Fergal Lenehan
@fergallenehan.bsky.social
Apl. Prof. Dr. Uni Jena. Books on The European Idea and German images of Ireland. Co-ed Reclaiming the European Street by MDH. Contributor https://thecurrency.news
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Fergal Lenehan
@fergallenehan.bsky.social
· Feb 15
Check out my open access theoretical article for the journal "Language and Intercultural Communication": "Examining realised and unrealised contacts: theoretical thoughts on digital interculturality". Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Crimean Tatar historian prosecuted by a current Russian occupier regime for speaking out about genocide against Crimean Tatars under Stalinist USSR
74-year-old Crimean Tatar historian detained and prosecuted over interview about the 1944 Deportation
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74-year-old Crimean Tatar historian detained and prosecuted over interview about the 1944 Deportation
The uncle of three political prisoners is facing prosecution over the entirely accurate comment that the perpetrators of Soviet crimes were not held to account
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November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Crimean Tatar historian prosecuted by a current Russian occupier regime for speaking out about genocide against Crimean Tatars under Stalinist USSR
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It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated
As debates over the ‘disappearing’ young male novelist rumble on, some authors and critics push back against claims that fiction has closed its doors to men. Hannah Ewens learns that the real problem ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
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I made a machine steal the work of a real human being. It's almost as if the stolen work it regurgitated seems like it was written by a real human being. Instead of giving that credit to the breathing person it was stolen from... perhaps the theft machine is actually alive??
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I made a machine steal the work of a real human being. It's almost as if the stolen work it regurgitated seems like it was written by a real human being. Instead of giving that credit to the breathing person it was stolen from... perhaps the theft machine is actually alive??
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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#happybirthdaylaurencesterne
Few know that his achievements may include saving Walter Benjamin's life: this from Eilenberger's 'The Time of the Magicians', p281.
Few know that his achievements may include saving Walter Benjamin's life: this from Eilenberger's 'The Time of the Magicians', p281.
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#happybirthdaylaurencesterne
Few know that his achievements may include saving Walter Benjamin's life: this from Eilenberger's 'The Time of the Magicians', p281.
Few know that his achievements may include saving Walter Benjamin's life: this from Eilenberger's 'The Time of the Magicians', p281.
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Just horrifying that they did this to this boy and his mother.
When will there be legal consequences for ICE?
When will there be legal consequences for ICE?
A video captured of Maria a Street Vendor reunited with her
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Just horrifying that they did this to this boy and his mother.
When will there be legal consequences for ICE?
When will there be legal consequences for ICE?
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Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
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Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
“The President’s appeasement plan to Russia is forcing our hand" - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)
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November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Unprecedented nepotism & corruption at the highest levels of American government
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Unprecedented nepotism & corruption at the highest levels of American government
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ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.
Putins Helfer
Rücken Trump und sein Umfeld näher an Russland? Bedrohen Autokraten und Tech-Oligarchen die liberale Ordnung?
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May 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.
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Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees. Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says young people use its app more than their elders. www.theguardian.com/education/20... via @theguardian.com @richada.bsky.social
Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees
Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees. Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says young people use its app more than their elders. www.theguardian.com/education/20... via @theguardian.com @richada.bsky.social
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Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.
The president is clearly unwell. As an American, I find it hard to believe that our president speaks in this way.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.
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A short history of just the last few weeks' misogyny.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A short history of just the last few weeks' misogyny.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Amy and her two-year-old daughter were evicted by their landlord after she began using Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) to contribute towards rent for her accommodation in Wexford.
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'He continued to badmouth me': Tenants who fought evictions among stories in Threshold report
Housing charity Threshold said tenancy termination was the top issues tenants came to the organisation for help with.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Amy and her two-year-old daughter were evicted by their landlord after she began using Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) to contribute towards rent for her accommodation in Wexford.
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jrnl.ie/6881373
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‘This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.’
‘This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.’
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
‘This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.’
‘This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.’
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"Under a commission from the Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic government, Thorkelin had prepared Beowulf for publication by 1807. During the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) his house was burned and demolished due to fire, and the text (on which he had spent 20 years) was lost. ... Thorkelin began again."
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Under a commission from the Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic government, Thorkelin had prepared Beowulf for publication by 1807. During the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) his house was burned and demolished due to fire, and the text (on which he had spent 20 years) was lost. ... Thorkelin began again."
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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„You don’t have to embarrass our guest“
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
„You don’t have to embarrass our guest“
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Was just in Cork City & a man approached me, he told me his wife was 5 mths pregnant & they are #homeless, he wanted to buy a blanket. I literally had nothing I could give him. I felt awful, I know how awful it feels to have to ask for help. I kind of hate this country right now. #Speirgorm
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Was just in Cork City & a man approached me, he told me his wife was 5 mths pregnant & they are #homeless, he wanted to buy a blanket. I literally had nothing I could give him. I felt awful, I know how awful it feels to have to ask for help. I kind of hate this country right now. #Speirgorm
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Day 3 Sheffield Uni UCU strike against threat of extensive redundancies. 400 academic staff gone. Nearly 100 more now confirmed. They want another £10m staff saving this year, despite being in a strong position financially. #SheffieldUCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Day 3 Sheffield Uni UCU strike against threat of extensive redundancies. 400 academic staff gone. Nearly 100 more now confirmed. They want another £10m staff saving this year, despite being in a strong position financially. #SheffieldUCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
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RTE news : France promotes Jewish soldier Alfred Dreyfus - 130 years later, wrongly accused of treason
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France promotes Jewish soldier Dreyfus - 130 years later
France has promoted Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of brigadier general as an act of reparation in a notorious case of antisemitism that has ca...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
RTE news : France promotes Jewish soldier Alfred Dreyfus - 130 years later, wrongly accused of treason
www.rte.ie/news/newslen...
www.rte.ie/news/newslen...
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'More than 21% of those surveyed felt the Franco era was “good” or “very good”.'
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
'More than 21% of those surveyed felt the Franco era was “good” or “very good”.'
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
Really brilliant & extensive three piece long read on the local newspaper in Ireland by @alanenglish9.bsky.social for The Currency. It's basically a history of the past 30 years, with ideas about the future. thecurrency.news/articles/207...
Breaking News: Part 1 - The rise and fall of Ireland's local newspaper industry - The Currency
It was the day The Irish Times dodged the first bullet that could have put it out of business. At a law office in Ballsbridge, the opening of sealed bids for a small local newspaper group headquartere...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Really brilliant & extensive three piece long read on the local newspaper in Ireland by @alanenglish9.bsky.social for The Currency. It's basically a history of the past 30 years, with ideas about the future. thecurrency.news/articles/207...