Tara Grace

If you're following less than 300 people and think Bluesky is quiet, you need to follow more. It's not enough. The key is 500-700 minimum, and half of those have to be the most terminally online individuals to ever exist, eyes sellotaped to their screens, vomiting takes at a rate of 939 per second

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I wasn’t able to see my lovely boyfriend on Valentine’s Day (in fact I could barely see anything out of my right eye but that’s a separate story), but I did get these GORGEOUS roses 🌹

Promotional graphic of the NIHRC Annual Lecture 2025 livestream. The graphic features a photograph of Dr Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.

Join us on Monday 24th February for the live stream of our Annual Human Rights Lecture 2025.

The keynote speech will be given by Dr Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (@commissionerhr.bsky.social).

Register to watch here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-strea...

God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers (recovering a parent’s hacked Facebook account while in the office)

It's worth noting that Dr Beth Upton will never be able to have a normal life again. She will forever be a target for the relentless harassment campaigns. She will become a character to be whipped out and a frenzy spun about whenever the GCs see fit.

Tonight, Arya is… Stevie Nicks! Not the average costume choice of a 12 year old, but we made it work.

Feel like I could sleep for 1000 years…..

🚨 There's less than one week left to apply for the role of Procedural Rights Fellow!

📅 The deadline for applications is 5pm, Tuesday 11 February.

Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-is...

it's just me and my emotional support bag of walnut halves against the world

Meme showing screenshots from Star Wars where Padme says “so this is how liberty dies” and instead of saying “with thunderous applause” it says “with a coup by a fake government agency named after a meme run by the most divorced man alive and his troop of incel twinks”

Is there a way to download conversations on X as a file? The only thing stopping me from deleting my account (which is now inactive) are the first messages between myself and my boyfriend.

Feel like I've waited my whole life to hear Doechii my GOD

How to check your breasts or chest Find out how to check your breasts or chest (also known as a self-examination), what symptoms to look for, and what to do if you notice a change that is not normal for you.

Hi Bluesky pals - lil reminder to do your monthly breast checks!

Just got the results of recent biopsies on two lumps I found during my self checks, which were thankfully benign ♥️

Self checks can save lives, so here's a handy NHS guide on how to check! www.nhs.uk/conditions/h...

It's been nearly a fortnight since the NI Executive refused to release the evidence for their decision on puberty blockers on the basis of it "not being in the public interest" with no further public noise being made by any of the parties involved in that enterprise.

TaraGrace’s profile TaraGrace uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 427 films watched.

Hello Bluesky pals - I’m on Letterboxd! See you there for strong opinions 🫡 boxd.it/4oYJP

Relief isn’t the right feeling for the ceasefire. It’s too happy a word for the ending of 467 days of bloodshed.

Thinking of my friends in the Middle East, who will now start the long, slow, painful process of rebuilding and dealing with all that has transpired.

For a second, I was very confused why the Irish Times had used a photo of Kenneth Branagh in an article about German GDP

In an unexpected twist, I’ve been diagnosed with the mumps. So keep an eye out of that going around, I suppose?

The "What about second breakfast" screenshot from the 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Two Hobbits: Merry, on the left, looks disgruntled; Pippin, on the right, looks expectant and a little bit entitled

Happy Second New Year’s Eve to those who celebrate

Chief Commissioner, Alyson Kilpatrick, speaks with microphone in front of NIHRC sign

Our 2024 Annual Human Rights Statement contains details highlighting both progress and gaps on a wide range of issues affecting people in Northern Ireland.

Read it here: nihrc.org/publication/...

🔴16 Red issues require immediate action

🟡93 Amber issues require action

🟢1 Green – issue resolved

Very much not loving living in the post truth era

The US TikTok ban, along with Musk’s X and Zuckerberg’s decision to forego fact checking, is laying the groundwork for North Korea-esque levels of media control in the States.

Feels like we’re moving backwards to the days of traditional media dependence, except no one is consuming it anymore.

Seeing Chip Carter's beautiful eulogy is reminding me of a fancy-people thing that I never learned until well into adulthood.

Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission exists to promote and protect the human rights of everybody in Northern Ireland.

Find out more about the work we do: nihrc.org

Watch our video below, highlighting how human rights impact everyone, everywhere, everyday.

#humanrights #NorthernIreland

What’s been your Christmas viewing over the last few days?

Mine so far has been:

•The Holiday
•The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
•The Goonies
•Oliver!

Lots of love to people with messy families and missing loved ones, to people having Christmas in prison, people waking up Xmas morning in temporary accommodation or on the streets, people living in deprivation, or with loved ones with addiction issues. My love to you all this Christmas ❤️

The very lovely Olga, who brought her to the vet in a taxi to allow me to get to work, has since texted me to tell me that she has been put to sleep.

I can take some comfort in knowing that she isn't lying in the cold in pain, and that kind, gentle people are everywhere.

Will also forever be grateful to everyone that stopped to speak to me, that gave me their numbers so I could inform them of what happened, and to those who offered their help.

Photo of injured seagull.

Thank you to Belfast City Council staff Ken (Dublin Rd), pedestrian and kind soul Olga, Mary of Dooletter Wildlife Rescue and Debbie Doolittle for helping me with an extremely injured seagull I found in the middle of the foothpath on the way to work. I would have been lost without them. #speirgorm

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—Edwin Morgan, “The Computer’s First Christmas Card”
first published in THE SECOND LIFE, @edinburghup.bsky.social 1968