Ricki O'Rawe
@rickiorawe.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies. Interested in the fantastic, surrealism, esotericism, decoloniality, and other modes of unsettling binaries and being in-between.
Musician: -ence, Many Souls, Not Squares
Musician: -ence, Many Souls, Not Squares
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Ricki O'Rawe
@rickiorawe.bsky.social
· Nov 18
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This tends to be the kind of thing I am up to these days: 'La política espeluznante en Distancia de rescate (2014) de Samanta Schweblin' doi.org/10.3828/bchs... [Eerie Politics in Distancia de rescate (2014) by Samanta Schweblin]
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The court has spoken.
Counter-terror powers must not be used to undermine democratic rights.
Full statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social
Counter-terror powers must not be used to undermine democratic rights.
Full statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The court has spoken.
Counter-terror powers must not be used to undermine democratic rights.
Full statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social
Counter-terror powers must not be used to undermine democratic rights.
Full statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social
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Israeli air strikes kill 12 people in Gaza, health ministry says
Israeli air strikes kill 12 people in Gaza, health ministry says
Three children and two women killed in strike on apartment
www.irishtimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Israeli air strikes kill 12 people in Gaza, health ministry says
A scene is made up of so many parts, some of which doń´t get the credit they deserve. The DIY-alt-punk community of Belfast has been supercharged over the years by the inimitable Gwendolin Patterson. Come help us celebrate her and her 60th birthday next Friday - www.facebook.com/events_invit...
GWENDOLINS 60th Birthday Party
Friday, January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
www.facebook.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
A scene is made up of so many parts, some of which doń´t get the credit they deserve. The DIY-alt-punk community of Belfast has been supercharged over the years by the inimitable Gwendolin Patterson. Come help us celebrate her and her 60th birthday next Friday - www.facebook.com/events_invit...
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“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.
Another significant Modern Languages department under threat. What does it say about current arrangements that learning about other cultures is being systematically devalued and disallowed?
⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages
Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.
Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Another significant Modern Languages department under threat. What does it say about current arrangements that learning about other cultures is being systematically devalued and disallowed?
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As an affiliate of Irish Congress of Trade Unions, @ucuatqub.bsky.social encourages colleagues to gather in front of the Lanyon Building gates at 12.30 on Friday 28th November to show solidarity with Palestinian trades unionists, workers and the Palestinian people. Hot food & tea/coffee provided!
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As an affiliate of Irish Congress of Trade Unions, @ucuatqub.bsky.social encourages colleagues to gather in front of the Lanyon Building gates at 12.30 on Friday 28th November to show solidarity with Palestinian trades unionists, workers and the Palestinian people. Hot food & tea/coffee provided!
Excellent source of decolonial thinking and reporting - follow if that is your thing.
WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Excellent source of decolonial thinking and reporting - follow if that is your thing.
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AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
Nice primer on research about AI use and brain development
ChatGPT strikes a sour note with German musicians
ChatGPT strikes a sour note with German musicians
OpenAI broke copyright law by using hit song lyrics to train its ChatGPT software without first buying a licence
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Nice primer on research about AI use and brain development
With Palestine conspicuously absent from the front pages of some major outlets and bombs still falling on Gaza, let’s make sure to look a little further for our news.
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
With Palestine conspicuously absent from the front pages of some major outlets and bombs still falling on Gaza, let’s make sure to look a little further for our news.
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📢 ¿Te interesa el realismo mágico, las narrativas contemporáneas y los estudios literarios innovadores?
En breve se abrirá la convocatoria FPI (Formación de Personal Investigador) del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia para la contratación de un/a investigador/a predoctoral asociado/a al proyecto:
En breve se abrirá la convocatoria FPI (Formación de Personal Investigador) del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia para la contratación de un/a investigador/a predoctoral asociado/a al proyecto:
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 ¿Te interesa el realismo mágico, las narrativas contemporáneas y los estudios literarios innovadores?
En breve se abrirá la convocatoria FPI (Formación de Personal Investigador) del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia para la contratación de un/a investigador/a predoctoral asociado/a al proyecto:
En breve se abrirá la convocatoria FPI (Formación de Personal Investigador) del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia para la contratación de un/a investigador/a predoctoral asociado/a al proyecto:
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You almost never see/hear/read a person-on-the-street quote in which that person is saying "Yeah, immigrants are great." If it hates it rates just like if it bleeds it leads, and we get a disproportionate number of right-wingers sharing their hate and disinformation about immigration from msm.
