Thomas McKillop
@thomasmckillop.bsky.social
Leftist who tries to be in the right. History bore with an interest in politics and one eye on the future. LFC, BRFC, Aontroim GAA, chocolate and sleeping, possibly even in that order.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Will Israel claim this is anti-semitic too?
Simply put, anti-semitism is wrong. Criticism of Israel is ok and is not anti-semitic, unless it's about Jewish people and not the Israeli state.
It's really not that complicated.
Will Israel claim this is anti-semitic too?
Simply put, anti-semitism is wrong. Criticism of Israel is ok and is not anti-semitic, unless it's about Jewish people and not the Israeli state.
It's really not that complicated.
Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Will Israel claim this is anti-semitic too?
Simply put, anti-semitism is wrong. Criticism of Israel is ok and is not anti-semitic, unless it's about Jewish people and not the Israeli state.
It's really not that complicated.
Will Israel claim this is anti-semitic too?
Simply put, anti-semitism is wrong. Criticism of Israel is ok and is not anti-semitic, unless it's about Jewish people and not the Israeli state.
It's really not that complicated.
"One cannot eliminate unhappiness any more than one can eliminate darkness. The goal of government, you see,’ and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his bony forefinger, ‘is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it.’"
Prescient about the Labour Government.
Prescient about the Labour Government.
October 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"One cannot eliminate unhappiness any more than one can eliminate darkness. The goal of government, you see,’ and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his bony forefinger, ‘is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it.’"
Prescient about the Labour Government.
Prescient about the Labour Government.
Horrific attack at the Manchester Synagogue. Can't stress this enough, religious discrimination, and in this case anti-Semitism, is abhorrent. There is no excuse for this attack.
October 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Horrific attack at the Manchester Synagogue. Can't stress this enough, religious discrimination, and in this case anti-Semitism, is abhorrent. There is no excuse for this attack.
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Is the Statue of Liberty going to be given back to the French?
#FuckICE #libertyforall
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Is the Statue of Liberty going to be given back to the French?
#FuckICE #libertyforall
September 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Is the Statue of Liberty going to be given back to the French?
#FuckICE #libertyforall
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Is the Statue of Liberty going to be given back to the French?
#FuckICE #libertyforall
If Donald Trump and RFK came on TV to tell us water was wet, I'd want to fact check it.
Paracetemol does not cause autism.
Correlation is not causation.
#autismawareness #trustscience
Paracetemol does not cause autism.
Correlation is not causation.
#autismawareness #trustscience
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
If Donald Trump and RFK came on TV to tell us water was wet, I'd want to fact check it.
Paracetemol does not cause autism.
Correlation is not causation.
#autismawareness #trustscience
Paracetemol does not cause autism.
Correlation is not causation.
#autismawareness #trustscience
"The blade itself incites to deeds of violence."
The shooting of #CharlieKirk is appalling. I disagree with almost everything he says but violence like this is not the answer.
However, America's love affair with guns will continue to lead these incidents and innocent people will die as a result.
The shooting of #CharlieKirk is appalling. I disagree with almost everything he says but violence like this is not the answer.
However, America's love affair with guns will continue to lead these incidents and innocent people will die as a result.
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"The blade itself incites to deeds of violence."
The shooting of #CharlieKirk is appalling. I disagree with almost everything he says but violence like this is not the answer.
However, America's love affair with guns will continue to lead these incidents and innocent people will die as a result.
The shooting of #CharlieKirk is appalling. I disagree with almost everything he says but violence like this is not the answer.
However, America's love affair with guns will continue to lead these incidents and innocent people will die as a result.
🎶 We can hear them crying in Turin! 🎶
Hard fought 3 pts but Chiesa settled nerves before the one season wonder iced the cake.
Ekitike & Wirtz look great, Kerkez solid but rash, Konate poor and we missed Gravenberch.
But... racial abuse of Antoine Semenyo is abhorrent. Fuck the racists! #YNWA #LFC
Hard fought 3 pts but Chiesa settled nerves before the one season wonder iced the cake.
Ekitike & Wirtz look great, Kerkez solid but rash, Konate poor and we missed Gravenberch.
But... racial abuse of Antoine Semenyo is abhorrent. Fuck the racists! #YNWA #LFC
August 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
April 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So, I just watched the finale of S2 of #severance. Never before have I been so invested in a show where I have no fucking idea what's going on... but it is brilliant! #SeveranceFinale
a man running down a hallway with a walkie talkie around his neck
ALT: a man running down a hallway with a walkie talkie around his neck
media.tenor.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So, I just watched the finale of S2 of #severance. Never before have I been so invested in a show where I have no fucking idea what's going on... but it is brilliant! #SeveranceFinale
Leaked footage of the new Liverpool kit - and honestly, thank sweet baby Jesus and the donkey that we are no longer with Nike. Adidas is a different level and this kit just looks amazing. Can't wait to see the reds in this and hopefully the green away kit pans out too! #YNWA #LFC
March 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A brilliant performance by Liverpool FCW against Man Utd and a fantastic display by all the team but esp Taylor Hinds who never stopped and gave a true captains performance.
Up the reds #YNWA
Up the reds #YNWA
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A brilliant performance by Liverpool FCW against Man Utd and a fantastic display by all the team but esp Taylor Hinds who never stopped and gave a true captains performance.
Up the reds #YNWA
Up the reds #YNWA
Glorious day at Corrigan Park in the spring sunshine and made even better by Aontroim's performance against Laois in the hurling, that means they retain their Division 1 status. #uptheSaffs #AontroimAbu #GAA
March 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Glorious day at Corrigan Park in the spring sunshine and made even better by Aontroim's performance against Laois in the hurling, that means they retain their Division 1 status. #uptheSaffs #AontroimAbu #GAA
Prediction time.
