Maria O’Sullivan
@miniratne.bsky.social
Law student. Patent pending inventor. Disability Advocate. Cats. Books. Memes. Puzzles. Not in that particular order. Be a decent human please.
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Neurodivergent people are in every area of the legal profession.
@thebarcouncil.bsky.social 2025 Pupil Survey shows progress, but challenges ahead:
20% of pupils disclosed disability (71% ND)
76% reported positive experiences
3x more bullying/stress/barriers
Momentum is happening-time for change!
@thebarcouncil.bsky.social 2025 Pupil Survey shows progress, but challenges ahead:
20% of pupils disclosed disability (71% ND)
76% reported positive experiences
3x more bullying/stress/barriers
Momentum is happening-time for change!
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Neurodivergent people are in every area of the legal profession.
@thebarcouncil.bsky.social 2025 Pupil Survey shows progress, but challenges ahead:
20% of pupils disclosed disability (71% ND)
76% reported positive experiences
3x more bullying/stress/barriers
Momentum is happening-time for change!
@thebarcouncil.bsky.social 2025 Pupil Survey shows progress, but challenges ahead:
20% of pupils disclosed disability (71% ND)
76% reported positive experiences
3x more bullying/stress/barriers
Momentum is happening-time for change!
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At Neurodiversity in Law, we are working to build a legal profession where neurodivergent voices are heard, valued and included at every level. Join us to challenge stigma, and champion accessibility in the legal sector. #LawSky
August 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
At Neurodiversity in Law, we are working to build a legal profession where neurodivergent voices are heard, valued and included at every level. Join us to challenge stigma, and champion accessibility in the legal sector. #LawSky
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Social media giant Meta announced today that it will stop running political, electoral or social issue advertising in the EU from October, instead of complying with the bloc's transparency rules for political advertising.
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
www.euractiv.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Social media giant Meta announced today that it will stop running political, electoral or social issue advertising in the EU from October, instead of complying with the bloc's transparency rules for political advertising.
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
This made me publicly howl with laughter this morning. For my criminal law friends - enjoy!
#LawSky
www.thejournal.ie/drug-dealer-...?
#LawSky
www.thejournal.ie/drug-dealer-...?
Convicted drug dealer caught selling pills and cannabis during his own court sentence hearing
Tony Roe was caught selling the drugs at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin duirng a court appearance last year.
www.thejournal.ie
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This made me publicly howl with laughter this morning. For my criminal law friends - enjoy!
#LawSky
www.thejournal.ie/drug-dealer-...?
#LawSky
www.thejournal.ie/drug-dealer-...?
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🕚 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:
🟥 unpaid taxes
🟥 impact of AI on the reliability of the news
🟥 recruitment and retention of the armed forces
🟥 Renters’ Rights Bill
➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
🟥 unpaid taxes
🟥 impact of AI on the reliability of the news
🟥 recruitment and retention of the armed forces
🟥 Renters’ Rights Bill
➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
July 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🕚 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:
🟥 unpaid taxes
🟥 impact of AI on the reliability of the news
🟥 recruitment and retention of the armed forces
🟥 Renters’ Rights Bill
➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
🟥 unpaid taxes
🟥 impact of AI on the reliability of the news
🟥 recruitment and retention of the armed forces
🟥 Renters’ Rights Bill
➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
@kneecapceol.bsky.social I don’t listen to your music as its not my usual, but I’ll be playing your music on repeat silently to contribute towards your legal fees! 🇮🇪 🇵🇸
To add I have many Jewish pals from or with Israeli family who don’t agree with the genocide. It’s not all Jewish people, its
To add I have many Jewish pals from or with Israeli family who don’t agree with the genocide. It’s not all Jewish people, its
June 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
@kneecapceol.bsky.social I don’t listen to your music as its not my usual, but I’ll be playing your music on repeat silently to contribute towards your legal fees! 🇮🇪 🇵🇸
To add I have many Jewish pals from or with Israeli family who don’t agree with the genocide. It’s not all Jewish people, its
To add I have many Jewish pals from or with Israeli family who don’t agree with the genocide. It’s not all Jewish people, its
Kemi Badenoch saying that @kneecapceol.bsky.social are unsuitable for BBC at @glastonbury.bsky.social is just basic racism.100s of UK artists publicly stand against genocide of innocents in Palestine. There’s been all sorts of Palestine protests at Glasto. But she chooses an Irish band to ban?! 🇮🇪
June 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Kemi Badenoch saying that @kneecapceol.bsky.social are unsuitable for BBC at @glastonbury.bsky.social is just basic racism.100s of UK artists publicly stand against genocide of innocents in Palestine. There’s been all sorts of Palestine protests at Glasto. But she chooses an Irish band to ban?! 🇮🇪
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"James Timpson, the prisons minister and Labour peer, should accept this workable and detailed plan and seek to close this shameful chapter in the history of British criminal justice."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Keir Starmer must end the injustice of indefinite sentences today
Editorial: There are thousands of people in prison in Britain with no release date, serving sentences that were abolished in 2012
www.independent.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"James Timpson, the prisons minister and Labour peer, should accept this workable and detailed plan and seek to close this shameful chapter in the history of British criminal justice."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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If you are not yet familiar with the shocking lPP scandal watch this jaw dropping update
youtu.be/w23NeIBGQLk?...
youtu.be/w23NeIBGQLk?...
THE SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL- one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the last half-century
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking lPP scandal watch this jaw dropping update
youtu.be/w23NeIBGQLk?...
youtu.be/w23NeIBGQLk?...
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WTF?
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/project/impr...
Sentences of imprisonment for public protection: Updated action plan - Published Friday, 19 May, 2023
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/sentences-of...
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/project/impr...
Sentences of imprisonment for public protection: Updated action plan - Published Friday, 19 May, 2023
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/sentences-of...
