Simon Bourke
@simonbourke.bsky.social
Mentally ill, old, Irish, intransigent, atheist, feminist, socialist. Retired journalist, university lecturer, researcher. Book lover. No DMs accepted or sent.🐺 Wolves, Ay We?
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Simon Bourke
@simonbourke.bsky.social
· Jan 30
I WILL follow you back, provided a) you are not a bot and can prove it and b) you are not pushing the illuminati, porn, crypto, religion, cats or your favourite fascist regime
It really doesn't get any lower than luring starving people with promises of food, coralling them in wire cages - and then massacring them 😡
June 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It really doesn't get any lower than luring starving people with promises of food, coralling them in wire cages - and then massacring them 😡
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"The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data” on gender-affirming pediatric care, the authors wrote. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”
The medical evidence review, published by the Department of Be Careful What You Wish For.... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
www.motherjones.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data” on gender-affirming pediatric care, the authors wrote. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”
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135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.
Israeli military begins ‘extensive’ ground operation as 135 killed in Gaza
Israel continues to unleash its bloodbath in the enclave, rendering all public hospitals in north Gaza ‘out of service’.
www.aljazeera.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.
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Wrote about this: Sinn Féin is trying to ride both horses by trying to appeal to traditional social conservative base, which has bolted for Aontú/Independent Ireland, and the social progressives who left them for Soc Dems/Labour/PBP. Won't end well.
#Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
#Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
Will the real Sinn Féin please stand up? Trans row reveals divide in party
Recent comments from Sinn Féin TDs on the trans issue reveals the uneasy choice the party has to make; do they chase the socially conservative voter or the socially progressive kind?
dublinpeople.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Wrote about this: Sinn Féin is trying to ride both horses by trying to appeal to traditional social conservative base, which has bolted for Aontú/Independent Ireland, and the social progressives who left them for Soc Dems/Labour/PBP. Won't end well.
#Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
#Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
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May 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Sinn Féin has been officially banned from the Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march. In a statement, the organisation said, "a real alternative to Fianna Fàil and Fine Gael has to firmly stand in solidarity with the trans community." #Speirgorm
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
Sinn Féin officialy banned from Trans and Intersex Pride march
Sinn Féin has been officially banned from Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march after a period of engagement with party leaders. In a statement, the organisation said "a real alternative to Fianna Fài...
dublinpeople.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Sinn Féin has been officially banned from the Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march. In a statement, the organisation said, "a real alternative to Fianna Fàil and Fine Gael has to firmly stand in solidarity with the trans community." #Speirgorm
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
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🇪🇺 MEP Marc Botenga calls out EU hypocrisy
#StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
#StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
May 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
🇪🇺 MEP Marc Botenga calls out EU hypocrisy
#StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
#StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
April 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Please help these people, below. They are being starved, bombed, shot, wiped from the face of the earth - all with US tax dollars. Women, children, babies, old people, journalists, doctors, paramedics. Don't look away 🙏🙏🙏
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Please help these people, below. They are being starved, bombed, shot, wiped from the face of the earth - all with US tax dollars. Women, children, babies, old people, journalists, doctors, paramedics. Don't look away 🙏🙏🙏
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"Buying basic food has become a dream… 🥀"
This is all I could afford today—at an unbearable cost.
Prices are skyrocketing, and even vegetables feel like a luxury.
How do we survive? How do we feed our children?💔
Any help, no matter how small, can make a difference.🍉💸
Donate here: gofund.me/54c09abc
This is all I could afford today—at an unbearable cost.
Prices are skyrocketing, and even vegetables feel like a luxury.
How do we survive? How do we feed our children?💔
Any help, no matter how small, can make a difference.🍉💸
Donate here: gofund.me/54c09abc
March 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Buying basic food has become a dream… 🥀"
This is all I could afford today—at an unbearable cost.
Prices are skyrocketing, and even vegetables feel like a luxury.
How do we survive? How do we feed our children?💔
Any help, no matter how small, can make a difference.🍉💸
Donate here: gofund.me/54c09abc
This is all I could afford today—at an unbearable cost.
Prices are skyrocketing, and even vegetables feel like a luxury.
How do we survive? How do we feed our children?💔
Any help, no matter how small, can make a difference.🍉💸
Donate here: gofund.me/54c09abc
Why have we suddenly become hyperparanoid about undersea cables only now that they are obsolete?
March 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Why have we suddenly become hyperparanoid about undersea cables only now that they are obsolete?