Faolán 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@captainhookni.bsky.social
Local South Belfast Green
Socialist & Human Rights Lover
Artist
Trans & Disabled Activist
EDS haver & Autistic
Free Palestine
Enjoyer of Warhammer, Star Wars and many other niche interests.
He/They
Socialist & Human Rights Lover
Artist
Trans & Disabled Activist
EDS haver & Autistic
Free Palestine
Enjoyer of Warhammer, Star Wars and many other niche interests.
He/They
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UK:
Transcript for 1-hour Myalgic Encephalomyelitis debate in Westminster Hall (UK Parliament) on Wednesday 19 November 2025 led by @tessamunt.bsky.social
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
Transcript for 1-hour Myalgic Encephalomyelitis debate in Westminster Hall (UK Parliament) on Wednesday 19 November 2025 led by @tessamunt.bsky.social
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
UK:
Transcript for 1-hour Myalgic Encephalomyelitis debate in Westminster Hall (UK Parliament) on Wednesday 19 November 2025 led by @tessamunt.bsky.social
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
Transcript for 1-hour Myalgic Encephalomyelitis debate in Westminster Hall (UK Parliament) on Wednesday 19 November 2025 led by @tessamunt.bsky.social
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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Belfast City Hall flies the Trans flag for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every trans person deserves respect, safety, and equality - no exceptions. Trans rights are human rights, and the Green Party stands for dignity and inclusion. #TDOR #TransRights #GPNI
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Belfast City Hall flies the Trans flag for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every trans person deserves respect, safety, and equality - no exceptions. Trans rights are human rights, and the Green Party stands for dignity and inclusion. #TDOR #TransRights #GPNI
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we honour the lives of trans and nonbinary people lost to violence, discrimination, and despair. We stand with those who face injustice and prejudice every day.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we honour the lives of trans and nonbinary people lost to violence, discrimination, and despair. We stand with those who face injustice and prejudice every day.
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that mandatory Christian worship and exclusively Christian Religious Education in NI schools are discriminatory and amount to indoctrination. RE must treat all faiths and beliefs, including non-religious worldviews, with equal respect.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Supreme Court has ruled that mandatory Christian worship and exclusively Christian Religious Education in NI schools are discriminatory and amount to indoctrination. RE must treat all faiths and beliefs, including non-religious worldviews, with equal respect.
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After 2 weeks of calling back and forth between the GP and Hospital for a very delayed gastro medication (which is an important one), I can finally go pick it up today.
Hats off to my GP surgery for being transparent about the situation, and getting me on with a GP this morning to sort it.
Hats off to my GP surgery for being transparent about the situation, and getting me on with a GP this morning to sort it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
After 2 weeks of calling back and forth between the GP and Hospital for a very delayed gastro medication (which is an important one), I can finally go pick it up today.
Hats off to my GP surgery for being transparent about the situation, and getting me on with a GP this morning to sort it.
Hats off to my GP surgery for being transparent about the situation, and getting me on with a GP this morning to sort it.
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Belfast city centre isn’t broken - it’s being kept that way. While empty luxury flats and derelict sites dominate, real people are shut out and green space is just a buzzword. Cllr Brian Smyth calls out the hollow “regeneration” narrative and blighting Belfast’s future.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Belfast city centre isn’t broken - it’s being kept that way. While empty luxury flats and derelict sites dominate, real people are shut out and green space is just a buzzword. Cllr Brian Smyth calls out the hollow “regeneration” narrative and blighting Belfast’s future.
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While 10-job Reform millionaire Farage's wealth soars, Jaywick in his never-visited Clacton constituency is named by the Ministry of Housing as "most deprived area in England"
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home - BBC News
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
While 10-job Reform millionaire Farage's wealth soars, Jaywick in his never-visited Clacton constituency is named by the Ministry of Housing as "most deprived area in England"
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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COP30 isn’t another climate summit - it’s a fight for survival and democracy. Empty words can’t stop a burning planet.
