Dr Maria A. Deiana
@drdeiana.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in International Relations Queen’s University Belfast | Feminism Peace Security| Creative Methods | Dance Culture & Global Politics| she/her
From Sardinia like Antonio Gramsci
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From Sardinia like Antonio Gramsci
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Dr Maria A. Deiana
@drdeiana.bsky.social
· Nov 23
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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
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November 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
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Students don’t need to go to university to use generative AI. They need critical thinking and analytical skills, the ability to understand complex ideas, to make connections and informed arguments, to cultivate creative thinking and develop original ideas. And yes it is hard work. The rest is SLOP
Universities are racing to incorporate AI into their curriculum—but there’s a better way to prepare students for the future, Michael Clune argues.
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Students don’t need to go to university to use generative AI. They need critical thinking and analytical skills, the ability to understand complex ideas, to make connections and informed arguments, to cultivate creative thinking and develop original ideas. And yes it is hard work. The rest is SLOP
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
brilliant conversation on feminist activism and gender politics celebrating @clairepierson.bsky.social new book with @mhairiclaire.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @centreforgender.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
brilliant conversation on feminist activism and gender politics celebrating @clairepierson.bsky.social new book with @mhairiclaire.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @centreforgender.bsky.social
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Lovely to launch my book this evening at Queens Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social thanks to everyone who came along and to @drdeiana.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social for organising and commentary 💚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Lovely to launch my book this evening at Queens Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social thanks to everyone who came along and to @drdeiana.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social for organising and commentary 💚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
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The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign that kicks off on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women & runs until Human Rights Day. Over the 16 Days Reclaim the Agenda will be sharing Blogs
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign that kicks off on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women & runs until Human Rights Day. Over the 16 Days Reclaim the Agenda will be sharing Blogs
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...
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We call for the immediate shutdown of Larne House and the implementation of bespoke community-based Alternatives To Detention for the North. [8/8]
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We call for the immediate shutdown of Larne House and the implementation of bespoke community-based Alternatives To Detention for the North. [8/8]
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Calling IR academics— looking for anyone who works with the writings of Christina Sharpe, LHM Ling and Anna Agathangelou (not all at the same time!) — project with mz, cristina masters & shine choi. Dm or email any of us. ☺️
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Calling IR academics— looking for anyone who works with the writings of Christina Sharpe, LHM Ling and Anna Agathangelou (not all at the same time!) — project with mz, cristina masters & shine choi. Dm or email any of us. ☺️
This Friday. Join us if you are in Belfast #Speirgorm
We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles".
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This Friday. Join us if you are in Belfast #Speirgorm
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WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒
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Join us in Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social next Friday 28th 4-6pm for launch of Women's Troubles @frecklescorp.bsky.social @drdeiana.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Women's Troubles -Book Launch with Dr Claire Pierson
Women's Troubles Gender and Feminist Politics in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland
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November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join us in Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social next Friday 28th 4-6pm for launch of Women's Troubles @frecklescorp.bsky.social @drdeiana.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Looking forward to co-hosting the Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)’s 2nd Annual Symposium, taking place today and tomorrow as a collaboration between TRAI, Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the @centreforgender.bsky.social at Queen’s
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The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium
Eventbrite - Taylor Follett presents The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium - Friday, November 21, 2025 | Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Queen's University Belfast, Belfa...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Looking forward to co-hosting the Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)’s 2nd Annual Symposium, taking place today and tomorrow as a collaboration between TRAI, Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the @centreforgender.bsky.social at Queen’s
www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-trans-...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-trans-...
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We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles".
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles".
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
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If anyone is still a member of Labour, this is on you. Resign.
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If anyone is still a member of Labour, this is on you. Resign.
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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We hope you love our new profile pic and name as much as we do. We’ve been asked by people from areas outside Cregagh and Woodstock could they get involved too, so here we are. We are now Community Together East Belfast and we stand for an inclusive and diverse community.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We hope you love our new profile pic and name as much as we do. We’ve been asked by people from areas outside Cregagh and Woodstock could they get involved too, so here we are. We are now Community Together East Belfast and we stand for an inclusive and diverse community.
"Strategies to reverse depletion need to change unequal social relations fundamentally. However, if we want to avoid generating new forms of waiting— waiting for revolution— then we also need to strategize in the everyday." Queen's Annual Politics Lecture with Professor Shirin M. Rai today.
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Strategies to reverse depletion need to change unequal social relations fundamentally. However, if we want to avoid generating new forms of waiting— waiting for revolution— then we also need to strategize in the everyday." Queen's Annual Politics Lecture with Professor Shirin M. Rai today.
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Through art, we resist, survive, & speak out. Despite fear & oppression, #Afghan women artists declare - we are still here.” @omctorg.bsky.social Read their story 👉 www.omct.org/en/resources...
Refused Silence! Four Years Since the Taliban Took Over Afghanistan…
Accompanying the report, a group of Afghan women artists created a series of paintings depicting the pain and suffering of detainees, as well as the…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Through art, we resist, survive, & speak out. Despite fear & oppression, #Afghan women artists declare - we are still here.” @omctorg.bsky.social Read their story 👉 www.omct.org/en/resources...
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‘…expanding labor protections and standing alongside unions “because we know, just as Donald Trump does, that when working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed”.’
Mamdani gets it ✊🏻
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Mamdani gets it ✊🏻
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‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech laying out plan of action
As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
‘…expanding labor protections and standing alongside unions “because we know, just as Donald Trump does, that when working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed”.’
Mamdani gets it ✊🏻
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani gets it ✊🏻
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Democrat Zohran Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his reelection bid in September but remained on the ballot.
https://to.pbs.org/3LgtCK1
https://to.pbs.org/3LgtCK1
WATCH LIVE: Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters after winning NYC mayoral race
Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
www.pbs.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Democrat Zohran Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his reelection bid in September but remained on the ballot.
https://to.pbs.org/3LgtCK1
https://to.pbs.org/3LgtCK1
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This is reminiscent of when the PSNI called the riots in Ballymena "racist thuggery" but the airwaves were swamped with politicians doing the "legitimate concerns" bit.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
🚨Garda warning:
"Harris's comments were
supported by the Taoiseach
and Paschal Donohoe, the
finance minister.
However, senior gardai are understood to be concerned by the
rhetoric coming from the
government on immigration
because of the challenges in
policing rising tensions over
the issue."
-ST
"Harris's comments were
supported by the Taoiseach
and Paschal Donohoe, the
finance minister.
However, senior gardai are understood to be concerned by the
rhetoric coming from the
government on immigration
because of the challenges in
policing rising tensions over
the issue."
-ST
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is reminiscent of when the PSNI called the riots in Ballymena "racist thuggery" but the airwaves were swamped with politicians doing the "legitimate concerns" bit.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
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Trans people are not the 1% ruining your life.
How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights | Novara Media
From the Guardian to Westminster, why do the British media and political class consistently unite to manufacture consent for laws that make the lives of the working class, migrants and minorities wors...
novaramedia.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trans people are not the 1% ruining your life.
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Sunday Times reports that the attack on the IPAS centre in Drogheda has been upgraded to potential attempted murder. At last one of part Ireland is coming to terms with what these attacks really are. This is domestic homegrown white supremacist terror. [1/n]
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Sunday Times reports that the attack on the IPAS centre in Drogheda has been upgraded to potential attempted murder. At last one of part Ireland is coming to terms with what these attacks really are. This is domestic homegrown white supremacist terror. [1/n]