Sheena Hyland
@sheenahyland.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Educational Development
University College Dublin
Interests include philosophy, education, humans
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University College Dublin
Interests include philosophy, education, humans
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Views mine.
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You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
“In the nine years from the passage of the 2015 Gender Recognition Act (enabling over-18s to self-declare their gender identity), just 1,881 people had received certificates…
The central question is: what kind of debate results in conceiving of any human being, let alone a child, as “it”?”
The central question is: what kind of debate results in conceiving of any human being, let alone a child, as “it”?”
Kathy Sheridan: Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people?
Number of trans people in Irish society is tiny – and each one is a human being
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“In the nine years from the passage of the 2015 Gender Recognition Act (enabling over-18s to self-declare their gender identity), just 1,881 people had received certificates…
The central question is: what kind of debate results in conceiving of any human being, let alone a child, as “it”?”
The central question is: what kind of debate results in conceiving of any human being, let alone a child, as “it”?”
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Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Check out this excellent conference with all details now uploaded.
Come join the Irish SWIP gang:
www.swip-ireland.com/events
Come join the Irish SWIP gang:
www.swip-ireland.com/events
Events — SWIP Ireland
www.swip-ireland.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Check out this excellent conference with all details now uploaded.
Come join the Irish SWIP gang:
www.swip-ireland.com/events
Come join the Irish SWIP gang:
www.swip-ireland.com/events
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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If you're free December 19th, do come to our PaTHES webinar with Krystian Szadkowski & Jakub Krzeski @scholarlycommrg.bsky.social on their new book "A Marxist Critique of the Ruined University" (link.springer.com/book/10.1007...) - register here: ntnu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you're free December 19th, do come to our PaTHES webinar with Krystian Szadkowski & Jakub Krzeski @scholarlycommrg.bsky.social on their new book "A Marxist Critique of the Ruined University" (link.springer.com/book/10.1007...) - register here: ntnu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text.
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text.
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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Any law and technology experts out there interested in a new role with great colleagues?
❇️ WE'RE HIRING ❇️
➡️ Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Law and Technology ⬅️
📅 Apply by Noon (IST) 16 January 2026 📅
ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/eH93Mpsg ℹ️
UCD Sutherland School of Law is currently… | UC...
❇️ WE'RE HIRING ❇️
➡️ Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Law and Technology ⬅️
📅 Apply by Noon (IST) 16 January 2026 📅
ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/eH93Mpsg ℹ️
UCD Sutherland School of Law is currently recruitin...
www.linkedin.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Any law and technology experts out there interested in a new role with great colleagues?
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It's #WorldPhilosophyDay!
And did you know that philosophers can (sometimes) be quite good at answering practical questions? Questions such as: "What should state-mandated Relationships Education look like?" "Am I obliged to mentor my students?"
Like in this new book!
academic.oup.com/book/61645
And did you know that philosophers can (sometimes) be quite good at answering practical questions? Questions such as: "What should state-mandated Relationships Education look like?" "Am I obliged to mentor my students?"
Like in this new book!
academic.oup.com/book/61645
The Future of Education: Reimagining its Aims and Responsibilities
Abstract. This book brings together leading international scholars in the philosophy of education to address some of the most pressing issues facing educat
academic.oup.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's #WorldPhilosophyDay!
And did you know that philosophers can (sometimes) be quite good at answering practical questions? Questions such as: "What should state-mandated Relationships Education look like?" "Am I obliged to mentor my students?"
Like in this new book!
academic.oup.com/book/61645
And did you know that philosophers can (sometimes) be quite good at answering practical questions? Questions such as: "What should state-mandated Relationships Education look like?" "Am I obliged to mentor my students?"
Like in this new book!
academic.oup.com/book/61645
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Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.
Outrageous that we have fighting military robots now but not earmuffs that sit snuggly under a bike helmet without compromising helmet safety.
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Outrageous that we have fighting military robots now but not earmuffs that sit snuggly under a bike helmet without compromising helmet safety.
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
goodlaw.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
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Can't believe you're all out there celebrating international men when it's far more sustainable and ethical to celebrate local, homegrown, seasonal men
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Can't believe you're all out there celebrating international men when it's far more sustainable and ethical to celebrate local, homegrown, seasonal men
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CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
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State by state marriage age
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
State by state marriage age
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Chronic inflammation isn’t visible like acute inflammation – it simmers away quietly until it flares, affecting the whole body. In today’s timely essay, a medical anthropologist explores what we know about chronic inflammation and asks if it’s time to rethink the framework behind it
Could chronic inflammation be the medical paradigm shift of our age? | Aeon Essays
Acute inflammation helps the body heal. But chronic inflammation is different and could provoke a medical paradigm shift
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Chronic inflammation isn’t visible like acute inflammation – it simmers away quietly until it flares, affecting the whole body. In today’s timely essay, a medical anthropologist explores what we know about chronic inflammation and asks if it’s time to rethink the framework behind it
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The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
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perhaps we’ll see argument re. CJEU judgement from 13 March that recognising, recording & processing a person's gender identity is an issue of data protection and a person should be empowered to be the primary
author of their own life.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... @tupped.bsky.social
author of their own life.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... @tupped.bsky.social
Trans woman to challenge State's refusal to recognise her as biological mother of child
The woman submits that if she had to claim to be the 'father' of her child, it would be an 'offensive, discriminatory and unjust attack' on her person, gender identity, legal status and on same-sex ma...
www.irishexaminer.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
perhaps we’ll see argument re. CJEU judgement from 13 March that recognising, recording & processing a person's gender identity is an issue of data protection and a person should be empowered to be the primary
author of their own life.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... @tupped.bsky.social
author of their own life.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... @tupped.bsky.social
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why do we forget the air that we breathe in common?
What does it mean to breathe when the environment that sustains life now threatens it?
How can life flourish under toxic conditions?
#Philosophy
with Jamison Webster
Mon. Nov. 10 ~ 2pmET / 7pm UK
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-br...
What does it mean to breathe when the environment that sustains life now threatens it?
How can life flourish under toxic conditions?
#Philosophy
with Jamison Webster
Mon. Nov. 10 ~ 2pmET / 7pm UK
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-br...
On Breathing
www.thephilosopher1923.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Why do we forget the air that we breathe in common?
What does it mean to breathe when the environment that sustains life now threatens it?
How can life flourish under toxic conditions?
#Philosophy
with Jamison Webster
Mon. Nov. 10 ~ 2pmET / 7pm UK
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-br...
What does it mean to breathe when the environment that sustains life now threatens it?
How can life flourish under toxic conditions?
#Philosophy
with Jamison Webster
Mon. Nov. 10 ~ 2pmET / 7pm UK
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-br...
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For millions of us with #LongCovid, every day is #LongCovidAwarenessDay. As #DrAmirKhan says in this video, it’s a public health crisis. It’s not just “feeling a bit tired” or needing to exercise* more, but a debilitating condition that affects the whole body and immune system. #CovidIsntOver
🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
For millions of us with #LongCovid, every day is #LongCovidAwarenessDay. As #DrAmirKhan says in this video, it’s a public health crisis. It’s not just “feeling a bit tired” or needing to exercise* more, but a debilitating condition that affects the whole body and immune system. #CovidIsntOver
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The media are only talking about flu though again.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The media are only talking about flu though again.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM