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Reading, writing and studying a Masters in Children's and Young Adult Literature 📚📑📝✍️
Student Editor at https://dublincityuniversitychildrensandyaliterature.wordpress.com/
Student Editor at https://dublincityuniversitychildrensandyaliterature.wordpress.com/
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Looking forward to welcoming new and continuing students to our gorgeous DCU All Hallows campus next week to begin semester one of the MA in Children’s and Young Adult Literature! 📚
@dculibrary.bsky.social
@dculibrary.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Looking forward to welcoming new and continuing students to our gorgeous DCU All Hallows campus next week to begin semester one of the MA in Children’s and Young Adult Literature! 📚
@dculibrary.bsky.social
@dculibrary.bsky.social
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New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round
May 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round
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The #BookmarkProject auction is live, please get bidding and help us to raise as much money as possible for Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe www.jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkproject2025
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May 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The #BookmarkProject auction is live, please get bidding and help us to raise as much money as possible for Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe www.jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkproject2025
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What's happening with these grants is much more complicated and mostly unknown. None of the NIH have been officially cancelled. The NIH was just ordered to stop paying. They got the Unis to enforce silence on their own campuses because they thought they were "negotiating" and cld get the funds back.
Conspiracy of Silence: How Trump is Covertly Strangling Billions in Disease Cure Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/consp...
Conspiracy of Silence: How Trump is Covertly Strangling Billions in Disease Cure Research
The following is very important news about the Trump White House’s unfolding...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What's happening with these grants is much more complicated and mostly unknown. None of the NIH have been officially cancelled. The NIH was just ordered to stop paying. They got the Unis to enforce silence on their own campuses because they thought they were "negotiating" and cld get the funds back.
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SCOOP: ICE tried to raid Chang Chang restaurant in Dupont (Washington, D.C.) but the manager ran then off.
May 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
SCOOP: ICE tried to raid Chang Chang restaurant in Dupont (Washington, D.C.) but the manager ran then off.
Really, in truth, there is no need to use AI. My inclusion of "this way" was unnecessary 🤷🏻♀️
What is happening to the world. This is absolutely absurd. There is simply no need to use AI this way.
April 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Really, in truth, there is no need to use AI. My inclusion of "this way" was unnecessary 🤷🏻♀️
What is happening to the world. This is absolutely absurd. There is simply no need to use AI this way.
April 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What is happening to the world. This is absolutely absurd. There is simply no need to use AI this way.
Such an interesting day @dcuclimate.bsky.social The diversity of speakers was fantastic. It gave us so much to think about. It can feel a bit bleak at times when talking about climate crisis, but focus on community really draws us to what @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social called persistence and resistance
April 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Such an interesting day @dcuclimate.bsky.social The diversity of speakers was fantastic. It gave us so much to think about. It can feel a bit bleak at times when talking about climate crisis, but focus on community really draws us to what @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social called persistence and resistance
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In response to a question around the defence of human rights in Ireland, @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social warns that we should not take our rights for granted: “I don’t think we can be complacent at all in Ireland". #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In response to a question around the defence of human rights in Ireland, @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social warns that we should not take our rights for granted: “I don’t think we can be complacent at all in Ireland". #DCUClimate2025
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Irish people wanting to take action to protect the environment should focus on their TDs (members of parliament) - a concerted campaign of writing to public representatives can be very effective says Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social , speaking at the @dcuclimate.bsky.social conference today.
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Irish people wanting to take action to protect the environment should focus on their TDs (members of parliament) - a concerted campaign of writing to public representatives can be very effective says Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social , speaking at the @dcuclimate.bsky.social conference today.
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"Art doesn't give us something. It is something... Art is nature, and nature is art" - visual artist Rosie O'Reilly offers reflections on the arts and the environment #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"Art doesn't give us something. It is something... Art is nature, and nature is art" - visual artist Rosie O'Reilly offers reflections on the arts and the environment #DCUClimate2025
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“We want to live in community like the mosses do, like the trees do” - write Kerri Ní Dochartaigh at the #DCUClimate2025 annual conference
April 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“We want to live in community like the mosses do, like the trees do” - write Kerri Ní Dochartaigh at the #DCUClimate2025 annual conference
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Good for Radnor, Pa. School board votes to return three books previously removed from high school library. Congrats to the parents who persuaded the school board to un-ban the books. www.mainlinemedianews.com/2025/04/25/r...
Radnor School Board votes to return 3 books previously removed from library
Critics have labeled the graphic novels as pornographic while supports say they are coming-of-age stories that teenagers should read.
www.mainlinemedianews.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Good for Radnor, Pa. School board votes to return three books previously removed from high school library. Congrats to the parents who persuaded the school board to un-ban the books. www.mainlinemedianews.com/2025/04/25/r...
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Lovely to see ‘Nation’ highlighted here, one of my favourite Pratchetts for younger readers.
Where to start with: Terry Pratchett
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Where to start with: Terry Pratchett
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Where to start with: Terry Pratchett
Ten years on from his death and just before what would have been his 77th birthday, take a deep dive into the funny, fantasy works of one of the most loved British writers
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lovely to see ‘Nation’ highlighted here, one of my favourite Pratchetts for younger readers.
Where to start with: Terry Pratchett
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Where to start with: Terry Pratchett
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Today is the first #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay!
I'm going to be sharing some of the diverse books and graphic novels I've read and enjoyed lately! Please feel free to join in and share some of yours as well.
More info: www.diversebooks.org/celebrate-we...
I'm going to be sharing some of the diverse books and graphic novels I've read and enjoyed lately! Please feel free to join in and share some of yours as well.
More info: www.diversebooks.org/celebrate-we...
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today is the first #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay!
I'm going to be sharing some of the diverse books and graphic novels I've read and enjoyed lately! Please feel free to join in and share some of yours as well.
More info: www.diversebooks.org/celebrate-we...
I'm going to be sharing some of the diverse books and graphic novels I've read and enjoyed lately! Please feel free to join in and share some of yours as well.
More info: www.diversebooks.org/celebrate-we...
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This looks like a cracker—more details here:
⭐ booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo... ⭐
@childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
⭐ booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo... ⭐
@childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This looks like a cracker—more details here:
⭐ booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo... ⭐
@childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
⭐ booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo... ⭐
@childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
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How does an idea cross a border illegally?
What are the thoughtcrime laws?
If an idea originated abroad, but I didn't know that and happened to come up with it independently, will I have an opportunity to prove it in court? "Popped into my head in the shower" doesn't leave an evidentiary record.
What are the thoughtcrime laws?
If an idea originated abroad, but I didn't know that and happened to come up with it independently, will I have an opportunity to prove it in court? "Popped into my head in the shower" doesn't leave an evidentiary record.
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
How does an idea cross a border illegally?
What are the thoughtcrime laws?
If an idea originated abroad, but I didn't know that and happened to come up with it independently, will I have an opportunity to prove it in court? "Popped into my head in the shower" doesn't leave an evidentiary record.
What are the thoughtcrime laws?
If an idea originated abroad, but I didn't know that and happened to come up with it independently, will I have an opportunity to prove it in court? "Popped into my head in the shower" doesn't leave an evidentiary record.
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I'm now searching for new PhD students who are interested in studying how people's brains understand sequences of images like in comics. So, a mix of comics, cogneuro (EEG), and psycholinguistics (especially syntax/semantics). Please circulate to all who might be interested! tiu.nu/22739
Job opening: Two PhD positions for the neurocognition of the grammar of visual narratives (22739)
tiu.nu
April 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm now searching for new PhD students who are interested in studying how people's brains understand sequences of images like in comics. So, a mix of comics, cogneuro (EEG), and psycholinguistics (especially syntax/semantics). Please circulate to all who might be interested! tiu.nu/22739
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Thrilled that young Joseph won our World Book Day draw! Congratulations Joseph! Thank you to everyone who spent their world book day voucher with us.
April 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thrilled that young Joseph won our World Book Day draw! Congratulations Joseph! Thank you to everyone who spent their world book day voucher with us.
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In common with basically every other author, my work has been stolen by Meta and fed - against my will, and without compensation - into its AI monstrosity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In common with basically every other author, my work has been stolen by Meta and fed - against my will, and without compensation - into its AI monstrosity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
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Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇
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An 'upbeat' and busy Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025 has seen a marked appetite for shorter and illustrated works – despite there being no runaway book of the fair – though the grim state of geopolitics dimmed many fairgoers’ moods. 👇 #BookSky
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025: packed halls but politics cast a shadow
www.thebookseller.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
An 'upbeat' and busy Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025 has seen a marked appetite for shorter and illustrated works – despite there being no runaway book of the fair – though the grim state of geopolitics dimmed many fairgoers’ moods. 👇 #BookSky
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Literally on my way to an undisclosed university to spend three days with other faculty leaders of an undisclosed league+ to figure out what on earth we can still do in an environment where only one such university has refused to accede to authoritarianism.
Relatedly: University President Christopher Eisgruber signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government in an interview with Bloomberg after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the University’s research grants.
In Bloomberg interview, Eisgruber signals that Princeton will not make concessions
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the U...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Literally on my way to an undisclosed university to spend three days with other faculty leaders of an undisclosed league+ to figure out what on earth we can still do in an environment where only one such university has refused to accede to authoritarianism.