Kansas 30, Philadelphia 27.
(To improve my 1 in 5 success rate).
#SuperBowl2025 #EaglesChiefs
Kansas 30, Philadelphia 27.
(To improve my 1 in 5 success rate).
#SuperBowl2025 #EaglesChiefs
February 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Prediction time.
Kansas 30, Philadelphia 27.
(To improve my 1 in 5 success rate).
#SuperBowl2025 #EaglesChiefs
Kansas 30, Philadelphia 27.
(To improve my 1 in 5 success rate).
#SuperBowl2025 #EaglesChiefs
Well played Plymouth, deserved the win. That might not be Liverpool's starting eleven but there were 10 full internationals in that squad - they should've had enough to beat the side at the foot of the Championship. Instead, Plymouth were orgainsed and agressive and Liverpool were rightly beaten.
February 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Well played Plymouth, deserved the win. That might not be Liverpool's starting eleven but there were 10 full internationals in that squad - they should've had enough to beat the side at the foot of the Championship. Instead, Plymouth were orgainsed and agressive and Liverpool were rightly beaten.
I donated platelets again & it was great, while I was lying there with my feet up eating biscuits and drinking juice, to think, "it's this easy to save a life".
And it is easy. A sharp scratch, you lie there and you save a life.
You can do it too.
So go on, #givebloodsavelives #blooddonation
And it is easy. A sharp scratch, you lie there and you save a life.
You can do it too.
So go on, #givebloodsavelives #blooddonation
February 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I donated platelets again & it was great, while I was lying there with my feet up eating biscuits and drinking juice, to think, "it's this easy to save a life".
And it is easy. A sharp scratch, you lie there and you save a life.
You can do it too.
So go on, #givebloodsavelives #blooddonation
And it is easy. A sharp scratch, you lie there and you save a life.
You can do it too.
So go on, #givebloodsavelives #blooddonation
My 11 year old daughters art project- I know I'm biased but not bad for a kid who was told she couldn't even colour between the lines in her early school years!
February 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My 11 year old daughters art project- I know I'm biased but not bad for a kid who was told she couldn't even colour between the lines in her early school years!
Holocaust denial is a particularly vile crime. The extermination, cold, calculated and deliberate, of millions of Jews is an obvious atrocity.
Denying it ever happened, or has been exaggerated, compounds the cruelty.
We must never forget. This cannot ever happen again. #Auschwitz80 #Neverforget
Denying it ever happened, or has been exaggerated, compounds the cruelty.
We must never forget. This cannot ever happen again. #Auschwitz80 #Neverforget
January 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Holocaust denial is a particularly vile crime. The extermination, cold, calculated and deliberate, of millions of Jews is an obvious atrocity.
Denying it ever happened, or has been exaggerated, compounds the cruelty.
We must never forget. This cannot ever happen again. #Auschwitz80 #Neverforget
Denying it ever happened, or has been exaggerated, compounds the cruelty.
We must never forget. This cannot ever happen again. #Auschwitz80 #Neverforget
Odd that many of the tech billionaires want to help all mankind but haven't built schools, funded hospitals or tackled climate change.
They seem to think mankind's salvation lies in stirring up hatred & going to space to escape.
Strange, you'd almost think there's no profit in the others...
They seem to think mankind's salvation lies in stirring up hatred & going to space to escape.
Strange, you'd almost think there's no profit in the others...
January 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Odd that many of the tech billionaires want to help all mankind but haven't built schools, funded hospitals or tackled climate change.
They seem to think mankind's salvation lies in stirring up hatred & going to space to escape.
Strange, you'd almost think there's no profit in the others...
They seem to think mankind's salvation lies in stirring up hatred & going to space to escape.
Strange, you'd almost think there's no profit in the others...
I finished work for Christmas today & I'm not back until January 2nd, the longest Christmas break I've had since I started working 28 years ago.
I could get to like this new job and the surroundings aren't bad either!
I could get to like this new job and the surroundings aren't bad either!
December 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I finished work for Christmas today & I'm not back until January 2nd, the longest Christmas break I've had since I started working 28 years ago.
I could get to like this new job and the surroundings aren't bad either!
I could get to like this new job and the surroundings aren't bad either!
That was the Real Liverpool, destroying Madrid! Libpool, top of both leagues, Libpool, Libpool top of both leagues!
November 27, 2024 at 9:59 PM
That was the Real Liverpool, destroying Madrid! Libpool, top of both leagues, Libpool, Libpool top of both leagues!
Great, simple explainer of STV elections by @gavreilly.com.
Now, if only all the candidates were as nice as Smarties the election turnout would be huge!
Now, if only all the candidates were as nice as Smarties the election turnout would be huge!
Worth another share, for the week that's in it…
How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24
(Part 1 of 4)
How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24
(Part 1 of 4)
November 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Great, simple explainer of STV elections by @gavreilly.com.
Now, if only all the candidates were as nice as Smarties the election turnout would be huge!
Now, if only all the candidates were as nice as Smarties the election turnout would be huge!
"Libpool, top of the league, Libpool Libpool top of the league!"
The Slot machine keeps paying out!! Sloppy today and really had to work for the win but 8 points clear and the view from the top is great! #LFC
The Slot machine keeps paying out!! Sloppy today and really had to work for the win but 8 points clear and the view from the top is great! #LFC
November 24, 2024 at 5:13 PM
"Libpool, top of the league, Libpool Libpool top of the league!"
The Slot machine keeps paying out!! Sloppy today and really had to work for the win but 8 points clear and the view from the top is great! #LFC
The Slot machine keeps paying out!! Sloppy today and really had to work for the win but 8 points clear and the view from the top is great! #LFC