Helen
@geekgirlpsych.bsky.social
Geek, feminist, queer mammy. Always tired and in need of more cheese.
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Nobody:
Me: LORD OF THE RINGS IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE THERE ARE ELVES.
Me: LORD OF THE RINGS IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE THERE ARE ELVES.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nobody:
Me: LORD OF THE RINGS IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE THERE ARE ELVES.
Me: LORD OF THE RINGS IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE THERE ARE ELVES.
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These are the "voters" Martin, O'Callaghan, Harris and the rest of them are pivoting to racism to please.
If ever two groups needed reminding that Twitter and Facebook are not real life, it's journalists and politicians.
If ever two groups needed reminding that Twitter and Facebook are not real life, it's journalists and politicians.
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
These are the "voters" Martin, O'Callaghan, Harris and the rest of them are pivoting to racism to please.
If ever two groups needed reminding that Twitter and Facebook are not real life, it's journalists and politicians.
If ever two groups needed reminding that Twitter and Facebook are not real life, it's journalists and politicians.
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muppetized book covers: thread
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
muppetized book covers: thread
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star trek and famous art: a thread
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
star trek and famous art: a thread
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Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful
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They gotta stop naming roses after people, because "Come check out Dick Clark!" and "Go sniff Henry Fonda!" are both things my mom has said to me.
September 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They gotta stop naming roses after people, because "Come check out Dick Clark!" and "Go sniff Henry Fonda!" are both things my mom has said to me.
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Watching Gaza City high rises be levelled this week while thinking of this line that I overheard an Israeli tour guide say in late July:
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Watching Gaza City high rises be levelled this week while thinking of this line that I overheard an Israeli tour guide say in late July:
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My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
July 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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Giving updates on the awful things happening in America is the new Irish mammy telling you who died.
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Giving updates on the awful things happening in America is the new Irish mammy telling you who died.
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"Israeli soldiers were targetting particular parts of the body on particular days. One day, it was head and neck. One day, chest. One day, legs. One day, testicles. Target practice.
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes."
- Dr Nick Maynard speaking in Cork.
#speirgorm
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes."
- Dr Nick Maynard speaking in Cork.
#speirgorm
September 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Israeli soldiers were targetting particular parts of the body on particular days. One day, it was head and neck. One day, chest. One day, legs. One day, testicles. Target practice.
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes."
- Dr Nick Maynard speaking in Cork.
#speirgorm
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes."
- Dr Nick Maynard speaking in Cork.
#speirgorm
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Hello from Washington DC, where hundreds of people and what seems like an unreasonable amount of police are assembling for the We Are All DC March
This is the first pre-planned, DC-focused protest since the occupation began. Let's see how this goes
🧵
This is the first pre-planned, DC-focused protest since the occupation began. Let's see how this goes
🧵
September 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hello from Washington DC, where hundreds of people and what seems like an unreasonable amount of police are assembling for the We Are All DC March
This is the first pre-planned, DC-focused protest since the occupation began. Let's see how this goes
🧵
This is the first pre-planned, DC-focused protest since the occupation began. Let's see how this goes
🧵
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“The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab & other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past 2 years.”
This is what solidarity looks like
This is what solidarity looks like
September 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab & other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past 2 years.”
This is what solidarity looks like
This is what solidarity looks like
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It's not like Radiohead haven't been asked nicely over and over and over again to stop being bastards about this, for years, and their response is always condescending bullshit www.nme.com/news/music/b...
BDS movement call for boycott of Radiohead's 2025 tour
The pro-Palestine BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement has called for a boycott of Radiohead’s newly announced 2025 tour.
www.nme.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's not like Radiohead haven't been asked nicely over and over and over again to stop being bastards about this, for years, and their response is always condescending bullshit www.nme.com/news/music/b...
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Rule Britannia is just Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for people who love Top Gear.
September 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Rule Britannia is just Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for people who love Top Gear.
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
Listening to this week's @dbethelcomics.bsky.social and @profounddark.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy podcast. I just *knew* that when Kylie was mentioned that Andrew would only know her acting from Doctor Who.
Her and Jason Donovan on Neighbours is so baked into my childhood 😂
Her and Jason Donovan on Neighbours is so baked into my childhood 😂
September 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Listening to this week's @dbethelcomics.bsky.social and @profounddark.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy podcast. I just *knew* that when Kylie was mentioned that Andrew would only know her acting from Doctor Who.
Her and Jason Donovan on Neighbours is so baked into my childhood 😂
Her and Jason Donovan on Neighbours is so baked into my childhood 😂
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Whatever happened to just buying stuff and then owning that stuff.
August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Whatever happened to just buying stuff and then owning that stuff.
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This one Dril tweet in December 2023 was a more accurate depiction of actual events than anything you’d have got off newsstands, from broadcast media or out of the mouths of politicians. It hasn’t got much better since.
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This one Dril tweet in December 2023 was a more accurate depiction of actual events than anything you’d have got off newsstands, from broadcast media or out of the mouths of politicians. It hasn’t got much better since.
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On 27th August 2015, The Shepherd's Crown, the last book Sir Terry Pratchett completed before he died, was published.
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
August 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On 27th August 2015, The Shepherd's Crown, the last book Sir Terry Pratchett completed before he died, was published.
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
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In an article about authors opting out of a literary prize, you have included a statement from only one of those authors. On the other hand, you have chosen to include the words of two other major gender critical voices, neither of whom were in any way affiliated with the prize. 2/
August 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In an article about authors opting out of a literary prize, you have included a statement from only one of those authors. On the other hand, you have chosen to include the words of two other major gender critical voices, neither of whom were in any way affiliated with the prize. 2/
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.
August 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.