The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
COP30 isn’t another climate summit - it’s a fight for survival and democracy. Empty words can’t stop a burning planet.
The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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The 1.5°C target is slipping away as rich countries stall real action and finance. Climate colonialism lives on.
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Michael D Higgins leaves behind a presidency grounded in conscience, culture and courage. He proved public office can be moral, poetic and unapologetically on the side of people over power. That’s a legacy worth protecting.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Michael D Higgins leaves behind a presidency grounded in conscience, culture and courage. He proved public office can be moral, poetic and unapologetically on the side of people over power. That’s a legacy worth protecting.
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Take it easy in the Great Belfast Outdoors today especially if you're a pedestrian braving the weather!
There are eejits driving on footpaths to avoid waiting in the car congaline to get through a waterlogged road safely and people flying through puddles!
There are eejits driving on footpaths to avoid waiting in the car congaline to get through a waterlogged road safely and people flying through puddles!
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Take it easy in the Great Belfast Outdoors today especially if you're a pedestrian braving the weather!
There are eejits driving on footpaths to avoid waiting in the car congaline to get through a waterlogged road safely and people flying through puddles!
There are eejits driving on footpaths to avoid waiting in the car congaline to get through a waterlogged road safely and people flying through puddles!
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North Down’s unionist-backed council motion demands endless reviews and questions climate targets they once supported. Yet the climate emergency isn’t on pause - it’s getting worse, and families are paying the price.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
North Down’s unionist-backed council motion demands endless reviews and questions climate targets they once supported. Yet the climate emergency isn’t on pause - it’s getting worse, and families are paying the price.
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My sister drives a notability car. She herself is not disabled, but her daughter is. Two things:
1. They had to pay a considerable amount towards the cost. Like, more than the cost of a decent second hand car.
2. It's not a "blue three wheeler" because that wouldn't accommodate the wheelchair.
1. They had to pay a considerable amount towards the cost. Like, more than the cost of a decent second hand car.
2. It's not a "blue three wheeler" because that wouldn't accommodate the wheelchair.
This is evil. Pure evil.
It is not easy to qualify for a Motability car. It is not free. People are not faking disability to get free cars.
www.motability.co.uk/how-it-works
REFUK are bigoted scum.
It is not easy to qualify for a Motability car. It is not free. People are not faking disability to get free cars.
www.motability.co.uk/how-it-works
REFUK are bigoted scum.
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My sister drives a notability car. She herself is not disabled, but her daughter is. Two things:
1. They had to pay a considerable amount towards the cost. Like, more than the cost of a decent second hand car.
2. It's not a "blue three wheeler" because that wouldn't accommodate the wheelchair.
1. They had to pay a considerable amount towards the cost. Like, more than the cost of a decent second hand car.
2. It's not a "blue three wheeler" because that wouldn't accommodate the wheelchair.
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Witches' Sabbath / The Great He-Goat https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-great-he-goat-or-witches-sabbath
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Witches' Sabbath / The Great He-Goat https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-great-he-goat-or-witches-sabbath
Gastroparesis is tough to live with, and it's a condition I have personal experience with.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Gastroparesis is tough to live with, and it's a condition I have personal experience with.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
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Hope isn’t soft. It’s dangerous to the powerful.
It’s what drives people to act even when the world feels fixed against them. We don’t choose the times we live in - but we can choose what we do with them.
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It’s what drives people to act even when the world feels fixed against them. We don’t choose the times we live in - but we can choose what we do with them.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Hope isn’t soft. It’s dangerous to the powerful.
It’s what drives people to act even when the world feels fixed against them. We don’t choose the times we live in - but we can choose what we do with them.
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It’s what drives people to act even when the world feels fixed against them. We don’t choose the times we live in - but we can choose what we do with them.
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Say hello to the newest member of the indoor rainforest!
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Say hello to the newest member of the indoor rainforest!
