Lisa Godson
@lisagdub.bsky.social
Historian of architecture & material culture; Programme Leader MA Design History Material Culture, NCAD, Dublin. Researching architectural-material history of Royal Hospital Kilmainham [also: tropical modern architecture; Catholicism; medical instruments]
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Just went and liked DCC and Dublin Fire Brigade's posts, we gotta keep them here
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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This is a whole thing right now.
Lots of people with power and privilege using the oppressed as a shield to justify their inaction—when the oppressed are actually already very much in the fight and need solidarity and support to strengthen their actions.
Lots of people with power and privilege using the oppressed as a shield to justify their inaction—when the oppressed are actually already very much in the fight and need solidarity and support to strengthen their actions.
One thing that strikes me here is that it has indeed been “lower-level” regular folks who have the most willingness to stand up to ICE
We can debate who *should* bear the burden of opposition. Or we can look at who is already doing so right now, and ask how to support and protect them.
We can debate who *should* bear the burden of opposition. Or we can look at who is already doing so right now, and ask how to support and protect them.
The general theme of this commentary is "stop asking MN companies to ban ICE from their properties." The argument is that enforcing the ban would fall to individual low-paid employees, who would be placed in danger.
tcbmag.com/should-busin...
tcbmag.com/should-busin...
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This is a whole thing right now.
Lots of people with power and privilege using the oppressed as a shield to justify their inaction—when the oppressed are actually already very much in the fight and need solidarity and support to strengthen their actions.
Lots of people with power and privilege using the oppressed as a shield to justify their inaction—when the oppressed are actually already very much in the fight and need solidarity and support to strengthen their actions.
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On today’s blog post: the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, which occurred #OTD 17 January 1893. #PacificHistoryGuide #Hawai’i
www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/on-this...
www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/on-this...
On this day: Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy
Greetings PHG fans, today we mark a solemn occasion that seems prescient against the backdrop of this week's headlines. On this day 17 January 1893, the Hawaiian Monarchy was overthrown. A group of 13...
www.pacifichistoryguide.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
On today’s blog post: the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, which occurred #OTD 17 January 1893. #PacificHistoryGuide #Hawai’i
www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/on-this...
www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/on-this...
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Finding hope in some of the remarkable displays of courage by ordinary people in the US right now, especially in Minneapolis, while facing horrible violence.
January 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Finding hope in some of the remarkable displays of courage by ordinary people in the US right now, especially in Minneapolis, while facing horrible violence.
Ahhh. What a beautiful singer, in such fine voice for so many decades and full of merriment here
youtu.be/LyumG1lQqts?...
youtu.be/LyumG1lQqts?...
January 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Ahhh. What a beautiful singer, in such fine voice for so many decades and full of merriment here
youtu.be/LyumG1lQqts?...
youtu.be/LyumG1lQqts?...
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Sunset at the edge of the world. An Blascaod Mór agus Inis Tuaisceart.
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sunset at the edge of the world. An Blascaod Mór agus Inis Tuaisceart.
Couldn’t love this story more, what a great reminder to celebrate and support all sorts of ways of being in the world
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Couldn’t love this story more, what a great reminder to celebrate and support all sorts of ways of being in the world
I arrived into the BL 3 days after the cyber attack to see some precious material I'd ordered weeks in advance & cried all over the librarian who offered tea & sympathy & later emailed me photos they had taken on their own phone of any of 'my' material they manually retrieved. Support the strike!
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I arrived into the BL 3 days after the cyber attack to see some precious material I'd ordered weeks in advance & cried all over the librarian who offered tea & sympathy & later emailed me photos they had taken on their own phone of any of 'my' material they manually retrieved. Support the strike!
