Rina McCann
@rinammc.bsky.social
Systems thinker and reader of things. Detester of jellyfish, mushrooms, marshmallows & bellybuttons.
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
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August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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NEW: Channel 4 to broadcast the doc about Gaza medics ditched by BBC.
The Beeb worried about partiality. C4 says they believe it is “duly impartial view of a subject that both divides opinion and frequently provokes dispute about what constitutes a fact”.
Shown this Wednesday.
The Beeb worried about partiality. C4 says they believe it is “duly impartial view of a subject that both divides opinion and frequently provokes dispute about what constitutes a fact”.
Shown this Wednesday.
June 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
NEW: Channel 4 to broadcast the doc about Gaza medics ditched by BBC.
The Beeb worried about partiality. C4 says they believe it is “duly impartial view of a subject that both divides opinion and frequently provokes dispute about what constitutes a fact”.
Shown this Wednesday.
The Beeb worried about partiality. C4 says they believe it is “duly impartial view of a subject that both divides opinion and frequently provokes dispute about what constitutes a fact”.
Shown this Wednesday.
Day off work, live music on the telebox, spicy butternut squash soup simmering, and now about to get my geography on. A four day week really is good for the soul.
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Day off work, live music on the telebox, spicy butternut squash soup simmering, and now about to get my geography on. A four day week really is good for the soul.
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My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
Edging ever-closer to a full on authoritarian regime.
BBC News - Palestine Action group to be banned, home secretary confirms
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Palestine Action group to be banned, home secretary confirms
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government to ban Palestine Action, home secretary confirms
It comes after what she called a "disgraceful attack" on an RAF base and as a protest takes place in central London.
www.bbc.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Edging ever-closer to a full on authoritarian regime.
BBC News - Palestine Action group to be banned, home secretary confirms
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Palestine Action group to be banned, home secretary confirms
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just in case anyone missed this amid the sudden change in direction of the current news cycle.
BBC News - More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
The UN human rights chief said Israel's "means and methods of warfare" were inflicting "horrifying, unconscionable suffering".
www.bbc.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just in case anyone missed this amid the sudden change in direction of the current news cycle.
BBC News - More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Day 2 - a book with a number in the title. Love a bit of Eddie Flynn.
@bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social #BBBookChallenge
@bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social #BBBookChallenge
June 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Day 2 - a book with a number in the title. Love a bit of Eddie Flynn.
@bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social #BBBookChallenge
@bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social #BBBookChallenge
A dark but beautiful start to Day 1 - A debut novel
#BBBookChallenge @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social
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June 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A dark but beautiful start to Day 1 - A debut novel
#BBBookChallenge @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social
#BBBookChallenge @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social
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Wrote for @theguardian.com about Ballymena and Northern Ireland's long history of violence against women ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Ballymena violence has nothing to do with ‘protecting women’. It is racism, pure and simple | Sarah Creighton
Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that, says political commentator from Northern Ireland Sarah Creight...
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Wrote for @theguardian.com about Ballymena and Northern Ireland's long history of violence against women ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
English right-wing trolls posting about how the Irish in Ballymena are taking back their country.
a woman sitting on a couch making a funny face
ALT: a woman sitting on a couch making a funny face
media.tenor.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
English right-wing trolls posting about how the Irish in Ballymena are taking back their country.
Reposted by Rina McCann
Strong piece by Allison Morris (Belfast Telegraph) on racist actions in Ballymena
June 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Strong piece by Allison Morris (Belfast Telegraph) on racist actions in Ballymena
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The Communities Minister is live on BBC Radio Planet Ulster demonstrating exactly why he should resign his position.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The Communities Minister is live on BBC Radio Planet Ulster demonstrating exactly why he should resign his position.
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What is happening in Ballymena is not a protest about women's safety. It is vile, blatant, targeted racism and nothing else.
Did I miss the rioting for these women??
BBC News - A picture of violence: The 25 women killed in four years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Did I miss the rioting for these women??
BBC News - A picture of violence: The 25 women killed in four years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A picture of violence: The 24 women killed in four years
In at least 20 of the 24 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
www.bbc.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What is happening in Ballymena is not a protest about women's safety. It is vile, blatant, targeted racism and nothing else.
Did I miss the rioting for these women??
BBC News - A picture of violence: The 25 women killed in four years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Did I miss the rioting for these women??
BBC News - A picture of violence: The 25 women killed in four years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Two cats currently captivated watching Springwatch. The birds and the hares set tails a-wagging.
June 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Two cats currently captivated watching Springwatch. The birds and the hares set tails a-wagging.
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The PSNI, who will routinely select not to actually enforce laws around paramilitarism, have arrested a woman in Belfast today for "criminal damage" for allegedly putting a sticker on an ATM that was then removed without any damage.
May 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The PSNI, who will routinely select not to actually enforce laws around paramilitarism, have arrested a woman in Belfast today for "criminal damage" for allegedly putting a sticker on an ATM that was then removed without any damage.
The garden is all about shades of blue today
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The garden is all about shades of blue today
I can't recommend this book enough. Heartbreaking, yet full of compassion and resilience in our completely broken systems.
April 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I can't recommend this book enough. Heartbreaking, yet full of compassion and resilience in our completely broken systems.
Don't message me on Teams just saying 'morning', then nothing else. Tell me what you want. Use your words.
a man wearing glasses and a suit says " what do you want "
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a suit says " what do you want "
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Don't message me on Teams just saying 'morning', then nothing else. Tell me what you want. Use your words.
When you remember you have a card with approx $100 and absolutely no intention of returning to the US for a while. The only things left to do is treat yourself to a 'free' Saturday of coffee and books.
February 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
When you remember you have a card with approx $100 and absolutely no intention of returning to the US for a while. The only things left to do is treat yourself to a 'free' Saturday of coffee and books.
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Imagine how much effort you have to put into looking at the terrible state of the arts in Britain and then deciding that it must be protests and boycotts that are responsible rather than wilful neglect and underfunding.
Protests and boycotts are killing off the arts in Britain | Lisa Nandy www.independent.co.uk/voices/lisa-...
Lisa Nandy: Protests and boycotts are killing off the arts
The arts are central to our chance to live richer, larger lives – but they’re at risk from self-defeating virtue signalling that has become a feature of our times, says culture secretary Lisa Nandy
www.independent.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Imagine how much effort you have to put into looking at the terrible state of the arts in Britain and then deciding that it must be protests and boycotts that are responsible rather than wilful neglect and underfunding.
She suspects something is afoot.
February 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
She suspects something is afoot.