Maggie McTernan
@maggsmct.bsky.social
Episcopal priest, parliamentary staffer, ukulele player.
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Ask people what changes were most significant during the 1960s and you usually hear about the counterculture and the sexual revolution. In reality the major change for many families was getting an indoor toilet.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ask people what changes were most significant during the 1960s and you usually hear about the counterculture and the sexual revolution. In reality the major change for many families was getting an indoor toilet.
Reposted by Maggie McTernan
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
This trial seems to have been in Housing dept - genuinely don’t see how teachers or care staff could reduce hours without need for extra staff to cover contact time. And if it’s only implemented in some council depts that leads to inequality between staff groups
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Business and charity leaders urge ministers to lead England’s transition to four-day week
Open letter signed by more than 100 leaders comes after local government secretary criticised a council for switching to shorter week
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This trial seems to have been in Housing dept - genuinely don’t see how teachers or care staff could reduce hours without need for extra staff to cover contact time. And if it’s only implemented in some council depts that leads to inequality between staff groups
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Lovely day for a walk in the snow #Bärenbadalm #ChaletSchool
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Lovely day for a walk in the snow #Bärenbadalm #ChaletSchool
Just watched the first episode of Riot Women - it’s bloody brilliant and I’m now going to start a rock band, who’s in?
a group of girls are playing instruments on a stage with a dw drum
ALT: a group of girls are playing instruments on a stage with a dw drum
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October 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just watched the first episode of Riot Women - it’s bloody brilliant and I’m now going to start a rock band, who’s in?
Didn’t think @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social could get any better tonight until @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social came on with a divine poem #ShelvesInMyHead #MyLovelyHorse
October 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Didn’t think @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social could get any better tonight until @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social came on with a divine poem #ShelvesInMyHead #MyLovelyHorse
First heard this poem read by Brian Patten himself - quite the most beautiful poem about loss and love
September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
First heard this poem read by Brian Patten himself - quite the most beautiful poem about loss and love
Heading off on holiday with a wetsuit, a box of red wine, and a phone with a full set of In Our Time downloads, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person
currently on my way home carrying a large bag that contains a beach towel, a bikini, four books and a little pot of chilli oil, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person,
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Heading off on holiday with a wetsuit, a box of red wine, and a phone with a full set of In Our Time downloads, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person
Sharing an ecumenical pint with @aidanmarshall.bsky.social as I read this
September 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sharing an ecumenical pint with @aidanmarshall.bsky.social as I read this
Reposted by Maggie McTernan
6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)
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in a very, very strong field I think this might be the weirdest and most sexist bit of commentary on a female politician's appearance I've ever seen
September 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.
Angela Rayner's treatment shows the double standards that punish the ambition of working class women - LabourList
The treatment of Angela Rayner demonstrates that we must confront the double standards that punish working-class ambition.
labourlist.org
September 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.
I see Sir Walter is dressing as a weegie these days
August 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I see Sir Walter is dressing as a weegie these days
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Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!
Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!
a close up of a woman making a funny face with her hands in the air .
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July 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!
Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!
Just back from a week walking St Cuthbert’s Way - some reflections on pilgrimage from my walk
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St Cuthbert's Way
It started with the bus dropping us off in the wrong place. To be fair, the driver dropped us off where I asked him to, but it was the ...
maggietalksrubbish.blogspot.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just back from a week walking St Cuthbert’s Way - some reflections on pilgrimage from my walk
maggietalksrubbish.blogspot.com/2025/07/st-c...
maggietalksrubbish.blogspot.com/2025/07/st-c...
Can’t wait to see headlines announcing how our political institutions, parties, and media have acted to address and drastically reduce the sexism and misogyny in politics
though I fear I might be waiting a long time.
though I fear I might be waiting a long time.
Women working in Scottish politics and women trying to get elected face entrenched sexism and widespread abuse, according to a new report. #ScotPol #EverydaySexism
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530727...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530727...
‘Spat on and abused’: major report lays bare stark reality for women in politics
Women across all major Scottish parties face widespread sexism and abuse with a 'default male model' still favoured, new major report from Engender…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Can’t wait to see headlines announcing how our political institutions, parties, and media have acted to address and drastically reduce the sexism and misogyny in politics
though I fear I might be waiting a long time.
though I fear I might be waiting a long time.
Home from the longest train journey on the longest night
June 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Home from the longest train journey on the longest night
Well this is quite beautiful.
Life takes us further from those we’ve lost so we tell their stories to keep them with us, and toast them when we drink the champagne
Life takes us further from those we’ve lost so we tell their stories to keep them with us, and toast them when we drink the champagne
It'll be two years, this Monday night. Time, at last, to write about Agnes.
The Long Goodbye
Time, at last, to write about Agnes.
jonn.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Well this is quite beautiful.
Life takes us further from those we’ve lost so we tell their stories to keep them with us, and toast them when we drink the champagne
Life takes us further from those we’ve lost so we tell their stories to keep them with us, and toast them when we drink the champagne
Just noticed that the time sits tucked behind the Mourne Mountains on my phone and that makes me strangely happy
June 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Just noticed that the time sits tucked behind the Mourne Mountains on my phone and that makes me strangely happy
Love a pub toilet that tells you how to get back to the bar
May 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Love a pub toilet that tells you how to get back to the bar
Love a pub toilet that tells you how to get back to the bar
May 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Love a pub toilet that tells you how to get back to the bar
I could have sworn I got on the train at Glasgow Central, how did I end up in Pride and Prejudice?
May 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I could have sworn I got on the train at Glasgow Central, how did I end up in Pride and Prejudice?