Deirdre O'D
spudidi.bsky.social
Deirdre O'D
@spudidi.bsky.social
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there are no "legitimate concerns" about immigration. there are "legitimate concerns" about how poorly a country is run for the people who live there by the powerful and lies about how this is the fault of immigrants and not the powerful.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I wrote this in January, about the issues we face when responsibility for covering the irony-poisoned and extremely-online trolls of the far right, falls to journalists who can't rotate a PDF.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
September 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Everytime I see some quote from Gareth Sheridan, the only thing that comes to mind is this old meme
August 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Inventor of the GIF, hearing about Notre Dame burning: oh no the jarjoyles
June 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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"That's a nice secret you've got there" - secret admirer
June 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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God: Hi.

Brian Wilson: Finally! And?

God: You'd be a postman.
June 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers
June 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Due to the sequence in which I opened the packet, I thought I had been gifted a pair of socks that said The Best Shrimply. In many ways, I have.
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Apparently the cardinals can elect you even if you’re not at the Conclave. That’s the last thing I need on top of everything else.
April 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic
The poor provision of unisex children’s facilities— which reinforces gender stereotypes and inconveniences women and men both — was, incidentally, an issue I remember being quite talked-about a decade...
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April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Last year I released a weird, little novel about ghosts and drinking and male friendships and anxiety.
The Kindle version is on sale for 1 Pound for the rest of the month.
Not sure if it's your cup of tea? Check out the first three pages:
March 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM