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Thomas Murray

@tomasomuiri.bsky.social

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Writer, researcher, adult educator.

Roscommunista.
Omnia sunt communia.
Ní neart go cur le chéile.

Author: Contesting Economic and Social Rights in Ireland, 1848-2016. CUP 2016.

Communication & Media Studies 35%

Psychology 14%

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d

The more I think about it, the more I reckon the 2003 Iraq War began the process that let Trump win. The blatant lies we were told by our governments, the disregard for public opinion and mockery of international law created a rupture that never healed. Trust, consent and cohesion were smashed.🧵 1/3

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8d

This is obviously more bad news re: the AI bubble and coming bailouts, stated or unstated. The more personally invested Trump is in the hype cycle, the more he will use public money to delay truth time. But for now he has a notional technology saving his failed media company. Good times!

Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8d

I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece.

Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company to power AI

The all-stock deal comes amid growing energy needs for the tech sector.

www.aljazeera.com

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 13d

We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Sex Workers Alliance Ireland @swaiireland.bsky.social · 22d

SWAI Statement on Closing

We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.

Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.

SWAI Statement on Closing

We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding. Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an…

sexworkersallianceireland.org

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Nov 13

The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.

International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv

The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software

www.euractiv.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Nov 5

Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.

The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.

www.authoritarian-stack.info

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

www.authoritarian-stack.info

Thomas Murray @tomasomuiri.bsky.social · Nov 1

"...the flotillas reminded us all that the only sane response to a dystopian world is to have radical imagination. Imagination through which the inevitability of Palestinian freedom continues to be held as a lighthouse within the storms of injustice".

www.hotpress.com/opinion/glob...

Global Sumud Flotilla: "The flotillas reminded us all that the only sane response to a dystopian world is to have radical imagination" | Hotpress

Caoimhe Butterly is an Irish activist, family therapist and healthcare worker. She sailed on the recent Sumud Flotilla with the Alma and Irish Legal Support ...

www.hotpress.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Oct 25

from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff

a bar chart depicting a huge bar Wealth of the Top 1% "$47.80 trillion" dwarfing bars for the Federal deficit ($1.83 trillion), tax revenue ($4.92 trillion) and Government spending ($6.75 trillion)"

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Oct 4

Today was a powerful show of solidarity with Palestine, against Israel's genocide and apartheid, and an insistence that our government ends our complicity and imposes sanctions. #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

Thousands take part in Dublin's pro-Palestine rally

Thousands of people have taken part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Dublin.

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · Oct 2

“Whoever controls AI infrastructure—compute, models, data, & cloud—will shape the economic & political order of the 21st century. The U.S. & China understand this & are mobilizing every instrument of statecraft to secure supremacy. Europe must understand it too.”

— @francescabria.bsky.social

#ai

Reclaiming Europe’s Digital Sovereignty | NOEMA

Europe can accept permanent technological dependency, or it can build democratic digital systems rooted in climate commitments, labor protections and social diversity.

www.noemamag.com

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Oct 1

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say. Thinking of Sarah Clancy - all eyes on the flotilla #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6832196

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say

The Global Sumud Flotilla is now just 45km from Gaza, but over a dozen Israeli warships are approaching.

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · Oct 1

#globalsumudflotilla livestream, as interceptions are reported. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2... #Gaza

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Sep 24

Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Sep 6

We absolutely love to see it! Irish fans at the Ireland Hungary game tonight saying Show Israel the Red Card. The FAI should listen to the fans and insist that UEFA and FIFA expel apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. #BDS #FreePalestine

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ireland praised for Palestine support but Government urged to do more at solidarity march #SanctionsNow
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Ireland praised for Palestine support but Government urged to do more at solidarity march

Organisers estimate at least 10,000 gathered at US embassy after almost two years of war

www.irishtimes.com

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Sep 6

Protests are taking place in cities and towns across Ireland in support of the people of Palestine

Protests in support of Palestine under way across Ireland

Protests are taking place in cities and towns across Ireland this afternoon in support of Palestine.

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

We take the win and we keep pushing, Occupied Territories Bill with services included is next. #StopFundingGenocide
IPSC chair Zoë Lawlor: “today is a huge victory for the people of Ireland who stand resolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine”.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Central Bank of Ireland confirms it will no longer approve sale of Israeli ‘war bonds’

Use of Irish prospectus to market Israel bonds has been hugely controversial

www.irishtimes.com

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Aug 28

One by one our waterways are being poisoned to death to maintain buoyant farm exports. The Boyne is just the latest to enter its death rattle phase.

www.independent.ie/regionals/lo...

River Boyne salmon in crisis as Inland Fisheries Ireland warns of critical decline

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has issued stark warnings about the status of Atlantic salmon in the River Boyne, confirming that stocks have fallen to some of the lowest levels on record, with surviva...

www.independent.ie

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · Aug 16

Amnesty International has called on the PSNI to “uphold people’s right to protest against the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza.”

“The police have obligations under the Human Rights Act and international law to facilitate the right to peaceful protest.” www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Protest organiser warned of potential criminal charges over Palestine Action displays in crowd

Ahead of multiple protests this weekend, Derry organiser told she could face criminal action over her name being on Parades Commission documents

www.irishnews.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 16

Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it

Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it

I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal

www.irishtimes.com

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Jul 26

Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-thugs-board-gaza-bound-aid-ship-international-waters

Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters

Israeli forces intercepted the Handala aid ship en route to Gaza, detaining activists, journalist and European politicians

www.middleeasteye.net

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Listen. Eminent human rights lawyer Michael Farrell on why he resigned from the ECRI, European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, due to its silence on apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. European institutions are truly complicit. #GazaGenocide
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Michael Farrell

He resigned from a European Human Rights Body after 15 years, the eminent Irish lawyer Michael Farrell explains why due to the ECRI'S failure to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · Jul 7

An international call for action just got louder:

Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde

Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally

🧵

www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists

OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

Thomas Murray @tomasomuiri.bsky.social · Jul 3

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you

www.theguardian.com

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Jun 26

Our next National March for Palestine is on Saturday 19th July. Join us! The government is feeling the pressure so we have to keep it up so they end Ireland’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and sanction the apartheid state.
Be there in solidarity! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · Jun 26

1/3 One of the best and most refined arguments out there for water in public hands. Worth the read.

Water should work for us but is really run to make rich people richer. Yet "nationalisation" isn't always the answer.
in-abundance.org/reports/beyo... @abundance-org.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social

Beyond the Public: Experiences in the Social Control of Water | Bertie Russell & Keir Milburn

in-abundance.org

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Jun 25

New research shows that believers in conspiracy theories have no idea how fringe their own beliefs are, and they vastly overestimate their own abilities

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Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · Jun 23

I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.

It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.

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Mairéad @drmaireaddb.bsky.social · Jun 20

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Taking away sick leave from nurses with Long COVID is a disgrace.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Jun 18

The Just Transition Commission has called on the Government to urgently provide a visionary, ambitious, just and joined-up strategy for Ireland to transition to a climate-neutral economy

Call for 'ambitious' strategy for climate-neutral economy

The Just Transition Commission has called on the Government to urgently provide a visionary, ambitious, just and joined-up strategy for the Ireland to transition to a climate-neutral economy.