Keith Adams
@keithadams.bsky.social
Kept around by Irish Jesuits to think about prisons and punishment
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the only place this should happen is academic conferences
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
February 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
the only place this should happen is academic conferences
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I'd say he's sweating now
February 19, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I'd say he's sweating now
i only teach qualitative research methods so I can tell Masters students this wild story
newrepublic.com/article/1219...
newrepublic.com/article/1219...
Did This Acclaimed Sociologist Drive the Getaway Car in a Murder Plot?
The questionable ethics of Alice Goffman's "On the Run."
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
i only teach qualitative research methods so I can tell Masters students this wild story
newrepublic.com/article/1219...
newrepublic.com/article/1219...
walked so others could run
February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
walked so others could run
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OP is joking, but also telling the truth. When you tell us "its just common sense to dress like you are on a building site when you are walking to buy some milk" you actually do sound like someone who thinks you will be safe from STIs if you *always* wear a condom. A fundamentally dumb position.
At least 98% of pedestrians killed weren’t wearing a condom.... You can't argue with statistics innit
February 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM
OP is joking, but also telling the truth. When you tell us "its just common sense to dress like you are on a building site when you are walking to buy some milk" you actually do sound like someone who thinks you will be safe from STIs if you *always* wear a condom. A fundamentally dumb position.
"98% of motorists crashing weren't wearing driving gloves"
Anton Savage's comment that “98% of pedestrians killed weren’t wearing hi-vis” shows a lack of understanding of statistics.
If few people wear hi-vis while walking, then of course almost everyone killed won’t have been wearing it. Without comparing actual risk rates, that figure tells us nothing.
If few people wear hi-vis while walking, then of course almost everyone killed won’t have been wearing it. Without comparing actual risk rates, that figure tells us nothing.
February 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"98% of motorists crashing weren't wearing driving gloves"
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Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014
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FF and FG: we're distinct political movements
AI: Irish taoiseach N+1
AI: Irish taoiseach N+1
"The University is supportive and encouraging of our staff and students engaging with AI in their studies and research"
AI:
AI:
February 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
FF and FG: we're distinct political movements
AI: Irish taoiseach N+1
AI: Irish taoiseach N+1
me getting another thing done, thinking it will get me closer to the end of the to-do list
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
me getting another thing done, thinking it will get me closer to the end of the to-do list
throwing this into proverbial mixer
February 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
throwing this into proverbial mixer
Good analysis by @social-democrats.bsky.social
"For months, the Minister has told us that prison expansion is inevitable due to population growth, but overcrowding is not an inevitability decided by demographics: it is the direct result of political choices."
www.socialdemocrats.ie/justice-mini...
"For months, the Minister has told us that prison expansion is inevitable due to population growth, but overcrowding is not an inevitability decided by demographics: it is the direct result of political choices."
www.socialdemocrats.ie/justice-mini...
Justice Minister’s choices are causing the prison overcrowding crisis to escalate - Social Democrats
Reports this morning that people awaiting deportation are now being arrested and detained in already dangerously overcrowded Irish prisons are deeply disturbing, according to Social Democrats justice ...
www.socialdemocrats.ie
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Good analysis by @social-democrats.bsky.social
"For months, the Minister has told us that prison expansion is inevitable due to population growth, but overcrowding is not an inevitability decided by demographics: it is the direct result of political choices."
www.socialdemocrats.ie/justice-mini...
"For months, the Minister has told us that prison expansion is inevitable due to population growth, but overcrowding is not an inevitability decided by demographics: it is the direct result of political choices."
www.socialdemocrats.ie/justice-mini...
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joyce is going after elon again
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
joyce is going after elon again
LinkedIn is through the looking glass now, people are honoured to have a citation in other people's research
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
LinkedIn is through the looking glass now, people are honoured to have a citation in other people's research
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This was Wes Anderson *as hell.*
this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
February 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This was Wes Anderson *as hell.*
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“Industry” is the best show I’ve ever seen where there’s something so weird in every episode that you can’t really recommend it to anyone you have to make eye contact with in the next month
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 AM
“Industry” is the best show I’ve ever seen where there’s something so weird in every episode that you can’t really recommend it to anyone you have to make eye contact with in the next month
be great just to have a segregated lane to ferry terminal and secure bike lockers but unless it is a greenway, it ain't getting built
www.dublinport.ie/dublin-port-...
www.dublinport.ie/dublin-port-...
