Deirdre McWords
@deirdremcwords.bsky.social
Bilingual Mamaí.
Policy & Practice Consultant.
Thinks about everything. Writes about rights.
Tús maith, leath na hoibre.
Small places, close to home.
Policy & Practice Consultant.
Thinks about everything. Writes about rights.
Tús maith, leath na hoibre.
Small places, close to home.
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As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.
The mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who spoke with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen.
The mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who spoke with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen.
June 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.
The mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who spoke with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen.
The mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who spoke with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen.
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This is the fifth time the US has vetoed a UNSC resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire since October 2023, despite broad international support.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nvn7q3
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nvn7q3
‘Deeply disturbing’: Israel denounced for aid site killings of Gaza people
Days after launching US-backed aid mechanism and killing dozens of aid seekers, Israel temporarily shuts all aid sites.
aje.io
June 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is the fifth time the US has vetoed a UNSC resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire since October 2023, despite broad international support.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nvn7q3
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nvn7q3
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Dozens of Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said following the latest batch that was released on Saturday.
Palestinians released by Israel show signs of ‘torture, starvation’
Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, said Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
aje.io
February 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dozens of Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said following the latest batch that was released on Saturday.
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‘Everyone is scared’: Deportation fears keep immigrant students home from NYC schools
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Deportation fears disrupt school attendance for immigrant families in NYC
Families at three New York City migrant shelters said scores of kids have stayed home since Donald Trump took office out of fear of immigration enforcement
www.chalkbeat.org
January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
‘Everyone is scared’: Deportation fears keep immigrant students home from NYC schools
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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A Palestinian teenager has been shot and killed during a raid by Israeli forces northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency.
🔴 LIVE updates:
🔴 LIVE updates:
Palestinian prisoners to be freed after 3 captives held in Gaza released
Τhousands of Palestinians displaced by Israeli attacks are returning to what is left of their homes.
aje.io
January 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A Palestinian teenager has been shot and killed during a raid by Israeli forces northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency.
🔴 LIVE updates:
🔴 LIVE updates:
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Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians waiting outside Ofer Prison ahead of the prisoner release under the ceasefire agreement, according to medical sources.
🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/ra03xo
🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/ra03xo
January 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians waiting outside Ofer Prison ahead of the prisoner release under the ceasefire agreement, according to medical sources.
🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/ra03xo
🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/ra03xo
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'Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor information from recently released detainees confirms Dr. Abu Safiya was subjected to severe torture, leading to a significant deterioration in his health, despite him already being injured by Israeli air strikes'
euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6...
euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6...
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's life in danger due to torture: Immediate international intervention needed for his release
Euro-Med Monitor has received information that Dr. Abu Safiya’s health has deteriorated due to the torture he endured during his detention
euromedmonitor.org
January 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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"Exhausted": Palestinian Journalist Shrouq Aila on Life & Death in Gaza, "Duty" to Report on Genocide
Palestinian Journalist Shrouq Aila Reports from Gaza Genocide
For our first live interview of 2025, we go to Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip to get an update from Palestinian journalist Shrouq Aila, the head of Ain Media, a media company founded by her late husband,...
www.democracynow.org
January 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Exhausted": Palestinian Journalist Shrouq Aila on Life & Death in Gaza, "Duty" to Report on Genocide
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If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM
If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.
I still have that 'stumbled into a party and I can't find the people who said they'd be coming' feeling...
I'll be near the door, if you're looking for me.
I'll be near the door, if you're looking for me.
December 11, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I still have that 'stumbled into a party and I can't find the people who said they'd be coming' feeling...
I'll be near the door, if you're looking for me.
I'll be near the door, if you're looking for me.
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This story about an 18 year old Lebanese student arrested by Syrian forces at a checkpoint in 1986 being freed by the rebel offensive Thursday, at age 57, is legitimately tearjerking.
December 7, 2024 at 9:00 PM
This story about an 18 year old Lebanese student arrested by Syrian forces at a checkpoint in 1986 being freed by the rebel offensive Thursday, at age 57, is legitimately tearjerking.
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Live Report: Activists Occupy Canadian Parliament Building to Protest Gaza War & Arming of Israel
Activists Occupy Canadian Parliament to Protest Gaza War & Arming Israel
“Canada needs to stop arming Israel and implement an immediate arms embargo.” In Ottawa, over 100 Jewish activists began a sit-in inside a Canadian parliamentary building Tuesday to demand Canada...
www.democracynow.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Live Report: Activists Occupy Canadian Parliament Building to Protest Gaza War & Arming of Israel
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📌 Tomorrow, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese joins Amnesty International NI to discuss her latest report, Genocide as Colonial Erasure, where she examines the unfolding horrors in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Join us for free 💻 : amn.st/6001tY7LN
Join us for free 💻 : amn.st/6001tY7LN
December 2, 2024 at 10:34 AM
📌 Tomorrow, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese joins Amnesty International NI to discuss her latest report, Genocide as Colonial Erasure, where she examines the unfolding horrors in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Join us for free 💻 : amn.st/6001tY7LN
Join us for free 💻 : amn.st/6001tY7LN
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Don't talk about a shared island when the 6 counties are subjected to discriminatory passport and ID checks by land and sea, north and south, east and west.
December 2, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Don't talk about a shared island when the 6 counties are subjected to discriminatory passport and ID checks by land and sea, north and south, east and west.
