Dr Pauline McGonagle
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Dr Pauline McGonagle
@pgmcgonagle.bsky.social
Lecturer in Mod Lit, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Donegalian. AHRC PhD at Exeter/BL on archive of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.@[email protected]
Pinned
Happy to be a contributor to this chapter.
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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They were deported to countries where they have no ties, held in secret camps and prisons, and stripped of their rights. @newyorker.com exposes the chilling reality of the rapidly expanding practice of third-country removals under the Trump administration. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Tiktok generation and their ‘tiktok’ accents…
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.

All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Strong letter in today's Irish Times, we are sick of waiting, the government must enact the full #OccupiedTerritoriesBill with services included, immediately.
#EndIsraeliImpunity
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Dr Pauline McGonagle
‘The Love’: New Poetry in Translation by Hoda Omran

"Marriage is the afterlife / for which we have to cross this life, / leaving behind our homes and pasts, / waiting for justice with a light heart, / where our homes become our graves."
‘The Love’: New Poetry in Translation by Hoda Omran
"Marriage is the afterlife / for which we have to cross this life, / leaving behind our homes and pasts, / waiting for justice with a light heart, / where our homes become our graves."
arablit.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Reposted by Dr Pauline McGonagle
“Soldiers testify that they have been told to burn down houses they have stayed in by pouring oil on curtains, books and mattresses.”

Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Thanks for including me as a contributor to your chapter @josutherst.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Next Sat (29th Nov 1pm) there is a National March for #InternationalDayOfSolidarity with #Palestine in #Dublin. Israel's attacks on Palestinians haven't stopped with the ceasefire & Israel continues to kill & to take Palestinian lands w/ impunity. Please support the Dublin (or a local) March.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
At Maynooth. On tonight and requires pre-registration.[Online] Solidarity Sessions: Educational Seminars on Palestine (2025 Series - 3 Nov to 1 Dec) www.ipsc.ie/event/online...
[Online] Solidarity Sessions: Educational Seminars on Palestine (2025 Series - 3 Nov to 1 Dec) - Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
You are invited to attend a new series of the IPSC’s Online Solidarity Sessions on Palestine: Five weekly online webinar zoom sessions, beginning on Monday 3rd November from 7pm to 8pm. In order to ga...
www.ipsc.ie
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Reposted by Dr Pauline McGonagle
🚨 BREAKING: in a truly moving verdict, jurors at the International People's Tribunal on Palestine find Israel, US, and European governments guilty of genocide and ecocide in Palestine, call on people of conscience everywhere to take action and pressure governments to take action to end the suffering
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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"They say there's a ceasefire. Where is this ceasefire they're talking about.. every day 10, 15, 20 people die. There is no ceasefire. The Israelis aren't abiding by the ceasefire"
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A little Mozart on a Saturday night
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The message is clear
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Reposted by Dr Pauline McGonagle
John Murray has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in all formats, including audio, for Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold, edited by Ailbhe Malone, for publication on 26th February 2026 👇 #BookSky
John Murray wins 'spellbinding' anthology of Irish fiction in three-way auction
ebx.sh
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
John Smith in Groningen.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#cristovam in Groningen
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM