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@eilymay.bsky.social
PhD student researching neurodiversity and criminal justice. Yapping into the void. Sharing passing thoughts on books (mostly fantasy, mostly queer) and, from time to time, law.
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It is done. PhD thesis submitted. Now I just need to defend it!
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
It is done. PhD thesis submitted. Now I just need to defend it!
Update: reverted to an earlier version, saved multiple copies before converting to PDF.
The word-processing gods have decided to stop tormenting me, as it seems ok...
One last check needed!
The word-processing gods have decided to stop tormenting me, as it seems ok...
One last check needed!
Currently trying to submit my thesis. Converted to PDF, and the chapter headers went bananas. Fixed that. Then the numbering was off. Fixed that. Tried to lock it for editing so things wouldn't go crazy when converted to PDF. Now everything is highlighted purple.
Why is everything purple?????
Why is everything purple?????
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Update: reverted to an earlier version, saved multiple copies before converting to PDF.
The word-processing gods have decided to stop tormenting me, as it seems ok...
One last check needed!
The word-processing gods have decided to stop tormenting me, as it seems ok...
One last check needed!
Currently trying to submit my thesis. Converted to PDF, and the chapter headers went bananas. Fixed that. Then the numbering was off. Fixed that. Tried to lock it for editing so things wouldn't go crazy when converted to PDF. Now everything is highlighted purple.
Why is everything purple?????
Why is everything purple?????
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Currently trying to submit my thesis. Converted to PDF, and the chapter headers went bananas. Fixed that. Then the numbering was off. Fixed that. Tried to lock it for editing so things wouldn't go crazy when converted to PDF. Now everything is highlighted purple.
Why is everything purple?????
Why is everything purple?????
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‘We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'
- a headline out government should be ashamed off, but do they even care? A reminder - the 1850s was the period during and after the devastation of the Great Famine #spéirgorm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
- a headline out government should be ashamed off, but do they even care? A reminder - the 1850s was the period during and after the devastation of the Great Famine #spéirgorm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
'We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'
The issuing of 5,000 eviction notices in three months last year is quite revealing when viewed against Ireland's historical record
www.rte.ie
February 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
‘We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'
- a headline out government should be ashamed off, but do they even care? A reminder - the 1850s was the period during and after the devastation of the Great Famine #spéirgorm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
- a headline out government should be ashamed off, but do they even care? A reminder - the 1850s was the period during and after the devastation of the Great Famine #spéirgorm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Tomorrow's Headlines
The Telegraph: Starmer Next!
The Guardian: Morgan McSweeney's Gone, Thank God!
The Irish Times: Irishman forced out of UK Labour Role
The Irish (Cork) Examiner: Having Completed Michael Collins' Work, and brought low the British Government, Macroom Calls it's Son Home
The Telegraph: Starmer Next!
The Guardian: Morgan McSweeney's Gone, Thank God!
The Irish Times: Irishman forced out of UK Labour Role
The Irish (Cork) Examiner: Having Completed Michael Collins' Work, and brought low the British Government, Macroom Calls it's Son Home
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Tomorrow's Headlines
The Telegraph: Starmer Next!
The Guardian: Morgan McSweeney's Gone, Thank God!
The Irish Times: Irishman forced out of UK Labour Role
The Irish (Cork) Examiner: Having Completed Michael Collins' Work, and brought low the British Government, Macroom Calls it's Son Home
The Telegraph: Starmer Next!
The Guardian: Morgan McSweeney's Gone, Thank God!
The Irish Times: Irishman forced out of UK Labour Role
The Irish (Cork) Examiner: Having Completed Michael Collins' Work, and brought low the British Government, Macroom Calls it's Son Home
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All of Michael Martin's statements these days are just "we can't deliver flood relief", "we can't deliver climate reform", "we can't deliver transport infrastructure", "we can't criticise the US"
What can you deliver
What is the point of you
What can you deliver
What is the point of you
The Government cannot "wave a magic wand and just deliver" flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in Co Wexford
Govt cannot 'wave magic wand and deliver' flood relief
The Government cannot "wave a magic wand and just deliver" flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in Co Wexford.
www.rte.ie
February 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
All of Michael Martin's statements these days are just "we can't deliver flood relief", "we can't deliver climate reform", "we can't deliver transport infrastructure", "we can't criticise the US"
What can you deliver
What is the point of you
What can you deliver
What is the point of you
I didn't believe it, but I've started doing an exercise routine designed by my physio. Apparently the trick is to push yourself just enough to get the benefit but not too much that you feel horrific.
The joys of being a floppy person. We could label it but those are the terms my docs have used 😂
The joys of being a floppy person. We could label it but those are the terms my docs have used 😂
Just incredibly and deeply irritating that exercise does in fact make you feel better
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I didn't believe it, but I've started doing an exercise routine designed by my physio. Apparently the trick is to push yourself just enough to get the benefit but not too much that you feel horrific.
