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Simon Bourke
Simon Bourke
@simonbourke.bsky.social
Mentally ill, old, Irish, intransigent, atheist, feminist, socialist. Retired journalist, university lecturer, researcher. Book lover. No DMs accepted or sent.🐺 Wolves, Ay We?
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"The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data” on gender-affirming pediatric care, the authors wrote. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”
The medical evidence review, published by the Department of Be Careful What You Wish For.... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.
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Wrote about this: Sinn Féin is trying to ride both horses by trying to appeal to traditional social conservative base, which has bolted for Aontú/Independent Ireland, and the social progressives who left them for Soc Dems/Labour/PBP. Won't end well. #Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
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FULL VIDEO OUT NOW #speirgorm #ireland #Irish youtu.be/jex9FLIXwno?...
“Ireland’s Full.”- a song about the end of the world. Out now. Some people that look like me (Matt btw, hi 👨🏻🦰) are claiming that those who don’t look like me are causing the end of their world. I’m tired of seeing “patriotism” used as an excuse to be racist. Waving a tricolour won’t make you Irish.
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Sinn Féin has been officially banned from the Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march. In a statement, the organisation said, "a real alternative to Fianna Fàil and Fine Gael has to firmly stand in solidarity with the trans community." #Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
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"Buying basic food has become a dream… 🥀" This is all I could afford today—at an unbearable cost. Prices are skyrocketing, and even vegetables feel like a luxury. How do we survive? How do we feed our children?💔 Any help, no matter how small, can make a difference.🍉💸 Donate here: gofund.me/54c09abc
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If thats what you think of us Michael Lowry then right back at you! I've signed this petition calling out Michael Lowry, can you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/f-...
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Got my advance copy of this today - pride isn't the word! Wired Our Own Way, an anthology of Irish autistic voices via New Island, out on March 28, with Cork launch at Dubray Books on April 3. www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire... #actuallyautistic #newbooks #booksky #ireland #speirgorm #spéirghorm
@n16breda.bsky.social Delighted to discover you here @n16breda.bsky.social . Member of the Irish community in E8/N16 in the 70s and Irish Post journalist through the 80s
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#Booksky ##SpeirGorm "Body of Evidence" launches tomorrow in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social at 2pm.
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Why so many revolutionary women were denied their military pension #speirgorm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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400 academics, including me, signed this letter to the Taoiseach expressing alarm at the proposed Triple Lock charge and its impact on our neutrality #speirgorm www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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And Francesca Albanese is totally correct to criticise the Irish Government for blocking the Occupied Territories Bill again and again. #Spéirgorm
UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, has criticised what she sees as the Irish government's lack of commitment to its own rhetoric when it comes to taking practical steps to oppose Israel's occupation. http://jrnl.ie/6638390