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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 1d

an elderly woman is sitting in a chair with her hands folded .

ALT: an elderly woman is sitting in a chair with her hands folded .

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t think @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social could get any better tonight until @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social came on with a divine poem #ShelvesInMyHead #MyLovelyHorse

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been to both - I think Nashville just edges it…

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 11d

a man wearing a beanie and a t-shirt that says that

ALT: a man wearing a beanie and a t-shirt that says that

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 11d

I have a list of celebrities I fully believe are going to live forever - Tom Baker, William Shatner, Judi Dench…

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 11d

First heard this poem read by Brian Patten himself - quite the most beautiful poem about loss and love

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 22d

Heading off on holiday with a wetsuit, a box of red wine, and a phone with a full set of In Our Time downloads, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22d

currently on my way home carrying a large bag that contains a beach towel, a bikini, four books and a little pot of chilli oil, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person,

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 25d

Sharing an ecumenical pint with @aidanmarshall.bsky.social as I read this

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Marwood @marwoodlennox.bsky.social · Sep 11

6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · Sep 10

in a very, very strong field I think this might be the weirdest and most sexist bit of commentary on a female politician's appearance I've ever seen

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tbh I think we shouldn’t try to replace Melvyn Bragg but just let IOT be what it is

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · Sep 6

Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.

Angela Rayner's treatment shows the double standards that punish the ambition of working class women - LabourList

The treatment of Angela Rayner demonstrates that we must confront the double standards that punish working-class ambition.

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fillum scripts - well that’s exciting!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Sep 6

Is that good or bad?!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Aug 24

I see Sir Walter is dressing as a weegie these days

Walter Scott monument in Edinburgh - with a traffic cone on his head

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jul 25

Right now I know what I’d like to do with this flipping computer…

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jul 25

Microsoft: this file is locked for editing by Maggie McTernan

Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!

a close up of a woman making a funny face with her hands in the air .

ALT: a close up of a woman making a funny face with her hands in the air .

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jul 13

Just back from a week walking St Cuthbert’s Way - some reflections on pilgrimage from my walk

maggietalksrubbish.blogspot.com/2025/07/st-c...

St Cuthbert's Way

It started with the bus dropping us off in the wrong place. To be fair, the driver dropped us off where I asked him to, but it was the ...

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jul 13

Can’t wait to see headlines announcing how our political institutions, parties, and media have acted to address and drastically reduce the sexism and misogyny in politics

though I fear I might be waiting a long time.

Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · Jul 13

Women working in Scottish politics and women trying to get elected face entrenched sexism and widespread abuse, according to a new report. #ScotPol #EverydaySexism
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530727...

‘Spat on and abused’: major report lays bare stark reality for women in politics

Women across all major Scottish parties face widespread sexism and abuse with a 'default male model' still favoured, new major report from Engender…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jun 21

Home from the longest train journey on the longest night

Twilight sky at 11pm above tenement flats

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jun 21

This is me on the train right now

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · Jun 15

Well this is quite beautiful.

Life takes us further from those we’ve lost so we tell their stories to keep them with us, and toast them when we drink the champagne