Opinion: Why did it take so long for famine to be declared in Gaza? A more interesting question is why there wasn’t a major famine in Gaza, given the bombing, displacement and blockade. Part of the answer surely lies in Gaza’s human and social capital

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... my UCD colleague Cormac Ó Gráda with an important contribution

This AI Tool Doesn't Help With Homework. It Does It for You Einstein is a new AI tool that can watch lecture videos, read essays, write papers, complete quizzes and basically take your class for you.

www.cnet.com/tech/service...

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Me, making breakfast every morning

Yeah, no

www.ucd.ie/research/imp...

Apparently people find it useful job search wise but yeah

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Some classic John Hinde postcards of Dún Laoghaire

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If you know… 🤪

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Completely agree 👍🏻

My esteemed colleague Cormac Ó Gráda is giving the ESRI’s Geary Lecture on Wednesday January 21st 4pm

Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finale The two stars are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker ending

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... Highly recommended

Finance professor in Ireland loses 12 papers in journals he edited Brian Lucey Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, ac…

Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, according to the retraction notices.

Publisher retracts 12 papers co-authored by Trinity College Dublin finance professor A finance professor at Trinity College Dublin is disputing a decision by a global academic publishing company to retract 12 papers he co-authored.

www.independent.ie/irish-news/p... Publisher retracts 12 papers co-authored by Trinity College Dublin finance professor

Definitely. It happens in Economics too ;)

The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...

english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Hard agree 👍🏻

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