Dr Sandra Buchanan
@drsbuchanan.bsky.social
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Breathtaking Gdańsk.
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Breathtaking Gdańsk.
Sunset on the North Donegal coast on the Wild Atlantic Way.
October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Sunset on the North Donegal coast on the Wild Atlantic Way.
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The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hear.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hear
Trump to withhold funding for 15 programs, including several overseen by State Department and USAid
www.irishtimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hear.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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‘Completely indefensible’: International anger grows over Israel hospital attack
‘Completely indefensible’: International anger grows over Israel hospital attack
IDF says preliminary investigation into Nasser hospital attack determined that Hamas had installed surveillance camera at site
www.irishtimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
‘Completely indefensible’: International anger grows over Israel hospital attack
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The scale of the rabbit hole we are plunging into is very unsettling
People using AI to write papers and their colleagues using AI to review them. Before students, presumably, use AI to summarise them, rather than read them.
Isn't progress marvellous?
Isn't progress marvellous?
August 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The scale of the rabbit hole we are plunging into is very unsettling
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.
🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
August 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.
🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Al Jazeera Media Network urgently calls upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant legal bodies to take decisive action to halt the forced starvation and crimes against journalists and media professionals in Gaza.
July 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Al Jazeera Media Network urgently calls upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant legal bodies to take decisive action to halt the forced starvation and crimes against journalists and media professionals in Gaza.
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” James Joyce, Ulysses. My favourite quote, revisited on Bloomsday.
Image: his grave in Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich, captured in recent years. #Bloomsday2025 #JamesJoyce #Ulysses
Image: his grave in Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich, captured in recent years. #Bloomsday2025 #JamesJoyce #Ulysses
June 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” James Joyce, Ulysses. My favourite quote, revisited on Bloomsday.
Image: his grave in Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich, captured in recent years. #Bloomsday2025 #JamesJoyce #Ulysses
Image: his grave in Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich, captured in recent years. #Bloomsday2025 #JamesJoyce #Ulysses
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The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot
The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The entire content production staff at climate dot gov (including me) were let go from our government contract on 31 May." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“The entire content production staff at climate dot gov (including me) were let go from our government contract on 31 May." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This WSJ story about the decline in search traffic because of AI summaries is so grim. Every single outlet spent 15+ years contorting their coverage to cover the same things as everyone else trying to grab SEO, only for Google to rugpull them, just like social networks did.
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools
Chatbots are replacing Google’s traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers.
www.wsj.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This WSJ story about the decline in search traffic because of AI summaries is so grim. Every single outlet spent 15+ years contorting their coverage to cover the same things as everyone else trying to grab SEO, only for Google to rugpull them, just like social networks did.
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
This evening’s view.
June 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This evening’s view.
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One problem with podcasts with huge audiences having these guys on is they’re not equipped to push back on the lies
June 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
One problem with podcasts with huge audiences having these guys on is they’re not equipped to push back on the lies
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When will we realize that Israel is not our friend; not a true democracy; not our int’l partner. Does not share our values. Does not respect the rule of law. Routinely abuses human rights. Has betrayed its founding values. Has lost its moral bearings. Has become the oppressor. If not now, when?
Israel have announced they will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank
Last year the ICJ ruled that Israels occupation is unlawful & they must withdraw their troops & dismantle all settlements. States like the UK are obligated to take actions to make this happen
Last year the ICJ ruled that Israels occupation is unlawful & they must withdraw their troops & dismantle all settlements. States like the UK are obligated to take actions to make this happen
May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
When will we realize that Israel is not our friend; not a true democracy; not our int’l partner. Does not share our values. Does not respect the rule of law. Routinely abuses human rights. Has betrayed its founding values. Has lost its moral bearings. Has become the oppressor. If not now, when?
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NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
DOGE Loses Battle to Take Over USIP—and Its $500 Million Headquarters
A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace ‘unlawful.’
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
Sea thrift season.
May 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sea thrift season.
Day’s end. Breathe …
April 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Day’s end. Breathe …
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Commentary: As the executive branch brazenly flouts the Supreme Court, we have reached the constitutional crisis so many have feared, and its consequences put our most basic freedoms at risk.
Elizabeth Shackelford: President Donald Trump’s war on due process should terrify us all
As the White House flouts the Supreme Court, we have reached a constitutional crisis whose consequences put our most basic freedoms at risk.
trib.al
April 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Commentary: As the executive branch brazenly flouts the Supreme Court, we have reached the constitutional crisis so many have feared, and its consequences put our most basic freedoms at risk.
Sunday morning.
March 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Sunday morning.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
‘Moneyed ignorance loudly lectured exhausted experience.’
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/e...
Zelensky bristled at his berating by Trump and Vance. After three years of war, what did they expect? | CNN
Trump and Vance have never seen war up close, but are still disgusted by it. They seem to have felt Zelensky, soaked in war’s horror for three years, needed a lecture about the peace anyone who had se...
www.cnn.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
‘Moneyed ignorance loudly lectured exhausted experience.’
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/e...
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