Emma Rogan 🇵🇸
@emmadragon.bsky.social
Res Non Verba 😷 #Resist 🏳️🌈 🧠❤️🔥Brain & mind health activist playing the long game | Fascinated by it all | Typical human attributes with additional
super-power to chat to strangers.
"Joy is my favorite weapon" (Cooperstreaming)
Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️❤️🔥
super-power to chat to strangers.
"Joy is my favorite weapon" (Cooperstreaming)
Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️❤️🔥
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸
@emmadragon.bsky.social
· Mar 3
![Book cover of From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp. There is a silhouette of a crowd of people with their fists raised in protest. The title of the book is on a black banner across the width of the book. Quote 'Inspired dissidents around the world' New York Times. 'Recommended reading' Wikileaks
From Wikipedia:
From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one.[1] The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (1928–2018), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. As of 2012 its current primary English-language edition is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010.[2]
The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010–2012](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qb4oplsgvdtu6xynnfiptom5/bafkreif4yr6uyt5zz5biwlppprdc76dhndvjqinhuf4wbztel6bizsduxi@jpeg)
From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp
"It is my hope that this brief examination of how a dictatorship can be disintegrated may be found useful wherever people live under domination & desire to be free"
www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8...
#spéirghorm
"It is my hope that this brief examination of how a dictatorship can be disintegrated may be found useful wherever people live under domination & desire to be free"
www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8...
#spéirghorm
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'THE DEVELOPMENT OF a national science centre has been an “absolutely unmitigated disaster” and an “omnishambles”, a committee has heard.'
Things we've got used to hearing!
#Irishpol
www.thejournal.ie/planned-nati...
Things we've got used to hearing!
#Irishpol
www.thejournal.ie/planned-nati...
‘Unmitigated disaster’: Committee told €4m spent on national science centre that ‘may never happen’
The estimated cost has risen from €14.3 million in 2003 to more than €70 million in 2024, which does not include the value of the site.
www.thejournal.ie
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
'THE DEVELOPMENT OF a national science centre has been an “absolutely unmitigated disaster” and an “omnishambles”, a committee has heard.'
Things we've got used to hearing!
#Irishpol
www.thejournal.ie/planned-nati...
Things we've got used to hearing!
#Irishpol
www.thejournal.ie/planned-nati...
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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We need to talk about HOLIDAY HOMES
If you already own a home, should you be allowed to buy a spare one?
The Dutch don't think so
New laws require buyers to obtain permits to buy a 2nd home, while existing owners will be given 1 year amnesty
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #EveryoneShouldHaveAHome
If you already own a home, should you be allowed to buy a spare one?
The Dutch don't think so
New laws require buyers to obtain permits to buy a 2nd home, while existing owners will be given 1 year amnesty
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #EveryoneShouldHaveAHome
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We need to talk about HOLIDAY HOMES
If you already own a home, should you be allowed to buy a spare one?
The Dutch don't think so
New laws require buyers to obtain permits to buy a 2nd home, while existing owners will be given 1 year amnesty
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #EveryoneShouldHaveAHome
If you already own a home, should you be allowed to buy a spare one?
The Dutch don't think so
New laws require buyers to obtain permits to buy a 2nd home, while existing owners will be given 1 year amnesty
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #EveryoneShouldHaveAHome
"Not everyone is experiencing celebration. Many are negotiating complexity, memory, or quiet endurance. Making space for this truth -in...professional practice...social interactions...is a small yet meaningful step toward a more compassionate society."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/loneli...
#spéirghorm
www.linkedin.com/pulse/loneli...
#spéirghorm
Loneliness at Christmas: Interrogating the Discrepancy Between Cultural Narrative and Lived Experience
As the festive season approaches, dominant cultural narratives reassert themselves with considerable force. Christmas is constructed - through media, advertising, organisational communications, and br...
www.linkedin.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"Not everyone is experiencing celebration. Many are negotiating complexity, memory, or quiet endurance. Making space for this truth -in...professional practice...social interactions...is a small yet meaningful step toward a more compassionate society."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/loneli...
#spéirghorm
www.linkedin.com/pulse/loneli...
#spéirghorm
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The lost sister to yer man who took out Gavin with his tale of the stolen rent.
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The lost sister to yer man who took out Gavin with his tale of the stolen rent.
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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🏗️“David McWilliams’s characterisation of lawyers as “talkers” rather than “doers”
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🏗️“David McWilliams’s characterisation of lawyers as “talkers” rather than “doers”
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
I’ve definitely needed Leslie Jones at a couple of my Irish family Christmas dinners 🤩🫶🏾😆
#spéirghorm
#spéirghorm
Leslie Jones is INCREDIBLE !
