Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh
@jogil.bsky.social
Psychotherapist | listener | animal lover | lesbian | queer feminist | “Seems like the kind of person who carries hand sanitizer”
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She/They 🏳️🌈
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She/They 🏳️🌈
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Ramadan, Lunar New Year and Pancake Tuesday all on the same day?
It's all go, lads.
It's all go, lads.
February 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Ramadan, Lunar New Year and Pancake Tuesday all on the same day?
It's all go, lads.
It's all go, lads.
Happy lunar new year everyone.
It’s the best of them all, the horse😍
(That’s me😁)
It’s the best of them all, the horse😍
(That’s me😁)
a horse is standing in a stable with its head out of the door
Alt: A horse in a stable is kind of swooshing his/her head towards the camera.
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Happy lunar new year everyone.
It’s the best of them all, the horse😍
(That’s me😁)
It’s the best of them all, the horse😍
(That’s me😁)
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lending this monstrosity an air of credibility
EU Commission joins Trump, Netanyahu and Putin.
‘An EU official said the bloc wants to play a role in the reconstruction of Gaza.’
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
‘An EU official said the bloc wants to play a role in the reconstruction of Gaza.’
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
February 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
lending this monstrosity an air of credibility
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A fox at Highgate Cemetery.
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
A fox at Highgate Cemetery.
The best thing about life is breakfast.
February 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The best thing about life is breakfast.
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A little Dublin #painting from a few years ago. "Trinity College & College Green" was done one cold morning when I cycled into town and sat down on a traffic island where I sketched the city centre cluster-fest in front of me. Surprisingly nobody came up to me when painting. #art #urbansketching
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
A little Dublin #painting from a few years ago. "Trinity College & College Green" was done one cold morning when I cycled into town and sat down on a traffic island where I sketched the city centre cluster-fest in front of me. Surprisingly nobody came up to me when painting. #art #urbansketching
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Always striking to me how reactionaries treat "culture" as immutable, something totally static. They think it's like an inheritance, something with set bounds passed down from parent to child and never changing - Instead of the ongoing collective experience of people in a place and time
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Always striking to me how reactionaries treat "culture" as immutable, something totally static. They think it's like an inheritance, something with set bounds passed down from parent to child and never changing - Instead of the ongoing collective experience of people in a place and time
I mean, we know this, but I’m gonna say it anyway. A marriage that both people actively and continually choose to be in is worth a hell of a lot more than a marriage that they merely can’t leave.
Consent is top tier, friends.
You want tiers? Grand, the compulsory one goes at the bottom.
Consent is top tier, friends.
You want tiers? Grand, the compulsory one goes at the bottom.
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I mean, we know this, but I’m gonna say it anyway. A marriage that both people actively and continually choose to be in is worth a hell of a lot more than a marriage that they merely can’t leave.
Consent is top tier, friends.
You want tiers? Grand, the compulsory one goes at the bottom.
Consent is top tier, friends.
You want tiers? Grand, the compulsory one goes at the bottom.
Taking blame culture to new levels - trust us to do it with the weather!
It just wouldn't occur to me to complain to Met Eireann if it rained when they said it wouldn't, like it's the weather - a moveable, changeable beast that can never really be fully predicted ahead of time.
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Taking blame culture to new levels - trust us to do it with the weather!
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I am utterly sick and tired of self-declared experts who've never knowingly listened to a trans person in their life being elevated and presented by the media as definitive voices on our lives. A trans person is always too "biased" to comment on our own life and healthcare, but not these charlatans
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I am utterly sick and tired of self-declared experts who've never knowingly listened to a trans person in their life being elevated and presented by the media as definitive voices on our lives. A trans person is always too "biased" to comment on our own life and healthcare, but not these charlatans
What I don’t understand here is why you would need that if you’re confident that both you and your partner are on the same page.
If you both don’t believe in divorce then simply don’t get one.
If you both don’t believe in divorce then simply don’t get one.
Maria Steen, she of the Holy Handbag, argues in the Times that we should introduce a form of marriage with "no possibility of divorce." Maybe she is too young to remember that we already tried this. It ended very badly for some - that's why we introduced divorce.
#FeckOffIona
#FeckOffIona
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
What I don’t understand here is why you would need that if you’re confident that both you and your partner are on the same page.
If you both don’t believe in divorce then simply don’t get one.
If you both don’t believe in divorce then simply don’t get one.
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Culturally, we've never been able to wrap our heads around the fact that "pedophiles" (quotes bc social media overuses the term) are grandfathers, fathers, uncles, brothers, neighbors. People we know and trust.
We couldn't accept it when Freud &Ferenczi spoke about it; we still haven't accepted it.
We couldn't accept it when Freud &Ferenczi spoke about it; we still haven't accepted it.