The joys of being a floppy person. We could label it but those are the terms my docs have used 😂
The joys of being a floppy person. We could label it but those are the terms my docs have used 😂
I have been reading for at least 45 minutes a day this month as part of a reading challenge. Sometimes it's hard to do the 45 minutes, but I'm really enjoying it!
Fave read for January was definitely RF Kuang's Babel. Incredible book with such a clever magic system.
#BookSky
Fave read for January was definitely RF Kuang's Babel. Incredible book with such a clever magic system.
#BookSky
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I have been reading for at least 45 minutes a day this month as part of a reading challenge. Sometimes it's hard to do the 45 minutes, but I'm really enjoying it!
Fave read for January was definitely RF Kuang's Babel. Incredible book with such a clever magic system.
#BookSky
Fave read for January was definitely RF Kuang's Babel. Incredible book with such a clever magic system.
#BookSky
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Ah lads. Catherine O'Hara has died. What a horrible loss.
a woman in a sequined dress is walking in the fog .
Alt: Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose, in a sequined dress, walking through fog and upsetting the birds.
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Ah lads. Catherine O'Hara has died. What a horrible loss.
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major case of shooting the messenger, when successive governments have done too little to: (a) cut ireland's emissions enough to make a fair contribution to climate action; (b) protect people and their homes from the climate change that's already locked in
Minister James Browne said Met Éireann needs to make a 'judgement call' rather than solely relying on mathematical formulas when it comes to issuing weather warnings jrnl.ie/6940649
Housing Minister criticises Met Éireann for 'withholding information' on severity of floods
The flooding mainly affected Co Wexford, Co Wicklow, and south Dublin.
jrnl.ie
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 AM
major case of shooting the messenger, when successive governments have done too little to: (a) cut ireland's emissions enough to make a fair contribution to climate action; (b) protect people and their homes from the climate change that's already locked in
Apparently, it doesn't matter if the United States is an authoritarian fascist regime murdering and disappearing those with the misfortune to cross paths with ICE. Our political representatives will still show up with the begging bowl filled with shamrock.
Absolute moral bankruptcy.
Absolute moral bankruptcy.
Nine ministerial visits to the United States for St Patrick’s Day - the Taoiseach slated to visit Philadelphia as well as the traditional trip to Washington. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Apparently, it doesn't matter if the United States is an authoritarian fascist regime murdering and disappearing those with the misfortune to cross paths with ICE. Our political representatives will still show up with the begging bowl filled with shamrock.
Absolute moral bankruptcy.
Absolute moral bankruptcy.
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‘the horrible things done to ordinary law-abiding people by these maddened men’
W. B. Yeats, speech to the Oxford Union, 1921
W. B. Yeats, speech to the Oxford Union, 1921
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
‘the horrible things done to ordinary law-abiding people by these maddened men’
W. B. Yeats, speech to the Oxford Union, 1921
W. B. Yeats, speech to the Oxford Union, 1921
Current goal: to submit my PhD thesis before the international legal order collapses.
Existential dread is high.
Existential dread is high.
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Current goal: to submit my PhD thesis before the international legal order collapses.
Existential dread is high.
Existential dread is high.
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A little peek into the making of one of my linocut illustrations for ‘Sinners’.
Can’t believe this is a year ago, and still surreal to have my work on film.
You can read more in detail in my portfolio over on my website. www.blockforest.co.uk
#sinners #Illustration #Art #linocut #sinnersmovie
Can’t believe this is a year ago, and still surreal to have my work on film.
You can read more in detail in my portfolio over on my website. www.blockforest.co.uk
#sinners #Illustration #Art #linocut #sinnersmovie
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 PM
A little peek into the making of one of my linocut illustrations for ‘Sinners’.
Can’t believe this is a year ago, and still surreal to have my work on film.
You can read more in detail in my portfolio over on my website. www.blockforest.co.uk
#sinners #Illustration #Art #linocut #sinnersmovie
Can’t believe this is a year ago, and still surreal to have my work on film.
You can read more in detail in my portfolio over on my website. www.blockforest.co.uk
#sinners #Illustration #Art #linocut #sinnersmovie
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if you insult slime jesus you insult me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
if you insult slime jesus you insult me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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🎵Come out La Migra goons
In your stumbling platoons
Tell your wives how you ate shit on ice for quotas
Tell her how despite your guns
all you ever did was run
from the cold and frozen streets of Minnesota!🎵
In your stumbling platoons
Tell your wives how you ate shit on ice for quotas
Tell her how despite your guns
all you ever did was run
from the cold and frozen streets of Minnesota!🎵
(now brainstorming 'Come Out ICE and CBP' after my wife played Black & Tans driving into town)
January 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🎵Come out La Migra goons
In your stumbling platoons
Tell your wives how you ate shit on ice for quotas
Tell her how despite your guns
all you ever did was run
from the cold and frozen streets of Minnesota!🎵
In your stumbling platoons
Tell your wives how you ate shit on ice for quotas
Tell her how despite your guns
all you ever did was run
from the cold and frozen streets of Minnesota!🎵
Book #2 of 2026 is Babel, which @frankiegolucky.bsky.social has been trying to get me to read for a while now.