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) | Prison Reform Trust
prisonreformtrust.org.uk
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
WTF?
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/project/impr...
Sentences of imprisonment for public protection: Updated action plan - Published Friday, 19 May, 2023
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/sentences-of...
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/project/impr...
Sentences of imprisonment for public protection: Updated action plan - Published Friday, 19 May, 2023
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/sentences-of...
@letterboxd.social your app is fabulous! Thanks to your app we have actually watched a movie every day since I joined! Less crap tv and more quality entertainment 😅
June 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@letterboxd.social your app is fabulous! Thanks to your app we have actually watched a movie every day since I joined! Less crap tv and more quality entertainment 😅
Did you know?
In 2007, a fake law went viral, claiming Liverpool women could only go topless in public if they worked in a tropical fish shop.
After inclusion in a United Press article called ‘Top 10 most absurd British laws’ - Liverpool City Council had to officially debunk it as an urban myth!
In 2007, a fake law went viral, claiming Liverpool women could only go topless in public if they worked in a tropical fish shop.
After inclusion in a United Press article called ‘Top 10 most absurd British laws’ - Liverpool City Council had to officially debunk it as an urban myth!
June 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Did you know?
In 2007, a fake law went viral, claiming Liverpool women could only go topless in public if they worked in a tropical fish shop.
After inclusion in a United Press article called ‘Top 10 most absurd British laws’ - Liverpool City Council had to officially debunk it as an urban myth!
In 2007, a fake law went viral, claiming Liverpool women could only go topless in public if they worked in a tropical fish shop.
After inclusion in a United Press article called ‘Top 10 most absurd British laws’ - Liverpool City Council had to officially debunk it as an urban myth!
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MPs are now considering the remaining stages of the Crime and Policing Bill (Day 1).
Watch the debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Watch the debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
MPs are now considering the remaining stages of the Crime and Policing Bill (Day 1).
Watch the debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Watch the debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Want to hear something totally out of this world?
How about the echolocation calls of lesser horseshoes – Ireland's rarest + smallest bat – as they head out from their roost at dusk to hunt midges and other insects over an Atlantic rainforest?
Volume up!
How about the echolocation calls of lesser horseshoes – Ireland's rarest + smallest bat – as they head out from their roost at dusk to hunt midges and other insects over an Atlantic rainforest?
Volume up!
June 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Want to hear something totally out of this world?
How about the echolocation calls of lesser horseshoes – Ireland's rarest + smallest bat – as they head out from their roost at dusk to hunt midges and other insects over an Atlantic rainforest?
Volume up!
How about the echolocation calls of lesser horseshoes – Ireland's rarest + smallest bat – as they head out from their roost at dusk to hunt midges and other insects over an Atlantic rainforest?
Volume up!
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A lovely story made by a parent in prison for their child, through our project Making It Up, led by our fantastic prison consultant @manwithbooks.bsky.social! 📖
The young parent wrote:
‘I hope you read this and smile because daddy smiled when he was making it.’ 💛
🔗 giveabook.org.uk/projects/
The young parent wrote:
‘I hope you read this and smile because daddy smiled when he was making it.’ 💛
🔗 giveabook.org.uk/projects/
June 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A lovely story made by a parent in prison for their child, through our project Making It Up, led by our fantastic prison consultant @manwithbooks.bsky.social! 📖
The young parent wrote:
‘I hope you read this and smile because daddy smiled when he was making it.’ 💛
🔗 giveabook.org.uk/projects/
The young parent wrote:
‘I hope you read this and smile because daddy smiled when he was making it.’ 💛
🔗 giveabook.org.uk/projects/
I just finished The Shining by Stephen King, so being a big fan of the movie, I had no idea that it veered so remarkably from the book! If you have not read it, and are a fan of the film - you simply must give it a read. Gripping! #BookSky
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I just finished The Shining by Stephen King, so being a big fan of the movie, I had no idea that it veered so remarkably from the book! If you have not read it, and are a fan of the film - you simply must give it a read. Gripping! #BookSky
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It is going to get very warm today at the museum, so we politely request visitors do not attempt to keep cool by rolling around in the mud in the garden like pigs.
Or, if you're going to do this, please at least consider bringing a change of clothes.
Or, if you're going to do this, please at least consider bringing a change of clothes.
June 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It is going to get very warm today at the museum, so we politely request visitors do not attempt to keep cool by rolling around in the mud in the garden like pigs.
Or, if you're going to do this, please at least consider bringing a change of clothes.
Or, if you're going to do this, please at least consider bringing a change of clothes.
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Here's a cool article about real shark scientists and their role in making Jaws.
stanfordmag.org/contents/big...
stanfordmag.org/contents/big...
Big Fish
The scientist who helped Jaws make waves.
stanfordmag.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here's a cool article about real shark scientists and their role in making Jaws.
stanfordmag.org/contents/big...
stanfordmag.org/contents/big...
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For anyone who doesn't know "Article 8" is the European Convention on Human Rights right to a private life
This is the head of the EHRC saying that she does not believe that *anyone* has the right to privacy when it comes to being trans or cis
Brazenly immoral, legally untrue
This is the head of the EHRC saying that she does not believe that *anyone* has the right to privacy when it comes to being trans or cis
Brazenly immoral, legally untrue
Here it is... the smoking gun that should bring down this entire EHRC committee.
June 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For anyone who doesn't know "Article 8" is the European Convention on Human Rights right to a private life
This is the head of the EHRC saying that she does not believe that *anyone* has the right to privacy when it comes to being trans or cis
Brazenly immoral, legally untrue
This is the head of the EHRC saying that she does not believe that *anyone* has the right to privacy when it comes to being trans or cis
Brazenly immoral, legally untrue
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
June 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.