@aearls
Historian of sexuality and Ireland at St Olaf College. Executive Producer digpodcast.org. Layout Editor nursingclio.org. (3rd place) Winner of the 2024 MN State Fair Gingersnap competition. SPIRITUALISM'S PLACE out now. LOVE IN THE LAV coming soon
I think we need a tea trolley at the ILT offices. Maybe if I embraced AI, I could divert some of the staff from our Accounts department to operate it. I'm thinking about a tiered tray of cakes and pastries too, but the people from accounts might find that an unnecessary expense. They can be tight.
The devil is going to be in the detail with Ireland's disregard scheme. Past queer scenes were clandestine, which means arrests for sex in semi-public places (i.e. toilets). In UK legislation these cannot be pardoned, because they remain crimes (if under different laws than those originally used).
Even so, there's no doubt the rate of arrests in Ireland for consensual sex went up significantly in the postwar period and remained high until the mid 1970s, due to increased policing (including stings). There were a couple of flare ups in Northern Ireland but the rate was nowhere near as high.
Featuring research by @aearls.bsky.social, whose book - "Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972" - was published last year
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
May everyone involved burn in hell
Firefox update allows you to turn off AI.
FINALLY.
Yes, we’re looking at you, Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins & Thom Tillis, you absolute oath-violating cowards.
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
This is the most important thing to understand about AI.
Publish or perish
The "innovative learning AI chat bot" seems evil to me. Yes, yes, I'm looking for guidance on writing learning outcomes, but I think I should use my DOZENS OF YEARS OF EDUCATION to do that.
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
This is so deeply fucked. I wish these people would just admit they hate the idea of democracy and get it over with. This kayfabe bullshit is just silly at this point.
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
3. Fuck ICE.
As the news talks about the "end" of "Operation Metro Surge," my thoughts:
1. Believe it when I see it.
2. IF they go, then what? Who is going to answer for these murders? Where will they go next to terrorize? Who is going to repair the economic and emotional damage our gov has wrought here?
A piece I wrote a few weeks ago, while I was in Ireland both wishing I was home and afraid to return. nursingclio.org/2026/02/13/t... @nursingclio.bsky.social
A stunning and beautiful piece of writing from my friend @aearls.bsky.social. At @nursingclio.bsky.social today:
If you want to become literally Mellon-pilled like me, here’s how:
www.ias.edu/hs/mellon
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
Justice for Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and others! We demand accountability and an end to state terror. Let's push for real change toward a just future where all feel safe. Let their memory fuel our fight!
Uncovering Ireland’s queer lives of the past, Earls reveals the contradictions, possibilities, and magnitude of postcolonial Irish Catholic nationalism.
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But this is the best possible still and should be the preview
In case you missed it… my talk in Dublin with @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social ! youtu.be/CttFfqDEZpY?...
Glad you listened to the people on the yellow font! 🤓😘
The stories of all these men - and many more - are told in "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation"!
The book is available for affordable preorder now :)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.waterstones.com/book/belfast...
A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.
*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
