Melissa
@melissabreen.bsky.social
writer | disability advocate | tiocfaidh ar lá | saoirse don Phalaistíne | sí/í
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O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
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We never talk about, when there is such a feel-good factor around such fundraising drives, and we marvel at the amounts raised, how the State should be fully funding many of these organisations to do this work. OR PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ITSELF. Because we have a right to public services.
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We never talk about, when there is such a feel-good factor around such fundraising drives, and we marvel at the amounts raised, how the State should be fully funding many of these organisations to do this work. OR PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ITSELF. Because we have a right to public services.
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We don't acknowledge or even realise in this context, that while we are absolutely doing a really good thing, we are essentially paying money on top of our taxes to support the vital services that should be funded ... by our taxes. And by doing so, letting the State off the hook.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We don't acknowledge or even realise in this context, that while we are absolutely doing a really good thing, we are essentially paying money on top of our taxes to support the vital services that should be funded ... by our taxes. And by doing so, letting the State off the hook.
Introduce yourself with 6 concerts you've been to: (there's no way for me to pick from hundreds but my 6 most recent ones are a good summary of me...)
1) The Offspring
2) Jimmy Eat World
3) Paramore
4) We Are Scientists
5) You Me At Six
6) Twenty One Pilots
1) The Offspring
2) Jimmy Eat World
3) Paramore
4) We Are Scientists
5) You Me At Six
6) Twenty One Pilots
Introduce yourself with 6 concerts you've been to :
Swans
Therapy?
Nadja
Gilla Band
Bob Mould
Lankum
Swans
Therapy?
Nadja
Gilla Band
Bob Mould
Lankum
Introduce yourself with 6 concerts you've been to :
The Cure
Depeche mode
Manic street preachers
Ennio morricone
Jack L
Blondie
The Cure
Depeche mode
Manic street preachers
Ennio morricone
Jack L
Blondie
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Introduce yourself with 6 concerts you've been to: (there's no way for me to pick from hundreds but my 6 most recent ones are a good summary of me...)
1) The Offspring
2) Jimmy Eat World
3) Paramore
4) We Are Scientists
5) You Me At Six
6) Twenty One Pilots
1) The Offspring
2) Jimmy Eat World
3) Paramore
4) We Are Scientists
5) You Me At Six
6) Twenty One Pilots
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It's two of their favourite activities, being lackeys for Israel and silencing the Irish
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It's two of their favourite activities, being lackeys for Israel and silencing the Irish
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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Fuck Thanksgiving. Fuck black Friday. Fuck Yankification. Yank war planes outta Shannon ta fuck. Yank soldiers outta croke park ta fuck. Fuck every Irish TD that puts up a pathetic "Happy Thanksgiving" post. Fuck your "liberation". Fuck your genocide loving two party "democracy" ye cunts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Fuck Thanksgiving. Fuck black Friday. Fuck Yankification. Yank war planes outta Shannon ta fuck. Yank soldiers outta croke park ta fuck. Fuck every Irish TD that puts up a pathetic "Happy Thanksgiving" post. Fuck your "liberation". Fuck your genocide loving two party "democracy" ye cunts.
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Yeah 😔 I know I’m not worthless, but I also know society sees me as worthless & that has real consequences
sick people should be able to count on social programs for care so we don't have to put ourselves through self-esteem shredding relationships just to get sufficient help
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yeah 😔 I know I’m not worthless, but I also know society sees me as worthless & that has real consequences
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After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
If only he, the literal housing minister, could do something about housing. As the housing minister. If only.
Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If only he, the literal housing minister, could do something about housing. As the housing minister. If only.
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> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
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A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
Watch now they'll call me an elitist for bringing up that lucht na Gaeltachta are often at a severe disadvantage in terms of housing and opportunity and they don't get much support outside of their own community
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
Collecting gold rings. Sounds familiar.
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Collecting gold rings. Sounds familiar.
Shut the fffffff
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Labour TD Conor Sheehan calling him a populist is an attempt from the left to “caricature” him and “shut me down”. jrnl.ie/6875778
Simon Harris says the left are ‘trying to caricature me’ on migration
Labour TD Conor Sheehan said he believes the Tánaiste is ‘quite populist’.
jrnl.ie
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Shut the fffffff
For a college project I am trying to find mainstream representations of M.E in fiction, does anyone have suggestions? Preferably in film/TV but anything fictional really. I've only found 3 so far, an episode of The Golden Girls, Flying Doctors, and Absolutely Fabulous...
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
For a college project I am trying to find mainstream representations of M.E in fiction, does anyone have suggestions? Preferably in film/TV but anything fictional really. I've only found 3 so far, an episode of The Golden Girls, Flying Doctors, and Absolutely Fabulous...
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30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
ANNOUNCING their fourth housing plan in just twelve years this morning, the Irish government has pledged to once again fail to meet the housing demands of Ireland’s ever-growing population, promising to build only a fraction …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
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Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
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"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
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There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.
90 seconds spent answering the question "what is a starter home" without once getting near answering what a starter home might actually be.
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
Re starter homes:
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.
I hate when YouTube ads spend the first few seconds trying to get you to not skip the full ad when they should be selling their product in those few seconds. All Vine stars should have been picked up by marketing and advertising agencies
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I hate when YouTube ads spend the first few seconds trying to get you to not skip the full ad when they should be selling their product in those few seconds. All Vine stars should have been picked up by marketing and advertising agencies
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The birth of the author
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The birth of the author
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.
Some of us have been crying out about a campaign of far-right terror for years.
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.