Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Interdisciplinary #COSTActions
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Qualitative Health | #Stillbirth & Perinatal #Death | #Grief & Bereavement | #Postdoc #TCD | #CA22159 #EuroHistHealth Science Officer | #IAPH #IHS #RHS | #Research #SocialScience #Skystorian #HistMed #History #MedHum #Maternity #Cillíní #Folklore
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a woman standing in a hallway with a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall behind her
Alt: Lesley Knope standing in a hallway with a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall behind her, and winking
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Not sure how my followers↗️this week but please unfollow if u need to! Sometimes I👍human rights & social determinants of health posts but mainly I research death, burial & bereavement. I post about social history, social change & kind things that make me smile, like decent humans, recipes & sunrises.
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Norman Finkelstein, Jewish-American political scientist.
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Norman Finkelstein, Jewish-American political scientist.
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Amazing History of Medicine PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Newcastle (Australia), part of Prof Cathy Coleborne's ARC grant on Australian experiences of polio: www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...
A Social History of Polio Vaccination in Australia, 1950s to 1970s
www.newcastle.edu.au
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Amazing History of Medicine PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Newcastle (Australia), part of Prof Cathy Coleborne's ARC grant on Australian experiences of polio: www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Government could launch an inquiry into Russian interference tomorrow. They’re choosing not to.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Government could launch an inquiry into Russian interference tomorrow. They’re choosing not to.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
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Strong indications, from Donald Trump's own mouth, that he had advance knowledge of thwarted escape of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro; Trump told reporters, before he knew escape attempt had failed, that he'd be meeting Bolsonaro "in the very near future."
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
Rachel Maddow shares reporting on bizarre behavior by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who tampered with his ankle monitor while on house arrest and was sent to jail. Donald Trump…
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Strong indications, from Donald Trump's own mouth, that he had advance knowledge of thwarted escape of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro; Trump told reporters, before he knew escape attempt had failed, that he'd be meeting Bolsonaro "in the very near future."
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🪧 New apartments for sale
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🪧 New apartments for sale
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
Tomorrow I will be speaking on #BabyLoss in 20th century #Ireland #Speirgorm at this HYBRID event in TCD 1pm GMT. #HistMed #HistEmotions #ReproHist #Skystorians #HistMidwifery #Midwifery #MedHums #Stillbirth #Grief #Commemoration
Am very much looking forward to speaking @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social Wed 26 Nov at 1pm GMT - HYBRID event. Topic - The Long Goodbye: Hidden Histories of Baby Loss & Parental Bereavement in 20th century Ireland #MedHums #HistMed #Speirgorm #Skystorians #Midwifery tinyurl.com/2s3cwn9u
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tomorrow I will be speaking on #BabyLoss in 20th century #Ireland #Speirgorm at this HYBRID event in TCD 1pm GMT. #HistMed #HistEmotions #ReproHist #Skystorians #HistMidwifery #Midwifery #MedHums #Stillbirth #Grief #Commemoration
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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So what about this season? If you haven’t heard, there is a new clade of H3N2 that looks like it might be trouble.
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/h...
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/h...
A new virus variant and lagging vaccinations may mean the US is in for a severe flu season | CNN
The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So what about this season? If you haven’t heard, there is a new clade of H3N2 that looks like it might be trouble.
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/h...
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/h...
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‘Herd impunity’
Brilliantly scathing piece by @drrachelclarke.com on Boris Johnson’s response to covid inquiry report. He says we’re ’wangling on’ about deaths.
His & others’ re-writing of history & ridiculous critique of ‘hindsight’ will not succeed.
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
Brilliantly scathing piece by @drrachelclarke.com on Boris Johnson’s response to covid inquiry report. He says we’re ’wangling on’ about deaths.
His & others’ re-writing of history & ridiculous critique of ‘hindsight’ will not succeed.
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
‘Herd impunity’
Brilliantly scathing piece by @drrachelclarke.com on Boris Johnson’s response to covid inquiry report. He says we’re ’wangling on’ about deaths.
His & others’ re-writing of history & ridiculous critique of ‘hindsight’ will not succeed.
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
Brilliantly scathing piece by @drrachelclarke.com on Boris Johnson’s response to covid inquiry report. He says we’re ’wangling on’ about deaths.
His & others’ re-writing of history & ridiculous critique of ‘hindsight’ will not succeed.
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
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FTA: "if NHS nurses can have the courage to walk towards Covid patients in paper masks and bin bags... And if NHS doctors are willing to speak out about the dangers to patients... then a prime minister should surely be capable of more than deadly vacillation."
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
FTA: "if NHS nurses can have the courage to walk towards Covid patients in paper masks and bin bags... And if NHS doctors are willing to speak out about the dangers to patients... then a prime minister should surely be capable of more than deadly vacillation."
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There’s also Bayron Rovidio Marin who broke his leg during an ICE car wash raid in LA
They held him under a fake name for 37 days. He was shackled to a hospital bed despite being unable to move due to his broken leg
People are being disappeared
Their medical emergencies go untreated
Abolish ICE
They held him under a fake name for 37 days. He was shackled to a hospital bed despite being unable to move due to his broken leg
People are being disappeared
Their medical emergencies go untreated
Abolish ICE
Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him
Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when federal agents raided the car wash where he worked. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before a federal j...
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
There’s also Bayron Rovidio Marin who broke his leg during an ICE car wash raid in LA
They held him under a fake name for 37 days. He was shackled to a hospital bed despite being unable to move due to his broken leg
People are being disappeared
Their medical emergencies go untreated
Abolish ICE
They held him under a fake name for 37 days. He was shackled to a hospital bed despite being unable to move due to his broken leg
People are being disappeared
Their medical emergencies go untreated
Abolish ICE
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The “peace deal” Trump was pushing Zelenskyy to sign was just a Russian “wish list”? Really?
The Ukrainian people were threatened with the removal of US aid if they didn’t sign a deal that wasn’t even a deal, it was a proposal from their attacker.
What a mess.
The Ukrainian people were threatened with the removal of US aid if they didn’t sign a deal that wasn’t even a deal, it was a proposal from their attacker.
What a mess.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The “peace deal” Trump was pushing Zelenskyy to sign was just a Russian “wish list”? Really?
The Ukrainian people were threatened with the removal of US aid if they didn’t sign a deal that wasn’t even a deal, it was a proposal from their attacker.
What a mess.
The Ukrainian people were threatened with the removal of US aid if they didn’t sign a deal that wasn’t even a deal, it was a proposal from their attacker.
What a mess.
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But also the school-absences story is just...seriously WTF is wrong with these people? Are they so terrified of criticism from pseudoscientific loons that they just won't discuss COVID? So out of touch that they don't know this stuff? Just phoning it in? 🤷
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
But also the school-absences story is just...seriously WTF is wrong with these people? Are they so terrified of criticism from pseudoscientific loons that they just won't discuss COVID? So out of touch that they don't know this stuff? Just phoning it in? 🤷
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
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We are hearing credible reports, supported by amendments tabled by the Bill sponsor, that the proposed £275 million NHS assisted suicide service will be contracted-out, very likely to the lobbyist organisation pushing for the assisted suicide Bill. Follow the money. #AssistedDyingBill
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We are hearing credible reports, supported by amendments tabled by the Bill sponsor, that the proposed £275 million NHS assisted suicide service will be contracted-out, very likely to the lobbyist organisation pushing for the assisted suicide Bill. Follow the money. #AssistedDyingBill
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“7,200 apply for 161 new cost-rental homes”
..98% who don’t get these homes are in housing need
But they’re not “in the market” for unaffordable homes
Govt targets are mistakenly counting those in housing need as buyers/renters for housing they can’t afford www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/7200...
..98% who don’t get these homes are in housing need
But they’re not “in the market” for unaffordable homes
Govt targets are mistakenly counting those in housing need as buyers/renters for housing they can’t afford www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/7200...
7,200 apply for 161 new cost-rental homes in Santry | BreakingNews
Whitehaven Passive House development opens as Tuath forecasts 2,300 new homes this year
www.breakingnews.ie
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“7,200 apply for 161 new cost-rental homes”
..98% who don’t get these homes are in housing need
But they’re not “in the market” for unaffordable homes
Govt targets are mistakenly counting those in housing need as buyers/renters for housing they can’t afford www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/7200...
