Rosie Meek

@rosiemeek1.bsky.social

320 followers 530 following 88 posts

A bit of this and a bit of that.

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Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 22h

"In the first few days after her arrival I had auditory hallucinations, hearing babies’ cries that weren’t real. I woke one day in a panic believing I’d had two babies and one of them was missing."

From my newest Substack, 'Motherhurt'.

#motherhood #writing

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A girl in a pink top sitting on sand with a bucket and spade

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

This should not be a police decision. Given evidenced secretive and unethical use of tech by PSNI already, this is amounts to an assault on ECHR rights, an undermining of civil rights in a ‘post-conflict’ region and an abandonment of any notion of ‘police reform’ post Good Friday Agreement.
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NI studies live facial recognition tech use by U.K. police.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 5d

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 6d

Big day: Ministers to crackdown on profiteering in care sector and make renewed fostering push

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Ministers to crackdown on profiteering in care sector and make renewed fostering push

Josh MacAlister issues warning as government launches £88m ‘call to arms’ to recruit 10,000 new foster carers

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Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 6d

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8d

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 10d

Business idea: a scented candle that smells of when you’ve just blown the candle out, while it’s lit.

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 12d

Marginalia. Lovely, fancy, flirty word that one. Sounds like a flouncy flower. Or an STD. I’ve got a terrible case of marginalia, it’s bloody everywhere. I’m covered in it.

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Marginalia and l’esprit de l’escalier

When things don't go to plan

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Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 16d

I want the summer

Warm bin juice

Taps aff sunburn

Wasps at a picnic

Cigarette smoke

Flip flop blisters

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 19d

Instructions for my funeral (don’t worry, I’m fine)

#writing #death #curry

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Instructions for my funeral

(Don't worry, I'm fine)

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Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 21d

The sea was quiet today, telling me to be quiet. Not quite mirror still, the sound was a gentle swell-rocking like hushing a held bairn on the edge of sleep.

#sea #countydown

A sea scene with a cloudy sky in County Down

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 24d

This is exactly the kind of major news I want in my life.

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 24d

Brilliant 😅

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 28d

Wikipedia says moles have “cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes [and] reduced hindlimbs”. So, I feel I have quite a lot in common with the little guys.

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There are no moles in Ireland

(Un)belonging

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Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks so much 🙏 didn’t feel like my best work 😅

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · 29d

On growing up in a properly weird church.

#deconstruction #faith #writing

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Laughing With God

Growing up in culty Charismatic Evangelicalism

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · Jan 7

Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.

Rosie Meek @rosiemeek1.bsky.social · Jan 6

Like ants with their pheromone trails, the workers on the first post-holiday commute back to the office left a shimmering scent in their wake, the train carriage air thick with new Christmas perfume and aftershave.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jan 5

Tusla paid private firms €36m to house children in an unregulated system

Five companies shared more than €25m for special emergency arrangements often used for children seeking asylum

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Jan 1

Poem with a subliminal message.

Resolution

Having failed to keep
A new year’s resolution for
Pretty much ever, this year I resolve to
Play it safe. The trick is to know
Your limits. Keep it simple.

Now what I resolve to do is to
Eschew a poetic form. Abstain from
Writing an acrostic for a whole

Year. A resolution, I think,
Easily done. Eminently achievable.
A piece of cake. Oh,
Rats.

Brian Bilston

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · Dec 22

When you do politics on a shoestring, every share, comment and conversation matters. This message is for everyone who stuck with hope this year when it would have been easier to switch off. For people who challenged the status quo and backed their neighbours.

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