Clodagh Tait
@clodaghtait.bsky.social
Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore. Joint editor IHS.
https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
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I am losing my mind
February 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I am losing my mind
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I’m just a cis straight white middle aged man who happens to work in disinformation and I am *exhausted* by the efforts to normalise British transphobia in Ireland in the last half decade +++
Fuck knows how trans people put up with it..
Fuck knows how trans people put up with it..
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I’m just a cis straight white middle aged man who happens to work in disinformation and I am *exhausted* by the efforts to normalise British transphobia in Ireland in the last half decade +++
Fuck knows how trans people put up with it..
Fuck knows how trans people put up with it..
I spoke too soon!
More than 1,600 references to Ireland in latest Epstein files
More than 1,600 references to Ireland in latest Epstein files
References from potential $10bn deal for AIB assets in US to someone talking about Kerrygold Irish butter being spread on muffins
www.irishtimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I spoke too soon!
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Visited the maternity ward!
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Visited the maternity ward!
Visited the maternity ward!
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Visited the maternity ward!
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Fragment of a mug or bottle, made in #Woolwich, c. 1640-1650.
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Fragment of a mug or bottle, made in #Woolwich, c. 1640-1650.
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
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February 1, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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The dishonest claim by rape apologists and anti-feminists that women make up stories of sexual abuse is cover for those who would rather not argue for what they really believe: that rape is trivial.
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The dishonest claim by rape apologists and anti-feminists that women make up stories of sexual abuse is cover for those who would rather not argue for what they really believe: that rape is trivial.
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Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...
St Brigit in Continental Europe with Prof. Jean-Michel Picard
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January 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...
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Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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Margot Robbie is wearing Mughal queen Nur Jahan's necklace. It was gifted by her husband King Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), Akbar's son. Cartier acquired it (harummmph). Cartier's president later gifted it to Liz Taylor..blah blah.
Colonial loot around your neck.
'The obliterated shall be remembered'.
Colonial loot around your neck.
'The obliterated shall be remembered'.
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Margot Robbie is wearing Mughal queen Nur Jahan's necklace. It was gifted by her husband King Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), Akbar's son. Cartier acquired it (harummmph). Cartier's president later gifted it to Liz Taylor..blah blah.
Colonial loot around your neck.
'The obliterated shall be remembered'.
Colonial loot around your neck.
'The obliterated shall be remembered'.
I guess it's a good thing that this seems to be the only 'Irish angle' the press can find on the Epstein files.
Messages released in the latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files talk of Irish people's "horrible asses" that the writer says were "from the potato famine". jrnl.ie/6943442
Texts in Epstein files talk of Irish people's 'horrible asses' that were 'from the potato famine'
The heavily redacted documents don’t show who sent the texts, but the October 2018 conversation centred a trip to Dublin.
jrnl.ie
January 31, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I guess it's a good thing that this seems to be the only 'Irish angle' the press can find on the Epstein files.
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Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” I tried following one to see how these references are infecting academic knowledge systems codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/t...
Tracing the social half-life of a zombie citation
Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” This term refers to references of academic publications that do not ex…
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” I tried following one to see how these references are infecting academic knowledge systems codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/t...
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This is Abrakebabra erasure
Another Dublin institution bites the dust.
The concept of post pub kebabs were not really a thing here until Zaytoon opened.
The concept of post pub kebabs were not really a thing here until Zaytoon opened.
Ah lads, that's the end of the Zaytoon to Zaytoon pub crawl.
January 31, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This is Abrakebabra erasure
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I find myself nostalgic for the days when evil people had to pretend not to be evil, because being evil was considered socially unacceptable.
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I find myself nostalgic for the days when evil people had to pretend not to be evil, because being evil was considered socially unacceptable.
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Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.
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Developers to face 'zero consequences'
But f*ck the tax payers
Anyone surprised
But f*ck the tax payers
Anyone surprised
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Developers to face 'zero consequences'
But f*ck the tax payers
Anyone surprised
But f*ck the tax payers
Anyone surprised
Just checking the transcript of recorded lecture and in several places it's transcribed parish vestries as parish pastries, and now I'm hungry.
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Just checking the transcript of recorded lecture and in several places it's transcribed parish vestries as parish pastries, and now I'm hungry.
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It was on this day in 1972 that British troops opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Derry, killing 13 civilians.
#BloodySunday
#Speirgorm
#BloodySunday
#Speirgorm
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 AM
It was on this day in 1972 that British troops opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Derry, killing 13 civilians.
#BloodySunday
#Speirgorm
#BloodySunday
#Speirgorm
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Jan Machielsen knocking it out of the park here. Greatest seminar/conference paper title of 2026, wrapped up by the end of January.
Early Modern World History Seminar – Lent Term 2026 Programme 🌏
January 29, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Jan Machielsen knocking it out of the park here. Greatest seminar/conference paper title of 2026, wrapped up by the end of January.
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This is Frankie. He ran outside like he always does, only to find out his yard had been replaced with a white void. 12/10 (IG: frankiethenorfie)
January 29, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This is Frankie. He ran outside like he always does, only to find out his yard had been replaced with a white void. 12/10 (IG: frankiethenorfie)
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Harp playing boar
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.41v
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.41v
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Harp playing boar
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.41v
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.41v
Have you got two left feet? Well, it could be worse.
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Have you got two left feet? Well, it could be worse.