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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 2h

My threshold for forgiveness gets narrower every day with each demonstration of who and what they are willing to compromise on versus who/what they aren't.

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 2h

In a normal world, journalists correct misinfo they’ve spread. In this world, bottom feeding “citizen journalists” will spend the day ignoring this new info, continue on their racist narrative, while finding ways to mourn a war monger they’ve just heard of, all to fight the scarecrows in their heads

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named ‹
LNER
Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 3h

"He should have died in The Hague."

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84

Cheney was a chief architect of the US invasion of Iraq and broader "war on terror" that has killed millions of people since its inception.

www.commondreams.org

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 18h

Always be creeping. 👀 🥸

📸 Anna Lo, Bowline Images (Stephen Barnes), 2014
📸 Ginny Wren (BelfastStreetSnapper), 2025

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

Under the pretext of “defending our country” and “protecting women and children”, Freedomdad, Baker and cronies have targeted:
Roma community;
homeless;
asylum seekers;
migrants;
Muslims;
LGBTQ+;
politicians;
and now unions.

I’m sure someone wrote a poem about this pattern of behaviour once.

alt-DUP @dup-online.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine being from a working class community, saying you give a voice to ordinary people, but support pulling down union posters outside leisure centres calling for fair pay.
Fucking shills for the billionaire class.

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

He’s not in any way about “Dad” either since his child lives in Scotland with her mother who he stated is in another relationship, and the last time he saw her in person was on his way home from the Robinson rally. Being perpetually unemployed it’s also unclear how child maintenance is kept up.

jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

He’s not in any way about “Dad” either since his child lives in Scotland with her mother who he stated is in another relationship, and the last time he saw her in person was on his way home from the Robinson rally. Being perpetually unemployed it’s also unclear how child maintenance is kept up.

Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 2d

"At some point, it’s to be hoped, his followers will wise up to what Mark Sinclair is about," writes Lindy McDowell.

"Freedom Dad is not in any way about Freedom. Freedom Dad is a dud."

Polystyrene patriot Freedom Dad isn’t fighting for liberty… he’s fighting for the limelight

I’m loathe to even use the title “Freedom Dad.” This is the grandiose, though hardly original handle used by convicted UVF bank thief, Mark Sinclair.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

A Comprehensive Timeline of J.K. Rowling's Descent Into Transphobia

From beloved children’s author to funding the legal battle to codify transphobia into law, we charted how Rowling became “queen TERF.”

www.them.us

jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 3d

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 3d

This from the country whose bot farms are primarily responsible for the racist anti-migrant “Ireland is full” hashtag.

Unofficial BBC News NI @unofficialnewsni.bsky.social · 3d

Number of Irish citizens deported from US up more than 50%
[ From BBC News NI ]

Number of Irish citizens deported from US up more than 50%

BBC News - Northern Ireland

www.bbc.com

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 3d

Your speech was my first introduction to you up in the wild north and was glad to hear you speak not long after in the Mac. Thank you for choosing angry gay stuff and not Greek poetry.

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

It's not for you, it's for other people. Don't come saying you care about social justice in a trans inclusive group then start feeling your way towards a soapbox when someone wants to know how to refer to you. Like, just say "she/her" and move on.

jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

New members meetup last night. 20 odd people. Introductions, preferred pronouns, why you joined etc. What's with people starting their introductions with "I'm not interested in..." or "don't care about" pronouns, then spend 30 seconds talking about the thing they say they don't care about?...

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 4d

Girls are going to go out in that rain tonight wearing heels and a tiny dress and they are braver than the entire Marine Corps.

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

Unions that represent shop workers here have a lot to answer for also, leaving workers exposed to handling and selling goods from a state engaged genocide, while no one from Sainsbury’s HO came to the defence of their store manager or was prepared to defend their sourcing or working practices.

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats to BDSBelfast whose case was thrown out today. For 16 months @sainsburys.bsky.social, PSNI and courts tried to crush anti genocide activists, charging them with attempted criminal damage for a sticker on a SodaStream box. Despite the “damage”, that box remained on shelf and for sale.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 7d

This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 5d

Lisa O'Neill at The Mac last night was life affirming. Not ashamed to admit I silently wept in the dark a few times.

"Oh to be wild like the roses,
Oh to be red with delight,
My blood is red out of fury,
The wind doesn't blow this far right."

youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...

Lisa O'Neill - The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right

YouTube video by Lisa O'Neill

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 7d

Instead of the Angelus there’ll be a twice daily hypnosis broadcast that makes us all believe the weather is better

Cheap, effective, what the people want

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 7d

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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 8d

As someone working in the “creative industry” it is a daily battle resisting the siren call of AI to get past the initial hurdle of a blank page in a world increasingly driven by output and quantity as a measure for good work. It hasn’t happened yet but every day is a battle between dark and light.

Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 8d

You know what, Nigel? Writer’s block isn’t really a thing. The real “block” is trying to survive in a capitalist system, in which creativity has been devalued & publishing taken over by managerial types who only understand productivity & see writers as “brands.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal

www.theguardian.com

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 10d

Fascists are truly nasty bastards.
The "funny" thing is they got their knickers in a twist over the election because they THINK our President has political power... Which that position definitely does not have 🤷‍♀️

www.thejournal.ie/count-staff-...

Ballot paper smeared with suspected excrement found in Cork count centre

The ballot has been retained and placed in a biohazard bag.

www.thejournal.ie

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Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 10d

A sitting Dublin city councillor has posted a call for "ethnic cleansing". Don't call them far right though

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 10d

Looking in from the North, the last three elections in Ireland have been absolutely toxic even by our standards. From hate posters everywhere to physical assaults on candidates & their teams. The far-right are destabilising democracy because they can't get votes/

Uppa Catherine Connolly.

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Kellie Turtle @kellieturtle.bsky.social · 11d

Breaking news: Unbelievably, the ICC conference centre has tried to censor content relating to Palestine at @unisonni.bsky.social Regional Council meeting, specifically the use of the word genocide. We have obviously walked out.

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