Marc Scully
@marcscully.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
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Marc Scully
@marcscully.bsky.social
· Sep 2
“I feel I should put that work in”: Discourses of effortfulness and essentialism among post‐Brexit applicants for Irish citizenship
This article explores the post-Brexit increase in applications for Irish passports through descent, and in so doing, seeks to develop a social/political psychology of diasporic citizenship. It draws ....
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New publication from me in Political Psychology on the phenomenon of the rise in applications for Irish passports post-Brexit and how such applicants negotiate discourses of citizenship and identity: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gonzo: doesn’t show to the picket, because he’s been arrested for engaging in more direct action.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Gonzo: doesn’t show to the picket, because he’s been arrested for engaging in more direct action.
Animal: ON STRIKE! ON STRIKE! ON STRIKE! ON STRIKE!
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Animal: ON STRIKE! ON STRIKE! ON STRIKE! ON STRIKE!
Bunsen passes the picket without a second glance (big PI energy) until…
Beaker, meekly but determinedly makes a stand and joins the picket.
Bunsen then puts his energies into designing a more efficient brazier, but leaves Beaker in charge of it with disastrous results.
Beaker, meekly but determinedly makes a stand and joins the picket.
Bunsen then puts his energies into designing a more efficient brazier, but leaves Beaker in charge of it with disastrous results.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Bunsen passes the picket without a second glance (big PI energy) until…
Beaker, meekly but determinedly makes a stand and joins the picket.
Bunsen then puts his energies into designing a more efficient brazier, but leaves Beaker in charge of it with disastrous results.
Beaker, meekly but determinedly makes a stand and joins the picket.
Bunsen then puts his energies into designing a more efficient brazier, but leaves Beaker in charge of it with disastrous results.
Rowlf is old school union. Shows up to the picket with Rectify the Anomaly placards from the 80s.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Rowlf is old school union. Shows up to the picket with Rectify the Anomaly placards from the 80s.
Fozzie: passes the picket on the first morning because he doesn’t fully understand what’s happening. Feels so bad about it once it gets explained to him that he’s there an hour early every morning afterwards.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Fozzie: passes the picket on the first morning because he doesn’t fully understand what’s happening. Feels so bad about it once it gets explained to him that he’s there an hour early every morning afterwards.
Miss Piggy: initially intends to pass the picket, but is talked out of it by Kermit. Needs very careful handling subsequently. Spends about 10 minutes on the picket before getting bored but shoots a video while there that goes viral. Becomes the face of the strike.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Miss Piggy: initially intends to pass the picket, but is talked out of it by Kermit. Needs very careful handling subsequently. Spends about 10 minutes on the picket before getting bored but shoots a video while there that goes viral. Becomes the face of the strike.
It's Friday, and I'm struggling with a peer review, so time to bring my "The Muppets on the picket line during a HE strike" thread over from the other place.
Kermit: shop steward. A bit too conciliatory towards management for the liking of more militant members of the union, mind.
Kermit: shop steward. A bit too conciliatory towards management for the liking of more militant members of the union, mind.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It's Friday, and I'm struggling with a peer review, so time to bring my "The Muppets on the picket line during a HE strike" thread over from the other place.
Kermit: shop steward. A bit too conciliatory towards management for the liking of more militant members of the union, mind.
Kermit: shop steward. A bit too conciliatory towards management for the liking of more militant members of the union, mind.
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Sometimes I think, I don't count as Irish. I shouldn't dare to identify as such. I don't deserve to have a passport. I'm only 1/4.
Then I see English people saying they need subtitles for Traitors, freaked out by the swearing, and SHOCKED at the amount of tea drunk and ....
Yeah no. I'm Irish.
Then I see English people saying they need subtitles for Traitors, freaked out by the swearing, and SHOCKED at the amount of tea drunk and ....
Yeah no. I'm Irish.
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Sometimes I think, I don't count as Irish. I shouldn't dare to identify as such. I don't deserve to have a passport. I'm only 1/4.
Then I see English people saying they need subtitles for Traitors, freaked out by the swearing, and SHOCKED at the amount of tea drunk and ....
Yeah no. I'm Irish.
Then I see English people saying they need subtitles for Traitors, freaked out by the swearing, and SHOCKED at the amount of tea drunk and ....
Yeah no. I'm Irish.
Worth re-reading @maryburke.bsky.social ‘s analysis of what claiming ‘Scots-Irish’ heritage means in contemporary US politics: www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Worth re-reading @maryburke.bsky.social ‘s analysis of what claiming ‘Scots-Irish’ heritage means in contemporary US politics: www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
I’ve just brought clothes in off the line that were dry(ish) and sunrise in Cork is before 8am now.
The moments are there to be taken.
The moments are there to be taken.
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I’ve just brought clothes in off the line that were dry(ish) and sunrise in Cork is before 8am now.
