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Hazel Katherine Larkin

@hazelklarkin.bsky.social

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Mum; Writer; Facilitator; Mentor; Researcher; ADHD; cPTS; Incest, trafficking, rape, IPV, narcissistic abuse survivor. Proud Paddystinian. www.traumarecovery.ie

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · Apr 16

In 2016, I was invited to have a conversation with
Gerry Kelly on LMFM Radio about my book 'Gullible Travels'. Nigel & Cormac Talbot, the brothers who raped me during my child & teenage years, complained. Gerry Kelly read a scurrilous apology for broadcasting the truth. I took legal action.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 6h

I’m loving how now the media is finally calling Mike Johnson out for not swearing in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva who was elected about three weeks ago and she will be he the 218th vote for the release of the Epstein files! What are they so scared of! You know it’s bad!

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be interested to see what he does next.

One thing that doesn’t sit well with me is that the breaks to start a career in broadcasting that D'Arcy had in the 1980s aren't there anymore, even though we have more TV and radio stations.

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

Ray D’Arcy ‘hugely disappointed’ with how RTÉ handled his departure www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ray D’Arcy ‘hugely disappointed’ with how RTÉ handled his departure

Presenter returned to State broadcaster in 2015 and was at one stage its second highest paid star

www.irishtimes.com

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 1d

I know! I wouldn't have a skin nearly thick enough.
When you break it down, she's a woman, a mum, and a businesswoman trying to do her best without harming anyone.

Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 1d

I believe, from someone who knew her, that she is lovely and very down to earth.

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Hugo Brady Brown @aodhbc.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland is free at last, or at least the longsuffering listener is.

How was this trash ever acceptable to RTÉ (or to anyone) on their main radio channel?

Ray D’Arcy ‘hugely disappointed’ with how RTÉ handled his departure

Presenter returned to State broadcaster in 2015 and was at one stage its second highest paid star

www.irishtimes.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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SB @zestyvines777.bsky.social · 2d

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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 2d

And what if Deputy Connolly was a vocal violator of the cab-rank rule?

Would the 'paper of record' be generous in its coverage of such a professional ethical norm-violator?

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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 2d

So is it the position of the 'paper of record'?

That the cab-rank rule is bad?

And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?

And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Tech wythout heart ys harmful.

For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.

We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:

H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 2d

Do people who say "Legos" also say "sheeps"?

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 13d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 2d

Scarleh for her ma for havin' her.
bbc.com/news/article...
#SpéirGorm

Heather Humphreys: Belfast City Hall mistaken for Berlin Reichstag

The campaign team of Irish presidential candidate Heather Humphreys has mistaken the Reichstag in Germany for Belfast City Hall.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3d

It should be very very clear to everyone right now that the Attorney General was asked under oath if she possesses pics of the President with undressed teens and she refused to say “no.”

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Daithi @daithig.bsky.social · 3d

From the Phoenix - x.com/ThePhoenixMa...

There was much detail in the Indo about the investigative efforts the paper made in uncovering Gavin’s behaviour. What the newspaper and its editorial staff did not say is that the scoop was handed on a plate to them by Gavin’s tenant who happens to be a fellow colleague in Mediahuis, owner of the Indo and various titles, including the Sunday World. That former tenant is the deputy editor of the World, Niall Donald.

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Brian @bwnash.bsky.social · 4d

We should definitely base our entire economy on this technology.

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ashvent.bsky.social @ashvent.bsky.social · 4d

The Rich:

"We cannot afford to pay you living wages, universal healthcare, universal schooling, universal nutrition, universal housing, universal basic income, but we can afford to bet on speculative bullshit that will only have a few winners and you will pay for the bailout for our fuck ups."

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.
Rethink your fast fashion choices.

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 4d

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 4d

www.thejournal.ie/ai-court-cas...

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 4d

"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed."
-Simone de Beauvoir

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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 5d

Uh huh.

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 4d

Amber Devereux | Tin Can Audio @tincanaudio.co.uk · 4d

I mentioned this episode while I was editing it to a few people, and it was a reminder that most people generally have no idea how bad the waiting lists actually are in the UK.

It was a fascinating episode to cut together, it's an honour to be a part of this team

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 5d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 5d

(1/2) It's quite a phenomenon that a 79-year-old man struggling with speech and gait, can tell an audience that prices are down when they're up, that tariffs make other countries pay which they don't, that he has solved wars he hasn't, over and over again, and it gets reported as sane utterances.

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