I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

We didn't deserve this day.

Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.

That's it.

That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.

Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference
Queen’s University Belfast
7th – 8th May 2026
**Call for Papers**

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I am looking forward to reading this. I came to some of your work on white spaces and intl volunteers in Honduras as a Master's student and been inspired by it as I now pursue my PhD in missions and racialisation in N. Ireland. I will be asking my university library to order a copy!

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

If women rioted every time one of us was attacked Northern Ireland would lie in ashes.

Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.

This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.

As the life partner of an immigrant, as a researcher on race, and as a human being, I am appalled by Keir Starmer's disgusting pandering to far right xenophobia. Between this, Gaza, and capitulating on trans rights, I'm wondering what's holding him upright anymore, because it's certainly not a spine

Starmer is the human embodiment of "I have principles, and if you don't like them I have others"

Our response to this government white paper on immigration

Illegal ideas.

First talk about my upcoming monograph at the university of Groningen. Come if you are around! #Sociology #Religion #NorthernIreland #AcademicRe @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Full text April 3, 2025 Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders, including but not limited to: E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025), Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy; E.O. 14151 (Jan. 20, 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing; E.O. 14168 (Jan. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government; and E.O. 14190 (Jan. 29, 2025), Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for the administration, and due to exceptional circumstances, adherence to the traditional notification process is not possible. Therefore, the NEH hereby terminates your grant in its entirety effective April 3, 2025.

They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30.

“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”

They are so afraid of us.

Absolutely tired of the psychodrama of one country being the problem of the entire planet.

One of the hardest parts of bereavement isn't even the situation itself: it's the feeling of coming up against those institutional systems and processes which are entirely indifferent to you and what you're going through as a human being

CW: death stuff. I lost my dad suddenly & unexpectedly recently. A moment for something I know is hard to think about but really important. Please, please make a will and discuss your wishes with your loved ones. It's never fun but it makes a really hard situation slightly more navigable for them

Solidarity with American academics from Europe. Your fight is our fight, science has no border.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

I did the same thing first thing this morning 😆

Awwwh wee pet. Can't say I didn't appreciate the extra cuddles

My white, fluffy dog has tucked her body tightly against the right hand side of my leg where I'm seated at my kitchen table. Her head is buried under the tablecloth with her left ear just visible

Hoping the worst of #storméowyn has passed. Thankfully everything's ok with us but my nervous dog has been extra clingy today. This is how she politely tucks herself against my leg to ask for comfort 😭

STORM ÉOWYN Important Information On Friday 23rd January Northern Ireland will have a red weather warning from 7am until 2pm Emergency Services 999 or 112 Flooding Incident Line 0300 2000 100 NI Electricity Networks 03457 643 643 Gas Emergency 0800 002 001 NI Water 03457 440 088 Housing Executive 03448 920 901

⚠️ Be careful everyone. Don’t make unnecessary journeys & be sure to follow guidance.

Right, which one of yous is harbouring the Witch King of Angmar? I'm getting concerned. (But seriously, stay safe everyone, and stay indoors) #storméowyn

All three people killed during Storm Ophelia in 2017 had been outside and killed by trees felled by the wind. Two of them were driving.

Don't make unnecessary journeys is more than a meme.

😂 I'm sure there were more constructive or interesting things she could have been outraged about from your experiences, but maybe she wanted to demonstrate her journalistic skill in the use of CTRL+F?

Thanks so much, Scott. Your book has been on my to-read pile for a little while. Hopefully I can persuade my university library to add it to their catalogue!

Thanks for introducing me to Andra's work, Fiona. My to-read pile is getting bigger and bigger 😅