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Nikki Gallagher
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Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️runner, comms specialist with more than a passing interest in politics, current affairs, equality & rights
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newseye.bsky.social
Trump’s America. Where the wheelchair-bound are zip tied by police for going to Congress to protest their healthcare being removed.
A elderly person in a wheelchair is seen being escorted to a lift in the Senate building of the Capitol this afternoon, June 25. It is a screenshot from a video captured by Aaron Black. You can see hands have been zip-tied and a cop is seen on the left and right of the image
June 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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techpriest.bsky.social
"We go live to Fox News"
Fox news banner superimposed on soviet broadcast of Swan Lake
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
First they came after trans rights and we knew this would happen next observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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bernietranders.bsky.social
A ban on the currently zero transgender women playing competitive football in Scotland, fucking incredible
A screenshot of the article that says “however, it is understood there are currently no transgender women playing competitive football north of the border”
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Yes. In a sane media environment, the bathroom ban would be the end of anyone treating 'gender critical feminists' as anything other than a hate group. It's a straightforwardly bigoted policy that imposes an insane 'solution' to a nonexistent problem.
I speak of the near-constant refrain that devious men will enter these spaces and pretend to be trans women, in order to spy on, or assault, their occupants. It obviously appals me that our trans friends are constantly cited as monsters, ubiquitously mentioned in the same breath as cisgendered male predators. But I also wonder why this hypothetical predator would bother pretending to be trans. They could just pretend to be me; the sheepish dad minding an unseen child. Or a janitor, a plumber, or a toilet attendant. All such thought experiments are null and void, of course, when one considers that the legal ability for trans women to use female toilets has been in place for a decade without seeing any examples of such behaviour at all. Many who oppose it have claimed that it legally enshrines a situation in which thousands of trans men — sporting beards and moustaches and every other “masculine” descriptor you care to name — will now be legally obliged to use those female-only facilities. This is, in fact, a misreading of the ruling, which is worse than this suggests, and clearly implies that trans men should be barred from using male or female toilets both. Because, in a battle between cruelty and logic, the cruelty must always win.
April 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
Lovely Venice 😍😍
April 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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strandjunker.com
Did you know? Chromosome testing in sports has been done before and was stopped because cisgender people repeatedly learned that their chromosomes didn’t match their assigned sex. — Something the “XX and XY only” crowd seems to have forgotten.
March 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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shonamurray.bsky.social
‘Police and CSO figures show that no causal link between immigration and any form of crime..has ever been recorded in Ireland. But a 12% uptick in hate crimes between 2022 and 2023, and a massive surge in misinformation surrounding migrants and criminality..’

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: I think anti-racists are right to be on high alert
I’m less concerned with why Garron Noone said what he said, than with whether it’s true or not
www.irishexaminer.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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laurabyrne.bsky.social
Thanks to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's Rachel Morrogh for advocating for survivors of sexual assault in this piece:
Opinion: Watching Conor McGregor in The White House was dystopian and disturbing
Head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Rachel Morrogh, says it’s important now that everyone stands with survivors of sexual violence.
www.thejournal.ie
March 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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tupped.bsky.social
Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes.

There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.

Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social
Bernie is giving us our marching orders as to how we fight back. Pls take the time to watch & share this video. It is both illuminating and motivating. 👇🏾👇👇🏼👇🏿👇🏻

m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL0c...
We Are Living in Unprecedented Times
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
m.youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
This is a really cool story www.independent.ie/irish-news/e... East Wall residents celebrate diversity at new Gateway Integration Centre
East Wall residents celebrate diversity at new Gateway Integration Centre
There was at an atmosphere of warmth and community spirit at the opening of a new integration centre in East Wall, previously the target of protests.
www.independent.ie
January 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
An allegory for our times unfortunately #Wicked
January 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
I’m not sure why this guy is still getting publicity. Like who actually cares about what he posts 🙄🙄🙄
December 10, 2024 at 5:39 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
Fabulous few days in Gran Canaria escaping Storm Darragh & the 🌧️ & 🥶 #WinterSun
December 9, 2024 at 5:41 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
Lots of constituencies sending only men to Dáil Éireann. Gender balance seems so out of reach #GE24
December 1, 2024 at 5:40 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
Phew #GE24
December 1, 2024 at 3:34 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
Rarely agree with Michael McDowell but we really do need to address issues in the north inner city. We need to support communities who feel disenfranchised #DublinCentral #GE24
December 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
While it’s a v tough result for the Greens, they achieved a lot in government & I think Ireland’s approach to climate policies is far better because of them. A lot of people using the Greens as a cautionary tale to other parties, but you can’t implement policies from the opposition benches #GE24
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 AM
nichola10.bsky.social
I’ve never had such an urge to tune into the #LateLate - clearly I won’t but want to #GE24
November 29, 2024 at 10:56 PM
nichola10.bsky.social
The most exciting day of the year for nerds! If you have a vote, use it #GE24
November 29, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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gerardbrady100.bsky.social
Worth checking out this useful analysis, breaking down the key General Election manifesto commitments by the political parties, aligned with key Ibec policy pillars for business and industrial development.

Link to the full thing here:
cdn.ibec.ie/-/media/docu...
November 25, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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ciaraobrien.bsky.social
Jennifer O'Connell: Judge in Nikita Hand’s civil action against Conor McGregor delivered a masterclass in consent
The two sides were not just offering opposing narratives, but speaking completely different languages
www.irishtimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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womensaidireland.bsky.social
These are not positive role models. This case can offer a good opportunity for older men to have conversations with the younger men and boys in their lives to offer more empathic, authentic ways to express masculinity.
November 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM