Eoin Daly

@eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social

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Law lecturer. Political theory, constitutions, republicanism, France. Dad of two. An 'autism parent'. Interested in athletics, politics, wine.

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Political science 54%

Law 20%

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 13h

A reminder that this famous photo was taken in 2014, during Obama's presidency.

A boy from Honduras watching a movie at an immigration detention facility in McAllen, Texas, in 2014

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 1d

Tend to agree in general but today let’s say it is obviously very romantic and perfectly judged😅

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 1d

Bought a pink wine for Valentine’s Day - lame, I know. But since it’s ‘natural’ and unfiltered, it actually looks not like a bright pink rose but like mucky river water.

Sediment in the bottom of a bottle of pink wine

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 3d

Following the Winter Olympics from a perennially mild country where it almost never snows is quite surreal; the first time I tried ice skating was abroad (France) as an adult, remember little kids whizzing past pointing in amazement than adult couldn’t skate

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 3d

I bring my daughter, who has a learning disability, to a fast food restaurant.
The straw disintegrates a short way into the drink- she doesn’t understand any instruction not to chew it.
Crazy how the supposed innovative power of capitalism can’t give us straws both biodegradable & accessible

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 4d

Paws-umption of innocence applies

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 5d

here is a dog who stole half my dinner roll and destroyed a whole box of tissues

golden retriever with a wide-yes and deceptively innocent expression reclining on a white couch

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Eoin Daly

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 5d

here is a dog who stole half my dinner roll and destroyed a whole box of tissues

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 6d

Accident 1: slid all the way down the stairs on my arse, driving my toes into bannister at the end.
#2: fell backwards off a high box I tried jumping onto
# 3. Slipped on some leaves and twisted an ankle while trying to demonstrate a single leg pogo hop to about thirty 9 year olds

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 6d

Do we become more accident-prone in middle age? Barely suffered an accident in my life and then within a year I have broken a toe, fractured a wrist and sprained an ankle. All, it must be admitted, very minor ailments caused by VERY funny misadventures

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 7d

Randomly, I shared a communal office space with André Ventura, now the Portuguese far right leader, while we were doing PhDs in Cork 2008-2010ish. Though I didn’t know him well, he was on the surface a very affable character, as is often the way with extremists www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Landslide win beckons for centre-left candidate in Portugal’s presidential runoff

Exit polls give António José Seguro 67%-73% of vote over far-right populist André Ventura

www.theguardian.com

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 14d

This innocent-looking dried habanero- first time using it in a stew of beans, tomatoes, chocolate, vinegar - my poor wife nearly died but the way it is both fruity and yet deep, dry heat: omg

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 14d

Latest instalment of the culture wars in Ireland is over the new public holiday tomorrow that honours both a Christian saint and (allegedly) the ancient pagan new year, Imbolg (I just care about the day off)
* did I mention the day off tomorrow

https://x.com/Toibin1/status/2017202325438255231?s=20

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 15d

‘Unlike his predecessors, Trump forgoes cultivated speeches delivered with a legalistic silver tongue; but the violent core of his idea of a Pax Americana is anything but new.’

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Wolfgang Streeck, American Violence — Sidecar

An interview with Wolgang Streeck

newleftreview.org

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 17d

Okay hear me out.
Wine - red and white
Rice - white and black
Cider - fancy and plain (okay hard to justify)
A random fruit one that was a gift
Balsamic
Malt

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 17d

Some people apparently consider it unreasonable to insist on keeping 8 varieties of vinegar in the kitchen??

Reposted by Steve Peers, Jonathan Hopkin, Alan Richardson , and 4 more Steve Peers, Jonathan Hopkin, Alan Richardson, Aaron Sojourner, Ann Bartow, Eoin Daly, Brooke Harrington

Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 17d

The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 18d

When I look up an academic I basically just want a chronological list of their publications, but because PMC execs love shovelling money at fancy but shit software, you’re more likely now to get a set of AI-generated keywords and a graph comparing their citations in 2022 v 2023

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 20d

Do US liberals not pause to think about the rest of the world when they outragedly emphasise the CITIZEN part? Let me tell you how it sounds: it sounds like you think murdering mere foreigners is not that big a deal, something you are prepared to maybe forgive a little bit of from a Democrat presdnt

Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 21d

Did anyone actually vote to have masked Federal agents hold US citizens down and shoot them in the back?

Reposted by Eoin Daly

Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 21d

Did anyone actually vote to have masked Federal agents hold US citizens down and shoot them in the back?

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 26d

AI very nicely exposes the contradictions within “conservative“ political thought. Philosophically, conservatives should be aghast at the prospective disruption of established social order and the tearing apart of the “given”. But in practice they can’t help bending the knee to tech capital

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 16

Occurred to me there that whereas I tend to ask my father for DIY advice, in the future we’ll probably just ask AI. Yeah it’s more convenient, but something is lost

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 28d

Spent the day at this beautiful stadium in my capacity as assistant manager of several 4 x 200m under 10s relay teams

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 16

Occurred to me there that whereas I tend to ask my father for DIY advice, in the future we’ll probably just ask AI. Yeah it’s more convenient, but something is lost

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 16

Saw a staff notice for ‘UniSingers’ (a choir, evidently) but for a split second I read it as ‘UniSwingers’ (one is the supposed not to judge, anyway)

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 15

Brilliant, informative article about the stakes of an ‘AI bubble’

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

‘In a couple of years, when AI has infiltrated work processes to the point that exit costs are prohibitive, the customer base will be unable to escape and coerced into paying up. The world will be hooked on AI, and the tech firms will collect handsome profits.’

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 14

Oh wow, another food-based moral panic, colour me shocked. Do ‘ultra-processed foods ‘ next www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

www.theguardian.com

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 11

Am behind with lots of bits of work so made potato dumplings; that’s how this works no

Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · Jan 10

Oh gosh yeah all the violence was out of sight and you were able to just have brunch x

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · Jan 10

Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.

Reposted by W Grant, Kent Johnson, Eoin Daly , and 2 more W Grant, Kent Johnson, Eoin Daly, Olivier Mannoni, Martin S. Flaherty

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · Jan 10

Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Tobias Lock, Edgar Morgenroth , and 4 more David M. Farrell, Tobias Lock, Edgar Morgenroth, Laurent Pech, Jane Suiter, Eoin Daly, Thomas E. Murray

Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · Jan 8

Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · Jan 8

My word. (Again.)

Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Tobias Lock, Peter Campbell , and 5 more Peter Thorne, Tobias Lock, Peter Campbell, Laurent Pech, Ben Tonra, Stephen Ryan, Eoin Daly, Mary McAuliffe

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · Jan 8

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