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
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Is it hope?
🇮🇪 Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly - a fierce, independent voice backed by Greens and progressives. A victory for people over power.
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🇮🇪 Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly - a fierce, independent voice backed by Greens and progressives. A victory for people over power.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Is it hope?
🇮🇪 Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly - a fierce, independent voice backed by Greens and progressives. A victory for people over power.
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🇮🇪 Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly - a fierce, independent voice backed by Greens and progressives. A victory for people over power.
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Hope is making a comeback. Together, we’re building a fairer, greener Northern Ireland - real climate action, stronger communities, and new opportunities for everyone. Every new member grows our movement for positive change.
youtube.com/shorts/be70KyeNrm...
youtube.com/shorts/be70KyeNrm...
Hope is making a comeback
YouTube video by Green Party Northern Ireland
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hope is making a comeback. Together, we’re building a fairer, greener Northern Ireland - real climate action, stronger communities, and new opportunities for everyone. Every new member grows our movement for positive change.
youtube.com/shorts/be70KyeNrm...
youtube.com/shorts/be70KyeNrm...
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How many times do they have to tell us who they are before we believe them?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
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 8:46 AM
How many times do they have to tell us who they are before we believe them?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
I was out most of yesterday with EDS support UK's NI branch as a member helping to raise awareness for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I was out most of yesterday with EDS support UK's NI branch as a member helping to raise awareness for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
I personally live with EDS, POTs and other co morbidities of Dysautonomia.
It's still Dysautonomia awareness month, and there are still no standardised care pathways for many of these conditions!
It's also practically impossible to get a diagnosis of MCAS on the NHS as it is 'controversial'.
It's still Dysautonomia awareness month, and there are still no standardised care pathways for many of these conditions!
It's also practically impossible to get a diagnosis of MCAS on the NHS as it is 'controversial'.
From ME Research UK:
#Dysautonomia tinyurl.com/mry8bkty can often co-exist with other conditions such as mast cell activation syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, and small fibre neuropathy. Several are also considered to be ME/CFS comorbidities, so we will explore further during October.
#MEcfs
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#Dysautonomia tinyurl.com/mry8bkty can often co-exist with other conditions such as mast cell activation syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, and small fibre neuropathy. Several are also considered to be ME/CFS comorbidities, so we will explore further during October.
#MEcfs
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October 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I personally live with EDS, POTs and other co morbidities of Dysautonomia.
It's still Dysautonomia awareness month, and there are still no standardised care pathways for many of these conditions!
It's also practically impossible to get a diagnosis of MCAS on the NHS as it is 'controversial'.
It's still Dysautonomia awareness month, and there are still no standardised care pathways for many of these conditions!
It's also practically impossible to get a diagnosis of MCAS on the NHS as it is 'controversial'.
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The leader of the Greens in Northern Ireland has said that Alliance has “massively let down voters” on environmental and social issues in Stormont.
‘It’s clear Alliance has failed’: Green leader blasts Naomi Long’s party for ‘letting voters down’
The leader of the Greens in Northern Ireland has said that Alliance has “massively let down voters” on environmental and social issues in Stormont.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The leader of the Greens in Northern Ireland has said that Alliance has “massively let down voters” on environmental and social issues in Stormont.
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Our highest ever polling with Lucid Talk!
This is a big step forward. While it may be just a snapshot, it’s clear our message is resonating with more and more people. Momentum is building because people know there’s a better way.
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This is a big step forward. While it may be just a snapshot, it’s clear our message is resonating with more and more people. Momentum is building because people know there’s a better way.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Our highest ever polling with Lucid Talk!
This is a big step forward. While it may be just a snapshot, it’s clear our message is resonating with more and more people. Momentum is building because people know there’s a better way.
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This is a big step forward. While it may be just a snapshot, it’s clear our message is resonating with more and more people. Momentum is building because people know there’s a better way.
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