Kellie Turtle

I've seen nothing from MLAs about this. I've seen a local Councillor stick his neck on the line. The media understand it to be a serious issue and this is good reporting. Meanwhile, the Executive is acting like this is anything other than what it is; terrorism. I feel like I'm in the twilight zone.

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes

'Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research [led by Sam Rickman, LSE] has found.' 1/2

Stunning! Whereabouts in Galway is this? The landscape is incredibly beautiful.

Please stop saying every mad thing Trump does is a distraction.

It's fascism.

This is what it does.

Calling things a distraction is the only distraction happening.

A screenshot of an ABC News article published on August 11, 2025. The headline reads, "Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling." The sub-headline adds, "Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal." The article is written by Devin Dwyer.

But I was told by the New York Times that marriage equality was a stunning success that succeeded because of its modest political goals.

Almost like the last two decades of progress were hollow assimilationism into a collapsing neoliberal order rather than actual liberation.

This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper's government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, and others – all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime.

"This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism"

Keir Starmer government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, & others – all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime, writes @graceblakeley.substack.com for Zeteo.

Same Séamas, same 😭

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

This video of Anas al-Sharif & his daughter broke me today. The affection & joy between them. Knowing that the depth of the love she has for him is the same depth as the wound Israel has inflicted on this little girl by stealing her daddy from her. Just when you think you're running out of tears...

I've just checked the Facebook page of the person I suspected was behind this and he actually live streamed the whole thing. Not even trying to hide it. If the @policeserviceni.bsky.social don't lift him after this, serious questions have to be answered.

Throwing people out of houses? Holy shit. @briansmyth99.bsky.social @seamasbelfast.bsky.social @michaelalong.bsky.social hope you can follow up on what exactly went on last night.

Anas Al-Sharif post shortly before his death under Israeli fire: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif reporting from Gaza, shortly before Israel killed him tonight:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Sacrificing Women for the Church of Men: Medical Conscience Rights and Christian Hypocrisy One Tennessee woman’s story about being unmarried and denied prenatal care spotlights how religious freedom is weaponized under Trump.

"Homophobia and stripping women of bodily autonomy appear dearer to many evangelicals than protecting women & children from sexual abuse." - @chloenazra.bsky.social

Honored to have mention in this @msmagazine.com piece about sacrificing women for "the church of men."
msmagazine.com/2025/08/09/w...

Caption: Heroes. Every single one of them. Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy — and the rest of this Labour government enabling genocide — aren’t fit to lace their boots. Screenshot text says: More than 500 people arrested after Palestine Action protest - with about a half aged 60 and above Some 522 arrests were for displaying a placard in support of a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000. As of 9pm on Saturday, the number was put at 466.

Heroes. Every single one of them.

Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy — and the rest of this Labour government enabling genocide — aren’t fit to lace their boots.

Earlier this evening, activists from @standing-together.bsky.social
Interrupted the broadcast of Big Brother, calling for an end to the war in Gaza
www.instagram.com/p/DNJZ9T2NtU...
the hostages are being abandoned to their deaths, and children are starving — 🧵👇

Also, everything I've said here also applies to the scapegoating of trans people and drag performers by right wing men to divert scrutiny from their own misogynistic behaviour.

Some thoughts on the news that 48% of those arrested over Belfast race riots had been reported to police for domestic violence. With McGr*g*r losing his appeal & definitively found to be a rapist in a court of law it is important we call out the hypocrisy at the heart of the far right movement.

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bombing Mayor warns current global conflicts could push the world again into nuclear war

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bombing

As the Gaza famine death toll rises, UK imports of Israeli fruit and veg have soared - £51.3m in just three months, up from £29.1m.

While Palestinians starve, Israel’s agricultural exports to Britain are booming.

Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.

@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level. JOIN.ICE.GOV 06 Aug 25 [Young man and old man in ICE gear]

Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944 [Young man and old man sharing a rifle]

Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.

My spouse said this to me about exercise once and I had to explain to him why that's nonsense to the ADHD brain. I did subsequently find a way to exercise regularly but it has nothing to do with habit formation and relies on my toolkit of ADHD mind-tricks.

I am so with you on reheated fish 🤢 My only advice is throw it on a salad cold or maybe toss it in a pan with some rice, veggies, sesame oil and soy sauce to make the best of it. Solidarity 😆😭

That is a beautiful legacy for you and your mother ♥️

I hope we make more progress here in Ireland with rewilding but so far there has been no serious commitment to it or political leadership. People seem content for our mountains to be ecological wastelands and don't seem to understand that it could be so different.

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...

Photo of a beautiful jade coloured river flowing through high mountains covered in rich vegetation and trees. The location is the Verdon Gorge in the south of France.

I always thought trees can't grow on mountains because the Mournes & Sperrins are so barren. But then you visit other countries where they grow all the way to the top and realise that we actually just destroyed our mountain forests with generations of overgrazing. Pic is Verdon Gorge Southern France

Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

As I said on day one, the first day that the Times broke the story about the gangs: the idea that the police were too petrified to investigate sexual offences by Asian men because they might be perceived as racist did not pass *the laugh test*, never mind the smell test.

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

there's an actual genre of analysis that acknowledges that for generations people used to buy and sell other humans, aided by a comprehensive system of apartheid that continued for generations later, but nevertheless blames the resurgence of open bigotry on a decade or so of cringe Tumblr posts

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?