Ailbhe Kenny
@kennyailbhe.bsky.social
Academic, Irish Research Council Laureate, Music Education
Tip: pronounced Alva
Tip: pronounced Alva
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Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
New @axios: Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
The move is the latest in a series of deals that sees all the big players partnering with one another.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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@kingsmusic.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is delighted to be hosting the annual conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, 9–12 April 2026, on the theme Ethnomusicology and the Present.
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
Ethnomusicology and The Present | British Forum for Ethnomusicology
bfe.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@kingsmusic.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is delighted to be hosting the annual conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, 9–12 April 2026, on the theme Ethnomusicology and the Present.
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
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If dereliction is vandalism then Dublin City Council are vandals & should be treated as such #DerelictIreland
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If dereliction is vandalism then Dublin City Council are vandals & should be treated as such #DerelictIreland
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It's mad to think how short this section is and how much parking will be left after the plan is done.
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's mad to think how short this section is and how much parking will be left after the plan is done.
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
A 9-year-old homage to Picasso. “I’m an abstract person”, she says. I couldn’t be more pleased 😁
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A 9-year-old homage to Picasso. “I’m an abstract person”, she says. I couldn’t be more pleased 😁
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A 30km/h default urban speed limit will save lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Opinion: We could make our towns safer for everyone by lowering speed limits to 30km/h
The government is dragging its feet on reducing the default speed limit in urban areas to 30 km/h, writes Councillor Feljin Jose.
www.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A 30km/h default urban speed limit will save lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
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RTÉ News was given permission to enter Citywest Hotel to speak to some of the 1,200 residents in the wake of a series of protests outside the facility
'We are not safe' - mother warned children in Citywest
RTÉ News was given permission to enter Citywest Hotel to speak to some of the 1,200 residents in the wake of a week of protests outside the facility.
www.rte.ie
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
RTÉ News was given permission to enter Citywest Hotel to speak to some of the 1,200 residents in the wake of a series of protests outside the facility
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We are 20 years singing! Come and join us for the celebration in December and for the launch of our Christmas album! ancorchoir.com for tix!
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We are 20 years singing! Come and join us for the celebration in December and for the launch of our Christmas album! ancorchoir.com for tix!
30% off my new book ‘Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music’ (Oxford University Press, 2025). Use code AUFLY30 on the OUP webpage. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
30% off my new book ‘Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music’ (Oxford University Press, 2025). Use code AUFLY30 on the OUP webpage. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm.
Real life:
Real life:
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm.
Real life:
Real life:
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'With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopes.'
‘The loss of education is the loss of the future itself’: Gaza’s children and teachers on two years without school
With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopes
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
'With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopes.'
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Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre
The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail
sempre.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
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You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
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Phrases harvested from your chapters whizzed up and extruded into B+ essays for bored teenagers. Finally someone has worked out how to make money from academic publishing.
October 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Phrases harvested from your chapters whizzed up and extruded into B+ essays for bored teenagers. Finally someone has worked out how to make money from academic publishing.
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Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
www.thejournal.ie
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
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Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents
October 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Our time with the Dolly cargo bike has come to an end. I want to thank Pat @pfitzp.bsky.social (@limerickecargobike on X) for letting us trial the bike.
The end result?
We're all in. Moving the kids via cargo bike is a no brainer.
1/3
The end result?
We're all in. Moving the kids via cargo bike is a no brainer.
1/3
October 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Our time with the Dolly cargo bike has come to an end. I want to thank Pat @pfitzp.bsky.social (@limerickecargobike on X) for letting us trial the bike.
The end result?
We're all in. Moving the kids via cargo bike is a no brainer.
1/3
The end result?
We're all in. Moving the kids via cargo bike is a no brainer.
1/3
Check out this OA special issue on ‘Music Education Among Refugee and Migrant Youths’
✍ Kenny, A. & Lukianchenko, O. (2025) ‘Ukrainian children making music in an Irish school: A temporary place to be?’ Music and Arts in Action, 9 (1), 46-65. www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/ma...
