Stuart D Neilson

@StuartDNeilson
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Autistic writer, image-maker. Cork, Ireland.
He/Him
Bloghttps://wordpress.stuartneilson.com
Arthttp://stuartneilson.com/Exhibitions/
Publicationshttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stuart-Neilson
Stuart D NeilsonFeb 19

"When I hear Trump, Rubio & their European acolytes, I wonder why so few EU political elite dare to say out loud:

- That we have heard this stigmatising language of exclusion before
- We know where it can lead.
- That we are not going to follow the US’s lead.
- That colonialism was not a glorious enterprise but caused immense death and destruction.
- That once, Jews, too, were portrayed as a threat to white Christian Europe and accused of weakening nations from within."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/19/the-us-is-dragging-europe-back-to-the-days-of-white-supremacism-our-leaders-are-playing-along

The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along

People like me were targets of the Islamophobia that gripped the west after the US-led ‘war on terror’. Now I fear a chilling sequel is on the way, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian
Stuart D NeilsonDec 8
"Grey goo" originally described mis-specified self-replicating nanobots consuming everything in pursuit of a simple goal with no stopping rule.
What we have instead is humans repeatedly choosing #ecocide, ignoring all data and all experience in pursuit of owning the last scrap of wealth before self-extermination.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters

Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis

The Guardian
Show threadStuart D NeilsonNov 27
"#Housing is fundamentally a question of #distribution and #SocialRights, not merely #construction targets. It shapes who can live where, access what opportunities, and build what kind of life. A progressive housing agenda must be bold enough to challenge the norm that housing has become an #asset for #WealthAccumulation, and ambitious enough to build the broad #coalitions of support necessary for sustained #PublicInvestment."
Stuart D NeilsonNov 27

"[All political parties] have significantly reduced #SocialHousing, deregulated #RentalMarkets and created new investment and market structures that affect house prices.
These reforms have eroded #housing as a #SocialRight. The inequalities of who can live where, and under what conditions, have created massive grievances among a large share of the population. These grievances contribute to the increasing #electoral success of the #RadicalRight."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/27/far-right-europe-progressive-parties-housing-crisis-research

Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling the rise of the far right. Our research shows how to address it

The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer

The Guardian
Stuart D NeilsonNov 24

“Some of the language you hear now about refugees, the [British National Party] BNP would have used a few decades ago, and everyone was aghast at it then. And this is where mainstream politics now is.”

Both in #Britain and #Ireland the language of #bigotry, #hate and #exclusion have become commonplace. Things unsaid ten years ago are now soundbites from #politicians of all parties, #journalists, #radio talk hosts and #media #opinion writers.

We have slid into #fascism.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/24/we-thought-the-rwanda-scheme-was-the-worst-of-it-enver-solomon-on-leading-and-leaving-the-refugee-council

‘We thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of it’: Enver Solomon on leading – and leaving – the Refugee Council

It has been a difficult week for those working with refugees and migrants in the UK, after Labour announced controversial new plans. Sadly, Solomon is used to such turmoil. He discusses hostility, hope and asylum hotels

The Guardian
Stuart D NeilsonNov 19

"Welcome to the Fifth Quarter", the Tesco shopping centre FKA Paul Street, Cork.

AKA "The Raj Quartet Addendum".

#CorkCity #notions #ireland

Stuart D NeilsonNov 10
Show threadJuggling With EggsNov 10

“It’s a silly edit, but it’s an edit made in the context of not contemplating for a moment that British journalists, never mind Donald #Trump’s fan boys and girls, would be queueing up to pretend that his lies were truth.”

“So in that edit, at that moment, it wouldn’t have crossed anybody’s mind that they’d have to defend themselves against accusations of undermining the idea that he incited an insurrection, because he so obviously did.”

James O’Brien

#BBC
#TimDavie

Stuart D NeilsonOct 10

"You won’t believe what #degrading practice the #pope just #condemned" ...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/10/you-wont-believe-what-degrading-practice-the-pope-just-condemned

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

The Guardian
Stuart D NeilsonOct 8

"the #richest people in the world have taken another step toward ushering in the toothless, acquiescent future of mainstream #media they’ve always wanted."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/08/bari-weiss-cbs-news

Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News

When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots

The Guardian
Stuart D NeilsonOct 2

Desire lines, lane-forming and patterns of movement at the RDS #Dublin during the #Autism Europe Congress, hosted by #AsIAmIreland in September.

The video is annotated with locations and movement patterns, with a transition into a motion intensity heatmap (showing how one group establish and retain a small territorial refuge space to eat).

https://vimeo.com/1121528105

#autistic #photography #timelapse #PublicSpace