I'm about a third of the way through, and it's an incredible book. I absolutely adore the magic system that RF Kuang has devised.
#BookSky
I'm about a third of the way through, and it's an incredible book. I absolutely adore the magic system that RF Kuang has devised.
#BookSky
January 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Book #2 of 2026 is Babel, which @frankiegolucky.bsky.social has been trying to get me to read for a while now.
I'm about a third of the way through, and it's an incredible book. I absolutely adore the magic system that RF Kuang has devised.
#BookSky
I'm about a third of the way through, and it's an incredible book. I absolutely adore the magic system that RF Kuang has devised.
#BookSky
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Supporting the legal capacity of all persons with disabilities – in conversation with János Fiala-Butora
In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
Supporting the legal capacity of all persons with disabilities – in conversation with János Fiala-Butora
In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Supporting the Legal Capacity of All Persons with Disabilities (Hart, 2025). We think about the debates around legal capacity in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and discuss János's innovative suggestions about how to move forward from a situation which appears to have become somewhat stuck.
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Supporting the legal capacity of all persons with disabilities – in conversation with János Fiala-Butora
In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
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She's got a plastic dress on, is Heathcliffe her dangerous crow boy?
New look at Margot Robbie in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights ✨
In theaters February 13 via Warnerbros.
In theaters February 13 via Warnerbros.
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
She's got a plastic dress on, is Heathcliffe her dangerous crow boy?
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📢 Ireland's List of Issues has been published by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
🔗https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2FCRPD%2FLIT%2FIRL%2F67787&Lang=en
🔗https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2FCRPD%2FLIT%2FIRL%2F67787&Lang=en
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January 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
📢 Ireland's List of Issues has been published by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
🔗https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2FCRPD%2FLIT%2FIRL%2F67787&Lang=en
🔗https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2FCRPD%2FLIT%2FIRL%2F67787&Lang=en
First book of 2026 - Now She Is Witch by Kirsty Logan. A vivid imagined portrayal of what it might have been like to be a woman in medieval Europe, particularly during the witch trials.
A gift from @frankiegolucky.bsky.social for our annual January book exchange.
#BookSky
A gift from @frankiegolucky.bsky.social for our annual January book exchange.
#BookSky
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
First book of 2026 - Now She Is Witch by Kirsty Logan. A vivid imagined portrayal of what it might have been like to be a woman in medieval Europe, particularly during the witch trials.
A gift from @frankiegolucky.bsky.social for our annual January book exchange.
#BookSky
A gift from @frankiegolucky.bsky.social for our annual January book exchange.
#BookSky
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A plain and direct violation of the law of neutrality and Irish sovereignty by an aggressor state during an international armed conflict.
US naval aircraft crossed Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
US naval aircraft crossed Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
Irish policy forbids foreign military aircraft use of Irish airspace while on active military operations
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
A plain and direct violation of the law of neutrality and Irish sovereignty by an aggressor state during an international armed conflict.
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I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
I was really pleasantly surprised by my reading wrap-up for 2025. I read 16 books, 6 books over my goal of 10.
Finally feel like I'm getting over my post-2020 reading slump so that's exciting.
#BookSky
Finally feel like I'm getting over my post-2020 reading slump so that's exciting.
#BookSky
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I was really pleasantly surprised by my reading wrap-up for 2025. I read 16 books, 6 books over my goal of 10.
Finally feel like I'm getting over my post-2020 reading slump so that's exciting.
#BookSky
Finally feel like I'm getting over my post-2020 reading slump so that's exciting.
#BookSky
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For all the fretting about ‘the public purse’ by legal advisers to Government, they waste a lot of public money protecting their state-centric understanding of the public interest when it might be better for everyone if the state just spent public money on the rights it resists:
State’s €10.5m legal bill as parents fight to have their children assessed www.independent.ie/irish-news/s...
State’s €10.5m legal bill as parents fight to have their children assessed
The State has spent nearly €10.5m on legal defences to challenges by parents regarding Assessment of Needs (AON) – even though it lost almost every case.
www.independent.ie
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For all the fretting about ‘the public purse’ by legal advisers to Government, they waste a lot of public money protecting their state-centric understanding of the public interest when it might be better for everyone if the state just spent public money on the rights it resists: