CarolC
@carolconnolly.bsky.social
Hello, how are you? (She/Her)
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I have such a gripe with the idea of making disabled and/or ND people wear a symbol to communicate they are different to people outside the group. Intracommunity symbols are one thing; this is different.
If you can't treat me decently without a big sign saying I'm autistic, you're just a shit head.
If you can't treat me decently without a big sign saying I'm autistic, you're just a shit head.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have such a gripe with the idea of making disabled and/or ND people wear a symbol to communicate they are different to people outside the group. Intracommunity symbols are one thing; this is different.
If you can't treat me decently without a big sign saying I'm autistic, you're just a shit head.
If you can't treat me decently without a big sign saying I'm autistic, you're just a shit head.
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I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
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Of course! An Ireland Thinks poll in today's Sunday Independent shows 79% of people support RTÉ's decision not to take part in Eurovision 2026 due to apartheid Israel's participation. Ireland stands with Palestine, always. #BoycottEurovision #BDS
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Of course! An Ireland Thinks poll in today's Sunday Independent shows 79% of people support RTÉ's decision not to take part in Eurovision 2026 due to apartheid Israel's participation. Ireland stands with Palestine, always. #BoycottEurovision #BDS
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85 years ago today, on November 29th 1940, Maureen and Des Kenny opened Kennys Bookshop in Galway. Thank you to every person who has been a part of the story these past 85 years. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
85 years ago today, on November 29th 1940, Maureen and Des Kenny opened Kennys Bookshop in Galway. Thank you to every person who has been a part of the story these past 85 years. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
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Asking that question politely at an EU press briefing last month got Gabriele Nunziati - an Italian journalist - fired.
This is how Spanish TV announced the boycott of Eurovision
If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?
When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?
If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?
When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Asking that question politely at an EU press briefing last month got Gabriele Nunziati - an Italian journalist - fired.
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
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Beyonce vs. Ducktales lives rent-free in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXU...
Beyonce Single Ladies - DuckTales mashup
YouTube video by WhiteShadow
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Beyonce vs. Ducktales lives rent-free in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXU...
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My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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I’m involved with groups who have taken Judicial Reviews successfully over the years. The reason for success is always because due process has not been followed, or basic rules and laws are being ignored. Judicial Review is an essential tool in our democracy.
Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress; they are a vital safeguard - @fplogue.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Fred Logue: Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress — they are a vital safeguard
Judicial review is a way for ordinary people to ensure that laws protecting their homes, communities and the environment are enforced.
www.independent.ie
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I’m involved with groups who have taken Judicial Reviews successfully over the years. The reason for success is always because due process has not been followed, or basic rules and laws are being ignored. Judicial Review is an essential tool in our democracy.
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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To paraphrase Douglas Adams, the US had always considered it was vastly superior the EU because it had generated billionnaires like Sam Altman, Elon Musk or Marc Andreessen, and the EU had not.
An the EU considered it was vastly superior to the US for exactly the same reason.
An the EU considered it was vastly superior to the US for exactly the same reason.
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
To paraphrase Douglas Adams, the US had always considered it was vastly superior the EU because it had generated billionnaires like Sam Altman, Elon Musk or Marc Andreessen, and the EU had not.
An the EU considered it was vastly superior to the US for exactly the same reason.
An the EU considered it was vastly superior to the US for exactly the same reason.
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
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I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
September 16, 2023 at 10:12 PM
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
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Fuel Poverty is a euphemism. I grew up in a cold house - gas still costs more on a meter. It is exhausting and dispiriting - cold floors and walls. Getting into a bed that feels damp then being unable to sleep. Clothes that don’t dry after rain or snow. Seeing your breath indoors. It is shaming.
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fuel Poverty is a euphemism. I grew up in a cold house - gas still costs more on a meter. It is exhausting and dispiriting - cold floors and walls. Getting into a bed that feels damp then being unable to sleep. Clothes that don’t dry after rain or snow. Seeing your breath indoors. It is shaming.
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If anyone argues with you that sport is not political, you should roll out this remarkable statistic, from Simon Kuper's piece about the 2010 World Cup in the latest issue of @theblizzard.bsky.social. The legacy of apartheid was still visible in the bodies of South African footballers decades later.
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If anyone argues with you that sport is not political, you should roll out this remarkable statistic, from Simon Kuper's piece about the 2010 World Cup in the latest issue of @theblizzard.bsky.social. The legacy of apartheid was still visible in the bodies of South African footballers decades later.
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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My beloved laptop is reaching the end of its life, mostly because over the last 7 years I have dropped it about once a week.
So I am diligently going through all my nested "Sort from Desktop / From USB stick / To be Sorted / Sort Me" folders.
I do not need that 2010 Bing Maps screenshot. Right?
So I am diligently going through all my nested "Sort from Desktop / From USB stick / To be Sorted / Sort Me" folders.
I do not need that 2010 Bing Maps screenshot. Right?
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My beloved laptop is reaching the end of its life, mostly because over the last 7 years I have dropped it about once a week.
So I am diligently going through all my nested "Sort from Desktop / From USB stick / To be Sorted / Sort Me" folders.
I do not need that 2010 Bing Maps screenshot. Right?
So I am diligently going through all my nested "Sort from Desktop / From USB stick / To be Sorted / Sort Me" folders.
I do not need that 2010 Bing Maps screenshot. Right?
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1/ Judicial reviews are a safeguard, not a roadblock.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
1/ Judicial reviews are a safeguard, not a roadblock.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
They exist to check whether planning and government decisions follow the law.
Most time delays arise from poorly prepared planning applications or unlawful decisions, not from the review process itself.
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Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company