First pic “Coalition plans to cash in on new feel good factor” 😒

Clear out badly needed evidently😅

Sorting through a pile of a papers and there are a bunch of notes from my old housemate making me miss her again😢 Being a total Luddite, she always left notes instead of texting💜 (I’ll see her in a couple of weeks but still…)

I know these days it's mostly associated with Pittsburgese, but "yinz" is acceptable IMHO. It's origins are Irish/Scottish/handwavey Nordie. I will unapologetically use it and yinz can just deal with it.

That is so cool to hear, @jogil.bsky.social — thanks for sharing! Shout out to @sheainthecatskills.com + @whatashrinkthinks.com for their relationship with the dead + abundant community offerings! sheainthecatskills.com/now/

And take your migraine meds when you need them ffs.

Just stay present and do your best. You a mere human navigating a massively complex world. A reminder for me and for anyone else who may need it.

@whatashrinkthinks.com & @feelingndealing.bsky.social I was just thinking how lucky I am to have so many dead to call on when I need them and that very thought, which is entirely new, came from the community discussions I attended with you. So, thank you, all.

We didn't bastardise the English language into "ye", "yiz", "youse" and "yousins" to have Irish people unconnected to the US or other places it's used in saying "y'all", unless you're referring to the town in Cork we've PERFECTLY ADEQUATE second person plural pronouns at HOME

If your voter base demands the value of residential property always rises, then you will never take effective steps to reduce the price. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

“a hunger strike by four survivors of abuse in industrial and reformatory schools …lasted for over 50 days outside Leinster House last year.” That’s what it took to prompt this Govt to finally do the right thing.

There seems to be some sort of psychological warfare going on between Dubs and their seagull neighbours. Was waiting for a Luas over the weekend where a huge gull was pacing up and down the tracks and a woman beside me hissed at her young daughter "Whatever you do, do NOT make eye contact with him."

I am raging. So many people made so much money from young women hating ourselves. Our lives and our physical and emotional health meant nothing.

The ANTM documentary was horrifying on multiple levels but it really highlighted why I and every other girl in the 2000s had an eating disorder

Well #speirghorm. What camp do you think this principled government of ours fell into?

This guy 👏😂

Students are budgeting every cent just to get through the week. Parents are paying more in rent for their children than their own mortgages. This is what the cost of living crisis looks like for students.

I hadn’t heard about this. Good news. www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/16/d...

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. I learned a lot.

Ok, I’m goin in.

“I may fall out of the chair onto the road” — video highlights impact of footpath parking The "real and often overlooked challenges caused by illegal and inconsiderate parking" is the theme of a new video launched by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, but that applies across the country. In…

I want to watch the ANTM doc but I expect it will make me rage. Stopped exposing myself to shit like that when I recovered from more than a decade of eating disorders, almost 20 yrs ago. What we were put through as women, the level of misogyny that was considered acceptable, was abhorrent.

In Tang: “Just wondering if you can prepare safely for coeliacs?” She goes through what they can do, what they can’t do, where bread is used and where it isn’t, so I can make an informed decision. “Thanks. I host a brunch group and I’m looking for places I can, eh…” “Eat food?” “Yes” 😂

People are talking shit about bananas and blueberries on this thread and I won’t have it. They are my faithful daily porridge accompaniment.

Ooook. Just had one of those dreams that required a full wake ip to break out of it. Involved searching desperately for a woman named Felicity who was not, it seemed, entirely trustworthy. Felicity, I have just learned, means happiness or good luck. So, hello 3.20am.

One of the most freeing realisations I’ve had was understanding that professionals who work with me don’t have to like me. They can roll their eyes every time they hear my name and it doesn’t matter at all as long as they provide a competent service.

Worth noting that in the Catholic Ireland of Fionnán's and my own lifetime, being gay, using condoms, abortion, & divorce were all illegal, and women and girls who were raped or pregnant could end up enslaved in Magdalene Laundries. I don't buy the crocodile tears. #Spèirgoem

Hey! Therapists advertising your practice as 100% confidential! No, it’s not. By law, it’s not.

"My privilege is no longer being prioritised therefore I am oppressed - another national newspaper column from the silenced" by Fionnán Sheehan has less of a ring but more truth to it.

Yes, Fionnán, let’s talk about shame and the Catholic Church. Let’s talk about ALL of it.

I especially appreciate that Lisa McGee doesn’t write the tired trope of straight women with a gay best friend, but instead, centres the bond between straight and lesbian women.

I was not prepared for having to straighten up *very* slowly and with the help of the wall after bending to wash my hair over the bath because crunchy lower back is standard now.

Every time I hear Piano Man I think of my brother every single time someone puts a microphone in his hand at a party. And he can’t sing.

Friend has suggested I give my invoicing software a name, so I can refer to “my secretary, Brian”.

In Donegal, Mayo, Galway, and Kerry corporations have applications in to harvest seaweed from the coast with absolutely no oversight. Corporatisation of seaweed harvest would be a significant negative step for the west

Just putting it out to the universe that I would be very happy with a one bed cottage and a little car. But if I instead end up in a lesbian community living situation (also VERY acceptable), I might also like some chickens.

Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.

Two things are simultaneously true: 1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it. 2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

Just learned about the Madonna of Montevergine, an iteration of the virgin Mary who is a protector of queer people whose feast day is 2nd of February. Between this and Brigid making a crisis pregnancy disappear, I'm wondering if saints with February saint days have a specific vibe?

"In a culture that counts steps, optimisers sleep and gamifies meditation, the pressure to quantify reading may say less about books than about a wider urge to turn even our leisure into something measurable and, ultimately, competitive."

The bus is packed. People are standing. The 3 seats nearest to me are empty. I’ve been told I’m hard to approach but this is ridiculous😂

We were at a local quiz years ago where they asked who’s field some guy crashed his tractor into a few days before - opposite side of the parish so we hadn’t heard about it.

So I know nothing about rugby, but I was in S66 so I am aware that we have just beaten England in England, and that that is very good.

Here too. The answer is NOT gating off laneways where people shoot up. The answer is safe spaces for people to do so. We need dignity for people still using and easily accessed and timely supports for those who are ready to stop.

There should be a full investigation. You can’t claim to be a peacemaker while ignoring injustice. Peace without accountability protects harm. Abuse of children/misuse of power - no matter your title/position… must be met with accountability. Justice for survivors isn’t optional-it’s necessary!

"what's the main ingredient in pesto?". the answer they were looking for was olive oil. when I say there was outrage in the room THERE WAS OUTRAGE

What's the most controversial table quiz question you've heard?

The Life of Brian - in religion class, to learn about blasphemy. Yes, really😂 The Ryan White Story - about HIV stigma, which was good. (without having to talk about sex or being gay - we were keeping those stigmas apparently) The Diary of Anne Frank