Dublin Port Launches Liffey-Tolka Project to transform East Wall Road - Dublin Port
Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien TD marks the start of works along this important commuter corridor Dublin Port has commenced enabling works on major active travel and public amenity, the Liff...
www.dublinport.ie
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM
be great just to have a segregated lane to ferry terminal and secure bike lockers but unless it is a greenway, it ain't getting built
www.dublinport.ie/dublin-port-...
www.dublinport.ie/dublin-port-...
figure skating needs an info box with relationship status and history as I spend too long trying to work it out and miss half the routine
February 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
figure skating needs an info box with relationship status and history as I spend too long trying to work it out and miss half the routine
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I didn’t make this, but it’s pretty spot on
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I didn’t make this, but it’s pretty spot on
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I forgot to tell you guys but I went on the radio last week to tell the people of Ireland that the storms are bad and gonna get worse. My colleagues talked me down from going full Prophet on the listeners about just how bad the climate crisis is gonna get
www.spiritradio.ie/podcast/kevi...
www.spiritradio.ie/podcast/kevi...
Kevin Hargaden – Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice – Spirit Radio
www.spiritradio.ie
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I forgot to tell you guys but I went on the radio last week to tell the people of Ireland that the storms are bad and gonna get worse. My colleagues talked me down from going full Prophet on the listeners about just how bad the climate crisis is gonna get
www.spiritradio.ie/podcast/kevi...
www.spiritradio.ie/podcast/kevi...
Prison policy can be quiet for months and then sometimes a week illuminates the torturous existence of many.
Will anything change? Probably not. But, a first step may be to give up our national self-understanding of being a caring society
Will anything change? Probably not. But, a first step may be to give up our national self-understanding of being a caring society
Last week, RTE's Psychiatric Care Scandal docs and Ivan Rosney's death report shone light on the some of the darkest recesses of Irish society.
"Prisons ... exacerbate the rapid fraying of a person’s mind. It is not too much to draw an equivalence to torture."
www.jcfj.ie/2026/02/16/p...
"Prisons ... exacerbate the rapid fraying of a person’s mind. It is not too much to draw an equivalence to torture."
www.jcfj.ie/2026/02/16/p...
Prison Has No Waiting List - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland
Those caught in this situation are often too unwell to stand trial, condemned to spend an indeterminate time in an overcrowded prison. Prisons, which have a deleterious effect on those with stable men...
www.jcfj.ie
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Prison policy can be quiet for months and then sometimes a week illuminates the torturous existence of many.
Will anything change? Probably not. But, a first step may be to give up our national self-understanding of being a caring society
Will anything change? Probably not. But, a first step may be to give up our national self-understanding of being a caring society
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One might sometimes get the impression that it would take some massive effort to stay out of the net that Jeffrey Epstein wove once you got entangled but this quite old piece by Evgeny Morozov shows you how easily it could be done - you just mock the whole pitch: newrepublic.com/article/1548...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Intellectual Enabler
How did Epstein meet so many luminaries in the worlds of science and technology? It all might trace back to literary agent John Brockman.
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
One might sometimes get the impression that it would take some massive effort to stay out of the net that Jeffrey Epstein wove once you got entangled but this quite old piece by Evgeny Morozov shows you how easily it could be done - you just mock the whole pitch: newrepublic.com/article/1548...
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Despite overcrowding, prison officials told to exclude immigration detainees from temporary release. The Irish Prison Service had asked the government to revisit the policy, given more serious high-risk offenders had to be released early to make the space. (August 2025)
Despite overcrowding, prison officials told to exclude immigration detainees from temporary release
The Irish Prison Service had asked the government to revisit the policy, given more serious high-risk offenders had to be released early to make the space.
www.dublininquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Despite overcrowding, prison officials told to exclude immigration detainees from temporary release. The Irish Prison Service had asked the government to revisit the policy, given more serious high-risk offenders had to be released early to make the space. (August 2025)
there is nothing inevitable about the overcrowding and degrading prison conditions, this is very much a manufactured crisis
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Arrests of deportees intensify overcrowding in Irish prisons
Intended deportees ‘compete for floor space’ with violent offenders despite committing no crimes
www.irishtimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
there is nothing inevitable about the overcrowding and degrading prison conditions, this is very much a manufactured crisis
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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The Internet is undefeated. One of the greatest moments in cinematic history.
February 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The Internet is undefeated. One of the greatest moments in cinematic history.