February 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Culturally, we've never been able to wrap our heads around the fact that "pedophiles" (quotes bc social media overuses the term) are grandfathers, fathers, uncles, brothers, neighbors. People we know and trust.
We couldn't accept it when Freud &Ferenczi spoke about it; we still haven't accepted it.
We couldn't accept it when Freud &Ferenczi spoke about it; we still haven't accepted it.
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And what's worse is, they tend not to believe us when we do try to talk about how complicated these relationships are:
"Why didn't you fight back?"
"Why didn't you report?"
"Why didn't you leave him?" etc
...all belies a belief they would be better victims than actual victims.
"Why didn't you fight back?"
"Why didn't you report?"
"Why didn't you leave him?" etc
...all belies a belief they would be better victims than actual victims.
A lot of people who weren't raped as children tend to not realize how complicated the relationship between rapist and victim frequently is
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
And what's worse is, they tend not to believe us when we do try to talk about how complicated these relationships are:
"Why didn't you fight back?"
"Why didn't you report?"
"Why didn't you leave him?" etc
...all belies a belief they would be better victims than actual victims.
"Why didn't you fight back?"
"Why didn't you report?"
"Why didn't you leave him?" etc
...all belies a belief they would be better victims than actual victims.
Signs of the season turning…
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Signs of the season turning…
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I see the 'gay' jokes are still happening in schools, my son was told if he didn't get "out of the library, he's gay", to which, given we are particularly tolerant he responded that it'd be perfectly normal if he was anyway. I never heard that crap until at least secondary school in the 90s.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I see the 'gay' jokes are still happening in schools, my son was told if he didn't get "out of the library, he's gay", to which, given we are particularly tolerant he responded that it'd be perfectly normal if he was anyway. I never heard that crap until at least secondary school in the 90s.
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We need a government that puts the people and the planet first.
That has the courage and the vision to meet our country’s greatest challenges across climate, cost of living, housing and healthcare.
@hollycairns.bsky.social
That has the courage and the vision to meet our country’s greatest challenges across climate, cost of living, housing and healthcare.
@hollycairns.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We need a government that puts the people and the planet first.
That has the courage and the vision to meet our country’s greatest challenges across climate, cost of living, housing and healthcare.
@hollycairns.bsky.social
That has the courage and the vision to meet our country’s greatest challenges across climate, cost of living, housing and healthcare.
@hollycairns.bsky.social
Should I be watching How to get to Heaven from Belfast?
February 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Should I be watching How to get to Heaven from Belfast?
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Valentine's Day is almost over, which means it's now time to select one happy couple and sacrifice them to the old gods to guarantee a bountiful harvest
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Valentine's Day is almost over, which means it's now time to select one happy couple and sacrifice them to the old gods to guarantee a bountiful harvest
Was in Smock Alley watching a play with friends. With 10/15 mins to go, the set gets knocked over.
The actors dealt with it so well, turned and smiled, the audience applauded and were ready for the show to go on.
But the show was ended there by staff without explanation. Really strange.
The actors dealt with it so well, turned and smiled, the audience applauded and were ready for the show to go on.
But the show was ended there by staff without explanation. Really strange.
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Was in Smock Alley watching a play with friends. With 10/15 mins to go, the set gets knocked over.
The actors dealt with it so well, turned and smiled, the audience applauded and were ready for the show to go on.
But the show was ended there by staff without explanation. Really strange.
The actors dealt with it so well, turned and smiled, the audience applauded and were ready for the show to go on.
But the show was ended there by staff without explanation. Really strange.
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This rules. I love how delighted they all look!
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This rules. I love how delighted they all look!
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God forbid a woman have a hobby.
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
God forbid a woman have a hobby.
I didn’t know this and it’s helpful to know.
The issue for a lot of people is expense, of course. I think who we vote for is at least as important as what we buy, and if can’t buy kinder food, for any number of reasons, we can still vote for ppl who will prioritise animal welfare.
The issue for a lot of people is expense, of course. I think who we vote for is at least as important as what we buy, and if can’t buy kinder food, for any number of reasons, we can still vote for ppl who will prioritise animal welfare.
For example, do you drink/use cows milk? If you do is it organic, and if not why not? The difference in the treatment of land, animals and farm families is not just fertilisers, it’s absolutely massive. If you care at all about making ethical choices as a consumer organic dairy is an easy win.
Exactly, use your money like as if it’s your moral compass in action, because it is.
February 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I didn’t know this and it’s helpful to know.
The issue for a lot of people is expense, of course. I think who we vote for is at least as important as what we buy, and if can’t buy kinder food, for any number of reasons, we can still vote for ppl who will prioritise animal welfare.
The issue for a lot of people is expense, of course. I think who we vote for is at least as important as what we buy, and if can’t buy kinder food, for any number of reasons, we can still vote for ppl who will prioritise animal welfare.