Thanks to @katta.bsky.social who virtually joined us at UCC to speak on Global Ethics Day...Plenty of food for thought, and brilliant reading suggestions, including this article by Hanne De Jaegher, "Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
In search of our highest capacities, cognitive scientists aim to explain things like mathematics, language, and planning (and while explaining them, they often imagine computers at work). But are thes...
link.springer.com
Some highlights from the weekend and Sounds from a Safe Harbour - the best festival ever, and right here in Cork!
Too many to mention…but Skara Brae is definitely high on that list!
Unexpected find at the Douglas book swap - I’ll re-read it in translation
Powerful piece by Roberto Saviano in The Guardian: "Solitude is the added punishment for courage". (BTW, one of the many reasons why I will never understand the romanticisation of organised crime in popular culture...)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My life has been hell since mafia bosses blamed me for their downfall. Finally, justice has been done | Roberto Saviano
Threats were made to stop me and other journalists reporting on their crimes. Now I hope to reclaim my freedom, says writer Roberto Saviano
www.theguardian.com
2,864.7 km round trip driven, almost 60 km walked, 6 ferry voyages, many ancient stones, rocky hills, beaches, and uncounted drams of whisky. That was the Northern Scotland 2025 adventure!
Reposted by Luigina Ciolfi
How did Ireland become Europe's second most expensive country? Analysis by @howardemma.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie on the factors behind why we're near the top of this particular league table www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How did Ireland become Europe's second most expensive country?
We're near the top of this league table due to economic growth, rising demand, government policies and unique socio-geographic characteristics
www.rte.ie
Acqua di San Giovanni, 2025 Edition. Traditionally, it’s made on St. John’s Eve with whatever can be found in the fields or your garden. The bowl will spend the night outside to catch the dew, and the water will smell wonderful come tomorrow morning! #acquadisangiovanni
Reposted by Luigina Ciolfi
Thank you @shushradio.bsky.social for having me! Choosing the playlist was great fun and I really enjoyed the conversation.
Reposted by Luigina Ciolfi
This week my guest was @luiciolfi.bsky.social Professor of Human Computer Interaction at UCC and a true music lover
We talked about her work, how UCC Library supports her research and teaching, and we had great fun exploring her music picks.
bit.ly/Shush296
We talked about her work, how UCC Library supports her research and teaching, and we had great fun exploring her music picks.
bit.ly/Shush296
Ten Years of PsychSlam...Absolutely amazing programme, team, and students! And always one of the highlights of the year for our School of Applied Psychology: youtu.be/RZwwSINsbYw?...
Transition Year students tackle real-world issues at PsychSlam
YouTube video by UCCIreland
youtu.be
A new snooker era…Zhao Xintong is the first Asian world champion, immensely talented, fun to watch and clearly not wanting to waste his second chance…
And it feels like the Class of ‘92 are walking away into the horizon…(in Ronnie’s case, Saudi Arabia)
And it feels like the Class of ‘92 are walking away into the horizon…(in Ronnie’s case, Saudi Arabia)
The Guardian
@theguardian.com
· May 5
Zhao Xintong beats Mark Williams to become China’s first snooker world champion
* Zhao wins 18-12 in dramatic final session in Sheffield
* Zhao makes history as the first amateur to win title
Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to be crowned snooker world champion after holding off a late rally from Mark Williams to create history at the Crucible and complete a sensational career comeback.
The 28-year-old only returned to competitive snooker in September last year after being handed a 20-month suspension for his part in the match-fixing scandal which resulted in a ban for 10 Chinese players. He was forced to begin on the sport’s amateur tour and arrived in Sheffield without professional status. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
Reposted by Luigina Ciolfi
Desislava Bozhilova: the first woman to referee all three snooker Triple Crown finals. She is refereeing the World Championship final this weekend.
Fabulous day in Sheffield. Always nice to be back, always magical to watch snooker at the Crucible
by Casey Fiesler — Reposted by Luigina Ciolfi, Aaron Shaw
Me: someday my research will be mentioned in the opening paragraph of a New York Times article!
Also me: hmmm should have been more specific.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/s...
Also me: hmmm should have been more specific.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/s...
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
www.nytimes.com
🤯
Eric Schares
@eschares.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023
This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...
arxiv.org
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
"When it first opened in 1946, after the second world war, the institution was intended as a symbol of postwar friendship." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Goodbye Lenin: Finnish museum reinvents itself in response to shifting relations with Russia
Former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid Ukraine war
www.theguardian.com
"Taskmasking" and performative productivity: www.theguardian.com/money/ng-int...
Typing loudly, wearing AirPods: ‘taskmasking’ is how Gen Z pretends to work at the office
As more companies mandate a return to the office, young workers learn to game the system to take back control
www.theguardian.com
....ooooh, it's so depressing to see your research ideas that nobody wanted to fund (no matter how many times you tried and how many positive reviews you got) become actual "things" in the world out there, being covered by the media, etc....