Talking to your family at Thanksgiving is hard. Let @lesdoggg.bsky.social handle it
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’ve definitely needed Leslie Jones at a couple of my Irish family Christmas dinners 🤩🫶🏾😆
#spéirghorm
#spéirghorm
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“Do we need to zone all the land? Could we as a council buy land at agricultural prices & then zone it & have land for our own people in Co Laois who want to build a house on it”
💯 ..councils can buy land at agricultural land values & lever that for affordability www.ireland-live.ie/news/laois-l...
💯 ..councils can buy land at agricultural land values & lever that for affordability www.ireland-live.ie/news/laois-l...
Plan to buy up Laois agricultural land to tackle housing crisis
Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald has raised the idea to address zoning and housing
www.ireland-live.ie
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“Do we need to zone all the land? Could we as a council buy land at agricultural prices & then zone it & have land for our own people in Co Laois who want to build a house on it”
💯 ..councils can buy land at agricultural land values & lever that for affordability www.ireland-live.ie/news/laois-l...
💯 ..councils can buy land at agricultural land values & lever that for affordability www.ireland-live.ie/news/laois-l...
The relief for staff, pupils of Wilson’s & community must be palpable.
I hope this allows them a more celebratory year’s end ✨
“…Mr Burke & his family had committed “the most deliberate, sustained & concerted attack” on the civil courts & the rule of law in Ireland in recent times.”
#spéirghorm
I hope this allows them a more celebratory year’s end ✨
“…Mr Burke & his family had committed “the most deliberate, sustained & concerted attack” on the civil courts & the rule of law in Ireland in recent times.”
#spéirghorm
"In a statement, An Garda Síochána said it had “executed a High Court order in Mullingar, Co Westmeath this afternoon, Tuesday 25th November 2025”." "Enoch Burke returned to prison for contempt of court" #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
Enoch Burke returned to prison for contempt of court | BreakingNews
A judge said Mr Burke ‘has the keys to his own prison’ and can be released if he purges his contempt.
www.breakingnews.ie
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The relief for staff, pupils of Wilson’s & community must be palpable.
I hope this allows them a more celebratory year’s end ✨
“…Mr Burke & his family had committed “the most deliberate, sustained & concerted attack” on the civil courts & the rule of law in Ireland in recent times.”
#spéirghorm
I hope this allows them a more celebratory year’s end ✨
“…Mr Burke & his family had committed “the most deliberate, sustained & concerted attack” on the civil courts & the rule of law in Ireland in recent times.”
#spéirghorm
The lack of urgency of #FFFG when it comes to women’s suffering is appalling.
“In Ireland, 35% of women…have experienced psychological, physical &/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner.
Last year, gardaí responded to…65,000 domestic abuse incidents.. average of 1,250…” per week”
#spéirghorm
“In Ireland, 35% of women…have experienced psychological, physical &/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner.
Last year, gardaí responded to…65,000 domestic abuse incidents.. average of 1,250…” per week”
#spéirghorm
Holly Cairns: Ireland still isn't doing enough to tackle violence against women jrnl.ie/6884520
#nocountryforwomenandgirls
#spéirgorm
#nocountryforwomenandgirls
#spéirgorm
Holly Cairns: Ireland still isn't doing enough to tackle violence against women
There only seems to be a political focus on this issue when high profile cases are highlighted in the media, writes Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns.
jrnl.ie
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The lack of urgency of #FFFG when it comes to women’s suffering is appalling.
“In Ireland, 35% of women…have experienced psychological, physical &/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner.
Last year, gardaí responded to…65,000 domestic abuse incidents.. average of 1,250…” per week”
#spéirghorm
“In Ireland, 35% of women…have experienced psychological, physical &/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner.
Last year, gardaí responded to…65,000 domestic abuse incidents.. average of 1,250…” per week”
#spéirghorm
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Women need to live free from violence and fear, says President
#MyPresident
www.rte.ie/video/id/29337
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #spéirgorm
#MyPresident
www.rte.ie/video/id/29337
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #spéirgorm
Women need to live free from violence and fear, says President
www.rte.ie
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Women need to live free from violence and fear, says President
#MyPresident
www.rte.ie/video/id/29337
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #spéirgorm
#MyPresident
www.rte.ie/video/id/29337
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #spéirgorm
What a delight! I hope the Red Books Wexford team is ready 😍🫶🏽🙌🏽
"Bookselling isn’t for everyone. We view it as a vocation, & like most vocations, it won’t make you rich. The love of books drives us & we hope that love can be passed onto you, the reader.
theirishbookshop.com
#spéirghorm #BuyLocal
"Bookselling isn’t for everyone. We view it as a vocation, & like most vocations, it won’t make you rich. The love of books drives us & we hope that love can be passed onto you, the reader.
theirishbookshop.com
#spéirghorm #BuyLocal
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What a delight! I hope the Red Books Wexford team is ready 😍🫶🏽🙌🏽
"Bookselling isn’t for everyone. We view it as a vocation, & like most vocations, it won’t make you rich. The love of books drives us & we hope that love can be passed onto you, the reader.
theirishbookshop.com
#spéirghorm #BuyLocal
"Bookselling isn’t for everyone. We view it as a vocation, & like most vocations, it won’t make you rich. The love of books drives us & we hope that love can be passed onto you, the reader.
theirishbookshop.com
#spéirghorm #BuyLocal
"EU citizens have the freedom to move to other member states and to have "a normal family life" there and upon return to their country of origin, the court said."
