early 20s | Gaeilgeoir bródúil | social democrat writer of queer autistic historical fiction

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Theo’s had an autism diagnosis since he was three. Nora’s desperately hoping she’s just a little quirky. When she gets sat next to him in school so that she can be a good influence on the supposed trouble-maker, they must learn to accept themselves so that they can be together.
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1. yes, that is horrendous 2. oh because there was never any fucking sectarianism around the July bonfires before?!?!
The placement of a replica mosque on the Moygashel bonfire is a sickening and cowardly act of intimidation. This is not about tradition, and in no way does it represent the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland. We must stand united and completely reject such hatred.
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in the UK, authors do get paid per borrow at libraries
if piracy did not exist, how long would it take for libraries to be villainized because authors don’t get paid for every person who reads their book?
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everyone involved in local politics is about to be so rich
🚨 NEW: The NHS will reward people who walk for 30 minutes a day with discounts and vouchers from next year
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I’m reading ‘Things a Bright Girl Can Do’ by Sally Nicholls and oh… the ending of chapter 56… my heart!
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Ní haon rud nua iad pograim sa chuid seo d’Éirinn. Mar phobal, sheas muid i gcoinne na bpogram 50 bliain ó shin agus seasfaidh muid ina gcoinne arís inniu. Ní ligfidh muid don rud céanna tarlú arís. ******
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the Free State’s not in Schengen
Protect the people of Northern Ireland! We need checks at the border NOW!
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she was both
Jane Austen was a satirist, not a romance writer. Every adaptation that turns her into soft candlelight and longing glances has successfully removed the thing that made her a genius. She was mean. That was the point.
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the double standards on evidence drive me nuts ‘there’s not enough concrete evidence James Barry was trans so we can’t use that label’ well there’s sod-all evidence he was cis either sooo
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it reminds me of hearing, in the lead-up to the gay marriage referendum in Ireland, complaints that gays already had the right to marry whichever person of the opposite gender they liked. when the rights we all have only suits one group it’s not equal!
One of the most tedious aspects of the transphobia moral panic is a legion of dullards parroting "wHaT rIGHtS dON'T yOU hAVe", absolutely rejoicing in their complete refusal and/or inability to actually think.
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awake at half midnight being cross about trans people. hilarious stuff. get a life :P
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no we bloody weren’t. the Seanad was even specifically set up to give us a disproportionate level of power in the Free State!
I mean yeah. Irish Protestants were ethnically cleansed out of everywhere that wasn't the six counties. Why do you think the ones up north are so hardline against reunification? Did you think they just really, really love the NHS that much?
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it’s calling Leinster a strong-hold of Catholicism, because Catholic priests tended to train at Maynooth.
what the fuck is a Maynooth province
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it is quite remarkable that, despite the two-party set-up collapsing and FPtP clearly not being fit for purpose, Labour still don’t seem to have a single campaign line other than ‘we aren’t the other lot’.
Our latest Party Election Broadcast cannot be shown in full on TV. But we think you should see it anyway - uncensored. youtube.com/watch?v=to4z3Cbk…
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I study history and am very interested in the impact of seemingly futile wars on every-day people, so the concept of gargantuan efforts to move one’s drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin is oft quoted!
To many of us, #Blackadder is part of every day parlance. Which phrases from the show do you use yourself and when you do you use them? Example: When someone offers me a cup of tea, I say: "Yes, immediately!" You get the idea. Will RT the best ones.
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see also: the poem ‘Base Details’.
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MN is letting the draft stew retweeted
For language pedantry, my rule is whether a useful meaning is being lost. It's handy to have a term than means 'not figurative', so I bemoan 'literally' being applied to metaphors. But I ask defenders of 'decimate' – how often does anyone want to say 'one in ten men were killed'?
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one of the recurring disagreements between me (Irish) and my partner (English) is whether ‘a couple of’ means ‘two’ or ‘three to five’
native english speakers get so mad when you tell them “a couple” means 2 or 3
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