..98% who don’t get these homes are in housing need
But they’re not “in the market” for unaffordable homes
Govt targets are mistakenly counting those in housing need as buyers/renters for housing they can’t afford www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/7200...
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The Great Barrington Declaration was *foundational* in RFK Jr's appointment to lead HHS & in the anti-vaccine MAHA movement's rise to power
The GBD pushed for mass infection instead of vaccination (it went online just 8 weeks before the US vaccine campaign began), so GBD-ers got what they wanted :(
The GBD pushed for mass infection instead of vaccination (it went online just 8 weeks before the US vaccine campaign began), so GBD-ers got what they wanted :(
"The nearly eight-hour summit featured remarks by several officials in Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services. Among them were Bhattacharya, who said that the “MAHA movement is an absolutely incredible thing to me”. He added: “I have waited my entire life to see this movement come.”
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Great Barrington Declaration was *foundational* in RFK Jr's appointment to lead HHS & in the anti-vaccine MAHA movement's rise to power
The GBD pushed for mass infection instead of vaccination (it went online just 8 weeks before the US vaccine campaign began), so GBD-ers got what they wanted :(
The GBD pushed for mass infection instead of vaccination (it went online just 8 weeks before the US vaccine campaign began), so GBD-ers got what they wanted :(
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The walls are closing in on those responsible for the worst medical error in history. There's no denying it was a mistake when they let their egos reject the advice of people who knew better, there's no denying it killed an enormous number of people.
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The walls are closing in on those responsible for the worst medical error in history. There's no denying it was a mistake when they let their egos reject the advice of people who knew better, there's no denying it killed an enormous number of people.
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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Vascular renal or urogenital issues (esp. post-COVID). Hit me up, please 🙏
@christosargyrop.bsky.social @toshiakima.bsky.social @harryspoelstra.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
@christosargyrop.bsky.social @toshiakima.bsky.social @harryspoelstra.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Vascular renal or urogenital issues (esp. post-COVID). Hit me up, please 🙏
@christosargyrop.bsky.social @toshiakima.bsky.social @harryspoelstra.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
@christosargyrop.bsky.social @toshiakima.bsky.social @harryspoelstra.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
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House Speaker Johnson thinks it’s “wildly inappropriate” for Democrats to tell troops to obey the U.S. Constitution, but he wasn’t the slightest bit concerned about President Trump’s threat to execute the lawmakers. trib.al/PS2VdLI
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
House Speaker Johnson thinks it’s “wildly inappropriate” for Democrats to tell troops to obey the U.S. Constitution, but he wasn’t the slightest bit concerned about President Trump’s threat to execute the lawmakers. trib.al/PS2VdLI
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Still think we’re not there yet?
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Still think we’re not there yet?
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Hello all. I know there are lots of important needs out there in the world, but if you are interested in supporting autism services in Cork, we are raising funds for the Rainbow Club and I can speak from experience that they are excellent.
www.gofundme.com/f/running-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/running-in...
Donate to Running in Red for the Rainbow Club – CUBS EMBA Santa Dash, organized by Cork University Business School
We are the EMBA class at Cork University Business School, and… Cork University Business School needs your support for Running in Red for the Rainbow Club – CUBS EMBA Santa Dash
www.gofundme.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hello all. I know there are lots of important needs out there in the world, but if you are interested in supporting autism services in Cork, we are raising funds for the Rainbow Club and I can speak from experience that they are excellent.
www.gofundme.com/f/running-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/running-in...
👇 always a good jumping off point for junior #historians #skystorians - the 77th #IrishHistory conference organised by #History students 4 students. Share your work amongst a supportive peer group & have the best crack. Great way to build your network and get over presenting nerves. #IHSA #IHSA1950
Call for Papers – IHSA 2026 Conference at Maynooth University
The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
👇 always a good jumping off point for junior #historians #skystorians - the 77th #IrishHistory conference organised by #History students 4 students. Share your work amongst a supportive peer group & have the best crack. Great way to build your network and get over presenting nerves. #IHSA #IHSA1950