a m o'neill
@amnineill.bsky.social
(he/she/they) PhD researcher based in Dublin. sometimes I write about classical reception(s) over at The Reception Desk on substack
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I mean, at this point a "counter narrative" on X is an image of a fully clothed child
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I mean, at this point a "counter narrative" on X is an image of a fully clothed child
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"Maduro was bad, but" shut the fuck up, you people will never learn.
January 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"Maduro was bad, but" shut the fuck up, you people will never learn.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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I think all my old mates emigrating because there were no jobs between 2008-2014, and then most of my new mates emigrating between 2018-2025 because there are no gaffs, has had a greater effect on social cohesion than migrants
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I think all my old mates emigrating because there were no jobs between 2008-2014, and then most of my new mates emigrating between 2018-2025 because there are no gaffs, has had a greater effect on social cohesion than migrants
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
Government risks letting protesters on hunger strike die, Corbyn warns
JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the h...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
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I wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. They appear to have actively worked to block their purported allies being granted asylum, so they couldn’t be called to give evidence in Britain.
The British government and forces left their local translators and interpreters to be killed by the Taliban so they couldn't give evidence in any war-crimes trials
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. They appear to have actively worked to block their purported allies being granted asylum, so they couldn’t be called to give evidence in Britain.
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the pope also believes you should not take exogenous hormones & that doing so comprises a failure to stand in authentic wonder at the beauty of god's creation so u really need to consider the entire worldview before getting headshotted by propaganda & doing the whole "wow, based pope" routine
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
the pope also believes you should not take exogenous hormones & that doing so comprises a failure to stand in authentic wonder at the beauty of god's creation so u really need to consider the entire worldview before getting headshotted by propaganda & doing the whole "wow, based pope" routine
imagine if glinner were doing all that but about (e.g.) cis women. imagine the observer running an interview with that guy. imagine the interviewer casually saying he agrees with him on all the salient points
can you imagine a guy who behaved that way to/about any other group of people getting a long-form interview in a supposedly normal paper. by an interviewer who basically agrees with him, no less
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
imagine if glinner were doing all that but about (e.g.) cis women. imagine the observer running an interview with that guy. imagine the interviewer casually saying he agrees with him on all the salient points
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We need to understand the 21st century as a window of atrocity. The right vastly expands what is permissible, and the centrists lock it in and legitimise it so that the right can expand the window ever further. I don’t see how any reasonable person can deny this is what has happened.
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We need to understand the 21st century as a window of atrocity. The right vastly expands what is permissible, and the centrists lock it in and legitimise it so that the right can expand the window ever further. I don’t see how any reasonable person can deny this is what has happened.
kind of crazy that linehan got that observer interview at all tbh
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
kind of crazy that linehan got that observer interview at all tbh
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'actually, several nato countries have committed ethnic cleansing. this is why nato is good & people should align with them'
ok bestie
ok bestie
also bitch lol "we would feel differently about NATO if one of the founding members didn't ethnically cleanse us"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hol...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hol...
The Holocaust - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'actually, several nato countries have committed ethnic cleansing. this is why nato is good & people should align with them'
ok bestie
ok bestie
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I've had more than one lecturer over the years tell a class that they had a book which was a good match for the course, but that we should not buy it, because only Elsevier would benefit from that.
And then they'd helpfully point out that there are websites where it can be found.
open-slum.org
And then they'd helpfully point out that there are websites where it can be found.
open-slum.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I've had more than one lecturer over the years tell a class that they had a book which was a good match for the course, but that we should not buy it, because only Elsevier would benefit from that.
And then they'd helpfully point out that there are websites where it can be found.
open-slum.org
And then they'd helpfully point out that there are websites where it can be found.
open-slum.org
all anti-abortion arguments rely entirely on ignoring the medical ethics of blood & organ donation (life-saving, often little to no inconvenience to the donor, entirely & solely the donors' decision) & collapse immediately if you so much as gesture at it
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
all anti-abortion arguments rely entirely on ignoring the medical ethics of blood & organ donation (life-saving, often little to no inconvenience to the donor, entirely & solely the donors' decision) & collapse immediately if you so much as gesture at it
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
theresa may was citing "segregation by gender allowed at universities" as evidence of extremism and a rejection of "british values" in 2015. a sign of how much ground we've lost to terfs but also how british values are just whatever serves as the easiest stick to beat muslims with
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
theresa may was citing "segregation by gender allowed at universities" as evidence of extremism and a rejection of "british values" in 2015. a sign of how much ground we've lost to terfs but also how british values are just whatever serves as the easiest stick to beat muslims with
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Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.
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Amazing work by our friends in Ireland to write and launch a bill to decriminalise sex work, which would enable sex workers to work together for safety, and improve their health and access to workers’ rights.
Press release: Decriminalisation of sex work bill launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Amazing work by our friends in Ireland to write and launch a bill to decriminalise sex work, which would enable sex workers to work together for safety, and improve their health and access to workers’ rights.
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Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
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No British Justice.
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No British Justice.
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There was no conceivable world in which the British justice system would find one of their own guilty of war crimes when they're enthusiastically supporting a genocide. But even still, the Bloody Sunday verdict is a slap in the face for all Irish people.
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
There was no conceivable world in which the British justice system would find one of their own guilty of war crimes when they're enthusiastically supporting a genocide. But even still, the Bloody Sunday verdict is a slap in the face for all Irish people.
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One of the people killed by Soldier F was a man who stepped out to help another of his victims as he lay dying in the street. He waved a white handkerchief as he did so. Soldier F shot him in the head. His name was Barney McGuigan and today his family had to listen to a judge acquit his killer.
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
One of the people killed by Soldier F was a man who stepped out to help another of his victims as he lay dying in the street. He waved a white handkerchief as he did so. Soldier F shot him in the head. His name was Barney McGuigan and today his family had to listen to a judge acquit his killer.