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British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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If you randomly have this kids 2016 Barcelona kit in the back of your cupboard and can save Christmas in my house please get in touch 🤞
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you randomly have this kids 2016 Barcelona kit in the back of your cupboard and can save Christmas in my house please get in touch 🤞
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‘We can’t let this happen’: Dozens of artists to lose studios with closure of The Complex
‘We can’t let this happen’: Dozens of artists to lose studios with closure of The Complex
Venue had agreement with developer to buy site but this was dependent on State funding that has not materialised
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
‘We can’t let this happen’: Dozens of artists to lose studios with closure of The Complex
The arts space The Complex in Dublin is under imminent threat of closure. Right by city markets which are due for development, it’s a fantastically programmed and managed space of possibilities in a part of the north city - west of Capel street - that really needs it - petition details below
The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The arts space The Complex in Dublin is under imminent threat of closure. Right by city markets which are due for development, it’s a fantastically programmed and managed space of possibilities in a part of the north city - west of Capel street - that really needs it - petition details below
More of this kind of thing please!
TCD chasing that Sumerian demographic in the run up to the oscar nominations
Watch: TCD debuts world's first film in ancient Sumerian
Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language.
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
More of this kind of thing please!
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Has there ever been a better time to be a reader of Irish language books? #Gaeilge jrnl.ie/6887140t
Irish language literature has never been more buoyant, say authors and booksellers
There’s never been a better time to be an reader of books as Gaeilge – but authors still face challenges.
jrnl.ie
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Has there ever been a better time to be a reader of Irish language books? #Gaeilge jrnl.ie/6887140t
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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.
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
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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.
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.
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Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
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The Irish language is in an all-time underfunding crisis, with Gaeltacht housing ever more unaffordable and record secondary school exemptions. Rather than lowering our expectations, we need to fight for Irish and for everyone’s chance to access it m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: We need to create an Ireland where everyone can become fluent in Irish
On a grassroots level, it could not be clearer: Irish people want to learn Irish. An island-wide Údarás na Gaeltachta study found last year that 74pc wish to improve their level.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Irish language is in an all-time underfunding crisis, with Gaeltacht housing ever more unaffordable and record secondary school exemptions. Rather than lowering our expectations, we need to fight for Irish and for everyone’s chance to access it m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
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There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
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I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
RIP Sister Stan, founder of Focus Ireland, and tireless advocate of permanent homes as a human right
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
A Day In The Life Of Sister Stan
A day spent with Sister Stan learning about her research work with homeless women in Dublin.
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
RIP Sister Stan, founder of Focus Ireland, and tireless advocate of permanent homes as a human right
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
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Vacancy Watch: The council has been sitting on the disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city. Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
Vacancy Watch: Council sits on disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city
Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Vacancy Watch: The council has been sitting on the disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city. Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
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From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer has been growing a global audience. In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer grows a global audience
In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer has been growing a global audience. In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
Catherine Connolly commissioned a young designer to create meaningful work...Declan Ganley boasted that he spent a teeny amount on the spoil the vote campaign, complete with AI-generated schlock imagery
Selling the left’s message in the digital age is an art – Ireland’s new president mastered it | Una Mullally
Selling the left’s message in the digital age is an art – Ireland’s new president mastered it | Una Mullally
From Mamdani-style visual branding to basketball clips, Catherine Connolly found her audience and spoke in a language they understood, says journalist Una Mullally
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Catherine Connolly commissioned a young designer to create meaningful work...Declan Ganley boasted that he spent a teeny amount on the spoil the vote campaign, complete with AI-generated schlock imagery
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Schools in Europe were social spaces of learning and teaching, and above all, schools were a paper world: contact zones for pupils with papers of all sorts. Let's have a look at this 1670 painting by Jan Steen. A thread for #PaperHistory and #BookHistory #earlymodern #skystorians #BlueLZ
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September 16, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Schools in Europe were social spaces of learning and teaching, and above all, schools were a paper world: contact zones for pupils with papers of all sorts. Let's have a look at this 1670 painting by Jan Steen. A thread for #PaperHistory and #BookHistory #earlymodern #skystorians #BlueLZ
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