Colette
@lessonsinlife4.bsky.social
NI; ✊🏻🍉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🕊📣; disabled person working with disabled people; Psychology, History & Politics; a member of Veterans for Peace Ireland among other things; single parent; will get to that PhD some day
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[Photo Thread] @dpacni.bsky.social Stop The UC Cuts Bill protest outside Erskine House
(09/07/25)
(09/07/25)
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
[Photo Thread] @dpacni.bsky.social Stop The UC Cuts Bill protest outside Erskine House
(09/07/25)
(09/07/25)
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[Photo Thread] IPSC March from Lurgan to Newry
(all shot with a 50mm just to make it artsy)
(all shot with a 50mm just to make it artsy)
June 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
[Photo Thread] IPSC March from Lurgan to Newry
(all shot with a 50mm just to make it artsy)
(all shot with a 50mm just to make it artsy)
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[Photo Thread] Today's march in Belfast calling on Barclays to divest from genocide and in response to PSNI arrests for putting a sticker on a Barclays ATM.
May 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
[Photo Thread] Today's march in Belfast calling on Barclays to divest from genocide and in response to PSNI arrests for putting a sticker on a Barclays ATM.
Quite laughable that a US flag was displayed by anti-immigration protestors yesterday, given that a huge number of US citizens are of migrant heritage and ancestry.
[Photo Thread] Religious Counter to the Trans Right March + UARs Counter to the Anti-Immigration Rally
(17/05/25)
(17/05/25)
May 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Quite laughable that a US flag was displayed by anti-immigration protestors yesterday, given that a huge number of US citizens are of migrant heritage and ancestry.
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[Photo Thread] March For Trans Rights
(17/05/25)
(17/05/25)
May 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
[Photo Thread] March For Trans Rights
(17/05/25)
(17/05/25)
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[Photo Thread] Yesterday's March for Trans Rights and anti-racist demo in Belfast.
May 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
[Photo Thread] Yesterday's March for Trans Rights and anti-racist demo in Belfast.
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This one goes in last for a specific mention as this march for trans rights on 17th May is happening on the same day as an IPSC march and yet another fash rally.
Given our executive parties have decided to be Wes Streeting's bludgeon it is of particular importance people show support for this.
Given our executive parties have decided to be Wes Streeting's bludgeon it is of particular importance people show support for this.
May 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This one goes in last for a specific mention as this march for trans rights on 17th May is happening on the same day as an IPSC march and yet another fash rally.
Given our executive parties have decided to be Wes Streeting's bludgeon it is of particular importance people show support for this.
Given our executive parties have decided to be Wes Streeting's bludgeon it is of particular importance people show support for this.
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[Photo Thread] May Day Rally 2025
May 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
[Photo Thread] May Day Rally 2025
#Accessibility at #Pride. Where to start? Having to book a space to watch performances is not accessibility. Having accessible spaces with no chairs is not #Accessible. Having social media communications about accessibility without #ALTText or #Subtitles I'd not accessible. 1/3
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#Accessibility at #Pride. Where to start? Having to book a space to watch performances is not accessibility. Having accessible spaces with no chairs is not #Accessible. Having social media communications about accessibility without #ALTText or #Subtitles I'd not accessible. 1/3
Puberty blockers for young #TransPeople have been banned indefinitely in the UK with NI following suit stating a lack of evidence for their safety. Meanwhile, they've been used for over 40 years for non-Trans people with #PrecociousPuberty & other conditions & are not subject to the ban. 1/3
December 11, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Puberty blockers for young #TransPeople have been banned indefinitely in the UK with NI following suit stating a lack of evidence for their safety. Meanwhile, they've been used for over 40 years for non-Trans people with #PrecociousPuberty & other conditions & are not subject to the ban. 1/3
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IMPORTANT: We need immediate action from Wes Streeting to safeguard lives and support NHS staff. Please click to sign, and then please share!🚨💙
👉https://bit.ly/CallOnWesToSaveTheNHS
👉https://bit.ly/CallOnWesToSaveTheNHS
Crisis Point: Implement Doctors' solutions to Save the NHS Now
The NHS is facing its most severe crisis in living memory. Our hospitals are at breaking point, with A&E departments overwhelmed, dangerous ambulance delays, and critical bed shortages. As winter appr...
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December 9, 2024 at 4:16 PM
IMPORTANT: We need immediate action from Wes Streeting to safeguard lives and support NHS staff. Please click to sign, and then please share!🚨💙
👉https://bit.ly/CallOnWesToSaveTheNHS
👉https://bit.ly/CallOnWesToSaveTheNHS
Spare a thought for us #StudentSupportProviders who are also students themselves. Supporting students with disabilities &/or additional needs who are panicking about their assessment deadlines while also panicking your own about assessment deadlines isn't funtimes.
a group of chickens are standing next to each other with the words we mustn t panic we mustn t panic
Alt: A scene from the Ardman film 'Chicken Run'. A group of plasticine chickens stand wide-eyed and freaking out while a hen, I believe voiced by Pam Ferris, states, "We mustn't panic! We mustn't panic!" tries to bring a strained calm. Very much in the feels right now.
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December 1, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Spare a thought for us #StudentSupportProviders who are also students themselves. Supporting students with disabilities &/or additional needs who are panicking about their assessment deadlines while also panicking your own about assessment deadlines isn't funtimes.
Sharing to raise the profile of cross-community efforts made by a former British soldier (& #VeteransForPeaceIreland Chair) & a former IRA member determined to support #Palestine 🇵🇸🍉. Please consider donating. Keep it up lads!
@belfastbrad.bsky.social
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
@belfastbrad.bsky.social
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
IRA hunger striker and former British soldier to fast for Palestine
Israel has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians since last October
www.irishnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Sharing to raise the profile of cross-community efforts made by a former British soldier (& #VeteransForPeaceIreland Chair) & a former IRA member determined to support #Palestine 🇵🇸🍉. Please consider donating. Keep it up lads!
@belfastbrad.bsky.social
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
@belfastbrad.bsky.social
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Absolutely necessary to support this boycott - no more profit to a proven rapist.
Rape Crisis Network Ireland is urging retailers to stop selling Conor McGregor's stout and whiskey products after a civil court jury found him liable for the assault of Nikita Hand.
Rape Crisis Network Ireland is urging retailers to stop selling Conor McGregor's stout and whiskey products after a civil court jury found him liable for the assault of Nikita Hand.
November 25, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Absolutely necessary to support this boycott - no more profit to a proven rapist.
Rape Crisis Network Ireland is urging retailers to stop selling Conor McGregor's stout and whiskey products after a civil court jury found him liable for the assault of Nikita Hand.
Rape Crisis Network Ireland is urging retailers to stop selling Conor McGregor's stout and whiskey products after a civil court jury found him liable for the assault of Nikita Hand.
Polite reminder. If you're in the UK & are #SelfEmployed you might still be eligible to #JoinATradeUnion. I know it seems like a silly concept, taking Industrial Action against yourself?! 🙃 But it's handy if contracting from another business & need some advice/support. They're not just for IA ✊🏻
November 25, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Polite reminder. If you're in the UK & are #SelfEmployed you might still be eligible to #JoinATradeUnion. I know it seems like a silly concept, taking Industrial Action against yourself?! 🙃 But it's handy if contracting from another business & need some advice/support. They're not just for IA ✊🏻
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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
November 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
#BDS update for anyone observing the #BoycottDivestSanction movement. Marks & Spencer are selling medjool dates 'produced in Israel'. I had a rather nasty encounter earlier with a store manager in Coleraine. 1/3
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 AM
#BDS update for anyone observing the #BoycottDivestSanction movement. Marks & Spencer are selling medjool dates 'produced in Israel'. I had a rather nasty encounter earlier with a store manager in Coleraine. 1/3
Jimmy Somerville is a treasure that must be protected at all costs. Solidarity ✊🏻 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
#NoLGBWithoutTheT ☕️
#NoLGBWithoutTheT ☕️
I hadn't realised the LGBA had done this. Absolute snakes. Quite right, Jimmy.
November 24, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Jimmy Somerville is a treasure that must be protected at all costs. Solidarity ✊🏻 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
#NoLGBWithoutTheT ☕️
#NoLGBWithoutTheT ☕️
For the last 18 weeks I've been studying #ArtsAndLanguages as an #AccessModule with The Open University. It's been tough. I only wanted to do the #History section. I've got 2 weeks left to write my final assessment. Got some ideas for this. 1/5
November 23, 2024 at 10:51 PM
For the last 18 weeks I've been studying #ArtsAndLanguages as an #AccessModule with The Open University. It's been tough. I only wanted to do the #History section. I've got 2 weeks left to write my final assessment. Got some ideas for this. 1/5
Yesterday my South African colleague innocently called #Hail 'hard rain' & I think it's perfect. They're going to have fun naming all the different types of rain (it's their 1st winter in NI). Let's see if they come up with a new name for #SidewaysRain we can adopt.
#HardRain #Ire #NorthernIre #NI
#HardRain #Ire #NorthernIre #NI
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Yesterday my South African colleague innocently called #Hail 'hard rain' & I think it's perfect. They're going to have fun naming all the different types of rain (it's their 1st winter in NI). Let's see if they come up with a new name for #SidewaysRain we can adopt.
#HardRain #Ire #NorthernIre #NI
#HardRain #Ire #NorthernIre #NI