Neilly from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her)

A nation of newspapers and newspapermen indeed. I guess "objectivity" is when you're such a smug and effortless propegandist you don't even notice how deeply sick you've become.

This makes a nice change from @saribo.bsky.social 's criticism of me: "why aren't you reading from the script? 😭😭"

Obscene and ridiculous

Hideous. I can't imagine dealing with the NGS and hope I never have to. When my (soon to be former) doctor told me to go "through the system" there was a 10 year waiting list. When I pointed this out to him, with a straight face he said, "Yes."
Now it's like 20 years, eh?

Yes I have had many blood tests since through the lovely Randox people in their location in Cork. Happy to report that I haven't had any issues and my body took to female hormones like it was built for them!

... actually haven't done that yet. Everyone keep your fingers crossed

Well let's just do the digital congratulatory hug, yes? I'm picking the angles and selecting the photos here to make myself feel better about my own transition

When my doctor refused to do blood tests he justified it by saying private gender services don't do due diligence, followed by a pretty Incoherent monologue about transition risks like "increased risk of cancer" which is not true. Then, having not done due diligence, he sent me off. Absolute toss.

Omg it's just a big mess these days

A selfie of Neilly laying on the couch, long hair floppy and messy, deep neckline, sincere smile.

Today I really felt, so to speak, "transitioned". I don't know that there will be or even could be some absolute end point to a transition journey. No doubt there will be plenty more change ahead. But, with no makeup on, just wearing whatever, I looked in the mirror and I saw her.

The purpose of an America is what it does.

Calling on every Irish person to write to your TDs, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste expressing your total unfiltered disgust over our cooperation with the US military. The upcoming visit to the White House on St Patrick's Day must be a humiliating scar on the legacy of every politician who participates.

This is already outdated given the brazen Trump speech. Just shameful evil stuff.

The west makes my heart hurt.

Is this what EU warhawks will parrot? Is this what our media will twist itself into logic pretzels to justify? "dEfEnDiNg!" Do we hate Islam - the religion of humility and hospitality - so much that we must destroy the entire Muslim world while pretending to "defend ourselves"?

So what, I guess Israel has a right to defend itself by firing a bunch of missiles unprovoked and then waiting to get bombed to bits, all so they can spend even more of their GDP on gruesome weaponry; and help to keep two different evil corrupt governments in power?

The New York Times is about as objective as having three loudmouth aunties with big age gaps between them. They mostly agree with each other, but the really conservative one makes the youngest one sound almost sane.

Finally, try to explain to a liberal American how completely unusual the relationship between the State of Israel and the United States actually is. Try finding a media outlet willing to admit merely to the unusualness of this particular diplomatic relationship.

Try explaining how many other countries don't have guns. Or student loans. Try keeping the conversation about the other country and not about how America Bad.

Try telling Americans that free health care is actually FREE in other countries and you will meet, head on, the cruelly insular and one-sided nature of the American media.

To All Voters, something something something Prostitution!

It's a real designation, it just reflects a very silly political landscape. We might think of it as near-extremist commitment to neoliberalism? "Radical" in the sense that (esp in Labour's case) it's in diametric opposition to ideological politics. All market; no values.

The days of running on a policy of "nothing really, I mean I'm not sure about this whole trans Muslim thing, but I once got on a train and I think defense spending has a right to defend herself" are numbered!

Everyone's radicalised. Liberals need to (ahahaha) Grow Up! No one wants a centrist candidate. Be realistic. Try to think about this pragmatically. Let's live in the real world. Liberalism is dead.

Hope not Hate, except when it comes to hating the morally bankrupt ghouls in Labour, accepting fist fulls of cash in exchange for imprisoning protestors and taking healthcare away from trans and disabled people, all while joylessly applauding their own contempt for the left and the electorate. Scum.

Tories lost their deposit

'tis a fine day to be a UK Labour hater. A fine fine day.

Given that this person wasn't even initially speaking to me it's more like I've just randomly run onto the court but still, thank you, I'll take it.

YouTube video by The Leftist Cooks Why Does Everyone Hate Children?

Have y'all seen the video? It's a good one.
youtu.be/iy53s5b3xkA?...

I really find it fascinating how innocuously we interpret this expression. It's an appeal to a completely stupid way of looking at the world.