The moments are there to be taken.
The moments are there to be taken.
The sun will rise in #Cork #Ireland tomorrow at 7:55, 111 seconds earlier than the day before.
It will set at 17:41, 112 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 17:41, 112 seconds later than the day before.
February 12, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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New paper, expertly led by Matthew Ivory, on whether ChatGPT could pass a psychology degree. The answer was pretty much yes (albeit a low scoring pass). A lot to unpack in the paper but tldr is we really need to rethink how we assess our degrees and what we want students to get out of university.
New paper on AI in Psychology assessments in the Journal of Academic Ethics. Congratulations, in particular, to Matthew Ivory and Sam Finnerty, who worked very hard on the project link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Integrity of Psychology Assessments in the AI Age: A Critical Examination - Journal of Academic Ethics
Journal of Academic Ethics - Generative artificial intelligence’s (Gen-AI) increasing prevalence within higher education raises concerns over its usage by students, particularly over their...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New paper, expertly led by Matthew Ivory, on whether ChatGPT could pass a psychology degree. The answer was pretty much yes (albeit a low scoring pass). A lot to unpack in the paper but tldr is we really need to rethink how we assess our degrees and what we want students to get out of university.
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I can’t believe this isn’t already an RTE tv show
Ruin a film by changing one letter:
Marathon Mam.
Marathon Mam.
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I can’t believe this isn’t already an RTE tv show
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Refugees waiting on citizenship decisions find the rules have quietly changed. While they heard about harsher policies brought in last year, this change wasn't announced, and affects people who applied before then www.dublininquirer.com/refugees-app...
February 11, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Refugees waiting on citizenship decisions find the rules have quietly changed. While they heard about harsher policies brought in last year, this change wasn't announced, and affects people who applied before then www.dublininquirer.com/refugees-app...
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Social media would be healthier if it fully shut down every evening after playing this, the Touch Grass video (Irish Edition)
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Social media would be healthier if it fully shut down every evening after playing this, the Touch Grass video (Irish Edition)
Meanwhile, in the Middle Parish:
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Meanwhile, in the Middle Parish:
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Typical, if you win a Oscar, you're an Irishman in the papers, but if you are a key member of the downfall of the British Prime Minster, suddenly it's Corkman this, Corkman that!
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Typical, if you win a Oscar, you're an Irishman in the papers, but if you are a key member of the downfall of the British Prime Minster, suddenly it's Corkman this, Corkman that!
Alastair, not Alistair. Apologies.
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Alastair, not Alistair. Apologies.
New from Alistair Nightingale and Sarah Jay of @ulpsych.bsky.social . A nuanced examination of the rhetorical justifications used by protestors against the accommodation of asylum seekers at a rural Irish hotel, and how such protesters seek to inoculate themselves against accusations of prejudice.
‘They are lovely men’: Compassionate exclusion used to justify a protest outside asylum seeker accommodation
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This study employed critical discursive and rhetorical psychology to analyse the discourses drawn upon to justify an arguably violent protest outside a previously disused hotel in rural Ireland, wher...
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February 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
New from Alistair Nightingale and Sarah Jay of @ulpsych.bsky.social . A nuanced examination of the rhetorical justifications used by protestors against the accommodation of asylum seekers at a rural Irish hotel, and how such protesters seek to inoculate themselves against accusations of prejudice.
Winner! Friend! And even… Comrade!
a man in a green varsity jacket stands in a crowd of people .
Alt: a man in a green varsity jacket stands in a crowd of people, cheers, smiles and gives a thumbs up signal
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February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Winner! Friend! And even… Comrade!
Jaysus.
The Midsummer Festival crowd are going to think it’s some kind of city-wide experimental theatre.
The Midsummer Festival crowd are going to think it’s some kind of city-wide experimental theatre.
February 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Jaysus.
The Midsummer Festival crowd are going to think it’s some kind of city-wide experimental theatre.
The Midsummer Festival crowd are going to think it’s some kind of city-wide experimental theatre.
Big concert in Páirc Uí Chaoimh that night as well. Some lad called Zach Bryan? (I’m 43).
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Big concert in Páirc Uí Chaoimh that night as well. Some lad called Zach Bryan? (I’m 43).
There is an Irish Olympic snowboarder: Séamus O’Connor is a three-time Olympian.
He sounds like this:
youtu.be/vHXg2pDCaSM?...
He sounds like this:
youtu.be/vHXg2pDCaSM?...
Seamus O'Connor
YouTube video by Olympic Federation of Ireland
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February 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
There is an Irish Olympic snowboarder: Séamus O’Connor is a three-time Olympian.
He sounds like this:
youtu.be/vHXg2pDCaSM?...
He sounds like this:
youtu.be/vHXg2pDCaSM?...