#spéirghorm #EU #LGBT #MarriageEquality
#spéirghorm #EU #LGBT #MarriageEquality
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"EU citizens have the freedom to move to other member states and to have "a normal family life" there and upon return to their country of origin, the court said."
#spéirghorm #EU #LGBT #MarriageEquality
#spéirghorm #EU #LGBT #MarriageEquality
Ugh 🤦🏽♀️
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ugh 🤦🏽♀️
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
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Joy is about understanding, recognizing, and deeply internalizing the profound truth that everything in this life—every emotion, every circumstance, every moment of pain or pleasure—is inherently temporary, fleeting, and impermanent in nature.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Joy is about understanding, recognizing, and deeply internalizing the profound truth that everything in this life—every emotion, every circumstance, every moment of pain or pleasure—is inherently temporary, fleeting, and impermanent in nature.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
So very fortunate to have access to fresh vegetables fruits 🥔🥬🍎
The Good Stuff helping body & brain.
“…a growing body of research…suggested…ppl who eat more ultraprocessed foods
have higher risks of developing certain conditions that affect the stomach & the intestines.”
#spéirghorm
#Cancer
The Good Stuff helping body & brain.
“…a growing body of research…suggested…ppl who eat more ultraprocessed foods
have higher risks of developing certain conditions that affect the stomach & the intestines.”
#spéirghorm
#Cancer
Ultraprocessed foods, like breakfast cereals, frozen meals and processed meats, have been linked to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. Here's what to know.
How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect the Gut?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So very fortunate to have access to fresh vegetables fruits 🥔🥬🍎
The Good Stuff helping body & brain.
“…a growing body of research…suggested…ppl who eat more ultraprocessed foods
have higher risks of developing certain conditions that affect the stomach & the intestines.”
#spéirghorm
#Cancer
The Good Stuff helping body & brain.
“…a growing body of research…suggested…ppl who eat more ultraprocessed foods
have higher risks of developing certain conditions that affect the stomach & the intestines.”
#spéirghorm
#Cancer
“There is the outer layer –the more familiar vision of biodiversity…of soil, water, plants, animals & microbial life, that lives in the forest, playground (or any other #environment) …then there is the inner layer: the biodiversity that lives within & upon the human body, including…”
#spéirghorm
#spéirghorm
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“There is the outer layer –the more familiar vision of biodiversity…of soil, water, plants, animals & microbial life, that lives in the forest, playground (or any other #environment) …then there is the inner layer: the biodiversity that lives within & upon the human body, including…”
#spéirghorm
#spéirghorm
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Vibe-coding housing. It’s a thing
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Vibe-coding housing. It’s a thing
Reposted by Emma Rogan 🇵🇸
I continue to be surprised at how under the radar this is going, considering that it’s more consequential than a lot of the things that #spéirghorm gets worked up about.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
If you're in ireland and have kids in primary school or soon to be, please fill out this survey on preferences re religious involvement in schools, and whether people prefer single-sex or co-ed. It takes < 1 minute and will inform future provision. #speirgorm www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Primary School Survey
This survey is for parents and guardians of children in primary school or who will enter primary school in the coming years
www.gov.ie
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I continue to be surprised at how under the radar this is going, considering that it’s more consequential than a lot of the things that #spéirghorm gets worked up about.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
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@president.ie speaks for our wonderfully diverse island #speirgorm
It’s hard to explain what it means to be able to show a trans kid this and for them to feel seen & valued by their president
@president.ie
#transrightsarehumanrights
@president.ie
#transrightsarehumanrights
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@president.ie speaks for our wonderfully diverse island #speirgorm
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'So much more needs to be invested in prevention, protection, legislative reform, and policy co-ordination to truly transform Ireland into a country where there is zero tolerance of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence'
www.thejournal.ie/readme/holly...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/holly...
Holly Cairns: Ireland still isn't doing enough to tackle violence against women
There only seems to be a political focus on this issue when high profile cases are highlighted in the media, writes Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns.
www.thejournal.ie
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reposted by Emma Rogan 🇵🇸
I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ugh 🤦🏾♀️ They know the harm 💀
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ugh 🤦🏾♀️ They know the harm 💀
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta