Terry McDonald
@terrymcdonald.bsky.social
Scéirí woman. She/Her. Works in a library, lives by the sea
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Yesterday in France, there were 4 femicides. Four.
Four.
Killed by their partners and ex-partners. In 1 day.
Four.
Killed by their partners and ex-partners. In 1 day.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yesterday in France, there were 4 femicides. Four.
Four.
Killed by their partners and ex-partners. In 1 day.
Four.
Killed by their partners and ex-partners. In 1 day.
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Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
Absolutely excellent rebuttal of John Collison's recent op-Ed in the Irish Times. Well done Andrew Jackson
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Absolutely excellent rebuttal of John Collison's recent op-Ed in the Irish Times. Well done Andrew Jackson
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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This email was so realistic. If I hadn’t just renewed my tv licence, I would almost certainly have clicked.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This email was so realistic. If I hadn’t just renewed my tv licence, I would almost certainly have clicked.
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to be on air, discussing the presidential election, making wild and bullish statements about what candidates should do, while omitting the fact that you’re literally working for a campaign… it’s just not very good behaviour is it. doesn’t suggest good character, does it.
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
to be on air, discussing the presidential election, making wild and bullish statements about what candidates should do, while omitting the fact that you’re literally working for a campaign… it’s just not very good behaviour is it. doesn’t suggest good character, does it.
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Someone I know who tallied spoiled votes yesterday said many of them were really vile, racist, misogynistic, one was even smeared with blood. The most common word was c*nt beside the candidates.
#SpeirGorm #Aras25
#SpeirGorm #Aras25
“Aontú has sacked the leader of its youth wing and dismissed five other members after it learnt of the existence of secret WhatsApp groups where some Ógra Aontú members posted racist and antisemitic comments.”
Be warned, the messages detailed in this article are absolutely vile.
Be warned, the messages detailed in this article are absolutely vile.
Aontú fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group
Aontú has sacked the leader of its youth wing and dismissed five other members after it learnt of the existence of secret WhatsApp groups where some Ógra Aontú members posted racist and antisemitic c...
m.independent.ie
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Someone I know who tallied spoiled votes yesterday said many of them were really vile, racist, misogynistic, one was even smeared with blood. The most common word was c*nt beside the candidates.
#SpeirGorm #Aras25
#SpeirGorm #Aras25
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidseyojvyqngmitl76iafvvbvgg4a3i7a26642c2c3gacoi7pwtbi@jpeg)
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#spéirgorm Here we fucking go again: bsky.app/profile/robo...
Everything I know about Enoch Burke, Conor McGregor, Maria Steen (and countless others)... I know against my will. They are constantly driving the national narrative.
So much of our media is dominated by a format of asking "Does this dipshit have a point?. We'll discuss for 3 weeks".
So much of our media is dominated by a format of asking "Does this dipshit have a point?. We'll discuss for 3 weeks".
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#spéirgorm Here we fucking go again: bsky.app/profile/robo...
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I too would fail to get enough nominations to get on the ballot for a presidential election, I expect the various Irish news organisations will be looking for my views today.
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I too would fail to get enough nominations to get on the ballot for a presidential election, I expect the various Irish news organisations will be looking for my views today.
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Every time David Quinn appears, the first question should be why the frontman for a religious organisation is on a politics show, and the second should be who pays his wages.
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Every time David Quinn appears, the first question should be why the frontman for a religious organisation is on a politics show, and the second should be who pays his wages.
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In Saggart tonight there's a large group of masked men who just want to protect women and children who also happened to be determined to murder a hotel full of women and children
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In Saggart tonight there's a large group of masked men who just want to protect women and children who also happened to be determined to murder a hotel full of women and children
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Knightley and Macfadyen both working with Rowling on the new audiobooks only confirms the 1995 Pride And Prejudice as the superior one
October 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Knightley and Macfadyen both working with Rowling on the new audiobooks only confirms the 1995 Pride And Prejudice as the superior one
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✋ It’s a SLAPP!
🤔 Why debate when you can silence with a lawsuit?
Stella O’Malley and her organisation Genspect are doing just this in threatening to sue fellow psychotherapist Leonie O’Dowd over an article in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
🤔 Why debate when you can silence with a lawsuit?
Stella O’Malley and her organisation Genspect are doing just this in threatening to sue fellow psychotherapist Leonie O’Dowd over an article in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
✋ It’s a SLAPP!
🤔 Why debate when you can silence with a lawsuit?