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If O'Gorman does lose, it will mean that no Green Leader on the island has been elected since 2020.
2022, 2023 had the NI Greens Leaders lose out.
2024-It could well be Southern Leader losing.
2022, 2023 had the NI Greens Leaders lose out.
2024-It could well be Southern Leader losing.
November 30, 2024 at 12:25 PM
If O'Gorman does lose, it will mean that no Green Leader on the island has been elected since 2020.
2022, 2023 had the NI Greens Leaders lose out.
2024-It could well be Southern Leader losing.
2022, 2023 had the NI Greens Leaders lose out.
2024-It could well be Southern Leader losing.
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‘It doesn’t have to be them or us’: Teachers behind new book of refugees’ stories want to challenge stereotypes. Leah O’Shaughnessy and Melanie Martin co-wrote the book in the wake of the Dublin riots
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
‘It doesn’t have to be them or us’: Teachers behind new book of refugees’ stories want to challenge stereotypes
Leah O’Shaughnessy and Melanie Martin co-wrote the book in the wake of the Dublin riots
www.irishtimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:42 AM
‘It doesn’t have to be them or us’: Teachers behind new book of refugees’ stories want to challenge stereotypes. Leah O’Shaughnessy and Melanie Martin co-wrote the book in the wake of the Dublin riots
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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The Irish Times best books of 2024: Anne Enright, John Boyne, Joseph O’Connor, Mia Levitin, Mark O’Connell, Sally Hayden, Fintan O’Toole, John Self, Sarah Moss, Paul Murray, Sarah Gilmartin, Louise Kennedy, Kit de Waal, Claire Adam and more reveal their favourites
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The Irish Times best books of 2024: Anne Enright, John Boyne, Joseph O’Connor, Mia Levitin and more reveal their favourites
Books by Ferdia Lennon, Miranda July, Donal Ryan, Mary Costello, Alan Hollinghurst, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Sally Rooney feature prominently in this trawl of the year’s best titles
www.irishtimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:37 AM
The Irish Times best books of 2024: Anne Enright, John Boyne, Joseph O’Connor, Mia Levitin, Mark O’Connell, Sally Hayden, Fintan O’Toole, John Self, Sarah Moss, Paul Murray, Sarah Gilmartin, Louise Kennedy, Kit de Waal, Claire Adam and more reveal their favourites
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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🚨 Deadline to apply to be @childlawcentre.bsky.social’s new Policy and Public Affairs Officer is fast approaching!
Applications are open until midnight on Sunday, details here ⤵️
Applications are open until midnight on Sunday, details here ⤵️
The deadline to apply for our Policy and Public Affairs post is this Sunday 1st December.
You can find the candidate information pack and application form at childrenslawcentre.org.uk/work-with-us/
You can find the candidate information pack and application form at childrenslawcentre.org.uk/work-with-us/
November 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM
🚨 Deadline to apply to be @childlawcentre.bsky.social’s new Policy and Public Affairs Officer is fast approaching!
Applications are open until midnight on Sunday, details here ⤵️
Applications are open until midnight on Sunday, details here ⤵️
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If you’re looking for a personal recommendation from a team of experts who really know their children’s books, watch out for #bookelves2024 from 6th Dec. We will be recommending the v best books for young readers and helping you find that perfect book to keep your child or teen reading.
November 26, 2024 at 9:48 PM
If you’re looking for a personal recommendation from a team of experts who really know their children’s books, watch out for #bookelves2024 from 6th Dec. We will be recommending the v best books for young readers and helping you find that perfect book to keep your child or teen reading.
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📣 We’re open for submissions! 📚
We are looking for the best Irish books for young readers everywhere.
You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to have published before.
Please do read our submission guidelines: www.littleisland.ie/pages/gettin...
We are looking for the best Irish books for young readers everywhere.
You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to have published before.
Please do read our submission guidelines: www.littleisland.ie/pages/gettin...
Getting Published
Little Island Books is an award-winning independent Irish publishing company. We publish only great books for children and young adults.
www.littleisland.ie
November 25, 2024 at 1:43 PM
📣 We’re open for submissions! 📚
We are looking for the best Irish books for young readers everywhere.
You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to have published before.
Please do read our submission guidelines: www.littleisland.ie/pages/gettin...
We are looking for the best Irish books for young readers everywhere.
You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to have published before.
Please do read our submission guidelines: www.littleisland.ie/pages/gettin...
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NEW: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, will deliver this year’s Amnesty International NI annual lecture.
The event, chaired by @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social, will be available to view online www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
The event, chaired by @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social, will be available to view online www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
November 25, 2024 at 10:06 AM
NEW: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, will deliver this year’s Amnesty International NI annual lecture.
The event, chaired by @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social, will be available to view online www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
The event, chaired by @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social, will be available to view online www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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Please don’t expound the benefits of child participation while you develop laws & policies without them. An infographic explaining what you should do when you haven’t involved children on the right. The left is for those wanting to do their best to get it right- Lansdown’s 3Cs plus the Lundy Model.
November 25, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Please don’t expound the benefits of child participation while you develop laws & policies without them. An infographic explaining what you should do when you haven’t involved children on the right. The left is for those wanting to do their best to get it right- Lansdown’s 3Cs plus the Lundy Model.
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).