Gráinne Brinkley
@grainnebrinkley.bsky.social
An eternally injured runner 🏃🏼♀️🚑 | Ernie’s Mammy 🐶 | Health comms 🗣️ | Belfast via Derry 🔴⚪️
This is a delicious read on the scourge of bothsidesism in legacy media.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is a delicious read on the scourge of bothsidesism in legacy media.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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One of the most insightful commentators on the NHS today is @samfr.bsky.social - here writing from his perspective as a patient. Essential reading for anyone interested in what has gone wrong (and he writes on lots of other important things too).
New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
One of the most insightful commentators on the NHS today is @samfr.bsky.social - here writing from his perspective as a patient. Essential reading for anyone interested in what has gone wrong (and he writes on lots of other important things too).
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“What strikes me when I speak with journalists in and from Gaza is how evangelical and heartbreakingly idealistic they are; how much journalism to them was a duty even if it meant certain death,” — powerful and heartbreaking column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on Gaza's heroic journalists
Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them | Nesrine Malik
Recent killings have dazed the world and provoked condemnation. But little is said about the calibre of Palestinian journalism, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“What strikes me when I speak with journalists in and from Gaza is how evangelical and heartbreakingly idealistic they are; how much journalism to them was a duty even if it meant certain death,” — powerful and heartbreaking column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on Gaza's heroic journalists
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More than 200 journalists have now been killed by the IDF in Gaza.
And so many journalists here haven’t expressed a single sliver of solidarity or outrage about it.
And so many journalists here haven’t expressed a single sliver of solidarity or outrage about it.
August 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
More than 200 journalists have now been killed by the IDF in Gaza.
And so many journalists here haven’t expressed a single sliver of solidarity or outrage about it.
And so many journalists here haven’t expressed a single sliver of solidarity or outrage about it.
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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
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How can it be that the British Prime Minister - a human rights lawyer - believes that the appropriate response to an Israeli-instituted famine that threatens to wipe out an entire people is to recognise Palestine unless Israel improves the situation?
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How can it be that the British Prime Minister - a human rights lawyer - believes that the appropriate response to an Israeli-instituted famine that threatens to wipe out an entire people is to recognise Palestine unless Israel improves the situation?
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Nice to see that the Rich Asshole perspective on Gaza has shifted from “they’re all terrorists, especially the babies,” to “someone should do something.” Looking forward to “this was impossible to prevent” right around the time the last few folks starve
July 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Nice to see that the Rich Asshole perspective on Gaza has shifted from “they’re all terrorists, especially the babies,” to “someone should do something.” Looking forward to “this was impossible to prevent” right around the time the last few folks starve
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Ballygomartin woman Sarahjane Cooke is determined to get more time with hubby and beloved children as they launch £50k fundraiser for specialist treatment
Belfast athlete aiming to defy bleak diagnosis: ‘You’re about to see your first miracle, doctor'
A Belfast athlete and mum-of-six is facing the race of her life after being rocked by a rare cancer condition.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ballygomartin woman Sarahjane Cooke is determined to get more time with hubby and beloved children as they launch £50k fundraiser for specialist treatment
It’s ok everyone, Winterwatch starts tonight.
January 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s ok everyone, Winterwatch starts tonight.
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My mother is currently minding her mother, and this poem speaks so beautifully to caring for a parent, work done so well by so many people I know - from Jane Clarke’s ‘A Change in the Air’
January 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My mother is currently minding her mother, and this poem speaks so beautifully to caring for a parent, work done so well by so many people I know - from Jane Clarke’s ‘A Change in the Air’
If my the adverts on my Instagram timeline are anything to go by there is a shocking shortage of ‘ladies’ available for six week challenges in Belfast gyms.
January 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If my the adverts on my Instagram timeline are anything to go by there is a shocking shortage of ‘ladies’ available for six week challenges in Belfast gyms.
I was on £16k a year for a ‘senior reporter’ job in a weekly newspaper. Granted this was back in 2010.
The full-time minimum wage from April is about £24,000 a year. This is absolutely a good thing.
But I suspect that's going to start to cause some real ructions in badly-paid 'skilled' and 'professional' jobs – not least journalism, where early career jobs paying under £30k are *still* common.
But I suspect that's going to start to cause some real ructions in badly-paid 'skilled' and 'professional' jobs – not least journalism, where early career jobs paying under £30k are *still* common.
Holy hell the uk economy as told through Reddit posts.
“should my wife, who has spent years taking all the educational qualifications to be a teacher but quit due to childcare, accept a job in a school (the job pays a minimum wage salary and is a 39 week contract, they sack her for the holidays)”
“should my wife, who has spent years taking all the educational qualifications to be a teacher but quit due to childcare, accept a job in a school (the job pays a minimum wage salary and is a 39 week contract, they sack her for the holidays)”
December 30, 2024 at 1:31 PM
I was on £16k a year for a ‘senior reporter’ job in a weekly newspaper. Granted this was back in 2010.
I was today years old when I learned Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots released a Christmas album.
December 7, 2024 at 7:39 PM
I was today years old when I learned Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots released a Christmas album.
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Not a recognised crisis-comms response, it must be said.
Gregg Wallace says complaints came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’
Gregg Wallace says complaints came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’
Wallace stepped back from role on MasterChef last week while allegations of sexual misconduct are investigated
The MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has said accusations about him making sexual comments towards staff and guests have come from “middle-class…
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Not a recognised crisis-comms response, it must be said.
The M2 going out of Belfast is an absolute car park. Stuck in this for an hour now. Passed 3 separate accidents with another to pass up ahead. AVOID
November 29, 2024 at 5:16 PM
The M2 going out of Belfast is an absolute car park. Stuck in this for an hour now. Passed 3 separate accidents with another to pass up ahead. AVOID
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Just cutting an article out of Kerrang! with some rock paper scissors.
November 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Just cutting an article out of Kerrang! with some rock paper scissors.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
November 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📕 - The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
One move 🍿 - The Fog
One album 💿 - Nirvana, In Utero
One TV show - Arrested Development
One book 📕 - The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
One move 🍿 - The Fog
One album 💿 - Nirvana, In Utero
One TV show - Arrested Development
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📕 - The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst
One movie 🍿 - Reality Bites
One album 💿 - Blur, Modern Life is Rubbish
One TV show - The Thick of It
One book 📕 - The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst
One movie 🍿 - Reality Bites
One album 💿 - Blur, Modern Life is Rubbish
One TV show - The Thick of It
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - All Fours, Miranda July
One movie 🎥 - Inside Out
One album 💿 - To Bring You My Love, PJ Harvey
One TV show 📺 - Bad Sisters
One book 📚 - All Fours, Miranda July
One movie 🎥 - Inside Out
One album 💿 - To Bring You My Love, PJ Harvey
One TV show 📺 - Bad Sisters
November 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📕 - The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
One move 🍿 - The Fog
One album 💿 - Nirvana, In Utero
One TV show - Arrested Development
One book 📕 - The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
One move 🍿 - The Fog
One album 💿 - Nirvana, In Utero
One TV show - Arrested Development
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Only a few more days left to respond to our IMTAC survey about how easy it is for Deaf, disabled and older people to travel to access health services.
Take the survey surveymonkey.com/r/5BDHBH3
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Take the survey surveymonkey.com/r/5BDHBH3
Please share.
November 15, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Only a few more days left to respond to our IMTAC survey about how easy it is for Deaf, disabled and older people to travel to access health services.
Take the survey surveymonkey.com/r/5BDHBH3
Please share.
Take the survey surveymonkey.com/r/5BDHBH3
Please share.
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Made another highly specific apology card.
November 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Made another highly specific apology card.
This is utter madness.
November 14, 2024 at 9:27 PM
This is utter madness.
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"There were clear, deliberate, and persistent acts, where after a bomb would drop, drones would come and target civilians and children… 60 percent of the people we treated were women and children."
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
IDC Chair responds to shocking evidence on Gaza healthcare - Committees - UK Parliament
“It doesn’t matter who you are in Gaza. If you’re Palestinian, you’re a target.” – Professor Nizam Mamode.
committees.parliament.uk
November 12, 2024 at 6:56 PM
"There were clear, deliberate, and persistent acts, where after a bomb would drop, drones would come and target civilians and children… 60 percent of the people we treated were women and children."
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...