Dom Bryan
Social Anthropologist, University Prof, Dad, Spurs supporter, activist, trade unionist.
- MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown. Remember our ‘friends’ in the USA knew Mandelson was compromised. If this had happened with Russia the PM would have resigned by now.
- Reposted by Dom BryanIn response to the news that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5
- Reposted by Dom BryanOh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
- Reposted by Dom BryanHere's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch
- Reposted by Dom BryanAfter being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
- Reposted by Dom BryanRetiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27.5M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
- Reposted by Dom BryanA coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
- Reposted by Dom BryanA German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
- There is a strong political strain in the US that hates the welfare state in Europe. We should defend our people by keeping them healthy not sustaining military bases around the world.
- Reposted by Dom BryanIf you missed Dom Bryan's talk this week on 'Authenticity, history and everyday nationalism: comparing Irish pubs to McDonald’s restaurants', it's now online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=50e-... More QUB Irish Studies events at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris... @domsball.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dom BryanThe 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.
- Reposted by Dom Bryan
- Reposted by Dom BryanNetherlands joins Ireland in threatening to boycott Eurovision if Israel takes part news.sky.com/story/nether...
- Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, finishes with a message to Charlie Kirk: ‘see you in Valhalla’. The United States is so deep in a sort of violent cult, it’s difficult to see if they can get out.
- Anti-Islamic biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites www.bbc.com/news/article... I read this with utter disbelief. But maybe I should stop being so surprised.
- Reposted by Dom BryanIt’s time to use the f-word. Trumpism is fascism. The essence of fascism is in place. See the list 👇 All that’s needed to complete the fascist ascent are; - territorial aggression - the concentration of power in one individual or tight cabal. And these are emerging by the day
- It seems to me that most world leaders have not got a clue how to build peace. And for those who think we need to learn history so we do not make the mistakes of the past, well, I think that theory is blown to bits.
- The USA is getting exactly what it voted for, not a government but a soap opera.
- Reposted by Dom BryanPlease pass this along to anyone who might want to be me for a year. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
- It is worrying that there are very few people on the media questioning the idea that war is inevitable. No one seems to think about deescalation.
- Best worst season ever.
- Oxford English dictionary definition of the word holocaust: 'The complete destruction of something (esp. a large number of people); a mass slaughter, a massacre.'
- Very taken by Dan Hicks argument that we should stop using the term ‘post’-colonial since Colonialism clearly is not over.
- youtu.be/GqP4zwbZxoU?... everyone should listen to this. No one will be able to claim they didn’t know it was happening. It will be our duty to hold the military and politicians of Israel and our own countries to account.
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Utterly predictable to anyone who knows the history of British forces in Northern Ireland. In Iraq and Afghanistan the role of Australian and US forces were no better. This is one of the reasons millions of us protested about these wars.
- Reposted by Dom BryanFor Sir David: 🎂
- Reposted by Dom BryanOp-ed by the International Court of Justice: Israel is using hunger as a weapon of war in Gaza www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Oxford English dictionary definition of the word holocaust: 'The complete destruction of something (esp. a large number of people); a mass slaughter, a massacre.'
- Reposted by Dom BryanA bit of Monday morning nostalgia for those old enough to remember. 😊
- Reposted by Dom BryanExactly!👇
- Reposted by Dom BryanAt least 57 Palestinians have starved to death during the 60 days of Israel’s blockade of Gaza at a time the Israeli army has stepped up bombing and launched an offensive by ground forces, according to aid agencies. (Irish Times)
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Belfast still feels a long way from being a place with safe cycle infrastructure. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @deptinfra.bsky.social
- There are a lot of people commenting on Kneecap who seem to be wilfully or blissfully unaware of what exits on the streets of Northern Ireland all over the place and throughout the year.
- Reposted by Dom BryanTOMORROW is MAY DAY (5/1/25): The latest in our ongoing PROTESTS! FIGHT to protect the country from the chaos of one dangerously unstable man. IT. IS. WORKING. Sane Americans easily outnumber the cult & live in Dementia Don's head rent-free. Bad press is his Kryptonite. BE THERE!! www.FiftyFifty.com
- 🚨 On May 1, 2025, in cities across the US, we will gather in solidarity—honoring the legacy of workers who organized for the 8-hour day. Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy. BUT a peaceful People’s Movement is growing. 👉 www.FiftyFifty.one
- @aiannucci.bsky.social … you are scripting US politics. You must be. There is no other rational explanation.
- Reposted by Dom BryanUtterly abominable that we need this, but we absolutely do www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
- On the last Friday of every month cyclists in Belfast take part in a critical mass event. It is great fun and enormously empowering. If only the Department of Infrastructure could create infrastructure that makes us feel safe all the time. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @deptinfra.bsky.social
- Critical Mass gathers for another night of music and cycling on the streets of Belfast. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dom BryanWell played.
- Reposted by Dom BryanKeep on rocking in the free world. ✌️ m.neilyoungarchives.com/news/4/artic...
- Liz Truss has clearly had greater influence in the US than we realised.
- The cycling infrastructure in Belfast is terrible. In north Belfast it is nonexistent. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @deptinfra.bsky.social @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- Reposted by Dom BryanCan confirm!
- Critical Mass in Belfast last night. All ages gather for a mass cycle ride around the streets. You should try it. Last Friday of every month.
- Today on Dock Street, Belfast.
- Reposted by Dom BryanYou mate are a top bloke 🤘🏼🏴 He chose to do this. Yet there are those with so much more in the world who choose not to help their fellow men, women and everyone in between. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Dock Street in Belfast. The cycle route is routinely blocked by one of these monsters. There is a lorry park 50 meters away.
- Reposted by Dom BryanOne more time for the people in the back.
- www.bbc.com/news/article.... Please Please Please… not another museum on soldiers and war. Is Belfast not drowning in a culture of militarisation? Where is the museum too our industrial history and the lives of ordinary people?
- A useful report on the abject failure of the Department of Infrastructure to deliver active travel in Northern Ireland. www.pivotalppf.org/our-work/piv...
- Reposted by Dom BryanArtists and memory activists from all over the world working together to challenge how we see our world @conflicttextiles.bsky.social #StitchingSolidarity #Derry
- Reposted by Dom BryanDOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?
- Just another cycle lane in Belfast. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @deptinfra.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dom BryanTyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.
- Reposted by Dom BryanDonald Trump is both a symptom of US decline, and an accelerant.
- Reposted by Dom Bryan1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵
- en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... The US is 47th in the world on Child Mortality. Almost every Western European country offers superior outcomes for its citizens. Maybe MAGA might think about a public health system.
- Reposted by Dom BryanRemembering Mark Ashton today on the anniversary of his death
- Reposted by Dom BryanYes he is.
- www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We are witnessing a super wealthy elite killing vulnerable people around the world. Capitalism has always done this but rarely in such a gratuitous way. (Let’s note which Irish politicians go the White House on St Patrick’s Day).
- Reposted by Dom BryanTesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
- Reposted by Dom BryanThis !!
- The combination of power and arrogance is very frightening.
- Is the DfI running out of road on active travel targets? www.bbc.com/news/article.... Years of failure by the Department of Infrastructure. They talk Active Travel but deliver no infrastructure. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social
- AI company complains that another AI company is using its work. The irony! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Dom BryanElon Musk's far-right self in full bloom now, he just spoke at an AfD rally, warning against the loss of German values to "multiculturalism that dilutes everything" and urging Germans to "move beyond" past guilt www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- More of this sort of thing.
- Reposted by Dom BryanLook out at your children See their faces in golden rays Don't kid yourself they belong to you They're the start of the coming race The Earth is a bitch we've finished our news Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay⚡️✨ #HunkyDory
- Reposted by Dom BryanThe poet Michael Longley has died at the grand age of 85. He was one of the greatest lyrical poets writing in the English language. I feel the loss already of his necessary voice. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Reposted by Dom BryanIf she can do it, we can all do it.
- I took the decision never to buy The Sun after the Wapping dispute in 1986. It has always been a racist, sexist rag of a paper with not a shred of moral fibre.
- Reposted by Dom BryanThe combined net worth of Trump's small circle of inauguration attendees yesterday is over $1 trillion. Remember that when Trump said "I am your voice," this is who he was talking to.
- Reposted by Dom BryanVery happy to announce the launch of this new @independentnl.bsky.social series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador, co-edited with Elizabeth Yeoman. Have an idea for a future column? Details on how to reach us included in our intro. theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
- Reposted by Dom BryanTo the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect? Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse? Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
- Reposted by Dom BryanThe wealth of the world’s billionaires grew by $2tn (£1.64tn) last year, three times faster than in 2023, amounting to $5.7bn a day, according to a report by Oxfam. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
- If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quack like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.
- Reposted by Dom BryanChecks and balances. My arse.
- Reposted by Dom BryanI love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
- Reposted by Dom BryanGood night America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3V-...
- Set list, Mike Scott, Dec 15 1997, The Empire Belfast. One of my favourite gigs of all time. At least i think it was from that night. Found it in the vinyl tonight. @mickpuck.bsky.social
- This is the map the Department of Infrastructure produced in 2021 for the delivery of cycle routes in Belfast. The lack of delivery is a scandal and we need accountability. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dom BryanIt's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...
- Reposted by Dom BryanLooks like a pretty disgraceful bit of sectarian policy making by the DUP minister
- For anyone interested in the wonderful Atlantic Anthropological Workshop,, Antraipeolaíochta Atlantach, in April - they should check out this web site: atlanthro.org
- Reposted by Dom BryanDoes anyone think this is okay? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- I really recommend this book from @dmavin.bsky.social. More than mapping the collapse of the major Swiss bank Credit Suisse, it shows that the bank has a horrible history of criminality abetting criminality, incompetence and deeply unethical practices. Could be defined as an Organised Crime Group.
- Reposted by Dom BryanThis is a fantastic bit of cycling archive. The story of Dunlop and the pneumatic tyre as told in 1929. Complete with re-enactment of the first race to be won using the tyres in 1889. It's so much fun. #archive #cycling
