Will Peters
Lecturer at Technological University of Dublin. Interests include: access to education, digital threats to democracy, social inclusion and equality
- Reposted by Will PetersIt’s not just football tricks that President Catherine Connolly has up her sleeve – she can also score an impressive backwards basketball shot. jrnl.ie/6946030
- Reposted by Will PetersSitting across the Oireachtas Children's Committee on online safety for children. Very much getting the impression that a lot of politicians are reaching for the Under-16 ban. Momentum behind that rather than a deeper understanding of platforms, algorithms and any alternative view.
- Reposted by Will PetersIt's not acceptable that the only way to get live updates on public transport is by having an account on X which is now under investigation for CSAM. TFI and Irish Rail need to start providing accessible and reliable updates on their own platforms instead of relying on X. #SpeirGorm
- Ourselves, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @galwaycommuters.bsky.social, & Cork Commuter Coalition wrote to Iarnród Éireann & the NTA today, asking them to cease posting real-time service updates exclusively on X. This vital info should be widely available. Read below: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Good to see the (albeit slow) migration away from X by public bodies
- Would be great to see all other Irish universities and colleges follow this example @tudublin.bsky.social
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- Does Trump realise how difficult he is making life for Americans in Europe? Putin couldn’t do a better job of destroying the western alliance. #GOP #Greenland
- 🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has escalated his quest to acquire Greenland, threatening multiple European nations with tariffs of up to 25 percent until his purchase of the Danish territory is achieved. ➡️ u.afp.com/SB4G
- It's time for other academic institutions to do the same
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- Reposted by Will Peters"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
- what a surprise - they lied.
- Although Greenland is not part of the European Union- the people of Greenland are EU citizens - utterly bizarre that the US president is talking about ‘conquering’ a land of their closest allies #Greenland #EUcitizens #EU
- from the United States …:..
- The Danish military gears up to defend Greenland www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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- Reposted by Will PetersIt might be just me, but I don't think public bodies should be posting photographs of children to the 'makes sexual images from photographs of children' website.
- Other univerisities should follow suit @tudublin.bsky.social
- Reposted by Will PetersI write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Reposted by Will PetersSection 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
- The calibre of the current Irish cabinet when it comes to digital threats to democracy and society has never been lower - they are so far out of their depth they sound increasingly idiotic.
- This is an incredible statement from the Prime Minister of Ireland - the site specifically supports these illegal functions - @fiannafailparty.bsky.social
- Step up @social-democrats.bsky.social @labourpartyireland.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social and show real leadership
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- Finally Irish members of parliament are leaving toxic ‘X’. Can state agencies, government departments, universities, journalists and NGOs follow suit and stop supporting one of the most socially damaging platforms in existence.
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- Reposted by Will PetersBig Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024. Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves. This is what oligarchy looks like.
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- This week’s episode of @virginmedianews.bsky.social podcast #TheGroupChat confirms it as Ireland’s ‘finger on the pulse’ go to place. Well done Zara King, @newschambers.bsky.social and @gavreilly.com - merry Christmas to you all - your non cynical and passionate analysis is a breath of fresh air
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- Is this really where we are in 2025? Shame on all involved
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- Reposted by Will PetersIreland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
- but let's keep insisting on a nitrates derogation - www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
- 'much like the National Children’s Hospital, the end of direction provision, the end of the housing crisis, night-time economy laws, the Occupied Territories Bill, hate-speech legislation, and all the other things we just don’t seem to be able to get over the line'. www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
- Wonderful paced programme on the Glen of Aherlow in Tipperary, Ireland made by Tipperary Cultural Films. #Tipperary #GlenOfAherlow www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz_w...
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- Time to start sweating the big stuff - climate catastrophe
- "Ireland's weather service said its scientists briefed the country’s prime minister last year and a parliamentary committee last month." Last year, but not a peep out of Leo or Simon (pre & post Apr 2024 Taoisigh) about the #climate risks of early AMOC collapse. #Speirgorm #IrishPol
- Is there any chance Dublin City Council could start posting here and not just on Elon Musk's platform? @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social #DublinCityCouncil #DCC
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- "Policies that contributed to this increase include the Higher Education Authority's National Access Plan, the Programme for Access to Higher Education, free upper secondary education, the expansion of technological universities, and the free fees initiative" #AccessToEducation #ThirdLevelAccess
- Reposted by Will PetersVital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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- And not just the British government but any serious politician, state agency or government department
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- Steady flow of voters at St Clare's in Dublin Bay South for the Irish Presidential election. #Áras25 #Aras25 #DBS #DublinBaySouth #IrishPresidentialElection
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- What an impressive school principal in City West on @rteprimetime.bsky.social fair and balanced and kind #CityWest #Saggart
- Two incredibly able women interviewing two other incredibly able women is a moment requiring pause in Ireland’s last and possibly most watched Presidential debate #Aras25 #PrimeTime @rteprimetime.bsky.social
- Reposted by Will PetersI've written a newsletter on why the FG attack video is both bad content, and bad strategy (If you subscribed you'd have gotten this in your inbox with the heading "Why that FG ad is giving you the ick") (It's free) www.thebriefing.ie/fine-gaels-a...
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- Super series on TG4 called ‘Uachtaráin’ - 1 episode each on Presidents of Ireland - watching them does make you think who might follow in their footsteps - The one on Erskine Childers is especially interesting (last two horse race) it considers the role of the Irish president #Aras25
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- 'More than 3,300 new houses were built in Dublin last year. Just 155 were bought by households' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Will PetersMichael D’s finest moment: the President of Ireland calls for Israel to be excluded from the UN. Why can’t other leaders speak the truth about Gaza like this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsZ...
- 'Half of the households in Ireland have children, yet there is no plan for where, and how, the next generations will live'. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
- I cannot understand why any serious government, government department, state agency or politician is still using X
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- Reposted by Will PetersVideo shows a Global Sumud Flotilla boat struck by a drone at Tunisia’s Sidi Bou Said port, causing fire damage on the main deck. The vessel was carrying members of the flotilla’s steering committee.
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- Reposted by Will PetersUS accused of conducting hostile campaign designed to destabilize Denmark, a close democratic ally amp.dw.com/en/denmark-s...
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- Reposted by Will Peters"It is a famine we could have prevented.. food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel. It is a famine within a few hundred metres of food.. a preventable famine sustained by complicity" Tom Fletcher from the UN on famine being declared in Gaza City
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