Melissa
@melissabreen.bsky.social
writer | disability advocate | tiocfaidh ar lá | saoirse don Phalaistíne | sí/í
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Yeah 😔 I know I’m not worthless, but I also know society sees me as worthless & that has real consequences
sick people should be able to count on social programs for care so we don't have to put ourselves through self-esteem shredding relationships just to get sufficient help
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yeah 😔 I know I’m not worthless, but I also know society sees me as worthless & that has real consequences
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After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
If only he, the literal housing minister, could do something about housing. As the housing minister. If only.
Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If only he, the literal housing minister, could do something about housing. As the housing minister. If only.
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> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
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A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
Watch now they'll call me an elitist for bringing up that lucht na Gaeltachta are often at a severe disadvantage in terms of housing and opportunity and they don't get much support outside of their own community
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
Collecting gold rings. Sounds familiar.
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Collecting gold rings. Sounds familiar.
Shut the fffffff
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Labour TD Conor Sheehan calling him a populist is an attempt from the left to “caricature” him and “shut me down”. jrnl.ie/6875778
Simon Harris says the left are ‘trying to caricature me’ on migration
Labour TD Conor Sheehan said he believes the Tánaiste is ‘quite populist’.
jrnl.ie
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Shut the fffffff
For a college project I am trying to find mainstream representations of M.E in fiction, does anyone have suggestions? Preferably in film/TV but anything fictional really. I've only found 3 so far, an episode of The Golden Girls, Flying Doctors, and Absolutely Fabulous...
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
For a college project I am trying to find mainstream representations of M.E in fiction, does anyone have suggestions? Preferably in film/TV but anything fictional really. I've only found 3 so far, an episode of The Golden Girls, Flying Doctors, and Absolutely Fabulous...
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30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
ANNOUNCING their fourth housing plan in just twelve years this morning, the Irish government has pledged to once again fail to meet the housing demands of Ireland’s ever-growing population, promising to build only a fraction …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
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Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
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"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
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There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.
90 seconds spent answering the question "what is a starter home" without once getting near answering what a starter home might actually be.
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
Re starter homes:
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.
I hate when YouTube ads spend the first few seconds trying to get you to not skip the full ad when they should be selling their product in those few seconds. All Vine stars should have been picked up by marketing and advertising agencies
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I hate when YouTube ads spend the first few seconds trying to get you to not skip the full ad when they should be selling their product in those few seconds. All Vine stars should have been picked up by marketing and advertising agencies
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The birth of the author
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The birth of the author
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.
Some of us have been crying out about a campaign of far-right terror for years.
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.
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Thank you @carlkinsella.bsky.social
Unfortunately Carl is right, until FF & FG actually consider thousands of homeless kids a crisis which effects them & thier voter base, they won't act.
jrnl.ie/6866350 #supergluedpockets
#speirgorm
Unfortunately Carl is right, until FF & FG actually consider thousands of homeless kids a crisis which effects them & thier voter base, they won't act.
jrnl.ie/6866350 #supergluedpockets
#speirgorm
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Thank you @carlkinsella.bsky.social
Unfortunately Carl is right, until FF & FG actually consider thousands of homeless kids a crisis which effects them & thier voter base, they won't act.
jrnl.ie/6866350 #supergluedpockets
#speirgorm
Unfortunately Carl is right, until FF & FG actually consider thousands of homeless kids a crisis which effects them & thier voter base, they won't act.
jrnl.ie/6866350 #supergluedpockets
#speirgorm
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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This is a terrible move. Standards in RTÉ are in audible decline. This is an essential public service not a for profit enterprise, something made all the more vital in an age of rampant disinformation. Short sighted, shallow thinking.
RTÉ confirms move to wind down inhouse documentary unit
RTÉ confirms move to wind down inhouse documentary unit
Unions criticise decision to ‘dramatically increase commercialisation’ via outsourcing
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is a terrible move. Standards in RTÉ are in audible decline. This is an essential public service not a for profit enterprise, something made all the more vital in an age of rampant disinformation. Short sighted, shallow thinking.
"However, Catherine Connolly’s historically successful campaign has certainly proved something about Ireland in 2025. The left can win in Ireland, and we may, at last, not be quite so centrist as those in the centre would like to believe."
Yussss
Yussss
“If this was, as Harris framed it, a referendum on Ireland’s proud history of better-things-aren’t-possible centrism, then surely he must accept that his conceptualisation of Ireland is actually… wrong.”
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
Surrealing in the Years: Sorry Simon, maybe Ireland doesn't want to be a 'centrist' country
Hey, I didn’t make the rules.
jrnl.ie
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"However, Catherine Connolly’s historically successful campaign has certainly proved something about Ireland in 2025. The left can win in Ireland, and we may, at last, not be quite so centrist as those in the centre would like to believe."
Yussss
Yussss
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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Justice Minister confirms arson attack on IPAS building in Drogheda last night.
"Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital."
(1/2)
"Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital."
(1/2)
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Justice Minister confirms arson attack on IPAS building in Drogheda last night.
"Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital."
(1/2)
"Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital."
(1/2)
We never should have told David Harbour he was hot
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We never should have told David Harbour he was hot
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