August 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You almost never see/hear/read a person-on-the-street quote in which that person is saying "Yeah, immigrants are great." If it hates it rates just like if it bleeds it leads, and we get a disproportionate number of right-wingers sharing their hate and disinformation about immigration from msm.
JOB: Lecturer/Assistant Lecturer in Spanish (Global and Area Studies) - jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53267...
August 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
JOB: Lecturer/Assistant Lecturer in Spanish (Global and Area Studies) - jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53267...
Sally Rooney on the hypocrisy of the proscription of Palestine Action : www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
www.irishtimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sally Rooney on the hypocrisy of the proscription of Palestine Action : www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Come join us for a special event to honour Ted Hickey (my father in law) on the 20th anniversary of his passing in the hometown of his close friend and musical comrade, Seán Corcoran. seancorcoranseries.com/requiem-for-...
July 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Come join us for a special event to honour Ted Hickey (my father in law) on the 20th anniversary of his passing in the hometown of his close friend and musical comrade, Seán Corcoran. seancorcoranseries.com/requiem-for-...
I wonder will UK politics go the way of post-agreement NI, when voters fled the middle ground towards Sinn Féin and the DUP.
let's hope so
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer humiliated Corbyn, but the former Labour leader could have the last laugh
The former Labour leader has given his successor a major new problem, threatening to pinch support from the party’s increasingly restless left wing. David Maddox explores the turbulent relationship be...
www.independent.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I wonder will UK politics go the way of post-agreement NI, when voters fled the middle ground towards Sinn Féin and the DUP.
The embedding of AI into a platform some teaching staff are required to use raises all sorts of ethical quandaries, not least ecological ones.
“…faculty members will be able to click an icon that connects them with various AI features…, like a grading tool, a discussion-post summarizer… Canvas’s parent company, Instructure, is also in partnership w/ OpenAI… so instructors can use generative-AI technology as part of their assignments.”
Instructors Will Now See AI Throughout a Widely Used Course Software
New features integrated into Canvas include a grading assistant, a discussion-post summarizer, and even a way to pair assignments with generative AI tools.
www.chronicle.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The embedding of AI into a platform some teaching staff are required to use raises all sorts of ethical quandaries, not least ecological ones.
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Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
YES
July 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
YES
Something the establishment is trying so hard to censor will always be worth seeing
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Something the establishment is trying so hard to censor will always be worth seeing
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Job! Assistant Professor of Spanish @caiuscollege.bsky.social and Emmanuel College. Nine months from 1 October 2025 to cover my teaching while I’m on leave. Latin American literature, cinema or thought.
Details here: tinyurl.com/33m6d389.
Details here: tinyurl.com/33m6d389.
Assistant Professor in Spanish of Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College at University of Cambridge
Apply for the Assistant Professor in Spanish of Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply n...
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June 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Job! Assistant Professor of Spanish @caiuscollege.bsky.social and Emmanuel College. Nine months from 1 October 2025 to cover my teaching while I’m on leave. Latin American literature, cinema or thought.
Details here: tinyurl.com/33m6d389.
Details here: tinyurl.com/33m6d389.
‘Musk apparently did not anticipate that it would be bad P.R. for the world’s richest man to take food and medicine from the world’s poorest children.’ What a dangerous, sociopathic, idiot Musk is.
Elon Musk’s actions have already killed an estimated 300,000 people since January.
Read this. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Read this. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
‘Musk apparently did not anticipate that it would be bad P.R. for the world’s richest man to take food and medicine from the world’s poorest children.’ What a dangerous, sociopathic, idiot Musk is.
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💬 What can primary school French and Spanish teachers learn from Irish-Medium classrooms?
Thomas Rogan explores how immersion-style techniques used in Irish-Medium Education could transform modern foreign language teaching in mainstream primary schools.
📖: www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
Thomas Rogan explores how immersion-style techniques used in Irish-Medium Education could transform modern foreign language teaching in mainstream primary schools.
📖: www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
www.lspjournal.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
💬 What can primary school French and Spanish teachers learn from Irish-Medium classrooms?
Thomas Rogan explores how immersion-style techniques used in Irish-Medium Education could transform modern foreign language teaching in mainstream primary schools.
📖: www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
Thomas Rogan explores how immersion-style techniques used in Irish-Medium Education could transform modern foreign language teaching in mainstream primary schools.
📖: www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...