not be overshadowed by his tragic death, an apparent homicide, becoming an occasion when the incumbent President of the United States of America has surprisingly showed he could sink lower than even he had done to date into his characteristic sociopathic narcissism.

Keynote speaker Diarmaid Ferriter opens the “From Boundary Commission to Border Poll?
A Century of the Irish Border” conference.

A 12k walk today

a man is laying in bed with his eyes closed and the word gm is on his face . ALT: a man is laying in bed with his eyes closed and the word gm is on his face .

@dannyrobins.bsky.social
"Sometimes, when you look into the darkness, it looks back".
Thanks for this Danny. This will be me trying to sleep tonight with the lights on 🤣

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s

Ah no...this is such sad news
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

A century on from the unpublished Boundary Commission report, on 3 December, a Belfast conference of QUB's Institute for Irish Studies & Centre for International Borders Research will hear leading academics analyse the history, cultures & futures of the #Irishborder

tinyurl.com/BoundaryCent...

@casmudde.bsky.social Hi, have you seen this? Thought it might be of interest. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55920

Flags and Christian nationalist slogans feature in soaring attacks on UK mosques Between July and October, 25 buildings were targeted in 27 attacks, according to British Muslim Trust

It would be interesting to know the relationship these Christian nationalists have with Christianity. How religious are they? It also raises important questions for the Christian churches and what their role might be in confronting this behaviour. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Is there any way that Louise's school friend (a long time ago perhaps) could be asked to compare her figure with that of Jim?

That was excellent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Looking forward to the new #Uncanny season - can’t think of a better way to mark Halloween 👻 @dannyrobins.bsky.social

What's behind our fascination with Samhain's haunting legacy? Beyond spooky costumes and carved pumpkins, Halloween carries an ancient legacy rooted in fear, folklore and the unknown

Nice wee read for the evening that is in it

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

"enshittification" might be my favourite new word @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Very interesting seminar by @profcheryllawther.bsky.social discussing her new book on the topic of “Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice”

Is there a legal reason as to why they are always masked? Really adds a state terrorism feel to everything they do - is that the optics they are after?

I am happy to see families from all sides reunited and a ceasefire in Gaza (long may it last). However, those who caused and supported a genocide now being seen as peacemakers, while people return to rubble and continue mourning their loved ones, does not sit right with me.

Mark Knopfler - Sultans Of Swing (A Night In London, 1996) YouTube video by Mark Knopfler

A clip of this regularly pops up on my social media feeds. Then I am required to listen to all 10.44 mins of it…on repeat…

youtu.be/yTcsgxU9jsA?...