William Sheehan
@willsheehan.bsky.social
Historian of Empire, War, and Crime. Passing interest in public policy and politics. A few books!
Don't do this. Be better than this. A family is suffering...
February 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Don't do this. Be better than this. A family is suffering...
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This is true....
Macron, "The EU was set up for peace and a Single Market"
"But now, Europe has to learn to become a geopolitical power"
"But now, Europe has to learn to become a geopolitical power"
February 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
This is true....
Words fail me...
New study at The Lancet estimates that the illegal dismantling of USAID will result in up to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 alone
Some 2.5 million will be children under the age of 5
No hell too hot, no prison too brutal, for the DOGE boys who did this
Some 2.5 million will be children under the age of 5
No hell too hot, no prison too brutal, for the DOGE boys who did this
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Words fail me...
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Blood Runs Green is a bargain $9.99 on the #Chicago University Press website. If you like true crime, #murder, Irish republicanism, #spies, Chicago & Irish #history it should be right up your street. #truecrime
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Blood Runs Green is a bargain $9.99 on the #Chicago University Press website. If you like true crime, #murder, Irish republicanism, #spies, Chicago & Irish #history it should be right up your street. #truecrime
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Hello #HistBookChat gang!
A slow reading reading week due to work, but still enjoying both of these #BookReviews to follow in the not too distant future (I hope!).
A slow reading reading week due to work, but still enjoying both of these #BookReviews to follow in the not too distant future (I hope!).
February 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Hello #HistBookChat gang!
A slow reading reading week due to work, but still enjoying both of these #BookReviews to follow in the not too distant future (I hope!).
A slow reading reading week due to work, but still enjoying both of these #BookReviews to follow in the not too distant future (I hope!).
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Great conference on The Ulster Plantation today at PRONI, showcasing the relaunched 'People of the Ulster Plantation' online database, produced through a research collaboration of @ria.ie, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @maynoothuniversity.ie. Access is via ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Great conference on The Ulster Plantation today at PRONI, showcasing the relaunched 'People of the Ulster Plantation' online database, produced through a research collaboration of @ria.ie, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @maynoothuniversity.ie. Access is via ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
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The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Actually, let's replace NATO. After all, NATO is done. It's just taking some time to sink in...
A European Defence Union is not to replace NATO, but to support NATO in Europe. And to make Europe ready to take responsibility on European defence.
NATO provides military might. The EU provides production power, European Defence Union builds European pillar of NATO.
NATO provides military might. The EU provides production power, European Defence Union builds European pillar of NATO.
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Actually, let's replace NATO. After all, NATO is done. It's just taking some time to sink in...
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Today's launch of the first four-booster version of Ariane 6, operated by Arianespace, took 32 satellites for Amazon LEO to low-Earth orbit. This success confirms Europe’s readiness in heavy-lift capability and is key to ensuring autonomous access to space for Europeans.
More boosters, more power: Ariane 6 lifts off with four boosters for the first time
www.esa.int
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Today's launch of the first four-booster version of Ariane 6, operated by Arianespace, took 32 satellites for Amazon LEO to low-Earth orbit. This success confirms Europe’s readiness in heavy-lift capability and is key to ensuring autonomous access to space for Europeans.
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Congratulations to our 2026 RIA Gold Medal recipients. @ybuckley.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social has been awarded the Gold Medal in the Environmental Sciences, Geography and Geosciences, and Christopher McCrudden @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has received the Gold Medal in the Social Sciences.
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Congratulations to our 2026 RIA Gold Medal recipients. @ybuckley.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social has been awarded the Gold Medal in the Environmental Sciences, Geography and Geosciences, and Christopher McCrudden @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has received the Gold Medal in the Social Sciences.
Any country that does not help the rest of the world tackle climate change should face quotas on its imports into the EU.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’
Endangerment finding rollback will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Any country that does not help the rest of the world tackle climate change should face quotas on its imports into the EU.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Gutless...
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Gutless...
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Absolutely. Toxic environment for Ferguson, it's best he leave.
Kevin Kilbane: Gasperini’s negative comments about Evan Ferguson have gone too far
Kevin Kilbane: Gasperini’s negative comments about Evan Ferguson have gone too far
Brighton or Roma should intervene, because a young man’s career is being stained by the manager’s ‘medical opinion’
www.irishtimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Absolutely. Toxic environment for Ferguson, it's best he leave.
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Now listening to "The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost" by Cathal Nolan.
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Now listening to "The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost" by Cathal Nolan.
Are there teaching fellowships in impractical chemistry?
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Are there teaching fellowships in impractical chemistry?
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Today, I successfully defended my dissertation on the critique of deterrence theory and practice during the Cold War in West Germany. (If you're wondering what that is in the background: it's the state of university funding in Germany.)
February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Today, I successfully defended my dissertation on the critique of deterrence theory and practice during the Cold War in West Germany. (If you're wondering what that is in the background: it's the state of university funding in Germany.)
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With the release of my new book 'Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic' the same day, tomorrow morning I will be discussing the book and Rory O'Connor on Today with David McCullagh on RTÉ Radio One at 10.30am. Do tune in! ... and available to listen on RTÉ website and streaming services thereafter.
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
With the release of my new book 'Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic' the same day, tomorrow morning I will be discussing the book and Rory O'Connor on Today with David McCullagh on RTÉ Radio One at 10.30am. Do tune in! ... and available to listen on RTÉ website and streaming services thereafter.
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BACK IN PRINT
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
BACK IN PRINT
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
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The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?
@regmunch.bsky.social: 'The Cruelty Inside'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...
@regmunch.bsky.social: 'The Cruelty Inside'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...
The Cruelty Inside
The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?
www.commonwealmagazine.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?
@regmunch.bsky.social: 'The Cruelty Inside'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...
@regmunch.bsky.social: 'The Cruelty Inside'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...
