For the Mark Rowe readers and/or letter writers among you, a cute service from An Post: Ever wished you could check in with yourself a year from now? Write a letter today and post it for free. An Post will send it back to you in a year - no stamp needed. www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels...

Séamas O'Reilly: We are talking about Kneecap while more than 50,000 Palestinians have died Punk and hip-hop bands have been singing about killing queens and presidents for decades

I didn't want to talk about Kneecap this week, but here we are. On what we choose to be horrified by, and what those choices say about us.

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Mark O'Connell: In The Settlers, Louis Theroux does something we have rarely seen him do Louis Theroux has encountered such people before but they have tended to be fringe propositions with no real power. The Israeli settler movement is different

‘In the history of colonial invasions, maps are always first drawn by the victors, since maps are instruments of conquest.”

Edward Said

Very disturbing. Worth watching or sign up for free article.

consider that it's legal for a 15 year old to get married in Mississippi but not, apparently, to change their name.

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He is risen

Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar. She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.

Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards. Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'. @fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

Oh, we’ll be there 🤨

2/2 conversations about gender, sexuality and relationships that starts in early primary and continues into third level and workplaces. Simplistic answers to complex problems is how children’s understanding is corrupted so seriously and as brilliant as it is 4 hours of a tv programme isn’t enough.

Simon Harris among others saying Adolescence should be shown in schools makes it worryingly obvious that they don’t know some children will not be phased by the content, and some may respond positively. That is the central issue. Any intervention needs to allow for safe, curious and reflective 1/2

Transphobes: we can always tell. 😂😂😂

Also transphobes: we need to test every single athlete competing in women's competitions JUST IN CASE. 😠😡😤🤬

This is literally Neo-Nazi propaganda. Textbook ethno-nationalist ideology that aligns with every far-right movement in Europe.

Thousands attend Palestinian solidarity march in Dublin It is "so un-Irish to give up hope", a co-founder of BDS has said, as he urged protesters in Dublin to continue their support for Palestine.

Free Palestine!

Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN Israeli forces have used sexual violence as weapon of war to ‘dominate and destroy’ Palestinian people, report also says Israel’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal acts”, and Israeli security forces have used sexual…

Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN

You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to the original Nazis, but I did not expect the return of Big Fascism to be so ugly and style-less and led by doughy looking blokes in cheap baseball caps and horrible ties

Old article on misogyny being breeding ground for extremism

Probably contentious for some , but saying anyone who was pro feminism and pro trans actually hated women has not been very helpful - once you decide that the right wing are good feminists because they hate trans people too, manure to grow hate in

The term ‘trauma-informed’ is everywhere, but what does it actually mean? A TI approach is not just about being ‘aware’ of trauma – it’s about shifting how we 'be'.

The #TICSConference in Oct, explores what trauma-informed care looks like in practice. Join us: www.ticservicesltd.com/conference20...

This applies in Ireland too and is absolutely necessary to make courses accessible to those who cannot attend college without some form of employment throughout their degree/masters

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From tonight I will post 1 article or sub article of the un convention on the rights of the child- these rights are under threat every where they need to be widely known & understood, this is as much for my learning as anyone who may be interested in reading 😃

What a speech from Lola Petticrew at the IFTA Awards, winning Best Actress in a Drama for SAY NOTHING. 👏🏻✊🏻

Optimism and kindness we all need right now

Defo recommend seeing this, Edna was such an interesting and determined person but the documentary also shows her quirks and vulnerabilities. The documentary is put together beautifully, telling her story from her own and others perspectives

A photo of the NYTimes open on a wood table. It’s a full page ad. The text reads Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing! And then lists 350 names

350 Rabbis took out a full page ad in the NYTimes today opposing Trump’s plan for Palestine and calling it ethnic cleansing.

The book burning is ramping up

Remembering Ann Lovett, who tragically died, 41 years ago today, after giving birth alone in a grotto in Granard.

'The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks' by Paula Meehan

"Imbolc or Imbolg, also called (Saint) Brigid's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde, Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde, Manx: Laa'l Breeshey), is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring."

"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind

okay. well. i'm going out for a nighttime walk.