John O'Brien
@JohnOB21
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Policy and Strategy Consultant, Lecturer. Interested in alternatives - political economic, creative. Also in stand up comedy, science fiction, and running...
Ireland
Joined June 2011
UK economy is heavily financialised and thus influenced by multinational corporations, shareholders, and wealth extracting financial markets. This needs to surface if UK is serious about wealth inequality, regional development and a better deal for consumers.
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We have to redistribute income or wealth of face fascism: that is the choice before us https://t.co/D4wKtdSjfK Unless we abandon neoliberalism, it will lead to its inevitable conclusion, which is fascism.
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I dictated this yesterday when trying out a new microphone system that we intend to use (the Rode Wireless Pro system). I then transcribed this recording using Descript and realised that it was worth...
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Israel ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7. Documents & testimonies obtained by leading Israeli newspaper Haaretz reveal today. We along with @PulaRJS exposed this three months ago. The western media ignored it then and will continue to ignore it now
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A Googlepocalypse is sweeping the United States – and its devastating effects are on their way to Ireland https://t.co/4x5Xxc0Tqr
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Hugh Linehan: The link economy is dying, and with it an entire ecosystem that supported content creation and communication is coming to an end
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Progressive public procurement should not just be about 'community benefits' or 'social value'. That is such lack of ambition. Public spending is significant means by which one transforms /transition an economy toward more innovation, decarbonisation and economic democracy.
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and an exceptionally high level of centralised decision making. Both of which work against local development. Community Wealth Building offers many practical ways to tackle these problems. So do please share widely https://t.co/bB5ewU6ztE
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To my colleagues working in arts, culture, heritage and particularly those with an interest in creative place making - this is worth attending and more importantly, getting your local politicians to attend. Ireland has one of the lowest levels of local authority spending in EU
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The people suffering this genocide are not them. They are you. You are them. They are us. They are you. They are me. I am them. We are them. SILENCE IS COMPLICITY!
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"Academics are 25 times more likely to have a parent with a Ph.D. This nearly doubles at prestigious universities & is stable across 50 years...academia is disproportionately accessible to the privileged which shapes their scholarship & reproduction." https://t.co/XsWnicoAfG
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Despite the special role of tenure-track faculty in society, training future researchers and producing scholarship that drives scientific and technological innovation, the sociodemographic characte...
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Hillary Cottam is among the most urgent thinkers and activists we have https://t.co/PHAMI6Y1HH
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GO SEE ‘PRICKLY’! Caoimhe O’Malley and Genevieve Hulme-Beauman are a magnificent double act! A masterclass in fast characterisation, wonderful visual gags, and fine tuned comic timing! It’s @dlrMillTheatre Dundrum till Saturday 3rd. DONT MISS IT!!
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Yet another classic from Reggie
Where is Cillian Murphy from? #Cork #CillianMurphy
@EoinBearla @BumperGraham @NeilRedfM @michael_O_Regan
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I've completed week 5 of the @FutureLearn course 'People-Centred Policy Design'!
futurelearn.com
Learn how to implement innovative methods that put diverse people and their lived experience at the heart of public policy with this online course from Government Campus UK.
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I am now trained in People Centred Policy Design courtesy of Policy Lab UK! Great course!
futurelearn.com
Learn how to implement innovative methods that put diverse people and their lived experience at the heart of public policy with this online course from Government Campus UK.
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