Stella O’Malley and her organisation Genspect are doing just this in threatening to sue fellow psychotherapist Leonie O’Dowd over an article in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
🤔 Why debate when you can silence with a lawsuit?
Stella O’Malley and her organisation Genspect are doing just this in threatening to sue fellow psychotherapist Leonie O’Dowd over an article in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
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you use llms to:
brainstorm an idea
summarise your lit review
analysis your data
evaluate your findings
write your paper…
a reviewer then uses llms to:
summarise your paper
assess the value of it
check for plagiarism
write-up review…
do you see how this destroys academic integrity
brainstorm an idea
summarise your lit review
analysis your data
evaluate your findings
write your paper…
a reviewer then uses llms to:
summarise your paper
assess the value of it
check for plagiarism
write-up review…
do you see how this destroys academic integrity
October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
you use llms to:
brainstorm an idea
summarise your lit review
analysis your data
evaluate your findings
write your paper…
a reviewer then uses llms to:
summarise your paper
assess the value of it
check for plagiarism
write-up review…
do you see how this destroys academic integrity
brainstorm an idea
summarise your lit review
analysis your data
evaluate your findings
write your paper…
a reviewer then uses llms to:
summarise your paper
assess the value of it
check for plagiarism
write-up review…
do you see how this destroys academic integrity
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NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Between them, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news and @peterjukes.bsky.social at @bylinetimes.bsky.social have blown the Farageov treachery wide open.
The big UK media players are *u**ing cowards, and reveal themselves to be a stinking, corrupt part of the plot to destroy Britain.
1/2...
The big UK media players are *u**ing cowards, and reveal themselves to be a stinking, corrupt part of the plot to destroy Britain.
1/2...
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Between them, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news and @peterjukes.bsky.social at @bylinetimes.bsky.social have blown the Farageov treachery wide open.
The big UK media players are *u**ing cowards, and reveal themselves to be a stinking, corrupt part of the plot to destroy Britain.
1/2...
The big UK media players are *u**ing cowards, and reveal themselves to be a stinking, corrupt part of the plot to destroy Britain.
1/2...
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Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
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God, imagine being driven by unevidenced fears of people you've made no effort to understand, making outlandish claims about who they are and what they do, then stoking those fears in others and making it all worse.
And then making a show about witches with Alice Roberts.
And then making a show about witches with Alice Roberts.
Witches of Essex: Rylan and Prof Alice’s look at one of history’s most shameful periods is unfailingly moving
Witches of Essex: Rylan and Prof Alice’s look at one of history’s most shameful periods is unfailingly moving
This engaging if slight show sees the unlikely duo reopen witch trials from 400 years ago on the hunt for justice. It’s Blackadder crossed with CSI – with a sprinkling of Philomena Cunk
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
God, imagine being driven by unevidenced fears of people you've made no effort to understand, making outlandish claims about who they are and what they do, then stoking those fears in others and making it all worse.
And then making a show about witches with Alice Roberts.
And then making a show about witches with Alice Roberts.
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This is huge news for people who love books & libraries. We should be talking about the fact that there’s one less book distributor in the world & it’s a huge one. Amazon wants you to stop getting your books & audiobooks from libraries. When libraries have fewer options for books, we all lose.
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📚🚨 Chaos at Baker & Taylor: 500+ layoffs, libraries scrambling, & a supply chain on the brink. As B&T winds down, Ingram is stepping up with new staff + faster systems to keep shelves full.
👉 Read more: www.theromancestudio.com/after-baker-...
#PublishingNews #Libraries #BookIndustry #Romancelandia
👉 Read more: www.theromancestudio.com/after-baker-...
#PublishingNews #Libraries #BookIndustry #Romancelandia
October 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is huge news for people who love books & libraries. We should be talking about the fact that there’s one less book distributor in the world & it’s a huge one. Amazon wants you to stop getting your books & audiobooks from libraries. When libraries have fewer options for books, we all lose.
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More money for greyhound racing than domestic violence in this year's budget. AGAIN
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
More money for greyhound racing than domestic violence in this year's budget. AGAIN
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I honestly thought that they'd not do the greyhounds thing this year given the anger over SEN places, CAMHS, scoliosis treatment for children etc. Just because of the optics, not because they gaf. Stunning really.
More money for greyhound racing than domestic violence in this year's budget. AGAIN
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I honestly thought that they'd not do the greyhounds thing this year given the anger over SEN places, CAMHS, scoliosis treatment for children etc. Just because of the optics, not because they gaf. Stunning really.