✍ Kenny, A. & Lukianchenko, O. (2025) ‘Ukrainian children making music in an Irish school: A temporary place to be?’ Music and Arts in Action, 9 (1), 46-65. www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/ma...
Ukrainian Children Making Music in an Irish School: A Temporary Place to Be?
| Music and Arts in Action
www.musicandartsinaction.net
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Check out this OA special issue on ‘Music Education Among Refugee and Migrant Youths’
✍ Kenny, A. & Lukianchenko, O. (2025) ‘Ukrainian children making music in an Irish school: A temporary place to be?’ Music and Arts in Action, 9 (1), 46-65. www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/ma...
✍ Kenny, A. & Lukianchenko, O. (2025) ‘Ukrainian children making music in an Irish school: A temporary place to be?’ Music and Arts in Action, 9 (1), 46-65. www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/ma...
The really nauseating thing about the Ryder Cup is how seamlessly it will all happen
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O'Toole: The really nauseating thing about the Ryder Cup is how seamlessly it will all happen
Imagine the war cabinet that would have been assembled if paediatric spinal surgery was a global spectator sport
www.irishtimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The really nauseating thing about the Ryder Cup is how seamlessly it will all happen
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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The capital of Finland hasn't had a traffic death in a full year. Lower speed limits, plentiful speed cameras, 1,500+ km of bike lanes, infrastructure for pedestrians, and a new tram line.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.
www.helsinkitimes.fi
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The capital of Finland hasn't had a traffic death in a full year. Lower speed limits, plentiful speed cameras, 1,500+ km of bike lanes, infrastructure for pedestrians, and a new tram line.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
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When politicians are landlords this is what happens over & over
Tax breaks are a typical @finegael.bsky.social policy
In this case great if you are a developer/landlord/hoarder
Shit for everyone else
#DerelictIreland
Tax breaks are a typical @finegael.bsky.social policy
In this case great if you are a developer/landlord/hoarder
Shit for everyone else
#DerelictIreland
September 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When politicians are landlords this is what happens over & over
Tax breaks are a typical @finegael.bsky.social policy
In this case great if you are a developer/landlord/hoarder
Shit for everyone else
#DerelictIreland
Tax breaks are a typical @finegael.bsky.social policy
In this case great if you are a developer/landlord/hoarder
Shit for everyone else
#DerelictIreland
🎶 CDIME 2025! 30 Sept – 2 Oct at Mary Immaculate College & the Irish World Academy of Music & Dance - 17th International Conference on Cultural Diversity in Music Education. Keynotes: Rhiannon Giddens & Nasim Niknafs.
✨ Explore the programme & register at mic.ul.ie/CDIME2025 #musiced #limerick
✨ Explore the programme & register at mic.ul.ie/CDIME2025 #musiced #limerick
Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME) Conference | Mary Immaculate College
The CDIME conference will explore the multifaceted, everyday experiences and expressions of diversity, and the factors that determine its plurality in terms of cultures/cultural repertories, i.e. race...
mic.ul.ie
September 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🎶 CDIME 2025! 30 Sept – 2 Oct at Mary Immaculate College & the Irish World Academy of Music & Dance - 17th International Conference on Cultural Diversity in Music Education. Keynotes: Rhiannon Giddens & Nasim Niknafs.
✨ Explore the programme & register at mic.ul.ie/CDIME2025 #musiced #limerick
✨ Explore the programme & register at mic.ul.ie/CDIME2025 #musiced #limerick
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“The rise of GenAI underscores that we must fight for the university as a place of debate, of critique and of contestation. We should therefore protect and promote the independent thinking skills that enable such a debate now, and in the future”. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“The rise of GenAI underscores that we must fight for the university as a place of debate, of critique and of contestation. We should therefore protect and promote the independent thinking skills that enable such a debate now, and in the future”. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...