Lecturer in International Relations at Glasgow University. Rugby/ex-MMA/Beer Enthusiast. BJJ 🟪⬛🟪. ADD. Opinions own, rt =/= endorsement.https://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mtjwltnui22zPlease donate to help this Gazan student’s appeal against the Irish government’s disgraceful decision to reject his visa application: Mahmoods Education https://chuffed.org/project/195800-mahmoods-education?utm_campaign=success&utm_id=01a00c51-1f62-78d8-ae01-3a109d6572d4&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=chuffedreferral20 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjwltnui22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mofcwcgqss2yLove O'Toole's writing: "The SpaceX IPO marked the definitive launch of a new form of capitalism, based entirely on storytelling. Capitalism has always relied on belief...But this new form is based, not on belief, but on the suspension of disbelief." tinyurl.com/yhksdjnn https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/16/fintan-otoole-elon-musk-conjures-up-a-fantasy-for-wall-street-and-a-nightmare-for-belfast/16 Jun 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofcwcgqss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mjklnrabns2615 Apr 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjklnrabns26https://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mf57lksu2s24I hate agreeing with Boris Johnson https://www.wsj.com/opinion/put-up-or-put-a-sock-in-it-europe-7b52468a?st=ByJQgg18 Feb 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf57lksu2s24https://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mecrfqle2s2wScum. All of them.08 Feb 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mecrfqle2s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3me22cq4kmk2chttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/02/04/kathy-sheridan-sinn-fein-is-deliberately-being-obtuse-about-eu-plan-to-help-ukraine/04 Feb 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3me22cq4kmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mdlciavuq22aUnbelievably grim. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead29 Jan 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlciavuq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mdi5n4k54c2xI love this piece. Marina Hyde is my spirit animal. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/us-masked-thugs-sneering-elites-terrified-citizens-ice-donald-trump28 Jan 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdi5n4k54c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mctrhmezns2thttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/01/20/ireland-cant-afford-to-ignore-trumps-threat-to-europe-silence-would-be-submission/20 Jan 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctrhmezns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mcrvf5tcn22xReading this, my mind is brought back to a scholar I met at ISA 2025 who ruefully explained his vote for Trump in 2024 because the US "...just HAD to get rid of Biden" To which I should have asked, how did you think the #January6th guy would be an improvement? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/donald-trump-greenland-threats-nobel-prize-snub-letter19 Jan 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrvf5tcn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mccaymo2nc2kYanqui go home https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/01/13/ireland-in-trumps-western-hemisphere-do-you-feel-owned-yet/13 Jan 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccaymo2nc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mbvx37p5nk2gVery smart government we have, very credible and serious. Burn political capital at European level for a meaningless gesture and potentially a short-lived polling bump. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/01/08/ireland-will-vote-against-the-mercosur-trade-deal-taoiseach-and-tanaiste-confirm/08 Jan 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvx37p5nk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3mbocwxaaik2p"What the world is witnessing is not a "rules-based" order, but colonial pillaging. Upholding sovereignty, equality and noninterference is not optional. It is the foundation of global stability — and it must be defended." tinyurl.com/4r6tjah7 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/04/WS695a69ffa310d6866eb31ddc.html05 Jan 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbocwxaaik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m5dtdiznxk2yMake Billionaires Extinct Again https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/11/11/climate-elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg-should-take-billie-eilishs-question-seriously/11 Nov 2025 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dtdiznxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m5bztwsn6c2chttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/israeli-soldiers-breaking-ranks-gaza-civilians-human-shields10 Nov 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bztwsn6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m4ziksopdk25This is literally being done just so Muskrat can claim to be the world’s first trillionaire. No financial or business sense, just pure ego. Disgusting. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/11/06/tesla-deal-to-make-elon-musk-the-worlds-first-trillionaire/07 Nov 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ziksopdk25https://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m4rzdb66rk2whttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/11/04/fintan-otoole-simon-harris-is-deliberately-spreading-disinformation-on-immigration/04 Nov 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4rzdb66rk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m4b6476wjc2cThings one loves reading about [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4b6476wjc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m44ihkjkuc2uhttps://open.substack.com/pub/chadbourn/p/us-vs-them?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 Oct 2025 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44ihkjkuc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m3xhgtnbw22hSame thing goes for the nameless US elites, shit or get off the pot you absolute cowards. 7 million people are marching in the street and risking being murdered by ICE in the streets to prevent deportations. You are worried about your stock portfolio. Grow a pair. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xhgtnbw22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m3uqpwuv5k2sShit or get off the pot time, Tories. Either disavow her plan for ethnic cleansing publicly and vote to kick her out of the party, or resign your position. You gutless cowards. Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally settled people https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/23/conservatives-complain-to-whips-about-fellow-mps-comments-on-legally-settled-people?CMP=share_btn_url23 Oct 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uqpwuv5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m3rm7npaxs25I remain convinced that the Conservative Party is more akin to an ant infected with cordyceps than a functioning political party. Its legs are moving and it’s capable of travelling from point a to point b, but its mind has been eaten by Farage and it’s a slowly dying husk. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2025 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rm7npaxs25https://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m3pgpcuc7c2bA good piece summarising Starmer’s continued hypocrisy and absurdity regarding the genocide in Gaza [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pgpcuc7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m2yvn32rsc24Lammy and Labour disgracing themselves again (as per usual). But there needs to be more noise from @uofglasgow.bsky.social as well- use your institutional power to demand Manar and her family be allowed come to Glasgow https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/12/manar-al-houbi-gaza-phd-student-family-blocked-from-entering-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other12 Oct 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2yvn32rsc24https://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m2mmfbz4dk2cGET IN MY SON07 Oct 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mmfbz4dk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3m22jihsnnc2fhttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/30/fintan-otoole-catherine-connolly-should-try-to-keep-her-inner-basil-fawlty-under-wraps/30 Sep 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22jihsnnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeltoomey.bsky.social/post/3lzme2jjyhk2dMy one question about this ludicrous nonsense is, who is the supposed shooter, and what *ACTUALLY* happened to him. Very convenient that he "took his own life". [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:2jae353e4mum4eonitbkkozp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzme2jjyhk2d