Elaine Bowler
@elainebowler.bsky.social
Cyclist, feminist, teenage mammy, migrant, and MH advocate
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Women spend our lives watching as men who harm us experience zero consequences. This is it on an extraordinary scale. We and they know they have impunity to beat, rape, gaslight and no one will say boo, but will doubt and diminish the women instead. It's the world we live in
February 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Women spend our lives watching as men who harm us experience zero consequences. This is it on an extraordinary scale. We and they know they have impunity to beat, rape, gaslight and no one will say boo, but will doubt and diminish the women instead. It's the world we live in
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Teacher and researcher Eoghan Cleary breaks down a recent L’Oreal advertising campaign that partnered with an OnlyFans creator...
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Opinion: The porn industry is normalising the sex trade for the next generation of teen girls
Teacher and researcher Eoghan Cleary breaks down a recent L’Oreal advertising campaign that partnered with an OnlyFans creator – and explains how girls are being targeted by the porn industry at younger...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Teacher and researcher Eoghan Cleary breaks down a recent L’Oreal advertising campaign that partnered with an OnlyFans creator...
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jrnl.ie/6919413
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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: How the emergence of St Brigid's Day as a public holiday marks a renewed engagement with Indigenous Irish ways of understanding time, land and belonging. By Jennifer Manning @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How St Brigid's Day and Imbolc mark the beginning of spring
The emergence of St Brigid's Day as a public holiday marks a renewed engagement with Indigenous Irish ways of understanding time, land and belonging
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January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: How the emergence of St Brigid's Day as a public holiday marks a renewed engagement with Indigenous Irish ways of understanding time, land and belonging. By Jennifer Manning @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Seeing lots of Imbolc "ceremonies" promoted (in 🏴) that have no reference to its Irish origins, heritage and context (similar with Bealtaine/bell-tayne and Samhain/sam-hayne... Lughnasa yet to catch the imagination here), feel like lobbing some traditional throwing stars 🙄😆
For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
February 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Seeing lots of Imbolc "ceremonies" promoted (in 🏴) that have no reference to its Irish origins, heritage and context (similar with Bealtaine/bell-tayne and Samhain/sam-hayne... Lughnasa yet to catch the imagination here), feel like lobbing some traditional throwing stars 🙄😆
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Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
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Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
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Young professionals are bitterly angry about the student loans system, protesting that agreements they were encouraged to sign up to as 18-year-old school pupils are blighting their financial futures.
Do they have a point? ft.trib.al/vzP0xgI
Do they have a point? ft.trib.al/vzP0xgI
Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal?
Graduates are in uproar about Budget changes to loan repayment terms, and they have a point
ft.trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Young professionals are bitterly angry about the student loans system, protesting that agreements they were encouraged to sign up to as 18-year-old school pupils are blighting their financial futures.
Do they have a point? ft.trib.al/vzP0xgI
Do they have a point? ft.trib.al/vzP0xgI
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Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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I know I don't shut up about this but, fellow Irish people, if you see a racist sticker when you're out and about, then tear it off.
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I know I don't shut up about this but, fellow Irish people, if you see a racist sticker when you're out and about, then tear it off.
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
Some positive news! Let's end child poverty in this country
Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
January 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Some positive news! Let's end child poverty in this country
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Had a pretty convincing scam call from a lady pretending to be from my mobile operator.
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Had a pretty convincing scam call from a lady pretending to be from my mobile operator.
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
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This country's ability to rinse the young and then berate them as lazy avocado addicts is ridiculous.
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal?
[FREE TO READ] Graduates are in uproar about Budget changes to loan repayment terms, and they have a point
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January 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM
This country's ability to rinse the young and then berate them as lazy avocado addicts is ridiculous.
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
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TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
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Good job he hasn’t missed a work-focused interview at the Jobcentre #Sanctioned
BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been found to have broken the MPs code of conduct 17 times
The Standards Commissioner said the Reform UK leader failed to declare more than £300,000 in financial interests within the time limit
The Standards Commissioner said the Reform UK leader failed to declare more than £300,000 in financial interests within the time limit
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Good job he hasn’t missed a work-focused interview at the Jobcentre #Sanctioned
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One more, I am begging English commentators and journalists to remember what the UK did in Northern Ireland.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
January 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
One more, I am begging English commentators and journalists to remember what the UK did in Northern Ireland.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
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I know attention is on the US/Greenland, and it’s hard to get proper news from Iran, but this from @christinalamb.bsky.social estimates at least 16,000 people have been killed and over 300,000 injured. Many (most?) victims are thought to be under the age of 30
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I know attention is on the US/Greenland, and it’s hard to get proper news from Iran, but this from @christinalamb.bsky.social estimates at least 16,000 people have been killed and over 300,000 injured. Many (most?) victims are thought to be under the age of 30
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Wtaf
Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, Sneako, and Clavicular were all in a night club in Miami singing and dancing to the Kanye song "Heil Hitler" which they requested be played.
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Wtaf
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The fact that a man like Farage who praised Putin, made himself Mr Brexit, and campaigned for Trump is considered anything other than a crank is a fairly damning indictment of the political climate in Britain.
January 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The fact that a man like Farage who praised Putin, made himself Mr Brexit, and campaigned for Trump is considered anything other than a crank is a fairly damning indictment of the political climate in Britain.
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Boycott Estée Lauder now! Its owner is the oligarch pushing for the annexation of Greenland. Boycott their owned brands whilst you’re at it.
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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products .
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January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Boycott Estée Lauder now! Its owner is the oligarch pushing for the annexation of Greenland. Boycott their owned brands whilst you’re at it.
Taken away because you have an accent. How is America going to host the World Cup?
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Taken away because you have an accent. How is America going to host the World Cup?
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As Justine says, restricting family reunification solves no real problems. It’s performatively cruel & also bizarre given how many separated from their families get jobs minding ours. I’ve written in the past about carers (not just refugees) in similar situations
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
As Justine says, restricting family reunification solves no real problems. It’s performatively cruel & also bizarre given how many separated from their families get jobs minding ours. I’ve written in the past about carers (not just refugees) in similar situations
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
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“Family reunification accounts for little more than 1% of migration into Ireland. Telling people granted refugee status to wait three years – until their children no longer recognise them – is not the stance of a country that professes to cherish the family unit.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Justine McCarthy: Ireland celebrates Hamnet and Jessie Buckley’s success. It should feel shame
Separating refugee parents and their children betrays the family values of the film and of our constitution
www.irishtimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
“Family reunification accounts for little more than 1% of migration into Ireland. Telling people granted refugee status to wait three years – until their children no longer recognise them – is not the stance of a country that professes to cherish the family unit.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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"Some workers work indoors. Some workers work outdoors. Some work in unmarked Chevy Tahoes, doing jobs that Fascist Busytown residents are encouraged to ignore."
Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day in Fascist Busytown?
Welcome to Fascist Busytown. My, what a compliant, orderly town! In Fascist Busytown, everyone works. Working is important. Work makes everything r...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"Some workers work indoors. Some workers work outdoors. Some work in unmarked Chevy Tahoes, doing jobs that Fascist Busytown residents are encouraged to ignore."
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January 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM